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'''Chuck''' is a fictional action-comedy television program from the United States ,created by [[Josh Schwartz]] and [[Chris Fedak]] which airs on [[NBC]].
  
   
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The series focuses on once "average computer-whiz-next-door" now [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent [[Charles Bartowski|Charles "Chuck" Bartowski]], with the help of his father's top secret computer for the government; [[the Intersect]].
  
   
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'''Chuck''' was a fictional action-comedy television program from the United States, created by [[Josh Schwartz]] and [[Chris Fedak]] which aired on [[NBC]].
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When on missions, he is partnered with fiancé and CIA Agent [[Sarah Walker]], NSA agent [[John Casey|Colonel John Casey]], and his childhood friend also now CIA agent [[Morgan Grimes]].
  
   
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The series focuses on "incredibly intelligent computer-whiz-next-door", who went to Stanford University yet has become an underachiever working in an electronics store 'Buy More.' Eventually a skilled spy, [[Chuck Bartowski]] ventures into the world of espionage, with the help of his father's top secret government database; [[the Intersect]].
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The series begins when Chuck receives an embedded email from old college roommate [[Bryce Larkin]], who now works for the CIA. The email had contained the entirety of the government's top secret intel, known as the Intersect. Throughout the first three seasons of the show, Chuck figures out to do with his life, before finally becoming a world class spy, and tried to get over his past college girlfriend, [[Jill Roberts]].
  
   
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On missions, he is partnered with handler CIA Agent [[Sarah Walker]], NSA agent [[John Casey|Colonel John Casey]], and his best friend, [[Morgan Grimes]]. As of the [[Season Five|final season]], the team went independent and opened their own spy for hire firm, [[Carmichael Industries]].
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== Series Plot ==
  
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[[Chuck Bartowski]] is a twenty-something year old in [[Burbank]], CA who works as a computer expert at the [[Nerd Herd]] at his local [[Buy More]] (a parody of Best Buy and their [[wikipedia:Geek Squad|Geek Squad]]), a large retail consumer-electronics chain, with his best friend, [[Morgan Grimes]]. Chuck's sister [[Ellie]], is a doctor who is constantly encouraging him to make progress in his professional and romantic life. Also joining the cast is Ellie's now-husband, [[Devon]] "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb, also a doctor looking out for Chuck's social life. On the night of his birthday party, Chuck receives an e-mail from [[Bryce Larkin]], his former Stanford University roommate, who was considered a "rogue" [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) agent from the events of [[Season One]]. When Chuck opens it, the entire database of all the US government's secret information—a neural supercomputer called The Intersect—is subliminally embedded into his brain. Both the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) and the CIA want the intelligence returned to them and dispatch agents of their own. Major [[John Casey]] and [[Sarah Walker]] were sent to retrieve the data.
  
   
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The series begins when Chuck is still trying to get over ex-girlfriend, [[Jill Roberts]], and receives an embedded email from college roommate, [[Bryce Larkin]], who unbeknownst to Chuck, works for the CIA. The email contains the government's intel database, the Intersect.
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Since the information was stolen by Bryce and the government's copy is destroyed in his attempted escape, and since Chuck experiences "flashes" of information from the database activated by certain triggers around him (such as faces, voices, in-context keywords, and various objects), he must use the knowledge he now possesses to help the government thwart assassins and international terrorists—upending his previously uneventful life. In order to preserve their safety, Chuck must keep his newfound occupation a secret from his family and friends, forcing Casey and Walker to establish an uneasy alliance and secret identities; Walker poses as Chuck's girlfriend and takes a cover job at the local restaurant next to the Buy More (formerly Wienerlicious, currently Orange Orange) while Casey gets a job at the Buy More, with the shared goal of protecting Chuck at all costs.
  
   
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In the meantime, the government attempts to rebuild the Intersect computer. As it nears completion, Casey is ordered to kill Chuck as soon as the [[Second Intersect|new Intersect]] is ready. However, in the premiere of [[Season Two]], it is sabotaged by the rogue CIA spies' organization; "[[Fulcrum]]", keeping Chuck alive.
  
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=== Season One ===
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[[Chuck Bartowski]] is a twenty-something in [[Burbank]], CA who works as a computer expert for the [[Nerd Herd]] at his local [[Buy More]] (a parody of Best Buy and their [[:wikipedia:Geek Squad|Geek Squad]]), a large retail electronics chain, with his best friend, [[Morgan Grimes]].
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As the series progresses, it is revealed that Bryce is still alive and that a rogue spy agency called Fulcrum, is searching for the Intersect, which they believe to still be in the possession of Bryce, not Chuck. Several Fulcrum agents have independently discovered that Chuck actually is the human Intersect, but all have been apprehended or killed before they could pass the information on.
  
