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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Slugworth is this in ''[[Wonka]]'', plus an [[Ascended Extra]]. In the [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|original novel]], [[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|1971 film]], and [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|2005 film]], he is one of the legendary candymaker’s competitors, and in all these versions "only" engaged in corporate espionage. In this prequel, however, {{spolerspoiler|Slugworth is far more evil. He is willing to have Wonka and his allies arrested on frivolous debt claims in order to “discourage” him from opposing the Chocolate Cartel and indenture them to a laundry, and when Wonka pays their debts off, Slugworth bribes the laundry owner to keep Noodle there anyway. As Wonka later uncovers, Noodle is the daughter of Slugworth’s deceased brother, Slugworth having told her mother she was dead and then sold her to Scrubitt (the [[Big Bad]] of the movie) in order to eliminate her and gain the family inheritance.}}