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Nevermore Academy

A gothic boarding school that caters to the outcasts of society. It's here where the series takes place.

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In General

• All-Ghouls School: Nevermore is a haven for the outcasts of society, a category that broadly encompasses actual supernatural beings (gorgons, werewolves, sirens, vampires) and humans with supernatural powers (mages, telekinetics, seers, etc.), allowing them to learn in an environment where they don't have to hide what they are.
• The Blank: Among the students in Nevermore are a group of faceless outcasts with no eyes, mouthes or ears. Aside from that, nothing is known about them. Unsurprisingly, Wednesday never interacts with a member of the group and Enid doesn't include them in her Clique Tour to Wendesday.
• Brotherhood of Funny Hats: Nevermore is home to the Nightshades, an elite secret society that was founded by Goody Addams to protect Outcasts. Despite being led by Alpha Bitch Bianca and their intimidating first impression when in hooded robes, they're still benevolent in the present day. Even when Wednesday rejects an offer to join them, they cooperate with her to track down the Hyde and are horrified by Wednesday's use of torture on Tyler. The Nightshades are also the ones that evacuate the school when Joseph Crackstone is resurrected, and Bianca ends up being the one to thwart his Near-Villain Victory.
• Everyone Has Standards: Nevermore Academy is open to outcasts of any kind (Yetis included, though they've been extinct for a long time), but even they thought that Hydes were dangerous monsters, and banned them from attending Nevermore. Given Uncle Fester's account of a Hyde killing 15 people in one night and later the amount of people Tyler kills in the series, they were more than justified in doing so.
• Mommy Issues: A constant theme. Many children in Nevermore and Jericho either don't have a mother anymore, or are at odds with them. Chances are, if you see a mother talking to her child, it is because they are fighting.
• Monster Mash: The students are comprised of several supernatural beings befitting of a gothic horror setting.
• Motive Decay: The Nightshades were founded by Goody Addams as a group that would protect outcasts from harm, and they did just that during Gomez and Morticia's time at Nevermore. By the time Wednesday goes to Nevermore however, they're no longer that concerned with protecting outcasts and have become an ordinary shadow clique with roof parties, campouts and the "occasional midnight skinny dip". Needless to say, Wednesday is disappointed upon learning this. That being said, they do come around to help Wednesday in stopping the Hyde and manage to evacuate most of the school before Crackstone is revived.
• Teens Are Monsters: Downplayed. While a lot of the students at Nevermore have their own issues and problems, they mean no harm to the residents of Jericho despite their mutual animosity and all of the bad things that happen in Season 1 turn out to be the work of an Outcast-hating normie and her Outcast minion that doesn't even go to Nevermor .
• Two-Teacher School: Principal Weems and Ms. Thornhill are the only members of the school faculty who play a role in the story. Apart from Coach Vlad (Nevermore's fencing coach and a background character) and a "Mr. Fitts" that Eugene mentions, no other teachers at Nevermore are shown onscreen.

Students

Wednesday Addams

Wednesday Addams

“I looked up and saw that gargoyle coming down and I thought, "At least I'll have an imaginative death."”

^{Click for her appearance when she was a child}   "The tears don't fix anything... so I vowed never to do it again."

Played By: Jenna Ortega

"Since you've abandoned me here, I've been hunted, haunted... and the target of an attempted murder."

The eldest daughter of the Addams family and the titular protagonist.

