History YMMV / TheAddamsFamily

** There is a rather large base of fans who ship Wednesday Addams and Lydia Deetz (''Franchise/{{Beetlejuice}}'') around the internet, with it being especially popular on [=AO3=]. This is mainly because they are both goths in BlackComedy franchises who have dry senses of humor and a fascination with death.

** The Game Boy Color game based on ''The New Addams Family'' (released in 2001 and called ''The New Addams Family Series'' for some reason) looks ugly, is complicated, has questionable controls at best, and is quite difficult to play [[GuideDangIt when you have absolutely no idea what you're doing.]] Once you consult a guide, however (of which there is a whopping total of '''ONE''' currently circulating on the Internet... and it's in Spanish), the game can be quite easy and fun, ultimately subverting this trope.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames:
** The [=SNES=] game of the first film is a Mario-esque platformer with some {{Metroidvania}} elements to it, where you explore the Adams Family Residence to rescue most of the family which unlocks the gate to the final level where you go to rescue Morticia. The game has AntiFrustrationFeatures in the form of Pugsley's Den from where you find a secret rooms to that help ease the difficulty; there is a room with lots of extra lives, a room with multiple hearts for refilling depleted health, and rooms with almost all of the power-ups available in the game. There are also three [[OptionalBoss optional bosses]] who each reward you a HeartContainer when defeated, further reducing potential frustration.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Played straight with the console versions, though the SNES game for the first film is quite a fun Mario-esque {{Metroidvania}} platformer.

** [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames Completely inverted]] with [[Pinball/TheAddamsFamily the pinball machine]], which went on to become the highest-selling table in history and is widely considered to be one of the best tables ever made.
** The [=SNES=] game of the first film is an aversion as mentioned above. It's a platformer with some {{Metroidvania}} elements to it, where you explore the Adams Family Residence to rescue most of the family which unlocks the gate to the final level where you go to rescue Morticia. The game has AntiFrustrationFeatures in the form of Pugsley's Den from where you find a secret rooms to that help ease the difficulty; there is a room with lots of extra lives, a room with multiple hearts for refilling depleted health, and rooms with almost all of the power-ups available in the game. There are also three [[OptionalBoss optional bosses]] who each reward you a HeartContainer when defeated, further reducing potential frustration.

* MagnificentBitch: Wednesday Addams is the younger of the two children who despite a penchant for wanting to become a killer or a witch later in life is smart, compassionate, methodical and perceptive in her youth. While often convincing older brother Pugsley to let her put him in death traps, Wednesday--in addition to helping lead a séance--begins to suspect and investigate when an apparent imposter shows up claiming to be Uncle Fester and eventually when finding out the truth is able to escape capture immediately after. In the sequel, Wednesday along with Pugsley also makes creative attempts to get rid of their new baby brother Pubert and then spies on new nanny Debbie Jellinsky, discovering she's a deranged, greedy killer targeting Fester. When Debbie has her and Pugsley sent to what ends up being a very racially-insensitive and xenophobic summer camp, Wednesday eventually convinces everyone she wants to conform to the status quo while then leading all the other put upon kids in a daring and elaborate insurgence to bring the whole camp to its knees and then escape with Pugsley to go home to their family.

* CargoShip: A subplot in the musical is him being in love with the moon.

* EvilIsSexy: The mother.

* MemeticMutation: A snippet from “One Normal Night” has become [[https://www.tiktok.com/music/one-normal-night-7143317339390757675 somewhat popular]] on Website/TikTok.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The "inverted nuclear family" has been done many, many times since the show aired and the 90s films revived it, and it's no longer a very novel concept. Similarly, while the Addamses themselves (particularly from the remakes) are still popular, their famous "normal people scare me" type of personalities have been made fun of more in the late 2010s where it's seen more as edgy and cringy behavior of people trying to compensate for not fitting in well, as while the Addams family are odd, they still function as well as any conventional family while the people who claim to relate to them are often stereotyped as deadbeats.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Many of the TV Family's "weird" affectations (home computing, alternative medicine, being Goth).