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* {{Jerkass}}: Maggie is quite arrogant and quick to judge others as less informed than she is, even berating Andy immediately for Chucky's antics.
* SmugSnake: She underestimates matters because of her mental laziness:
** She pressures Karen to get a Good Guy doll for cheap off a homeless peddler instead of an authorized store.
** When Karen is ordered by her boss Chris to fill-in for a sick co-worker despite having to pick up Andy from daycare, Maggie offers to step in but Chris rejects this stating Maggie works in shoes, not jewelry.
** When Chucky starts making a ruckus in the Barclays apartment, Maggie immediately thinks she can control the situation by berating Andy only to be offed by Chucky with a hammer.

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[[folder:Eddie Caputo]]
->'''Debut:''' ''[[Film/ChildsPlay1988 Child's Play]]'' (1988)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Neil Giuntoli, [[spoiler:Ivano [=DiCaro=] (''Chucky'')]]

An accomplice of Charles Lee Ray's who left him on the streets to be hunted down by the police.

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[[folder:Eddie Caputo]]
->'''Debut:''' ''[[Film/ChildsPlay1988 Child's Play]]'' (1988)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Neil Giuntoli, [[spoiler:Ivano [=DiCaro=] (''Chucky'')]]

An accomplice of Charles Lee Ray's who left him on the streets to be hunted down by the police.
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Karen's best friend and co-worker.


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* BabysitterFromHell: Even if she didn't intend to be a {{jerkass}}, she does act quite abrasively to Andy blaming him for Chucky's antics.
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: She ends up becoming Chucky's first victim in his doll form after she angered him by refusing to let him watch the news on TV detailing Eddie Caputo's escape from the prison bus, but even if she didn't do so Chucky most likely would have offed her anyway for his own enjoyment.
* DestinationDefenestration: After Chucky ''[[MeaningfulName chucks]]'' a Good Guys hammer at her face, she falls through the window of Andy and Karen's apartment all the way down to a CarCushion. There is ArtisticLicensePhysics involved since even if Chucky's hammer attack did cause serious blunt trauma to her it shouldn't have made Maggie heavy enough to smash through an apartment glass window so easily.
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[[folder:Eddie Caputo]]
->'''Debut:''' ''[[Film/ChildsPlay1988 Child's Play]]'' (1988)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Neil Giuntoli, [[spoiler:Ivano [=DiCaro=] (''Chucky'')]]

An accomplice of Charles Lee Ray's who left him on the streets to be hunted down by the police.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: After she gives Andy detention, Miss Kettlewell locks him in the classroom to keep him from going anywhere. While teachers can make a student stay after class, they aren't allowed to physically bar a student from being able to leave like that outside of a specific dangerous circumstance or medical emergencies. Though, there could be a possibility that Miss Kettlewell is corrupt and deliberately commit these kind of crimes behind the system's back in her teachings.
* AssholeVictim: She's a SadistTeacher if ever there was one, and even shown to be outright abusive (which in turn makes her corrupt as those kinds of severe practices including physical abuse, which implied she would have inflicted on Andy if he stayed in class once she returned, held in schools were made illegal by the film the was made and set in) before crossing paths with Chucky.
* BerserkButton: ''FUCK YOU BITCH'' written by Chucky to pettily frame Andy is one for her, prompting her to blow her stack against Andy for allegedly writing this vulgar insult towards her on his assignment.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She isn't fooling anybody at first glance, she falsely sugary-sweetly and friendlily warns Andy to stay on her good side, but once her BerserkButton is pushed, her nasty side emerges at an instant.

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: After she gives Andy detention, Miss Kettlewell locks him in the classroom to keep him from going anywhere. While teachers can make a student stay after class, they aren't allowed to physically bar a student from being able to leave like that outside of a specific dangerous circumstance or medical emergencies. Though, However, there could be a possibility that Miss Kettlewell is corrupt and deliberately commit commits these kind kinds of crimes behind the system's back in her teachings.
* AssholeVictim: She's a SadistTeacher if ever there was one, and even shown to be outright abusive (which in turn makes her corrupt as those kinds of severe practices including physical abuse, which implied she would have inflicted on Andy if he stayed in class once she returned, held in schools were made illegal by the time the film the was made and set in) before crossing paths with Chucky.
* BerserkButton: ''FUCK YOU BITCH'' written by Chucky to pettily frame Andy is as one for her, prompting her to blow her stack against Andy for allegedly writing this vulgar insult towards her on his assignment.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She isn't fooling anybody at first glance, she falsely sugary-sweetly and friendlily warns Andy to stay on her good side, but once her BerserkButton is pushed, her nasty side emerges at in an instant.