   
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Chuck's sister [[Ellie]], is a doctor who is constantly encouraging him to make progress in his professional and romantic life. Also joining the cast is Ellie's boy freind, [[Devon]] "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb, also a doctor, looking out for Chuck's social life. On the night of his birthday party, Chuck receives an e-mail from [[Bryce Larkin]], his former Stanford University roommate, who is now considered a "rogue" [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) agent. When Chuck opens it, the entire database a secret neural supercomputer called The Intersect is subliminally embedded into his brain. Both the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) and the CIA want the intelligence returned to them and dispatch agents of their own. Major [[John Casey]] and [[Sarah Walker]] were sent to retrieve the data and assess Bartowski's threat potential.
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===Season Two===
  
   
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Since the information was stolen by Larkin and the government's copy is destroyed in his attempted escape, and since Chuck experiences "flashes" of information from the database activated by certain triggers around him, such as faces, voices, in-context keywords, and visual cues, he must now function as The Intersect, using the knowledge he now possesses to help the government thwart assassins and international terrorists—upending his previously uneventful life. In order to preserve their safety, Chuck must keep his new-found position as intelligence asset a secret from his family and friends, forcing Casey and Walker to establish an uneasy alliance and secret identities; Walker poses as Chuck's new girlfriend and takes a cover job at the local restaurant, the Weinerlicious, next to the Buy More, while Casey gets a job at the Buy More, with the shared goal of protecting Chuck at all costs.
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It is also revealed that Fulcrum is attempting to build it's own Intersect, as Fulcrum believes the CIA has stopped trying to rebuild theirs. In the episode [[Chuck vs. the Suburbs]], (aired February 16, 2009), the collection of all secrets from Fulcrum's own Intersect testbed project was implanted into Chuck's head. Eventually, (presumably) all of the Intersect information is removed by Chuck's father who is also the Intersect's chief designer, [[Stephen Bartowski]] (a.k.a. "Orion", played by [[Scott Bakula]]); however, in the [[Season Two]] finale; {{222}}, (April 27, 2009), Chuck voluntarily uploads the newest version of [[Intersect 2.0|the Intersect]] (Intersect 2.0) into himself which allows him to flash on many skills à la The Matrix, rather than just the raw information and computation of previous Intersects.
  
   
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In the meantime, the government attempts to rebuild the Intersect computer. As it nears completion, Casey is ordered to kill Chuck as soon as the [[Second Intersect|new Intersect]] is ready, to keep the intelligence out of enemy hands. However, in the premiere of [[Season Two]], the new Intersect is sabotaged by the rogue organization; "[[Fulcrum]]", leaving Chuck as the only Intersect, and sparing his life.
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===Season Three===
  
   
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As the series progresses, it is revealed that Bryce is still alive and that a rogue spy group called Fulcrum, is searching for the Intersect, which they believe to still be in the possession of Bryce. Several Fulcrum agents have independently discovered that Chuck actually is the human Intersect, or is at least capable of becoming so, but all have been apprehended or killed before they could pass the information on.
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As of [[Season Three]], Chuck is now officially a CIA agent, as he successfully completes his spy training when he tries to impress Sarah as she was dating [[Daniel Shaw]], another CIA agent. Later on, he begins to have a romantic relationship with Sarah Walker.
  
   
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=== Season Two ===
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In this season, [[Team Bartowski]] begins cracking down on hostile organization, [[the Ring]]. The organization was revealed in the season two finale by Bryce, shortly before his death and the activation of the Intersect 2.0. Throughout the third season, Chuck faces his spy training and has to do most of the missions that Team Bartowski had to go through- by himself now. During this, he meets up with CIA agent, Daniel Shaw, who was ordered by the Ring to be assassinated under the hands of [[Devon]], whom the Ring believes to be a CIA agent.
  
