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-->'''Gomez:''' The Mamushka! Taught to us by our Cossack cousins, the Mamushka has been an Addams Family tradition since god-knows-when. We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you!

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-->'''Gomez:''' The Mamushka! Taught to us by our Cossack cousins, the Mamushka has been an Addams Family tradition since god-knows-when. We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you!you![[note]]The Cossacks didn't exist at the time Nero fiddled, ''implying the Addams family ancestors are the founders of the Cossacks.''[[/note]]
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* Early on, Wednesday and Pugsley attempt to get rid of Pubert by using a guillotine. When the blade is let loose, he easily catches the blade with his tiny hand. Wednesday looks both alarmed and impressed with her baby brother.
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* One of the opening scenes has Gomez playfully fencing with Tully Alford. Gomez is clearly toying with the attorney the whole time, while Alford has to push himself to the limit just to keep up with (or avoid getting skewered by) his borderline superhumanly skilled client. The topper is Gomez's effortless disarming of Tully, followed by him flicking Tully's ballpoint pen into the air, doing multiple backflips before landing into his chair and catching not only the errant pen, but another sword that dislodged itself from the ceiling!

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* One of the opening scenes has Gomez playfully fencing with Tully Alford. Gomez is clearly toying with the attorney the whole time, while Alford has to push himself to the limit just to keep up with (or avoid getting skewered by) his borderline superhumanly skilled client. The topper is Gomez's effortless disarming of Tully, followed by him flicking Tully's ballpoint pen into the air, doing multiple backflips before landing into his chair and catching not only the errant pen, pen but another sword that dislodged itself from the ceiling!



-->'''Gomez:''' ''[to Tully Alford]'' [[IronicEcho Dirty pool, old man.]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Never again!]]
** Generally, the whole climax is Gomez's one big [[HesBack Heroic Comeback]] from his HeroicBSOD he suffered after being [[DarkestHour evicted from his own home]]. Even better, he's doing it for the sake of coming to Morticia's rescue, showing that even a DespairEventHorizon that [[BeyondTheImpossible breaks his spirit]] [[BerserkButton goes ''out the window'' when you mess with]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments his Caramia]].

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-->'''Gomez:''' ''[to ''(to Tully Alford]'' Alford)'' [[IronicEcho Dirty pool, old man.]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Never again!]]
** Generally, the whole climax is Gomez's one big [[HesBack Heroic Comeback]] from his HeroicBSOD he suffered after being [[DarkestHour evicted from his own home]]. Even better, he's doing it for the sake of coming to Morticia's rescue, showing that even a DespairEventHorizon that [[BeyondTheImpossible breaks his spirit]] [[BerserkButton goes ''out the window'' [[BerserkButton when you mess with]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments with his Caramia]].wife]].



* Fester's dismissal of the snivelling Tully as he tries to reason with Fester by telling him to think of the doubloons. Bear in mind that, at this point, Fester still probably thinks he's ''Gordon'', and he's more than willing to side with the Addamses.

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* Fester's dismissal of the snivelling sniveling Tully as he tries to reason with Fester by telling him to think of the doubloons. Bear in mind that, at this point, Fester still probably thinks he's ''Gordon'', and he's more than willing to side with the Addamses.



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* The camp counselors try to force Wednesday to play Pocahontas in their play. She absolutely refuses.



* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the blatantly racist Thanksgiving play with [[AwfulTruth the truth about what Native Americans have suffered since then]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the other outcasted kids into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:
-->'''Wednesday:''' You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, you will play golf, and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, "Do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller." And for all these reasons, I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.
* The best part of the camp burning scene comes at the end when Wednesday (still in her costume) is looking around, pleased at all the chaos, then notices Amanda Buckman, who at this point has been tied to a stake, had an apple shoved in her mouth, and is screaming for help. She calmly walks towards Amanda, stops, and pulls something from her headdress. Amanda's eyes go wide... and Wednesday lights the match. As the match burns, Wednesday for the first time lets loose with her true smile: [[PsychoticSmirk a smile worthy of her mother]]. Let's not forget the wood for the stake is soaked in ''gasoline''. And that the Addams Family [[{{Leitmotif}} theme song]] starts playing as Wednesday strikes the match. Hell, just Wednesday's slow walk towards the camera with her hand on her hip and that smirk on her face.

