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* The climax of the second movie actually resolved a long-standing RunningGag from two movies: [[spoiler: namely, the Addams kids trying to kill one another off. Turns out that when one of the kids actually succeeded in killing off a relative, it was ''Pubert'' killing his ''aunt-in-law''.]]


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** Could be that an Addams was one of the ''victims'' of any one of those tragedies. Alternately, they could just see any such events as worthy of a Mamushka.


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** Or that he believes Fester's spirit is ''still'' too pissed at him to talk.
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** Pugsley ate Pubert. Besides the juniors existed before the idea of Pubert (at least as a 3rd child) was probably even thought of.
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* Gomez laments his failure to contact Fester in the afterlife for 25 straight years. By all accounts he should eventually have some success in that regard, but think about what he meant when he said he feared that Fester might be "truly lost". 25 years of no response may have convinced Gomez one of either two things: either there is no afterlife or Fester may not have a soul.

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* Gomez laments his failure to contact Fester in the afterlife for 25 straight years. By all accounts he should eventually have some success in that regard, but think about what he meant when he said he feared that Fester might be "truly lost". 25 years of no response may have convinced Gomez one of either two things: either there is no afterlife or Fester may not have a soul.soul.
* When Lurch claims that [[RobotMaid Smiley]] resigned, he ''holds up a wrench''.
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** Don't forget, Gomez also said that "they danced the Mamushka at Waterloo": by that logic, [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would ''also'' be an Addams. Well, or Wellington, since it wasn't a great time for Napoleon.

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** Don't forget, Gomez also said that "they danced the Mamushka at Waterloo": by that logic, [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would ''also'' be an Addams. Well, or Wellington, since it wasn't a great time for Napoleon.Napoleon.
* Gomez laments his failure to contact Fester in the afterlife for 25 straight years. By all accounts he should eventually have some success in that regard, but think about what he meant when he said he feared that Fester might be "truly lost". 25 years of no response may have convinced Gomez one of either two things: either there is no afterlife or Fester may not have a soul.
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** Maybe Gomez "accidentally" did something that riled up the angry mob.
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** I know it's a different continuity, but at least in the newer show, Fester was shown growing hair when in great distress; maybe that started up when he was away from the family for that long.
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** Don't forget, Gomez also said that "they danced the Mamushka at Waterloo": by that logic, [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would ''also'' be an Addams.

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** Don't forget, Gomez also said that "they danced the Mamushka at Waterloo": by that logic, [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would ''also'' be an Addams. Well, or Wellington, since it wasn't a great time for Napoleon.
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** Don't forget, Gomez also said that they danced the Mamushka at Waterloo: by that logic [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would ''also'' be an Addams.

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** Don't forget, Gomez also said that they "they danced the Mamushka at Waterloo: Waterloo": by that logic logic, [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would ''also'' be an Addams.

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* There are several hints that [[spoiler: "Gordon" really was Fester all along]]: Granny was able to sense his presence at dinner, he showed the children how to gut with a sword, and how well he danced the Mamushka.

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* There are several hints that [[spoiler: "Gordon" really was Fester all along]]: Granny was able to sense his presence at dinner, he showed the children how to gut with a sword, and how well he danced the Mamushka.[[note]] There are real-world instances where [[GeniusBonus people affected with amnesia can briefly recall aspects of themselves when exposed to music that they listened to]]: since The Mamushka was [[AncientTradition an Addams Family tradition]], and Fester had probably already danced it many times before being hit with amnesia: that the moment he heard the music start to play, Festers' Muscle Memory immediately kicked in without him being fully aware. [[/note]]



* A tiny implied one, the speech about The Mamushka, it is a traditional Addams Family dance, and they usually dance it during horrific events in honour of said events, but, it seems implied because of how family-oriented the Addams clan is, they probably only do it ''for'' family, that further implies that both Emperor Nero and Jack the Ripper were ''both Addams!''

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* A tiny implied one, the speech about The Mamushka, it is a traditional Addams Family dance, and they usually dance it during horrific events in honour of said events, but, it seems implied because of how family-oriented the Addams clan is, they probably only do it ''for'' family, that further implies that both Emperor Nero and Jack the Ripper were ''both Addams!''Addams!''
** Don't forget, Gomez also said that they danced the Mamushka at Waterloo: by that logic [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would ''also'' be an Addams.
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* In the first film, Abigail Craven's plan to steal the Addams's fortune is to play off "Gordon" as Fester. This ends up biting her in the ass when he finds he highly prefers being surrounded by a loving family of equally strange gothics than having an abusive mother who only saw him as a tool, and ultimately gets him his memory of actually ''being'' Fester back when he's struck by lighting while trying to close the hurricane book. Had she not tried some half-baked con of him pretending to be himself, and actually told the truth in the first place that she found him with amnesia, it's entirely plausible that "Gordon" wouldn't have started looking at his family situation so closely, and she could have managed to get away Scot-free.
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* When the Addamses hold Debbie and Fester's wedding in the family cemetery, it may seem like more of their gloomy goth sensibilities...but the Addamses are all about family. Maybe they just wanted ''all'' the relatives--living and dead--to witness a new Addams bride welcomed into the fold.
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** In the TV series, yes; in the movie, Grandmama is Morticia's mother. Gomez's mother and father were apparently killed by an angry mob.
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** Not quite: when the family is moving out, you can see what looks like black paint splattered on the front door and the porch; it's left over from whatever they poured on the carolers. (Of course, its still possible that the act was non-lethal.)
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** They also ''really'' didn't think it through, since almost every movie in the stack was about young heroes and heroines rejecting conformity and fighting authority. The kids got that message loud and clear.