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It is revealed that [[Fulcrum]] is attempting to build it's own Intersect, as Fulcrum believes the CIA has stopped trying to rebuild theirs. In the episode [[Chuck vs. the Suburbs]], (aired February 16, 2009), the collection of all secrets from Fulcrum's own Intersect test bed project was implanted into Chuck's head. Eventually, all of the Intersect information is removed by Chuck's father who is also the Intersect's chief designer, [[Stephen Bartowski]] (a.k.a. "Orion", played by [[Scott Bakula]]); however, in the [[Season Two]] finale; {{222}}, (April 27, 2009), Chuck voluntarily uploads the newest version of [[Intersect 2.0|the Intersect]] (Intersect 2.0) into himself to save his friends, which allows him to flash on many skills, rather than just the file information and computation of previous Intersects.
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It is revealed in [[Chuck Versus the Final Exam]], that Sarah was assigned by the CIA to kill a woman for her red test, the final stage of the spy training as to where the CIA trainee is to kill their target without questioning. In [[Chuck Versus the Other Guy]], Shaw has joined the Ring under revenge as he was convinced by the [[Ring Director]] that his wife, [[Evelyn Shaw]], was the woman Sarah had killed five years prior to the events of the season. Chuck manages to save a nearly unconscious Sarah from Shaw on their mission in Paris, of which Chuck was not part of.
  
   
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=== Season Three ===
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Shaw returns just before the season finale as he kills [[Stephen Bartowski]]. Returning in the season finale, he manages to discredit Team Bartowski and General Beckman. He brings the Ring's main superiors; the [[Ring Elders|Five Elders]]. Team Bartowski manages to identify the Ring leaders and proves to the entire CIA and NSA officials on Daniel Shaw's allegiance to the Ring. Shaw escapes and returns later at the Buy More where he plants explosives. Chuck engages into martial arts battle against Shaw, who is using the Ring version of the Intersect 2.0. After defeating him, Morgan accidentally blows up the Buy More.
  
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As of [[Season Three]], Chuck is now officially a CIA agent, as he successfully completes his spy training when he tries to impress Sarah as she was dating [[Daniel Shaw]], another CIA agent.
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Chuck then resigns from being a CIA agent under request from Ellie after she finds out about Chuck's secret spy life.
  
   
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In this season, [[Team Bartowski]] begins going after the hostile organization called, [[the Ring]]. The organization was revealed in the season two finale by Bryce, shortly before his death and the activation of the Intersect 2.0. Throughout the third season, Chuck faces his spy training and has to do many of the missions that Team Bartowski had to go through by himself. During one mission, he meets CIA agent, Daniel Shaw, who was ordered assassinated by the Ring. They attempt to force [[Devon]] to act as their assassin, who the Ring believes to be a CIA agent rather than Chuck.
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The season has also revealed Casey's daughter, [[Alex McHugh]] (played Mekena Melvin).
  
   
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It is revealed in [[Chuck Versus the Final Exam]], that Sarah was assigned by the CIA to kill a woman for her red test, the final stage of the spy training as to where the CIA trainee is to kill their target without question. In [[Chuck Versus the Other Guy]], Shaw has joined the Ring for revenge as he was convinced by the [[Ring Director]] that his wife, [[Evelyn Shaw]], was the woman Sarah had killed five years prior to the events of the season. Chuck manages to save a nearly unconscious Sarah from Shaw on their mission in Paris by shooting Shaw, a significant moment for Chuck.
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===Season Four===
  
   
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Shaw returns just before the season finale and shoots [[Stephen Bartowski]]. Returning in the season finale, he works to discredit Team Bartowski and General Beckman. He brings the Ring's superiors; the [[Ring Elders|Five Elders]]. Team Bartowski manages to identify the Ring leaders and proves to the entire CIA and NSA officials on Daniel Shaw's allegiance to the Ring. Shaw escapes and returns to the Buy More where he plants explosives. Chuck engages in martial arts battle against Shaw, who is using the Ring version of the Intersect 2.0. After Chuck defeats him, Morgan accidentally blows up the Buy More.
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In [[Season Four]], the Buy More has been rebuilt by the CIA and Beckman becomes Store Manager as her cover. The Buy More became a CIA substation. Chuck is forced by Beckman to join the agency. In this season, Chuck tries to find his mother, [[Mary Bartowski]] (played by [[Linda Hamilton]]) who had left the family when he was at the fifth grade. Chuck discovers that Mary is involved with an illegal international weapons manufacturing organization known as, [[Volkoff Industries]].
  
   
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Chuck then resigns from being a CIA agent at the request of Ellie after she finds out about Chuck's secret spy life. The season has also revealed Casey's daughter, [[Alex McHugh]] (played by Mekenna Melvin).
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In [[Chuck Versus the Couch Lock]], Mary is revealed to be Volkoff's right hand man rather than a prisoner. Later on in the season, Mary manipulates Chuck by having him search for her supposed MI6 handler, Gregory Tuttle (portrayed by Timothy Dalton) to help prove to the CIA that she is in fact a double agent working against Volkoff.
  
