History Headscratchers / ChildsPlay

* In ''Child's Play 1'', why is it that John (the voodoo man) so surprised that Chucky has "perverted everything he taught him" and used it for evil? Assuming John had no knowledge that Charles Lee Ray was the Lakeshore Strangler (which was unlikely), what business did he have teaching soul swapping voodoo spells to people? How does one NOT use such an ability for evil?
** Maybe John was one of those people who thought after you die you can pass on your knowledge to help other people for the betterment of humanity? Of course though if we're being honest in real life that's the attitude that can get you an "A" in a college course and a bullet to the face outside of it. This being a horror movie with a serial killer in a doll, John didn't get the better option of the two.
** As note you can transfer your soul into a doll (and, presumably, any object resembling a person), which I wouldn't say is inherently evil, unlike [[GrandTheftMe using it to possess a real person]]
** There is a currently unreleased deleted scene (as of 2022) where we would have seen Chucky and Eddie watching John use the spell to save a sick child, using the Heart Of Damballa (its a scepter in the scene, but would later be changed into an amulet). So it seems the spell is benevolent in nature and Chucky does pervert its use.

* Who was the girl in the framed photo on Andy's table during TheStinger of ''Curse''? Was it Kyle or [=DeSilva=]?
** It was Kyle.

* In the first Child's Play movie, why did John (the voodoo man) have a personal voodoo doll of himself? What purpose would that serve him at any point, let alone why would he tell his customers where to find it?
** A few reasons come to mind. The first and most likely answer is that someone else made the voodoo doll, perhaps his teacher, perhaps an old enemy. Once in existence there may not be any way to safely destroy a Voodoo Doll. Alternatively there might be an inverse good reason to have a voodoo doll. I imagine for example CPR might be easier on a doll.
** Or it could be possible he made one of himself to keep others from making one of him. Has anyone ever heard of two voodoo dolls made on the same person before? Plus, some online sources explain that voodoo dolls can not only be used for placing bad hexes, but for placing good hexes too, such as healing, finding true love and spiritual guidance. They were also used for harvest customs, burial rites, made as talismans, or to be used as teaching aids for children.
** IIRC, [[RedundantParody Chucky himself remarked on this.]]

* So Chucky has to transfer his soul into the first person he revealed himself to, right? But...how is that Andy? Between the point of becoming a doll and revealing himself to Andy, Chucky would have at least two other options: The Peddler and Aunt Maggie. Arguably, Maggie may not count as she only witnesses Chucky before death, but surely the Peddler must have known the doll was alive. Someone had to put Chucky back into the box. Someone had to have gotten him out of the store. And the Peddler was not so interested in having the doll back.
** Actually it wasn't the first person he reveals himself to, but the first person he reveals his TRUE self to. The Peddler may have just encountered a talking, bloodthirsty doll. And Maggie only saw chucky for split second before being killed. The only person who knows the true identity of the doll is Andy who also knows the entire situation (he's a human trapped in a doll who died and doesn't want to go to hell). Also, Andy is aware Chucky is alive before Maggie is as he's seen talking to him.

* In Child's Play 2, workers are clearly seen using the burnt up Chucky doll and rebuilding anew. Uh, why did no one notice say, the human eyeball, teeth, tongue and possibly organs that Chucky had surely developed by the time he died. He had blood and a human heart at the very least by the end of the first film. Did no one notice?
** Two options: One, he simply hadn't reached that point yet. The series is kinda inconsistent on how fast he becomes a human. Two, its possible that upon death he reverts back to a plastic doll. Its weird voodoo magic, anything goes.
*** The latter does seem to be a (somewhat) consistent rule across the series. Note the end of Seed when Glen chops off Chucky's arm and you can see it's all bone and sinew, yet when that same arm is seen a few years later it's a standard plastic ball joint.

* Why does Andy actually follow Chucky's instructions to go into the Good Guy Doll factory near the end of Child's Play 2? It's not like Chucky can actually kill him (he needs to transfer his soul into his body) and if he follows, Chucky is going to take over his body. Seriously, Andy was in a lose-lose situation. He might as well have made it as difficult as possible for Chucky and offer himself a slim chance of survival.

* Something the Nostalgia Critic mentioned in his review: why would the shock machine that Chucky used to kill Dr.Ardmore even be capable of emitting more than a safe amount of electricity?
** Putting in safety features probably cost more some probably avoid doing so. It's a medical tool that also has greater expectation people won't misuse it. You would think a tool has safety features to prevent such a thing, but how often do people test them out? Do you ever wonder if all your machines safety features actually work? Or do you just hope they do when you need them?

* In the first movie, Chucky ends up in the hands of a street peddler. However that happened, who’s the person who put the doll back in the box? This troper assumes that whoever did decided to throw out the bloody floor doll for understandable reasons but decided to take the time to repackage it?
** Presumably the box would be chucked out too, so the peddler probably found both and put the doll back into the box. Or Chucky might have put himself back into the box to make it more likely he could be resold.

