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"I thought you guys only said three sentences."
―Ronald to Chucky.

Ronald Tyler is a cadet private first class at Kent Military School. He is following in his father's footsteps, who is a military pilot.

Child's Play 3 (1991)[]

Tyler is getting his hair shaved by Sergeant Botnick just as Andy arrives at Kent. He likely takes notice that Andy is new at Kent and offers assurance that Andy will get used to the required haircut. A commercial for Good Guy dolls airs on the television on Botnick's desk, which greatly interests Tyler.

After morning formation, Tyler heads over to the post office in hopes of receiving a letter from his dad. Although nothing came for him, he is asked to deliver a package to Andy. While taking it to Andy's room, he drops it by accident and it falls down the stairs, causing a rip. When he peers through the rip, he sees the words "Good Guys" on the box. Knowing what was inside, he takes it to the storage room so he could play with it. As he is looking at the doll, it suddenly comes to life and emerges from the box. The doll, Chucky, realizes that he no longer needs Andy for a new body and introduces himself to Tyler.

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Chucky attempting the soul transfer.

Chucky is getting ready to transfer his soul into Ronald's body, and disguises his plans as a game called "Hide the Soul". Unfortunately for him, Colonel Cochrane enters the room, finding Tyler with the doll. As toys are against the rules, Cochrane confiscates Chucky. Tyler protests, only to be told he is not to question his superiors. Cochrane throws Chucky into a dumpster. That night, Chucky arms himself with a knife and wanders the school halls in search of Tyler. Much to his dismay, Tyler is playing a game of Hide-and-Seek, leaving Chucky a note in his bed to come find him. Chucky finds Tyler in the closet of Colonel Cochrane's office. However, the ritual gets thwarted as Kristen and Ivers sneak into the Colonel's office in order to access Andy's personnel record. They find the two hiding in the closet. They accuse Tyler of stealing from Shelton and figure Shelton will keelhaul him, but then decide to tease Tyler by putting lipstick on Chucky. When they hear the Colonel returning to his office, the girls escape quietly and take Tyler with them, leaving Chucky behind.

The next morning during breakfast, Andy approaches Tyler and warns him about Chucky. Tyler believes Chucky only wants to play, but Andy tries to explain that he is bad and is going to come after him. Thinking that Andy wants Chucky all to himself, he tells him that he is just jealous that Chucky is his best friend. Andy regrets not being able to convince Tyler, but hands Tyler a pocket knife, saying that if Chucky does anything bad to him, use it in self-defense.

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Chucky and Tyler entering the haunted house.

When the War Games begin, Tyler is placed on the red team, opposite of Andy who is on the blue team. During the night, Tyler sneaks out of his tent at the red team's base camp to meet with Chucky. Deep within the woods, Chucky reveals his true plans to the boy, whom realizes that Chucky is not a "Good Guy" after all. Remembering the pocket knife, he stabs Chucky in the shoulder, and makes a run for it. He manages to catch up with Andy, but they realize Kristen has been captured by Chucky as he uses her radio to demand Tyler for Kristen. Andy takes Tyler to Chucky, giving him the boy in exchange for Kristen. However, during the trade the red team arrives and open fires on the blue team, unaware that Chucky switched the red team's paintballs with live rounds. Shelton is killed in the crossfire, and confusion ensues after Chucky throws a grenade at them. Tyler takes this opportunity to escape to a nearby carnival, asking the security guard for help. The security guard thinks that it was an argument gone bad and not an actual murder attempt, and in order to cheer up Tyler, he gives the boy doll he just found, which happens to be Chucky. After killing the guard, Chucky takes Tyler hostage with a gun and orders him into a haunted house called the Devil's Lair.

As Chucky again attempts the soul transfer, Andy and Kristen arrive and try to save the boy. Chucky manages to shoot Kristen in the leg, and runs after Tyler. Although Tyler manages to climb to safety on top of a mountain of skulls, he is knocked unconscious by a flying animatronic above his head. Chucky reaches him and prepares the ritual, but Andy is able to climb up the mountain and shoots Chucky in the chest, subduing him. After a brief struggle, Andy cuts his hand off and throws him off the mountain. Chucky falls into a giant fan, ripping him to shreds and finally killing him.

Trivia[]

  • The video game Tyler is seen playing is the 1989 flight simulation game Blue Lightning, on an Atari Lynx console.
  • In a deleted scene, Andy rides the bus to Kent with Tyler. He asks the boy about his mother, to which he responds "me and my dad are on our own." This means either Tyler's mother died or divorced his father.
  • In the original script for Seed of Chucky, Tyler and Andy, along with Jesse and Jade were all meant to be killed off by Chucky. However, this idea was later scrapped.

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