Andy Barclay

Andrew "Andy" Barclay is the main protagonist of the first three installments in the "Child's Play" series of films. He was portrayed by Alex Vincent in the first two films and was followed by Justin Whalin in the third film.

Child's Play

In "Child's Play", Andy is celebrating his sixth birthday (November 9, 1988) with his widowed mother, Karen. Originally, Andy wants a Good Guy Doll and ends up getting clothes. Seeing her son's disappointment, Karen buys a doll that's possessed by the spirit of a murderer from a homeless peddler. Andy is overjoyed by the new doll.

When Andy's aunt Maggie falls to her death from the apartment's window, he is immediately questioned by Detective Mike Norris if he had anything to do with the death. Karen believes that Andy had nothing to do with it. However, Andy shows eerie behavior when he informs his mother that the doll, Chucky, is alive and quotes him saying "His real name is Charles Lee Ray, and he's been sent down from Heaven by Daddy to play with me," and "He said Aunt Maggie was a real bitch and got what she deserved." Andy shows even more possible insanity when he tells Chucky to talk and stop lying, and that Chucky will kill him if he lets out his secret.

After much pursuit of his most intended victim, Chucky decides to pursue Andy on his own and eventually begins the chant that made him a doll the night he was killed. However, Karen and Detective Norris stop him just in time before Chucky can take Andy's soul. Chucky is burned alive by Andy and then defeated by being shot to the heart.

Child's Play 2

In "Child's Play 2", Andy has been sent to a foster home while his mother, who was considered mentally unstable, and has been undergoing psychiatric testing. Andy now finds himself terrorized once again in his new home by Chucky. Chucky even stalks young Andy at school and slays Andy's teacher.

Later that day, Andy goes down to the basement to confront Chucky, resulting in a struggle between him and the possessed doll. To make it worse, Chucky frames Andy by killing his foster parents.

Andy's foster sister, Kyle, is held hostage and is to transport Chucky to Andy in the Good Guy Factory. After Andy is nearly knocked unconscious, Chucky once again attempts to steal his body, but Chucky realizes that it is too late to transfer his soul into Andy's body and it can no longer be done. Now that his doll body is human, he endures gruesome injuries, such as having his hand torn off and being forced to cut off his legs. Andy thwarts him once more by dousing him in molten plastic, and together he and Kyle kill Chucky by inflating his head and causing it to explode.

Child's Play 3

Andy's final appearance in the series is in "Child's Play 3". Andy is now sixteen years old, and has been thrown out of numerous foster homes, presumably for his inability to fit in. Social services then enrolls Andy Barclay in a military academy as a last resort. Here, Andy is the center of Cadet Shelton's harassment, and Chucky has also been rebuilt and returns to stalk Andy once again. However, Chucky now realizes he is able to set a new goal to become human again, and reveals his true self to another boy named Tyler.

Chucky confronts Andy in his boarding room and reveals that he intends to transfer his personality into a different child's body: Tyler, who Andy had befriended earlier in the film.

During the academy's 'war game', Andy gets a girlfriend, Kristen De Silva, but loses his only other friend (besides Tyler) Whitehurst to Chucky. Eventually, Chucky's attempts to reach human form get thwarted again. After following Chucky (and Tyler, who is essentially Chucky's hostage) from the woods to a local carnival, and struggling with the possessed doll in a spook-house ride, Andy tosses Chucky into a large fan which dices him.

Kristen is wounded, but Andy goes with the police to give his story, which will not be believed by the authorities. Andy Barclay being shown restrained and placed into the back of a squad car could mean he was arrested, although the charges are unknown (presumably suspected for Chucky's crimes).

Andy's fate

Starting with "Bride of Chucky", the series now focuses on Chucky's exploits and killings rather than Andy. Andy has not appeared since his role in "Child's Play 3" and his future is uncertain. A newspaper article seen in "Bride of Chucky" makes reference to Andy Barclay by saying how a boy claims a Good Guys doll was possessed by the soul of Charles Lee Ray.

External links

* http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009426/