Chucky is the main antagonist of the Child's Play horror film series. Chucky is portrayed as a notorious serial killer whose spirit inhabits a fictional "Good Guy" doll and continuously tries to transfer his soul from the doll to a human body. The character has become one of the most recognizable horror icons, often mentioned alongside Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Ghostface, Leatherface, Pinhead and Michael Myers, and has been referenced numerous times in pop culture. In 1999, the Chucky character was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for the film Bride of Chucky. He was created by writer-director Don Mancini and is portrayed and voiced by Brad Dourif in both live-action and voice-over.
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Appearances
Film
Chucky made his first appearance in the 1988 film Child's Play. In the film, serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) uses voodoo rituals to transfer his soul into a Good Guy Doll in an effort to escape capture. Now living in the form of the animated doll, Chucky (Voiced by Dourif) is given to young Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) and begins terrorizing the family. Chucky made his second appearance in the 1990 sequel, Child's Play 2. In the film, a resurrected Chucky (Dourif) continues his pursuit of Andy (Vincent), who has been placed in foster care after the events of the first film. In Child's Play 3 (1991), Chucky (Dourif) again returns from the grave eight years after events of the previous film to terrorized a now teenage Andy (Justin Whalin).
Bride of Chucky (1998) continues the story, with Chucky (Dourif) being resurrected by 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 Chucky's soul into a new body. Seed of Chucky (2004) marked the last film to be given a theatrical release and series writer Mancini's directorial debut. The film follows six years later when Glen/Glenda (Voiced by Billy Boyd), the child of Chucky (Dourif) and Tiffany (Tilly), brings his parents back to life. The trio then set their sights on actress Jennifer Tilly (Tilly in a fictionalized version of herself), whom they have sinister designs for.
The 2013 film Curse of Chucky saw the series return to the straightforward horror elements found in the first three films. The film takes place twenty-five years after the events of the first film, as Chucky (Dourif) torments wheelchair-bound Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) who is implied to be his daughter. In Cult of Chucky (2017) Chucky (Brad Dourif) returns to torment a now institutionalized Nica (Fiona Dourif), with a now adult Andy (Vincent) attempts to stop Chucky once and for all.
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Concept and creation
Design
Child's Play Writer Don Mancini explained that Chucky draws heavily from the My Buddy dolls: "In my original script, he was originally called Buddy, and we couldn't use it because of the 'My Buddy' doll. The director went out and got a 'My Buddy' doll, a Raggedy Ann, a Raggedy Andy and one of those life-size baby infants. What I told [designer] Kevin Yagher was, I wanted something similar to a My Buddy doll. I described "Buddy" in my original script, now "Chucky", as wearing red-buttoned overalls, red sneakers, striped sweater, with red hair, blue eyes, and freckles. Kevin went off and sketched many designs of Chucky, until the final was picked. Yagher then built the first doll from those sketches and my details".
Popular culture
- Chucky appeared as a presenter (in a white tuxedo) at the first annual Horror Hall of Fame in October 1990.
- Since October 1992, Chucky has been a regular at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, starring in his own shows entitled, Chucky's In-Your-Face Insults and Chucky's Insult Emporium. Further attractions were created, based on Child's Play 3 and Curse of Chucky in 2009 and 2013.
- Chucky made an appearance in the October 12, 1998, episode of WCW Monday Nitro interrupting Rick Steiner and Gene Okerlund's interview promoting his film, Bride of Chucky.
- On October 17, 1998, Chucky made an appearance in Episode 449 on Saturday Night Live (which was hosted by Lucy Lawless). Chucky appeared on Weekend Update to promote Bride of Chucky before unsuccessfully attempting several times to kill newscaster Colin Quinn. He even tried to kill Colin by posing as Dominican Lou only to be taken off the stage. Chucky was also seen in the closing taking a bow
- In October 2004, Chucky and Jennifer Tilly hosted a Child's Play event on the Syfy Channel to promote Seed of Chucky. Chucky also appeared on the Halloween day edition of The NFL Today.
- In 2007, Chucky made an appearance in the Hack/Slash comic book series.
- In 2013, it was announced that Chucky would be the main character in the video game Chucky: Slash & Dash, an endless runner game developed by Slimstown Studios.
- Starting October 1-4, 2013, several daily promotional videos for Curse of Chucky was released, entitled Chucky Invades Your Favorite Horror Movies. The first video featured Psycho and others featured Mama, Drag Me to Hell and The Purge.
- Chucky briefly appeared in the RadioShack Super Bowl XLVIII commercial "The '80s Called", along with other 1980's icons such as Hulk Hogan and Dee Snider.
- He is the current host for Terror Tram for Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights
- Rapper Bushwick Bill, formerly of the Geto Boys, has borrowed the persona of Chucky in recording various songs. Among these are "Chucky" (from the 1991 Geto Boys album We Can't Be Stopped) and "Chuckwick" (from Bushwick Bill's 1992 solo album Little Big Man). These songs also include sound samples from the original films. Bushwick Bill is also known for carrying the doll on stage when performing.
- Rapper DMX mentioned Chucky in the Song "Damien" from the Album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.
- In March 2014, Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, referred to opposition protesters as Chuckys and killers after weeks of violent protests resulted in numerous deaths.
- Chucky was spoofed in the 1998 comedy film Mafia!.
- In the film Monster Mash, Chucky was parodied as a female wind-up toy named Chicky.
- Chucky has been featured in the Robot Chicken episode "Plastic Buffet" voiced by Mark Hamill. Chucky had stumbled into a cabbage patch to escape and search for a new body. After stabbing a cabbage, Chucky is eaten by the Cabbage Patch Kids in search for souls.
- Chucky was also spoofed in Stan Helsing along with other horror icons such as Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger and Pinhead.
- Chucky has been referenced in The Simpsons:
- In "The Falcon and the D'ohman", Chucky briefly fights with Kiefer Sutherland's character Wayne.
- In "Gone Abie Gone", Jennifer Tilly appears as herself with Chucky making a reference to filming Seed of Chucky.
- In "Brown Magic", an episode of The Cleveland Show, Cleveland Brown and his six-year-old stepson Rallo Tubbs both perform a magic show, with Rallo acting like a toy dummy. During the comedic act, Rallo explains that his puppet costume makes him look like a "black Chucky".
- Spoofed in the 2000 horror film parody Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The Thirteenth.
- Referenced in the 2006 Wayans Brothers film, Little Man.
- Referenced in the 4th season of the TV series Charmed: "You're gonna hit the Book of Shadows and you're gonna figure out how to control Chucky there."
- A Chucky doll was featured in Ski Mask the Slump God's music video for "Catch Me Outside".
- In the series The Parkers, Nikki mentions about her mentor being a doll and Kim responds "yeah Chucky".
- NFL commentator and former head coach Jon Gruden is nicknamed Chucky due to the similarities between his and Chucky's facial expression when he's angry.
- In Dead Rising 2, there is an outfit that looks similar to Chucky's overalls.
- In Criminal Case, during the trial of a notorious serial killer known as "The Puppeteer", the judge sarcastically remarks that he thought the Puppeteer was "some toy that came alive at night and killed people, but turned back into a doll by day."
- In Madea Goes to Jail, Madea is asked who a young girl character is by Ella and she responds: "The Seed of Chucky".
- In Zombies Ate My Neighbors, one of the enemies is Fun Baby, a killer doll that chases down the player with an axe. Killing one can occasionally set it aflame, a reference to the first film.
See also
- Killer toys
- Robert (doll)
References
External links
- Chucky on IMDb
Source of article : Wikipedia
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