Line #8 WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1973


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2	[[caption-width-right:323:Their house is a museum -- and now it's on wheels!]]
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4	First AnimatedAdaptation of [[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily the altogether-ooky clan]]. Produced by Creator/HannaBarbera after their guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', this animated series ran on Creator/{{NBC}} Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1975 and featured an 8-year-old Creator/JodieFoster as Pugsley. It is based off the ''New Yorker'' cartoons by Charles Addams and [[Series/TheAddamsFamily the 1960s sitcom]] of the same name. In the cartoon, the Addamses travel in the Creepy Camper, [[CoolCar a mobile version of their house]] resembling the Creepy Coupe from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''.
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6	For the 1992 animated series, see ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992''. For the 2019 film, see ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019''.
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8	!!Tropes:
9	* AccidentalHero: On some occasions, the family is helping people without even realizing it.
10	** "The Circus Story": though the family agreed to help the struggling owner of a failing circus by being performers, they end up ruining the corrupt competition simply by heading over to that circus and unintentionally scaring away the patrons with their usual behavior.
11	** "The Addams Family at Sea": Gomez mistook a pair of thieves as the owners of the cruise liner they were on. After they escaped with the passengers' possessions, Gomez wanted to buy the ship and his search to find the thieves caused the authorities to stumble onto them.
12	* AdvertisedExtra: Cousin Itt is seen in the opening credits, but only appears in a handful of episodes.
13	* AnimatedAdaptation: The first animated series of the Addams Family, following their guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''.
14	* ComicBookAdaptation: Had its own comic book published by Gold Key Comics. It ran for three issues.
15	* CreepyFamily: Well, the franchise is based around the concept of a family that is weird and sinister.
16	* CreepyGood: As ever, the whole family. As off-putting they can be to those they encounter, they typically befriend the sympathetic characters (be it a circus owner with financial troubles or a roller derby team constantly being cheated) and help them out of jams.
17	* LaughTrack: Just like the 60s live-action television series (and pretty much almost every other Hanna-Barbera cartoon in the 70's), this animated version has one.
18	* MythologyGag: The character designs are based more on how the Addamses appeared in Charles Addams' original ''New Yorker'' cartoons than how they were depicted in the 1960's live-action television series.
19	* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The Addams Family's aforementioned guest appearance on ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' may have been done to test the waters for this series.
20	* SnakesAreSinister: "The Circus Story" zigzags it. The people at the corrupt circus try to trap Gomez and Morticia with a bunch of snakes as part of a blackmail stunt. Though the snakes initially appear fearsome, they turn docile in the face of Gomez and Morticia fawning all over them and playing them charms. The two then collect these nice snakes to show them to others at the circus, leading to a panic.
21	* WalkingTheEarth: Well, driving, but each episode has the family arriving at a new location for a new adventure.

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