History Characters / ChildsPlayChucky

* PracticallyJoker: Like ComicBook/TheJoker, he's an AxCrazy LaughablyEvil LargeHam threat with JokerImmunity and loves to give out an EvilLaugh on a regular basis, it's further helped by the fact Dourif was one of the considerations to play Joker in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989''. He even has his own Harley Quinn in the form of Tiffany.

* PracticallyJoker: Like ComicBook/TheJoker, he's an AxCrazy LaughablyEvil LargeHam threat with JokerImmunity and loves to give out an EvilLaugh on a regular basis, it's further helped by the fact Dourif was one of the considerations to play Joker in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989''.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: You first see him in ''Film/{{Bride|Of Chucky}}'' drinking water from a fish bowl wit hthe fish in it, leaving its fate off-screen. he says he kills a housecat in the first episode of the TV show in a way best left to imagination - for no particular reason, aside from perhaps being annoyed by it. Ya know, just in case you still thought he wasn't evil enough.

* AbusiveDad: He's definitely not the best parent to Glen, [[HarmfulToMinors dragging the kid around to go on murder sprees, no doubt traumatizing him]]. In the final scene of ''Seed'', it's implied he '''[[OffingTheOffspring killed]]''' him.

* AffablyEvil: On VERY rare occasions he can be this. For example, he seemed to enjoy his time playing video games with Caroline even complimenting her skill.

** In a rare almost PetTheDog moment, Chucky states "this is for Nica" [[spoiler:before stomping Dr. Foley to death slowly and graphically, after having successful possessed Nica]].
** In Episode 3 of the ''Chucky'' series, he says "this is for Jake" after cornering Lexy in her room with the intent on murdering her.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: After killing [[spoiler:Sarah Pierce]] for calling the police on him and inadvertently [[spoiler:setting off his original death in the first film]], he opts to stay and ruin the lives of the rest of her family by killing most of them, [[spoiler:framing her younger daughter Nica for the murders to land her in a mental hospital, and then apparently trying to possess her granddaughter Alice]]. ''Damn''.

* BadassAdorable: A rare slasher villain example, he's a chunky little baby-faced doll with the strength and ferocity of a grown man. This is played up in newer entries like ''Cult'' and the TV series, where he doesn't have scars and looks more conventionally cute and innocent.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Kills a housecat in the first episode of the TV show for no particular reason, aside from perhaps being annoyed by it. Ya know, just in case you still thought he wasn't evil enough.
* BastardBoyfriend: Tiffany adores him, but it becomes pretty clear her recollections are from rose-colored glasses very swiftly. Chucky almost immediately makes a careless comment he thought she'd let herself go and laughs in her face when she reveals she thought a proposal was coming.

** ''Bride'': He gets irate over hearing someone crying - let alone from Tiffany.

* BlessedWithSuck: His doll body makes him almost immortal as well as more maneuverable and easier to kill bigger targets. The downside? Besides being obviously way smaller and easy to overpower, he can still feel ''pain'' in this form. And he goes through a ''lot.''

* TheBully: Being a {{jerkass}} psycho serial killer, Chucky is not above bullying such as towards Glen in ''Seed'' when he joked Glen's parents must be hiding from his ugliness.

* CelebrityParadox: The show ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' exists in the films' universe, which Tiffany was watching on her television set at the time of her human death before switching to ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' in ''Bride''. Chucky's actor Creator/BradDourif has made a guest appearance in an episode of the show. As far as ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' is concerned, the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise exist in this universe as Creator/BradDourif had appeared in Music/RobZombie's [[Film/Halloween2007 remake]] and its [[Film/HalloweenII2009 sequel]].

