History Fridge / TheMunsters

** Notice that in her very few scenes at college, she is clearly one of the better students and dedicated to her students, which further explains why she always seems to be busy when the rest of her family is off on their latest adventure.

* Grandpa has been married to different woman, and can shapeshift into a wolf. He probably married a female werewolf at one point, given that his son Lester is thr wolfman. Eddie's nature makes perfect sense.

!! The original series
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!! The original series
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* In the 2020s film, Lily's money-obsessed conman brother Lester dresses in suits with flashy jackets like a game show host, which have cash prizes and usually have hosts with slick, used car salesman personalities.
* Herman has a slightly cracking voice in the remake. Of course he does; he was only born not that long ago!
* In the Rob Zombie Film, it makes sense both Herman and Lily fall in love and marry quickly: Herman hasn't even been alive that long, and we see his "father" cares so little for him that no doubt he couldn't be bothered to teach him anything; as for Lily, her father has been married so many times that no doubt she grew up with somewhat naive ideas about marriage. Or she may be determined to prove to herself that she can have a healthier marriage than the ones her dad had.
* The Count marrying Zoya, a human woman, really isn't as odd as it looks. He's got two children of a different species; he probably finds quite a number of different women attractive.

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* The Munsters believe they live around very ugly, very rude people (it's the only explanation for why these weirdos always run away and behave oddly!). They still do their best to make friends with them and assimilate into their community, and feel hurt when their attempts to branch out appear to be rebuffed.

* Why does the family always seem hard up for money? Well, they would be, with Herman always accidentally damaging the house with his clumsiness.

* [[TheGenericGirl Marilyn]] has gotten flack over the years for being such a one-dimensional character. She's nice, yes, but not much else. But given that she's the "ugly" one in the family, she probably realized the best way to get people to ignore her apparent ugliness is to be nice, do as little to get attention or break waves as possible to fit in better.

* Grandpa has been married to different woman, and can shapeshift into a wolf. He probably married a female werewolf at one point, given that his son Lester is thr wolfman. Eddie's nature makes perfect sense.

* Grandpa has been married to different woman, and can shapeshift into a wolf. He probably married a female werewolf at one point. Eddie's nature makes perfect sense.

* Often in vampire stories, weird things happen around vampires and their lairs, as popularized in "Dungeons and Dragons" and movies like Bram Stoker's Dracula. Weird things like perpetual thunder storms, strange fogs, ghostly apparitions, abundance of vermin happen around a vampire's lair, for instance. And wouldn't you know it, two vampires, Lily and Grandpa Munster (aka Dracula) live in 1313 Mockingbird Lane where perpetual thunderstorms and ghosts abound.

* [[TheGenericGirl Marilyn]] has gotten flack over the years for being such a one-dimensional character. She's nice, yes, but not much else. But given that she's the "ugly" one in the family, she probably realized the best way to get people to ignore her apparent ugliness is to be nice, do as little to get attention or break waves as possible and act dull to fit in better.

* In "Munsters, Go Home", one thinks it's mean-spirited of the boys in the British village to throw tomatoes at Eddie, and (beyond accidentally hitting Mr. Moresby) they [[KarmaHoudini never get truly punished for it]]. However, one realizes they're meant to establish that the Munsters (at least ''our'' Munsters) could never feel welcome in that village, especially when Effigie and her kids already give a bad name to Herman and his family. It sets up that their place is [[StatusQuoIsGod back at Mockingbird Lane]].

* "Herman the Great" used to rub one the wrong way because of how much flack Herman was getting from both the wrestling fans and his own family as being "[[TheBully a bully]]" and "[[DirtyCoward a coward]]". But then it occurs: Herman is playing the Heel! He's ''meant'' to be hated by the crowd so they can have someone for the Face to triumph. So it becomes, in a way, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] unto itself that Herman can do a good job at his job just by being himself (showing [[NiceGuy leniency]] to every wrestler who claims they have a family to feed).

* "Herman the Great" used to rub one the wrong way because of how much flack Herman was getting from both the wrestling fans and his own family as being "[[TheBully a bully]]" and "[[DirtyCoward a coward]]". But then it occurs: Herman is playing the Heel! He's ''meant'' to be hated by the crowd so they can have someone for the Face to triumph. So it becomes, in a way, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] unto itself that Herman can do a good job at his job just by being himself (showing [[NiceGuy leniency]] to every wrestler who claims they have a family to feed).

* "Herman the Great" used to rub one the wrong way because of how much flack Herman was getting from both the wrestling and his own family as being "[[TheBully a bully]]" and "[[DirtyCoward a coward]]". But then it occurs: Herman is playing the Heel! He's ''meant'' to be hated by the crowd so they can have someone for the Face to triumph. So it becomes, in a way, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] unto itself that Herman can do a good job at his job just by being himself (showing[[NiceGuy leniency]] to every wrestler who claims they have a family to feed).

* [[TheGenericGirl Marilyn]] has gotten flack over the years for being such a one-dimensional character. She's nice, yes, but not much else. But given that she's the "ugly" one in the family, she probably realized the best way to get people to ignore her apparent ugliness is to be nice, do as little to get attention or break waves as possible and act dull to fit in better.

* [[Marilyn TheGenericGirl]] has gotten flack over the years for being such a one-dimensional character. She's nice, yes, but not much else. But given that she's the "ugly" one in the family, she probably realized the best way to get people to ignore her apparent ugliness is to be nice and do as little to get attention or break waves as possible to fit in.