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** Before Creator/BradDourif was cast, Creator/JohnLithgow was considered for the role of Charles Lee Ray/Chucky.
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* DevelopmentHell: The remake of the first film. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal. The remake was finally given the green light in 2018 and will premiere on June 4th 2019.

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* DevelopmentHell: The remake of the first film. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal. The remake was finally given the green light in 2018 and will premiere premiered on June 4th 21st, 2019.

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** The opening scene in ''Child's Play 3'' was originally how ''Child's Play 2'' would have ended (And, in fact, a different version of it is used in some TV versions).

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** The opening scene in ''Child's Play 3'' was originally how ''Child's Play 2'' would have ended (And, (and, in fact, a different version of it is used in some TV versions).


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* TroubledProduction: The original film was plagued with issues. To wit:
** Don Mancini's original script was retooled by Tom Holland, who argued that there was nobody to root for in it. Holland would go on to claim that ''Child's Play'' was his original script. When co-writers Don Mancini and John Lafia got the WGA involved, Holland had both barred from the set, greatly disappointing Mancini.
** Problems during production included but did not stop at subzero temperatures during location filming in Chicago. Chris Sarandon recalls his vocal cords ''freezing'' during a scene between him and Catherine Hicks.
** Tom Holland and David Kirschner had a highly contentious relationship on-set. It ultimately led to a physical altercation, largely due to Holland bullying Alex Vincent to get [[EnforcedMethodActing a believable performance]] during the scenes set at the mental hospital.
** Kevin Yagher's Chucky puppets were very unreliable, due to the technology to create them still being quite nascent. Hours of filming time were lost due to F/X-related frustrations. Yagher recalls Holland asking things of his F/X team that were impossible to accomplish, including Chucky throwing objects at John Bishop in a rage(a scene similar to one included in ''Bride of Chucky'').
** Once post-production rolled around, things did not go much more smoothly. Holland's cuts of the film tested poorly with audiences. Jessica Walters gave a vocal performance as Chucky that Mancini claimed was unintentionally hilarious, citing that Chucky "sounded gay". Brad Dourif was brought in to redub the whole thing, resulting in some lip-sync issues with Chucky. Ultimately, Holland was let go in post, as he and the other filmmakers couldn't agree on how much screen time Chucky should have.
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* DeletedScene: Various, to the point where the original cut of the film ran 3 hours long. Unfortunately the scenes have never been released and have only surfaced through promotional photos and script details. Many rumors have swirled around through the years as to what happened to them including the scenes being accidentally destroyed, Tom Holland owning the original film dailies/workprint with them intact. The only scene that has managed to surface so far is a slightly alternate scene of Charles Lee Ray’s voodoo chant at the beginning of the film.

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* DeletedScene: Various, Various throughout the series, but more infamous in the original film to the point where the original cut of the film ran 3 hours long. Unfortunately the scenes have never been released and have only surfaced through promotional photos and script details. Many rumors have swirled around through the years as to what happened to them including the scenes being accidentally destroyed, Tom Holland owning the original film dailies/workprint with them intact. The only scene that has managed to surface so far is a slightly alternate scene of Charles Lee Ray’s voodoo chant at the beginning of the film.
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DeletedScene: Various, to the point where the original cut of the film ran 3 hours long. Unfortunately the scenes have never been released and have only surfaced through promotional photos and script details. Many rumors have swirled around through the years as to what happened to them including the scenes being accidentally destroyed, Tom Holland owning the original film dailies/workprint with them intact. The only scene that has managed to surface so far is a slightly alternate scene of Charles Lee Ray’s voodoo chant at the beginning of the film.

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* DeletedScene: Various, to the point where the original cut of the film ran 3 hours long. Unfortunately the scenes have never been released and have only surfaced through promotional photos and script details. Many rumors have swirled around through the years as to what happened to them including the scenes being accidentally destroyed, Tom Holland owning the original film dailies/workprint with them intact. The only scene that has managed to surface so far is a slightly alternate scene of Charles Lee Ray’s voodoo chant at the beginning of the film.

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* DevelopmentHell: The remake of the first film. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.

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DeletedScene: Various, to the point where the original cut of the film ran 3 hours long. Unfortunately the scenes have never been released and have only surfaced through promotional photos and script details. Many rumors have swirled around through the years as to what happened to them including the scenes being accidentally destroyed, Tom Holland owning the original film dailies/workprint with them intact. The only scene that has managed to surface so far is a slightly alternate scene of Charles Lee Ray’s voodoo chant at the beginning of the film.
* DevelopmentHell: The remake of the first film. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal. The remake was finally given the green light in 2018 and will premiere on June 4th 2019.
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** Chris Sarandon and Jack Colvin, who played Mike Norris and Dr. Ardmore in the first film, had both previously worked with director Tom Holland on ''Film/FrightNight1985'' with Sarandon and an episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Colvin when Holland was an actor. Also, before being cast as Chucky, Creator/BradDourif a year earlier had been directed by the first film's director Holland before in ''Film/FatalBeauty'', which like the first film was distributed by Creator/UnitedArtists.

