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| caption = The Addams Family, as they originally appeared in ''The New Yorker'' comic strips, art by Charles Addams
| creator = [[Charles Addams]]
| origin = ''[[The New Yorker]]'' cartoons
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|[[Amazon MGM Studios]] (current multimedia rights holder){{efn|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] holds the rights to the 1964 TV series. In addition, multiple entities hold rights to other ''Addams Family''-related material, with [[Paramount Pictures]] holding the rights to the 1991 film and its 1993 sequel (the 1991 film in particular is also owned by MGM under [[Orion Pictures]] internationally), [[Warner Bros. Entertainment]] with the animated TV series, and [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] with the 1998 film and the 1998 TV series.}}
|Tee & Charles Addams foundation (merchandise)<ref>{{cite web |title=Licensing |url=https://charlesaddams.com/licensing |website=Tee & Charles Addams Foundation}}</ref>
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| books = ''[[The Addams Family: An Evilution]]'' (2010)
| strips = [[#Books|See below]] (1938)
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* ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993)
* ''[[The Addams Family (2019 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (2019)
* ''[[The Addams Family 2]]'' (2021)
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| shorts = ''The Addams Family Fun-House'' (1973)
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* ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' (1964–1966)
* ''[[The New Addams Family]]'' (1998–1999)
* ''[[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]]'' (2022–present)
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* ''[[The Addams Family (1973 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Addams Family (1992 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' (1992–1993)
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* ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Halloween with the New Addams Family]]'' (1977)
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| dtv = ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]'' (1998)
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* ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' (2010)
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| vgs = [[The Addams Family (video game series)|List of video games]]
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* ''[[Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture]]''
* ''[[Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score]]''
* ''[[The Addams Family (2019 soundtrack)|The Addams Family]]'' (2019)
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'''The Addams Family''' is a fictional family created by American [[cartoonist]] [[Charles Addams]]. They originally appeared in a series of 150 standalone single-panel [[comics]], about half of which were originally published in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' between 1938 and their creator's death in 1988. They have since been adapted to other media, such as television, film, [[video game]]s, [[comic book]]s, a [[Musical theatre|musical]], and merchandise.

The Addams are an eccentric [[old money|old-money]] clan who delight in the [[macabre]] and the [[grotesque]] and they are seemingly unaware or unconcerned that other people find them bizarre or frightening.  The family members were unnamed until the 1960s. Matriarch Morticia and daughter Wednesday received their names when a licensed doll collection was released in 1962; patriarch Gomez and son Pugsley were named when [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|the 1964 television series]] debuted.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Sauer |first2=Patrick |title=The Cultural History of 'The Addams Family' |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cultural-history-addams-family-180973315/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref> The Addams Family consists of [[Gomez Addams|Gomez]] and [[Morticia Addams]], their children, [[Wednesday Addams|Wednesday]] and [[Pugsley Addams|Pugsley]], and close family members [[Uncle Fester]]{{efn|name=Character1}} and [[Grandmama (The Addams Family)|Grandmama]],{{efn|name=Character2|Just like Fester, there are canonical differences between the various incarnations of Grandmamma Addams (Gomez's mother). In the two live-action feature films, both animated series, and the 1998 television film, Grandmamma is portrayed as Morticia's mother. In his notes for the original cartoons, Charles Addams even refers to her as Grandma Frump, rendering her Wednesday's and Pugsley's maternal grandmother.<ref name=evilution/>{{rp|2}} In the 1964 television series and the 2019 animated film, however, she is portrayed as Gomez's mother.}} their butler [[Lurch (The Addams Family)|Lurch]], and Pugsley's pet octopus, Aristotle. The dimly seen [[Thing (The Addams Family)|Thing]] (later a disembodied hand) was introduced in 1954, and Gomez's [[Cousin Itt]], Morticia's pet lion Kitty Kat and Morticia's carnivorous plant Cleopatra in 1964. Pubert Addams, Wednesday and Pugsley's infant brother, was introduced in the 1993 film ''[[Addams Family Values]]''.{{efn|name=Character3}}

The live-action television series premiered on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on Friday, September 18, 1964, and ran for two seasons.<ref name=":0" /> It subsequently inspired a 1977 telefilm titled ''[[Halloween with the New Addams Family]]'' and cameos from the cast [[The New Scooby-Doo Movies|in other shows]]. An unrelated [[The Addams Family (1973 TV series)|animated series]] aired in 1973.

The franchise was revived in the 1990s with a feature film series consisting of ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991) and ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993). The films inspired a [[The Addams Family (1992 animated series)|second animated series]] (1992–1993) which is set in the same fictional universe. The series was rebooted with a [[Addams Family Reunion|1998 direct-to-video film]] and a [[The New Addams Family|spin-off live-action television series]] (1998–1999). In 2010, a [[The Addams Family (musical)|live musical adaptation]] featuring [[Nathan Lane]] and [[Bebe Neuwirth]] opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] with tepid reviews, but it was nominated for two [[Tony Award]]s<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tony Award Nominations |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2010/category/any/show/any/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=www.tonyawards.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and eight [[Drama Desk Award]]s, winning one Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-19 |title=2010 Drama Desk Awards: nominations announced |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/the-55th-annual-drama-desk-awards-winners |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=New York Theatre Guide |language=en}}</ref> The series was rebooted again in 2019 with the animated film ''[[The Addams Family (2019 film)|The Addams Family]]'', which led to [[The Addams Family 2|a sequel]] in 2021. In 2022, Netflix debuted the original series ''[[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]]'', which is a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] from  the original 1964 series.

The franchise has spawned [[The Addams Family (video game series)|a video game series]], [[The Addams Family: An Evilution|academic books]] and soundtracks, which are based around its [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects|Grammy]]-nominated [[The Addams Family Theme|theme song]]. A staple in pop culture for eight decades, The Addams Family has influenced [[American comic book|American comics]], [[Cinema of the United States|cinema]] and [[Television in the United States|television]]. The [[goth subculture]] and [[Gothic fashion|its fashion]] have also been influenced by The Addams Family.<ref>{{cite web |title=Types of Goths: 2. The Romantic Goth |url=https://worldgothicmodels.com/types-goths-part-2-romantic-goth/ |website=World Gothic Models |date=19 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wild for Wednesday: The iconic character's influence on gothic fashion – Fashion North |url=https://www.fashion-north.com/wild-for-wednesday-the-iconic-characters-influence-on-gothic-fashion/ |website=www.fashion-north.com}}</ref>

