Anti-Role Model: Their main purpose in the narrative.At the end, once they're all eliminated, the man is revealed to be a Wonka employee and the bribe to be a Secret Test of Character. All for Nothing: In the 1971 version, they all are offered a bribe from a man claiming to be Slugworth.Aerith and Bob: Charlie, Mike, and Violet along with Augustus and especially Veruca.In the 1971 film, he's relatively well-mannered and noticeably more polite than his literary and 2005 film counterparts. For example, as noted below, Augustus was a gluttonous pig with bad manners. None of the adaptations depict them as nice kids but some adaptations tone down their bratty behavior. Adaptational Nice Guy: Very downplayed.Both the 19 versions make Mike and Violet American, Veruca English and Augustus German. Adaptational Nationality: None of the kids had their nationalities specified in the novel.As an example, with the exception of Veruca (who is less whiny and more passive aggressive), all of them become more antagonistic and unpleasant in the 2005 film: Augustus and Violet are openly mean to Charlie while Mike is very rude, skeptical, and arrogant toward Willy Wonka. Adaptational Jerkass: Depending on the version, if the script wants them to be spoiled to the point of rudeness to better emphasize their vices.In the musical, Mike is depicted as this as shown in his mother's introduction song that states he has a ridiculous amount of Troubling Unchildlike Behavior. Abusive Offspring: Many incarnations of Veruca are depicted as this towards her father but the 1971 version takes the cake, best exemplified in the scene where the workers are looking for her Golden Ticket.

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