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** In the movies, she's TheComicallySerious.

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** In the movies, she's TheComicallySerious.TheComicallySerious and a DeadpanSnarker.

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* DaddysGirl: Had shades of this in the 1960s show, often hanging out with Gomez.



* DaddysGirl: Had shades of this in the 1960s show, often hanging out with Gomez.

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* DaddysGirl: Had shades of this in the 1960s show, often hanging out with Gomez.DayOfTheWeekName: Her name is Wednesday Friday Addams.



-->''(during lifeguard practice at summer camp)''\\

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-->''(during -->''[during lifeguard practice at summer camp)''\\camp]''\\

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** In the '90s TV reboot ''The New Addams Family'', she's similar to her movie incarnation, but with more sadism.



* AgeLift: In the original 1960s show, she was younger than her brother Pugsley. Most other adaptations make her older than Pugsley (or making them at least very close in age to each other). In the stage musical, she's 18 while Pugsley is still a little boy. She is also a teenager in ''Wednesday''.

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* AgeLift: In the original 1960s show, she was just 6 years old and younger than her brother Pugsley. Most other adaptations make her older than Pugsley (or making them at least very close in age to each other).other), with both the 1991 movie and ''The New Addams Family'' making her 11. In the stage musical, she's 18 while Pugsley is still a little boy. She is also a teenager in ''Wednesday''.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Wednesday Addams was such a popular part of ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' that she was made the co-protagonist of the sequel ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'', which revolves (in part) around her antics at Summer camp. Moviegoers of the 1990s instantly fell in love with Creator/ChristinaRicci's performance as an eternally [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] CreepyChild, and she's still cited as one of the most memorable parts of the movies. Many younger fans -- who mostly discovered [[Series/TheAddamsFamily the TV series]] through the films -- are often surprised to learn that Wednesday was a rather minor character in the show, and she was originally a relatively normal CheerfulChild. After the movies, she would quickly become a far more promiment character in the franchise, to the point that she'll get her own TV-show on Netflix. Titled ''Series/{{Wednesday}}''.

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* BreakoutCharacter: Wednesday Addams was such a popular part of ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' that she was made the co-protagonist of the sequel ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'', which revolves (in part) around her antics at Summer camp. Moviegoers of the 1990s instantly fell in love with Creator/ChristinaRicci's performance as an eternally [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] CreepyChild, and she's still cited as one of the most memorable parts of the movies. Many younger fans -- who mostly discovered [[Series/TheAddamsFamily the TV series]] through the films -- are often surprised to learn that Wednesday was a rather minor character in the show, and she was originally a relatively normal CheerfulChild. After the movies, she would quickly become a far more promiment character in the franchise, to the point that she'll get she eventually got her own TV-show on Netflix. Titled Netflix called ''Series/{{Wednesday}}''.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:It is unclear what happens to him after the hand reaches out of Debbie's grave and grabs him. He may have died of fright or just ran away.]]
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* CastingGag: Who else could be Morticia's mother other than [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]? Apparently, Hamilton was offered to play Grandmama, but turned it down.

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* CastingGag: Who else could be Morticia's mother other than [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]? She's even dressed like Miss Gulch. Apparently, Hamilton was offered to play Grandmama, but turned it down.
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* CastingGag: Who else could be Morticia's mother other than [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]?

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* CastingGag: Who else could be Morticia's mother other than [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]?West]]? Apparently, Hamilton was offered to play Grandmama, but turned it down.
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* CastingGag: Who else could be Morticia's mother other than [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]?
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* DarkIsNotEvil: She is fascinated with death and the macabre however she shows great concern when those she cares about are in trouble or injured.
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* DirtyCoward: His idea of defending his family's honor is shooting the offender in the back with his blunderbuss. According to him, it's cowardly, but it's also [[CombatPragmatist the safest option]].

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* DirtyCoward: His idea of defending his family's honor is shooting the offender in the back InTheBack with his blunderbuss. According to him, it's cowardly, but it's also [[CombatPragmatist the safest option]].
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** In the musical, she references how she use to be more like the movie version, but being in love makes her much more expressive and petulant towards her mother as she's growing up.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: In the play he refers to himself having "no specific sexuality" before declaring his love for the moon.
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Gomez is either of Spanish or Latin American ancestry (or both, in the 60s show he references a mix of Spanish, Argentinian, and other Latin American cultural aspects), played by mixed-race Puerto Rican Raúl Juliá in the films and played by Latino men of colour several times in other media. Morticia in the 60s show frequently uses Yiddish and has often been played by Jewish actresses and otherwise suggested to be (at least ethnically/culturally... religiously she seems more affiliated with witchcraft and Satanism) Jewish. While WASP culture is certainly parodied by the series, none of the Addamses are actually an EXAMPLE of a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.


* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Charles Addams was making fun of this privileged class with them.
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* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Charles Addams was making fun of this privileged class with them.
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* HappilyMarried: To Margaret in the 1991 film after she leaves Tully. They even have a child, named "Whatt" from the obstetrician.


