Chucktoids

Introducing a new series of mini insights into Chuck – Chucktoids, if you will – courtesy of G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck and Unpacking Chuck 2.0. Into what comic book/graphic novel does Chuck place the schematics to the Fulcrum Intersect at Roark Industries? Brian Vaughan’s Ex-Machina, subtly echoing Chuck’s desire to remove the Intersect from his brain and …

Introducing a new series of mini insights into Chuck – Chucktoids, if you will – courtesy of G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck and Unpacking Chuck 2.0. Baptismal imagery, ranging from plunges into swimming pools to being soaked by fire sprinklers, is used repeatedly throughout the series to signify fundamental changes within characters and relationships. The first of these …

Introducing a new series of mini insights into Chuck – Chucktoids, if you will – courtesy of G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck and Unpacking Chuck 2.0. Sarah’s oversleeping, wearing an eye mask, & angrily knifing her clock the morning after choosing to stay in Burbank rather than leave to join Bryce is metaphorical. Not yet able to fully …

Introducing a new series of mini insights into Chuck – Chucktoids, if you will – courtesy of G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck and Unpacking Chuck 2.0. What song does Jeffster cover at Devon & Ellie’s wedding? “Mr. Roboto”, the lyrics of which pointedly accent the ongoing existential crisis of the Intersect, who Casey calls the “skin-covered robot”.

Introducing a new series of mini insights into Chuck – Chucktoids, if you will – courtesy of G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck and Unpacking Chuck 2.0. Similar to Orion, Frost, whose secret Operation Isis separates her from Chuck for years, is based on an ancient mythological figure. Both Frost & Isis share positions of high authority, an uncanny …

Introducing a new series of mini insights into Chuck – Chucktoids, if you will – courtesy of G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck and Unpacking Chuck 2.0. Orion was precisely named:  the ancient Greek hero hunted in the Underworld, while Chuck’s dad hunted for Frost from his secret underground base beneath the family home.  Similarly, while the original Orion …

Introducing a new series of mini insights into Chuck – Chucktoids, if you will – courtesy of G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck and Unpacking Chuck 2.0. Chuck displays subtle parallels to the book of Genesis’ Abraham. The series begins with him ‘shepherding’ a flock of misfits at the local Nerd Herd desk before being “chosen” to receive the …