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"So it says that one kid's gonna get this special prize, better than all the rest. I don't care who those other four are. That kid, it's gonna be me." — Violet
Violet is a thin and athletic young girl with chin length golden blonde hair with blunt bangs in a bob-cut and emerald green eyes. She‘s mostly seen wearing a cyan tracksuit, with cyan and white trainers and socks, and a cyan zipper heart and watch. She is the shortest member of the tour group, being just a tad shorter than Mike Teavee.
Comparison of Violet as a human and as a blueberry.
As a blueberry, Violet is significantly different than how she was in the original film, as she’s now 10 feet tall and has a spherical-shaped body, towering over even the tallest member of the tour. All of her appendages, including her head, arms, and legs, are sucked into her body, leaving behind small divots where they should be. In Violet's arm/leg divots, only her hands and feet can be seen sticking out, and occasionally moving about fruitlessly. Her clothes have all turned blue and stretched tightly around her body, except her stomach. Any of Violet's other former human bodily features have completely rounded out and fused with one another, making it impossible to tell them apart. Most notably, Violet's body has turned mostly blue, aside from her lips which remain a bright reddish-purple and a slight discoloring on her stomach.
When leaving the factory, Violet remained completely blue but gained inhumane flexibility. With how damaging the transformation and the Oompa Loompa's theatrics should have been on a normal human being, especially on the limbs, muscles, and bones, the fact that her body came out mostly unscathed implies that the gum had modified Violet on a more genetic level.
Personality
Violet's primary personality trait is that she is insanely hyper-competitive, and her life mantra is win at everything, no matter what. She seems to look down on other people, viewing them as opponents to be beaten, and views life like a game of winners and losers. As such, she developed a rude, condescending, and arrogant personality that makes her antisocial and prevents her from establishing true connections with other people. Therefore, she is perhaps the worst of the five golden ticket winners: while Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teavee showed at most apathy towards the other contestants, Violet is the only one actively malicious, such as calling Charlie a "loser", her sarcastic attitude towards her main competitor Veruca, and her general ignorance of all the other characters aside from those that cross her path. In fact, during her interview, Violet tells the press that the other winners don't matter at all and that she will be the one who will win the secret prize, showing that she has no intentions of forming any worthwhile connections with the others. As such, she notably does not interact with Augustus, Mike, and most of the other parents, nor did she care about Augustus's well-being when he got sucked into the chocolate pipe. The only character she seems to care about is Wonka, who she actively tries to suck up to (to the point where it made Wonka uncomfortable) and attempts to be as close to him as possible throughout the tour, all of which was done to maximize her chances of being remembered by him and, therefore, having a better chance to win.
Her horrible personality traits were cultivated by her mother Scarlett Beauregarde, who regularly glorifies Violet's many accomplishments in a very rambunctious way and actively encourages and influences her behavior, especially with her infamous quote "eyes on the prize". Their near-similar personality heavily implies that Violet models her own self after her mother, showing that she has no individuality and only cares about what her mother thinks; this is shown right down to how both characters always had the same matching outfits. Conversely, Scarlett's parenting neglects any discipline, and as such Violet lacks any manners and proper hygiene, shown by her constantly interrupting people, chewing with her mouth open, and sticking her unfinished gum behind her ear.
Despite all the negatives, Violet's competitive and antisocial nature also helped create a persevering mindset dedicated to accomplish her goals no matter what. This was shown where she temporarily laid off her habit of chewing gum and switched to candy bars in order to find a Golden Ticket, as well as brutally defeating two of her karate instructors unconscious despite both being much taller and older than her. This mindset was the only thing identified by Wonka, who sarcastically told her that "confidence is key."
Violet holding up her Golden Ticket.
This competitive nature ultimately led to her fate. Due to her overconfidence and her tunnel-vision, she refused to listen to Wonka's cautions regarding the gum, instead favoring her mother's glee that Violet was going to become the first person to try this special gum. Her ignorance also made her initially dismiss Veruca's observation that her nose was turning blue, and she only became worried when her mother displayed worry as well. Ironically, Violet's transformation was the only time she showed any vulnerability, especially as she continued to chew the gum, and faster, showing that it was a source of comfort for her. However, even after becoming a blueberry, she calls out to Wonka in an attempt to stay on the tour, her stubbornness meaning she could only focus on the final prize instead of her own well-being. This also shows that despite what happened, Violet was more upset at losing than becoming a blueberry and would have rather remained like that forever if she could stay on the tour. With all of this in mind, the blueberry transformation itself is a metaphor for Violet's "overinflated" ego.
