Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

Tim Burton used real squirrels in the "Nut Cracking" assembly line. In total there are 40 squirrels which were trained to sit on stools while they opened nut shells and dropped the nuts onto a conveyor belt.

Charlie's dad works in a factory that makes Smilex toothpaste. Smilex is also the name of the Joker's deadly laughing gas in Tim Burton's earlier film, Batman.

Charlie's Dad works at a toothpaste factory called Smilex. In Batman (1989) Another Tim Burton Film, Smilex is the name of the poisonous gas The Joker uses to poison everyone.

Charlie's father works in a factory that makes "Smilex" toothpaste. This is a reference to Tim Burton's "Batman," in which the Joker unleashes lethal "Smilex" poison upon Gotham City by hiding it within personal care items such as toothpaste.

Willy Wonka says he was never as short as the children even growing up. This line references Roald Dahl's other novel Matilda where the child hating character Ms. Trunchbull expresses the same sentiment.

The money bills are made to look like a mashup of the american dollar and the british pound. That is done to keep the location of the movie uncertain.

Willy Wonka is shown to hate gum. It is said that chewing gum between meals can prevent plaque, which would remind him of his father.

Augustus Gloop drops a chocolate bar in surprise, the bar is written in German, as the character is German

A happy scene of singing mechanisms is interrupted by a fire, but Willy Wonka admits that he liked it better that way. This foreshadows how the rest of the tour goes