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• Abnormal Allergy: Wednesday claims to be allergic to color. We never see any adverse affects, but she's also accommodated by getting a custom black-and-grey uniform instead of the school's typical blue and black. It may, however, have been her snarky way of saying she hates bright colors.
• The Ace: Despite her distant and aloof personality, she is ridiculously talented in a lot of things: intelligence, hand-to-hand combat, playing the cello, survival skills (untying herself during the Nightshades' interrogation of her), German and Italian, technical knowledge, what else? While Bianca does defeat her in a fencing match, Wednesday is good enough to put up more than an epic fight against her, no less.She is also good enough at archery to throw an apple into the air and impale it while also hitting the center of the archery target
• Action Girl: She's a skilled fencer, martial artist, and acrobat. She puts on an impressive showing against Crackstone by herself, only getting put on the ropes when her sword shatters.
• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Where the family were very close and mutually supportive in other adaptations, here Wednesday starts out hostile and suspicious toward her parents, suspecting her mother of trying to mold her into a copy of herself and being reluctant to call them or ask for their help, as well as repeatedly expresses exasperation at their flirting.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: Unlike her previous counterparts where she was plain-looking and creepy as a child and preteen, not only Wednesday is in her late teens but she seemed to have inherited her mother Morticia's beauty, gorgeousness and allure.
• Adaptational Badass: While Wednesday is no stranger to inflicting pain on people, this is the first time she's shown martial prowess in fencing and hand-to-hand combat. She's singlehandedly able to take on three teenage boys who would otherwise outmuscle her.
• Adaptational Personality Change: Wednesday retains the brooding Deadpan Snarker personality that started with The Addams Family movies. In the original comics and television series, it was Pugsley who was the bratty and morbid Addams child. Wednesday is also more awkward than in other adaptations.
• Adaptational Skill: Her fencing abilities, which weren't present in any previous adaptations (fencing is traditionally Gomez's hobby).
• Adaptational Superpower Change: This version of Wednesday has occasional prophetic visions (of both the past and the future), as does her mother — which is a first for the franchise. If the Addamses are ever depicted as having supernatural abilities (as opposed to being merely eccentric), it's usually being impervious to physical harm, which notably isn't the case here.
• Apocalypse Maiden: A prophetic drawing made by Rowan's mom during her time at Nevermore features her in a burning Nevermore, which both Rowan and his mom interpret as her being destined to destroy Nevermore. This actually terrifies Wednesday and the things she does for the rest of Season 1 are motivated by her desire to prevent this from happening. It's later subverted when it turns out that the drawing is of Wednesday saving the school from a revived Joseph Crackstone, making her more akin to a prophesied savior.
• Age-Inappropriate Dress: Wednesday is fifteen (and later sixteen) but her unusual sense of style and preference for old-fashioned dresses and habit of wearing her hair in pigtails make her look younger than other students.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Cold and distant, Wednesday's heart is as dark as her braided hair.
• Badass Boast: Wednesday has several, bur arguably her most memorable:
  Crackstone: My vengeance will be swift and true.
  Wednesday: As will mine.
• Bad Liar: Played with. Given her Brutal Honesty, Wednesday rarely finds the need to lie, and she's good at manipulating people by being vague or using Exact Words. But when she tries to tell outright lies, she's noticeably less convincing, since she hasn't had as much practice.
• Big Sister Instinct: Though she is "the only one" who can torture Pugsley, the first thing she does after finding her little brother tied up in his locker is demand names and later sics piranhas on the bullies. She also has this for Eugene even though they aren't siblings, as he reminds her of Pugsley and thus triggers her protective instincts.
• Birthday Hater: Wednesday doesn't appreciate people's attempts to celebrate her 16th with her, though this wasn't a sentiment she always held.
  Wednesday: I haven't always been against birthdays. Each one reminds me I'm a year closer to death's cold embrace. What's not to like about that?
• Brutal Honesty: Wednesday tends not to filter or sugarcoat her words and always speak her mind in the most direct manner possible. It's a sign of growth that she starts learning to be more delicate and sensitive to others by easing up on this trait, most notably with Enid.
• Bully Hunter: Wednesday's little stunt with the piranha in the pool is revenge on the swim team for bullying Pugsley. Justified, since her hatred for them comes from a traumatic experience where a gang of bullies killed her pet scorpion when she was 6.
• Cannot Spit It Out: It is revealed that it is hard for Wednesday to admit that she and Enid are friends due her closed off nature. After their fight, it quickly becomes clear that Wednesday wants Enid to move back into their shared room, but she simply can't admit it or ask Enid to come. Even Thornhill points out that it is clear Wednesday misses Enid and wonders why it is so hard for Wednesday to admit it. Eventually, the two use Thing as a surrogate for Wednesday in order to do so to patch things up.
• Cassandra Truth: Wednesday is telling the truth that Rowan is dead, and a monster killed him. Nobody believes her, since he shows up afterwards. Only it isn't Rowan, it's Principal Weems using her shapeshifting abilities to cover up his death and preserve the school's reputation..
• Character Development: Over the course of the first season, Wednesday grows from a loner teen cynical and suspicious of everyone, her parents included, to someone who, albeit reluctantly, is willing to let certain individuals into her life and is more able to express affection for those she cares about and be more appreciative of them in her own way. She still hates people in general though.
• Character Tics: She has an unusual manner of walking, always keeping her arms completely straight and by her side.
• Childish Bangs: This version of Wednesday is the first to sport bangs along with her Girlish Pigtails, as all other previous versions (as well as flashbacks of her younger self) have bare foreheads.
• Cold Ham: Hammy isn't a word anybody would normally associate with a perpetually stoic Wednesday, but when she gets the chance to cut a rug at the school dance, she DEVOURS the scenery while still keeping her stoic facade.
• Consistent Clothing Style: Wednesday's iconic black dress with a contrast collar is only worn on the first episode. When not in her uniform, she has an all black and white wardrobe, and often wears cardigans and vests with stripes and checks.
• Creepy Loner Girl: It's Wednesday, arguably one of the most iconic creepy loner girls in pop culture. She especially sticks out as creepy in a school full of gothic monsters and freaks.
• Custom Uniform: Wednesday wears a black variation on the standard purple Nevermore uniform.
• Daddy's Girl: Wednesday is, in her own way, close to Gomez, and she is grateful for all he's taught her about fighting.
• Dark Is Not Evil: She wears black clothes and has creepy interests and hobbies, but she still has some lines she would never cross, and at worst she comes as a Sociopathic Hero.
• Deadpan Snarker: She wouldn't be Wednesday without her dry, morbid wit.
• The Determinator: Wednesday Addams is a lot of things, but a quitter isn't one of them. This is treated as both a positive and negative character trait as it allows her to overcome obstacles others quickly give up on but can also lead to her isolating those who care about her and focusing so much on her goal that she treats them poorly.
• Do Wrong, Right: She is a big believer that if you do something, you should do it well, an attitude she expresses multiple times over the course of the first season:
  • Her main objection to an attempted murder charge in her record is that people would know she had failed to finish the job.
  • When the Nightshades abduct her, Wednesday tells them they are so bad at it they give kidnappers a bad name.
  • When some normies put red paint in the sprinklers during a Nevermore dance, Wednesday is disgusted that they didn't use actual pig's blood.
• The Eeyore: Wednesday is this due to her nihilistic world view.
• Emotionless Girl: She wouldn't be Wednesday Addams if she wasn't one, rarely showing any outward displays of emotion. The few times she does, it's a sign that things are serious.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • She makes a clear distinction between "good bad" and "bad bad" actions. Trying to kill the jerks who bullied her brother? Good bad. Being the reason that a school full of innocent students gets destroyed? Bad bad.
  • Even she is horrified by Crackstone's sheer murderous hatred towards outcasts, up to and including having a shed filled with imprisoned innocent people set on fire. It's jarring to see her not only terrified of him but openly admitting it.
• Fatal Flaw: Her Determinator attitude. While it is admirable, she tends to have a tunnel vision when it comes to reach a specific goal, and she will stop at nothing to obtain what she wants, going as far as manipulating people or putting herself and her friends in danger, without care for the consequences of her actions until someone calls her out for it.
• Freudian Excuse: Witnessing her pet scorpion being crushed by cruel bullies in front of her is the reason that she decided to be anti-social.
• Genre Refugee: Even though Nevermore Academy is supposed to be a haven for Goth-types like the Addamses, Wednesday's Deadpan Snarker, Nightmare Fetishist-schtick makes everyone there look normal in comparison. The whole series can be described as a Horror Comedy Sitcom character wandering into a post-Harry Potter YA novel.
• Girlish Pigtails: Wednesday's trademark hairstyle, of which she rarely deviates from. Even at the school dance, she merely ties them into a bun.
• Gleeful and Grumpy Pairing: With Enid. Guess which one she is.
• Goth: Wednesday exclusively wears black and white, sometimes accentuated by purple or dark red lipstick.