   
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After Chuck successfully brings the two together, they lead him to the intelligence that contains the proof needed, however the disc card is not compatible with any computer in the world and that there is only one computer that runs it. Chuck brings his mother to [[Orion's secret base|his dad's secret base]], where Stephen keeps all the intelligence involving Fulcrum, Volkoff Industries and many more in an effort to find Mary. Mary then betrays Chuck as she flashes a [[portable device]] which removes the Intersect from Chuck. Sarah who was accompanying Chuck, was shortly knocked unconscious by Tuttle, who then reveals himself as [[Alexei Volkoff]] himself.
  
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In [[Season Four]], General Beckman forces Chuck to rejoin the agency. In this season, Chuck begins his search for his mother, [[Mary Bartowski]] (played by [[Linda Hamilton]]) who had left the family when he was in the fifth grade. Chuck later discovers that Mary is the right hand man of international arms dealer [[Alexei Volkoff]] (played by [[:wikipedia:Timothy Dalton|Timothy Dalton]]). Mary manipulates Chuck into a search for her supposed MI6 handler Gregory Tuttle, to help prove to the CIA that she is a double agent working against Volkoff. When Chuck successfully brings the two together, they lead him to the intelligence that contains the proof needed, however, the disc card is not compatible with a computer anywhere and that there is only one computer that can. Chuck brings his mother to [[Stephen Bartowski's Secret Base|his dad's secret base]], where Stephen kept all the intelligence involving Fulcrum, Volkoff Industries, and many more, in an effort to find Mary. Mary betrays Chuck as she flashes him with a [[portable device]] which suppresses the Intersect in Chuck. Sarah who was accompanying Chuck, was knocked unconscious by Tuttle, who then reveals himself to be [[Alexei Volkoff]]. Volkoff then places detonators around the base, but Mary prevents Chuck from revealing Stephen as his father,and Volkoff seems ignorant that Chuck is her son. Before departing, Mary gives Sarah a means of escaping the base. The base is then completely destroyed.
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Later in the season, Mary explains to Chuck that she was not assigned to find Volkoff, but his network. Volkoff also finally finds out that Chuck is Mary and Stephen's son when confronted by her as he held Chuck at gunpoint. He then forces Chuck into inviting him to the Bartowski family Thanksgiving dinner, in an effort to get along with Mary's family to impress her. After they finish their dinner, Volkoff deduces that Chuck and Sarah had activated a silent alarm to the nearest CIA base. Volkoff has his men surround the courtyard, attempting to kill them. However, Mary prevents this by having him at gunpoint instead. Volkoff lowers his gun when Mary tells him that she could not love a man who would threaten her son. They then leave Chuck and Sarah unharmed as Volkoff pulls out of Burbank with his operatives.
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In {{412}}, Sarah begins to take dangerous measures in helping Chuck get his mom back, and she joins Volkoff's organization, quickly earning the same respect and trust Volkoff has for Mary. When working for Volkoff, Mary and Sarah find Volkoff's network, the [[Hydra Network]], the reason of Mary being in deep cover for 20 years. They then find out that the Hydra's database is on a ship called ''The Contessa''.
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Chuck and Morgan, on a rogue mission to help his mom and Sarah team up with them. The Hydra network was then uploaded onto Stephen's computer at Orion's secret Pine Cabin, as Volkoff comes to the cabin thinking Orion was alive, later revealed to be Chuck's clever manipulation. Volkoff was then arrested and the Hydra network finally in the hands of the CIA.
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Chuck and Mary then rush to Ellie's hospital in time to be there for the birth of baby Clara. Chuck proposes to Sarah just after [[Ellie]] gives birth to [[Clara Woodcomb]].
   
 
== Characters and Cast==
  
== Characters and Cast==
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See Also: [[:Category:Actors|A full list of Actors]]
   
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* [[Charles Bartowski|Charles "Chuck" Bartowski]] is played by [[Zachary Levi]]
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* [[Charles Bartowski|Charles "Chuck" Bartowski]] is played by [[Zachary Levi]]
 
* [[Sarah Walker|Agent Sarah Walker]] is played by [[Yvonne Strahovski]]
  
* [[Sarah Walker|Agent Sarah Walker]] is played by [[Yvonne Strahovski]]
 
* [[John Casey|Colonel John Casey]] is played by [[Adam Baldwin]]
  
* [[John Casey|Colonel John Casey]] is played by [[Adam Baldwin]]
 
* [[Morgan Grimes|Agent Morgan Grimes]] is played by [[Joshua Gomez]]
  
