![]() ![]() ![]() He had a few distinguishing features including a red hat and brown hair. My Buddy was a fairly large 21 inch doll that had the look of being around the age of a toddler. ![]() This article is all about My Buddy and if it is, or isn’t the inspiration behind Chucky from Child’s Play. It was a memorable toy form the ‘80s with a pretty memorable commercial and song to go with it. It was a doll and it’s intent was to teach boys about being caring for their friends. My Buddy was a straight up attempt at marketing a doll towards boys but there was nothing that was being over enhanced like giving him scars or a punching action. My Pet Monster was the attempt to crack back into that market by taking a stuffed animal and trying to “toughen” it by giving it fangs and handcuffs. Every kid has a stuffed animal at some point but boys tend to outgrow them. I wrote an article about My Pet Monster and how it was seen as a plush doll marketed towards boys. My Buddy was a success and wa considered as the inspiration behind Chucky from the Child’s Play movies. This was controversial as marketing a doll specifically to boys was seen as a big risk. My Buddy was a doll line made by Hasbro in 1985. The next day Andy returns from school to find that Chucky has killed the cat to stop it from hurting Andy again later that night Chucky teases Andy by playing the audio of him murdering the cat over and over again whole he is trying to sleep.If you grew up in the ‘80s you know it was a time when manufacturers of dolls were trying to crossover and have them appeal to boys and vice versa. To make it up to him Chucky pranks Shane again promptings Andy’s mom to ground him and limit his time with Chucky and locks him in a closet. Later Andy and his friends Watch the film Texas chainsaw massacre two Chucky how much they enjoy the movie so he tries to make Andy happy By grabbing a kitchen knife to do a reenactment of the movie nearly killing Pugg much to Andy’s horror and confusion. They then show off Chucky to the other kids in the apartment building more notably Omar who tries to get Chucky to take a pen and stab a stuffed unicorn but he declines. The trio decide to prank Shane and upload the video. As he tells his doll the plan, he is met with two other tenants of the apartment, Falyn and Pugg, who become interested with Andy due to his strange but fascinating Buddi doll. The next morning, Andy decides to use Chucky to scare Shane. The duo bond over a game of cards but he drops a card near his cat, Mickey Rooney, who scratches him Andy goes to clean up the blood only to return to find an angry Chuckie strangling the cat because he hurt him Andy explains to Chucky that he can’t hurt people just then Shane walks in the Room and ridicules Andy. But Chucky states he will never leave him, much to Andy's joy. He talks with Chucky about how he dislikes Shane because he is abusive and that he will just leave them eventually. When he notices that his mother's boyfriend Shane at his home, he picks up Chucky and leaves. Chucky gives Andy a gift of a broken stick. He returns home surprised to see that Chucky was waiting for him the whole time. ![]() The next day Andy gets ready for school and notices Chucky is copying what he does before stating to Chucky he will be back. Andy then shows Chucky his room and then goes to bed but Chucky bothers and creeps him out by singing the buddi song. He returns to his apartment room to find his mother has given him an early birthday gift, a used Buddi doll, whom he attempts to name Han Solo but it auto-corrects to Chucky. He is met by Mike Norris who becomes acquainted with him. Andy is first seen playing on his phone in the apartment hallway. ![]()
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