• Goth Girls Know Magic: All iterations of the Addams women have been depicted as interested in witchcraft; however, this incarnation of Wednesday appears to possess clairvoyance.
• Hates Being Touched: Wednesday hates almost all physical contact and recoils in discomfort when faced with it. It makes her embracing Enid in a hug in the finale all the more noticeable and heartwarming.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: Well, she's more of an anti-hero. Regardless, by the time she's enrolled to Nevermore, she's already subjected to rumors and gossip. Her efforts to solve the local murders has endangered her classmates which only worsens her reputation. Initially, Wednesday is unfazed by her unpopularity but it soon starts to affect her emotionally as she grows close with others in the school.
• Hidden Depths: She can read Italian perfectly and is very technically capable, able to fix a malfunctioning Espresso machine easily and displaying an impressive knowledge of what tools would be required. She's also more emotional than she lets on and does sincerely want friends and cares about those who get close to her.
• Horrible Judge of Character: She heavily believed Xavier was the Hyde due to a large string of contrived coincidences resulting in him being the victim of a Frame-Up. Only after she gets him arrested and believes the case is closed and safe to start a relationship with Tyler does she gain a vision of the truth to her shock whilst kissing him. And even beyond that she is still insistent that Kinbott is Tyler's master until she learns what the actual master wore.
• Hypocritical Heartwarming: As the water polo team learn the hard way, let it be known that only Wednesday can torture Pugsley.
• I Am Not My Mother: Is extremely determined to not be just a carbon copy of Morticia, hence her resentment to being sent to her parents' alma mater.
• Improperly Paranoid: Wednesday suspects her parents are narcissists who view their children as extensions of themselves, and therefore sent her to Nevermore to live up to their example. After some quality time spent with her mother, Wednesday realizes Gomez and Morticia's love is unconditional, and sending her to Nevermore was in hopes that she could make some like-minded friends.
• Informed Attribute: Wednesday is constantly described as an Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette — so pale she looks half-dead — but Jenna Ortega's natural healthy tan complexion is palpable in many scenes, like her first fencing scene with Bianca and being next to Emma Myers, despite Enid implying Wednesday is paler than her.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She might be scary, thorny, and sarcastic, but when push comes to shove she will do anything to protect those she loves and is capable of genuine kindness in her own way, especially towards Enid who she comes to sincerely view as her friend.
• Kubrick Stare: This expression seems to be her default mode, with lots of close ups to emphasize it and helped by her tendency to avoid blinking.
• Made of Iron: As an Addams, injuries are usually shrugged off. However, Wednesday is not completely immune to all injuries, as seen when she gets stabbed by a superpowered demonic Joseph Crackstone and has to be revived by Goody Addams.
• Never Hurt an Innocent: An integral part of her character. Wednesday only intentionally hurts those who have wronged her and the ones she loves in some way (who are usually asshole victims anyway), like the bullies who attacked Puglsey in the opening. When she learns that she will ostensibly destroy the school and kill lots of innocent students with it, she's horrified and actively tries to prevent this from happening. When Eugene is later put into a coma as a result of her rash decision to go to the Rave(N), she holds herself responsible for it. During the battle with Crackstone, she tells Xavier to leave her and instead help in the evacuation of the school.
• New Technology Is Evil: Her reason for not owning a cellphone. She prefers to use a typewriter when writing, and will only use a payphone if absolutely forced to. She softens her stance a little at the end of season one, willingly using the smartphone that Xavier gave her.
• Nightmare Fetishist: Wednesday is a lover of all things gruesome, macabre and overall creepy.
• Not Afraid to Die: Like with most things in life, she's not really troubled at all with the prospect of dying. When she's at death's door from a stab wound, she has no problem with snarking at Goody Addams and asking if she's there to bring her to the other side.
• Not So Stoic: She certainly has some memorable moments, like tearing up when she is scared that Thing will die from his dagger impalement, looking sad and scared when Eugene is hurt then pouring her heart out to him in the hospital, being scared of Joseph Crackstone, or when she sees Enid safe and sound in the finale and ends up embracing her tightly.
• Now Allowed to Hug: Throughout the series, Wednesday consistently forbids anyone from physically touching her, which grates especially hard on her roommate, the extremely affectionate Enid. After the climax of the last episode, wherein Enid saves Wednesday from a rather gruesome death, the two are reunited and Enid gives her a big ol' hug of relief, only to remember Wednesday's boundaries and to start pulling back. However, Wednesday, after a moment of hesitation, hugs her back.
• Older Than They Look: She's 15 at the start of the series and celebrates her 16th birthday in the sixth episode — but her Girlish Pigtails, short height, and demure dress style make it easy to mistake her for a preteen. The hobo living in the ruins of the original meeting house does, much to her dismay.
  Fabian: Who are you talking to, little girl?
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
  • Wednesday usually has a stoic expression on and is generally disinterested in everything and everyone around her. So when she actually shows emotions and/or her voice stops being monotone, that means shit's going down.
  • Wednesday is generally very hard to intimidate, as she's a hardcore Nightmare Fetishist, but she's absolutely terrified of Joseph Crackstone and openly admits it. At the end though, she faces her fear and bravely stands up to him and destroys his soul for good.
  • Right before her and Enid have a fight near the end of season one, Wednesday states she apologized multiple times for Enid being in harm's way. Given her often Never My Fault attitude, she must have REALLY felt bad, especially considering how she moped for a minute after their fight before going back to work on the case.
  • Wednesday breaking down into tears when Thing is badly injured.
  • She was obviously genuinely upset that the first boy she had feelings for just treated her as a pawn. That mixture of fear, anger, and sadness is one many teenagers can relate to.
  • Special mention goes to the end of the season where she and Enid are relieved to see each other alive. After a moment where it's just Enid hugging her, Wednesday practically tackles her right back and clings tightly onto her, very close to tears of joy.
• Perpetual Frowner: As expected with the character, her go to facial expression is a blank look of disinterest and gloom, which she almost never deviates from.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She stands at only five feet tall and is very petite, but can take down much larger people with her Kung Fu skills easily.
• Power Incontinence: Wednesday has no control over her visions, which hit her whenever she needs to know something, even if she might not want them to.
• Psychometry: Wednesday's visions are often triggered by her touching people or objects. This is how she learns that Tyler is the Hyde and that he is the one who killed Dr. Kinbott.
• Seers: At the beginning of the show, Wednesday has been having visions for a year. Just like her mother when she was her age.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: While Wednesday certainly isn't unattractive, she's openly apathetic about her appearance, favoring a rigidly minimalistic dress style. But when she takes the time to get all dolled up for the Rave'N, and trades her signature braids for a flattering updo, Tyler is visibly flabbergasted.
  Tyler: Wow. You look...
  Wednesday: Unrecognizable? Ridiculous? A classic example of female objectification for the male gaze?
  Tyler: Amazing. I mean it, Wednesday: you look beautiful.
• Stepford Snarker: Wednesday's acerbic wit is her way of hiding her loneliness and desire for companionship and avoiding ever being seen as vulnerable.
• Teens Are Monsters: Her macabre interests and disturbing behavior aren't unusual in her family, but conventional society and even some of Nevermore Academy have different opinions.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is both the tomboy to her Cheery Pink-clad, k-pop loving roomie Enid as well as her Proper Lady mother, Morticia.
• Torture Technician: She is very open about enjoying both torturing others (especially her brother) and being tortured herself, a common trait of the Addams family. She also has no problem torturing her own boyfriend to discover if he is the Hyde, something even the other outcasts are horrified by. Considering this, it's surprising to hear her say at one point that whoever invented high heels was a torturer and genuinely mean it as a complaint instead of a backhanded compliment.
• Troubled Teen: Given that she's an Addams, this is no surprise. Her morbid interests and homicidal tendencies have prompted her parents to bring her to Nevermore Academy, even though they actively encourage it.
• The Unblinking: Wednesday's cold gaze is almost never interrupted by her own eyelids, adding one more layer to her unnerving nature.
• Unscrupulous Hero: Wednesday is firmly this at the end of the day, although she likes to play the part of a Sociopathic Hero most of the time. Thing is, she has a very strong moral code and is fiercely protective of those she likes — whether she admits to like them or not — but absolutely ruthless once you get on her bad side. To illustrate, she kidnaps Tyler, with the help of the Nightshade Club, knowing he is the Hyde, but once she starts torturing him into transforming, her allies bail out and go ask for the principal's help, while she continues to harm him in cold blood.
• Unusual Pets for Unusual People: Wednesday had a pet scorpion as a child. On a walk, it was killed by bullies, giving Wednesday a hatred for them ever since.
• When She Smiles: She never smiles unless something creepy or disturbing happens. But she gives a genuine, warm smile when she sees Uncle Fester.