* [[Morgan Grimes|Agent Morgan Grimes]] is played by [[Joshua Gomez]]
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* [[Eleanor Bartowski|Eleanor "Ellie" Bartowski-Woodcomb]] is played by [[Sarah Lancaster]]
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* [[Ellie Bartowski|Eleanor "Ellie" Bartowski-Woodcomb]] is played by [[Sarah Lancaster]]
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* [[Devon Woodcomb|Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb]] is played by [[Ryan McPartlin]]
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* [[Devon Woodcomb|Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb]] is played by [[Ryan McPartlin]]
 
* [[Diane Beckman|General Diane Beckman]] is played by [[Bonita Friedericy]]
  
* [[Diane Beckman|General Diane Beckman]] is played by [[Bonita Friedericy]]
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* [[Michael Tucker|Michael "Big Mike" Tucker]] is played by [[wikipedia:Mark Christopher Lawrence|Mark Christopher Lawrence]]
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* [[Michael Tucker|Michael "Big Mike" Tucker]] is played by [[:wikipedia:Mark Christopher Lawrence|Mark Christopher Lawrence]]
 
* [[Lester Patel]] is played by [[Vik Sahay]]
  
* [[Lester Patel]] is played by [[Vik Sahay]]
 
* [[Jeffrey Barnes|Jeffrey "Jeff" Barnes]] is played by [[Scott Krinsky]]
  
* [[Jeffrey Barnes|Jeffrey "Jeff" Barnes]] is played by [[Scott Krinsky]]
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Save Chuck was the the 2009 fan Campaign to save the television show Chuck from being canceled at the end of season two, and for NBC to renew Chuck for a third season.
  
Save Chuck was the the 2009 fan Campaign to save the television show Chuck from being canceled at the end of season two, and for NBC to renew Chuck for a third season.
   
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== Changes made before the show ==
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== Changes ==
 
In early drafts of the {{101}} episode of Chuck, many things different were different from the aired episode such as:
  
In early drafts of the {{101}} episode of Chuck, many things different were different from the aired episode such as:
 
* [[Kayla Hart]] - Chuck’s next door neighbor. Single, twenty-five and heavily into the indie music scene. Kayla was a potential love interest for Chuck. The character was removed completely.
  
* [[Kayla Hart]] - Chuck’s next door neighbor. Single, twenty-five and heavily into the indie music scene. Kayla was a potential love interest for Chuck. The character was removed completely.
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* The [[Nerd Herd]] was originally to be called the Geek Force instead.
  
* The [[Nerd Herd]] was originally to be called the Geek Force instead.
 
* Chuck and Morgan were playing the Xbox to avoid the birthday party rather than escaping it.
  
* Chuck and Morgan were playing the Xbox to avoid the birthday party rather than escaping it.
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* [[Diane Beckman|General Diane Beckman]] was originally named as General Mary Beckman when she was originally portrayed by [[Wendy Makkena]].
   
 
== Quotes ==
  
== Quotes ==
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See: [[Portal:Quotes|Chuck Quotes]]
   
 
== Spy Gadgets ==
  
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''Chuck'' features quite a number of gadgets, for a full list see: [[:Category:Gadgets]]
   
 
== Locations and Setting ==
  
== Locations and Setting ==
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See Also: [[:Category:Episodes|Full Episode Guide]]
   
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''Chuck'' is currently in it's [[Season Four|fourth season]]. The [[Season One|first season]] of Chuck was originally aired back in 2007–2008, a total of 13 episodes. After the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, NBC renewed Chuck for a [[Season Two|second season]] instead of extending the first to a full season of 22 episodes.
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''Chuck'' aired for five seasons. The [[Season One|first season]] of Chuck was originally aired in 2007–2008, a total of 13 episodes. After the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, NBC renewed Chuck for a [[Season Two|second season]] instead of extending the first to a full season.
   
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== Web based spin-offs ==
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== Chuck: Other Media ==
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Link: [[Chuck Spin-off Media]]
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There are currently three web based spin offs, [[Chuck Versus the Webisodes]], [[Meet the Nerd Herders]] and [[Morgan's Vlog]]
  
   
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For full information: [[:Graphic Novel]]
  
For full information: [[:Graphic Novel]]
   
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Wildstorm, a DC Comics imprint, produced a six-issue mini-series written by Peter Johnson and Zev Borow , with art by Jeremy Haun and Phil Noto. It started in June 2008. A trade paperback collection was published in July, 2009. It also includes a public service announcement on brushing one's teeth from Captain Awesome and two gag adventures with Morgan based on film noir and The Odyssey. (WildStorm also releases Brian K. Vaughan's Ex Machina, a series which sees its main character fused with a technological structure, issue #39 of which is used within Chuck to conceal the Intersect Operating manual from General Beckman, Casey, and Sarah for Chuck's studies from Season 2, episode #17 onwards.)
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Wildstorm, a DC Comics imprint, produced a six-issue mini-series written by Peter Johnson and Zev Borow, with art by Jeremy Haun and Phil Noto. It started in June 2008. A trade paperback collection was published in July, 2009. It also includes a public service announcement on brushing one's teeth from Captain Awesome and two gag adventures with Morgan based on film noir and The Odyssey. (WildStorm also releases Brian K. Vaughan's Ex Machina, a series that sees its main character fused with a technological structure, issue #39 of which is used within Chuck to conceal the Intersect operating manual from General Beckman, Casey, and Sarah for Chuck's studies from Season 2, episode #17 onward.)
   
