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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2017-01-14 10:46:17

Blergh? Morticia is not Ms. Fanservice; that's a complete misunderstanding of the trope. And while all sorts of things may be implied about the characters in that show, at no point is it ever stated (nor am I aware of any Word of God to the effect) that she is a vampire. Femme Fatale is also right out, as she does not occupy that narrative role at all.

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GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2017-01-14 12:06:01

If anything, Morticia is a kind of subversion of Femme Fatale - she looks and dresses like one, but is a totally different kind of character. And I, too, have never heard anything about her being a vampire, though the show playso with horror tropes a lot and her appearance may very well be intended to make people think about vampires.

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Candi Since: Aug, 2012
2017-01-14 20:23:02

At best, she bears an appearance similar to a vampire's. But I've never seen canon she is one, so at best it's WMG.

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Xtifr Since: Jan, 2001
2017-01-14 23:12:41

She's sort of a parody of The Vamp more than Femme Fatale. The whole schtick with the Addamses is being parodies of evil stereotypes.

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GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2017-01-14 23:17:23

They're parodies, yes, but they're more than that - there's a lot of subversion as well. Morticia looks like an evil vamp but she's a devoted wife and mother, and so on. And she's of course alos a parody of the devoted wife and mother stereotype. And, perhaps above all the show is a parody of sitcom tropes.

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TheOneWhoTropes Since: Feb, 2010
2017-01-16 09:58:55

Morticia is a WITCH, not a vampire. She even says so in one of the movies.

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