Enid Sinclair

Enid Sinclair

"I just asked myself, "WWWD?" What Would Wednesday Do?"

^{Click for her appearance as a Werewolf.}  "It's happening! I'm wolfing out!"

Played By: Emma Myers

"When I suggested giving your side of the room a makeover, I did not have Ted Bundy's Pinterest in mind."

Wednesday's roommate, who is a werewolf and her polar opposite.

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• Action Girl: Once she finally transforms into a werewolf, she can even take on a Hyde and win.
• Afraid of Blood: Faints as Wednesday hands her gory pictures. Implied to have fainted for similar reasons before as well.
  Enid: Wednesday, I don't feel... [faints]
  Wednesday: [to Thing] Fetch the smelling salts. Again.
• Badass Adorable:
  • Enid is perky, sweet and adorable. She also possesses claws sharp enough to tear apart metal, and can easily open locked doors that even no one else can open.
  • In her full werewolf form, she's strong enough to overpower the monster...with a dyed pink fluff of hair on her head.
• Best Friend: Eventually becomes this to Wednesday, who even openly calls her this in episode 6 (To manipulate her, but she still is her closest companion in the series aside from Thing). Enid is very aware of the tropes this role has.
  Enid: You seriously want to split up? In here?! That is literally how every best friend dies in a horror movie!
• Beware the Silly Ones: Enid is not only nice, but often overly silly. However, that doesn't mean she is a push over. She tells off Wednesday when she goes too far repeatedly, can open a reinforced door without transforming, and engages a Hyde in a fight when it threatens Wednesday.
• Black Sheep: Enid, due to her inability to fully transform ("wolf out"), stands out from the rest of her werewolf family. Moreover, she doesn't want to fit in, flat out refusing when her mother insists on sending her to Lycanthropy camp.
  Enid: Would you look at my family?
  Enid's brothers: [howling]
  Enid: Talk about toxic pack mentality.
• Cheery Pink: She wears a lot of pink and is a peppy ball of sunshine, which makes her a natural contrast to Wednesday's monochromatic dourness.
• Consistent Clothing Style: When not in her uniform, Enid wears puffy and fuzzy sweaters in cheery pastel colors like, pink and orange, in contrast to Wednesday's black attire.
• Cuddle Bug: She's really affectionate, and her first scene with Wednesday has her try to give her a big hug before realizing Wednesday's aversion.
• Cumbersome Claws: Enid's claws get in her way of making out with Ajax.
• Cute Monster Girl: Emphasis on cute. She may be a werewolf, but she's also a brightly-colored Genki Girl who's eager to befriend everybody.
• Deadpan Snarker: Despite her optimistic personality, she's quite capable of snark, especially around Wednesday.
• Desperately Craves Affection: The isolation Enid faces at home has left her painfully lonely. She tries way too hard to get Wednesday and her love interest Ajax to like her.
• Dude Magnet: Enid has Eugene after her, Ajax cheerfully agrees to go out with her, and Lucas seemed to start to connect with her during the Rave'n, though that wasn't enough to stop him from ruining the dance.
• Foil:
  • For Wednesday. Every thing from their appearance to personality and worldview are total opposites, highlighting their individual traits. Their room is a clear visual example, Wednesday's half looks far more dark and dismal next to the color explosion that is Enid's.
  • Their families also mirror one another, with the Addams being a mishmash of outcasts related through blood or friendship who are rather genial, while the Sinclairs are entirely made up of werewolves and are much less nice. There’s even a class and East Coast/West Coast dynamic—the Addamses are old-school Eastern upper crust from New Jersey, while the Sinclairs are very California.
  • She's also this to Tyler Galpin, both of whom being one of the two people most endearing to Wednesday throughout the vast majority of the story (Enid being Wednesday's roommate and eventual Best Friend, Tyler being Wednesday's main love interest), and both of whom have the power to transform into beasts (Enid as a werewolf, Tyler as a Hyde). However their differences do not go unnoticed. Enid is very cheerful and extroverted (to Wednesday's ire at first) whereas Tyler is a bit socially awkward and introverted (to Wednesday's somewhat impression). Enid and Wednesday clash a few times to the point where the former has enough of the latter's personality, but ultimately make up in the end; Tyler on the other hand is always on good terms with Wednesday until his reveal as the Hyde ultimately shatters their relationship. It's only very fitting that both fight each other and receive matching claw marks on their faces in the Season Finale.
• Foreshadowing: In her human form, she's strong enough to pull open a locked door that Tyler was unable to budge, and her claws are so sharp they can rend metal and puncture car tires. These abilities get stronger when she wolfs out.
• Genki Girl: In sharp contrast to Wednesday, Enid's a lively, near-unlimited source of pep and cheerfulness.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her side of the room features a massive collection of colorful stuffed animals and teddy bears. It's so massive that Uncle Fester is able to hide in it undetected.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: With her girly style of clothes, love of pink, stuffed animals, cutesy K-pop songs, and other things, Enid is the most stereotypically feminine character in the show, but it's mentioned in episode 4 that (thanks to her older brothers) she shares their interest of professional hockey and thinks Way of the Dragon is the best kung-fu movie ever.
• Gleeful and Grumpy Pairing: With Wednesday. She's the gleeful one, as the rest of her folder can attest to.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: In the season 1 finale, she get scars on her face after her fight with Tyler. Unlike Tyler's, they are mostly covered by her hair and resemble rugged scars.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Enid is blonde and an absolute sweetheart who even eventually wins Wednesday over.
• Hypocrite: During their falling out, Enid brings up defending Wednesday, even though Wednesday never asked her to defend her, while yelling at Wednesday for not thinking about other's feelings or wants.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: She's sweet, kind, love bright colors, a perky chatterbox, wants to be friends with everyone, faints when shown a gory picture, and is openly hesitant to follow Wednesday into situations that are clearly unsafe. She's also the last person viewers expected to go toe-to-toe with a Hyde and be the one to walk away.
• Morphic Resonance: Her werewolf form retains her pastel hair dye and nail polish.
• Nice Girl: Enid is a very kind-hearted, friendly and affectionate person who even Wednesday eventually comes to like.
• Non-Human Sidekick: Her werewolf capabilities prove useful in Wednesday's investigation when she muscles open a door Tyler couldn't, and when she wolfs out and saves Wednesday from Hyde-Tyler.
• The Not-Love Interest: Enid fulfills many roles in the dynamic that would go to a love interest in another work. Enid quickly becomes Wednesday's closest confidant, and their growing bond is one of the biggest threads of the show. Enid is also the one who pushes Wednesday out of her shell and gets her to be nicer to both herself and Thing. When the two have a falling out, it hits Wednesday much harder than most other stuff, with Wednesday being visibly upset by it. Enid even finally transforms into her werewolf form to save Wednesday, and when they both see the other is okay, they have a climactic hug. When Wednesday is departing Nevermore for the holidays, she tells Enid that she has left a big mark on her life.
• Odd Couple: She's so cheerful, colorful, and has such stereotypical teen girl interests that it feels like her entire existence is meant to Invoke this with Wednesday as her roommate.
• Odd Friendship: She becomes instantly close with Thing, giving each other manicures and sharing their experiences with Wednesday and later promising to stay in touch over the summer.
• Painful Transformation: When Enid finally transforms into a werewolf, her pained screams mid-transformation make it clear that it is not pleasant.
• The Pollyanna: Enid has a very cheerful outlook on life and never lets the gruesome events of the first season affect this in any way. This is obviously in stark contrast to the dark and gloomy Wednesday.
• Power Incontinence: Enid can't control her claws or whether or not she 'wolfs out'.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: Usually has pink (and blue) highlights, had fully pink hair for the Rave'n and is sweet and bubbly to boot.
• Sickeningly Sweet: How Wednesday sees her. She immediately can't stand Enid's chipper, pastel colored self.
• Stepford Smiler: The excessive perkiness is a mask to hide how much she fears not fitting in with her family and her fear of Dying Alone.
• Textile Work Is Feminine: Made herself and Wednesday matching snoods.
• What the Hell, Hero?: As nice as she is, she has no issue calling out Wednesday when she mistreats her or Thing. It's telling that Wednesday, who normally dismisses any criticism and openly doesn't care what others think of her, actually listens and makes an honest effort to change in response.
• Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Enid's family, especially her mother, find it embarrassing that she can't make a full wolf transformation yet (the whole exchange between Enid and her mother, including references to a "Werewolf conversion therapy", gives off definite Wanted a Gender-Conforming Child-vibes).
• Wolverine Claws: Even before she can fully "wolf out", Enid can retract and grow her multicolored nails into claws.
• Wonderful Werewolf: Unlike the rest of her lycanthropic family, she's a chipper and warmhearted Nice Girl who manages to endear herself to the dour and gloomy Wednesday.
• Wrestler in All of Us: Defeats a transformed Tyler with a werewolf-form dropkick that sends him through a tree trunk.