* BludgeonedToDeath: With a ruler nonetheless, even though the strike to her head is never shown unlike most examples.

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* BludgeonedToDeath: With a ruler nonetheless, even though the strike to her head is never shown shown, unlike most examples.



* {{Schoolmarm}}: Her physical appearance, her strict (though it's more an extreme take to the point of child abuse) approach and her chalkboard classroom fits the stereotype very well, with the exception the school she works at is a public elementary school unlike most examples of this trope, which makes her one step away for fulfilling the 100% stereotype and almost gives an impression she was BornInTheWrongCentury.
* WouldHurtAChild: She was already shown to be emotionally abusive towards Andy after Chucky frames him by writing a vulgar insult on his schoolwork to push her BerserkButton and she herself would not look out of place as those old-fashioned, disciplining {{Schoolmarm}} stereotypes before the 1980s and 90s (which the original trilogy including this film took place and when they were filmed), where those practices were declared illegal in Western countries, so she would be considered corrupt by the film's timeframe for her brutal methods. When she confronts and berates Andy for this alleged action against her, it can almost look like she was about to physically slap Andy for protesting his innocence to her or just looking at Chucky hiding in the classroom's cabinet.

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* {{Schoolmarm}}: Her physical appearance, her strict (though it's more an extreme take to the point of child abuse) approach approach, and her chalkboard classroom fits fit the stereotype very well, with the exception that the school she works at is a public elementary school school, unlike most examples of this trope, which makes her one step away for fulfilling the 100% stereotype and almost gives an impression she was BornInTheWrongCentury.
* WouldHurtAChild: She was already shown to be emotionally abusive towards Andy after Chucky frames him by writing a vulgar insult on his schoolwork to push her BerserkButton and she herself would not look out of place as one of those old-fashioned, disciplining {{Schoolmarm}} stereotypes before the 1980s and 90s (which the original trilogy including this film took place and when they were filmed), where those practices were declared illegal in Western countries, so she would be considered corrupt by the film's timeframe for her brutal methods. When she confronts and berates Andy for this alleged action against her, it can almost look like she was about to physically slap Andy for protesting his innocence to her or just looking at Chucky hiding in the classroom's cabinet.



* BarbaricBully: He's a military brat thug who was responsible for having Whitehurst BoundAndGagged during the latter's debut, grabbed Andy by the collar a couple times, and even assaults Andy when he tries to split off from the night punishment he led.

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* BarbaricBully: He's a military brat thug who was responsible for having Whitehurst BoundAndGagged during the latter's debut, grabbed Andy by the collar a couple of times, and even assaults Andy when he tries to split off from the night punishment he led.



* BullyBrutality: Let's see, he BoundAndGagged Whitehurst, grabbed Andy by the collar twice while threatening and intimidating him and assaults Andy when he tries to sneak away from the punishment he was leading to keep him in line.
* ColonelKilgore: Or "Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore" as Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Shelton is a mild version of this while overlapping with TheNeidermeyer. He puts Andy through a lot of hell, but from his perspective it's justified as he's trying to train a late arrival to his squad. He's still just a little too into his duty though, with Kent head Colonel Cochran aptly describing him in the novelization as having "an excess of zeal".

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* BullyBrutality: Let's see, he BoundAndGagged Whitehurst, grabbed Andy by the collar twice while threatening and intimidating him him, and assaults assaulted Andy when he tries tried to sneak away from the punishment he was leading to keep him in line.
* ColonelKilgore: Or "Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore" as Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Shelton is a mild version of this while overlapping with TheNeidermeyer. He puts Andy through a lot of hell, but from his perspective perspective, it's justified as he's trying to train a late arrival to his squad. He's still just a little too into his duty though, with Kent head Colonel Cochran aptly describing him in the novelization as having "an excess of zeal".