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==History==
===Origins and ''The New Yorker'' cartoons (1933–1964)===
Charles Addams began as a cartoonist in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' with a sketch of a window washer that ran on February 6, 1932.<ref name=maslin>{{Citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/books/26masl.html |last=Maslin |first=Janet |title=In Search of the Dark Muse of a Master of the Macabre |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 26, 2006 |page=E9 |access-date=2006-10-26 |archive-date=March 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301045357/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/books/26masl.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Addams first drew the then-unnamed Morticia some years before her first published appearance in ''The New Yorker''. Some sources give a date of 1933, while Addams himself when asked in interview suggested "around 1937."<ref name=Chronicles/> Media speculation at the time often connected Morticia to Charles Addams' first wife [[Barbara Jean Day]], but he had yet to meet her.<ref name="metv.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/stories/meet-the-many-morticias-who-married-the-addams-family-creator-charles-addams|title=Meet the many ''Morticias'' who married The Addams Family creator Charles Addams|website=Me-TV Network}}</ref> In an interview in 1981 he acknowledged that Morticia reflected the qualities he was attracted to. Because of this, the women he married later on resembled the character. He described Morticia as "not patterned after anyone in particular, although I've often thought there was a little [[Gloria Swanson]] in her."<ref name=Chronicles>The Addams Chronicles. Stephen Cox, 1991</ref>

The first Addams Family cartoon was published in 1938, in a one-panel gag format. Charles Addams became a regular contributor to ''The New Yorker'', and drew approximately 1,300 cartoons between then and his death in 1988. 58 of these would feature the Addams Family, almost all of which were published in the 1940s and 1950s. Members of the family were introduced one by one, with Morticia first, Gomez (based on [[Thomas E. Dewey]]) joining four years later, Pugsley, and finally Wednesday and Fester shortly after. Addams indicated that Fester resembled himself, "plus a little more hair."<ref name=Chronicles/> A Christmas 1946 strip, showing the family pouring boiling oil on carolers, was well received and was later sold on Christmas cards.<ref name="mentalfloss.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27231/light-heart-dark-humor-man-behind-addams-family|title=Light Heart, Dark Humor: The Man Behind The Addams Family|date=March 10, 2011|website=Mental Floss}}</ref> Outside of ''The New Yorker'', Addams also published several collections, the most notable being ''Dear Dead Days: A Family Album'' in 1959. The family members were initially not named; Wednesday was first given a name in 1962 for a licensed doll collection, while the others were named during the development of the television series in 1963.<ref name="smithsonianmag.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cultural-history-addams-family-180973315/|title=The Cultural History of 'The Addams Family'|first=Patrick|last=Sauer|website=Smithsonianmag.com|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102231703/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cultural-history-addams-family-180973315/|url-status=live}}</ref> The editor of ''The New Yorker'', William Shawn, prevented any further Addams family cartoons from being printed after the 1964 launch of the television franchise.<ref name="smithsonianmag.com"/>

[[Science fiction]] writer [[Ray Bradbury]] created a series of tales chronicling a family of Illinois monsters, the Elliotts, that bear a strong resemblance to the Addams family. These stories were anthologized in ''[[From the Dust Returned]]'' (2001), with a connecting narrative, an explanation of his work with Addams, and a 1946 illustration Addams drew for Bradbury's short story "Homecoming" in ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]]'' magazine, the first in the Elliot family series.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

===TV adaptations and rise to popularity (1964–1977)===
[[File:Addams Family Halloween 1977.JPG|thumb|The cast of the 1977 TV film]]
In the early 1960s, NBC executive David Levy stumbled across one of Addams' books in a New York bookstore, and realized that the tone would be perfect for television. He purchased the book and met with Addams in the [[Plaza Hotel]], and the topic of a television adaptation was raised. Addams had been approached about television adaptations by others in the past, but he was inclined to take Levy up on the offer because of their shared friend in the author [[John O'Hara]]. At the next meeting, at Addams' apartment, Levy indicated the characters would need to be named, and Addams came up with a list for the third meeting. According to Levy, Addams had little involvement with the series  after those three meetings. He retained the right to veto casting decisions and other choices, but did not make use of the power.<ref name=Chronicles/> Some rights to the franchise were given to [[Filmways]], the production company for the show.<ref name =1991dev>{{cite web |last1=Brew |first1=Simon |title=How 1991's The Addams Family Nearly Got Derailed |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-1991s-the-addams-family-nearly-got-derailed/ |website=Den of Geek |date=22 November 2019}}</ref>

The [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|1964 television adaptation]] brought the series to a much wider audience and was well received publicly. Producer [[Nat Perrin]] took a "less evil" approach to the characters and stories than Addams had in the cartoons, emphasizing lighter, more comedic elements. [[Stephen Cox (writer)|Stephen Cox]] later referred to the series as "more zany than spooky". The popular series, broadcast on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network, ran only two seasons. No official reason was given for the cancellation, though ''Smithsonian Magazine'' speculated that it was due to the adoption of colour programming on the network the following year.<ref name="smithsonianmag.com"/> Charles Addams himself was less happy with the series, criticising the characters for being "half as evil" as in the comics.

The sudden cancellation in 1966 also brought issues for Charles Addams, as he faced a sudden drop in income with the show no longer in development. His second wife Barbara Barb was a practicing lawyer who had engaged in "diabolical legal scheming" during their marriage, and had convinced Addams to sign over the rights to future television and film adaptations, as well as rights to some of his other cartoons. Following their divorce she remained in possession of these rights until 1991, when she sold them to allow development of the Sonnenfeld films.<ref name =1991dev/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/wednesday-addams-twisted-creator-dark-genius-charles-addams/|title=The real Uncle Fester: was Charles Addams the sickest joke in Hollywood?|first=Martin|last=Chilton|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=November 22, 2022|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Shawn would not allow any further strips to be printed in ''The New Yorker'', as he did not want the brand of his publication associated with a sitcom.<ref>{{cite web |title='The Addams Family' and 'The Munsters': Which Came First? |url=https://decider.com/2019/10/14/addams-family-vs-the-munsters-which-came-first/ |date=14 October 2019}}</ref> Addams became bitter towards the magazine "for disowning his family".<ref name="mentalfloss.com"/><ref name="smithsonianmag.com"/> The franchise remained in the popular consciousness even after the series concluded, with the "Lurch" dance move remaining popular through the 1960s. The television series was often re-run through television syndication for years afterward, particularly in Australia.

[[Hanna-Barbera Productions|Hanna-Barbera]] parodied the show in November 1964 by introducing a family named "The Gruesomes" to ''[[The Flintstones]]'', and the Gruesomes appeared occasionally in ''Flintstones'' media into the early 1970s.<ref name=Chronicles/> The studio later animated a [[The New Scooby-Doo Movies#ep3|1972 Addams Family crossover with Scooby-Doo]], which led to a [[The Addams Family (1973 TV series)|1973 animated series]]. The animated incarnation featured a new cast except for [[Felix Silla]], who returned as Cousin Itt. The show had good ratings and spawned a line of children's merchandise, but only aired 16 episodes. A pilot was also produced that year for a new live action series entitled ''The Addams Family Funhouse'', using a different cast. The pilot was aired in 1973 but never picked up for a full series.<ref name=Chronicles/>