Bianca Barclay

Bianca Barclay

"As my dear mother always says, "Fire tests gold, suffering tests a woman."

Played By: Joy Sunday

"Trust me, Wednesday Addams is not the girl of your dreams. She's the stuff of your nightmares."

A siren and the reigning queen bee of Nevermore Academy.

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• Academic Athlete: Is the ace of the fencing team and a brilliant student.
• Alpha Bitch: Bianca is the Queen Bee of the school, being a rude, arrogant Jerkass. However, later episodes reveal she has insecurities, and loathes the idea of using her powers to control someone's mind, and that she's not really that bad of a person. This makes her more of a Lovable Alpha Bitch.
• Big Ego, Hidden Depths: Bianca is introduced as the typical Alpha Bitch, antagonizing Wednesday at every turn. As the show goes on, it's revealed she has quite a few insecurities tied to her powers, went to Nevermore to escape her mother's cult, and always does the right thing in the end. She and Wednesday depart as Friendly Rivals at the end of the semester.
• Big Damn Heroes: Wounds Crackstone In the Back with her sword, just as he was about to kill Wednesday, enabling her to turn the tables and destroy him for good.
• Blessed with Suck: She admits to Wednesday that her siren song makes it impossible to know a person's real feelings as she can't turn it off. Even her amulet isn't 100% effective, resulting in her being self-conscious on relationships and other people wary of her. Being accused of using her power on him is why Xavier dumped her the first place.
• Compelling Voice: A siren's main power. Bianca doesn't care to use it, since she would rather people like her willingly. She only puts it to use when she and the rest of the Nightshades have to kidnap Tyler and later when they evacuate the school from the resurrected Joseph Crackstone.
• Creepy Blue Eyes: She has unsettling blue eyes, which appear to be an overall siren trait.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Is initially cold and competitive towards Wednesday, but over time expresses a respectful rivalry towards her that has seemingly turned into a genuine friendship (of the friendly rivals type).
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • Bianca may be a jerk, but she loathes the idea of using her powers to control the minds of others. She reacts angrily at the very suggestion from Xavier to mindwipe Wednesday from his memory, and has placed a solid distance between herself and her mother for how she uses her powers.
  • She also wouldn't stand by and watch Wednesday torture Tyler, despite being aware of the murdering psychopath he was. However, her going along with Enid and the others to report Wednesday to Weems only made things worse for everyone involved.
• Lady of War: A beautiful, elegant Alpha Bitch and a grade-a fencer, even better than Wednesday herself.
• Lovable Alpha Bitch: Bianca is initially introduced as a bitchy queen bee, but later episodes reveal that she is actually not a bad person. She even goes as far as to help Wednesday defeat Crackstone by throwing the latter off-balance for Wednesday to finish the job.
• Meaningful Rename: Bianca shed her birth name, Brandy Jane, to cut ties with her mother's brainwashing cult.
• Power Incontinence: Her siren's song is so powerful that even while using her pendant she is never sure if people like her for who she is or if they are just being compelled to like her.
• Power Limiter: Her pendant neutralizes her siren song, which seems to be common among other sirens. It isn't foolproof, to her chagrin.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Calls Xavier out when he suggests mind wipe Wednesday from his memory after he dumped Bianca for mind-controling him.

