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"Okay Mike, I'd like you to take a look at this thing okay, because there's no way this thing's alive."
―Jack showing Mike Chucky's head.

Jack Santos is a laid back rookie detective of the Chicago Police Department, and partner of Mike Norris.

Child's Play (1988)[]

On the morning of November 9, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois, he and his partner Mike are chasing down the notorious Lakeshore Strangler, Charles Lee Ray, and his accomplice Eddie. While Mike went after Charles on foot, Jack drove after Eddie in his get-away van. He is successful at catching Eddie, leading to his arrest.

The following night, Jack and Mike are called in to investigate the murder of Maggie Peterson, who had fallen to her death out of the 9th story window. The woman who lives there, Karen, runs into the apartment as the detectives interview her son Andy. Detective Norris implies that Andy may have had something to do with her death, as Andy's sneakers are the closest match to the footprints found by the scene of the crime. Angered, Karen demands that they all leave. After they are kicked out, Mike tells Jack to have Maggie's autopsy report on his desk by tomorrow, and to look into Karen and Andy's backgrounds. As they head towards the elevator, Mike adds that he should bring a Good Guy hammer that he found in the kitchen to the lab. Jack laughs in amusement, as Mike suspects that the hammer could be the murder weapon.

The detectives are called the next day, to investigate an explosion where Eddie Caputo was hiding out after escaping police custody. Upon arriving at the scene and again find Andy there, they both believe this is more than a coincidence. They call in Dr. Ardmore to monitor as Jack interrogates Andy. When Jack asks why Maggie fell out of the window, Andy tells him that when she saw Chucky, it scared her so much she fell down. After Ardmore reveals himself and suggests Andy stay at the hospital for a few days, Jack simply watches as Karen allows them to take her son.

When Mike and Karen learn about Chucky's existence, they hurry to the hospital to save Andy before Chucky. However they arrive too late, as Jack informs them the police believe Andy killed Ardmore and then escaped. Karen and Mike rush back to her apartment, and when Jack finally catches up to them, he is shocked to find Mike with multiple stab wounds in his leg. As he starts to call the paramedics, Mike tries to explain him that Chucky is alive, but he just believes Mike is joking with him.

Mike tells him to look at Chucky's charred remains, but warns him not to touch anything. He walks into the hallway and pokes at the dismembered doll head, laughing as he still does not believe their living doll story. Going back into the room, Jack places Chucky's head on top of the television. He remarks that there is no way the doll is alive and asks Mike to be sensible. Just then, Chucky's torso breaks out of the air vent behind him, as Chucky's severed head orders his body to strangle him. Karen rushes over and pulls Chucky's body off, while Mike manages to shoot him in the heart, killing him. After Chucky is dead, both Mike and Jack knew that it would have been impossible for anyone to believe this whole incident. For this reason Jack denies Chucky's existence, and the police officially dismiss the killer doll story in Child's Play 2.

Trivia[]

  • In the Child's Play comic series, he along with Mike refuse to back up Karen's story in order to stay on the force. After Mike is murdered, Jack reunites with Karen to face Chucky once again. He is also revealed to be gay, but this is not confirmed to be canon in the film universe.

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