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* BerserkButton: He does not take kindly to anyone who dares to flirt with his wife.

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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton/ CrazyJealousGuy: He does not take kindly to anyone who dares to flirt with his wife.


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* HotMom
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* {{Goth}} Morticia was swinging this look ''way'' before it was cool. And since she got in early, she managed to snag the perfect goth name.

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* {{Goth}} {{Goth}}: Morticia was swinging this look ''way'' before it was cool. And since she got in early, she managed to snag the perfect goth name.
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* GoodParents: He and Morticia. Unlike most sitcoms, he, the father, actually has just a much of a role in raising this children as his wife.
* HappilyMarried: He and Morticia, full stop.

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* GoodParents: He Him and Morticia. Unlike most sitcoms, he, the father, actually has just a much of a role in raising this children as his wife.
* HappilyMarried: He Him and Morticia, full stop.



* GoodParents: She and Gomez.

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* GoodParents: She Her and Gomez.
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* {{Goth}} Morticia was swinging this look ''way'' before it was cool. And since she got in early, she managed to snag the perfect goth name.
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* MissFanservice: She owes it all to her tight black dress.

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* MissFanservice: MsFanservice: She owes it all to her tight black dress.
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* BigBad/SitcomArchnemesis: Well, they're not exactly villains, but they oppose the Addamses and everything they stand for in the 90's cartoon and are the most frequently recurring semi-antagonists.

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* BigBad/SitcomArchnemesis: BigBad[=/=]SitcomArchnemesis: Well, they're not exactly villains, but they oppose the Addamses and everything they stand for in the 90's cartoon and are the most frequently recurring semi-antagonists.

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* BigBad: Well, they're not exactly villains, but they oppose the Addamses and everything they stand for in the 90's cartoon and are the most frequently recurring semi-antagonists.

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* BigBad: BigBad/SitcomArchnemesis: Well, they're not exactly villains, but they oppose the Addamses and everything they stand for in the 90's cartoon and are the most frequently recurring semi-antagonists.



* KnightTemplar: They WILL preserve normalcy!



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* GoodParents: He and Morticia. Unlike most sitcoms, he, the father, actually has just a much of a role in raising this children as his wife.


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* GoodParents: She and Gomez.
* HappilyMarried: One of the iconic examples!


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* MamaBear

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* OlderThanTheyLook: She is younger than her brother Pugsley in the 90's cartoon despite being taller and more intelligent.




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* YoungerThanTheyLook: She is younger than her brother Pugsley in the 90's cartoon despite being taller and more intelligent.


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* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being shorter and less intelligent, he is older than Wednesday in the 90's cartoon.
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* LooksLikeOrlock
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* HappilyMarried: He and Morticia, full stop.
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* LargeHam
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Since this show itself had [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many characters and even the family itself has many members]] so this page itself was made.

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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: She met her end when Pubert crossed a few wires during her VillainousBreakdown and attempt to electrocute the family.]]




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* LightIsNotGood: In contrast to the Addams Family being benevolent despite their bizarre and macabre ways, the members of the Adams family look normal but are all [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]].
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate



* BigBad: Well, they're not exactly villains, but they oppose the Addamses and everything they stand for in the 90's cartoon.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Norman and his wife Normina both despise the Addamses, but not their son N.J.

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* BigBad: Well, they're not exactly villains, but they oppose the Addamses and everything they stand for in the 90's cartoon.
cartoon and are the most frequently recurring semi-antagonists.
* HeroAntagonist[=/=]WellIntentionedExtremist: While they are rather hostile to the Addamses, it is often only to keep their lifestyle from being a danger to others.
* HypocriticalHumor: Norman Normanmeyer and his wife Normina both despise the Addamses for being weird, when they themselves have a very unhealthy obsession with underwear.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: They may have a rather prejudice attitude towards the Addamses, but always reluctantly thank them for their good deeds and they actually care about their son despite being friends with Wednesday and Pugsley.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Norman and his wife Normina both despise the Addamses, but not their son N.J.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: To the point that his wife Margaret left him for Cousin Itt.
* ButtMonkey



* UnhappilyMarried: To the point that his wife Margaret left him for Cousin Itt.

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* UnhappilyMarried: To the point that his wife Margaret left him for Cousin Itt.

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* {{Retcon}}: Throughout the franchise, Fester's relation to the family varied. While it wasn't made clear in the original New Yorker strips by Charles Addams how he was related to the family, he was made Morticia's uncle in the 1960's television show. After that, he was made Gomez's brother in the 70's animated series, then back to Morticia's uncle in the 1977 special Halloween with the Addams Family, and was permanently made Gomez's brother again in the live-action movies, the 90's animated series, and The New Addams Family.




