History Series / Wednesday

* AdaptedOut: Grandmama Addams gets mentioned a few times but is implied to be dead. Cousin Itt is also never seen or mentioned, although a painting of Itt's ancestor is seen, who is virtually identical to Itt as seen in other adaptations.

* RemakeCameo: Creator/ChristinaRicci, who played Wednesday Addams in [[Film/TheAddamsFamily the 1991 film and its sequel]], appears here as Ms. Thornhill. [[spoiler:Since she ends up being the BigBad of Season One, the role is far more than just a simple cameo.]]

* Creator/SteveBuscemi

The series was officially renewed for a second season on January 6, 2023, with Creator/SteveBuscemi set to join the cast. A spin-off series centered around Uncle Fester (Armisen) [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wednesday-spinoff-development-netflix-1235764544/ is in development]]. In 2024, [[https://nerdist.com/article/clue-wednesday-themed-board-game-available-now/ an edition]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' based on the show was released.

Having been freshly expelled from public school, Wednesday (Creator/JennaOrtega) finds herself enrolled at Nevermore Academy, the alma-mater of her parents Morticia (Creator/CatherineZetaJones) and Gomez (Creator/LuisGuzman). There, she finally finds people as strange and offbeat as her... but also a dark, decades-old mystery in which the Addams family bloodline is deeply entangled. Also in the cast are Creator/EmmaMyers, Creator/RikiLindhome, Creator/JamieMcShane, Creator/PercyHynesWhite, Creator/HunterDoohan, Creator/GwendolineChristie, Creator/FredArmisen, and Creator/ChristinaRicci, [[RemakeCameo who famously played]] Wednesday in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''Addams Family Values''.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/G4QHrAcZalc Teaser]], [[https://youtu.be/Di310WS8zLk Teaser 2]], [[https://youtu.be/6AWlVOMWt10 Behind the Scenes]], [[https://youtu.be/SoTmSuThMKc Nevermore Academy Promo]], [[https://youtu.be/Q73UhUTs6y0 Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/2LaCvjjNgR4 Opening titles]]

The series was officially renewed for a second season on January 6, 2023, with Creator/SteveBuscemi set to join the cast. A spin-off series centered around Uncle Fester (Armisen) [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wednesday-spinoff-development-netflix-1235764544/ is in development]].

The series was officially renewed for a second season on January 6, 2023. A spin-off series centered around Uncle Fester (Armisen) [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wednesday-spinoff-development-netflix-1235764544/ is in development]].

** The TeamNormal teacher in a school of monsters and supernaturally gifted people, Marilyn Thornhill, is an obvious reference to Marilyn Munster of ''Franchise/TheMunsters''.

Having been freshly expelled from public school, Wednesday (Creator/JennaOrtega) finds herself enrolled at Nevermore Academy, the alma-mater of her parents Morticia (Creator/CatherineZetaJones) and Gomez (Creator/LuisGuzman). There, she finally finds people as strange and offbeat as her... but also a dark, decades-old mystery in which the Addams family bloodline is deeply entangled. Also in the cast are Creator/EmmaMyers, Creator/RikiLindhome, Creator/JamieMcShane, Creator/PercyHynesWhite, Creator/HunterDoohan, Creator/GwendolineChristie, Creator/FredArmisen, and Creator/ChristinaRicci, [[RemakeCameo who famously played Wednesday in]] ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''Addams Family Values''.

* AdaptedOut: Grandmama Addams gets mentioned a few times but is implied to be dead. Cousin Itt is also never seen or mentioned.

Having been freshly expelled from public school, Wednesday (Creator/JennaOrtega) finds herself enrolled at Nevermore Academy, the alma-mater of her parents Morticia (Creator/CatherineZetaJones) and Gomez (Creator/LuisGuzman). There, she finally finds people as strange and offbeat as her... but also a dark, decades-old mystery. Also in the cast are Creator/EmmaMyers, Creator/RikiLindhome, Creator/JamieMcShane, Creator/PercyHynesWhite, Creator/HunterDoohan, Creator/GwendolineChristie, Creator/FredArmisen, and Creator/ChristinaRicci, [[RemakeCameo who famously played Wednesday in]] ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''Addams Family Values''.

