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{{wikipediainfo}}When [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] brought home a [[Troll (I Found Him On The Internet)|small, hirsute humanoid with a wild shock of hair]] in [[Universe (Parallax)|one universe]], Jenny's roommate [[Kim]] briefly thought he was an '''Oompa-Loompa''' before Jenny clarified that he was actually a [[Troll]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Found Him On The Internet (short story)|I Found Him On The Internet]]'') | {{wikipediainfo}} | ||
When [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] brought home a [[Troll (I Found Him On The Internet)|small, hirsute humanoid with a wild shock of hair]] in [[Universe (Parallax)|one universe]], Jenny's roommate [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]] briefly thought he was an '''Oompa-Loompa''' before Jenny clarified that he was actually a [[Troll]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Found Him On The Internet (short story)|I Found Him On The Internet]]'') | |||
In [[Universe C (A World of Pure Unimagination)|another universe]], a similar species known as the [[Wonkidoodle]]s existed. Although they were indeed diminutive, the colour of their skin had a ruddy complexion over the expected orange colour, and their green heads of hair were actually bad wigs. Overall, they looked like the love-children of [[Donald Trump]] and a [[Hobbit]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A World of Pure Unimagination (short story)|A World of Pure Unimagination]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The Oompa-Loompas are a tribe of diminutive humanoids who appear in {{w|Roald Dahl|Roald Dahl}}'s ''{{w|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory}}'' and its various adaptations. In the original edition of the book they were depicted as a fictional African pygmy tribe, but, being convinced of the racist overtones that this brought to the story, Dahl altered them in later editions to be fair-skinned and more overtly non-human, a line also followed by all of the story's official adaptions. | The Oompa-Loompas are a tribe of diminutive humanoids who appear in {{w|Roald Dahl|Roald Dahl}}'s ''{{w|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory}}'' and its various adaptations. In the original edition of the book they were depicted as a fictional African pygmy tribe, but, being convinced of the racist overtones that this brought to the story, Dahl altered them in later editions to be fair-skinned and more overtly non-human, a line also followed by all of the story's official adaptions. | ||
{{Roald Dahl concepts}} | {{Roald Dahl concepts}} | ||
Latest revision as of 20:12, 14 June 2024
When Jenny Everywhere brought home a small, hirsute humanoid with a wild shock of hair in one universe, Jenny's roommate Kim briefly thought he was an Oompa-Loompa before Jenny clarified that he was actually a Troll. (PROSE: I Found Him On The Internet)
In another universe, a similar species known as the Wonkidoodles existed. Although they were indeed diminutive, the colour of their skin had a ruddy complexion over the expected orange colour, and their green heads of hair were actually bad wigs. Overall, they looked like the love-children of Donald Trump and a Hobbit. (PROSE: A World of Pure Unimagination)
Behind the scenes
The Oompa-Loompas are a tribe of diminutive humanoids who appear in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its various adaptations. In the original edition of the book they were depicted as a fictional African pygmy tribe, but, being convinced of the racist overtones that this brought to the story, Dahl altered them in later editions to be fair-skinned and more overtly non-human, a line also followed by all of the story's official adaptions.
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