History Film / BrideOfChucky

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:Chucky does seem to truely love Tiffany which does make him a bit less villainous than before arguably.

* LighterAndSofter:Sure it still has violence and scary moments but the comedy really helps balance those traits out in this film.

* EvilRedhead: Guess, although you can notice how much thinner his hairline is compared to the older films.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Tiffany. Sure, she’s a serial killer like her boyfriend, but she’s not as ruthless as he is, having a soft spot for her former neighbor Jesse and even letting him and Jade successfully get away. She even tries to stop Chucky when she realizes the two of them have gone too far.

** According to WordOfGod, Tiffany’s maiden name is “Valentine”. Considering her romantic mindset, it’s more than fitting.

* MeaningfulName: "Damian Baylock" was named after the evil child, Damian, in ''Film/TheOmen'' and "Baylock" was the name of his evil nanny, Mrs. Baylock, in the film.
** Tiffany’s maiden name is “Valentine”. Considering her romantic mindset, it’s more than fitting.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Diane and Russ, the honeymoon couple who steal Jesse and Jade's money, Jade's [[DirtyCop Uncle Warren]] and [[DirtyCop police officers Robert Bailey and Norton]]]].

** The evidence room in the opening contains several pieces of evidence that are shout-outs to other movies, including Jason's hockey mask from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and Michael Myers' mask from ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' (which the [[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers fifth film]] features an appearance by Matthew Walker, who played Major Ellis in ''ChildsPlay3'').

** The evidence room in the opening contains several pieces of evidence that are shout-outs to other movies, including Jason's hockey mask from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and Michael Myers' mask from ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''.

** After Chucky gives a guy's face full of nails, Chucky refers to ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' (which featured Andrew Robinson, who played Sgt. Botnick in ''Film/ChildsPlay3'').

* BathKick: Tiffany manages to fend of Chucky with one leg. If she did more than scream her fool head off, she might have escaped the collapsing television.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Damian is shown to be afraid of spiders.

* SomethingElseRises: Chucky, before he and Tiffany engage in sex:

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The couple who steal Jesse and Jade's money, and Jade's [[DirtyCop Uncle Warren]], as well as [[DirtyCop police officers Robert Bailey and Norton]]]].

* DiesWideOpen: How [[spoiler: Damian, Chief Kincaid and the hapless couple whose RV the killer dolls stole in switching vehicles]] end up. Subverted in [[spoiler: Warren's]] case, as [[spoiler: he]] wasn’t really dead.

* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Damian Baylock decided that it would be a good idea to punch Chucky, throw him on the ground and call him a schmuck.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Damian (handcuffed to a bed and then smothered with a pillow), the thieving honeymoon couple (impaled by the glass ceiling after Tiffany threw a champagne bottle at it), Officer Norton (burning rag placed inside of the gas cap of his squad car.)]]

* FacialHorror: Chucky's face, which has been sliced up and ''sewn back together.'' Ergh. Not that this is a bother to him or Tiffany.

* InTheBack: Angry at Jesse and Jade being reunited, [[SoreLoser an angry Chucky]] throws a knife at the couple. It initially was supposed to hit Jade, but Jesse turned around and [[TakingTheBullet took the knife in his own back.]]

* LudicrousGibs: David ''explodes'' when he gets hit by a truck.

* MeaningfulName: "Damian Baylock" was named after the evil child, Damian, in ''Film/TheOmen'' and "Baylock" was the name of his evil babysitter, Mrs. Baylock, in the film.

* OhCrap: Plenty of times, especially upon one too many fated victims who realize all too late that their going to die.

** When Jesse mentions that he and Jade are now considered [[InsistentTerminology multiple murderers]], he compares them both to "[[Film/NaturalBornKillers Mickey and Mallory.]]"

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* ElectrifiedBathtub: Chucky kills Tiffany this way.

** Tiffany after [[spoiler: being not-dead after being thrown into the hot oven by Jade.]]

** After allegedly killing [[spoiler: Chief Warren Kincaid]], who has a bunch of nails sticking out of his face, Chucky asks, [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} "Now why does that look so familiar?"]]