The series was officially renewed for a second season on January 6, 2023.

** A substantial amount of liberty was take with the history of the area the series is set in, from the founding of Jericho[[note]]Stated to be in 1624, more that forty years before the first European settlement in the area, one hundred years before the first *english* settlement in the area, and 160 years before the founding of it’s real-world equivalent[[/note]], to the idea that the Pilgrims ever settled Vermont in the first place[[note]]The first European settlement of Vermont was by the French in 1666. While English settlers did begin contesting what would become Vermont towards the end of the 17th century, they did not begin settling the area the series takes place until after the French and Indian War in 1763, more than half a century after the reorganization of the Plymouth Colony.[[/note]].

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: A staple of the Addams clan. In the first episode, Morticia is touched and grateful when Wednesday attempts to insult her by calling her heartless, and Tyler eventually clues into it by having a horror-movie night where he shows Wednesday a movie she'll find scary-- [[spoiler:''Film/LegallyBlonde''.]] She says it was torture--appreciatively.

* BirthdayHater: Downplayed. Wednesday doesn't appreciate the surprise party her friends throw for her or Tyler's invitation to a dinner to celebrate, but it's less her hating her birthday than simply finding celebrating trivial. She definitely has no qualms doing something she's interested in instead - investigating.
* BlackComedy: The opening scene, with Wednesday dumping some vicious piranhas in her school's pool to punish the jocks bullying Pugsley, sets the tone for the season -- and yet it also deconstructs the [[AmusingInjury amusing injuries]] that abounds throughout various ''Addams Family'' adaptations, since one of the boys is permanently maimed, his family wants Wednesday charged with attempted murder, and several characters are shocked at her actions.

** [[spoiler:Marilyn Thornhill (revealed to be Laurel Gates)]], the BigBad for Season 1, [[spoiler:is the Technological Thief]], being the [[spoiler:brains of the operation pretending to be a staff member of Nevermore Academy who is really utilizing parts of the Hyde's victims in creating a magical machine capable of ultimately resurrecting Joseph Crackstone. Oh, and she's also prone to use firearms as a last resort to kill Wednesday after the latter defeats Carkstone]].

** A substantial amount of liberty was take with the history of the area the series is set in, from the founding of Jericho[[note]]Stated to be in 1624, more that forty years before the first European settlement in the area, one hundred years before the first *english* settlement in the area, and 160 years before the founding of it’s real-world equivalent[[/note]], to the idea that the Pilgrims ever settled Vermont in the first place[[note]]The first European settlement of Vermont was by the French in 1666. While English settlers did begin contesting what would become Vermont towards the end of the 17th century, they did not begin settling the area the series takes place until after the French and Indian War in 1763, more than half a century after the reorganization of the Plymouth Colony.[[/notes]].

->''"[[Music/EdithPiaf ♫ Non, rien de rien ... non, je ne regrette rien ... ♫]]"''[[labelnote:Translation]]''No, absolutely nothing ... No, I regret nothing ...''[[/labelnote]]

Having been freshly expelled from public school, Wednesday (Creator/JennaOrtega) finds herself enrolled at Nevermore Academy, the alma-mater of her parents Morticia (Creator/CatherineZetaJones) and Gomez (Creator/LuisGuzman). There, she finally finds people as strange and offbeat as her … but also a dark, decades-old mystery. Also in the cast are Creator/EmmaMyers, Creator/RikiLindhome, Creator/JamieMcShane, Creator/PercyHynesWhite, Creator/HunterDoohan, Creator/GwendolineChristie, Creator/FredArmisen, and Creator/ChristinaRicci, [[RemakeCameo who famously played Wednesday in]] ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''Addams Family Values''.

* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: As Wednesday puts it, "The only person who gets to torture my brother is ''me''."
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]:
** In the first episode, Wednesday seeks out the swim team after they bully Pugsley and gets vengeance by dumping piranhas into the pool. Don't mess with an Addams unless you want the family gunning after you ...