Oompa-Loompa
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The Oompa-Loompas are a fictional race of people in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory franchise based on the original book by Roald Dahl. In all versions of the story, they are depicted as little people who form the workforce of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, and are paid in cocoa beans. However, their appearance and backstory change depending on the version.
Key facts
- Fictional race.name
- Oompa-Loompas
- Fictional race.series
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Fictional race.first_major
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Fictional race.last_major
- Wonka
- Fictional race.creator
- Roald Dahl
- Fictional race.other_names
- Whipple-Scrumpets
- Fictional race.leader
- Willy Wonka
- Fictional race.image
- Oompa Loompas in 1971.png
- Fictional race.caption
- The Oompa-Loompas in 1971 pictured with Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
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The Oompa-Loompas are a fictional race of people in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory franchise based on the original book by Roald Dahl. In all versions of the story, they are depicted as little people who form the workforce of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, and are paid in cocoa beans. However, their appearance and backstory change depending on the version.
== Design and characteristics == The Oompa-Loompas are described as being no larger than medium-sized dolls, with rosy-white skin and long golden-brown hair. They wear the same clothes they wore at Loompaland: the men wear deerskins, the women wear leaves and the children wear nothing at all.