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** Averted. [[spoiler:When Andy gets closer to his new friends and starts ignoring Chucky, the robot's prime directive becomes to hunt Andy and kill anyone who gets in their way.]]



* {{Technopath}}: From the official website to the second trailer, it is implied that the Buddi doll can connect and interact with every other Kaslan application and electronic devices. Giving Chucky the high ground in danger when anything from Kaslan (from smartphones to electronic cars and even other toys) can be remotely hacked by the corrupt AI to do his bidding.

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* {{Technopath}}: From the official website to the second trailer, it is implied that the Buddi doll can connect and interact with every other Kaslan application and electronic devices. Giving devices, giving Chucky the high ground in danger when anything from Kaslan (from smartphones to electronic cars and even other toys) can be remotely hacked by the corrupt AI to do his bidding.



* YourSoulIsMine: Averted - This particular incarnation of Chucky isn't trying to swap places with his owner.

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* YourSoulIsMine: Averted - This particular incarnation of Chucky isn't trying to swap places with his owner.----
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* AssholeVictim: Both Shane and Gabe would both fall victim to Chucky.

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* AgeLift: Andy here is more of an adolescent than the six-year old in the original film.

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* AgeLift: Andy here is more of an adolescent thirteen-year old than the six-year old in the original film.


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* BastardBoyfriend: Karen's fiancee Shane, who is also a GenderFlip WickedStepmother AbusiveDad towards Andy.


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* CarFu: Chucky, being a {{Technopath}}, can also control cars from Kaslan, as he used one to crash into another with Mike's mother Doreen inside.


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* {{Slimeball}}: Kaslan Corp employee Gabe is an [[FatBastard overweight]], [[PermaStubble unshaven]] [[AllMenArePerverts sex-offender]].
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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride. Another image features [[https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/21/childs-play-toy-story-chucky/ Chucky barbecuing Slinky]], while a third shows the aftermath of Buzz getting shot by a lazer gun.

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* TakeThat: One of the The teaser posters for the film has an are obvious jab jabs at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4''. One has Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride. Another image features [[https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/21/childs-play-toy-story-chucky/ Chucky barbecuing Slinky]], while a third shows the aftermath of Buzz getting shot by a lazer gun.laser gun, and a fourth has Mr. Potato Head being impaled in the head with a knife.
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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride. Another image features [[https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/21/childs-play-toy-story-chucky/ Chucky barbecuing Slinky]].

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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride. Another image features [[https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/21/childs-play-toy-story-chucky/ Chucky barbecuing Slinky]].Slinky]], while a third shows the aftermath of Buzz getting shot by a lazer gun.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: In this version, Chucky (or Buddi) will have AI mechanisms rather than being possessed by the soul of a SerialKiller. It's currently unknown how it came out this way.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: In this version, Chucky (or Buddi) will have AI mechanisms a malfunctioning/rogue AI, rather than being possessed by the soul of a SerialKiller. It's currently unknown how it came out this way.SerialKiller.



* AndroclesLion: Once Andy opens up to actively play with Chucky, the doll's AI starts to show reciprocity by treating with extreme violence anything that feels like a threat to him.
** Averted. [[spoiler:When Andy gets closer to his new friends and starts ignoring Chucky, the robot's prime directive becomes to hunt Andy and kill anyone who gets in their way.]]



* BestFriend: That's just what Chucky wants to be with Andy, who in turn is BefriendingTheEnemy.



* CuteBruiser: While Chucky is mostly a GlassCannon, given the right circumstances: he can overpower an adult.
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: Up until Chucky starts speaking or malfunctioning, he is still a robot doll built as life-like as possible to appeal to its target demographic.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Andy wears a hearing aid on this one.
* FriendshipDenial: This is what triggers Chucky to attack Andy later in the movie.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Being Andy's best friend is the prime feature the robot adheres itself to, but the more self-aware it becomes in the movie, the more he is willing to harm others for his ultimate purpose.



* RoboticPsychopath: Chucky becomes one when he starts to malfunction.
* SingleTaskRobot: Averted. Buddi can do several complex tasks to accommodate his owner (from mundane things like speaking and recognizing different languages to even adjusting temperature via Kaslan's idiosyncratic thermostat). He's basically a more physically interactive form of Amazon's Alexa.
* SurveillanceDrone: Chucky uses one on the final act to attack someone.



* {{Technopath}}: From the official website to the second trailer, it is implied that the Buddi doll can connect and interact with every other Kaslan application and electronic devices. Giving Chucky the high ground in danger when anything from Kaslan (from smartphones to electronic cars and even other toys) can be remotely hacked by the corrupt AI to do his bidding.

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* {{Technopath}}: From the official website to the second trailer, it is implied that the Buddi doll can connect and interact with every other Kaslan application and electronic devices. Giving Chucky the high ground in danger when anything from Kaslan (from smartphones to electronic cars and even other toys) can be remotely hacked by the corrupt AI to do his bidding.bidding.
* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Chucky's face is still so uncanny valley-ish that it begs the question of how the toy was marketed to children anyway? This hasn't changed from the original movie either.
* YourSoulIsMine: Averted - This particular incarnation of Chucky isn't trying to swap places with his owner.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Chucky's eyes are shown turning red.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: In a clever play on Chucky's new electronic toy nature, his eyes are shown turning red.will turn red when he's "malfunctioning" (a.k.a. during his kill-switch).