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* {{Retcon}}: Whether she's Gomez's mother or Morticia's mother is never consistent. She started out as Gomez's mother with Morticia's mother existing as a separate character, but was made to Morticia's mother in the 70's cartoon. She went back to being Gomez's mother in the 1977 special Halloween with the New Addams Family, once again coexisting with Morticia's mother. After that, she became Morticia's mother again for the live-action films and the 90's cartoon and went back to being Gomez's mother in The New Addams Family. The inconsistency was mocked in the 2010 musical when Gomez and Morticia were revealed to both be unsure who's mother Grandmama was.


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[[folder: Other Addams characters]]

!!Abigail Craven
* BigBad: Of the first live-action film.
* [[spoiler: BuriedAlive]]: [[spoiler: How she was defeated.]]

!!Tully Alford
* TheDragon: In the first live-action film.
* [[spoiler: BuriedAlive]]: [[spoiler: How he was defeated.]]
* UnhappilyMarried: To the point that his wife Margaret left him for Cousin Itt.

!!Debbie Jellinsky Addams
* BigBad: Of Addams Family Values.
* BlackWidow: She killed her previous husbands for their money. She didn't have much luck with Fester, him being an Addams and all.

!!Dr. Phillip Adams
* BigBad: Of Addams Family Reunion.
* TheDogBitesBack: His father Walter Adams frees the Addams Family for his attempts to poison him. In addition, the film ends with the doctor [[spoiler: being electrocuted by mental patients he had tortured with electric shocks.]]

!!The Normanmeyers
* BigBad: Well, they're not exactly villains, but they oppose the Addamses and everything they stand for in the 90's cartoon.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Norman and his wife Normina both despise the Addamses, but not their son N.J.

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* BadassBaritone

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* BadassBaritoneBadassBaritone: In the live-action films.


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* MissFanservice: She owes it all to her tight black dress.


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* GentleGiant: While physically intimidating, Lurch is a very nice guy.


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* OlderThanTheyLook: She is younger than her brother Pugsley in the 90's cartoon despite being taller and more intelligent.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: In the 2010 musical.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In The New Addams Family. Her tendencies to [[KickTheDog physically harm Pugsley]] are exaggerated and she always has to intimidate and frighten everyone who comes by her family's house.


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* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and his Octopus]]


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* TheDogBitesBack: While Pugsley had to put up with Wednesday torturing him most of the time in The New Addams Family, he eventually had his revenge by trapping Wednesday and her identical cousin Monday Jones inside a trunk in the episode "Keeping Up with the Joneses".


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* FatBastard: Averted. He is overweight, but is actually a very nice and friendly person despite sharing the questionable interests and hobbies of the other Addamses.


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* CompositeCharacter: A rather complicated case. In the original 1960's show, Granny was Gomez's mother with Morticia's mother being a separate character. Grandmama would remain the standard grandparent in later adaptations, but it would vary whether she is Gomez's mother or Morticia's mother and she would rarely coexist with Morticia or Gomez's mother as two separate characters. The 2010 musical mercilessly lampshades the issue by revealing that Gomez and Morticia are both uncertain who's mother she is.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The film version of the character's name is spelled with only one T.
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** TheBigGuy: Lurch Addams
** TheSmartGuy: Pugsley Addams, Granny Addams and Uncle Fester.

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** TheBigGuy: Lurch Addams
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** TheSmartGuy: Pugsley Addams, Granny Addams Grandmama and Uncle Fester.




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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cacti in the 1960's show. A rather notable case in that the food isn't called by name.
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* AgeLift: In the original 1960's show, she was younger than her brother Pugsley. Most other adaptations make her older than Pugsley.

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The Addams Family is the titular family of the show which is a weird but loving bunch of people. They love things that are so

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The Addams Family is the titular family of the show which is a weird but loving bunch of people. They love things people who are unaware that are soothers find them scary or bizarre.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: For starters, there is the fact that their definition of "playtime" involves methods that would more than likely injure or kill most people.