** He spends most of ''Bride'' and ''Seed'' needlessly angering Tiffany, but in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'' it appears he learned from his mistakes and amended his ways to [[EarnYourHappyEnding stabilize his marriage to Tiffany]] even if he is still a psycho serial killer. However, it doesn't last long since he's gone back to his horribly abusive ways in the TV series (that continues after ''Cult'') endlessly verbally abusing Tiffany at every opportunity, making her secretly plot to free herself from this toxic marriage.
** For the first four movies he really hated being trapped in a doll's body. In the ensuing sequels he's gotten used to staying in it and decides being a killer doll makes him more infamous than as a human serial killer.
** At the start of ''Bride'', Chucky had no interest in marrying Tiffany at all. But as the movie progressed and he spent more time with Tiff, he does gain a genuine love for her.

* TheChewToy: Chucky takes an astounding amount of punishment in most movies, going through immense agony and being beaten around a ton. He deserves every single second of it.
* ChildHater: He explicitly says "I hate kids" during the finale of ''Film/ChildsPlay2''.
* CountryMatters: He explicitly refers to Lexy as this in Episode 3 of the ''Chucky'' series.

** In ''Chucky'', he is intent on turning Jake into a serial killer, and at one point tried to talk Caroline Cross into murdering her big sister, Lexy.
*** In the same series, he does succeed at corrupting [[spoiler: Junior]] thus ensuring that his EvilPlan could begin.
* CoveredInScars: His face from ''Bride'' onwards. Though he does get a repaired, new face in ''Cult''.

* {{Cyborg}}: Kind of. He starts off possessing a fully mechanical doll until it gets to the point where blood, muscles and bone are incorporated with the wires and metal skeleton of the doll body come the third film's climax. For ''Bride'' and ''Seed'', he's completely organic outside of the plastic exterior.

* {{Determinator}}: To the T. Even missing a hand, having his face sliced off, or worse, nothing stops the Chuck from killing or stalking his prey. [[VillainousValour It's even more impressive]], considering he lacks the FeelNoPain a lot of his slasher peers have.

* TheDividual: The Cult of Chucky, who are revealed to be a group of all the Good Guy dolls that Chucky has taken possession of, are near-identical and work as one to complete Chucky's goals, but individually they display distinctively different personalities and tend to argue quite a bit.

* EnfantTerrible: The ''Chucky'' series reveals he was a purely evil monster since childhood. Despite living an ideal childhood with loving parents, he still had fantasies of petty murder, and went as far as to [[spoiler:[[{{Matricide}} kill his own mother]]]] and become a serial killer [[ForTheEvulz just because he wanted to]].

-->'''Chucky:''' YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU FILTHY SLUT! I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. Chucky is capable of superficial care for others, but like a true sociopath, he's not really capable of seeing them as ''people'' beyond what they mean to him. Glen/Glenda is only there as an extension of him to mold into a new killer and while he seems to care for Tiffany, he's ''twice'' heartlessly murdered her without blinking when she's become a problem for him.

** In ''Seed'' even he is disturbed by how utterly Batshit ''INSANE'' [[spoiler: Glen's split personality Glenda is]] and gets offended when Tiffany blames him for having created Glenda. Glenda's preference for fire over old-fashioned stabbing also horrifies Chucky, though this could stem from Chucky's fireplace injury in the first movie and Tiffany getting thrown into a ''working'' oven in the fourth.
* EveryoneHasStandards: In ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' episode 2, Chucky mentions having a queer kid that's gender-fluid (Glen/Glenda) to protagonist Jake. Jake asks if Chucky is okay with that and he responds "I'm not a monster, Jake".
* EvilIsHammy: And he gets hammier and hammier with each installment.

* EvilOldFolks: He is pushing 60s by ''Curse'', but is still utterly evil.

* EvilSoundsRaspy: He has a gruff voice and is the franchise's most malicious character.
* EvilWearsBlack: He wears a robe in episode 8 of ''Chucky'' with both [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: Chucky has his moments, what with the LaughablyEvil LargeHam nature of his character. This is also justified in the case with children he tries to possess, since he plays a FalseFriend role to earn their trust before trying to take over their body. In the first film, he greets his voodoo mentor like they're friends before killing him. Unlike Tiffany however, he has no redeeming qualities.

