What do Oompa Loompas eat?

The Oompa-Loompas enjoy singing and dancing. They're always making up songs. Their favourite food is the cacao bean, the central ingredient in a bar of chocolate, and in the Wonka Factory they have access to as many cacao beans as they could possibly wish for.
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What did Oompa-Loompas usually eat?

They come from Loompaland. They were fighting creatures. The Oompa-Loompas ate yucky bugs.
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What language do Oompa-Loompas speak?

Although the Oompa Loompas initially spoke only their own language, Oompa-Loompish (which Mr. Wonka was fortunately fluent in), they all now spoke English.
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Do Oompa-Loompas eat caterpillars?

Before Willy Wonka brought them to his factory, the Oompa-Loompas were forced to eat green caterpillars, something that Wonka claimed "tasted revolting." As a result of this taste, the Oompa-Loompas added other ingredients into the mixture, including red beetles, the bark of the bong-bong tree, and cocoa beans, the ...
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Are the Oompa-Loompas slaves?

In the first edition of Charlie (1964), the Oompa-Loompas are black pygmies who Wonka imports from “the deepest and darkest part of the African jungle” and enslaves in his factory.
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Is it offensive to say Oompa-Loompa?

Oompa Loompa is an offensive term to call a person with dwarfism. Dahl's original 1964 Oompa Loompas are the subject of some racial controversy.
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How are Oompa-Loompas born?

In the first edition of Roald Dahl's book, published in 1964, the Oompa Loompas weren't fantastic or supernatural beings; they were slave laborers imported from Africa.
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What animals eat Oompa-Loompas?

Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world - hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles. A whangdoodle would eat ten Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and come galloping back for a second helping.”
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Are Oompa-Loompas squirrels?

Willy Wonka says the reason why they use squirrels instead of Oompa Loompas is because Oompa Loompas can't get the nut in whole. They always break them in half.
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What creatures were the Oompa-Loompas afraid of?

During the times in Loompaland when the Oompa Loompas would hide out in trees from beasts like the Hornsnozzlers, Snozzwangers, and Vermicious Knids, they had nothing to eat but green caterpillars. As they munched down on the unappetizing snacks, they craved cocoa beans.
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What does Wonka say in German?

Meine Damen und Herren: der Inventing Room". He even pronounces the German "r" correctly, and says "Inventing Room" with a proper German accent. The speech translates: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give me your attention. You now come into the most interesting room of my factory, the most secret room at the same time.
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Was the chocolate river real?

6. The Chocolate River was very real, though. The river was made of 150,000 gallons of water, real chocolate and cream. Because it was real, it ended up smelling really bad by the end of filming.
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What does Oompa Loompa tan mean?

Oompa-loompa definition

A person appearing orange from fake tanning. noun.
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Are Oompa-Loompas smart?

These little guys and gals don't say much, but they sing, and quite well. In fact, despite the fact that they don't talk a lot, we can be sure they're pretty smart, because their songs are witty, rhyming, and made up on the spot.
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How old is an Oompa Loompa?

Some of the Oompa Loompas were very old – one was in his 70s back then. It was only since the fantasy films came of age, when they wanted little people to portray goblins, elves and robots, that a lot of short people gave up lucrative day jobs to be in the movies.
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How tall is the tallest Oompa Loompa?

In order to boost his candidacy, Jefferson had rookie point guard Kay Felder dress up like a Willy Wonka Oompa Loompa before Cleveland's game against the Pacers. Felder said he's the “world's tallest Oompa Loompa,” but he's only 5'9".
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What is the nut room?

The Nut Room is where Willy Wonka has squirrels sort the good nuts that go into candy and the bad nuts that goes down the garbage chute which leads to the trash compactor which is lit when full. The book describes it as a large room with a wooden table covered in nuts that they continuously shell.
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What are Oompa-Loompas supposed to be?

In 1964 British author, Roald Dahl, published the first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book in which the Oompa-Loompas are depicted as black Pygmy people from Africa. Yet, in 1971 Mel Stuart's film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory the Oompa-Loompas are portrayed as little people with orange skin and green hair.
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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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Is Loompaland real?

Loompaland is the place where the Oompa-Loompas come from. According to Willy Wonka himself, the whole place is nothing but thick jungles, desolate wastes and the most horrid beasts in the world: Hornsnozzlers, Snozzwangers and Whangdoodles (beasts that, unfortunately, were never documented).
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Is Wonka Vite real?

Finally, the scientist got success in his new invention of Vita-Wonka. This is an imaginary story.
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What was killing Oompa-Loompas?

The Oompa-Loompas would end up being preyed upon or attacked by the various predators that also reside in Loompaland, such as snozzwangers and whangdoodles, before Wonka invited them to work at his factory and are paid in their favorite food, cocoa beans, which were extremely rare on their island.
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How much did the Oompa Loompa get paid?

How Much Did The Original Oompa-Loompas Get Paid? $73M We calculated an Oompa Loompa's yearly salary by using the weekly wages for chocolate workers in four of the top-producing cities in the US, which comes out to $49740 per year.
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Are Oompa-Loompas humans?

In the books and the films, the Oompa-Loompas have always been human. However, their illustrated appearance has changed over time. The book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was first published in 1964.
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What do Oompa-Loompas look like in the book?

In the original book, the Oompa-Loompas are described as little people with long hair. The iconic visual representation of them having orange skin and green hair comes from the 1971 film adaptation.
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