YMMV / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

• Adorkable: The President himself, when he reveals his Manchild nature, still calls Mrs Tibbs 'nanny' and has named his Cute Kitten 'Mrs Taubsypuss'.
• Alternate Aesop Interpretation: The intended moral of the poem about Goldie Pinklesweet is "don't be dumb and eat medicines you're not supposed to", but for parents it can also be "don't leave young children unsupervised assuming they won't get into trouble". Goldie wouldn't have gotten into the laxatives and mistaken them for chocolate if her grandma hadn't left her in the house alone so she could go into town and buy a double gin.
• Americans Hate Tingle: The book is more obscure in America, due to the film adaptations of the first one being what most casual fans know of, and likewise there was no film made of this one. It's better known in its native UK and the rest of Europe.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees: The President wonders how to entertain the aliens who have taken over a space station. Someone suggests fried Mars Bars. This is an actual UK delicacy.
• Contested Sequel: On one hand, the first half is padded, but at least tries something new; the second half is a retread of the misadventures of the naughty kids from the first book, just with Charlie's grandparents instead. On another hand, the book is far more humorous than its predecessor.
• Spiritual Predecessor: The book can be sees as a kids' version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as they both are about a eccentric man who takes the main character to different places in space and describe different things in space, like the Vermicious Knids and Minusland.
• Fanon Discontinuity: Detractors of the book like to pretend that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stand-alone novel and that this book never happened in the first place.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Some will seek out the book just to read the sections on the memorably terrifying Vermicious Knids and Minusland.
• Padding: The scenes with the President and his cabinet don't advance the story and tend to last a while. Among other things, we get the President's nanny singing a song about raising him.
• Paranoia Fuel: The Gnoolies. They infest Minusland, are completely invisible, and have a vampiric effect on their victims when they bite them.

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