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"What is wrong with me? I must be scaring myself half to death."
―Maggie's last words.

Margaret "Maggie" Peterson is the best friend and co-worker of Karen, working in the shoe department of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. She is very kind to Andy and often serves as a babysitter.

Child's Play (1988)[]

While Maggie is on her break, she notices a peddler wandering around the back alley of the department store. She sees that he has a Good Guy doll for a cheap price, and Karen's son Andy desperately wants one for his upcoming birthday. She immediately rushes inside to Karen and urges her to follow her outside. Although Maggie argues with the peddler about the price he wants, Karen gladly accepts and buys the doll. While they were out, their boss Mr. Criswell finds Karen absent from her post and scolds her for leaving when she returns. As Karen is forced to replace another employee's shift that night, Maggie kindly offers to babysit Andy.

The night goes by uneventfully, but when she tells Andy to get ready for bed, he says that Chucky wants to stay up and watch the 9 o'clock news. Thinking he is playing, Maggie calmly takes Andy and Chucky to his room. As she walks back to the kitchen to clean up, Andy goes to the bathroom and brushes his teeth. However, she suddenly hears the TV, which she had just turned off. Even more strange is that she sees Chucky sitting by the TV. Believing Andy is playing a joke, she confronts him about not listening to her, even though Andy tells her that he never put Chucky in front of the TV. She tucks Andy in and he kisses her on the cheek, then turns off the lights and shuts his bedroom door.

Death[]

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Maggie's fall out of the 9th story window to her death.

She spends the rest of the night reading a book while a movie plays on the television. When Chucky slips out of Andy's bedroom and begins to prowl around, she becomes frightened. At first, she thinks it is Andy again, but as she explores the apartment she finds nothing. She notices that the front door has been opened, and when she locks it, she is spooked by a noise coming from the kitchen. Cautiously entering the kitchen, she finds that a bowl of sugar had fallen down and spilled.

Soon after, she is startled by the phone ringing. Karen has called to check up on her, and notices Maggie sounds a bit on edge. She simply tells her that she was just a bit scared by being alone at night. They send their quick goodbyes, and Maggie grabs a broom to clean up the spilled sugar. As she does, Chucky sneaks over and grabs a Good Guy hammer out of Andy's tool chest. She hears a sound again behind the flower plants, and when she goes to investigate she finds nothing. However, that was just a distraction, and as she turns back, Chucky hits her face with the hammer. This causes her to stumble backwards and fall out of the kitchen window, falling to her death and landing on a truck.

Trivia[]

  • Maggie is Chucky's 1st victim in Child's Play. Her death is highly recognizable as it was seen in the Child's Play poster.
  • Maggie's death scene was originally her being electrocuted while taking a bath, but it was scrapped. However, the scene was used later in Bride of Chucky.
  • Before Dinah Manoff was cast, Sandra Bullock was considered to play Maggie Peterson.
  • Maggie's death was referenced by Andy to Rachel in Cult of Chucky.

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