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Chucky first appeared in the 1988 film Child’s Play. In the film, a serial killer named Charles Lee Ray, also known as Chucky (Brad Dourif) uses a voodoo ritual inside a toy store to transfer his soul into a Good Guy doll to escape from Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon). Pretending to be an inanimate object, Chucky later is given to young Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) by his mother Karen Barclay (Catherine Hicks) and begins terrorizing the family. Chucky learns that he must return to his human form by possessing the first person he told his real name to (which is Andy). The Barclays learn that Chucky is possessed and eventually Chucky is killed after being set on fire, having his limbs shot off and then being shot through the heart.[6] Chucky made his second appearance in the 1990 sequel, Child’s Play 2. In the film, Chucky is repaired by Play Pals Inc, leading to his resurrection. Chucky continues his pursuit of Andy, who is now eight and has been placed in foster care after the events of the first film. Andy is terrorised at his new home and at school, leading to the deaths of his teacher Miss Kettlewell (Beth Grant) and his foster parents Joanne (Jenny Agutter) and Phil Simpson (Gerrit Graham). Andy is brought back to foster care by Grace Poole (Grace Zabriskie) who had overseen his fostering with the Simpsons. Andy’s foster sister Kyle (Christine Elise) learns of Chucky’s possession and is then forced to drive him to the orphanage. Grace is killed by Chucky and Andy is kidnapped by him. Kyle chases Chucky to the Play Pals factory where he fails to transfer his soul into Andy’s body. Chucky is killed after being covered with molten plastic and exploded with an air hose.[7] In Child’s Play 3 (1991), Chucky again returns from the dead eight years after the events of the previous film, with Chucky’s corpse infecting a batch of molten plastic and causing him to be reconstructed. He finds that a now teenage Andy (Justin Whalin) is currently enrolled at a military academy. Chucky attempts to possess a new body, but is stopped by Andy and Kristin de Silva (Perrey Reeves).[8] Bride and Seed of Chucky (1998–2004) Bride of Chucky (1998) continues the story, with Chucky being resurrected by a former accomplice and girlfriend Tiffany Valentine (Jennifer Tilly). After transferring Tiffany’s soul into a bride doll, the two terrorize a young couple in an attempt to transfer their souls into human bodies. The movie ends with Chucky and Tiffany’s child being born. [9] Seed of Chucky (2004) follows six years after the previous film when Glen/Glenda (voiced by Billy Boyd), the child of Chucky and Tiffany brings his parents back to life. The trio then set their sights on actress Jennifer Tilly (in a fictionalized version of herself), for whom they have sinister plans. This film importantly sees Chucky renounce his goals to possess a human body.[10] Direct-to-video films (2013–2017) The 2013 film Curse of Chucky saw the series return to the straightforward horror elements found in the first three films.[11] The film takes place nine years after the events of the previous film. Chucky arrives at the house of Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) and her mother Sarah, a woman with a connection to his past. He ends up killing Sarah and the rest of Nica’s family before framing her for the murders.[12] In Cult of Chucky (2017), Chucky returns to torment a now institutionalized Nica, while a now-adult Andy (Alex Vincent) attempts to stop Chucky’s plans once and for all.[13] At one point, Chucky figures out how to split his soul into many bodies at once, thus creating a ‘cult’. Other Media Chucky has a brief cameo as a program in the OASIS virtual reality simulation in the film adaptation of Ready Player One (2018). In the 2019 reboot of Child’s Play, Chucky (voiced by Mark Hamill) is presented as a high-tech artificially-intelligent Buddi doll created by the Kaslan Corporation. Primarily designed to be a life-long companion to its owner by learning from its surroundings and acting accordingly, Buddi dolls can also connect to and operate other Kaslan products. One such doll has its safety precautions disabled by a disgruntled Kaslan employee during the assembly process, and as a result, Chucky gradually develops murderous tendencies as he tries to eliminate anyone or anything who’s stopping him and his “best buddy”, his owner Andy Barclay (Gabriel Bateman), from staying best friends forever. Television Chucky made his return to television on the October 12, 2021, premiere of Chucky, the sequel to Cult of Chucky. In this TV series, Chucky encounters 14-year-old middle school student Jake Wheeler at a yard sale with his intentions to use him for his art project. After Jake learns who Chucky is and his intentions, Chucky becomes an archenemy of his, as well as his friends, Devon Evons and Lexy Cross, and continuously terrorizes them. In season two, one Chucky doll gets amnesia and decides to be good, helping Wheeler. A younger version of Chucky as a human also appeared in flashback scenes which were portrayed by David Kohlsmith and Tyler Barish.[14] In flashbacks of the 1980s he’s played by Fiona Dourif (who also appears in the present time as Nica Pierce) dubbed by Brad Dourif. In season three, Chucky briefly appears as a human, still played by Brad, in the spirit realm after dying. Other On the October 12, 1998, episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Chucky made an appearance as a heel to promote Bride of Chucky and in the process confronting Gene Okerlund and Rick Steiner.[15][16] On October 26, 2021, Chucky co-hosted NXT: Halloween Havoc as a face assisting with the spin the wheel make a deal matches.[17] On October 22, 2022, Chucky returned at NXT Halloween Havoc once again assisting with the spin the wheel make a deal matches and making appearances throughout the event.[18][19] On November 28, 2023, a Chucky DLC was released for the asymmetrical horror video game Dead by Daylight, with Chucky available as a playable killer character, and Dourif reprising his role.[20] Zen Studios released Chucky’s Killer Pinball, a pinball table for Pinball M on November 30, 2023.[21] Chucky is also a playable character in the 2024 video game Funko Fusion.[22]