A 1977 special, ''[[Halloween with the New Addams Family]]'', reunited most of the original cast from the 1964 series, with [[Blossom Rock]] absent due to her health. The made-for-TV movie faced issues during production and was poorly received. It was shot using a house set that had been constructed for the horror film ''[[Ben (film)|Ben]]'', which didn't resemble the original Addams mansion and caused technical issues with lighting. The film was widely criticised for the script, direction, and the performances of some of the actors. [[Jackie Coogan]] in particular was recovering from a mild stroke during filming.<ref name=Chronicles/><ref name="smithsonianmag.com"/>

===Wave of interest in Australia (1979-1989)===
While William Shawn's ban on further ''Addams Family'' comics in ''The New Yorker'' persisted until 1987; Addams was able to sneak in several of the characters as a cameo in ''Z Line Subway'', a 1979 strip.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Profile: Charles Addams |url=https://www.swanngalleries.com/news/illustration-art/2019/09/artist-profile-charles-addams/ |website=Swann Galleries News |date=4 September 2019}}</ref> He married Marilyn Matthews Miller in 1981, in an Addams family themed ceremony conducted in a cemetery.<ref name="metv.com"/> Filmways, the production company of the 1964 series and holder of some franchise rights, was purchased in 1982 by Orion Pictures. The [[William Shawn#Later years|retirement of Shawn]] in 1987 allowed a brief return of the cartoons to ''The New Yorker'', though [[Charles Addams#Death|Addams died]] only a year later. While largely inactive in the United States, the franchise did however see a wave of popularity in Australia, brought on by widely watched reruns on [[TCN-9]]. New merchandise was released in Australia and a "Morticia Boutique Dress Shop" opened in Melbourne in 1988. A satellite-linked interview with surviving members of the original cast was also aired on Australian television. A fan quoted by Cox credited the tone of the Addams family for its success in 1980s Australia, noting that the characters were "less American" than the Munsters, and that Australians had a different life-style. Astin reprised his role as Gomez for a 1989 episode of [[Nick at Nite]]'s Sitcom Zone, in which he introduced reruns of shows for a two-hour programming block. A 1989 video game ''[[Fester's Quest]]'' was developed by [[Sunsoft]], and is now considered among the worst games of all time. To promote the game some black-and-white advertisements were filmed using the characters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/how-nintendo-power-turned-propaganda-into-nostalgic-comfort/|title=How Nintendo Power Turned Propaganda Into Nostalgic Comfort|first=Gavin|last=Jasper|date=July 18, 2023|website=Den of Geek}}</ref><ref name=Chronicles/>

===Film series and ''The New Addams Family'' (1991–2001)===
The head of production at [[20th Century Fox]], [[Scott Rudin]], pitched an Addams Family film but Fox did not have the rights to the franchise. The rights were at the time split between two parties: The late Addams' second wife Barbara Barb, and [[Orion Pictures]]. The latter were in possession of film rights in particular after purchasing [[Filmways]] in 1982. Fox attempted to purchase those rights but failed, as Orion had plans for a new TV series. The studio's plans changed however after Barb sold her rights to Orion, and the studio brought Rudin on board to produce a film. [[Caroline Thompson]] and [[Larry Wilson (screenwriter)|Larry Wilson]] wrote a script, and faced many re-writes early on. [[Tim Burton]] was considered for director, but the role ultimately went to [[Barry Sonnenfeld]].
The film featured a new cast, Blossom Rock (Grandmama) having died in 1978, Ted Cassidy (Lurch) in 1979, Carolyn Jones (Morticia) in 1983 and Jackie Coogan (Fester) in 1984.
Production on the film was troubled, with Sonnenfeld blacking out on set, and a burst blood vessel in [[Raul Julia]]'s eye further delaying the shoot. [[Director of photography]] Owen Roizman quit the production three months from completion, forcing Sonnenfeld to take on the role in addition to his existing responsibilities. Orion faced financial issues and sold the project and Addams family rights to [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] mid-production- though the deal did not include overseas home media rights, which harmed distribution after release. Orion retained those, and those rights passed to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] when the studio was bought out in 1997.<ref name =1991dev/>

While the [[The Addams Family (1991 film)|1991 film]] received mixed reviews from critics, it performed reasonably well at the box office despite its production issues. A second film in 1993, ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' was highly regarded by critics but performed poorly at the box office unexpectedly, and earned less than half the revenue of its predecessor. This, and the sudden death of Julia in 1994, prevented Sonnenfeld from producing further films.<ref name="smithsonianmag.com"/> Both films received nominations for [[Academy Award]]s, [[BAFTA Award]]s, and [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Hugo Awards]]. For her role as Morticia, [[Anjelica Huston]] was twice nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress]], and [[Raul Julia]] (as Gomez), [[Christina Ricci]] (as Wednesday), [[Christopher Lloyd]] (as Fester), and [[Joan Cusack]] (as Fester's wife, Debbie Jellinsky, in the sequel) received multiple [[Saturn Award]] and [[American Comedy Award]] nominations for their portrayals.

Following the wave of interest in the franchise, [[The Addams Family (1992 TV series)|a 1992 animated television series]] notably saw [[John Astin]] reprise his role as Gomez, almost thirty years after his first appearance in the role in 1964. It was nominated for four [[Daytime Emmy Awards]], including one for Astin. That year a [[The Addams Family (pinball)|pinball machine]] based on the franchise was also released, featuring original voice acting from Julia and Huston as Gomez and Morticia. It went on to become the highest selling pinball machine of all time at over 20,000 units.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 8 Most Innovative Pinball Machines of All Time |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a3461/4276614/ |website=Popular Mechanics |date=5 August 2008}}</ref>

A direct-to-video film, ''[[The Addams Family Reunion]]'' produced by [[Saban Entertainment]] in 1998, featured the return of [[Carel Struycken]] as Lurch, but was otherwise unrelated to the Sonnenfeld films. It was very poorly received. The film was intended as the pilot for a Canadian-produced live-action television series, ''[[The New Addams Family]]'', made with a mostly different cast and airing the following year.<ref name="collider.com">{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/family-values-every-the-addams-family-version-where-to-stream/ | title=Family Values: Every 'The Addams Family' Version and Where to Stream Before 'Wednesday' | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | date=August 16, 2022 }}</ref> Astin, then in his late 60s, returned as Grandpapa Addams in the TV series, rather than Gomez, who was played by [[Glenn Taranto]].<ref name="collider.com"/> The show concluded after a single season in 1999. A video game adaptation of ''The New Addams Family'' was released in 2001 for the [[Game Boy Color]].

===Musical and animated adaptations (2007-2021)===
[[File:The Addams Family (8564473478).jpg|thumb|The musical performed in Sydney, 2013]]

In 2007, Elephant Eye Theatrical announced that they had obtained the rights to a musical adaptation of the comic series, which at that time were held by the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/go-go-go-gomez-addams-family-musical-by-lippa-brickman-and-elice-in-development-com-140968|title=Go, Go, Go Gomez! Addams Family Musical, by Lippa, Brickman and Elice, In Development}}</ref> After a try-out in Chicago in 2009, the musical was performed on Broadway in 2010, and thereafter in a sequence of international tours until 2021.

