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2 April 2019, 13:55
"Kid literally dies in chocolate factory" and the Oompa Loompas respond by dancing and singing. The internet has turned the Oompa Loompas wild reaction to injured children into an amusing meme.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory had some pretty savage characters. Willy Wonka, himself, was a brutal stickler for rules and some of the kids who went on his factory tour were unsavoury in their own ways. It was the particularly flippant behaviour of the Oompa Loompas that probably had you shook as a child.
Now, the Oompa Loompas singing have been turned into a meme and people are hilariously parodying the unusual reactions of the dancing factory workers (who should have probably performed first aid instead of singing and dancing about rules)
After a child would meet a gruesome or unpleasant end to the tour, the Oompa Loompas would do a dance routine while singing their anti-greed propaganda. It was actually quite callous, in retrospect.
*kid literally fucking dies in chocolate factory*
— brandon (@MouseWithTimbs) March 31, 2019
Oompa Loompas: pic.twitter.com/HENeBwx0y4
In Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, kids fall into rivers, down trash chutes, and even turn giant and purple. Health and safety violations as far as the eye can see.
Of course, each time that happened, the Oompa Loompas were there with strong choreography and a musical number.
Kid: *getting permanently maimed by factory equipment*
— Nunya Bidness (@squeaktoad) March 29, 2019
Oompa Loompas: pic.twitter.com/APung2kXnq
Child: *dies violently*
— merch4food dot com (@Its_FreeHugs) March 31, 2019
Oompa Loompas: pic.twitter.com/1o973cntuK
Kid: *drowns in chocolate*
— TIMMER FREDETTE (@timwolo_9898) March 29, 2019
Oompa Loompas: pic.twitter.com/71NbF80lwo
innocent child: *dies*
— Upside Down Underwear (@UnderwearMemes) March 27, 2019
oompa loompas: pic.twitter.com/T5V9luJooU
The oompa loompas when a child dies in the factory pic.twitter.com/YzVCthWDmS
— edgar (@schark_boyy) March 31, 2019
oompa loompas when a kid drowns in the chocolate river pic.twitter.com/x0J02n3AQP
— nayelli 🇲🇽 (@nayelliabarca) April 2, 2019
Innocent children: literally dies
— Harry Oakley IV (@harry_oakley2) March 31, 2019
Oompa Loompas: pic.twitter.com/XGLlzWy0SA
Well, the Oompa Loompas' methods were unorthodox, but you can't say that their moves weren't iconic.