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** Chris Sarandon Creator/ChrisSarandon and Jack Colvin, who played Mike Norris and Dr. Ardmore in the first film, had both previously worked with director Tom Holland on ''Film/FrightNight1985'' with Sarandon and an episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Colvin when Holland was an actor. Also, before being cast as Chucky, Creator/BradDourif a year earlier had been directed by the first film's director Holland before in ''Film/FatalBeauty'', which like the first film was distributed by Creator/UnitedArtists.
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** [[Film/ChildsPlay The first movie]] was originally supposed to start with Charles Lee Ray following a drunken lady (with her face covered by a scarf) leaving a bar from Eddie Caputo’s van, chase her into an alley, then rip her scarf away to reveal [[DisguisedInDrag Detective Mike Norris]]. This would then be followed by the chase that started the movie.

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* ChannelHop: The first movie was by MGM/United Artists. The follow-ups are by Creator/{{Universal}} or its subsidiaries.

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* ChannelHop: The first movie was by MGM/United Artists. The follow-ups are by Creator/{{Universal}} or In between the first film and the sequel, MGM was in the process of being sold to another company, Qintex, that had no desire to do horror movies, leading to David Kirschner buying back the rights to the franchise and in turn, sold it to Creator/{{Universal}}, which has produced all the sequels (sometimes through a subsidiary). Ironically, MGM and Qintex ended up dropping its subsidiaries.merger negotiations shortly after Universal bought the sequel rights!
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** Kathy Najimy, who had TheCameo as the hotel maid who discovered the remains of the thieving couple in ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', had previously worked on the franchise's producer David Kirschner's family-oriented productions ''Film/HocusPocus'' and ''Film/CatsDontDance''.

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** Kathy Najimy, who had TheCameo as the hotel maid who discovered the remains of the thieving couple in ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', had previously worked on the franchise's producer David Kirschner's family-oriented productions ''Film/HocusPocus'' and ''Film/CatsDontDance''.''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''.
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** Chris Sarandon and Jack Colvin, who played Mike Norris and Dr. Ardmore in the first film, had both previously worked with director Tom Holland on ''Film/FrightNight1985'' with Sarandon and an episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Colvin when Holland was an actor.

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** Chris Sarandon and Jack Colvin, who played Mike Norris and Dr. Ardmore in the first film, had both previously worked with director Tom Holland on ''Film/FrightNight1985'' with Sarandon and an episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Colvin when Holland was an actor. Also, before being cast as Chucky, Creator/BradDourif a year earlier had been directed by the first film's director Holland before in ''Film/FatalBeauty'', which like the first film was distributed by Creator/UnitedArtists.
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** Terry Wills, who plays the ill-rated garbage man in the third film directed by Jack Bender and produced by David Kirschner, had another a bit part as a photographer in another Bender/Kirschner production a year earlier in television film ''The Dreamer of Oz''.

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** Terry Wills, who plays the ill-rated ill-fated garbage man in the third film directed by Jack Bender and produced by David Kirschner, had another a bit part as a photographer in another Bender/Kirschner production a year earlier in television film ''The Dreamer of Oz''.
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** In a reversal sense Gerrit Graham playing the ObstructiveBureaucrat foster father in the second film would be his first collaboration with the franchise's producer David Kirschner and a couple years later would work with him and the franchise's distributor Creator/{{Universal}} again on a short-lived television animated series of the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' franchise, ''Fievel's American Tails'', as TheOtherDarrin for Creator/JohnCleese's character from ''Fievel Goes West''.

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** In a reversal sense sense, Gerrit Graham playing the ObstructiveBureaucrat foster father in the second film would be his first collaboration with the franchise's producer David Kirschner and a couple years later would work with him and the franchise's distributor Creator/{{Universal}} again on a short-lived television animated series of the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' franchise, ''Fievel's American Tails'', as TheOtherDarrin for Creator/JohnCleese's character from ''Fievel Goes West''.
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** Chris Sarandon and Jack Colvin, who played Mike Norris and Dr. Ardmore in the first film, had both previously worked with director Tom Holland on ''Film/FrightNight'' with Sarandon and an episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Colvin when Holland was an actor.