 
== Music ==
  
== Music ==
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For a full list of music that's been used in ''Chuck'', visit: [[:Portal:Music|Music Used in Chuck]]
   
 
Like any television show, ''Chuck'' contains music or songs within it's episodes. The main example of this would be the show's title sequence (or theme tune) which is sample of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake, which first appeared in Chuck Versus the Tango.
  
Like any television show, ''Chuck'' contains music or songs within it's episodes. The main example of this would be the show's title sequence (or theme tune) which is sample of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake, which first appeared in Chuck Versus the Tango.
   
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== Trivia, Notes, Allusions and Pop/Geek Culture References ==
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== Trivia & Pop Culture References ==
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See: [[:Trivia, Notes, Allusions and Pop/Geek Culture References|Trivia, Notes, Allusions and Pop Culture References]]
   
 
== Podcast ==
  
== Podcast ==
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Chuck Versus the Podcast. For more information see, [[:Gray Jones]]
   
 
== Tie in Websites ==
  
== Tie in Websites ==
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* [http://www.myspace.com/morgan_pace Morgan on Myspace]
  
* [http://www.myspace.com/morgan_pace Morgan on Myspace]
 
* [http://www.myspace.com/elliebartowski Ellie on Myspace]
  
* [http://www.myspace.com/elliebartowski Ellie on Myspace]
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Chuck Bartowski has an account on YouTube. As of July 2007, he hasn't uploaded any videos yet, but his favorites list includes "Brokeback to the Future", and clips of Beck and Pavement. It is safely assumed to be a fan made account. This profile can be found [http://www.youtube.com/user/chuckbartowski here]
  
 
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Chuck
Season 1-5, Episode 1-91
Chuck Banner
Air Date 2008 - 2012
Writer Chris Fedak et al
Director various
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Chuck was a fictional action-comedy television program from the United States, created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak which aired on NBC.

The series focuses on "incredibly intelligent computer-whiz-next-door", who went to Stanford University yet has become an underachiever working in an electronics store 'Buy More.' Eventually a skilled spy, Chuck Bartowski ventures into the world of espionage, with the help of his father's top secret government database; the Intersect.

On missions, he is partnered with handler CIA Agent Sarah Walker, NSA agent Colonel John Casey, and his best friend, Morgan Grimes. As of the final season, the team went independent and opened their own spy for hire firm, Carmichael Industries.

The series begins when Chuck is still trying to get over ex-girlfriend, Jill Roberts, and receives an embedded email from college roommate, Bryce Larkin, who unbeknownst to Chuck, works for the CIA. The email contains the government's intel database, the Intersect.

Chuck Banner

Season One

See Also: Season One

Chuck Bartowski is a twenty-something in Burbank, CA who works as a computer expert for the Nerd Herd at his local Buy More (a parody of Best Buy and their Geek Squad), a large retail electronics chain, with his best friend, Morgan Grimes.

Chuck's sister Ellie, is a doctor who is constantly encouraging him to make progress in his professional and romantic life. Also joining the cast is Ellie's boy freind, Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb, also a doctor, looking out for Chuck's social life. On the night of his birthday party, Chuck receives an e-mail from Bryce Larkin, his former Stanford University roommate, who is now considered a "rogue" Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent. When Chuck opens it, the entire database a secret neural supercomputer called The Intersect is subliminally embedded into his brain. Both the National Security Agency (NSA) and the CIA want the intelligence returned to them and dispatch agents of their own. Major John Casey and Sarah Walker were sent to retrieve the data and assess Bartowski's threat potential.

Since the information was stolen by Larkin and the government's copy is destroyed in his attempted escape, and since Chuck experiences "flashes" of information from the database activated by certain triggers around him, such as faces, voices, in-context keywords, and visual cues, he must now function as The Intersect, using the knowledge he now possesses to help the government thwart assassins and international terrorists—upending his previously uneventful life. In order to preserve their safety, Chuck must keep his new-found position as intelligence asset a secret from his family and friends, forcing Casey and Walker to establish an uneasy alliance and secret identities; Walker poses as Chuck's new girlfriend and takes a cover job at the local restaurant, the Weinerlicious, next to the Buy More, while Casey gets a job at the Buy More, with the shared goal of protecting Chuck at all costs.