The rights to the franchise were purchased by [[Illumination Entertainment]] in 2010, and the studio shortly announced a [[Tim Burton]] [[Stop motion|stop-motion]] led film. However, Burton withdrew from the project in 2013 over a decision to use computer animation rather than stop motion as he had intended.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/why-tim-burton-finally-made-addams-family-project-wednesday-it-spoke-to-me-exclusive-image/|title=Why Tim Burton Finally Made An Addams Family Project With Wednesday: 'It Spoke To Me' – Exclusive Image|date=September 28, 2022|website=Empire}}</ref> [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] acquired the remaining rights and announced a computer animated film the same year, and entered into production in the late 2010s. Unlike the Burton version, this would use 3D computer animation. The [[The Addams Family (2019 film)|film]] was eventually released in 2019, to a moderate box-office reception. [[The Addams Family 2|A sequel]], released in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, was far less successful. The first film received mixed audience reception, while the second film received negative audience reception with the two films scoring 45% and 28% on review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], respectively.

=== ''Wednesday'' (2022- present) ===

[[Miles Millar]] and [[Alfred Gough]] began work on a live action spin off series entitled ''Wednesday'' in 2019, financed by MGM. The writers room for the series took place during the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and so was conducted remotely. The project was formally announced in 2020, with Burton as executive producer. The first series was released in 2022 to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/inside-making-netflix-wednesday-tim-182030739.html|title=Inside the Making of Netflix's 'Wednesday': From Tim Burton to Costumes and Beyond|date=December 28, 2022|website=Yahoo Entertainment}}</ref> [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer#Amazon subsidiary|Amazon purchased MGM]] in 2021, which in turn means that the Addams Family rights now rest with the company.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Jordan |title=Could Netflix Lose Wednesday? What Amazon's Addams Family Ownership Means |url=https://screenrant.com/could-netflix-lose-wednesday-amazon-addams-family-rights/#:~:text=MGM%2C%20and%20thus%20now%20Amazon,to%20Netflix%20for%20the%20time |website=ScreenRant |language=en |date=8 January 2023}}</ref>

==Premise and background==
:Gomez and Pugsley are enthusiastic. Morticia is even in disposition, muted, witty, sometimes deadly. Grandma Frump is foolishly good-natured. Wednesday is her mother's daughter. A closely-knit family, the real head being Morticia – although each of the others is a definite character – except for Grandma, who is easily led. Many of the troubles they have as a family are due to Grandma's fumbling, weak character. The house is a wreck, of course, but this is a house-proud family just the same, and every trap door is in good repair. Money is no problem.
:{{right| — [[Charles Addams]]<ref name=evilution>{{cite book |last1 = Miserocchi |first1 = H. Kevin |first2 = Charles |last2 = Addams |author2-link = Charles Addams |date = 31 March 2010 |title = The Addams Family: An evilution |publisher = Pomegranate Books |url = http://www.pomegranate.com/a180.html |isbn = 978-0-7649-5388-0 |access-date = 15 December 2010 |url-status = live |archive-date = 28 May 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010133/http://www.pomegranate.com/a180.html }}</ref>}}

The family appears to be a branch of an extensive Addams clan, with relatives all over the world. In the original television series they are said to be related to "[[Adams political family|those one-D Adamses]]", a fact the family are deeply ashamed of. According to the film version, the family credo is, ''{{lang|la|Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc}}'' ([[dog Latin|pseudo-Latin]]: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us"). Charles Addams was first inspired by his hometown of [[Westfield, New Jersey|Westfield]], New Jersey, an area full of ornate [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] mansions and archaic graveyards.<ref>{{cite news |last=Potter Kass |first=Christy |date=13 October 2010 |title=Westfield native Charles Addams still very much a part of his hometown; ''Addams Family'' online drawing contest ends October&nbsp;20th |website=TheAlternativePress.com |url=http://thealternativepress.com/articles/westfield-native-charles-addams-still-very-much-a-part-of-his-hometown-addams-family-online-drawing-contest-ends-october-20th--2 |access-date=2010-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716221608/http://thealternativepress.com/articles/westfield-native-charles-addams-still-very-much-a-part-of-his-hometown-addams-family-online-drawing-contest-ends-october-20th--2 | archive-date=16 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the original comics series they live in a [[Queen Anne style architecture|'gothic' house]] on Cemetery Ridge. According to the television series, the residence is a gloomy mansion adjacent to a cemetery and a [[swamp]] located in an unspecified American town. In [[The Addams Family (musical)|the musical]] (first shown in Chicago in 2009), the house is located in [[Central Park]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Jones |date=10 December 2009 |title=''The Addams Family'' at Oriental Theatre: In need of more 'family' time |type=review |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/12/the-addams-family-at-oriental-theatre-in-need-of-more-family-time.html |access-date=2010-11-16 |df=dmy-all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119204314/http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/12/the-addams-family-at-oriental-theatre-in-need-of-more-family-time.html |archive-date=19 January 2011 }}</ref> In the [[The Addams Family (2019 film)|2019 film]], the Addamses live in an abandoned asylum located in the outskirts of the state of [[New Jersey]] which is haunted by a disembodied resident who demands the property to remain undisturbed.

Although most of the humor derives from the fact that they share [[macabre]] interests, such as putting each other and themselves in the way of bodily harm (none of which seems to have any effect), the television Addamses are not [[evil]]. They are a close-knit [[extended family]]. Morticia is an exemplary mother, and she and Gomez remain passionate towards each other; as established in the television series: She occasionally fondly calls him [[Yiddish words used in English#B|''bubbeleh'']],{{efn|[[Yiddish words used in English#B|''bubbeleh'']]: "little boy" – [[Austro-Bavarian]] / [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] {{citation needed|date=May 2024}} }} to which he responds by kissing her arms, behavior which Morticia can also provoke by speaking a few words in [[French language|French]] (their meanings are not important; any words in French will do). The parents are supportive of their children (except in the 2019 film when Wednesday arrives home wearing a pink dress). The family is friendly and hospitable to visitors; in some cases, it is willing to donate large sums of money to causes (television series and films), despite the visitors' horror at the Addamses' peculiar lifestyle. The characters were unnamed until the advent of the 1964 television adaptation, except for Wednesday and Morticia who were first named for a 1962 licensed doll collection.<ref name="smithsonianmag.com"/>

==Adaptations==
===Television===
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====''The Addams Family'' (1964–1966)====
{{Main|The Addams Family (1964 TV series)}}
{{unreferenced section|date=July 2015}}
In 1964, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC TV]] network created [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|''The Addams Family'' television series]] based on Addams's cartoon characters. The series was shot in [[black-and-white]] and aired for two seasons in 64 half-hour episodes (September 18, 1964 – September 2, 1966). During the original television run of ''The Addams Family'' television series, ''The New Yorker'' editor [[William Shawn]] refused to publish any ''Addams Family'' cartoons. However, he continued to publish other Charles Addams cartoons. Shawn regarded his magazine as targeting a more refined readership and he did not want it to be associated with characters who could be seen on television by the more general public. After Shawn's 1987 retirement, the characters were welcomed back to ''The New Yorker''.