%%* BuryYourGays: David.

%%* TooDumbToLive: David and Damian Baylock.

** The evidence room in the opening contains several pieces of evidence that are shout-outs to other movies, including Jason's hockey mask from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and Michael Myers' mask from ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''

The fourth film of the ''[[Film/ChildsPlay Child's Play]]'' [[Film/ChildsPlay series]] is actually a [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror horror comedy]] with an emphasis on comedy.

The fourth film is actually a [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror Horror Comedy]] with an emphasis on comedy. It opens with events immediately following the previous film. The Chucky doll has been destroyed and Charles may be gone for good. However, his former lover and accomplice Tiffany (Creator/JenniferTilly) has other ideas. She crudely stitches Chucky's remains back together and reenacts the voodoo ritual which instilled Ray inside the doll a decade ago. Charles is successfully revived. Tiffany at first makes fun of his condition and torments him. He retaliates by killing her body and transferring her soul to a female doll. Now they both need new bodies and local teenage rebels Jade (Katherine Heigl) and Jesse (Nick Stabile) seem good candidates. Meanwhile Charles and Tiffany explore their mutual feelings of love, lust and hate for each other.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The couple who steal Jesse and Jade's money, and Jade's [[DirtyCop Uncle Warren]], as well as [[DirtyCop police officers Robert Bailey and Norton]].

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The couple who steal Jesse and Jade's money, and Jade's [[DirtyCop Uncle Warren]], as well as [[DirtyCop police officers Robert Bailey and Norton]]. Downplayed for [[DirtyCoward David]] though, whose own [[KickTheDog foolish actions]] that led to his [[KarmicDeath death]] are a result of TookALevelInDumbass more then TookALevelInJerkass]].

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:David turns a gun on Jesse and Jade purely out of fear of his own life upon being [[BrokenPedestal disillusioned with his earlier thoughts about the couple being innocent]] after discovering Warren's body in their van's trunk and disregard their sincere confusion and attempts to blame each other when he reveals the corpse and tries to flag down a cop car to get them arrested, only for Chucky and Tiffany to reveal themselves holding them all at gunpoint. Not long after, [[AssholeVictim David gets his after stooping that low]]]].

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:David turns a gun on Jesse and Jade purely out of fear of his own life upon being [[BrokenPedestal disillusioned with his earlier thoughts about the couple being innocent]] after discovering Warren's body in their van's trunk and disregard their sincere confusion and attempts to blame each other when he reveals the corpse and tries to flag down a cop car to get them arrested, only for Chucky and Tiffany to reveal themselves holding them all at gunpoint. Not long after, [[AssholeVictim David gets his stopping that low]]]].

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:David turns a gun on Jesse and Jade purely out of fear of his own life upon being [[BrokenPedestal disillusioned by his earlier thoughts about the couple being innocent]] after discovering Warren's body in their van's trunk and disregard their sincere confusion and attempts to blame each other when he reveals the corpse and tries to flag down a cop car to get them arrested, only for Chucky and Tiffany to reveal themselves holding them all at gunpoint. Not long after, [[AssholeVictim David gets his stopping that low]]]].

** References to ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' (Tiffany watches this very film while bathing, and even quotes later, ''"We belong dead"'') and ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' (''"Why does that look so familiar?"'' as a guy gets nails in his face).

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The couple who steal Jesse and Jade's money, and Jade's [[DirtyCop Uncle Warren]], as well as [[DirtyCop police officers Robert Bailey and Norton]]. Downplayed for [[DirtyCoward David]] though, whose own [[KickTheDog foolish actions]] that led to his [[KarmicDeath death]] are a result of TookALevelInDumbass more then TookALevelInJerkass.]]

* AssholeVictim: The couple who steal Jesse and Jade's money, and Jade's [[DirtyCop Uncle Warren]], as well as [[DirtyCop police officers Robert Bailey and Norton]]. Downplayed for [[DirtyCoward David]] though, whose own [[KickTheDog foolish actions]] that led to his [[KarmicDeath death]] are a result of TookALevelInDumbass more then TookALevelInJerkass.