History Characters / WednesdayNevermoreAcademy

* TheAce: Despite her distant and aloof personality, she is ridiculously talented in a lot of things: intelligence, hand-to-hand combat, playing the cello, survival skills (untying herself during the Nightshades' interrogation of her), German and Italian, technical knowledge, what else? While Bianca does defeat her in a fencing match, Wednesday is good enough to put up more than an epic fight against her, no less.She is also good enough at archery to throw an apple into the air and impale it while also hitting the center of the archery target

[[folder:Marilyn Thornhill]]
!!Marilyn Thornhill/[[spoiler:Laurel Gates]]

* BeneathSuspicion: Wednesday [[spoiler: never even considered her to potentially be the Hyde's master, and instead firmly believes dr. Kinbott to be the culprit. Even Kinbott getting murdered by the Hyde does nothing to make Wednesday change her theory. It's only after Eugene tells Wednesday that the Hyde's master was wearing red boots that she finally realizes it was Marilyn all along.]]
* BigBad: She's [[spoiler:the mastermind behind the Hyde murders and everything else going wrong in Nevermore and Jericho. She's doing this out of revenge for her brother, Garrett's death and her hatred for Outcasts by resurrecting Joseph Crackstone]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She spends most of the first season acting supportive of Wednesday and the other outcasts. However, [[spoiler:she actually despised outcasts and has been planning to resurrect her ancestor to eliminate them once and for all.]]
* TheBeastmaster: She [[spoiler:has Tyler's Hyde form under her control to do the dirty work for her ultimate plan]].
* ChekhovsGunman: While a cameo from the actress who played the most well-known version of Wednesday makes sense, keen-eyed viewers will find her appearances on every episode conspicuous after a while.[[spoiler: Of course it's eventually discovered that she is the series BigBad.]]
* CoolTeacher: She is well-liked by her students, even though she is a normie, is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and is often trying to connect with Wednesday. [[spoiler:Subverted once it’s revealed that she always hated all outcasts, and was just waiting to find the one who would help her with her plans.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her primary motivation is [[spoiler:getting revenge for the death of her family. She also shows affection towards Tyler but it's possible she was just manipulating him]].
* FakingTheDead: Marilyn Thornhill is [[spoiler:actually Laurel Gates, the last surviving member of the Gates family, who faked her death 25 years ago and is living under a fake name.]]
* GivenNameReveal: Her real name is revealed at the end of the first season to be [[spoiler: Laurel Gates]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: As much as she [[spoiler:hates outcasts and believes in normie supremacy, she can be considered a "witch" of sorts herself due to successfully pulling off what is essentially ''witchcraft'' to bring an ancestor BackFromTheDead. So if anything, ''she's'' an outcast who might as well be burned to death by the pilgrims if she was living in their time. Also, she views Crackstone as a visionary for protecting Normies from Outcasts. Yet, she doesn't bat an eye to Normies that she has Tyler kill for their body parts, considering such deaths as a small pawn in her big plan, showing she doesn't actually care about the lives of Normies like herself.]]
* MeaningfulName: Her name ([[spoiler: or rather, her pseudonym]]) is likely an homage to [[Series/TheMunsters Marilyn Munster]], one of the most famous examples of a "normal" person in a supernatural setting.
* ParentalSubstitute: She calls herself [[spoiler:Tyler's "mama" after it’s revealed she was the one who unlocked his Hyde persona.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Pretty much her motive [[spoiler:of villainy. She hates outcasts and goes as far as to bring in ''Joseph Crackstone'' to wipe them out]].
* PostFinalBoss: She's [[spoiler:the last antagonist to be defeated in the film, but unlike Wednesday's epic face-off with Joseph Crackstone, she is swiftly taken care of by Eugene Ottinger's bees leaving Wednesday to finish the job with a kick in the face]].
* PragmaticVillainy: After Wednesday [[spoiler:defeats Crackstone, Laurel brings a gun in an attempt to shoot Wednesday. Wednesday even remarks that's the smartest thing Laurel has ever done. Unfortunately (for Laurel), Wednesday has allies with bees as weapons]].
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: She wears huge glasses, but [[spoiler: the moment she reveals her true identity the first thing she does is discard them, proving she never really needed the glasses but was just using them as part of her disguise]].
* TheReveal: She is the [[spoiler:supposedly dead Laurel Gates, the sister of Garrett Gates and the mastermind behind the Hyde murders who swears revenge against Nevermore for her brother's death by resurrecting Joseph Crackstone and she has been using Tyler, who is a Hyde, to harvest body parts to help her resurrect Joseph Crackstone.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The motive for [[spoiler:her murders is getting revenge on those she believes destroyed her family.]]
* SignificantAnagram: While working as [[spoiler:a caretaker for the 90-year-old candy heiress who bought the Gates mansion, Laurel used the name Theresa L. Glau, an anagram of her real name.]]