Ajax Petropolus

Ajax Petropolus

"Woah, you're in black and white... like a living Instagram filter!"

Played By: Georgie Farmer

"You're not gonna like... wolf out on me, are you?"

A gorgon stoner whom Enid is interested in.

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• Informed Flaw: The official character announcement, calls him shy and awkward, but he doesn’t come across as such in the show. He actually seems to willingly go against this for Enid.
  Ajax: Gorgons are taught not to engage. You know, I don’t want to accidentally stone someone.
• Kindhearted Simpleton: He's slow on the uptake, but a friendly, easygoing guy nevertheless. Eugene just thinks he's an idiot (but then, he's also jealous).
  Eugene: That gorgon is a moron!
• Meaningful Name: His Greek name invokes the mythical origins of gorgons. The petro in Petropolus is Greek for "stone".
• Nice Guy: He's consistently kind and friendly and is polite to Enid and her date after he misses his chance with her. He also gives Eugene a friendly greeting when he calls Enid after waking up from his coma.
• Oblivious to Love: It takes Enid literally screaming at him to ask her on a date for him to realize she's interested in him.
• Satellite Love Interest: Ajax doesn't have much character beyond just being the object of Enid's affection. He is almost always seen from her eyes, and the only other thing we learn about him is that he is a nice guy. His only real impact on the plot is also related to their romance, as his accidentally standing Enid up indirectly leads to the dance going wrong.
• Taken for Granite: As a Gorgon he naturally has this ability. It can be turned off so long as their snake hair are covered, which is why he wears a beanie, but he generally also avoids eye contact as much as he can as an added precaution. He triggered it on himself when he accidentally saw his reflection in the shower with his snakes exposed. Thankfully, the condition is temporary, as he's fine a day or two later.

Xavier Thorpe

Xavier Thorpe

"Being your friend should come with a warning label."

Played By: Percy Hynes White

"What's your excuse for creeping around in the middle of the night?"

A popular Nevermore artist, and Wednesday's childhood acquaintance.

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• Art Initiates Life: This is Xavier's personal power. He can conjure up to life anything he draws or paints - but as Wednesday proves, just hitting the resulting product is enough to reduce it to the material it was conjured up from.
• Berserk Button: Being manipulated. This is the reason he broke up with Bianca, as he couldn't stop believing that she would or had used her Siren abilities on him. When he discovers that Wednesday is lying to him for her investigation of the monster's identity, he also lashes out at her.
• Betty and Veronica: He is the Veronica to Wednesday's Archie and Tyler's Betty, being the popular guy with the loner artist persona to Tyler's safe, open-minded normie. However, it's inverted after the reveal that Tyler is the Hyde monster.
• Blessed with Suck: Xavier doesn't necessarily have full control over the drawings he brings to life, like the drawing of the Hyde that attacks him.
• Childhood Friend Romance: Clearly what he hopes for with Wednesday. They met at his godmother's funeral when they were ten, and she saved him from death by fire when during a hide-and-seek game he hid in the deceased's casket. The first interaction he has with Wednesday in the series is saving her from a falling gargoyle, to "repay the favor".
• Formerly Fat: Apparently was this when he was ten.
  Xavier: Last time we met, I was about... two feet shorter and forty pounds heavier.
  Wednesday: What happened?
  Xavier: Puberty, I guess.
  Wednesday: I meant what happened the last time we met?
• Hopeless Suitor: His crush for Wednesday is one-sided, as she never shows any romantic interest in him. This is lampshaded by Bianca.
• Mad Artist: He is described as Nevermore's very own "tormented artist".
• Psychic Link: He apparently has one with the Hyde for unknown reasons, which results in him obsessively sketching the Hyde from his visions and seeking psychotherapy with Kinbott to make sense of them. Unfortunately, Wednesday takes this to mean that he is the Hyde and Kinbott is his master.
• Red Herring: Is set up to be the Hyde for most of the first season.

Eugene Ottinger

Eugene Ottinger

"Snitches get stung, it's hive code!"

Played By: Moosa Mustafa

"I know this may come as a shock, but I don't have any friends."

A friendless geek who loves bees.

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• The Beastmaster: He can control bees.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He's a perfectly friendly and upbeat young man, but has zero problem siccing thousands of bees upon Thornhill in the finale while calling her a bitch for messing with Nevermore.
• Big Damn Heroes: Wednesday would probably be good as dead from Laurel's bullet, had he not arrived just in time to summon his bees in throwing Laurel off-balance.
• Convenient Coma: The Hyde ends up putting him in a coma, but Weems says that he's expected to make a full recovery and wakes up in the final episode completely fine.
• Dogged Nice Guy: He wants to get Enid's affection, but has been unsuccessful.
• Establishing Character Moment: Eugene first appears happily introducing Wednesday to the Nevermore Hummers and telling her trivia about bees, which is comprised of only himself and nobody else while being minimally bothered with Wednesday's own personality (and of the rumors being spread about her at this point). It establishes that in spite of his lack of friends and fascination with bees, he's a total Nice Guy.
• Friend to Bugs: He beekeeps as a hobby, but is also fascinated with other kinds of creepy crawlies.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Initially he only uses his ability for beekeeping, but in the finale he summons a swarm of bees to take out the Big Bad.
• Hopeless Suitor: Eugene has a crush on Enid. However, as Wednesday points out, he has next to no shot with Enid, not just because she is out of his league, but because she has a crush on Ajax. Eugene doesn't let this stop him from trying, though.
• Meaningful Name: His last name is two letters away from "stinger".
• Morality Chain: Is arguably the first student that Wednesday genuinely softens to and brings out her protective streak. She also feels responsible for when he gets put in a coma due to her rash decisions.
• Replacement Goldfish: Wednesday admits that his weak, pathetic personality reminds her of Pugsley.
• Stereotypical Nerd: He's the classic dorky kid with thick glasses, an orthodontic retainer, and no real friends to speak of.
• This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: He gives one to Laurel Gates after his bees swarm over her, before leaving Wednesday to finish the job.
• Unknown Rival: Has a one-sided crush on Enid, and thinks that he's competing for her affection with Ajax. Unbeknownst to him, Enid only loves Ajax and Ajax himself doesn't seem to be aware of Eugene's crush on Enid.