* Why Mike Norris doesn't arrest the peddler after he tries to rape Karen? All he did was punch him and question him on how he got Chucky, but once he tells them, Mike lets him go. The peddler shouldn't be arrested for his attempted rape? What does guarantee that what the peddler tried to do to Karen is not something he usually does to some of his potential clients if they don't have money?
** Mike had much more pressing issues, namely a killer doll with the soul of a serial killer who clearly is still dangerous. You know, the one that has clearly continued to rack up a body count, and at that point, might have added more?

* This was pointed out by Awful Movies Wiki. In Seed of Chucky, after Chucky kills the Music/BritneySpears look-alike, he jokingly says "Oops, I did it Again" in reference to Britney's single of the same name. However, Bride of Chucky takes place in 1998 and Seed of Chucky takes place in 2004. "Oops, I did it Again" was released in 2000, so if Chucky was dead during that year, how he knew about the song to make a reference of it when he was resurrected?
** Because people can listen to music from different years than when it came out? In all his time in Seed it was impossible he ever heard a song that was big that came out in between 1998 and 2004?

** While killer collectible toys are rare, you should know people do report all kinds of strange things and supernatural things to this very day. But there's whole groups of people ready to decry them as delusional superstitious rubes. I'd imagine these same people would do the same to people claiming a doll is alive committing murders.

* Why didn't Joanne believe Andy about Chucky?
** I'm sure she did right before he killed her.

* Was the doll at the end of Cult of Chucky possessed?
** At the end of Season 1 of Chucky it does appear as much as there are alternate Chucky's running around, there are also alternate Tiffany's. So it's probably a copy of Tiffany in that Tiffany doll.

* In Seed, why does Chucky wait to become human? Redman and Jennifer are knocked out cold 30 minutes into the film, Chucky has the amulet, and while Tiffany may not want to experience pregnancy and childbirth again which would explain why she is choosing to wait until after the child is born, there's nothing stopping Chucky from achieving his goal.
* Why does Chucky have an issue with Redman having sex with Jennifer anyway? He's going to transfer his soul into his body and Tiffany into hers. There's literally no physical difference between them going at it and Chucky and Tiffany doing it while in their bodies.
** You're asking for logic from a psychotic serial killer?

* When Miss Kettlewell returns to the classroom and finds Andy gone, and believes him to be hiding in the closet where she tossed Chucky, why doesn't she ask herself how Andy would have locked himself there? She clearly locked the closet with her key before leaving the classroom, so there's no way Andy could have opened the door to hide there.

* Minor question but: in the first movie, we see Chucky's apartment from when he was alive, and there are [[RoomFullOfCrazy a bunch of weird murals all over the walls.]] Why didn't he get kicked out for vandalizing the apartment?
** Neither Chucky or Tiffany are shown to be well off. It's likely the apartment he lived in was not in good shape and didn't have management that cared enough to be checking in on residents.
* Why does it sometimes seem to be random if Chucky actually feels pain from his injuries or not? In the first movie, his is [[ManOnFire set on fire]] and screams in agony. Yet a few minutes later, he gets his head and arm literally shot off, and just acts like it's a nuisance. How does that make sense?
* In the first movie, why does Mike [[KarmaHoudini not arrest the peddler]] if he committed AttemptedRape right in front of him?
* In the first movie, How does the Voodoo priest know that Chucky's heart is "almost human" and is his weak point? Does it just always work that way when someone possesses a doll and starts turning human? Also, why doesn't anyone in the sequels try shooting or stabbing him in the heart? It was a OneHitKill in the first movie, so it would at least be worth a try.

* In the first movie, why does Mike [[KarmaHoudini not arrest the peddler]] if he committed AttemptedRape right in front of him?

* Why does it sometimes seem to be random if Chucky actually feels pain from his injuries or not? In the first movie, his is [[ManOnFire set on fire]] and screams in agony. Yet a few minutes later, he gets his head and arm literally shot off, and just acts like it's a nuisance. How does that make sense?

** Neither Chucky or Tiffany are shown to be well off. It's likely the apartment he lived in was not in good shape and didn't have management that cared enough to be checking in on residents.

** The tv series also confirms that Chucky os stronger than he appears, which he attributes to the power of Damballa.

** Is there any real reason he couldn't have possibly done all three? He could have started off with Tiffany, got mad and went to kidnap Nica's mother. She called the cops on him to retreat, he called Eddie for help but Eddie had second thoughts and abandoned him, which is where the first film starts. The only really fuzzy part being that Norris was supposedly chasing them for a robbery at first, unless Eddie just happened to be planning one when Chucky showed up....

* Neither Chucky or Tiffany are shown to be well off. It's likely the apartment he lived in was not in good shape and didn't have management that cared enough to be checking in on residents.

* Minor question but: in the first movie, we see Chucky's apartment from when he was alive, and there are [[RoomFullOfCrazy a bunch of weird murals all over the walls.]] Why didn't he get kicked out for vandalizing the apartment?