Upon leaving the factory, she has been completely juiced but remains completely blue. She is shown doing aerobics as she leaves, implying that her newfound flexibility had also inhibited her ability to walk properly. Despite this, she is shown to be rather gleeful of her predicament, proudly telling her mother that "[she was] much more flexible now" and ignoring the fact that she was still blue all over, remaining a blueberry forever. Her transformation was finally the lesson that she needed to learn, as instead of being upset about not winning, she found pride in her new accomplishments. Whether it sticks or she reverts back to her old ways, however, remains up in the air, as her mother clearly is disappointed and embarrassed.
Biography
Getting the Ticket
Mr. Bucket reading about Violet's victory.
Violet was the third winner of the Golden Ticket, and is first introduced when Mr. Bucket reads about her in the newspaper. She is first seen at a dojo where she brutally and unnecessarily attacks her masters in karate before walking off. The scene then cuts away to her home, where she introduces herself as a gum chewer, who switched to chocolate when she heard about Wonka's competition. She brags about her accomplishments, specifically about gum, and boasts about how she was going to win the grand prize, because "I'm a winner." After seeing her on television, Grandma Josephine calls her a "beastly girl," and Grandma Georgina calls her "despicable."
During the scene where the children are reading the back of the ticket, she reads about Wonka's offer to tour the winners through his factory.
Arrival At The Factory
Outside the factory.
On the day of the tour, she stands between Augustus Gloop and Mike Teavee's family. She briefly glances over at Veruca Salt, her female competitor, but is otherwise shown focused on the factory, with her mother telling her to keep her "eyes on the prize." She doesn't show much excitement compared to the other competitors. When Wonka opens the door, she is the first to rush through the gate and walks ahead of the competitors. When she sees the welcome performance and its subsequent destruction, she looks at it confusingly. When Wonka first shows up, she asks who he is and looks at him awkwardly.
When Wonka welcomes them in, she’s the first to walk into the factory after Wonka, and hugs him before introducing herself. Wonka states that she seems confident, which brings about an excited look on Violet's face. Despite this, she’s next seen staring at Veruca and feigning friendship between the two.
The Chocolate Room
Violet blowing a bubble in the Chocolate Room.
She is the first to enter the Chocolate Room, and blows a bubble while staring in awe at what's in front of her. She follows right behind Wonka as he introduces the room to everyone and runs off after he tells everyone to enjoy.
She encounters Charlie Bucket for the first time when she grabs an apple he was reaching out towards and stares at him. When Charlie asks about her gum habits, she abruptly calls him a loser.
Along with the other participants, she listens to Wonka's story about the Oompa-Loompas, watches Augustus get sucked up the pipe (saying "there he goes"), and watches the Oompa-Loompas dance and sing their number.
When Charlie asks how the Oompa–Loompas would already know Augustus' name, Wonka responds by asking Violet what she likes, and she responds "chewing gum". He then does an improvisation on the spot, stating how he hates gum, in an attempt to explain how the Oompa-Loompas' performance seemed rehearsed.
The Boat Ride
Violet during the tunnel scene. The cyan light shining down on her foreshadows her fate.
Violet watches as the Oompa-Loompas rowed over the candy boat. She asks Wonka why they were laughing, and he states he believes it's from the cocoa beans. During the boat ride, she sits in front of Mike and behind Veruca.
When entering the tunnel, she wonders how the Oompa-Loompas knew where they going. During the ride down, the camera continuously pans towards her whenever a blue light is shown that shines on her and everyone else, foreshadowing her fate. She looks around the tunnel at the rooms before Wonka stops the boat in front of the Inventing Room.
The Inventing Room and Transformation
Upon entering the Inventing Room, Violet quickly shows an interest in the Everlasting Gobstoppers, believing them to be similar to gum. She is, however, quickly shot down by Wonka who points out that, unlike gum, Gobstoppers are not for chewing. Wonka then leads the group to a particularly large machine that, after much huffing and puffing, produces nothing but a simple stick much to the chagrin of the others. Violet takes the piece of gum as Wonka then explains that, unlike most other chewing gums, the one just created is actually a full three course dinner all by itself.
Violet then declares that the gum is "her kind of gum" and removes her old gum from her mouth and places it behind her ear. Wonka then attempts to warn Violet about the gum's side effects, however Violet ignores him, declares that she is not afraid of anything, and begins to chew the gum. At first the gum works as intended, giving Violet the sensation of actually eating tomato soup and roast beef which deeply pleases her mother Scarlett Beauregarde, who gloats that her daughter will be the first person in the world to have a chewing gum meal and causes Veruca to stare in jealously. However, things go wrong when Violet hits the dessert: blueberry pie and ice cream.
Violet's nose turns blue.