* {{Flanderization}}: While he always was a psychotic monster, Chucky was actually slightly more [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] in the first movie, where he kept his doll cover as long as possible and only attacked people he had a vendetta against (Eddie and Norris), who pissed him off (Maggie and Dr Death) or witnesses (the psychiatrist), usually in ways allowing him to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident or frame Andy for it. In the sequels, he gradually took a habit of [[StupidEvil risking his cover by pointlessly killing random bystanders in frequently over-the-top ways]]. Eventually fixed in ''Curse''.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Chucky doesn't believe in {{God}}. Weird, considering his soul swapping ability is possible via invoking a voodoo deity named Damballa, and the fact that voodoo magical practices are all about asking the Loa (gods/spirits) to do favors. He even considered it blasphemous of Jake to overpower the strength of Damballa when Jake pushed him off.
* ForTheEvulz: The ''Chucky'' series reveals that this is Chucky's entire motivation for murdering people. Unlike most serial killers, who often have tragic pasts, Chucky lived an idyllic childhood with loving parents and friends, but was simply a child psychopath with a fascination for violence and killed his own mother just because he wanted to.

* HatedByAll: As both Chucky and Charles Lee Ray, a majority of people have many different reasons to despise him due to the horrific legacy he left behind (as Charles Lee Ray) and the innumerable lives he's taken and ruined as a murderous doll. Other than Tiffany, the only people who are known to have regard for Chucky are truly disturbed individuals such as [[AxCrazy Glenda]], [[CloudCuckoolander Angela]], or [[spoiler:[[TeensAreMonsters Junior]]]]. Even with Tiffany, her love for Chucky often is pushed to its limits; by the time of the TV series, Tiffany wanted to figure out a way to keep Nica around whilst simultaneously seeing less of her husband.

* HeManWomanHater: He has a tendency to insult his female victims. You should hear what he calls Karen Barclay when he comes alive in her hands. Though he eventually does [[SubvertedTrope settle down with Tiffany]].

'''Chucky:''' Ya goddamn women drivers!

* HollywoodAtheist: Zig-zagged in ''Curse of Chucky'', where he makes it clear that he is certain there is no God. Which is a bit strange as he's quite literally living proof Voodoo is real and invokes the Loa Damballa for his rituals.

** In ''Curse'', he complains "Women, can't live with 'em. Period!" completely discarding the fact that Tiffany helped bring him back to life after the events of the third movie. [[spoiler: And to make this even more hypocritical, Tiffany pops up in a surprise cameo at the end of ''Curse'' to reveal that she is helping Chucky exact revenge on all his past adversaries (in order) and possibly helped rebuild him after ''Seed'']].

* ImplacableMan: The amount of punishment he can withstand before finally dying (and still returning somehow after that more determined than ever) is ''mesmerizing''.

* InCharacterCommentaries: In the special features of ''Child's Play'', Chucky explains his methods and new state as a doll over some of his scenes in the film.

* InvincibleVillain: Usually averted fairly hard, but played straight from ''Curse'' onward, [[spoiler: where he successfully transfers his soul into two human bodies (Alice and later Nica) and gets away scot-free with all of his murders, presumably pinning the blame on Andy once more.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: If you're not Charles Lee Ray/Chucky, he doesn't care about you. [[spoiler:Tiffany]] even [[LampshadeHanging calls him out on this]] in episode 8 of ''Chucky''.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's a sadistic PsychopathicManchild, a serial killer with nothing resembling a FreudianExcuse, and an [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ill-tempered and foul-mouthed asshole]]. Also, any time he's presented as having any shred of a redeeming quality, it is ''always'' subverted by his general cruel and manipulative nature. One of the most notable examples of this was him giving Tiffany a genuine-sounding apology for being a dick to her earlier, and later proposing to her as she had always wanted him to do. Then he continues to mistreat her [[spoiler:and later ''kills'' her]].

** In ''Child's Play 3'', one of Chucky's most mean-spirited kills involved him murdering a garbage man who attempted to save him.

