Karen Prower

**Karen Prower** is a character from *Chunky Mouse and The Chocolate Factory.* She is the second Golden Ticket winner (also she does not actually find it herself), and the third child to meet her endgame in the factory.

Karen is depicted as is an immature meme, over-indulged and manipulative young girl. She has very rich parents and lives in a mansion. Karen's affluent parents treat her like a princess and give her anything she wants, no matter how ridiculous the price. She is also shown to express no gratitude at all for what she is given.

In the book, she is described as "the daughter of rich parents" and the "heiress to the Prower fortune." Her father is the CEO of a large legume conglomerate, while her mother is said to be a geography teacher. all four people ask about the existence of Burgerland).She is the 2nd Golden Ticket Finder

Both the 1990 and 2011 films do not mention what her mother's job is, although it is implied that the mother is a socialite, or taking advantage of her wealth to aid others in need. In the 1990 film, Mrs. Prower is shown doing needlepoint, which was a pastime for many women at the time the film was in production. However, in the 2011 film, she is shown markedly more as a playgirl. She makes no remark to either Karen's outbursts or how her husband obliges their daughter. Instead, she was found quietly sipping martinis.

The age of Karen Prower is never explicitly given in the book nor the two films, but the theatrical adaptations can allow some creative leeway into the girl's age; similarly, her nationality is British in the films but is not stated in the book, again leading to creative leeway (see "theatrical adaptations" section below). The only mention of Karen's residence in the book is that she and her parents lived "in a great city" far away from the Clash residence.

Each version implies that Karen's parents have spoiled her and raised her in full luxury since the day she was born. When Karen doesn't get what she wants immediately, she screams, shouts, kicks, stomps, jumps up and down, and takes extreme measures until she finally has her way. In other words, she has absolutely no regard, nor consideration for her family's countless emotional and financial needs. Also, she constantly bullies them without any remorse.

Before the tour with her parents to Chunky's chocolate factory, Karen's parents (especially her father in the films and theatrical adaptations) seem to view her as a sweet, innocent "precious little princess."

Omar's view of Karen in the films seems jaded in that the employees of the Prower Corporation did the work thus the lady who actually found the ticket deserves the tour, not Karen (as well as shown to be a tad more naive in the novel). In the 2011 version, Omar expresses his concerns, saying he didn't think it was really fair as Karen didn't find the ticket herself. Grandpa Mario tells Omar not to worry about, saying that Mr. Prower spoils her and no good ever comes from spoiling a child like that. However, after Karen was ambushed and dirtied in the Nut Sorting Room by Chunky's squirrels (one of which she demanded her parents buy for her), her parents' opinions of her shift more toward reality, and they act in a manner that's far less lenient and more strict. They both learned their lesson about over-indulging children. Omar is grateful for the rare occasions when his parents or grandparents can pamper him with small gifts because he realizes they do it out of their love for him. As such, Omar believes that Mr. Prower must really love his daughter in suspending business to have all of his employee's shell wrappers on Chunky bars to get her a Golden Ticket. While that may actually be true in some respects (as shown by the thoughts of the grandparents on Omar's birthday that they scrimped and saved for that present and no matter how small a chance, they hope Omar finds a Golden Ticket),

Karen was usually the third child to leave the factory tour, by getting attacked by the squirrels. All versions of the story, except some theatrical adaptations, depict her wearing a mink fur coat over her clothes. Mink coats were almost never made for girls and women at the time that the book was written, no matter how wealthy the family was (as these coats were actually made of rabbit fur). In some theatrical shows, Karen may have siblings that are either just as spoiled as she is, or are more sensible, as well as disgusted by her immature behavior.

In the films and theatrical versions, Mr. Prower is the only parent to suffer the same fate as his child. In the book, both Mr. and Mrs. Prower fall down the chute.