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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We "We cannot break bread with you' you" speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the blatantly racist Thanksgiving play with [[AwfulTruth the truth about what Native Americans have suffered since then]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the other outcasted outcast kids into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular snobby children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:
-->'''Wednesday:''' You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now now, my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, cardigans and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, you roadsides. You will play golf, golf and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have drive stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, "Do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller." And for all these reasons, I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.
* The best part of the camp burning scene comes at the end when Wednesday (still in her costume) is looking around, pleased at all the chaos, then notices Amanda Buckman, who at this point point, has been tied to a stake, had an apple shoved in her mouth, mouth and is screaming for help. She calmly walks towards Amanda, stops, and pulls something from her headdress. Amanda's eyes go wide... and Wednesday lights the match. As the match burns, Wednesday for the first time lets loose with her true smile: [[PsychoticSmirk a smile worthy of her mother]]. Let's not forget the wood for the stake is soaked in ''gasoline''. And that the Addams Family [[{{Leitmotif}} theme song]] starts playing as Wednesday strikes the match. Hell, just Wednesday's slow walk towards the camera with her hand on her hip and that smirk on her face.



* Baby Pubert saving the day by rewiring the electric chairs to direct the charge away from his family and back to Debbie.

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* Baby Pubert saving saves the day by rewiring the electric chairs to direct the charge away from his family and back to Debbie.



* After spending most of the series having to deal with Wednesday trying to kill him, Pugsley finally stands up to her in the episode "Keeping Up with the Joneses".

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* After spending most of the series having to deal with Wednesday trying to kill him, Pugsley finally stands up to her in the episode "Keeping Up with the Joneses".Joneses" and gets a victory over her.
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* In a meta sense, Joan Cusack's entire performance. She was handed the potential poison pill for the entire movie; an original character villain, and was walking onto a set filled with established hams who played their roles to absolute over-the-top perfection. And she knocked it out of the park.

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* In a meta sense, Joan Cusack's entire performance. She was handed the potential poison pill for the entire movie; an original character villain, and was walking onto a set filled with established hams who played their roles to absolute over-the-top perfection. And she knocked it out of the park.
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* Fester's dismissal of the snivelling Tully as he tries to reason with Fester by telling him to think of the doubloons; Bear in mind that, at this point, Fester still probably thinks he's ''Gordon'', and he's more than willing to side with the Addams;

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* Fester's dismissal of the snivelling Tully as he tries to reason with Fester by telling him to think of the doubloons; doubloons. Bear in mind that, at this point, Fester still probably thinks he's ''Gordon'', and he's more than willing to side with the Addams;Addamses.
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* In a meta sense, Joan Cusack's entire performance. She was handed the potential poison pill for the entire movie; an original character villain, and was walking onto a set filled with established hams who played their roles to absolute over-the-top perfection. And she knocked it out of the park.
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* The fact that in the Seven Hells, Thing, a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as a FedEx office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.

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* The fact that in the Seven Hells, Thing, a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as a FedEx [=FedEx=] office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.
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* The fact that in the Seven Hells, Thing, a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as a ''FedEx'' office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.

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* The fact that in the Seven Hells, Thing, a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as a ''FedEx'' FedEx office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.
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* The fact that in the Seven Hells, Thing, a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as a FedEx office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.

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* The fact that in the Seven Hells, Thing, a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as a FedEx ''FedEx'' office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.
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* Fester rebels against the woman who brainwashed him into thinking she was his mother. He uses one of the books in the Addams library, summoning a massive hurricane. Being an Addams, Fester is, of course, perfectly fine after said massive hurricane.

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* Fester rebels against Abigail Craven, the woman who brainwashed him into thinking she was his mother. He uses one of the books in the Addams library, summoning a massive hurricane. Being an Addams, Fester is, of course, perfectly fine after said massive hurricane.



* The fact that in the Seven Hells a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as an office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.

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* The fact that in the Seven Hells Hells, Thing, a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as an a FedEx office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.