====''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' (1972)====
The Addams Family's first animated appearance was on the third episode of [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'', "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family" (a.k.a. "Wednesday is Missing"), which first aired on [[CBS]] [[Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday morning]], on September 23, 1972. Four members of the original cast ([[John Astin]], [[Carolyn Jones]], [[Jackie Coogan]], and [[Ted Cassidy]]) returned for the special, which involved the Addamses in a mystery with the [[Scooby-Doo]] gang. The Addams Family characters were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams cartoons. After the episode aired, fans wanted more animated adventures featuring the Addamses, and Hanna-Barbera obliged.

====''The Addams Family Fun-House'' (1973)====
In late 1972, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] produced a pilot for a live-action musical variety show which was titled ''The Addams Family Fun-House''. The cast included [[Jack Riley (actor)|Jack Riley]] and [[Liz Torres]] as Gomez and Morticia (the pair also co-wrote the special), [[Stubby Kaye]] as Uncle Fester, [[Pat McCormick (actor)|Pat McCormick]] as Lurch and [[Butch Patrick]] (who had played [[Eddie Munster]] on ''[[The Munsters]]'') as Pugsley. [[Felix Silla]] reprised his role as Cousin Itt, connecting it to the original TV series. The pilot aired in 1973, but it was not picked up for a series.<ref>{{cite web | author=MemorableTV.com | url=http://www.memorabletv.com/a/the-addams-family-funhouse.html | title=The Addams Family Fun-House | publisher=MemorableTV.com | access-date=2010-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305114814/http://www.memorabletv.com/a/the-addams-family-funhouse.html | archive-date=March 5, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

====''The Addams Family'' (1973)====
{{Main|The Addams Family (1973 animated series)}}
The first animated series ran on Saturday mornings from September 8 –
December 22, 1973 on [[NBC]]. In a departure from the original series, this series took the Addamses on the road in a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian-style]] [[mobile home|RV]]. This series also marked the point where the relationships between the characters were changed so that Fester was now Gomez's brother, and Grandmama was now Morticia's mother (though the old relationships between the characters would be revisited in the 1977 television movie, in order to retain its continuity with the original sitcom). Although Coogan and Cassidy reprised their roles as Uncle Fester and Lurch, Astin and Jones did not; their parts were recast with Hanna-Barbera voice talents [[Lennie Weinrib]] as Gomez and [[Janet Waldo]] as Morticia, while a ten-year-old [[Jodie Foster]] provided the voice of Pugsley. Again, the characters were drawn to the specifications of the original Charles Addams cartoons. The show also had appearances from Thing, Cousin Itt, Kitty Kat and Cleopatra from the original series. The show also introduces new Addams Family's animal companions, such as Ali the [[alligator]], Ocho the [[octopus]] and Mr. V the [[vulture]]. One season was produced, and the second season consisted of reruns. The show's theme music was completely different and it had no lyrics and no finger snaps, although it retained a bit of the four-note score from the live-action show.

=====''The Addams Family Comic Book''=====
From 1974 to 1975, Gold Key Comics produced a comic book series in connection with the show, but it only lasted three issues. Each issue was adapted from a TV episode, starting with "In Search of the Boola-Boola" (October 1974).<ref>{{Cite comic |Penciller=Bill Ziegler |Inker=Bill Ziegler |Letterer=Bill Ziegler |url=https://archive.org/details/HannaBarberasTheAddamsFamily1GoldKey1974/mode/2up |Title=Hanna-Barbera The Addams Family |Issue=In Search of the Boola-Boola |Date=1974 |Publisher=Gold Key Comics}}</ref>

====''Halloween with the New Addams Family'' (1977)====
{{Main|Halloween with the New Addams Family}}
A television reunion movie, ''[[Halloween with the New Addams Family]]'', aired on [[NBC]] on Sunday, October 30, 1977. It features most of the original cast, except [[Blossom Rock]], who had played Grandmama.  She was still alive but was very ill at the time; Jane Rose replaced her. Veteran character actors [[Parley Baer]] and [[Vito Scotti]], who both had recurring roles on the original series, also appeared in the movie. The movie has a slightly different version of the theme song; the finger snaps are used but not the lyrics.

Gomez and Morticia have had two more children, Wednesday Jr. and Pugsley Jr., who strongly resemble their older siblings. Gomez's brother, Pancho, is staying with the family while Gomez attends a lodge meeting in [[Tombstone, Arizona]]. Gomez is jealous of his brother, who once courted Morticia. [[Halloween]] is nigh, and Pancho tells the children the legend of the [[Great Pumpkin]]-like character of Cousin Shy, who distributes gifts and carves pumpkins for good children on Halloween night. Wednesday (now called "Wednesday, Sr.") is home from music academy, where she is studying the [[piccolo]] (breaking glass with it). Pugsley (now "Pugsley, Sr.") is home from [[Nairobi]] medical school, where he is training to be a [[witch doctor]]. The family's home has been bugged by a gang of crooks which intends to steal the family's fortune. Lafferty, the boss, sends a gang member named Mikey into the house to investigate. Mikey panics and flees after treading on the tail of Kitty Kat the lion. The crooks employ a fake Gomez and Morticia to help them carry out their plans, along with two strong-arm goons, Hercules and Atlas. Gomez returns home to celebrate the Halloween party and trim the [[scarecrow]]. Lafferty poses as Quincy Addams (from Boston) to gain entrance to the house during the party. He has his men tie up Gomez and Morticia, and his doubles take their places, confusing Pancho, who is still in love with Morticia, and Ophelia, who is still in love with Gomez. Gomez and Morticia escape (thanks to the "Old Piccolo Game"), and rejoin the party, only to have Lafferty use various methods to try to get rid of them. Lurch scares off the thugs and terrifies Lafferty's other assistant. Fester, trying to be nice, puts Lafferty on the rack. Lafferty tries to escape through the secret passage and steps on Kitty Kat's tail. When the police arrive, the crooks gladly surrender. The Addamses are then free to celebrate Halloween happily, ending the night by singing together in welcome for Cousin Shy.

====''The Addams Family: The Animated Series'' (1992–1993)====
{{Main|The Addams Family (1992 animated series)}}
The [[remake]] series ran on Saturday mornings from 1992 to 1993 on ABC after producers realized the success of the [[The Addams Family (1991 film)|1991 ''Addams Family'' movie]]. This series returned to the familiar format of the [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|original series]], with the Addams Family facing their sitcom situations at home. John Astin returned to the role of Gomez, and celebrities [[Rip Taylor]] and [[Carol Channing]] took over the roles of Fester and Grandmama, respectively. Veteran voice actors [[Jim Cummings]], [[Debi Derryberry]], Jeannie Elias and [[Pat Fraley]] did the voices of Lurch, Wednesday, Pugsley and Cousin Itt, respectively. New artistic models of the characters were used for this series, though still having a passing resemblance to the original cartoons. Two seasons were produced, with the third year containing reruns. Oddly in this series, Wednesday maintained her macabre, brooding attitude from the Addams Family movies. Still, her facial expressions and body language conveyed the happy-go-lucky, fun attitude of her portrayal in the original television show. The original [[The Addams Family Theme|Vic Mizzy theme song]], although slightly different, was used for the opening.