* KillerRabbit: His appearances are totally deceiving. By the time one learns the truth, it's too late.

* LightIsNotGood: He sports a white mask in one episode of ''Chucky''. And saying he's "Not Good" is an understatement.

* MadeOfIron: He can take a lot of punishment. And somehow, he manages to find a way back. He's REALLY resilient [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness however in the first movie]] as he was shown to survive even [[WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody dismemberment]], bullets and fire. Possibly justified as he may have self-trained himself to be this since childhood as far as the television series is concerned; as a child, he [[spoiler:[[SelfHarm deliberately]] bit into [[RazorApples an apple with a razor inside]], not caring of injuring himself to do so, a beginning to gaining this ability to be resilient to pain]].

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Sure he's clearly in agony when he loses his limbs, gets set on fire, shot repeatedly, etc. However, it hardly slows him down. In ''Child's Play 3'', he gets his entire left arm shot off while attempting his voodoo chant, and his reaction is to grunt a little bit and continue the voodoo chant as normal.

** He's just as famous for his EvilLaugh as his killing behavior, as "chuckle" is another word for laugh. And "chuck" can be another word for decimate or cut.

* MisanthropeSupreme: He's not great at making friends, and he has no problem making new enemies everyday. [[spoiler: Tiffany appears to be an exception but only when Chucky doesn't anger her too much]].

* TheNapoleon: His huge ego, excitably violent tendencies and hammy, trash-talking personality do not line up with his short stature.

* NighInvulnerability: Chucky can move with human-like reflexes after ''being lit on fire''. It also turns out that not even having half of his limbs torn off along with his head can stop him from moving, and he can [[ImmuneToBullets take enough bullets to kill several people without dying]]... [[spoiler:at least until they '''finally''' shoot his heart, and even then, it's only temporary since its soul can just possess another doll.]]
* NightmareFetishist: A rather literal example. In ''Seed'', Chucky needs to [[spoiler: [[ADateWithRosiePalms give a sperm sample]].]] He passes up several traditional fuels for this such as fashion magazines and swimsuit catalogs and instead opts for ''Fangoria''. [[ShownTheirWork This sort of sexual deviancy is actually a common motive for real life serial killers.]]

* OlderAndWiser: A villainous example. In ''Curse of Chucky'', which takes place twenty-five years since the first film, Chucky averts the StupidEvil trope and becomes a [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] in terms of proper and tactical planning on getting to his target such as not wasting time killing irrelevant bystanders or going into childish ScreamingWarrior [[VillainousBreakdown tantrums]] that only slows him down like back when he was younger, inexperienced in playing the doll role the first time after he transferred his soul into a shell and more repulsively impulsive.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even if you're a Chucky aficionado, you're probably not going to call him "Charles Lee Ray".
* OverarchingVillain: He's the franchise's main villain.
* OutOfFocus: Despite his name being in the title, Chucky has a noticeably smaller role in ''Seed'' compared to any other film in the franchise, with said film mostly focusing on Tiffany and Glen.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In ''Cult'', he fights with two of his clones over which one of them gets to kill adult Andy.

* PetTheDog: For all his faults in raising his son, he did give him a more respectful name in “Glen” rather than sticking with “Shitface.”
* PintSizedPowerhouse: While Chucky prefers using the element of surprise against his victims, he can put up a direct fight with fully grown adults because despite being a toddler-sized doll, he still has the same strength he had as a human.

** One of Chucky's most consistent character traits is that he [[HeManWomanHater don't like women]]. His first words as a doll (in his regular voice, not the Good Guy doll's voice) were "YOU STUPID BITCH! YOU FILTHY SLUT!" towards Karen when she threatened to throw him in the fire.

** In the Season 1 finale of the ''Chucky'' series, [[spoiler: one of the Chucky dolls reacts with disgust upon learning that Nica!Chucky had been dipping their hands in both ponds. Later, he calls Devin a "twink", and his reaction to learning that Jake and Devon were a couple is a disgusted "[[RefugeInAudacity Oh, that is so gay!]]"]]

