TW: Macabre, Dark comedy, Gothic Romantic elements/style, Interest in death, Interest in murder, Interest in psychopaths, Unconventional family members, Sibling rivalry, Attempts to harm other family members, Mutiny, Summer camp, Serial killer
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In honor of Thanksgiving celebrated in the West, the librarian has two themes to share. Each will have its own post.
Today’s Theme (1 of 2): The Addams Family (Comics, TV Shows, Live-Action Movies, Animated Movie)
Plot: Started as a newspaper comic drawn by Charles Addams about an unusual, quirky family with an interest in all things macabre, the comic strip centered around a family of four with their loyal butler and hand servant. In the 1960s, a live-action TV show was created and the family was given names, while their personalities were developed further. Years later, there were cartoons and movies about this family dressed in dark Gothic fashions who lived in a gloomy mansion, surrounded by darkness and death.
The 1991 live-action film focused on the family reuniting with their estranged uncle, who took a wrong turn in the Bermuda Triangle and is suffering from amnesia. 2 years later, the sequel Addams Family Values introduced the new baby of the family, along with the uncle getting married to a serial killer and the children being shipped off to a preppy summer camp. A failed third film showed the Addams family looking for long-lost relatives in the hope they can find a cure for the elderly members becoming “normal”. The most recent installment showed the quirky family trying to protect their children from the hostile “normal” neighbors, believing that they are doing the right thing.
In all of the content, the family always works to figure a way out of their situations in their own unique way. In the words of the matriarch, “Yes, we will survive. Poison us! Strangle us! Break our bones! We’ll come back for more! And why?”
“Because we’re Addamses!”
Gomez Addams: The father and head of the Addams family. A suave, devoted husband and father, he is skilled in fencing and darts. Always up for some lighthearted pranks and jokes.
Morticia Addams: The mother of the Addams family. Elegant and mysterious, she is always there to offer support or words of wisdom, with a hint of dark humor or wit. She cares dearly for her husband and family, often steering them on track if they need guidance.
Pugsley Addams: The oldest child of the family. He enjoys stealing traffic and safety signs for his collection, often with the goal of seeing disaster strike when the area has an accident where he’s swiped the sign from. He tends to follow his sister’s ideas without much question, even if it means subjecting him to a game in an electric chair called Is There a God?
Wednesday Addams: The youngest child of the family. (Prior to the film Addams Family Values) She is the brains of the children and often comes up with the schemes, making Pugsley help her with executing them properly. She is often spouting sarcastic or dark one liners to everyone around her, usually looking unimpressed with her surroundings.
Uncle Fester: Gomez’s older brother and the uncle to Pugsley and Wednesday. He is mischievous and often joins Gomez or Pugsley in their pranks and jokes. He is unable to die via electrocution and harbors a talent for making a light bulb light up while in his mouth.
Lurch: The tall, mainly silent butler who communicates through grunts and groans. He waits on the family’s needs without hesitation and does many of the tasks around the house.
Grandmama Addams: Eccentric and enthusiastic, she handles the cooking in the family and offers advice to Morticia when she needs it. Like a typical witch, she knows curses and hexes and can conduct seances.
Joel Glicker: A young boy who attends the same summer camp as Wednesday and Pugsley in Addams Family Values. He suffers from many ailments and hates the outdoors, longing to be home and reading. He bonds with the Addams siblings over a shared hatred of the camp and campers, always trying to aid them in their escape from the camp. Eventually he works with the siblings to overthrow the counselors and snooty It-Girl camper during a politically incorrect play of the first Thanksgiving and shares a goodbye kiss with Wednesday.
Debbie Jellinsky: A serial killer who looks for rich, lonely bachelors, marries them, then kills them on the honeymoon for their money, always making it look like an accident. She goes after Fester, posing as a nanny for Wednesday and Pugsley when the pair try to eliminate their new baby brother in Addams Family Values. However, her attempts to kill off Fester fail each time, due to the nature of the family.
There are other characters that are part of the family like Cousin Itt (a long-haired relative that mumbles), Thing (the disembodied hand servant who aids the family), and Pubert (the new baby in Addams Family Values) but due to some of their appearances/traits, they may not be ideal muses to use.
Your muse is one of the Addams characters and follows one of the plots from the films.
Your muse crosses paths with one of the Addams characters and either finds common ground, or clashes with them.
Great for groups or large bands.
Also ideal for a pair of muses who wish to be either Morticia/Gomez, Pugsley/Wednesday, or Wednesday/Joel.
Serial killer, yandere, and obsession themes could be overlaid on these characters and storylines, due to the family’s interest in Victorian and Gothic elements and dark or misunderstood figures in history.
Also could be overlaid with bad boy/bad girl themes, as Wednesday and Pugsley have gotten into situations like vandalism, theft, mutiny, and hijacking in the stories.
Any time period can be placed on these characters and stories.
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