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Post by Paul on Jun 3, 2019 8:50:46 GMT -5
Okay, so let's talk about Don Mancini's inspiration for Chucky from Child's Play.  He said it was based on the Cabbage Patch Kids craze and how popular they were. But I think the Chucky doll design and concept itself was based on a few different things. 1. My Buddy (1985) with the overalls and striped rainbow shirt. The hairstyles and facial features are similar between the two. 2. Corky from Playmates (circa 1987): Corky was voiced by child actor Eden Gross and if he sounds familiar it's because he also provided the voice of the Good Guy dolls in Child's Play and Child's Play 2 (I.E: when Chucky is pretending to be a regular talking doll). I just thought that was sort of an interesting connection. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Jun 3, 2019 9:07:24 GMT -5
I'd wonder if he also saw that one Twilight Zone episode at one point too.
And I totally had a My Buddy....and cut most of his hair off.
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Post by abjordans on Jun 3, 2019 9:14:13 GMT -5
I always thought Chucky was based on My Buddy.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jun 3, 2019 9:16:21 GMT -5
It has to be My Buddy. Didn't know it was possible to think otherwise haha. Initial idea for doll as horror movie antagonist may have been Cabbage Patch; but My Buddy IS Chucky haha
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2019 13:39:50 GMT -5
Just seeing the words "My Buddy" puts that damn song back into my head.
How could that NOT be the origins of Chucky?
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 3, 2019 13:43:38 GMT -5
In the remake, his name (or brand name whatever) has been changed to Buddi, so yeah.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jun 3, 2019 14:06:39 GMT -5
My Buddy and Me!
And then Kid Sister happened.
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Post by Tenshigure on Jun 3, 2019 14:13:07 GMT -5
He said it was based on the Cabbage Patch Kids craze and how popular they were. Director Tom Holland has always always insisted the design was based off of the 'My Buddy' doll: I feel like maybe the original draft of the first movie had more of a connection to Cabbage Patch Kids, but the incarnation that made it to the screen certainly was all 'My Buddy'. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 3, 2019 15:53:58 GMT -5
It has to be My Buddy. Didn't know it was possible to think otherwise haha. Initial idea for doll as horror movie antagonist may have been Cabbage Patch; but My Buddy IS Chucky haha Seriously look at Chucky and watch the My Buddy commercial. They are literally wearing the same shirt. the biggest difference is Chucky wears blue overalls and my Buddy wears red. |
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jun 3, 2019 17:31:16 GMT -5
It has to be My Buddy. Didn't know it was possible to think otherwise haha. Initial idea for doll as horror movie antagonist may have been Cabbage Patch; but My Buddy IS Chucky haha Seriously look at Chucky and watch the My Buddy commercial. They are literally wearing the same shirt. the biggest difference is Chucky wears blue overalls and my Buddy wears red. Yeah, I think the Cabbage Patch influence was how popular the dolls were, not the actual look of em. |
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Post by edgestar on Jun 3, 2019 17:33:36 GMT -5
Chucky is hilarious.
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Post by wildojinx on Jun 3, 2019 18:18:11 GMT -5
Another interesting fact I found out was that Ruby-Spears did the animation for the "Good Guys" cartoon segments. This was back when R-S was a subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera, meaning that technically, H-B contributed material to an R-Rated film.
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Post by Paul on Jun 3, 2019 18:54:30 GMT -5
Another interesting fact I found out was that Ruby-Spears did the animation for the "Good Guys" cartoon segments. This was back when R-S was a subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera, meaning that technically, H-B contributed material to an R-Rated film. I didn't notice before but they re-use the same bit of animation in Child's Play 3: |
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Jun 4, 2019 3:43:09 GMT -5
What a tease of a package to put a pair of pants in.
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Post by zero744 on Jun 4, 2019 9:52:42 GMT -5
Design was definitely taken from the my buddy dolls. I thought everything else was based on Robert the Doll.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jun 4, 2019 10:03:34 GMT -5
My little sister had Corky and loved him until I brought Childs play him fom the video rental place. My brother put it on to watch while babysitting and she wouldn't go near Corky after that.
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Post by Paul on Jun 4, 2019 10:07:28 GMT -5
What a tease of a package to put a pair of pants in. Yeah, the mom is kind of awful doing that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 13:05:52 GMT -5
I had a my buddy doll as well when I was a kid and after seeing Child's Play for the first time I took him outside and beat him until his head was bashed in with a baseball bat and buried him in our sandbox. Keep in mind he was my best "friend till the end" up until that point. That movie had a profound effect on me and it is even funnier now as a father how scared of Chucky my 5 year old daughter is...haha
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Post by OldDirtyBernie on Jun 7, 2019 17:01:24 GMT -5
I had a My Buddy for a bit...then they introduced My Pet Monster and my My Buddy was forgotten.
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Post by Paul on Jun 7, 2019 17:06:54 GMT -5
I had a My Buddy for a bit...then they introduced My Pet Monster and my My Buddy was forgotten. Completely understandable. I wanted one when I was a kid and never got one and... well, I still want one damnit.  |
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