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** Exactly. They're [[DarkIsNotEvil not evil enough to actually kill someone, just morbid and playing on the idea of killing people]].



*** Or tightrope walking? They're daredevils, after all.




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** Maybe he shaved his hair on purpose as a boy.


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** Also, being exposed to your dislikes doesn't make you like them.


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** Isn't his mother Grandmama?


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** Although considering that she guesses what he's going to ask, that could have been just the second or third time he'd called during that show so she knew he was going to ask again where voodoo witches meet, so it hadn't necessarily been long at all. Or alternately he called during so many shows that she knew what sort of questions he asks, implying they'd been there for ''ages''.

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** Although considering that she guesses what he's going to ask, that could have been just the second or third time he'd called during that show so she knew he was going to ask again where voodoo witches meet, so it hadn't necessarily been long at all. Or alternately he called during so many shows that she knew what sort of questions he asks, implying they'd been there for ''ages''.''ages''.
* A tiny implied one, the speech about The Mamushka, it is a traditional Addams Family dance, and they usually dance it during horrific events in honour of said events, but, it seems implied because of how family-oriented the Addams clan is, they probably only do it ''for'' family, that further implies that both Emperor Nero and Jack the Ripper were ''both Addams!''
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** Tying into that is what she said to Joel after he asked how he looked dressed as an Addams, she called him "disturbing" in true Addams fashion, ''she was complimenting him''.
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* Gordon is eventually confirmed to be Fester, who has been bald since childhood. Yet he can grow a full head of hair when he's in his forties.
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* When The Addams Family is seen with a bubbling cauldron to get rid of carolers, it is entirely possible that, if it was cold enough outside, and the pot was filled with water, that the water would disappear into steam before it hit the carolers, leaving them unharmed. Or at least cool down to a non-lethal temperature before it hit them, as we see the water has a fairly long way to fall in both the movie, and the comic.
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* In the 1991 film, Halloween is shown to be occurring 7 months after the events of the film. October is the 10th month, which means a majority of the film occurs throughout the 3rd month, climaxing towards the end. Beware the Ides of March, indeed...

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* In the 1991 film, Halloween is shown to be occurring 7 months after the events of the film. October is the 10th month, which means a majority of the film occurs throughout the 3rd month, climaxing towards the end. [[GeniusBonus Beware the Ides of March, indeed...]]
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* In the 1991 film, Halloween is shown to be occurring 7 months after the events of the film. October is the 10th month, which means a majority of the film occurs throughout the 3rd month, climaxing towards the end. Beware the Ides of March, indeed...
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** It's also possible that because the Addams are, well, [[TooKinkyToTorture the Addams]], they may have had [[OhCrap something else]] in mind when it comes to [[WhipItGood cable]].
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* A small one, but just think how many times Gomez must have called ''The Sally Jessy Raphael'' show for Sally for him to be able to recognise his voice from just two words. They were in that nasty little motel a lot longer than we're shown.

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* A small one, but just think how many times Gomez must have called ''The Sally Jessy Raphael'' show for Sally for him to be able to recognise his voice from just two words. They were in that nasty little motel a lot longer than we're shown.shown.
** Although considering that she guesses what he's going to ask, that could have been just the second or third time he'd called during that show so she knew he was going to ask again where voodoo witches meet, so it hadn't necessarily been long at all. Or alternately he called during so many shows that she knew what sort of questions he asks, implying they'd been there for ''ages''.

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* In the first film, Gomez says, "I didn't hate my mother. It was an accident". In the second film, Debbie calls him a "ladykiller" and he responds, "Acquitted". Maybe the woman he was acquitted of killing was his own mother.



* In the first film, Gomez says, "I didn't hate my mother. It was an accident". In the second film, Debbie calls him a "ladykiller" and he responds, "Acquitted". Maybe the woman he was acquitted of killing was his own mother.

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* In the first film, Gomez says, "I didn't hate my mother. It was an accident". In the second film, Debbie calls him a "ladykiller" and he responds, "Acquitted". Maybe the woman he was acquitted of killing was his own mother.
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* In the first film, Gomez says, "I didn't hate my mother. It was an accident". In the second film, Debbie calls him a "ladykiller" and he responds, "Acquitted". Maybe the woman he was acquitted of killing was his own mother.
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** The musical and the show are in two different continuities.
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* In one of the movies, it's revealed that Fester got his electrical abilities from being struck by lightning. This makes more sense if you realise that maybe Fester was always able to store and exploit electricity, he just hadn't discovered it until being struck by lightning as that was his first experience with electricity.
* Maybe Wednesday told the nanny to "be very afraid" because she assumed the nanny enjoyed feeling afraid.
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* In one episode, Gomez says that Cousin Itt speaks a different language. In another, Morticia says he talks too fast for people to understand. Maybe it's both. After all, his actor provided the voice by recording gibberish and speeding it up. Cousin Itt probably invented his own language that he taught his family so they understand him, but he believes English is a ludicrous language and doesn't speak it anymore. He also speaks very quickly so when he isn't able to be understood, they reckon "Either they don't speak his language or he's speaking too fast". Add that to the fact that people who cannot speak a language fluently sometimes have difficulty understanding a native speaker who is speaking quickly.
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There's nothing wrong with the possibility that they might be into daytime television.


** It could be to get horror films and watch documentaries on serial killers. Just because they have cable doesn't mean they watch daytime television.

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** It could also be to get horror films and watch documentaries on serial killers. Just because they have cable doesn't mean they watch daytime television.killers.
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* In the musical, why is Pugsley the same age, but Wednesday eighteen? In the show, she was six, meaning she would have aged twelve years, so Pugsley ''should'' be about twenty to twenty-two years old, but he's still a small (about eight to ten years old) boy!

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