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What On Earth Is 'The Unknown'? Bizarre Willy Wonka Mirror Creature Explained


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The Unknown (Willy Wonka Experience Character)

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About

The Unknown refers to a character that appeared from behind a mirror at the failed Willy Wonka Experience event in Glasgow, Scotland that went viral online along with other memes about the event in February 2024. The character, an evil chocolate maker who craves the "Anti-Graffiti Gobstopper," was created by AI used to generate a script for the event.

Origin

On February 24th, 2024, the Willy Wonka Experience event took place in Glasgow, failing to live up to attendees expectations due to false advertisements and a low overall quality of production.[1]

One part of the failed attraction involved a character known as The Unknown, an evil chocolate maker in a black robe and a silver mask, who emerged from behind a mirror and scared the attending children, with Willy Wonka introducing the character. On February 27th, X[2] user @bene25_ posted a clip of The Unknown emerging from behind the mirror, which received over 23 million views, 11,000 reposts and 92,000 likes on X / Twitter in two days.


What is that? It's The Unknown!

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The footage of the character inspired viral reactions, memes and fan art on social media, similar to memes about the Oompa-Loompa Bartender. On February 28th, 2024, X[3] user @dvd_brwn posted a video caption meme that imagined people's reactions to the character, which garnered over 1.3 million views, 2,000 reposts and 42,000 likes in one day (shown below).


On February 28th, X[4] user @EveBelleSongs posted made a post combining the meme with ""Where's Kate Middleton? conspiracy theories, garnering over 5,000 reposts and 93,000 likes in one day (shown below, left). Later that day, X[5] user @knmccc posted a meme that received over 4,800 reposts and 91,000 likes in one day (shown below, right).


Eve Belle @EveBelleSongs I can put two and two together. 8:44 AM Feb 28, 2024 2.8M Views . : kara @knmccc The Unknown waiting for their part at the willy wonka experience 8:53 AM Feb 28, 2024 1.6M Views :

The character maintained viral popularity alongside other memes about the event through late February 2024.

Various Examples


@drawckie MESSAGES Anxiety What if you're not good enough MESSAGES Depression Everyone hates you MESSAGES The Unknown So bored behind this mirror aha. Wuu2 now now now
Benedict Townsend @BenedictTown Pete Davidson has been spotted stepping out with The Unknown from the Glasgow Willy Wonka experience 5:23 PM. Feb 28, 2024 2.4M Views NEW YORK 2 Ross McCafferty @RossMcCaff The boy playing "The Unknown" at the Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience before the show started I'm going for gasps. 3:25 PM. Feb 28, 2024 925.6K Views FXON hulu Benedict Townsend @Benedict Town [Halloween 2024] Them: what the hell are you dressed as : Me: I'm The Unknown, the Al created character from the Glasgow Willy Wonka event that went viral seven months ago 1:54 PM. Feb 28, 2024 · 1.4M Views .

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