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** Chris Sarandon and Jack Colvin, who played Mike Norris and Dr. Ardmore in the first film, had both previously worked with director Tom Holland on ''Film/FrightNight'' ''Film/FrightNight1985'' with Sarandon and an episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Colvin when Holland was an actor.
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** Creator/KathyNajimy, who had TheCameo as the hotel maid who discovered the remains of the thieving couple in ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', had previously worked on the franchise's producer David Kirschner's family-oriented productions ''Film/HocusPocus'' and ''Film/CatsDontDance''.

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** Creator/KathyNajimy, Kathy Najimy, who had TheCameo as the hotel maid who discovered the remains of the thieving couple in ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', had previously worked on the franchise's producer David Kirschner's family-oriented productions ''Film/HocusPocus'' and ''Film/CatsDontDance''.
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** Chris Sarandon and Jack Colvin, who played Mike Norris and Dr. Ardmore in the first film, had both previously worked with director Tom Holland on ''Film/FrightNight'' with Sarandon and an episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Colvin when Holland was an actor.
** Terry Wills, who plays the ill-rated garbage man in the third film directed by Jack Bender and produced by David Kirschner, had another a bit part as a photographer in another Bender/Kirschner production a year earlier in television film ''The Dreamer of Oz''.
** Creator/JohnRitter, who played Jade's SmugSnake DirtyCop DaChief uncle in ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', had worked with the franchise's producer David Kirschner before in the aforementioned ''The Dreamer of Oz'' and the short-lived animated series ''WesternAnimation/FishPolice''.
** Creator/KathyNajimy, who had TheCameo as the hotel maid who discovered the remains of the thieving couple in ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', had previously worked on the franchise's producer David Kirschner's family-oriented productions ''Film/HocusPocus'' and ''Film/CatsDontDance''.
** In a reversal sense Gerrit Graham playing the ObstructiveBureaucrat foster father in the second film would be his first collaboration with the franchise's producer David Kirschner and a couple years later would work with him and the franchise's distributor Creator/{{Universal}} again on a short-lived television animated series of the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' franchise, ''Fievel's American Tails'', as TheOtherDarrin for Creator/JohnCleese's character from ''Fievel Goes West''.
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** In the second film, Grace Zabriskie's character [[spoiler:get killed by KillerDoll Chucky aka "The Lakeshore Strangler" at the film's climax, which is funny as a decade earlier prior to the release of this sequel, Grace had played an alleged murder victim in the climax of the Creator/DonKnotts and Tim Conway mystery comedy ''The Private Eyes'', where her character is found with a doll staged to look like it was strangling her, before it's revealed she and the other seemingly murdered victims have [[FakingTheDead faked their own deaths]]]].

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** In the second film, Grace Zabriskie's character [[spoiler:get killed by KillerDoll Chucky aka "The Lakeshore Strangler" at the film's climax, which is funny as a decade earlier prior to the release of this sequel, Grace had played an alleged murder victim in the climax of the Creator/DonKnotts and Tim Conway mystery comedy ''The Private Eyes'', ''Film/ThePrivateEyes'', where her character is found with a doll staged to look like it was strangling her, before it's revealed she and the other seemingly murdered victims have [[FakingTheDead faked their own deaths]]]].
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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://childsplay.wikia.com/wiki/Child%27s_Play_Wiki Child's Play Wiki]].

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* DevelopmentHell: A remake of the first film. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.

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* DevelopmentHell: A The remake of the first film. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.



** Initially, there was supposed to be a shot in ''Curse of Chucky'' that revealed [[spoiler:that Andy owned a gun store, illustrating just ''how'' ready he was for Chucky's return.]]
** Child's play 3 was going to have multiple Chuckies, which wound up being used in Cult of Chucky.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As mentioned above, MGM owning the first movie and Universal owning the rest of the series has gotten in the way of producing ''Curse Of Chucky''.

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** Initially, there was supposed to be a shot in ''Curse of Chucky'' that revealed [[spoiler:that Andy owned a gun store, illustrating just ''how'' ready he was for Chucky's return.]]
** Child's play Play 3 was going to have multiple Chuckies, which wound up being used in Cult of Chucky.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As mentioned above, MGM owning the first movie and Universal owning the rest of the series has gotten in the way of producing ''Curse Of Chucky''.a planned remake of the original.



-->'''Chucky:''' You hear this, you son of a bitch?! I'm gonna get you for it! I'm gonna get you, and I'm gonna get Eddie, NO MATTER WHAT!

