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Charles Lee Ray, or Chucky for short (b. January 24th,1950- d.November 9th,1988), is the main villain in the Child's Play
series of films. Chucky is a doll that was possessed by means of voodoo magic by serial killer Charles Lee Ray, the notorious Lakeshore Strangler. During most of his time as a doll, Chucky chased after a boy named Andy Barclay because Andy was the first person he told his real name to as a doll. Brad Dourif has voiced the character in all of the films (he also appears at the beginning of the first film and in subsequent flashbacks).

History

On a cold night in Chicago, Illinois, in November 1988, Ray was on the run from Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon). After taking refuge in a toy store, the fatally wounded killer frantically searched for a body to transfer his soul into in order to cheat death. Using the then-popular Good Guy doll, Ray recited a voodoo chant that resulted in a bolt of lightning striking the toy store and the transfer of his soul into the doll. The voodoo chant is unexistent, but it the name Damballa is mentioned several times in the curse, which proves Ray worshipped Damballa. It is unclear whether the lightning or the policeman ultimately killed Ray; although Norris appears to find him dead, he later admits "I was the man who killed him ." Also, a newscaster announces, a few minutes later in the film, that "Charles Lee Ray, the notorious Lakeshore Strangler, was shot and killed shortly before 3 A.M. this morning on Wabash Avenue."

Meanwhile, Chucky's girlfriend, Tiffany, mistook a ring that he stole from a rich heiress as a proposal ring. When she found out about Chucky's death, she became obsessed with trying to find the doll that he possessed.

When single mom Karen Barclay (Catherine Hicks) bought the possessed doll from a peddler, she gave it to her 6-year-old son, Andy (Alex Vincent, later Justin Whalin) as a birthday present. Soon, Chucky continued his killing spree when he pushed Andy's babysitter, Maggie, (Dinah Manoff) out of the kitchen window. All evidence pointed to Andy, but he insisted that Chucky was the one who committed the murders. After Andy was taken to a mental institution, Karen found out that Chucky was talking without batteries and the 2 ft. terror escapes. Chucky found out that he must transfer his soul into the body of the first person that he revealed his true identity to or else he will be trapped in the doll forever. Chucky pursued Andy back to his home and tried to transfer his soul into the boy but he is stopped by Karen and Norris. After being burned alive and having all of his limbs shot off, he finally dies with a gunshot to the heart.

Two years later, 8-year-old Andy was sent to live with a foster family away from his mother, who was considered unfit to raise him. To prove the numerous news articles wrong, Play Pals, the creators of the Good Guy toyline, decided to rebuild Chucky. After being brought back to life, Chucky went looking for Andy again. When he found him, he killed Andy's foster father (Gerrit Graham) and Andy was blamed for it. Andy was then taken back to the orphanage. After Chucky killed Andy's foster mother (Jenny Agutter) as well; he took Kyle (Christine Elise), Andy's foster sister, hostage and made her take him to Andy. As Chucky and Andy made their way toward the Good Guy factory, Kyle gave chase. After another failed attempt at transferring his soul, Chucky realized that he was stuck in the body and was now focused on killing Andy. Chucky chased Andy and Kyle through the factory and lost his right hand and his legs in the process. Chucky ended up having his head blown up by a loose air tube.

Upon turning 16, Andy was sent to military school having failed to stay in foster homes. Meanwhile, Play Pals decided to re-release its old Good Guy toyline, thinking that all of the bad publicity had died down. Using old toy parts from the abandoned warehouse, some of Chucky's blood was mixed in with a batter of plastic being used to make the dolls, bringing him back to life once more. Chucky mailed himself to the school where Andy was located and was unexpectedly discovered by a young private named Tyler (Jeremy Sylvers). Realizing that because Tyler was the first person he told his true identity while in his new body and therefore unable to transfer his soul to Andy, Chucky decided to use Tyler as his new potential body. When Andy found out that Chucky was back, he told Tyler not to trust him. While the students were playing a traditional game of Capture the Flag, Chucky made Tyler hide in a carnival and Andy gave chase. While inside of a carnival ride, Chucky first ended up having half of his face slashed off, his left arm coming off and his chest shot by a few gunshots and was thrown into a giant fan by Andy. He never saw Chucky again. Or so it would seem...

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