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* Fester rebels against the woman who brainwashed him into thinking she was his mother. He uses one of the books in the Addams library, summoning a massive hurricane. Being an Addams, Fester is, of course, perfectly fine after said massive hurricane.
-->"You... were a terrible... mother! ''[[TheDogBitesBack There!]]'' [[TheDogBitesBack I]] ''[[TheDogBitesBack said it!]]''" ''(opens the book)''
* Fester's dismissal of the snivelling Tully as he tries to reason with Fester by telling him to think of the doubloons; Bear in mind that, at this point, Fester still probably thinks he's ''Gordon'', and he's more than willing to side with the Addams;
-->"They're not ''yours'', Tully! '''BACK OFF!'''"

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* Fester rebels against the woman who brainwashed him into thinking she was his mother. He uses one One of the books in the Addams library, summoning a massive hurricane. Being an Addams, Fester is, of course, perfectly fine after said massive hurricane.
-->"You... were a terrible... mother! ''[[TheDogBitesBack There!]]'' [[TheDogBitesBack I]] ''[[TheDogBitesBack said it!]]''" ''(opens the book)''
* Fester's dismissal of the snivelling
opening scenes has Gomez playfully fencing with Tully as he tries to reason with Fester by telling him to think of the doubloons; Bear in mind that, at this point, Fester still probably thinks he's ''Gordon'', and he's more than willing to side Alford. Gomez is clearly toying with the Addams;
-->"They're
attorney the whole time, while Alford has to push himself to the limit just to keep up with (or avoid getting skewered by) his borderline superhumanly skilled client. The topper is Gomez's effortless disarming of Tully, followed by him flicking Tully's ballpoint pen into the air, doing multiple backflips before landing into his chair and catching not ''yours'', Tully! '''BACK OFF!'''" only the errant pen, but another sword that dislodged itself from the ceiling!



** Generally, the whole climax is Gomez's one big [[HesBack Heroic Comeback]] from his HeroicBSOD he suffered after being [[DarkestHour evicted from his own home]]. Even better, he's doing it for the sake of coming to Morticia's rescue, showing that even a DespairEventHorizon that [[BeyondTheImpossible breaks his spirit]] goes ''out the window'' when you mess with [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments his Caramia]].
* Never mind how in the Seven Hells a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as an office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.
* One of the opening scenes has Gomez playfully fencing with Tully Alford. Gomez is clearly toying with the attorney the whole time, while Alford has to push himself to the limit just to keep up with (or avoid getting skewered by) his borderline superhumanly skilled client. The topper is Gomez's effortless disarming of Tully, followed by him flicking Tully's ballpoint pen into the air, doing multiple backflips before landing into his chair and catching not only the errant pen, but another sword that dislodged itself from the ceiling!

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** Generally, the whole climax is Gomez's one big [[HesBack Heroic Comeback]] from his HeroicBSOD he suffered after being [[DarkestHour evicted from his own home]]. Even better, he's doing it for the sake of coming to Morticia's rescue, showing that even a DespairEventHorizon that [[BeyondTheImpossible breaks his spirit]] [[BerserkButton goes ''out the window'' when you mess with with]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments his Caramia]].
* Never Fester rebels against the woman who brainwashed him into thinking she was his mother. He uses one of the books in the Addams library, summoning a massive hurricane. Being an Addams, Fester is, of course, perfectly fine after said massive hurricane.
-->"You... were a terrible... mother! ''[[TheDogBitesBack There!]]'' [[TheDogBitesBack I]] ''[[TheDogBitesBack said it!]]''" ''(opens the book)''
* Fester's dismissal of the snivelling Tully as he tries to reason with Fester by telling him to think of the doubloons; Bear in
mind how that, at this point, Fester still probably thinks he's ''Gordon'', and he's more than willing to side with the Addams;
-->"They're not ''yours'', Tully! '''BACK OFF!'''"
* The fact that
in the Seven Hells a ''severed hand'' managed to get a job as an office courier: the truly phenomenal thing is '''he does it spectacularly'''.
* One of the opening scenes has Gomez playfully fencing with Tully Alford. Gomez is clearly toying with the attorney the whole time, while Alford has to push himself to the limit just to keep up with (or avoid getting skewered by) his borderline superhumanly skilled client. The topper is Gomez's effortless disarming of Tully, followed by him flicking Tully's ballpoint pen into the air, doing multiple backflips before landing into his chair and catching not only the errant pen, but another sword that dislodged itself from the ceiling!