In the meantime, the government attempts to rebuild the Intersect computer. As it nears completion, Casey is ordered to kill Chuck as soon as the new Intersect is ready, to keep the intelligence out of enemy hands. However, in the premiere of Season Two, the new Intersect is sabotaged by the rogue organization; "Fulcrum", leaving Chuck as the only Intersect, and sparing his life.

As the series progresses, it is revealed that Bryce is still alive and that a rogue spy group called Fulcrum, is searching for the Intersect, which they believe to still be in the possession of Bryce. Several Fulcrum agents have independently discovered that Chuck actually is the human Intersect, or is at least capable of becoming so, but all have been apprehended or killed before they could pass the information on.

Season Two

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It is revealed that Fulcrum is attempting to build it's own Intersect, as Fulcrum believes the CIA has stopped trying to rebuild theirs. In the episode Chuck vs. the Suburbs, (aired February 16, 2009), the collection of all secrets from Fulcrum's own Intersect test bed project was implanted into Chuck's head. Eventually, all of the Intersect information is removed by Chuck's father who is also the Intersect's chief designer, Stephen Bartowski (a.k.a. "Orion", played by Scott Bakula); however, in the Season Two finale; Template:222, (April 27, 2009), Chuck voluntarily uploads the newest version of the Intersect (Intersect 2.0) into himself to save his friends, which allows him to flash on many skills, rather than just the file information and computation of previous Intersects.

Season Three

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As of Season Three, Chuck is now officially a CIA agent, as he successfully completes his spy training when he tries to impress Sarah as she was dating Daniel Shaw, another CIA agent.

In this season, Team Bartowski begins going after the hostile organization called, the Ring. The organization was revealed in the season two finale by Bryce, shortly before his death and the activation of the Intersect 2.0. Throughout the third season, Chuck faces his spy training and has to do many of the missions that Team Bartowski had to go through by himself. During one mission, he meets CIA agent, Daniel Shaw, who was ordered assassinated by the Ring. They attempt to force Devon to act as their assassin, who the Ring believes to be a CIA agent rather than Chuck.

It is revealed in Chuck Versus the Final Exam, that Sarah was assigned by the CIA to kill a woman for her red test, the final stage of the spy training as to where the CIA trainee is to kill their target without question. In Chuck Versus the Other Guy, Shaw has joined the Ring for revenge as he was convinced by the Ring Director that his wife, Evelyn Shaw, was the woman Sarah had killed five years prior to the events of the season. Chuck manages to save a nearly unconscious Sarah from Shaw on their mission in Paris by shooting Shaw, a significant moment for Chuck.

Shaw returns just before the season finale and shoots Stephen Bartowski. Returning in the season finale, he works to discredit Team Bartowski and General Beckman. He brings the Ring's superiors; the Five Elders. Team Bartowski manages to identify the Ring leaders and proves to the entire CIA and NSA officials on Daniel Shaw's allegiance to the Ring. Shaw escapes and returns to the Buy More where he plants explosives. Chuck engages in martial arts battle against Shaw, who is using the Ring version of the Intersect 2.0. After Chuck defeats him, Morgan accidentally blows up the Buy More.

Chuck then resigns from being a CIA agent at the request of Ellie after she finds out about Chuck's secret spy life. The season has also revealed Casey's daughter, Alex McHugh (played by Mekenna Melvin).

Season Four

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In Season Four, General Beckman forces Chuck to rejoin the agency. In this season, Chuck begins his search for his mother, Mary Bartowski (played by Linda Hamilton) who had left the family when he was in the fifth grade. Chuck later discovers that Mary is the right hand man of international arms dealer Alexei Volkoff (played by Timothy Dalton). Mary manipulates Chuck into a search for her supposed MI6 handler Gregory Tuttle, to help prove to the CIA that she is a double agent working against Volkoff. When Chuck successfully brings the two together, they lead him to the intelligence that contains the proof needed, however, the disc card is not compatible with a computer anywhere and that there is only one computer that can. Chuck brings his mother to his dad's secret base, where Stephen kept all the intelligence involving Fulcrum, Volkoff Industries, and many more, in an effort to find Mary. Mary betrays Chuck as she flashes him with a portable device which suppresses the Intersect in Chuck. Sarah who was accompanying Chuck, was knocked unconscious by Tuttle, who then reveals himself to be Alexei Volkoff. Volkoff then places detonators around the base, but Mary prevents Chuck from revealing Stephen as his father,and Volkoff seems ignorant that Chuck is her son. Before departing, Mary gives Sarah a means of escaping the base. The base is then completely destroyed.