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* NiceGuy: In the 1991 film, Margaret falls in love with him because he took the time to listen to her marital problems and showed her genuine respect and kindness Tully hasn't given her in years.
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* SlasherSmile: One of Astin's trademarks as an actor, so naturally his version often sports one.
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* LorreLookalike: His appearance in the original ''New Yorker'' comic--his height, his eyes, his hair, and so on--were inspired by 1930s horror actor Creator/PeterLorre, but John Astin's performance became so memorable that nearly all of Lorre's inspiration was pushed out by AdaptationDisplacement.
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Per TRS.


* BadassBaritone: In the live-action films. Being played by Creator/RaulJulia and Creator/TimCurry will do that.
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* StopHelpingMe: The Addams support to his mayoral candidacy is disastrous and he is painfully aware of it but they won't take the hint.
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* RailEnthusiast: He has an extensive model train layout in both the TV show and the movie adaptations, on which he likes to cause crashes and other disasters.

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* BaldnessAngst: Inverted. He once had hair but thinks he looks better without it.
-->'''Uncle Fester:''' I was thin then, and I had hair. I do look better now, don't I?\\
'''Morticia:''' Much.

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* BaldnessAngst: BaldnessAngst:
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Inverted. He once had hair but thinks he looks better without it.
-->'''Uncle --->'''Uncle Fester:''' I was thin then, and I had hair. I do look better now, don't I?\\
'''Morticia:''' Much. Much.
** He did want a toupée in one episode, but only because he had a love interest who was said to hate bald people.
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* BaldnessAngst: Inverted. He once had hair but thinks he looks better without it.
-->'''Uncle Fester:''' I was thin then, and I had hair. I do look better now, don't I?\\
'''Morticia:''' Much.
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The New Yorker cartoon says it's aspic.


* ImAHumanitarian: [[http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c6/55/0e/c6550eef017d813c591ecff378921251.jpg One New Yorker cartoon]] shows him contemplating dishes on offer at an automat, which include a dessert, a salad, a pie -- and a human head.

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* ImAHumanitarian: [[http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c6/55/0e/c6550eef017d813c591ecff378921251.jpg One New Yorker cartoon]] shows him contemplating dishes on offer at an automat, which include a dessert, an aspic, a salad, a pie -- and a human head.

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* BadassFamily: Comes with being able to survive things that would kill most people and being willing to give mean people their just desserts.

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* BadassFamily: Comes with being able to survive things that would kill most people and being willing to give mean people their just desserts.deserts.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Grandmama makes treats such as toadstool soufflés.
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->'''Played by''': Mercedes [=McNab=]

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->'''Played by''': Mercedes [=McNab=]Creator/MercedesMcNab
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* BareYourMidriff: Most of the outfits she wears show off her midriff which serves to emphasize her nature as a manipulative seductress.
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** In Season 2, he was promoted to the opening credits as the third leading performer following John Astin and Carolyn Jones.

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** In Season 2, he was promoted to the opening credits as the third leading performer following John Astin and Carolyn Jones. To avoid having to re-do the opening credits sequence, the title "Featuring Jackie Coogan" appears over an image of him during the montage of all the other characters besides Morticia and Gomez.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: A wife variant for Gomez. It’s implied through her talk with Fester in the 1990 movie that she is protective enough about Gomez that she will kill Fester if it turns out he’s a fraud taking advantage of her husband who wanted his brother back.

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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: A wife variant for Gomez. It’s implied through her talk with Fester in the 1990 1991 movie that she is protective enough about Gomez that she will kill Fester if it turns out he’s a fraud taking advantage of her husband who wanted his brother back.
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* DashingHispanic: In the movies when portrayed by Creator/RaulJulia, less so in other depictions when he is played by non-Hispanic actors (though Creator/TimCurry, aping Raul Julia, ''tried'' to be Hispanic. What’s ironic is that Julia himself was trying to play Gomez off as ''Italian''.)

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* DashingHispanic: In the movies when portrayed by Creator/RaulJulia, less so in other depictions when he is played by non-Hispanic actors (though though Creator/TimCurry, aping Raul Julia, ''tried'' to be Hispanic. What’s What's ironic is that Julia himself was trying to play Gomez off as ''Italian''.)
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->'''Played by:''' Lisa Loring (1964-66 TV series, ''Halloween with the New Addams Family''), Cindy Henderson (''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', 1973 animated series), Noelle Von Sonn (''The Addams Family Fun-House''), Creator/ChristinaRicci (1991 film, ''Addams Family Values''), Creator/DebiDerryberry (1992 animated series), Nicole Fugere (''Addams Family Reunion'', ''The New Addams Family''), Krysta Rodriguez, Rachel Potter (Broadway musical), [[Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz Chloë Grace Moretz]] (2019 film, 2021 film), Creator/JennaOrtega (''Wednesday'')

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->'''Played by:''' Lisa Loring Creator/LisaLoring (1964-66 TV series, ''Halloween with the New Addams Family''), Cindy Henderson (''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', 1973 animated series), Noelle Von Sonn (''The Addams Family Fun-House''), Creator/ChristinaRicci (1991 film, ''Addams Family Values''), Creator/DebiDerryberry (1992 animated series), Nicole Fugere (''Addams Family Reunion'', ''The New Addams Family''), Krysta Rodriguez, Rachel Potter (Broadway musical), [[Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz Chloë Grace Moretz]] (2019 film, 2021 film), Creator/JennaOrtega (''Wednesday'')

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