* {{Technopath}}: In the second trailer, it is mentioned that through the app, Buddi can control all the companies products, which he utilizes in the scenes, from controlling a drone to a smart car.

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* {{Technopath}}: In From the official website to the second trailer, it is mentioned implied that through the app, Buddi doll can control all connect and interact with every other Kaslan application and electronic devices. Giving Chucky the companies products, which he utilizes high ground in the scenes, danger when anything from controlling a drone Kaslan (from smartphones to a smart car.electronic cars and even other toys) can be remotely hacked by the corrupt AI to do his bidding.
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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride.

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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride. Another image features [[https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/21/childs-play-toy-story-chucky/ Chucky barbecuing Slinky]].
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'''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky, with the latter being replaced by Creator/MarkHamill.


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'''Child's Play''' ''Child's Play'' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky, with the latter being replaced by Creator/MarkHamill.

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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LaywerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride.

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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LaywerFriendlyCameo [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride.
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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''Disney/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LaywerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride.

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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''Disney/ToyStory4'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LaywerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride.
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* TakeThat: One of the posters for the film has an obvious jab at ''Disney/ToyStory4'', with Chucky walking away from a severed doll arm that belongs to a [[LaywerFriendlyCameo lawyer friendly version of]] Woody Pride.
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* Red Eyes Take Warning: Chucky's eyes are shown turning red.

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* Red Eyes Take Warning: RedEyesTakeWarning: Chucky's eyes are shown turning red.
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* Red Eyes Take Warning: Chucky's eyes are shown turning red.
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* PsychoticSmirk: Near the end of the second trailer, a brief look at Chucky's face shows his mouth moving to form one.
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* BigBad: Chucky, as always.
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* Technopath: In the second trailer, it is mentioned that through the app, Buddi can control all the companies products, which he utilizes in the scenes, from controlling a drone to a smart car.

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* Technopath: {{Technopath}}: In the second trailer, it is mentioned that through the app, Buddi can control all the companies products, which he utilizes in the scenes, from controlling a drone to a smart car.
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* {{Tagline}}: More than a toy...he's your best friend.

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* {{Tagline}}: More than a toy...he's your best friend.friend.
* Technopath: In the second trailer, it is mentioned that through the app, Buddi can control all the companies products, which he utilizes in the scenes, from controlling a drone to a smart car.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Combined with GenderFlip and RaceLift, Mike Norris' partner Jack Santos is now a black woman named Willis.
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'''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky, with the latter now ceing voiced by Creator/MarkHamill.


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'''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky, with the latter now ceing voiced being replaced by Creator/MarkHamill.

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'''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky.


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'''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: Karen is a brunette than a blonde in the original film.
* AgeLift: Andy here is more of an adolescent than the six-year old in the original film.


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* RaceLift: Mike Norris is black in this reboot.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: In this version, Chucky (or Buddi) will have AI mechanisms rather than being possessed by the soul of a SerialKiller.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: In this version, Chucky (or Buddi) will have AI mechanisms rather than being possessed by the soul of a SerialKiller. It's currently unknown how it came out this way.

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* {{Tagline}}: More than a toy...he's your best friend.
* ViralMarketing: Websites for the [[http://kaslancorp.com/ Kaslan Corporation]] and the [[https://bestbuddi.com/ Buddi dolls]] were launched about four days ahead of the trailer's release.

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* {{Tagline}}: More than a toy...he's your best friend.
* ViralMarketing: Websites for the [[http://kaslancorp.com/ Kaslan Corporation]] and the [[https://bestbuddi.com/ Buddi dolls]] were launched about four days ahead of the trailer's release.
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* {{Tagline}}: More than a toy...he's your best friend.

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* {{Tagline}}: More than a toy...he's your best friend.friend.
* ViralMarketing: Websites for the [[http://kaslancorp.com/ Kaslan Corporation]] and the [[https://bestbuddi.com/ Buddi dolls]] were launched about four days ahead of the trailer's release.

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''Child's Play'' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky.

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''Child's Play'' '''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky. \n\n----\n!!The


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* KillerRobot: Buddi is slated to be one.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. Towards the end of the trailer, both Karen and Andy have accumulated significant amounts of grime, with Karen in particular shown to be heavily bleeding.
* KillerRobot: Buddi Buddi/Chucky is slated to be one.
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* MoodyTrailerCoverSong: The first trailer makes use of [[Music/HarryNilsson Harry Nilsson's]] "Best Friend".
* NothingIsScarier: In the first trailer, we never get a good look at Chucky's face, nor do we hear him speak. We are also never directly shown Chucky killing anyone, only focusing on the aftermath of his carnage.
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'''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky.


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'''Child's Play''' ''Child's Play'' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky. \n\n\n!The

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[[caption-width-right:350:Wanna play?]]

'''Child's Play''' is an upcoming reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July of 2018 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film. The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but it will not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky.


!The film has examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: In this version, Chucky (or Buddi) will have AI mechanisms rather than being possessed by the soul of a SerialKiller.
* AlternateContinuity: In this take on the original film, Chucky will be depicted as a robot.
* KillerRobot: Buddi is slated to be one.
* {{Tagline}}: More than a toy...he's your best friend.

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