16 Shady, Delightful Willy Wonka Moments We'll Never Forget

By Ryan Roschke

Updated on 8/30/2016 at 10:00 AM

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Renowned actor and veritable icon Gene Wilder has tragically passed away, and we figure there's no better time to celebrate one of his most iconic characters: Willy Wonka. Now, we all know that Wonka's a good man at heart and that he takes a supreme liking to Charlie Bucket, but let's be real — Wonka is also shady as hell. To promptly prove that he always had a sort of malicious edge underneath all that whimsy, we're looking at his shadiest moments from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Keep reading to dive into that world of pure imagination.

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When He Doesn't Hide His Blatant Distaste For Someone at All — Paramount Pictures

When He Doesn't Hide His Blatant Distaste For Someone at All

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When He Has to Dumb It Down For All the Peasants — Paramount Pictures

When He Has to Dumb It Down For All the Peasants

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When He's Getting Ready to Sit Back and Sip Some Tea — Paramount Pictures

When He's Getting Ready to Sit Back and Sip Some Tea

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When He's Like, "Step Back or I Will Cane You to Next Sunday" — Paramount Pictures

When He's Like, "Step Back or I Will Cane You to Next Sunday"

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When He Casually Urges Everyone to Murder Their Enemies — Paramount Pictures

When He Casually Urges Everyone to Murder Their Enemies

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When He Delights in the Misfortune and Discomfort of Others — Paramount Pictures

When He Delights in the Misfortune and Discomfort of Others

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When He Drops Quite the Epic Eye Roll — Paramount Pictures

When He Drops Quite the Epic Eye Roll

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When He Doesn't Hide His Blatant Distaste For Someone at All, Part 2 — Paramount Pictures

When He Doesn't Hide His Blatant Distaste For Someone at All, Part 2

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When He's Clearly Had Enough — Paramount Pictures

When He's Clearly Had Enough

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When He Throws Shade at a Useless Adult Man — Paramount Pictures

When He Throws Shade at a Useless Adult Man

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When He's Getting Ready to Pour One Out For All the Basics — Paramount Pictures

When He's Getting Ready to Pour One Out For All the Basics

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When He's Had Enough of Everyone's Bullsh*t — Paramount Pictures

When He's Had Enough of Everyone's Bullsh*t

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When Everyone's Going Out of Their Minds and He's Like, "Guys, Chill" — Paramount Pictures

When Everyone's Going Out of Their Minds and He's Like, "Guys, Chill"

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When His Voice Is Just Dripping With Sarcasm — Paramount Pictures

When His Voice Is Just Dripping With Sarcasm

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When He Makes the Most Descriptive Statement Possible — Paramount Pictures

When He Makes the Most Descriptive Statement Possible

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And of Course, When He Does His Classic, Condescending "Oh Really?" Face — Paramount Pictures

And of Course, When He Does His Classic, Condescending "Oh Really?" Face