Chucky TV series will drop all the F-bombs in every episode

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

What's CHILD'S PLAY and Chucky without a little foul language? Everyone's favorite killer doll is known for his particularly savage potty-mouth and even though he's making the transition to the small screen on the Syfy and USA Network's Chucky TV series, this won't stop the character from dropping his signature F-bombs before dabbling in a little murder and mayhem.

Chucky created Don Mancini spoke about the upcoming TV series along with executive producer Nick Antosca at Comic-Con@Home's Scary Good TV and Horror's Top Showrunners panel, and he explained the importance of Chucky keeping his signature foul-mouth on the TV series:

"When Nick and I set up Chucky at Syfy, one of the first things we had to make sure of was that Chucky could drop his F-bombs, because it's such an intrinsic part of his character, it would just seem wrong if he couldn't…Fortunately, before we signed on the dotted line, they conformed, yes, he can. I think he can drop, like, eight F-bombs per episode, or something like that — eight to ten, something like that — and I think there's variations depending on what time it airs."

Shows on basic cable typically aren't known for allowing F-bombs to be dropped so freely so this is a bit of a pleasant surprise that Chucky will get to do so. Locke & Key showrunner Meredith Averill spoke about the different guidelines she was given with the Netflix original series, with the streamer only allowing two F-bombs per episode. According to Averill, this is done to qualify for the rating that will make the series available to the widest audience on the platform. This led to Averill removing most of the foul language from the series because it wasn't necessary but Averill agrees that it's a different case with Chucky saying "You realize how unnecessary a f*ck can be — sometimes very necessary: Chucky? Super necessary. Bode Locke? Probably not as necessary."

The good news is that Chucky's signature foul language will be uttered by CHILD'S PLAY mainstay, Brad Dourif, who has been with the franchise since the first film back in 1988. In the new TV series, "after a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town's hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies and allies from Chucky's past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll's untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster."

Chucky will be coming to Syfy and USA Network sometime in 2021.