r/MovieDetails • u/L0rd0f5paghetti • Jul 18 '25

🥚 Easter Egg In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), one of the chambers that the candy dragonboat passes through is labeled "Beetle Juicing". This references another movie Tim Burton also directed, Beetlejuice (1988).

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u/masimone Jul 18 '25

That's funny because they really do grind up a certain beetle to make a dye that is in some candy.

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u/ramriot Jul 18 '25

Yes, ground up Dactylopius Coccus insects create the red food coloring we call cochineal.

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u/Gloomy_Ad1503 Jul 20 '25

They also use shellac to coat candies which is an insect secretion

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u/imlegos Jul 25 '25

Explains the fuck out of Terraria. ...maybe. probably not really.

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u/Johnoplata Jul 18 '25

You've got to get your red dye from somewhere, and that Wonka is definitely not one to outsource cruelty.

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u/OfflineTemptation Jul 19 '25

this movie still creeps me out. Depp totally overstepped the line between eccentric and downright weird.

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u/DerailedHogs Jul 18 '25

Don't reference a better movie in your movie.

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u/coys21 Jul 18 '25

I'll be sure to pass that along to Tim.

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u/CX52J Jul 18 '25

That’s a bit difficult when you’re already remaking a classic movie.

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u/welltechnically7 Jul 18 '25

To be fair, it's an adaptation of the original book instead of the movie

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u/ubpfc Jul 18 '25

Thanks for letting us know what the other Burton movie was that it referenced. 🤦‍♂️🤪🤔