* The truly spectacular rant Gomez directs at the JerkAss police officers, doubling as an Addams family roll call.

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* The truly spectacular rant Gomez directs at the JerkAss police officers, doubling as an Addams family roll call. Unfortunately, it ends in the cop having a ShutUpKirk moment, but Gomez's signature passion is always appreciated.



** Unfortunately, the officer has his own Moment with this ShutUpHannibal (or ShutUpKirk, depending on your view) response:
---> '''Officer''': Hook 'em, book 'em, cook 'em. ''Now!''



-->'''Gary Granger:''' But aren't they [eagles] extinct?\\
'''Wednesday:''' They are ''now''.
* The Masochism Tango. Gomez and Morticia ''set fire to the floor, launch a knife into the roof and make over a dozen wine bottles all pop at once'', not to mention several of Morticia's spins which a normal person would have gone dizzy from!

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-->'''Gary Granger:''' But aren't they [eagles] extinct?\\
'''Wednesday:''' '''Wednesday:''' ...They are ''now''.
* The Masochism Tango. Gomez and Morticia ''set fire to the floor, launch a knife into the roof and make over a dozen wine bottles all pop at once'', not to mention several of Morticia's spins which a normal person would have gone dizzy gotten sick from!
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-->'''Gomez:''' The Mamushka! Taught to us by our Cossack cousins, the Mamushka has been an Addams Family tradition since god-knows-when. We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you!
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* Thing single-handedly (no pun intended) helping Fester escape from Debbie and bringing him home. He may not be the best driver, but he not only prevents Debbie from killing Fester[[note]]and by a primitive manner of hand gun too[[/note]], he gets the two of them home in one piece!

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* Thing single-handedly (no pun intended) helping Fester escape from Debbie and bringing him home. He may not be the best driver, but he not only prevents Debbie from killing Fester[[note]]and by a primitive manner of hand gun too[[/note]], Fester, he gets the two of them home in one piece!
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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the blatantly racist Thanksgiving play with [[AwfulTruth the truth about what Native Americans have suffered since then]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:

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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the blatantly racist Thanksgiving play with [[AwfulTruth the truth about what Native Americans have suffered since then]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds other outcasted kids into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:



* Pugsley wears a ''woollen turkey outfit''... and there is fire. He should be burning alive! Just the fact that he manages ''not'' to get burned alive is a CMOA in itself.

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* Pugsley wears a ''woollen turkey outfit''... Thing single-handedly (no pun intended) helping Fester escape from Debbie and there is fire. bringing him home. He should may not be burning alive! Just the fact that best driver, but he manages ''not'' to get burned alive is not only prevents Debbie from killing Fester[[note]]and by a CMOA primitive manner of hand gun too[[/note]], he gets the two of them home in itself.one piece!
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** Unfortunately, the officer has his own Moment with this ShutUpHannibal response:

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** Unfortunately, the officer has his own Moment with this ShutUpHannibal (or ShutUpKirk, depending on your view) response:
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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the blatantly racist Thanksgiving play with [[AwfulTruth historical facts]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:

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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the blatantly racist Thanksgiving play with [[AwfulTruth historical facts]].the truth about what Native Americans have suffered since then]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:
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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the racist Thanksgiving play with [[TerribleTruth historical facts]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:

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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa, in which she excoriates the blatantly racist Thanksgiving play with [[TerribleTruth [[AwfulTruth historical facts]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:
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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:

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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa.Chippewa, in which she excoriates the racist Thanksgiving play with [[TerribleTruth historical facts]]. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:
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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:

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* Wednesday's epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk 'We cannot break bread with you' speech]] at Camp Chippewa. Having been forced to watch Disney movies, she retaliates by leading the nerds into a blood-soaked HumiliationConga against the popular children and the [[BitchInSheepsClothing perky but bigoted]] counselors, which ends with them barbecuing several of them. Kicked off by this:



* The BrickJoke about the family motto: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us." The camp counselors tried to subdue two of the Addams family... And last we see them, they're being ''cooked alive''.

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* The BrickJoke about the family motto: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us." The camp counselors tried to subdue two of the Addams family... And last we see them, they're being ''cooked alive''.alive on a spit''.

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