Did Veruca Salt survive?

In the West End production, Veruca and her father both die after they go down the nutcracker. In the Broadway production Mr. Salt survives and he goes to rescue his daughter after she is torn apart by the squirrels.
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What happens to Veruca Salt at the end?

Veruca screams and plummets, which in turn leads down to an incinerator, because she's described as a "bad nut," according to Mr. Wonka's claiming mentions. He assures her father that she "may be stuck in the chute" and all her father has to do is "just reach in and pull her out".
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What happened to Veruca Salt in the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

In the book and 2005 film, Veruca demands a squirrel from the Nut Room and, when denied by Wonka, invades the Nut Room to take one for herself. The squirrels pin her to the floor, deem her a bad nut and throw her down the rubbish chute, which Wonka explains leads to the incinerator.
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Is Veruca Salt an only child?

Written in 1964, the book has been adapted for two feature films, an opera and as a West End musical. Veruca is an only child whose parents spoil her excessively. She only receives her Golden Ticket after the workers at her father's peanut factory are commanded to start shelling chocolate bars instead of peanuts.
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What happens to Augustus Gloop at the end?

In the ending of the book, Augustus goes off with his parents with a truckload of Wonka candy; the only change is that he is thin as a straw after being squeezed in the pipe. In the 1971 movie when Charlie asks Wonka about Augustus, Wonka remarks that Augustus will be his normal nasty self, but maybe a little wiser.
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What happens to Violet after she disobeys Wonka and chews the gum?

In the Novel

Violet rudely snaps that she holds the world record in chewing gum and begins anyway, ignoring Wonka's protests. However, the blueberry pie stage is defective, which causes Violet to turn blue, inflate, and expand into a giant blueberry.
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Why are Charlie's grandparents bedridden?

The house wasn't nearly large enough for so many people, and life was extremely uncomfortable for them all. There were only two rooms in the place altogether, and there was only one bed. The bed was given to the four old grandparents because they were so old and tired. They were so tired, they never got out of it.
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Is verruca a real name?

The name Veruca is primarily a female name of Latin origin that means Wart. Form of Verruca. Name created by Roald Dahl for a character in the novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
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Why is Veruca a name?

Veruca Origin and Meaning

The name Veruca is girl's name of Latin origin meaning "wart". Veruca is a name Roald Dahl made up for the horrid little girl Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Did Veruca Salt get back together?

Nina Gordon, left and Louise Post of the band Veruca Salt are back together after 20 years and are photographed during a rehearsal n North Hollywood.
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What happened to Veruca Salt in the original film?

Veruca and her father leaving the factory. At the end of the tour, Veruca is the third to leave the factory, with both her and her father being covered in garbage. The two were spared from being burned by the incinerator as Wonka had informed the last two families in the group that the incinerator was broken.
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What happened in the end of chocolate factory?

The film ends with the Bucket family's home, now transplanted into the factory's Chocolate Room, with Willy Wonka sitting down to dinner with Charlie and his family.
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What did Mr. Wonka say to Veruca Salt?

Next comes Veruca Salt. Mr. Wonka tells Veruca that she has an interesting name, explaining that he thought a veruca was a wart and then quickly moving on.
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What is Veruca Salts real name?

Kimberley Hartley, who goes by the name "Veruca Salt" online, was born in New Zealand but has been living in Australia since she was 3 years old.
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How many squirrels are in the nut room?

In total there are 40 squirrels, which were professionally trained by The Nut Room Animal trainer Michael Alexander and his team. They spent a total of 19 weeks training these squirrels for this one scene.
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What does verruca mean in English?

Definition of verruca

1 : a wart or warty skin lesion. 2 : a warty elevation on a plant or animal surface.
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Who played the original Veruca Salt?

Star of the 1971 movie, the ever-fabulous Julie Dawn Cole who played the brilliantly vile Veruca Salt, told Metro.co.uk: "I was 12 when we started it – you have no concept of time when you're 12! If somebody had told me I'd still be talking about this film in 50 years time, it's a crazy thought.
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What is the meaning of Veruca Salt?

Meaning: vivacious, strong-willed Possibly derived from slavic name, Veruschca or Verushka (meaning true, honest, faith) For his book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," author Roald Dahl supposedly named a female character [Veruca Salt] after a medication in his medicine cabinet.
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Are plantar warts an STD?

These kinds of HPV are spread during sexual contact. (Other types of HPV cause common warts like hand warts and plantar warts on the feet — but these aren't sexually transmitted.)
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Can you cut out a verruca?

By far the most effective way of removing a verruca is by Verrutop solution applied by a professional Podiatrist/Chiropodist. During the 3-6 treatments, the solution reacts with the verruca to mummify the tissue. The cells underneath then renew and the verruca simply falls off.
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Who is the real villain in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Arthur Slugworth is the main antagonist of the Roald Dahl children's books Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, as well as the 1971 and 2005 film adaptations of the first book.
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Why is Grandpa Joe a villain?

However, the true villain in Willy Wonka is Grandpa Joe. He's a professional at manipulating Charlie - as well as his entire family - all for his own gain. From encouraging irresponsible spending to endangering his grandson in the Fizzy Lifting room, Grandpa Joe proves that he only exists to care about himself.
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What was one awful thing tortured Charlie?

But I haven't yet told you about the one awful thing that tortured little Charlie, the lover of chocolate, more than anything else. This thing, for him, was far, far worse than seeing slabs of chocolate in the shop windows or watching other children munching bars of creamy chocolate right in front of him.
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Is it possible to turn into a blueberry?

While blueberries as fruit are natural, blueberries as an entity can only be achieved by ingesting the Three-Course Dinner Chewing Gum. The only confirmed specimens are 20 Oompa-Loompas and Violet Beauregarde.
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