Later in the season, Mary explains to Chuck that she was not assigned to find Volkoff, but his network. Volkoff also finally finds out that Chuck is Mary and Stephen's son when confronted by her as he held Chuck at gunpoint. He then forces Chuck into inviting him to the Bartowski family Thanksgiving dinner, in an effort to get along with Mary's family to impress her. After they finish their dinner, Volkoff deduces that Chuck and Sarah had activated a silent alarm to the nearest CIA base. Volkoff has his men surround the courtyard, attempting to kill them. However, Mary prevents this by having him at gunpoint instead. Volkoff lowers his gun when Mary tells him that she could not love a man who would threaten her son. They then leave Chuck and Sarah unharmed as Volkoff pulls out of Burbank with his operatives.

In Template:412, Sarah begins to take dangerous measures in helping Chuck get his mom back, and she joins Volkoff's organization, quickly earning the same respect and trust Volkoff has for Mary. When working for Volkoff, Mary and Sarah find Volkoff's network, the Hydra Network, the reason of Mary being in deep cover for 20 years. They then find out that the Hydra's database is on a ship called The Contessa.

Chuck and Morgan, on a rogue mission to help his mom and Sarah team up with them. The Hydra network was then uploaded onto Stephen's computer at Orion's secret Pine Cabin, as Volkoff comes to the cabin thinking Orion was alive, later revealed to be Chuck's clever manipulation. Volkoff was then arrested and the Hydra network finally in the hands of the CIA.

Chuck and Mary then rush to Ellie's hospital in time to be there for the birth of baby Clara. Chuck proposes to Sarah just after Ellie gives birth to Clara Woodcomb.

Characters and Cast

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Save Chuck Campaign

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Save Chuck was the the 2009 fan Campaign to save the television show Chuck from being canceled at the end of season two, and for NBC to renew Chuck for a third season.

Changes

In early drafts of the Template:101 episode of Chuck, many things different were different from the aired episode such as:

  • Kayla Hart - Chuck’s next door neighbor. Single, twenty-five and heavily into the indie music scene. Kayla was a potential love interest for Chuck. The character was removed completely.
  • The scene where Bryce Larkin escapes from after stealing and blowing up the intersect computer that housed the First Intersect was extended.
  • The Nerd Herd was originally to be called the Geek Force instead.
  • Chuck and Morgan were playing the Xbox to avoid the birthday party rather than escaping it.
  • General Diane Beckman was originally named as General Mary Beckman when she was originally portrayed by Wendy Makkena.

Quotes

See: Chuck Quotes

Spy Gadgets

Chuck features quite a number of gadgets, for a full list see: Category:Gadgets

Locations and Setting

There are many different locations frequently used in Chuck, for a full list see: Category:Locations

Episodes

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Chuck aired for five seasons. The first season of Chuck was originally aired in 2007–2008, a total of 13 episodes. After the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, NBC renewed Chuck for a second season instead of extending the first to a full season.

Chuck: Other Media

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A number of other media spin offs from the Chuck television series have been created. The main ones are listed below:

Chuck Graphic Novels

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Wildstorm, a DC Comics imprint, produced a six-issue mini-series written by Peter Johnson and Zev Borow, with art by Jeremy Haun and Phil Noto. It started in June 2008. A trade paperback collection was published in July, 2009. It also includes a public service announcement on brushing one's teeth from Captain Awesome and two gag adventures with Morgan based on film noir and The Odyssey. (WildStorm also releases Brian K. Vaughan's Ex Machina, a series that sees its main character fused with a technological structure, issue #39 of which is used within Chuck to conceal the Intersect operating manual from General Beckman, Casey, and Sarah for Chuck's studies from Season 2, episode #17 onward.)

Music

For a full list of music that's been used in Chuck, visit: Music Used in Chuck

Like any television show, Chuck contains music or songs within it's episodes. The main example of this would be the show's title sequence (or theme tune) which is sample of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake, which first appeared in Chuck Versus the Tango.

Trivia & Pop Culture References

See: Trivia, Notes, Allusions and Pop Culture References

Podcast

Chuck Versus the Podcast. For more information see, Gray Jones

Tie in Websites

A tie in website are websites created by the produces of a show which create real on the web sites to promote and give further information about the show to fans. Chuck has the following websites:

NBC Chuck:

Fictional sites:

Myspace:

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