Charlie Bucket

* 1971
* 2005
* Musical

### Goals

Win the chocolate factory and make Willy Wonka be part of his family (succeeded).

### Goodness Zone

Earning money for his family (1971 version)
Assisting Willy Wonka in reconciling with his father (2005 version)
Stopping "Slugworth" from stealing the Everlasting Gobstopper (Tom and Jerry version)

### Type of Hero

Rescuer

**Charlie Bucket** is the main protagonist of the 1971 Mel Stuart movie *Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory* and the titular main protagonist of the 2005 Tim Burton movie *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, based on the 1964 Roald Dahl novel with the same name.

He was portrayed by Peter Ostrum (in his only film role) in 1971 *Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,* and by Freddie Highmore in *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*.

## His Good Ranking

### His Heroic Deeds

#### All versions

* He is the only Golden Ticket winner to be well-behaved and not after the prize but instead wants the chance to meet Willy Wonka.
* Upon not finding the Golden Ticket in his birthday candy bar, he didn't get upset over it and instead decided to share his candy with his family.

#### 1971 and Tom and Jerry versions

* He was earning the money for his family so they can eat.
* He tried to save Augustus Gloop from drowning in the chocolate river.
* He refused to give the Everlasting Gobstopper and to betray Willy Wonka, even though the latter yelled at him and Grandpa Joe.

#### 2005 version

* Despite wanting to sell the ticket for money, it was so his family wouldn't live in poverty and starve all day. He still abandoned that idea when Grandpa George convinced him not to.
* Despite not liking the other winners (except Mike Teavee), he doesn't hold any ill-will towards them for it and shows concern when they are in trouble before later showing sympathy for them when they lost.
* When given the choice to abandon his family for the factory, he refused the offer and chose his family.
* He assisted in Willy Wonka reconciling with his father.

#### Tom and Jerry version

* He saved Jerry from being eaten by Tom.
* He gave Tom and Jerry a loaf of bread, so they don't starve anymore.
* He, along with Grandpa Joe, Tom, Jerry and Tuffy, stopped "Slugworth" from stealing the Everlasting Gobstopper.

### Whe He Doesn't Stand Out?

* Charlie fails the admirable standards in general, as his actions only pertain to bog-standard acts of kindness.
	+ In addition, when the naughtier kids caved in their unrestrained desires, he mainly just stands there and watches it happen instead of doing anything. Granted, this could be because he doesn't have a choice in the matter and he doesn't visibly appear sadistic over them, so this just lessens his admirability, not a corrupting factor.
	+ He fails the baseline admirable standards to Willy Wonka who saved thousands of Oompa Loompas from possible near-extinction at Loompa Land and gave them jobs at his factory to work, survive and be safe and even wanted to save Charlie and his family from impoverishment.
* In the 1971 film, he accepted Grandpa Joe’s offer of testing out Fizzy Drinks when Willy Wonka wasn’t looking, showing he isn’t incorruptible. Though this is minor as he realized his mistakes.

## Trivia

* Charlie was once thought to be Pure Good as he stood out mainly from the other child tourists. He was soon rejected from Pure Good as his acts not only amount to generic niceness, but his actions happen at the very end of the movies.

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See Also
Universal Studios Heroic Benchmarks

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