====''The New Addams Family'' (1998–1999)====
{{Main|The New Addams Family}}
''[[The New Addams Family]]'' was filmed in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada, and ran for 65 episodes (one more than the original TV series) during the 1998–1999 season on the then-newly launched [[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family Channel]]. Many storylines from the original series were reworked for this new series, incorporating more modern elements and jokes. John Astin returned to the franchise in some episodes of this series, albeit as "Grandpapa" Addams (Gomez's grandfather, a character introduced in ''Addams Family Reunion''). The cast included Glenn Taranto as Gomez Addams, Ellie Harvie as Morticia, Michael Roberds as Fester, Brody Smith as Pugsley, Nicole Fugere (the only cast member from ''Addams Family Reunion'' to return) as Wednesday, [[John DeSantis]] as Lurch, Betty Phillips as Grandmama and Steven Fox as Thing.

==== ''Wednesday'' (2022) ====
{{main|Wednesday (TV series)}}
In 2021, [[Netflix]] announced a live-action TV series adaptation based on Wednesday Addams, produced by [[MGM Television]] and starring [[Jenna Ortega]] as the title character. [[Alfred Gough]] and [[Miles Millar]] were the showrunners and [[Tim Burton]] directed several episodes in his first televised directorial effort.<ref>{{cite web|title=Netflix Wins Tim Burton's 'Addams Family' TV Series 'Wednesday'|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-wins-tim-burtons-addams-family-tv-series-wednesday/|website=What's on Netflix|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818014903/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-wins-tim-burtons-addams-family-tv-series-wednesday/|url-status=live}}</ref> Wednesday, a student at Nevermore Academy, solves mysteries using her [[psychic ability]]. These include murders and a 25-year-old mystery involving her family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://decoy.tvpassport.com/news/celebrity-dating-game-zooey-deschanel-and-michael-bolton-host-abc-game-show?subid=national-00001|title='Celebrity Dating Game': Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton to host ABC game show|last=Rose|first=Michelle|publisher=TV Media|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818014906/http://decoy.tvpassport.com/news/celebrity-dating-game-zooey-deschanel-and-michael-bolton-host-abc-game-show?subid=national-00001|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Luis Guzmán]] stars as Gomez,<ref>{{cite web|title=Wednesday Addams Netflix Series Casts Luis Guzmán As Gomez|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/wednesday-addams-netflix-series-casts-luis-guzman-as-gomez-1234810548/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=August 6, 2021|access-date=August 6, 2021|archive-date=August 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806192602/https://deadline.com/2021/08/wednesday-addams-netflix-series-casts-luis-guzman-as-gomez-1234810548/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] stars as Morticia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catherine Zeta-Jones Tapped To Play Morticia Addams For Netflix 'Wednesday' Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/catherine-zeta-jones-morticia-addams-netflix-wednesday-series-1234811704/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Alexandra|last=Del Rosario|date=August 9, 2021|access-date=August 10, 2021|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809205318/https://deadline.com/2021/08/catherine-zeta-jones-morticia-addams-netflix-wednesday-series-1234811704/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, [[Fred Armisen]] appears as Uncle Fester, George Burcea as Lurch, Victor Dorobantu as Thing, and [[Isaac Ordonez]] as Pugsley. Hunter Doohan, [[Georgie Farmer]], Moosa Mostafa, [[Emma Myers]], [[Naomi J. Ogawa]], Joy Sunday, [[Percy Hynes White]], [[Riki Lindhome]], [[Jamie McShane]] and [[Gwendoline Christie]] were also added to the cast as series regulars.<ref>{{cite web|title='Wednesday': Thora Birch, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane & Hunter Doohan Among 10 Cast In Tim Burton's Addams Family Netflix Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/wednesday-thora-birch-riki-lindhome-jamie-mcshane-hunter-doohan-cast-tim-burton-addams-family-netflix-series-1234823032/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=August 27, 2021|access-date=August 28, 2021|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827143207/https://deadline.com/2021/08/wednesday-thora-birch-riki-lindhome-jamie-mcshane-hunter-doohan-cast-tim-burton-addams-family-netflix-series-1234823032/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Wednesday': Gwendoline Christie Joins Tim Burton's Addams Family Netflix Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/wednesday-gwendoline-christie-tim-burton-addams-family-netflix-series-1234833915/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2021|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915150536/https://deadline.com/2021/09/wednesday-gwendoline-christie-tim-burton-addams-family-netflix-series-1234833915/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2022, Christina Ricci, who portrayed Wednesday in ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991) and ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993), joined the cast as a series regular.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-22 |title=Christina Ricci Returning to 'Addams Family' Franchise In Netflix's 'Wednesday' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christina-ricci-addams-family-franchise-netflix-wednesday_n_6239dc00e4b046c938e10414 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421000816/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christina-ricci-addams-family-franchise-netflix-wednesday_n_6239dc00e4b046c938e10414 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Feature films===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Crew/detail
! colspan="3"| Live action
! Colspan="2"| Animated
|-
! ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991)
! ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993)
! ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]'' (1998)
! ''[[The Addams Family (2019 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (2019)
! ''[[The Addams Family 2]]'' (2021)
|-
! Director
| colspan="2"| [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
| Dave Payne
| [[Conrad Vernon]]<br />[[Greg Tiernan]]
| [[Conrad Vernon]]<br />[[Greg Tiernan]]<hr>''Co-directed by'':<br />Laura Brousseau<br />Kevin Pavlovic<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-addams-family-2-bill-hader-javon-wanna-walton-join-voice-cast-1234593614/|title='The Addams Family 2': Bill Hader & Javon "Wanna" Walton Join Voice Cast|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008162155/https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-addams-family-2-bill-hader-javon-wanna-walton-join-voice-cast-1234593614/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Producer
| colspan="2"| [[Scott Rudin]]
| [[Mike Elliott (film producer)|Mike Elliott]]
| [[Gail Berman]]<br />Conrad Vernon<br />Alex Schwartz<br />Alison O'Brien
| Gail Berman<br />Conrad Vernon<br />Danielle Sterling<br />Alison O'Brien
|-
! Writer(s)
| [[Caroline Thompson]]<br />[[Larry Wilson (screenwriter)|Larry Wilson]]
| [[Paul Rudnick]]
| Rob Kerchner<br />Scott Sandin
| ''Screenplay by:''<br />[[Matt Lieberman]]<hr>''Story by:''<br />Matt Lieberman<br />[[Erica Rivinoja]]<br />Conrad Vernon
| ''Screenplay by:''<br />[[Dan Hernandez]]<br />[[Benji Samit]]<br />[[Ben Queen]]<br />[[Susanna Fogel]]<hr>''Story by:''<br />Dan Hernandez<br />Benji Samit
|-
! Composer
| colspan="2"| [[Marc Shaiman]]
| Amotz Plessner
| colspan="2"| [[Mychael Danna]]<br />[[Jeff Danna]]
|-
! Cinematography
| [[Owen Roizman]]
| [[Donald Peterman]]
| Christian Sebaldt
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
! Editor(s)
| [[Dede Allen]]
| [[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]<br />[[Jim Miller (film editor)|Jim Miller]]
| J. J. Jackson
| [[David Ian Salter]]
| Ryan Folsey
|-
! Production company
| Paramount Pictures<br />Scott Rudin Productions
| Scott Rudin Productions
| [[Saban Entertainment]]
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br />Bron Creative<br />[[Nitrogen Studios]]<br />[[Cinesite|Cinesite Studios]]<br />The Jackal Group
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br />Bron Creative<br />[[Nitrogen Studios]]<br />[[Cinesite|Cinesite Studios]]<br />The Jackal Group<br />Glickmania
|-
! Distributor
| [[Paramount Pictures]] (United States and Latin America)<hr>[[Columbia Pictures]] (International)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Addams Family (1991)|website=[[BBFC]]|access-date=19 July 2021|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-addams-family-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmti5mtm|archive-date=October 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015005217/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-addams-family-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmti5mtm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Paramount Pictures
| [[Warner Home Video]]
| colspan="2"| [[United Artists Releasing]] (United States)<hr>[[Universal Pictures]] (International)
|-
! Runtime
| 99 minutes
| 94 minutes
| 91 minutes
| 87 minutes
| 93 minutes
|-
! Release date
| November 22, 1991
| November 19, 1993
| September 22, 1998
| October 11, 2019
| October 1, 2021
|}

