- "Eyes on the prize, Violet, eyes on the prize."
— Scarlett to her daughter
Scarlett Beauregarde is Violet's neurotic stage mom in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film). She is portrayed by actress and singer Missi Pyle. She is referred to by Violet as "Mother" throughout the film.
It is unclear if she has a spouse, as the script only calls her Ms. instead of Mrs. so it is unknown what happened to Sam Beauregarde.
Appearance[]
Scarlett with Violet
Scarlett is a tall, blonde haired, blue eyed woman with a bob style haircut. She is nearly identical to Violet, having the same features and always wearing the same clothes as her daughter, but taller, and more physically mature. In all her appearances, she wears a pink or blue tracksuit, similar to Violet's. Scarlett's body is used to contrast Violet in her blueberry form, adding to the humiliation of it all. Whilst Violet is a 10ft blueberry, too big and round to even move, Scarlett is a slender, athletic woman.
Personality[]
Scarlett is extremely competitive, shown with her victories with batons. It is heavily implied that all of Violet's traits were inherited from her, and they even dress in similar clothes too. Because her husband is not present in the picture, she was a single mother raising her daughter, fueling her competitive and proud personality, and treating her not only dearly but with a coach-and-athlete relationship.
Scarlett tries flirting with Wonka
She is shown to be neurotic as she attempts to flirt with Wonka to ensure her daughter's victory. Scarlett also appears to be rather cowardly as when Violet begins to turn blue she backs away from her daughter along with the others rather than attempting to help her daughter. Scarlett also shows a callous, if not slightly insane streak as when Violet has become a blueberry, her first concern is how her daughter will be able to compete and even considers placing Violet in a county fair at Veruca's suggestion.
Scarlett does however, show some hint of parental instinct when she runs to help Violet when she was stuck in the Inventing Room silo door and rolls her along. When last seen, Scarlett is leaving the factory with a now-juiced and blue Violet who is highly excited about her newfound flexibility. Scarlett, however, is not impressed. She sternly reminds her daughter that she is still blue despite her flexibility, implying that she will give up coaching her daughter and act more like a mother to her in the future.
Violet Finding the Ticket[]
Scarlett showing off her baton trophy
Scarlett is first seen in the Beauregarde's large trophy room in their Atlanta, Georgia residence showing off Violet winning the Golden Ticket to the press and media. She quickly establishes her stage mother persona by flaunting Violet's 263 trophies and medals while also trying to display her own baton trophy. It is in this scene that Scarlett is established as a stage mother who vicariously lives through her daughter. She not only has a strange neurotic looking gloat but also has Violet dressed the same as her right down to matching bob haircuts.
Arrival at the Factory[]
Scarlett and Violet outside the factory.
On the day of the tour, Scarlett and Violet are seen standing in between the Gloops and the Teavees. Scarlett further shows her strange stage mom tendencies with the disgusted look she gives to the other children and their parents and she tells Violet to keep her "eyes on the prize". When she sees the welcome performance and its subsequent destruction, she looks at it confusingly. After entering the factory and seeing Violet try to get into Wonka's good graces, Scarlett misreads Wonka's reaction and gives Violet and encouraging nod and another neurotic smirk.
The Inventing Room and Violet's Transformation[]
After the boat ride and arriving in the Inventing Room, Wonka presents the group with his latest invention, the Everlasting Gobstopper, which Violet mistakenly compares to gum only for Wonka to shoot her down leading to Scarlett giving her daughter a disapproving look. After seeing the creation of the Three Course Dinner gum, Violet decides to chew it against Wonka's warnings which leads to a smug look from Scarlett, who believes that this will increase her daughter's chances at winning the grand prize.
Scarlett considering Veruca's suggestion for Violet.
However despite Scarlett's encouragement, things quickly get out of hand when Violet's nose begins to turn purple leading to Scarlett turning to Wonka who quickly ducks out of sight. Scarlett then shows an immensely cowardly side to herself and rather than trying to help her daughter, she simply backs off with the rest of the group leaving Violet to transform into a huge blueberry. It is at this point that Scarlett shows a truly callous side to her nature with the line "But I can't have a blueberry as a daughter. How is she supposed to compete?" Showing that rather than actually caring about her daughter's well-being, Scarlett only really cared about how she could live through Violet's achievements. Scarlett even contemplates placing Violet in a country fair due to Veruca's suggestion.
During the Oompa-Loompa's song and performance, Scarlett is seen glaring furiously at the Oompa-Loompas as they sing and dance. However by the end of the song, Scarlett is seen looking genuinely concerned for her daughter. Wonka then orders the Oompa-Loompas to roll Violet into the boat and take her along to the Juicing Room so that the juice can be squeezed out of her immediately. Scarlett then shows more parental instinct as she whimpers and dashes to help push a swollen Violet through the Inventing Room door.
Fate[]
Scarlett is last seen leaving the factory with the now-blue and incredibly flexible Violet, who is seemingly unfazed by her transformation and is even joyous of her newly discovered talent of super-elasticity. Meanwhile Scarlett, judging from her expressions she is not only disappointed at having lost the grand prize in the end, but is also disappointed in Violet and by extension, perhaps even herself for allowing their overly-competitive attitudes to get the best of them. They are not seen for the remainder of the film, but it is likely that they returned home to Georgia.
Trivia[]
- Her name is seen when she is showing off her trophies.
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Golden Ticket winners
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