Oompa-Loompas are dwarves in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They come from Loompaland and are the only people Willy Wonka will allow to work in his factory due to the risk of industrial espionage. They are only knee-high with astonishing haircuts, and are paid in their favorite food, cacao beans. The original book first portrayed Oompa-Loompas as black pygmies from "the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before".

Willy Wonka is the main character in Roald Dahl's children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A musical adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka was released in 1971 & floped (today considered a cult classic), & another comedy version of the tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka was released in 2005 with immediate success.

Willy Wonka is the main character in Roald Dahl's children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A musical adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka was released in 1971 & floped (today considered a cult classic), & another comedy version of the tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka was released in 2005 with immediate success.

Oompa-Loompas are dwarves in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They come from Loompaland and are the only people Willy Wonka will allow to work in his factory due to the risk of industrial espionage. They are only knee-high with astonishing haircuts, and are paid in their favorite food, cacao beans. The original book first portrayed Oompa-Loompas as black pygmies from "the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before".