====''The Addams Family'' (1991)====
{{Main|The Addams Family (1991 film)}}
In the 1990s, [[Orion Pictures]] (which by then had inherited the rights to the series) developed a film version, ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (released on November 22, 1991). Because of the studio's financial troubles at the time, Orion sold the US rights to the film to [[Paramount Pictures]]. On October 1, 2019, [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Addams Family & Addams Family Values Double Feature |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=25382 |website=Blu-ray.com |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714221419/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=25382 |url-status=live }}</ref> released double feature of ''Addams Family'' and ''Addams Family Values'' on Blu-ray in the United States.

====''Addams Family Values'' (1993)====
{{Main|Addams Family Values}}
Upon the last film's success, a sequel followed: ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (released on November 19, 1993, with worldwide distribution by Paramount). Loosened content restrictions allowed the films to use far more grotesque humor that strove to keep the Addams cartoons' original spirit (in fact, several gags were lifted straight from the single-panel cartoons). The two films used the same cast, except for Grandmama, played by Judith Malina and Carol Kane in the first and second films, respectively. A script for a third film was prepared in 1994, but was abandoned after the sudden death of actor [[Raul Julia]] that year.

====''Addams Family Reunion'' (1998)====
{{Main|Addams Family Reunion}}
Another film, ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]'', was released [[direct-to-video]] on September 22, 1998, this time by [[Warner Bros.]] through its video division. It has no relation to the Paramount movies, being in fact a full-length pilot for a second live-action television version, ''The New Addams Family'', produced and shot in Canada. The third movie's Gomez, played by [[Tim Curry]], follows the style of Raul Julia, while the new sitcom's Gomez, played by [[Glenn Taranto]], is played in the style of John Astin, who had played the character in the 1960s. The only actors in this Warner Bros./[[Saban Entertainment]] production to have played in the previous Paramount films were Carel Struycken as Lurch and Christopher Hart as Thing.

====Cancelled film====
In 2010, it was announced that [[Illumination (company)|Illumination Entertainment]], in partnership with [[Universal Pictures]], had acquired the underlying rights to the Addams Family drawings.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mike |last = Fleming |date = March 18, 2010 |title = Tim Burton's next 3D animated film? Da da da da, snap snap: ''The Addams Family'' |website = [[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2010/03/tim-burton-next-3d-animated-film-da-da-da-snap-snap-the-addams-family-28841/ |access-date=2010-07-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328113143/http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/tim-burton-next-3d-animated-film-da-da-da-snap-snap-the-addams-family/ |archive-date=March 28, 2014 }}</ref> The film was planned to be a [[stop-motion]] animated film based on Charles Addams's original drawings. [[Tim Burton]] was set to co-write and co-produce the film, with a possibility to direct.<ref>{{cite web | first=Mike | last=Fleming | date=August 19, 2010 | title=Tim Burton reunites with ''Ed Wood'' scribes for ''Addams Family'' and ''Big Eyes'' | website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] | url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/tim-burton-reunites-with-ed-wood-scribes-for-addams-family-and-big-eyes-62229/ | access-date=2010-11-16 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417172937/http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/tim-burton-reunites-with-ed-wood-scribes-for-addams-family-and-big-eyes/ | archive-date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref> In July&nbsp;2013 however, it was reported that the film was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=July 17, 2013 |title=Illumination chief Chris Meledandri lines up originals for Universal |newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |quote=At the same time, Illumination has scrapped a number of planned movie ideas: ''Waldo'' and a Tim Burton-helmed, stop-motion ''The Addams Family'' are dead. The company abandoned a ''Woody Woodpecker'' pic., and couldn't crack ''Clifford the Big Red Dog''. |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/illumination-chief-chris-meledandri-lines-up-originals-for-universal-1200564348/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305051800/https://variety.com/2013/film/news/illumination-chief-chris-meledandri-lines-up-originals-for-universal-1200564348/ |archive-date=March 5, 2019 }}</ref>