* {{Expy}}: Of the TropeNamer of TheNeidermeyer, Douglas C. Neidermeyer himself, from ''Film/AnimalHouse'' (which was distributed by Creator/{{Universal}}, the distributor of the third film). Both of them shared that they're DrillSergeantNasty {{Smug Snake}}s and[[spoiler: even suffered the same fate of being shot by their own troops (well, students for Shelton)]].

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* {{Expy}}: Of the TropeNamer of TheNeidermeyer, Douglas C. Neidermeyer himself, from ''Film/AnimalHouse'' (which was distributed by Creator/{{Universal}}, the distributor of the third film). Both of them shared that they're DrillSergeantNasty {{Smug Snake}}s and[[spoiler: even suffered the same fate of being shot by their own troops (well, students for Shelton)]].



* EvilVirtues: He's definitely the third film's HateSink, but is not without noble qualities such as briefly being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who is not above to occasionally PetTheDog and later commendably a BadassNormal who demonstrates his own brand of VillainousValour [[spoiler:upon realizing Chucky's alive]] and not reacting with fear unlike most people in the series.

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* EvilVirtues: He's definitely the third film's HateSink, but is not without noble qualities such as briefly being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who is not above to occasionally PetTheDog moments and later commendably a BadassNormal who demonstrates his own brand of VillainousValour [[spoiler:upon realizing Chucky's alive]] and not reacting with fear unlike most people in the series.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very hard to see, downplayed and how his {{Jerkass}} side outweighing this during his screen time as the third film's HateSink, but he did tried to save a garbageman even it was too late by then and was shown as apparently withdrawn about [[spoiler:Colonel Cochrane's death]] as the rest of his classmates.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very hard to see, downplayed and how his {{Jerkass}} side outweighing outweighs this during his screen time as the third film's HateSink, but he did tried try to save a garbageman even though it was too late by then and was shown as apparently withdrawn about [[spoiler:Colonel Cochrane's death]] as the rest of his classmates.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Like everyone else except Andy, De Silva, Tyler and Whitehurst, he is completely oblivious to the existence and danger of Chucky.
* TheNeidermeyer: He is a military school cadet officer and a JerkJock. He even share similar characteristics [[spoiler:and fate]] with the TropeNamer himself. In addition, it's worth noting that Shelton was a very poor leader by any military standard. He stole from a cadet under his authority, forced cadets under his authority to do menial tasks it was actually his own responsibility to perform and actually struck a cadet under his authority. Shelton is precisely the sort of capricious, bullying incompetent who "slips down ladders" when there are no witnesses.
* PetTheDog: Downplayed, but he operated a garbage truck's controls to try to save a garbageman getting crushed to death by Chucky before realizing it was too late and appeared to shown some remorse upon finding out about [[spoiler:Colonel Cochrane's death]].

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Like everyone else except Andy, De Silva, Tyler Tyler, and Whitehurst, he is completely oblivious to the existence and danger of Chucky.
* TheNeidermeyer: He is a military school cadet officer and a JerkJock. He even share shares similar characteristics [[spoiler:and fate]] with the TropeNamer himself. In addition, it's worth noting that Shelton was a very poor leader by any military standard. He stole from a cadet under his authority, forced cadets under his authority to do menial tasks it was actually his own responsibility to perform perform, and actually struck a cadet under his authority. Shelton is precisely the sort of capricious, bullying incompetent who "slips down ladders" when there are no witnesses.
* PetTheDog: Downplayed, but he operated a garbage truck's controls to try to save a garbageman getting crushed to death by Chucky before realizing it was too late and appeared to shown show some remorse upon finding out about [[spoiler:Colonel Cochrane's death]].



* VillainRespect: When Andy fights back with a punch to the face after Shelton kicked him to keep him in line during the nightly punishment time, he smirks with a BaddieFlattery reply before pushing him back to the punishing.
* VillainousValour: He's a BigBadWannabe, but commendably he show no fear upon [[spoiler: realizing Chucky is alive and his so-called undisciplined green man Andy was telling the truth all along just before his death]].

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* VillainRespect: When Andy fights back with a punch to the face after Shelton kicked kicks him to keep him in line during the nightly punishment time, he smirks with a BaddieFlattery reply before pushing him back to the punishing.
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* VillainousValour: He's a BigBadWannabe, but commendably he show shows no fear upon [[spoiler: realizing Chucky is alive and his so-called undisciplined green man Andy was telling the truth all along just before his death]].