Violet near the end of her inflation, her head sucked into her body
Veruca notices that something is happening to Violet's nose. All eyes turn to her as a bluish indigo stain starts to spread across her nose, much to her mother's shock. Violet was initially unable to see the change, and she touches her nose in confusion. However, once her mother starts panicking, both turn to Wonka for an explanation. He explains that the gum always goes wrong during the dessert, and that the blueberry pie was the culprit. He then ducks behind the machinery while the group backs away from Violet, whose hands and hair start to turn blue.
As Violet asks her mother what is happening to her, Violet begins to swell up as everyone, especially her mother, began staring in shock. Before long, Violet had transformed into a ten-foot blueberry, her arms, legs, and head sucked into her body while her tracksuit stretched to the absolute limit. Wonka then resurfaces and explains that the same thing has happened to the 20 Oompa Loompas he had tested it on, nonchalantly saying that "it's just weird." Mrs. Beauregarde then protests that she cannot have a blueberry for a daughter, as Violet can no longer compete. Veruca the recommends that Violet be placed into a county fair much to Wonka's amusement. Mrs. Beauregarde contemplates this idea as music starts playing.
Violet's mother pushing Violet out of the Inventing Room.
Oompa-Loompas then emerge from the smoke of the Inventing Room, they push against her and start to roll Violet along, singing her titular song, mocking her over her chewing gum obsession, and jumping onto her and dancing. During the whole scene, Violet is shown screaming in fear at her fate, her voice noticeably more muffled and deeper than before, but she is shown to be calmer by the end of her trip. The Oompa-Loompas then roll Violet to the door, and after seeing where she was going Violet speaks for the first time since the transformation, calling for help and screaming for Wonka, hoping that someone would heed to her plea to stay on the tour. Wonka orders them to take her to the Juicing Room at once so that the juice can be squeezed out of her like a pimple. Hearing this, Scarlett runs off to help Violet, who is stuck in the Inventing Room door and calling out for her mother. She is last seen being pushed out of the Inventing Room onto the candy boat and is absent from the rest of the tour.
Fate
Aftermath of Violet's juicing.
The last mention on Violet during the tour was from Veruca, who gleefully asks whether Violet would always be a blueberry, before Wonka states his uncertainty before reinforcing his disgust towards gum.
Violet is last seen leaving the factory with her mother. Although Violet had returned to her normal human shape, she displayed many non-human traits as she was blue all throughout and had gained inhumane flexibility, showing that the transformation had altered her on a genetic level. As Scarlett walks along Violet cartwheels and backflips after her, seemingly very pleased with her new abilities, even informing her mother that she is now much more flexible. However Scarlett coldly responds "yes, but you're blue," upset that they had lost the grand prize and embarrassed at her daughter's attitude.
Relationships
Violet and her mom outside of the factory.
Scarlett Beauregarde - Scarlett is Violet's mother. However, she behaves more like a coach than a mother, constantly telling Violet to win no matter what and giving her an unhealthy amount of praise. It’s implied in several scenes that she's living vicariously through her daughter and is only really interested in Violet winning. When Violet turns into a blueberry, she became worried that she wouldn't be able to compete anymore due to her size, and even contemplated Veruca's suggestion for putting her in a county fair. She wasn't upset about Violet's fate until she left the factory, upset that Violet had lost, implying that she assumed Violet would still stay on the tour even after becoming a blueberry.
Violet and Veruca pretending to be friends.
Veruca Salt - Violet and Veruca hated each other from the moment they saw each other, and quickly formed an unspoken rivalry, however they attempted to cover it up by pretending to be friends. Prior to Violet's transformation, Veruca and Violet are seen secretly staring at each other in the Inventing Room, further reinforcing the rivalry between them. When Violet's nose turns purple, Veruca is shown with a smug expression on her face, seemingly aware what is about to happen to her. Veruca is then shown to be somewhat pleased with Violet's transformation and subsequent elimination, as now her competition has been removed from the pool of potential winners. She even suggests to Scarlett to put Violet in a county fair and later asks Wonka if Violet will always be a blueberry, hoping her life will be ruined forever.
Violet grabbing the apple Charlie was getting.
Charlie Bucket - While the rest of the kids (except for Mike to a lesser extent and Veruca who never interacted with Charlie) treated Charlie poorly, Violet was noticeably the rudest to Charlie, even called him a loser when grabbing a candy apple. It‘s unknown how she reacted when Charlie won the prize.
Violet hugging Willy Wonka.
Willy Wonka - Violet is shown to be initially weirded out by Wonka's demeanor, but immediately ignores it and gives him a hug, feigning respect. Throughout the tour up until her elimination, she is shown to be close to Wonka whenever he is introducing his factory. It is strongly implied that she's acting respectful to Wonka to get his support for the grand prize.
