History Fridge / TheAddamsFamily

* Throughout the original series, Lurch is often CloserToEarth than the rest of the family, groaning and rolling his eyes when they seem confused by visitors' responses to their antics. It makes sense--while he's definitely [[FamilyOfChoice one of the family]], he ''isn't'' an Addams by birth. We know he got the job as their butler as an adult, given that in "Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family," it's stated that he left home after growing up to seek his fortune. As such, while Lurch has been ConditionedToAcceptHorror at this point, he wasn't born into the Addams clan and had some exposure to the "normal" world, so he can see the perspective that the others can't.
** This also explains why the Addamses hired Lurch as their butler in the first place. His monstrous appearance probably scared away his other prospective employers, but Gomez and Morticia probably LOVED it!

* Throughout the original series, Lurch is often CloserToEarth than the rest of the family, groaning and rolling his eyes when they seem confused by visitors' responses to their antics. It makes sense--while he's definitely [[ChosenFamily one of the family]], he ''isn't'' an Addams by birth. We know he got the job as their butler as an adult, given that in "Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family," it's stated that he left home after growing up to seek his fortune. As such, while Lurch has been ConditionedToAcceptHorror at this point, he wasn't born into the Addams clan and had some exposure to the "normal" world, so he can see the perspective that the others can't.

*** By that logic The Addams's dead lawn, bare trees, statue garden/graveyard and even Morticia's crop of rose thorns minus blossoms would be very Joel-friendly

* In ''Addams Family Values'', Debbie has given Fester the present of a bomb. He guesses it as soon as he listens to it, and she gives a "What?!", not realizing that, as an Addams, he'd actually ''want'' to get a bomb as a present!

* The only reason the Beinekes don't leave at the end of Act 1 of the musical is due to Fester and the ancestors causing a storm, but as soon as act 2 starts, everything's cleared up. So why did't Mal try to leave?

* When Lurch claims that [[RobotMaid Smiley]] resigned, he ''holds up a wrench''.

** Could be that an Addams was one of the ''victims'' of any one of those tragedies. Alternately, they could just see any such event as worthy of a Mamushka.
** It's more likely that they were celebrating having ''survived'' those things, given that the party was celebrating Fester being alive and returning home.

* Why weren't the Addamses surprised when Debbie [[spoiler:turned out to be a serial killer? Simple: they already knew. When she turned up at their home for the first time, she mentioned how she had references to prove she wasn't a homicidal maniac. Being the Addamses, they rolled with it, but Gomez specifically said 'you're too young', implying that she still had all the other signs. Thus, when the truth came out, it was no shock. They already had it figured from minute one]]

* There are several hints that [[spoiler: "Gordon" really was Fester all along]]: Granny was able to sense his presence at dinner because he was already there, he showed the children how to gut with a sword, and he danced the Mamushka perfectly.[[note]] There are real-world instances where [[GeniusBonus amnesiacs can briefly recall aspects of themselves when exposed to music that they listened to]]. The Mamushka was [[AncientTradition an Addams Family tradition passed down through the generations]], and Fester had probably already danced it with Gomez many times before his accident. When the music started, his muscle memory kicked in and he was able to perform the dance flawlessly, but completely unaware of what it really meant. [[/note]]

* 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]]

* The reason why Wednesday and Pugsley lap up as much time as they can with their Uncle Fester is because, while it isn't addressed directly, this is the first time that they have met in this continuity.

* In ''Addams Family Values'', Debbie has given Fester the present of a bomb. He guesses it as soon as he listens to it, and she gives a "What?!", not realizing that, as an Addams, he'd actually WANT to get a bomb as a present!

* 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''.]]

** 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.

* In the second movie, Gomez tells Debbie that they 'of course they have cable'. This is because after being evicted from their house in the first movie, Gomez became addicted to daytime television shows.
** It could also be to get horror films and watch documentaries on serial killers.
** 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]].
*** Or tightrope walking? They're daredevils, after all.

* In ''Addams Family Values'', Debbie has given Fester the present of a bomb. He guesses it as soon as he listens to it, and she gives a flat "What?", not realizing that, as an Addams, he'd actually WANT to get a bomb as a present!

** Of course it isn't for weirdos, it's for anyone who needs to be loved and to love, ''no matter how strange, freaky and weird they may be''. That, incidentally, is the difference between Margaret and Debbie: both needed love and someone to love, but where Margaret could accept the weirdness and see the loving person under Itt's strangeness, Debbie couldn't see past it-hence Margaret finding happiness and Debbie [[spoiler: finding a messy death]].

* The reason the Addams act the way they do and seem to kill people with no guilt? The Addams as a whole all have NighInvulnerability and other powers and assume that others do too.

** Craven ''didn't know'' the amnesiac she found in the Bermuda Triangle was Fester Addams: she just knew '''he wasn't her natural son'''. There's nothing in the film to suggest Craven knew all along that Gordon was Fester. If she did, don't you think a woman as greedy and calculating as her would have used that knowledge (and Fester) to her advantage, like holding him hostage for a huge payday, or at least what would have probably a ''huge'' reward from an immensely grateful Gomez?

** Craven ''didn't know'' the amnesiac she found in the Bermuda Triangle was Fester Addams: she just knew ''he wasn't her natural son''. There's nothing in the film to suggest Craven knew all along that Gordon was Fester. If she did, don't you think a woman as greedy and calculating as her would have used that knowledge (and Fester) to her advantage, like holding him hostage for a huge payday, or at least what would have probably a ''huge'' reward from an immensely grateful Gomez?

* 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''.]]