* DecoyProtagonist: Seemingly fulfills the role as the tertiary protagonist to Andy being the main protagonist and De Silva as the main secondary protagonist, especially after realizing Andy was telling the truth after stumbling upon Chucky's killing of Sgt. Botnick with Chucky being sentient right before his eyes, but his arc ends after [[spoiler: JumpingOnAGrenade to save his classmates]].

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* DecoyProtagonist: Seemingly fulfills the role as the tertiary protagonist to with Andy being the main protagonist and De Silva as the main secondary protagonist, especially after realizing Andy was telling the truth after stumbling upon Chucky's killing of Sgt. Botnick with Chucky being sentient right before his eyes, but his arc ends after [[spoiler: JumpingOnAGrenade to save his classmates]].
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* KickTheDog: He finishes his haircuts by deliberately nicking the back of the cadet's head, making it hurt more than it needs to.
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A doubtful foster parent, implied bureaucrat and husband of Joanne who foremost questions Andy's sanity.

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A doubtful and curmudgeon foster parent, implied bureaucrat and husband of Joanne who foremost questions Andy's sanity.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the television cut, despite his somewhat low treatment of Andy, Phil does show he sincerely loves his wife and it's possible his bitter behavior could have been a result of his concern for his wife, who has her heart broken every time a child leaves after being under their foster care which Phil can no longer bare with. Plus, it's also possible his harshness on Andy and being seemingly very unsympathetic towards his bad history, is sincerely out of [[DidntThinkThisThrough lack of confidence to take care of him]] and the fact he's too preoccupied to deal with his and his wife's constant aforementioned fostering problems to deal with another at the same time rather then out of dislike that the theatrical cut interprets instead. In other words, while he has nothing for Andy, Phil shows he has nothing really against him neither unlike the theatrical cut's Phil. These deleted PetTheDog moments also makes more sense of why Kyle expresses to Andy while they were doing laundry that she thinks Phil is alright despite his somewhat despicable attitude in comparison to previous foster parents she stayed with who were probably worst and [[spoiler: why his wife would grieve for him after he was killed]].

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the television cut, despite his somewhat low curmudgeon treatment of Andy, Phil does show he sincerely loves his wife and it's possible his bitter behavior could have been a result of his concern for his wife, who has her heart broken every time a child leaves after being under their foster care which Phil can no longer bare with. Plus, it's also possible his harshness on Andy and being seemingly very unsympathetic towards his bad history, is sincerely out of [[DidntThinkThisThrough lack of confidence to take care of him]] and the fact he's too preoccupied to deal with his and his wife's constant aforementioned fostering problems to deal with another at the same time rather then out of dislike that the theatrical cut interprets instead. In other words, while he has nothing for Andy, Phil shows he has nothing really against him neither unlike the theatrical cut's Phil. These deleted PetTheDog moments also makes more sense of why Kyle expresses to Andy while they were doing laundry that she thinks Phil is alright despite his somewhat despicable attitude in comparison to previous foster parents she stayed with who were probably worst and [[spoiler: why his wife would grieve for him after he was killed]].
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* NoAccountingForTaste: In the theatrical cut only, her husband's an ObstructiveBureaucrat ResentfulGuardian and they appeared be in an AwfulWeddedLife, but she still mourns him after finding him dead and believed he was murdered by Andy in what appears to be a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only shows up in the first movie, but he’s the one who taught Chucky the chant in the first place. Without him, Chucky wouldn’t be able to continue his spree.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only shows up in the first movie, movie for one scene, after which Chucky kills him, but he’s the one who taught Chucky the Demballa chant in the first place. Without him, Chucky wouldn’t be able to continue his spree.

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* NoodleIncident: It is implied before the events of this film, John while no exactly a bad man was arrested by the police after Mike Norris shows Karen a mugshot of him. Although we don't know what he was arrested for, it can be suggested he was in coohoots with Charles Lee Ray leading to his arrest.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: While it's implied he was a criminal, he's thoroughly appalled by how Chucky has bastardized his teachings and become an affront against nature by cheating death to become a doll to kill even more people and planning to circumvent it through even viler means via John's advice and says as much directly to him, showing that there are limits to what even he would want to do with the arts.
* NoodleIncident: It is implied before the events of this film, John while no not exactly a bad man man, was arrested by the police after Mike Norris shows Karen a mugshot of him. Although we don't know what he was arrested for, it can be suggested he was in coohoots cahoots with Charles Lee Ray leading to his arrest.



