Are The Addams Family human?

The big differences were that the Addams clan was based on well-known comic characters and were essentially human; those Munsters were made just for TV and based on old horror movie monsters.

Is Morticia Addams a human?

Morticia Addams (née Frump) was the matriarch of the Addams Family, a slim woman with pale skin, clad in a skin-tight black hobble gown with octopuslike tendrils at the hem. Certain sources suggested she may be some kind of vampire. She adored her husband, Gomez, as deeply as he did her.

What powers does The Addams Family have?

Uncle Fester generates electricity and magnetism, while Grandmama makes potions and flies on a broom. Son, Pugsley can hang from tree branches by his teeth, though it's never actually seen on the show, just mentioned.

Is Morticia Addams a vampire?

If anything supernatural is afoot, Morticia might be seen as a witch, but there's no real evidence she's a vampire. Rather, her black ensemble and pale characteristics are fashionable rather than signs she's moving beyond the grave.

Are the Addams supernatural?

The Addams Family is a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities, though no explanation for their powers is explicitly given in the series.

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Are The Addams Family immortal?

The entire Addams Family is immortal, the ones in the graveyard are just hanging out until they feel the need to come back. "wake the dead" isn't really waking the dead, it's waking the grumpy yet fun old relatives who don't really wanna be alive anymore, they just wanna sleep and piddle around to their hearts content.

How did The Addams Family get Thing?

Thing and Grandmama are fond of arm-wrestling. In a flashback episode on how Gomez and Morticia met, it is revealed that Thing has been with the Addams family since Gomez himself was a child, suggesting Thing is the son of an earlier generation of hand-servants (see below).

How did The Addams Family get rich?

Much of their wealth is due to the business activities of Gomez Addams. The character is portrayed as being heavily invested in Wall Street, and owning multiple businesses around the world. This includes a uranium mine, an exotic animal farm, a salt mine, and even a factory that manufactures tombstones.

Why is there always light on Morticia's face?

In Addams Family Values (1993), Morticia Addams is always lit by one beam of light across her eyes fading outward. This technique, used originally in classic noir films, accentuates Morticia's style by parodying original implementation of this technique and is used ironically (the film is a comedy).

Is Cousin a human?

In the 1998 direct-to-video film Addams Family Reunion, Itt (performed by Phil Fondacaro) is pursued by a mutant dog invented by Uncle Fester that feeds on human hair. Cousin Itt appears in the 2019 animated film (also spelled "It") where he is voiced by Snoop Dogg.

How old is Morticia Addams?

Morticia Addams, Alto/Mezzo Sop. (G3 – Bb5), Stage Age 35-50: Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams, and the mother of Wednesday and Pugsley. She has pale skin and long black hair.

How old is Wednesday Addams?

Appearance and personality. Wednesday Addams is a 13-year-old who is obsessed with death. Wednesday does most of her experiments on her brother Pugsley Addams for "fun" or for punishment.

Is Gomez Addams Hispanic?

To be fair, nowhere in The Addams Family mythology does it say that Gomez is Latino (his name isn't Adam Gomez, clearly). Plenty of white actors have portrayed the character before, most notably actor John Astin in the original TV series of the 1960s. In that version, Gomez was of Castilian and Spanish ancestry.

Is Thing just a hand?

Thing, referred to as just Thing, is a fictional character in the The Addams Family. Thing is a disembodied hand who performs various useful functions for the family, a "handservant" if you will.

How many of The Addams Family are still alive?

Only four of the original eight members are still alive. Blossom Rock, who played Grandmama Addams, died in 1978, at age 82. Lumbering Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch and Thing (the hand), died after open-heart surgery in 1979, at 46.

Are the Addams inbred?

Definitely not. It's the inbreeding thing. Though various versions of The Addams Family quite often show the Addams clan interacting with the people outside their relatively small social group, it's rarely in a way that suggests an eventual widening of the gene pool is possible.

Is Morticia Addams still alive?

Carolyn Jones, who played matriarch Morticia Addams, died in 1983. John Astin, who played charming paterfamilias Gomez Addams, is still a working actor. His next project is 2015's Starship II: Rendezvous with Ramses. Ted Cassidy, who played giant manservant Lurch, died in 1979.

Is Uncle Fester human?

Uncle Fester is a bald, hunched, and barrel-shaped man with dark, sunken eyes and often a deranged smile. He always wears a heavy, full-length fur coat. Fester was derived from a character drawn by cartoonist Charles Addams, although these were single page cartoons, with no story development or character names.

What was Morticia Addams?

Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert Addams. The character originated in the Charles Addams cartoons for The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s. In the cartoons, none of the family members had names.

How old is Pugsley?

Pugsley is the oldest child of Morticia and Gomez Addams. He is a young boy (his age is given as eight years old in the pilot episode but is changed to 10 years old in the second episode) who is almost always seen wearing a striped T-shirt and shorts.

Does Gomez love Morticia?

In The Addams Family, Gomez and Morticia Addams appear to be the epitome of a healthy relationship in terms of their love for one another and their communication patterns.

What kind of monster is Lurch?

Lurch is a tall, shambling, lugubrious butler who somewhat resembles Frankenstein's monster and on film has a deep, resonant voice. In his first appearance in a cartoon by Charles Addams he had a black beard, but in later incarnations he was clean-shaven.