Charlie Bucket

"Mr. Wonka, they won't really be burned in the furnace, will they?"

- Charlie to Willy Wonka

Charlie (portrayed by Peter Ostrum) is one of the 5 children that find a ticket in a "Wonka bar" and is the last surviving child during Wonka's tour. He is kind, nice, and selfless.

After school Charlie has a newspaper route. He and his family follow the ticket hunt on television. When it is announced that the final ticket was found by a millionaire in Paraguay, Charlie loses hope.

Charlie finds some money in a gutter and uses it to by a Scrumdiddlyumptious bar and with the change he buys a Wonka bar. The bar is meant for Grandpa Joe, but he hears that the millionaire's ticket is a fake and opens his Wonka bar finding a ticket in side. Charlie is the last to find a ticket.

One his way home he runs into a man calling himself Mr. Slugworth. He offers a reward for a sample a new candy by Wonka the Everlasting Gobstoppers.

When Charlie gets home he chooses Grandpa Joe as his chaperone. The very next day he and his Grandpa head to Wonka's Factory and when they arrive Wonka is waiting to greet them. Charlie then signs his contract with Wonka and enters the tour.