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* BigFun


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!!The Thing

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!!The Thing!!Thing
* HelpingHands
* InNameOnly: In the original New Yorker comics, Thing was a complete person only partially seen who often appeared in strips as a hidden EasterEgg spying on the family. All other incarnations made Thing a disembodied hand, though some New Yorker strips of the family did feature a hand reaching from some sort of opening (e.g., a pipe or a sea shell).
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* DemotedToExtra[=/=]AscendedExtra: He only showed up in three episodes of the 70's cartoon albeit appearing in the opening, but episodes that don't feature him are scarce in the 90's cartoon.
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* TheVoiceless/TheSpeechless: In the original New Yorker comics and in the live-action movies. In other continuities, he is rather talkative.

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* DumbMuscle: In some incarnations, Lurch is not very bright. One episode of the 1960's show even had Wednesday mention that Lurch doesn't know how to count.



* TheVoiceless: In the original New Yorker comics and in the live-action movies. In other continuities, he is rather talkative.

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* TheVoiceless: TheVoiceless/TheSpeechless: In the original New Yorker comics and in the live-action movies. In other continuities, he is rather talkative.



!!Granny Addams

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!!Granny Addams!!Grandmama
* CloudCuckooLander



* DirtyOldWoman: In the 90's cartoon.



!!Cousin Itt
* BlindingBangs: He is a most extreme case, being covered in hair from head to toe. Some continuities even imply that he's nothing ''but'' hair.
* TheFaceless: Hidden under all that hair.
* KavorkaMan: He sure has a lot of girlfriends despite being short and hairy.
* TheUnintelligible: To outsiders.
** IntelligibleUnintelligible: To the other Addamses.



* TheVoiceless: Well, he ''is'' a disembodied hand.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: His television and film counterparts are portrayed as dashing and good-looking in contrast to his New Yorker counterpart's more grotesque appearance.



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* LargeHamBerserkButton: He does not take kindly to anyone who dares to flirt with his wife.
* LargeHam: Especially in the live-action movies.




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* PigMan: He has a slightly porcine appearance in the New Yorker comics and the animated cartoons.



!!Lurch Addams

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!!Lurch Addams!!Lurch



* LargeHam

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* LargeHamFrankensteinsMonster: He has the appearance of one, to say the least, but some continuities make jokes implying that he is made from dead body parts, was brought to life in a lab, and/or was created by a mad scientist.




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* TheVoiceless: In the original New Yorker comics and in the live-action movies. In other continuities, he is rather talkative.



* EnfanteTerrible: In the movies and The New Addams Family, she can come off as being downright cold.



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* LargeHam
AdaptationDyeJob: He was blond in the original New Yorker comics, had dark hair in the 1960's show, was made blond again in the 1970's cartoon, had brown hair in the live-action films, was blond once more in the 90's cartoon, and had brown hair once more in The New Addams Family.
* ButtMonkey: In the 90's cartoon and especially in The New Addams Family.
* ChildProdigy: In the original 1960's television show.
* TookALevelInDumbass: He went from being a boy genius in the 1960's show to being a child of average intelligence in the movies to being TheDitz in the 90's animated series.


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* ParentalBonus: In the movies, most of her lines are laced with romance and double entendres.




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* OnlySaneMan



* LargeHam (except in the films, where she's a DeadpanSnarker)
* CreepyChild: Almost goes without saying.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: In the second movie, when pushed to the breaking point, she ''scalps'' her persecutors.
* TheUnSmile: Again, in the second movie, this is a warning sign.

!!Pugsley Addams



!!Pugsley Addams
* LargeHam
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* TooKinkyToTorture: Especially in the films.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: [[{{Understatement Yes}}]]!

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* DarkIsNotEvil: [[{{Understatement Yes}}]]![[{{Understatement}} Yes]]!
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!!The Addams Family and tropes associated with them as a whole.
The Addams Family is the titular family of the show which is a weird but loving bunch of people. They love things that are so
* {{Badass}}
** BadassFamily
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[{{Understatement Yes}}]]!
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader/ TheHero: Gomez Addams
** TheLancer: Morticia Addams
** TheBigGuy: Lurch Addams
** TheSmartGuy: Pugsley Addams, Granny Addams and Uncle Fester.
** TheChick: Wednesday Addams
* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: To the point of being a [[WorldOfHam House of Hams]].

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!! Gomez Addams
* BadassBaritone
* BadassMustache
* LargeHam
* PapaWolf

!!Morticia Addams
* LargeHam
* RapunzelHair

!!Lurch Addams
* BattleButler
* LargeHam

!!Wednesday Addams
* LargeHam

!!Pugsley Addams
* LargeHam

!!Uncle Fester Addams
* BaldOfAwesome
* EvilLaugh
* LargeHam
* MadScientist

!!Granny Addams
* CrystalBall
* LargeHam

!!The Thing
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