History YMMV / TheAddamsFamily

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: John Zmirak once [[http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/zmirak/08634.html explained his tongue-in-cheek theory]] that the characters represent "[A]n [[BlueBlood aristocratic]], [[ChristianityIsCatholic trad-Catholic]] homeschooling family trapped in a sterile Protestant suburb".

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: John Zmirak once [[http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/zmirak/08634.html explained his tongue-in-cheek theory]] that the characters represent "[A]n [[BlueBlood aristocratic]], [[ChristianityIsCatholic rad-Catholic]] homeschooling family trapped in a sterile Protestant suburb".

** The [[MasochismTango tango scene]] in Addams Family Values, where both the waltz theme from the first movie AND the theme music from the TV series are strung together to make a thoroughly incredibly piece of latin dance music. The fact that Morticia gets spun about fast enough to become a blur, not to mention literally setting fire to the dance floor, makes it all the better. Ending, naturally enough, with a symbolic [[spoiler: popping of every last champagne cork in the building.]]

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: John Zmirak once [[http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/zmirak/08634.html explained his tongue-in-cheek theory]] that Series/TheAddamsFamily represent "[A]n [[BlueBlood aristocratic]], [[ChristianityIsCatholic rad-Catholic]] homeschooling family trapped in a sterile Protestant suburb".

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: John Zmirak once [[http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/zmirak/08634.html explained his tongue-in-cheek theory]] that Series/TheAddamsFamily represent "[A]n [[BlueBlood aristocratic]], trad-Catholic homeschooling family trapped in a sterile Protestant suburb".

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: John Zmirak once [[http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/zmirak/08634.html explained his tongue-in-cheek theory]] that the AddamsFamily represent "[A]n [[BlueBlood aristocratic]], trad-Catholic homeschooling family trapped in a sterile Protestant suburb".

* GeniusBonus: In AddamsFamilyValues Pugsley says that he has all the cards in the serial killer trading card series, except for "Jack The Ripper and that Zodiac Guy". Funny because a) No one knows who they were, so there would be no pictures for the card and b) Even the cards of them can't be caught.

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* YourMileageMayVary: With the announcement of an upcoming revival film there has been a lot of debate among fans on just about every subject imaginable. There are those who think it's a good idea to revive, and those who think it's a terrible idea. Those who think making it in stop motion is an awful idea, and those who think it's a great idea. Those who think Tim Burton is the perfect choice to helm the film, and those who think he's a terrible choice. Then there are those who insist Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter should play Gomez and Morticia, in spite of the fact that it's stop motion, and the mostly universal belief from all but the most hardcore Burton fanatics that they would absolutely awful actors for the roles.
** While the Burton supporters mostly believe that his usual style would mesh quite well with the Addams's, his detractors claim that while they were macabre and spooky they were always warm and charming, not in line with Burton's style at all, which is often dark and somewhat creepy.
*** And some who feel that Burton's style has degraded a bit with time and isn't quite up to the creepy but somehow adorable ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'' feel that would let him capture the Addams Family.

* Fridge Horror: Just how much violence and property damage was involved in that summer camp uprising? Did Amanda get burned alive? Perhaps Wednesday and even the other Addams do not realize others are not as difficult to kill as they themselves are.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Mostly in the original ''New Yorker'' cartoons

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Morticia's comments on the fragile state of her family in the second half of ''Addams Family Values'' includes the woeful line "My husband's dying." Raul Julia would do just that a little less than a year later.
** In 2011, Hurricane Irene struck the east coast of the United States. In the ''Addams Family'' film, the book Fester uses at the end is titled ''Hurricane Irene''.

* YourMileageMayVary: With the announcement of an upcoming revival film there has been a lot of debate among fans on just about every subject imaginable. There those that think it's a good idea to revive, and those that think it's a terrible idea. Those that think making it in stop motion is an awful idea, and those that think it's a great idea. Those that think Tim Burton is the perfect choice to helm the film, and those that think he's a terrible choice. Then there are those that insist Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter should play Gomez and Morticia, in spite of the fact that it's stop motion, and the mostly universal belief from all but the most hardcore Burton fanatics that they would absolutely awful actors for the roles.
** While the Burton supporters mostly believe that his usual style would mesh quite well with the Addams's his detractors claim that while they were macabre and spooky they were always warm and charming, not in line with Burton's style at all, that is often dark and somewhat creepy.
*** And some that feel that Burton's style has degraded a bit with time and isn't quite up to the creepy-but-somehow-adorable ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'' feel that would let him capture the Addams Family.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Amanda, in ''Addams Family Values'', is played by Mercedes [=McNab=] - aka Harmony in the {{Buffyverse}}

** The [[MasochismTango tango scene]] in Addams Family Values, where both the waltz theme from the first movie AND the theme music from the TV series are strung together to make a thoroughly incredibly piece of latin dance music. The fact that Morticia gets spun about fast enough to become a blur, not to mention literally setting fire to the dance floor, makes it all the better. Ending, naturally enough, with a symbolic [[spoiler: popping of every last champaign cork in the building.]]

* AdaptationDecay: The original ''The New Yorker'' cartoon that debuted Thing (''The World of Chas Addams'', pg. 125) features him as the punchline. He is clearly a man in a (human-sized) box (in this case, a record player); not only is this the only way the joke can work, but the record player has two holes: one with a left hand holding the needle, the other with an entire right ''arm'' changing records.
** Also, Wednesday's personality changed dramatically between the original series and TheMovie.
*** Whether that's decay or an improvement [[YourMileageMayVary depends on your personal PoV, though]]. You can also chalk it up to aging; Wednesday was six years old in the series.
**** She is also eighteen in the musical.
** The 1992 video game is very loosely based on the 1991 film. And by very loosely I mean they have very little in common. The title logo is the same, the characters' cutscene designs are based on how they look in the film, the witch that has Fester under mind control is named after Abigail from the film, and the final boss is the game's counterpart to Judge Womack.

** In-universe, everything Morticia does is this to Gomez.