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-->'''Chucky:''' You hear this, you son ** Initially, there was supposed to be a shot in ''Curse of Chucky'' that revealed [[spoiler:that Andy owned a bitch?! I'm gonna get you gun store, illustrating just ''how'' ready he was for it! I'm gonna get you, and I'm gonna get Eddie, NO MATTER WHAT!Chucky's return.]]
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* DevelopmentHell: ''Curse Of Chucky''. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.

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* DevelopmentHell: ''Curse Of Chucky''.A remake of the first film. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.
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* DevelopmentHell: According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.

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* DevelopmentHell: ''Curse Of Chucky''. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.



** The ending of Curse of Chucky with the court case and Chucky being among the evidence and Mika being declared legally insane was intended for the beginning of Child's Play 2 with Karen Barclay's character.

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** The ending of Curse of Chucky with the court case and Chucky being among the evidence and Mika Nica being declared legally insane was intended for the beginning of Child's Play 2 with Karen Barclay's character.



* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As mentioned above, MGM owning the first movie and Universal owning the rest of the series has gotten in the way of producing ''Curse''. Both are willing to collaborate on other things, like DVD and Blu-ray collections and including clips of the first movie in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'', though.
* TalkingToHimself: In ''Seed'', Tiff's voice actor, Jennifer Tilly, is a separate and very main character. They lampshade this about every two minutes.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As mentioned above, MGM owning the first movie and Universal owning the rest of the series has gotten in the way of producing ''Curse''. Both are willing to collaborate on other things, like DVD and Blu-ray collections and including clips of the first movie in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'', though.
''Curse Of Chucky''.
* TalkingToHimself: In ''Seed'', Tiff's voice actor, Jennifer Tilly, is a separate and very main character. They lampshade this about every two minutes.a lot.
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** The ending of Curse of Chucky with the court case and Chucky being among the evidence and Fiona being declared legally insane was intended for the beginning of Child's Play 2 with Karen Barclay's character.

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** The ending of Curse of Chucky with the court case and Chucky being among the evidence and Fiona Mika being declared legally insane was intended for the beginning of Child's Play 2 with Karen Barclay's character.



* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As mentioned above, MGM owning the first movie and Universal owning the rest of the series has gotten in the way of producing a remake. Both are willing to collaborate on other things, like DVD and Blu-ray collections and including clips of the first movie in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'', though.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As mentioned above, MGM owning the first movie and Universal owning the rest of the series has gotten in the way of producing a remake.''Curse''. Both are willing to collaborate on other things, like DVD and Blu-ray collections and including clips of the first movie in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'', though.
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* DevelopmentHell: The remake. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.

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* DevelopmentHell: The remake. According to Don Mancini in the commentary track for ''Curse'', it's due to legal issues between MGM and Universal.
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** Child's play 3 was going to have multiple Chuckies, which wound up being used in Curse of Chucky.

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** Child's play 3 was going to have multiple Chuckies, which wound up being used in Curse Cult of Chucky.
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** Child's play 3 was going to have multiple Chuckies, which wound up being used in Curse of Chucky.

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Revenge is not Trivia.


*** It was also how Child's Play was going to end back when the factory was the intended finale

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*** It was also how Child's Play was going to end back when the factory was the intended finalefinale.



** The ending of Curse of Chucky with the court case and Chucky being among the evidence and Fioana being declared legally insane was intended for the beginning of Child's Play 2 with Karen Barclay's character

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** The ending of Curse of Chucky with the court case and Chucky being among the evidence and Fioana Fiona being declared legally insane was intended for the beginning of Child's Play 2 with Karen Barclay's charactercharacter.



* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: The entire reason Curse of Chucky takes place]].
** Also, a big part of Chucky's motivation in the original ''Child's Play'':
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* WordOfGod: In an interview, it was revealed by Don Mancini that Tiffany’s maiden name is “[[MeaningfulName Valentine]]”.----

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* WordOfGod: In an interview, it was revealed by Don Mancini that Tiffany’s maiden name is “[[MeaningfulName Valentine]]”.----

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* TalkingToHimself: In ''Seed'', Tiff's voice actor, Jennifer Tilly, is a separate and very main character. They lampshade this about every two minutes.



* TalkingToHimself: In ''Seed'', Tiff's voice actor, Jennifer Tilly, is a separate and very main character. They lampshade this about every two minutes.

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** Also in the original ''Child's Play'' Chucky was sometimes played by Alex Vincent's (Andy's) two-year-old sister.

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** Also in the original ''Child's Play'' Chucky was sometimes was played in a one scene by Alex Vincent's (Andy's) two-year-old sister.little sister when Chucky runs from behind the couch while the babysitter was watching tv.

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