* VoodooDoll: What Chucky uses to torture John and make him squeal about how to escape being a walking talking children's toy.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Even after caving in to his demands, Chucky decides to kill him anyways.

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* VoodooDoll: What Chucky uses to torture John and make him squeal about how to escape being a walking talking walking-talking children's toy.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Even after caving in to into his demands, Chucky decides to kill him anyways.anyway.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He embodies the tropes ArmiesAreEvil, BigBadWannabe, TheBully, ColonelKilgore, DrillSergeantNasty, {{Jerkass}}, JerkJock, TheNeidermeyer and SociopathicSoldier and overall obviously intended to be the third film's HateSink, but what he does to Andy can be viewed as [[JerkassHasAPoint just]][[VillainHasAPoint ified]] from his viewpoint as he's trying to train a late arrival to his squad. Also, while mentions he has a kid sister, it's unknown if he's a BigBrotherBully to his kid sister or exclusively his PetTheDog MoralityPet while a JerkassToOne towards Andy and Whitehurst as his personal life is never given insight.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He embodies the tropes ArmiesAreEvil, BigBadWannabe, TheBully, ColonelKilgore, DrillSergeantNasty, {{Jerkass}}, JerkJock, TheNeidermeyer and SociopathicSoldier and overall obviously intended to be the third film's HateSink, but what he does to Andy can be viewed as [[JerkassHasAPoint just]][[VillainHasAPoint ified]] from his viewpoint as he's trying to train a late arrival to his squad. Also, while mentions he has a kid sister, it's unknown if he's a BigBrotherBully to his kid sister or exclusively his PetTheDog MoralityPet while a JerkassToOne towards Andy and Whitehurst as his personal life is never given insight.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He mentions having a little sister to Andy as he confiscates Chucky. Though, in an AmbiguouslyEvil matter, it's unknown if he's a BigBrotherBully to his sister or exclusively his PetTheDog MoralityPet while a JerkassToOne towards Andy and Whitehurst as his personal life is never given insight in the third film.



* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He barely has time to react to finding out that Chucky is alive, [[spoiler:before he gets killed]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: He puts Andy through a lot of hell, but from his perspective it's justified as he's trying to train a late arrival to his squad. Subverted as he's still just a little too into his duty though.

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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He barely has time to react to finding out that Chucky is alive, [[spoiler:before he gets killed]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: He puts Andy through a lot of hell, but from his perspective it's justified as he's trying to train a late arrival to his squad. Subverted as he's still just a little too into his duty though.

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* SacrificialLion: He maybe TheBully and TheNeidermeyer, but he was one of the tougher military cadets who does not fear Chucky and would have easily beat him in a CurbStompBattle in his favor if [[spoiler:Chucky did not replaced the marker rounds with bullets that would eventually kill him.]]
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* TheHero: Of the first film along with Karen and then-SupportingProtagonist Andy.
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* BludgeonedToDeath: With a ruler nonetheless, even though the struck to her head is never shown unlike most examples.

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* BludgeonedToDeath: With a ruler nonetheless, even though the struck strike to her head is never shown unlike most examples.
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* BigBadWannabe: Clearly thinks that he’s better than everyone else. [[spoiler:Chucky proves him wrong.]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How Chucky kills him.]]
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[[folder:Sergeant Botnick]]
->'''Debut:''' ''Film/ChildsPlay3''
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AndrewRobinson

Barber of Kent Military School.
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* AssholeVictim: He’s a massive prick that shaves heads and typically insults the recruits.
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* VillainRespect: When Andy fights back with a punch to the face after Shelton kicked him to keep him in line during the nightly punishment time, he smirks with a YouGotSpunk reply before pushing him back to the punishing.

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* GullibleLemmings: He takes everything Chucky tells him completely at face value, not even questioning the doll's intentions until the end of the film.



* SuperGullible: He takes everything Chucky tells him completely at face-value, not even questioning the doll's intentions until the end of the film.

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