* PragmaticVillainy: In the season 1 finale of the TV series, Chucky decides to set up an age limit preventing potential victims 5-6 or under from getting killed when he plotted to [[spoiler: massacre the charity event]] not out of genuine standards but because they could be useful pawns for later.

* {{Sadist}}: He personally takes pleasure in killing innocent people as his victims. From ''Cult'':

* ScreamingWarrior: He yells practically ''non-stop'' when attacking his victims.

* StrawMisogynist: Chucky outright states he hates women in ''Curse''.

* SuperStrength: A subversion. Chucky is insanely strong for being just a toy doll, but this is because he retains the relative strength and speed of his adult body. This, combined with his small stature allowing him to get the drop on people, is why he gets such a high body count. The ''Chucky'' series also addresses this with Chucky explaining that Damballa is giving him power.
* TeamRocketWins: [[spoiler:Chucky's win-loss record in the films is not good. He fails in his goals in the first four films, and changes his mind in the fifth, getting brutally re-killed each time. In the sixth, however, he succeeds in his goal to destroy the movie's family, and in the seventh he finally achieves a new human body and escapes with Tiffany.]]

* TeenyWeenie: Discussed in episode 8 of ''Chucky'' when [[spoiler:Tiffany]] calls him out on having a small penis.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Chucky calls Andy "sport" a few times, even though he's trying to transfer his soul in the kid.

* {{Troll}}: He's a total dick who loves messing with his victims before murdering them.

* UngratefulBastard: He continually treats Tiffany like garbage despite her being the only reason he is still alive after ''Child's Play 3''.

* VillainDecay: Starting with ''Child’s Play 2'', but to several extents in ''Bride'' and ''Seed''. ''Very'' inverted in ''Curse'' as there's not an ounce of comedy involving Chucky and the deaths are simplistic, brutal, and pragmatic. Chucky himself is also a lot more angry, violent, and sadistic than he was in any of the past films. While this could be explained out-of-story as attempting to drop some of the humor introduced in the previous entries, it can be explained in-story as Chucky having personal history with the family in question.
* VillainousBreakdown: ''Flips out'' several times, like towards the end of ''Child's Play 2'' when he realizes he can't transfer his soul into Andy and is therefore trapped in the Good Guy doll. He spends almost all of the final fight angrily screaming, determined to murder Andy and Kyle by any means necessary.
* VillainsOutShopping: Due to his VillainProtagonist status in ''Bride'' and ''Seed'', we see more of Chucky's personal life of what he likes to do besides killing and they consist of rocking out to White Zombie, eating Tiffany's Swedish meatballs and cookies (let alone even having a girlfriend, having sex with her), masturbating to porn or watching ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''. Tiffany has encouraged Chucky to give up killing and pursue other passions in ''Seed''. But all in all Chucky is addicted to killing and he can't find anything that'll dissuade him from killing permanently.

* VillainsWantMercy: He's not necessarily above begging for his life, all but pleading with Andy to spare him when he thinks he's screwed.

* WasOnceAMan: He was a human criminal who transferred his soul out of his dying body and into a plastic doll as a desperate measure to avoid death. One of his main goals is to steal another human body for himself, not wanting to spend the rest of his existence as a ridiculous-looking children's toy.

* WhiteMaskOfDoom: Inverted. Yes, he's the main villain of a horror series and in one episode of ''Chucky'' he sports a [[LightIsNotGood white]] mask...but it's a Franchise/HelloKitty mask.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: The first movie proves that he can fight and run even when dismembered. And the end of ''Seed'' brings this back.

** Aside from previously stabbing a '''pregnant woman''', he attempted to kill Andy in ''Child's Play 2'', who was a child at the time. He also threatened Tyler many times in ''Child's Play 3'' and attempted to kill [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring his child Glen]]]] in ''Seed of Chucky''.

