Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: Roald Dahl

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Sacrificial Planet: The Vermicious Knids are said to have eaten the former inhabitants of Venus, Mars, and the Earth's moon. The only reason why they haven't devoured Earth's dwellers yet is because they can't survive the friction heat from plummeting through the atmosphere. Creator's Culture Carryover: The President of the United States says "Courteney one yet?" to a chief of police, which is meant to sound like "caught anyone yet". Being from England, Roald Dahl would have pronounced "Courteney" and "caught any" the same way, but in most American accents they sound very different so the President would likely not be able to make the pun.

Manchild: President Gilligrass spends most of his time coming up with utterly useless inventions and letting his former Nanny (who still acts as though she's his current nanny) run the country. Mr. Wonka explains that the elevator can fly because of "skyhooks". When someone asks what the skyhooks are attached to, he brushes off the question. Jump up 

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Omnibus: The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka collects this book and its predecessor in one volume. Shaggy Dog" Story: The entire Wonka-Vite storyline ends up being this, as all four grandparents are ultimately returned to their original ages. Note that making just one pill takes 27 days and requires a long list of weird, exotic and often downright bizarre ingredients, which was why Mr. Wonka didn't want to use any himself; he felt it was too valuable. By the end, a total of 26 of them have essentially gone to waste. Scare 'Em Straight: While this isn't the morality play the first book was, the "don't fool around with medicine" Aesop presented in the second half definitely has this vibe, particularly in the Goldie Pinklesweet Show Within a Show, which details how she had to be taken to the hospital and get her stomach pumped among other things.

Shapeshifter Default Form: Vermicious Knids are normally egg-shaped before turning themselves into various shapes. Alternatively, the name "Gilligrass" might also be a reference to "Gilligan" of Gilligan's Island, especially given the president's Manchild personality. Ascended Extra: Grandma Josephine, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina have much larger roles here than in the first book, especially Grandma Georgina who becomes a Foil to Willy Wonka and takes on a The Complainer Is Always Wrong role. Cultural Translation: The previous novel used the term lift in the U.K. edition. Like its predecessor, the U.S. edition of this book came out before the U.K. one, hence the title; the first chapter of the U.K. version includes additional dialogue to justify the use of the term elevator throughout (specifically, Wonka regards the lift as an elevator now that it's acting as an air/spacecraft and is thus extremely elevated).Scratchy-Voiced Senior: When Grandma Georgina becomes the oldest woman in the world, her voice becomes extremely croaky. Chest of Medals: "The Chief of the Army was wearing so many medal-ribbons they covered the entire front of his tunic on both sides and spread down on to his trousers as well." Hotline: This novel was written as the Cold War was going on, and the first thing the President does when he and his underlings suspect the Elevator's occupants are spies is to call up the Russian premier on a hot line. He also has a hot line to the Chinese premier, which uses a special porcelain phone.

Bigger on the Inside: Basically applies to the factory, although justified as Wonka had already told the children in the first book that he built a lot of the factory underground to give himself more space to work with than would be possible if he confined himself to the main building. At one point he tells Charlie that a full tour of the entire factory, as opposed to the glimpse Charlie had with the other children in the first book, would take up to three weeks.

Show Within a Show: The sad story of Goldie Pinklesweet, recounted as part of the Oompa-Loompa's Morality Ballad, is a Type 4 Plot Parallel example similar to the Miss Bigelow story in the first book. Solar System Neighbors: Mars, The Moon and Venus used to have life before the Vermicious Knids wiped them out. Extremely Short Timespan: The action takes place over several hours at most; note that Grandpa Joe tells Charlie at the end that — between the tour of the factory in the first book and the events of this one — they've had quite a day. Frictionless Reentry: While the book is full of Artistic License in regards to physics, this Trope is nearly inverted completely, because reentry does cause friction here. The mistake made, however, is that Mr. Wonka claims it is the reason that the Knids cannot invade Earth (saying they would burn up in the atmosphere if they tried) but they were able to invade Mars and Venus without this problem. If anything, Venus would be an even bigger problem for this reason, and they wouldn't be able to invade Mars either. Warning Song: "Attention, Please!" by the Oompa-Loompas, warning against taking medicine in a foolish way.

Artistic License – Geology: On the journey down to Minusland, the factory is revealed to extend more than 200,000 feet underground. This depth is actually a good way into Earth's mantle. Where it's hot, pressure is incredible, and it's hard to build. Never My Fault: The bed-ridden grandparents blame Mr. Wonka for the whole mess with the Wonka-Vite, never mind that he had flat-out warned them how powerful the pills were yet they proceeded to overdose on them. Stupid Evil: The Vermicious Knids twist their stretchy bodies in to the letters "S-C-R-A-M," thus frightening off their victims and depriving themselves of a meal, because, as Mr. Wonka explains, "They're tremendously proud of being able to write like that," and scram is the only word they know how to spell.The Complainer Is Always Wrong: Grandma Georgina is the grouchiest and most vocal of the protagonists, and is never right about anything. And suffers more abuse than any of the other characters. Mistaken for Aliens: Willy Wonka decides to invoke this trope when he is told to identify himself and his companions at the Space Hotel (there are no cameras in there, so he assumes a funny voice and basically trolls Earth).