Quotes
"Mr. Wonka, I'm Violet Beauregarde."
"Well, you should care. Because I'm the girl who's gonna win the special prize at the end."
*Because then I wouldn't be a champion. I'd be a loser, like you." (to Charlie)
"It sounds like my kind of gum. I'm the world-record holder in chewing gum. I'm not afraid of anything." (about to eat the three-course gum)
"Look, mother, I'm much more flexible now!"
Behind the Scenes
A prosthetic of Violet's face used during production
The transformation sequence was initially done similar to the 1971 version, with AnnaSophia Robb being placed in a suit that inflated. However, Tim Burton was not satisfied with the final product, so they decided to scrap it in favor of CGI, with only parts of Robb's face being unaltered. Robb was given a prosthetic cheeks to simulate Violet's cheeks during the sequence, and an animatronic double was also used as well.
A deleted shot of Violet's foot as she is rolled upside-down
A deleted scene of Violet's transformation where the shot of her face is lowered
The official storyboards for the film show a slightly different sequence for Violet’s inflation: In the storyboards, Violet grows so large that she is unable to balance, falling awkwardly backwards under her weight. As she falls, bubbles come out of her ears. Her swelling continues and Violet rolls backwards with her feet facing the tour as her transformation is complete. Another concept instead shows Violet falling forward during her inflation. In the sequence of Violet's song, the storyboards show the Oompa Loompas activating contraptions that push and hit Violet, causing her to roll across the Inventing Room.
Storyboards for Violet's Transformation.
Storyboards for Violet's song.
Violet swells as she falls forward.
Reception
AnnaSophia Robb's portrayal of Violet has received acclaim, and her role as Violet is often considered one of her breakout roles, the other being Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terabithia. People praise the updates made to Violet's character, especially her athleticism and her overbearing mother, both of which fleshes out her character by explaining why and how she became so competitive in the first place. Others also praise Robb's acting, specifically her selfish, anti-social attitude that allowed the character to stand out compared to the rest of the cast. As such, she is considered the most popular of the four eliminated contestants, with people regularly cosplaying her blue tracksuit on TikTok and clips surrounding her often being some of the most popular Charlie and the Chocolate Factory videos on YouTube.
Violet's blueberry transformation is also considered one of the most memorable parts of the movie and a significant improvement to the same scene in the 1971 iteration, with many lauding how the blueberry design was more faithful to the book's illustrations, as was her final fate being her remaining blue. Conversely, the scene is also considered one of the most frightening scenes in the film due to its dim setting, unsettling score, and Robb's acting. Though people believe the CGI still holds up, other have criticized the scene for its dark lighting, making it difficult to see what was going on.
Trivia
Violet's fate was foreshadowed a few times. She just happened to wear a blue tracksuit the day of the tour, and during the tunnel scene one of the first scenes is a blue light shining over Violet.
There is an error when Violet is being rolled to the exit. Near the exit, Violet is seen being rolled forwards. However, at the door, Violet was being rolled backwards. There was no sign of a change in direction.
Despite being too wide to fit through the door, during the next scene she’s shown fitting through just perfectly.
She’s the only tour member to not be fully human, instead being part blueberry by the end of the tour.
Furthermore, she and Mike Teavee are the only tour members who came out permanently changed physically.
Despite its effects on her and Wonka telling her to do so, she was never shown spitting the gum out. Though she was not seen chewing it as she left the factory, it's possible that she kept it in her ear if she did not spit it out off-screen.
Violet's body didn’t turn entirely blue. Her lips are noticeably still red (See 1), and the area at the center of her stomach is slightly discolored (See 2).
(1) Violet's cheeks expand during her inflation. Notice how despite being blue, her bottom lip is still red.
(2) Violet when her expansion is at the fastest. If one looks at her big belly in this scene, they can see that it's not completely blue.
Songs
Violet Turning Violet
Violet Turning Violet
The theme that plays when Violet swells up.
Violet's Song
Violet's song is a 60's disco that talks about about how competitive she is, and how chewing gum is bad for you.
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Listen close and listen hard
To the tale of Violet Beauregarde
This dreadful girl, she sees no wrong
Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long
Chewing, chewing all day long
Chewing, chewing all day long
Chewing, chewing all day long
She goes on chewing till at last
Her chewing muscles grow so fast
And for her face a giant chin
Sticks out just like a violin
Chewing, chewing all day long
Chewing, chewing all day long
Chewing, chewing all day long
For years and years she chews away
Her jaws get stronger every day
And with one great tremendous chew
They bite the poor girl's tongue in two
And that is why we try so hard
To save Miss Violet Beauregarde
Chewing, chewing all day long
Chewing, chewing all day long
Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long