Yoko Tanaka

Yoko Tanaka

"You're seriously turning us down?"

Played By: Naomi J. Ogawa

"What's happening, Ms. Thornhill?"

A vampire in Enid's social circle.

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• Cool Shades: Due to her eyes being more sensitive to light, she always wears dark glasses during the day, only taking them off at night. Other vampires, including her family, also wear them for similar reasons.
• Daywalking Vampire: While her eyes are more sensitive to light, causing her to always wear sunglasses during the day, the sun is not harmful to her at all and she can walk around in direct sunlight with everyone else with no issue.
• Properly Paranoid: She and Divina seem weary of Enid bringing Lucas Walker to the rave(N). Lucas turns out to have been planning a prank that would crash the rave(N) is using Enid to make sure it happens.
• Satellite Character: Has no bearing in the story aside from being Enid's gal pal.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She's the first of the Nightshades to back out of Wednesday's plan when she starts torturing Tyler.
• Vampires Hate Garlic: Is allergic to it, enough to knock her out for a while.

Rowan Laslow (Unmarked Spoilers)

Rowan Laslow

"My mother promised me I'd finally fit in somewhere. I never thought it was possible to be an outcast in a school full of outcasts."

Played By: Calum Ross

"The girl in the picture - that's you!"

A student with telekinetic powers who was Xavier's roommate.

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• Anti-Villain: He only tries to kill Wednesday because his mother told him Wednesday would cause destruction. When he attacks her, he is clearly reluctant and conflicted about carrying out his self-imposed mission.
• Brilliant, but Lazy:
  • According to Bianca, his telekinesis is certainly stronger than most of the other outcasts powers shown.
  • Bianca also states he could be way better at fencing if he would try, but he is too lazy to apply himself.
• Corrupted Character Copy: As a sickly, bespectacled nerd, Rowan resembles Joel, Wednesday's Love Interest from Addams Family Values. He's set up as a potential suitor for Wednesday, only to try to kill her and be killed himself before the pilot ends.
• Dead Man Walking: Weems impersonates him, causing the entire school except Wednesday to think he is still alive. We never do find out what Weems did with his body.
• Mauve Shirt: He is introduced and given characterization as an outcast within outcasts like Wednesday, but is promptly killed in the first episode.
• Mind over Matter: Rowan is a telekinetic.
• Not Quite the Right Thing: He tried to kill Wednesday because he believed she was destined to destroy the school based on a prophetic drawing his mom made. But what it actually shows is Wednesday DEFENDING the school from a resurrected Joseph Crackstone.
• Small Role, Big Impact: His death in the first episode kicks off the first season's mystery.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Wednesday defends him after Bianca trips him in their fencing fight. He then nearly kills her since he was told by his mother she'd destroy the school; however, he's clearly reluctant to follow through.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Is killed during the first episode and only shows up in three scenes.
• With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: His telekinesis affected his mental state, leading to him acting erratic and violent.
• With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: At least from his point of view, he takes killing Wednesday and saving the school very seriously, even if he is uncomfortable with killing.

Faculty

Larissa Weems

Larissa Weems

"How do you manage to end up at the center of every terrible thing that happens around here?"

^{Click for her when she was a teen}  "It's Morticia Frump's fault. They were fighting over her."

Played By: Gwendoline Christie

"You don't think I want the truth? Of course I do. But the world isn't always black and white. There are shades of grey."

The Headmistress of Nevermore Academy.

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• Alas, Poor Villain: For a given measure of Villain, anyway. Despite her past misdeeds and animosity towards Wednesday, Weems' death is shown in a poignant light and everyone is shocked at the revelation that she's been murdered.
• Bait-and-Switch Tyrant: The first few episodes sure paint Weems in a sinister light by covering up Rowan's murder, on behalf of the school and his family, and she remains an Obstructive Bureaucrat throughout the first season, but all things considered, she is much more lenient with Wednesday's reckless behavior than she could be if she was genuinely antagonistic. Wednesday gets a pass for many things, including endangering her classmates, with no more than a warning, and even when she blows up her last chance by kidnapping and torturing a suspect, Weems still has enough trust in her abilities to participate in her plan to weed out the true mastermind. All in all, more a Reasonable Authority Figure than a Dean Bitterman.
• Fatal Flaw: Her willingness to protect Nevermore's reputation, no matter the cost. She ends up doing many unethical acts to keep the suspicion off Nevermore and knowingly keeps many awful truths secret to make sure Nevermore will benefit in the end. In the end, her decision to try to apprehend Thornhill without making a scene results in her death, Joseph Crackstone being brought back to life and a section of her beloved school being destroyed.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam: On the day of Wednesday's expulsion from Nevermore, she was still willing to play along just once more when Wednesday believes Thornhill was the mastermind, shapeshifting into Tyler in order to trick Thornhill into confessing. Unfortunately, shortly after being outed, Thornhill kills her via nightshade poisoning.
• Hidden Depths: While she harbors a grudge against Morticia for being The Ace and outshining Weems during their school days (and winning Gomez's heart), Weems genuinely wants the best for Wednesday. She smiles when she seems Wednesday dancing and bent the rules to keep Wednesday in the school.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Weems justifies covering up Rowan's death as her protecting Rowan and the school's reputation. Wednesday tears apart this excuse by pointing out that her actions aren't protecting anyone, as seen with Eugene being in a coma from the monster attack.
• Large and in Charge: Played by the very tall Gwendoline Christie and very much in charge.
• Mundane Utility: She used her shapeshifting powers to do an impression of Judy Garland while doing a duet with Morticia back in her teenage years.
• Shapeshifting: She displays the ability to assume the appearance of other humans. She uses it to impersonate Rowan and cover up his death.
• Obstructive Bureaucrat: She continually gets in Wednesday's way and attempts to cover up the murders rather than helping to solve them.
• Slave to PR: Her first priority is to protect the school's reputation. Even when the bodies start piling up, she remains focused on pretending everything is fine and keeping suspicion off her students. It even contributes to her death: she tries to convince Thornhill to just come quietly, and Thornhill stabs her with a syringe.
• Statuesque Stunner: Tends to tower over nearly everybody she interacts with. It helps that Gwendoline Christie is naturally 6' 3".
• Too Dumb to Live: She confronts Thornhill, a woman suspected of arranging multiple murders, without arranging any backup or seemingly considering that she might attack her. This gets her killed and Wednesday kidnapped.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: She will do anything to protect the peace between the outcasts and normies. Including covering up a student's murder.