** In the non-canon ''Chucky'' comic mini-series by Devil's Due Publishing, Chucky kills Bobby, a little boy, after murdering the kid's mother. In another issue, he kills a little girl using a crossbow and hosts a tea party with her corpse for shits and giggles.

* PracticallyJoker: Like ComicBook/TheJoker, he's an AxCrazy LaughablyEvil LargeHam threat with JokerImmunity, it's further helped by the fact Dourif was one of the considerations to play Joker in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989''.

** Chucky's full name is derived from the names of notorious killers '''Charles''' Manson, '''Lee''' Harvey Oswald, and James Earl '''Ray'''.

* MeaningfulName: He's just as famous for his EvilLaugh as his killing behavior, as "chuckle" is another word for laugh. And "chuck" can be another word for decimate or cut.

* MonsterRoommate: In the TV series, he crashes in Jake's room teach him into becoming a killer

* PettheDog: For all his faults in raising his son, he did give him a more respectful name in “Glen” rather than sticking with “Shitface.”

* HatedByAll: As both Chucky and Charles Lee Ray, a majority of people have many different reasons to despise him due to the horrific legacy he left behind (as Charles Lee Ray) and the innumerable lives he's taken and ruined as a murderous doll. Other than Tiffany, the only people who are known to have regard for Chucky are truly disturbed individuals such as [[AxCrazy Glenda]], [[CloudCuckoolander Angela]], or [[spoiler:[[TeensAreMonsters Junior]]]].

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. Chucky is capable of superficial care for others, but like a true sociopath, he's not really capable of seeing them as ''people'' beyond what they mean to him. Glen/Glenda is only there as an extension of him to mold into a new killer and while he seems to care for Tiffany, he's ''twice'' heartlessly murdered her without blinking when he's become a problem for him.

"YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU FILTHY SLUT! I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!"

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* SuperStrength: A subversion. Chucky is insanely strong for being just a toy doll, but this is because he retains the relative strength and speed of his adult body. This, combined with his small stature allowing him to get the drop on people, is why he gets such a high body count.

* AttentionWhore: The ''Chucky'' series reveals him to be this. [[spoiler: He ultimate plan is to ship 72 clones of himself across America so he can murder as many people as possible and be remembered forever in infamy, while all of his victims are forgotten and only remembered as part of his body count.]]

** He may be a big-time SerialKiller, but in ''Cult'', Chucky is nonetheless disgusted by schizophrenic Madeleine, [[DrJerk Dr. Foley]] and his [[spoiler:[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexual abuse of Nica]]]].

** In the Season 1 finale of ''Chucky'', [[spoiler: while planning the massacre at the charity events with his clones, he makes sure to inform them to not kill any babies at the event, since they're killers, not savages.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: In ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' episode 2, Chucky mentions having a queer kid that's gender fluid (Glen/Glenda) to protagonist Jake. Jake asks if Chucky is okay with that and he responds "I'm not a monster, Jake".

* FlatEarthAtheist: Chucky doesn't believe in {{God}}. Weird, considering his soul swapping ability is possible via invoking a voodoo deity named Damballa, and the fact that voodoo magical practices are all about asking the Loa (gods/spirits) to do favors.

* EvilWearsBlack: He wears a robe in episode 8 of Chucky with both [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].

* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: At first, but he gradually grew more ugly looking as his evil became more obvious. Then brought back in ''Chucky'' where he looks more cute, but is just as vicious and cruel as always.

** In the non-canon ''Chucky'' comic mini-series by Devil's Due Publishing, he kills a little girl using a crossbow and hosts a tea party with her corpse for shits and giggles.

** ''Bride'': Being a psychopath, he gets irate over hearing someone crying - let alone from Tiffany.

** ''Cult'' shows that he takes it very personal when someone's not scared of him.

* EvilRedhead: As a doll, he has red hair, though the foremost part is a given.

* FacialHorror: His scarred design in ''Bride'', ''Seed'', and ''Curse''.

