Mike, who loves to watch television, finds the fourth Golden Ticket. He is also the last one to be ejected from the factory. Most adaptations place him as being from America. Mike loves TV and electronics much more than he likes people. In the novel, he loves only TV. In the 2005 movie he is obsessed with video games. Mike leaves the factory after he tries to teleport. During this process he is shrunk to a fraction of his former size. He is taken away by the Oompa Loompas to go to the taffy stretching room.