Marilyn Thornhill (ALL SPOILERS UNMARKED)

Marilyn Thornhill/Laurel Gates

"Too odd for the normies, not odd enough for the Outcasts. I thought Nevermore would be different."

Played By: Christina Ricci

"If you ever need anyone to talk to, the door to the conservatory is always open."

The normie Housemistress of Ophelia Hall and the botany teacher at Nevermore.

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• Armor-Piercing Question: When Enid moves out of Wednesday and Enid's room, Thornhill asks why Wednesday can't just admit that she made a friend and misses Enid. Wednesday has no response and is clearly affected by this question.
• Beneath Suspicion: Wednesday never even considered her to potentially be the Hyde's master, and instead firmly believes dr. Kinbott to be the culprit. Even Kinbott getting murdered by the Hyde does nothing to make Wednesday change her theory. It's only after Eugene tells Wednesday that the Hyde's master was wearing red boots that she finally realizes it was Marilyn all along.
• Big Bad: She's the mastermind behind the Hyde murders and everything else going wrong in Nevermore and Jericho. She's doing this out of revenge for her brother, Garrett's death and her hatred for Outcasts by resurrecting Joseph Crackstone.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She spends most of the first season acting supportive of Wednesday and the other outcasts. However, she actually despised outcasts and has been planning to resurrect her ancestor to eliminate them once and for all.
• The Beastmaster: She has Tyler's Hyde form under her control to do the dirty work for her ultimate plan]].
• Chekhov's Gunman: While a cameo from the actress who played the most well-known version of Wednesday makes sense, keen-eyed viewers will find her appearances on every episode conspicuous after a while. Of course, it's eventually discovered that she is the series Big Bad.
• Cool Teacher: She is well-liked by her students, even though she is a normie, is a Reasonable Authority Figure, and is often trying to connect with Wednesday. Subverted once it’s revealed that she always hated all outcasts, and was just waiting to find the one who would help her with her plans.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Her primary motivation is getting revenge for the death of her family. She also shows affection towards Tyler but it's possible she was just manipulating him.
• Faking the Dead: Marilyn Thornhill is actually Laurel Gates, the last surviving member of the Gates family, who faked her death 25 years ago and is living under a fake name.
• Given Name Reveal: Her real name is revealed at the end of the first season to be Laurel Gates.
• Hypocrite: As much as she hates outcasts and believes in normie supremacy, she can be considered a "witch" of sorts herself due to successfully pulling off what is essentially witchcraft to bring an ancestor Back from the Dead. So if anything, she's an outcast who might as well be burned to death by the pilgrims if she was living in their time. Also, she views Crackstone as a visionary for protecting Normies from Outcasts. Yet, she doesn't bat an eye to Normies that she has Tyler kill for their body parts, considering such deaths as a small pawn in her big plan, showing she doesn't actually care about the lives of Normies like herself.
• Meaningful Name: Her name (or rather, her pseudonym) is likely an homage to Marilyn Munster, one of the most famous examples of a "normal" person in a supernatural setting.
• Parental Substitute: She calls herself Tyler's "mama" after it’s revealed she was the one who unlocked his Hyde persona.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Pretty much her motive of villainy. She hates outcasts and goes as far as to bring in Joseph Crackstone to wipe them out.
• Post-Final Boss: She's the last antagonist to be defeated in the film, but unlike Wednesday's epic face-off with Joseph Crackstone, she is swiftly taken care of by Eugene Ottinger's bees leaving Wednesday to finish the job with a kick in the face.
• Pragmatic Villainy: After Wednesday defeats Crackstone, Laurel brings a gun in an attempt to shoot Wednesday. Wednesday even remarks that's the smartest thing Laurel has ever done. Unfortunately (for Laurel), Wednesday has allies with bees as weapons.
• Purely Aesthetic Glasses: She wears huge glasses, but the moment she reveals her true identity the first thing she does is discard them, proving she never really needed the glasses but was just using them as part of her disguise.
• The Reveal: She is the supposedly dead Laurel Gates, the sister of Garrett Gates and the mastermind behind the Hyde murders who swears revenge against Nevermore for her brother's death by resurrecting Joseph Crackstone and she has been using Tyler, who is a Hyde, to harvest body parts to help her resurrect Joseph Crackstone.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: The motive for her murders is getting revenge on those she believes destroyed her family.
• Significant Anagram: While working as a caretaker for the 90-year-old candy heiress who bought the Gates mansion, Laurel used the name Theresa L. Glau, an anagram of her real name.
• The Team Normal: She's the first "normie" teacher at Nevermore.
• Uncertain Doom: She is last seen being stung by thousands of bees while Wednesday stomps on her face. Wednesday told Eugene to look away but Laruel's death is unconfirmed.
• Walking Spoiler: Her role as the first season's Big Bad makes her this.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Could be considered this when you remember that her plan to resurrect Joseph Crackstone and attack Nevermore came about because as a child her brother was seemingly murdered by one of their students leading to her mother committing suicide and her dad eventually drinking himself to death, all the while instilling in her the belief that all outcasts are evil. It’s possible that had things not fallen apart like they did, she might never have gone down such a destructive path.
• Would Hurt a Child:
  • Since she’s out for revenge against Nevermore and continues to have hatred against Outcasts, she probably won’t even care if it means killing off minors — as long as they are a means to her end.
  • She physically and emotionally abuses Tyler in order to groom him into embracing his Hyde.
  • She uses Wednesday (or rather Wednesday’s blood by Laurel’s knife) as a key to resurrect Crackstone. When Crackstone is defeated, she openly expresses her desire to kill Wednesday and brings in a gun to back it up.

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