* {{Jerkass}}: Chucky is, of course, a serial killer with nothing resembling a FreudianExcuse, who has no qualms about killing men, women, or children. But beyond that, he's really just an ill-tempered and foul-mouthed asshole PsychopathicManchild in general.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Any time Chucky is presented as having any shred of a redeeming quality, it is ''always'' subverted by his general assholery and manipulative nature. One of the most notable examples of this was him giving Tiffany a genuine-sounding apology for being a dick to her earlier, and later proposing to her as she had always wanted him to do. Then he continues to treat her like crap and later ''kills'' her.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Would you believe nowadays that Chucky being alive was actually supposed to be a twist?

* PsychopathicManchild: How fitting is it that he decided to turn himself into an evil LivingToy designed to look like a little boy?

* SmugSnake: He's one of the biggest failures in slasher killer history because of it.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: As Chucky.

* WalkingSpoiler: It is nigh-impossible to discuss him without revealing a PlotTwist in the first movie. Granted, it's also a LateArrivalSpoiler.

* WouldHurtAChild: He's not too picky about who he murders, outright declaring that he hates kids in ''Child's Play 2''. Aside from previously stabbing a ''pregnant woman'', he attempted to kill Andy in ''Child's Play 2'', threatened Tyler many times in ''Child's Play 3'', and attempted to kill Glen in ''Seed of Chucky''.
** In the ''Chucky'' series, he kills Oliver by stabbing him multiple times, and attempts to kill Lexi. Both are 14-years-old.

* SoProudOfYou: The only time he expresses any pride in Glen is when Glen is savagely chopping him apart. He cheerfully congratulates his son on being a killer at last.

** He spends most of ''Bride'' and ''Seed'' needlessly angering Tiffany, but in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'' it appears he learned from his mistakes and amended his ways to [[EarnYourHappyEnding stabilize his marriage to Tiffany]] even if he is still a psycho serial killer. However, it doesn't last long since he's gone back to his horribly abusive ways in the TV series (that continues after ''Cult'') with verbal abuse and so Tiffany is secretly plotting to free herself from this toxic marriage.

** He spends most of ''Bride'' and ''Seed'' needlessly angering Tiffany, but in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'' it appears he learned from his mistakes and amended his ways to [[EarnYourHappyEnding stabilize his marriage to Tiffany]] even if he is still a psycho serial killer.

* BadassAdorable: A rare slasher villain example, he's a chunky little baby-faced doll with the strength and ferocity of a grown man. This is played up in newer entries like the TV series, where he doesn't have scars and looks more conventionally cute and innocent.

* TheDividual: The Cult of Chucky, who are revealed to be a group of all the Good Guy dolls that Chucky has taken possession of, are near-identical and work as one to complete Chucky's goals, but individually they display distinctively different personalities and [[TalkingWithThemself tend to argue quite a bit]].

* HatedByAll: As both Chucky and Charles Lee Ray, a majority of people have many different reasons to despise him due to the horrific legacy he left behind (as Charles Lee Ray) and the innumerable lives he's taken and ruined as a murderous doll. Other than Tiffany, the only people who are known to have affection for Chucky are mentally insane psychos such as [[AxCrazy Glenda]] or [[CloudCuckoolander Angela]].

* HiveMind: "Cult of Chucky" reveals he developed his DemonicPossession chant into a new power to duplicate his mind into more than one bodies.

** In "Bride of Chucky", after he fatally stabs Tiffany, all she can do is solemnly repeat her mother's words about love setting her free. Chucky's response is to shove Tiffany to the ground while hatefully spitting "Get off my knife!"

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Acts as one to Jake in the ''Chucky'' series, manipulating his eroding sanity in an attempt to goad the kid into murdering all who have wronged. At one point, he even begins ''physically assaulting'' Jake.

* VillainsWantMercy: He's not necessarily above begging for his life, all but pleading with Andy to spare him in Child's Play 1 and 2 when he thinks he's screwed.

[[caption-width-right:350: Hi, I'm Chucky, and I'm your friend til' the end. Hidey ho (Laughs)]]