History TearJerker / ChildsPlay

** Glen is essentially [[spoiler:forced to murder his own father as a result, and the ending confirms that Glen still loved him after everything he's done.]]

* Nica's whole life has been one tragedy after another, first Charles kidnaps her mother and then stabs Nica in utero for something Sarah wasn't even guilty of (it was Tiffany all along). Then Chucky starts picking off Nica's family one by one until only Nica and her niece, Alice, remain and Nica is taken to a mental hospital and blamed for the murders while Chucky possesses Alice. Over the next four years, Nica is sexually assaulted by her doctor and is brainwashed into thinking she did the murders. Then she's told Alice died of a broken heart and she tries to commit suicide in response. Then the rest of the patients start dying and she ends up possessed by Chucky who reveals that Alice was actually killed by a potential victim who fought back. Nica's a hostage in her own body for a good while as Chucky and Tiffany murder people and essentially rape Nica before she manages to wake up. Then Tiffany cuts her limbs off and holds her hostage for a year. Then she finally manages to escape but she's still wanted for all the murders and she accidentally shoots Glen which she's clearly broken up about. She's had it far worse than anyone in the franchise, even Andy.

** Andy's trauma is reflected in the haunting end credits theme, described as the theme of childhood innocence being destroyed beyond repair.

* Nica's whole life has been one tragedy after another, first Charles kidnaps her mother and then stabs Nica in utero for something Sarah wasn't even guilty of (it was Tiffany all along). Then Chucky starts picking off Nica's family one by one until only Nica and her niece, Alice, remain and Nica is taken to a mental hospital and blamed for the murders while Chucky possesses Alice. Over the next four years, Nica is sexually assaulted by her doctor and is brainwashed into thinking she did the murders. Then she's told Alice died of a broken heart and she tries to commit suicide in response. Then the rest of the patients start dying and she ends up possessed by Chucky who reveals that Alice was actually killed by a potential victim who fought back. Nica's a hostage in her own body for a good while as Chucky and Tiffany murder people and essentially rape Nica before she manages to wake up. Then Tiffany cuts her limbs off and holds her hostage for a year. Then she finally manages to escape but she's still wanted for all the murders and she accidentally shoots Glen which she's clearly broken up about.

* Meta: John Lafia (who co-wrote the first film and directed the second film) dying of suicide on April 29th, 2020.

* From the very day he meets Chucky, Andy's life is set on a downward spiral from which it never returns from -- getting placed in a foster home, being separated from his mother, having to deal with [[TooDumbToLive one]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat spectacularly]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing unhelpful individual]] after another with few allies to speak of, and by the end of the third film, ostensibly getting arrested. By the time we catch up with him in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'', it's evident his ordeals with Chucky have left him a lonesome wreck, and if the latter's ending is anything to go by, he may never seem to find any sort of peace.

* Whitehurst's death in the third film. After spending the entire film being the {{ButtMonkey}}, he acts as a human shield to a grenade that would have likely killed or seriously injured his fellow soldiers (who were too distracted by Sheldon's death to give the grenade much thought) and ends up dead. Andy doesn't even have time to shed tears as he must pursue Chucky to save Tyler. The only one to shed tears besides Andy is Iris.

* Whitehurst's death in the third film. After spending the entire film being the {{ButtMonkey}}, he acts as a human shield to a grenade that would have likely killed or seriously injured his fellow soldiers (who were too distracted by Sheldon's death to give the grenade much thought) and ends up dead. Andy doesn't even have time to shed tears as he must pursue Chucky to save Tyler. The only one to shed tears besides Andy is Iris.

You'll wish it was only make-believe... and also maybe for a few tissues to spare.

* Really, Andy's entire life story. From the very day he meets Chucky, his life is set on a downward spiral from which it reaches the point of no return -- getting placed in a foster home, being separated from his mother, having to deal with [[TooDumbToLive one]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat spectacularly]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing unhelpful individual]] after another with few allies to speak of, and by the end of the third film, ostensibly getting arrested. By the time we catch up with him in ''Curse'' and ''Cult'', it's evident his ordeals with Chucky have left him a lonesome wreck, and if the latter's ending is anything to go by, he may never seem to find any sort of peace.
** In the first film, Andy's trauma is further reflected by the sad, haunting music that plays over the end credits, described by one [=YouTuber=] as the theme song of a childhood destroyed beyond repair.

* The ending of ''Cult of Chucky'': [[spoiler:Chucky has succeeded in murdering everyone in the asylum (barring Nica and Andy), possesses Nica (who learned that Alice was killed and whom Andy tried to rescue) and escapes with Tiffany and a living Tiffany doll. Andy meanwhile is now locked in the same asylum with another Chucky doll who will either torture him or try to possess him like he always wanted to. Even worse is that Andy has no supplies or weapons with him except for a pistol which is now empty. On top of that, it's likely he'll take the fall for all the murders that happened there ''again''.]] Besides TheStinger and the conformation of the TV series as well as more films, this may very well be the bleakest ending in the entire series.

* In the second film, Phil's death at the hands of Chucky. For all his ObstructiveBureaucrat [[{{Slimeball}} sliminess]] (though that aspect of him is downplayed in the TV cut) and being the closest the second film has to that of a HateSink, [[JerkassWoobie you can't really say that he deserved it]], especially with how absolutely [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/29zGrRVmU60/maxresdefault.jpg terrified]] he looked in his last moments. Joanne's reaction upon coming across his body doesn't help, and [[JerkassWoobie even if she did blame Andy, her grief was likely]] [[InsaneTrollLogic clouding her judgement more than anything]].

* The ending of ''Cult of Chucky'': [[spoiler:Chucky has succeeded in murdering everyone in the asylum (barring Nica and Andy), possesses Nica (who learned that Alice was killed and whom Andy tried to rescue) and escapes with Tiffany and a living Tiffany doll. Andy meanwhile is now locked in the same asylum with another Chucky doll who will either torture him or try to possess him like he always wanted to. Even worse is that Andy has no supplies or weapons with him except for a pistol which is now empty. On top of that, he may very well take the fall for all the murders that happened there.]] Besides TheStinger and the conformation of the TV series as well as more films, this may very well be the bleakest ending in the entire series.

** In the first film, Andy's trauma is further reflected by the sad, haunting music that plays over the end credits, described by one [=YouTuber=] as an anthem for a childhood destroyed by a traumatic event.