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Mike Teavee is the fourth child to find a Golden Ticket; he’s Mr. Teavee and Mrs. Teavee’s son. He loves nothing more than watching television—especially shows or movies with a lot of violence and guns—and he often wears shirts featuring favorite film characters and a variety of toy guns strapped to his body. Indeed, he becomes very upset with reporters when, after he finds his Golden Ticket, they try to interview him and distract him from his favorite show. Like Augustus, Veruca, and Violet, Mike’s parents have to restrain him to keep him from scaling Mr. Wonka’s factory fence in the minutes before their tour starts. Throughout the tour, Mike asks Mr. Wonka questions that Mr. Wonka deems “silly” or simply refuses to answer. Mike wants to understand his world and know exactly how things work, something that Mr. Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas suggest is a product of Mike’s love of television. Television, according to the Oompa-Loompas, destroys children’s imaginations—so Mike struggles to simply accept and enjoy many of the wonderful things he encounters at the chocolate factory. Mike is the fourth child to have to end his tour of the factory early. In the Television Chocolate room, Mike refuses to follow directions and uses Mr. Wonka’s special camera to transport himself into a television—causing him to shrink to only an inch tall. The Oompa-Loompas are able to stretch Mike to cause him to grow again—but after they’re done, Mike is 10 feet tall and stick-thin.
Mike Teavee Quotes in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory quotes below are all either spoken by Mike Teavee or refer to Mike Teavee. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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The tall bony old figure of Grandpa Joe could be seen standing quietly among them, and beside him, holding tightly on to his hand, was little Charlie Bucket himself.
All the children, except Charlie, had both their mothers and fathers with them, and it was a good thing that they had, otherwise the whole party might have gotten out of hand. They were so eager to get going that their parents were having to hold them back by force to prevent them from climbing over the gates.
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Chapter 15
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“Don’t you think they look pretty? I told you I hated ugliness! And of course they are all eatable! All made of something different and delicious! And do you like my meadows? Do you like my grass and my buttercups? The grass you are standing on, my dear little ones, is made of a new kind of soft, minty sugar that I’ve just invented! I call it swudge! Try a blade! Please do! It’s delectable!”
Automatically, everybody bent down and picked one blade of grass—everybody, that is, except Augustus Gloop, who took a big handful.
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Chapter 26
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“That isn’t exactly how [television] works,” said Mike Teavee.
“I am a little deaf in my left ear,” Mr. Wonka said. “You must forgive me if I don’t hear everything you say.”
“I said, that isn’t exactly how it works!” shouted Mike Teavee.
“You’re a nice boy,” Mr. Wonka said, “but you talk too much.”
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Chapter 27
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They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink—
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
IT ROTS THE SENSES IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK—HE ONLY SEES!
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‘All right!’ you’ll cry. ‘All right!’ you’ll say,
‘But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!’
We’ll answer this by asking you,
‘What used the darling ones to do?
‘How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?’
Have you forgotten? Don’t you know?
We’ll say it very loud and slow:
THEY…USED…TO…READ!
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Mike Teavee Quotes in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory quotes below are all either spoken by Mike Teavee or refer to Mike Teavee. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 13
Quotes
The tall bony old figure of Grandpa Joe could be seen standing quietly among them, and beside him, holding tightly on to his hand, was little Charlie Bucket himself.
All the children, except Charlie, had both their mothers and fathers with them, and it was a good thing that they had, otherwise the whole party might have gotten out of hand. They were so eager to get going that their parents were having to hold them back by force to prevent them from climbing over the gates.
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Chapter 15
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“Don’t you think they look pretty? I told you I hated ugliness! And of course they are all eatable! All made of something different and delicious! And do you like my meadows? Do you like my grass and my buttercups? The grass you are standing on, my dear little ones, is made of a new kind of soft, minty sugar that I’ve just invented! I call it swudge! Try a blade! Please do! It’s delectable!”
Automatically, everybody bent down and picked one blade of grass—everybody, that is, except Augustus Gloop, who took a big handful.
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Chapter 26
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“That isn’t exactly how [television] works,” said Mike Teavee.
“I am a little deaf in my left ear,” Mr. Wonka said. “You must forgive me if I don’t hear everything you say.”
“I said, that isn’t exactly how it works!” shouted Mike Teavee.
“You’re a nice boy,” Mr. Wonka said, “but you talk too much.”
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Chapter 27
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They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink—
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
IT ROTS THE SENSES IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK—HE ONLY SEES!
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‘All right!’ you’ll cry. ‘All right!’ you’ll say,
‘But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!’
We’ll answer this by asking you,
‘What used the darling ones to do?
‘How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?’
Have you forgotten? Don’t you know?
We’ll say it very loud and slow:
THEY…USED…TO…READ!
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