Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray is a fictional character and the villain of the Child's Play slasher film series. Chucky is portrayed as a notorious serial killer whose spirit inhabits a "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 popular 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 a voodoo ritual 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 Brad 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 terrorize 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 their souls into human bodies. Seed of Chucky (2004) 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 user 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), while 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In the film Monster Mash, Chucky was parodied as a female wind-up toy named Chicky.
- 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 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."
See also
- Killer toys
- Robert (doll)
References
External links
Source of article : Wikipedia
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