* UncertainDoom: She is last seen being [[spoiler:stung by thousands of bees while Wednesday stomps on her face. Wednesday told Eugene to look away but Laruel's death is unconfirmed.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Her role as the [[spoiler:first season's BigBad makes her this.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Could be considered this when you remember that [[spoiler: her plan to resurrect Joseph Crackstone and attack Nevermore came about because as a child her brother was seemingly murdered by one of their students leading to her mother committing suicide and her dad eventually drinking himself to death, all the while instilling in her the belief that [[FantasticRacism all outcasts are evil]]]]. It’s possible that had things not fallen apart like they did, she might never have gone down such a destructive path.

** Since she’s [[spoiler:out for revenge against Nevermore and continues to have hatred against Outcasts, she probably won’t even care if it means killing off minors — as long as they are a means to her end]].
** She [[spoiler:physically and emotionally abuses Tyler in order to groom him into embracing his Hyde.]]
** She uses [[spoiler:Wednesday (or rather Wednesday’s blood by Laurel’s knife) as a key to resurrect Crackstone. When Crackstone is defeated, she openly makes her desire to kill Wednesday and brings in a gun to back it up]].

* ForeShadowing: In her human form, she's strong enough to pull open a locked door that Tyler was unable to budge, and her claws are so sharp they can rend metal and puncture car tires. [[spoiler:These abilities get taken UpToEleven when she wolfs out]].

* ForeShadowing: In her human form, she's strong enough to pull open a locked door that Tyler was unable to budge, and her claws are so sharp they can rend metal and puncture car tires. [[spoiler:these abilities get taken UpToEleven when she wolfs out]].

* LetsGetDangerous: She's sweet, kind, love bright colors, a perky chatterbox, wants to be friends with everyone, faints when shown a gory picture, and is openly hesitant to follow Wednesday into situations that are ''clearly'' unsafe. [[spoiler:she's also the last person viewers expected to go toe-to-toe with a Hyde and be the one to walk away]].

* Foreshadowing: In her human form, she's strong enough to pull open a locked door that Tyler was unable to budge, and her claws are so sharp they can rend metal and puncture car tires. [[spoiler:these abilities get taken UpToEleven when she wolfs out]].

* TortureTechnician: She is very open about enjoying both torturing others (especially her brother) and being [[TooKinkyToTorture tortured herself]], a common trait of the Addams family. [[spoiler:She also has no problem torturing her own boyfriend to discover if he is the Hyde, something even the other outcasts are horrified by.]]

The normie Housemistress of Ophelia Hall and the botany teacher at Nevermore. [[spoiler:At least that's her cover. She's really Laurel Gates, the sister of Garrett Gates and the mastermind behind the Hyde murders who swears revenge against Nevermore for her brother's death by resurrecting Joseph Crackstone]].

* TheReveal: She is the [[spoiler:supposedly dead Laurel Gates, and she has been using Tyler, who is a Hyde, to harvest body parts to help her resurrect Joseph Crackstone.]]

* TakenForGranite: As a Gorgon he naturally has this ability. It can be turned off so long as their snake hair are covered, which is why he wears a beanie, but he generally also avoids eye contact as much as he can as an added precaution. He triggered it on himself when he accidentally saw his reflection in the shower with his snakes exposed. Thankfully, the condition is either temporary or reversible, as he's fine a day or two later.

'''Wednesday:''' ''[to Thing]'' Fetch the smelling salts. Again.

--> '''Enid:''' You seriously want to split up? In here? That is literally how every best friend dies in a horror movie.

--> '''Xavier''' : Last time we met, I was about ... two feet shorter and forty pounds heavier.
--> '''Wednesday''': What happened?
--> '''Xavier''': Puberty I guess.
--> '''Wednesday''': I meant what happened the last time we met?

* MeaningfulName: His last name is one letter away from "stinger".

->''"What's happening Ms. Thornhill?"''

->''"The girl in the picture, that's you!"''

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Wednesday retains the brooding DeadpanSnarker personality that started with ''Film/TheAddamsFamily''. In the original comics and television series, it was Pugsley who was the bratty and morbid Addams child. Wednesday is also more awkward than in other adaptations.

* ActionGirl: She's a skilled fencer and acrobat, and puts on an impressive showing against [[spoiler:Crackstone]] by herself, only getting put on the ropes when her sword shatters.

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** Their families also mirror one another, with the Addams being a mishmash of outcasts related through blood or friendship who are rather genial, while the Sinclairs are entirely made up of werewolves and are much less nice.

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