====''The Addams Family'' (2019) and ''The Addams Family 2'' (2021)====
{{Main|The Addams Family (2019 film)|The Addams Family 2}}
On October 31, 2013, it was announced in [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] that [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] will be reviving The Addams Family as an animated film with [[Pamela Pettler]] to write the screenplay and Andrew Mittman and Kevin Miserocchi to executive produce the film and they were in final negotiations with [[BermanBraun]]'s [[Gail Berman]] and [[Lloyd Braun]] to produce it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/addams-family-reborn-as-animated-movie-at-mgm-exclusive-1200781652/|title='Addams Family' Reborn As Animated Movie at MGM (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Dave McNary|work=Variety|date=October 31, 2013|access-date=December 7, 2017|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204205147/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/addams-family-reborn-as-animated-movie-at-mgm-exclusive-1200781652/|url-status=live}}</ref> By October 2017, [[Conrad Vernon]] had been hired to direct the film, which he will also produce along with Berman and Alex Schwartz, based on a screenplay written by Pettler, with revisions by Matt Lieberman.<ref name="THRTacklingAddams">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title='Sausage Party' Director Tackling 'The Addams Family' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sausage-party-director-tackling-addams-family-1048373|access-date=October 14, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 12, 2017|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013054143/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sausage-party-director-tackling-addams-family-1048373|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released on October 11, 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/oscar-isaac-addams-family-gomez-1202642805/|title=Oscar Isaac in Talks to Voice Gomez Addams in Animated 'Addams Family'|magazine=Variety Magazine|date=December 15, 2017|access-date=December 16, 2017|archive-date=December 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216040209/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/oscar-isaac-addams-family-gomez-1202642805/|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 8, 2020, [[MGM]] announced that a [[The Addams Family 2|sequel]] is in the works with an announcement trailer.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_JA4cG0Rp0/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/4_JA4cG0Rp0| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 {{!}} In Theaters Halloween 2021 {{!}} Official Announcement|work=youtube|date=October 8, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The original cast set to return. [[Bill Hader]] and [[Javon Walton|Javon "Wanna" Walton]] have also been cast to voice. [[Bill Hader]] played a new character named Dr. Cyrus Strange, while Javon replaced [[Finn Wolfhard]] as the voice of [[Pugsley Addams]]. Directors [[Greg Tiernan]] and [[Conrad Vernon]] returned as directors. The film was released on October 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-21|title=James Bond: 'No Time To Die' Release Date Delayed to Fall|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-bond-pic-no-time-to-die-delays-release-to-fall|access-date=2021-01-22|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122005029/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-bond-pic-no-time-to-die-delays-release-to-fall?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Homages and adaptations===
* In 1959 an animated television homage was produced by [[Cartoon Network Studios|Hanna-Barbera Productions]]. [[Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist]], a family of fictional characters inspired by The Addams Family, appeared on the ''[[Snagglepuss]]'' and ''[[Snooper and Blabber]]'' shows and was later adapted into a comic book.
* In 1964, the year ''The Addams Family'' debuted, Hanna-Barbera introduced Weirdly and Creepella Gruesome and family, based in part on Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist and in part on the Addamses, as recurrent characters on ''The Flintstones''.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Gruesomes|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0580255/|access-date=2019-10-23|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818014935/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0580255/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* A 2012 episode of ''[[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' features a song titled "The Borgia Family" in reference to the [[Addams Family Theme]].
* In 2015, comedian Melissa Hunter wrote the [[web series]] ''Adult Wednesday Addams'', which is a comedic adaptation of the franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3332657/adult-wednesday-addams-simply-incredible/|title='Adult Wednesday Addams' Is Simply Incredible|work=Bloody Disgusting!|date=February 16, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125628/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3332657/adult-wednesday-addams-simply-incredible/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hunter was forced to remove the series due to legal action.

===Video games===
{{Main|The Addams Family (video game series)}}
Ten video games released from 1989 to 2021 were based on ''The Addams Family''.
* ''[[Fester's Quest]]'' (1989) is a top-down adventure game that features Uncle Fester.
* The Addams Family LCD Video Game by Tiger Electronics is a handheld unit released in 1991.
* [[ICOM Simulations]] published ''[[The Addams Family (video game)#ICOM Simulations|The Addams Family]]'' video game for the [[TurboGrafx CD|TurboGrafx-CD]] in 1991.
* Between 1992 and 1994, four versions of ''[[The Addams Family (video game)|The Addams Family]]'' were released by [[Ocean Software]] based on the 1991 movie: an [[8-bit color|8-bit]] home console version for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Master System|Sega Master System]], and [[Game Gear|Sega Game Gear]]; an 8-bit portable console version for the [[Game Boy]]; an 8-bit home computer version for the [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]] and [[Amstrad CPC]]; and a [[16-bit computing|16-bit]] version released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], and [[Sega Genesis|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]. The releases on Sega platforms were published by [[Acclaim Entertainment]]'s [[List of Acclaim Entertainment subsidiaries#Flying Edge|Flying Edge]] imprint.
* The games' sequel, ''[[The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt]]'' (1993), also by [[Ocean Software]], was based on the ABC animated series and was released for SNES, NES, and Game Boy (although the latter two are 8-bit [[Video game remake|remakes]] of the first SNES game, swapping Pugsley's and Gomez's roles).
* ''[[Addams Family Values (video game)|Addams Family Values]]'' (1994) by Ocean is based on the movie sequel and returns to the style of gameplay seen in ''Fester's Quest''.
* An arcade shocker, ''The New Addams Family Electric Shock Machine'' (also known as ''Electrifying''), was released by Eurocom and Nova Productions in 1999.
* A [[Game Boy Color]] game was released in 2001 for promotion of ''The New Addams Family''. The game was titled ''[[The New Addams Family Series]]''. In this game, the Addams mansion had been bought by a fictional company called "Funnyday" that wanted to tear down the house and surrounding grounds to make room for an amusement park.
* A 2019 mobile game for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]], ''The Addams Family Mystery Mansion'', was released by [[Animoca]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.addamsfamily.game/ | title=Addams Family Mystery Mansion Mobile Game for iOS & Android | access-date=September 1, 2021 | archive-date=August 13, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813053904/http://www.addamsfamily.game/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem'', a movie tie-in game for Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox and Google Stadia developed by PHL Collective and published by British publisher Outright Games, was released on September 24, 2021.

===Pinball===
{{Further|The Addams Family (pinball)}}
A [[pinball]] game by [[Midway Games|Midway]] (under the [[Bally Technologies|Bally]] label) was released in 1992 shortly after the movie. It is the best-selling pinball game of all time.<ref>{{cite web | last=Porges | first=Seth | url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/toys/4276614 | title=Top 8 Most Innovative Pinball Machines of All Time | work=[[Popular Mechanics]] | date=August 5, 2008 | access-date=2010-12-05 | archive-date=January 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131154748/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/toys/4276614 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Books===
====''The Addams Family''====
This first novelisation of the television series, written by [[Jack Sharkey (writer)|Jack Sharkey]], was released near the end of the show's second season. The book details the family's arrival in their new home and explains how it got its bizarre décor. The arrival and origins of Thing are explained. Each chapter reads as a self-contained story, like episodes of the television show. The novel concludes with the Addams family discovering that their lives will be the basis for a new television series. It was published in paperback by [[Pyramid Books]] in 1965.<ref name="Publication: The Addams Family">{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?287600|title=Publication: The Addams Family|website=www.isfdb.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-01-15|archive-date=January 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184708/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?287600|url-status=live}}</ref>

====''The Addams Family Strikes Back''====
''The Addams Family Strikes Back'' by W.F. Miksch tells how Gomez plans to rehabilitate the image of [[Benedict Arnold]] by running for the local school board. The tone and characterizations in this book resemble the TV characters much more closely than in the first novel. Cousin Itt appears as a minor character in this story, but as a tiny, three-legged creature rather than the hairy, derby-hatted character seen on television and in the movies. The novel was published in paperback form by Pyramid Books in 1965.<ref name="Publication: The Addams Family"/>

====''The Addams Family: An Evilution''====
{{Further|The Addams Family: An Evilution}}
''The Addams Family: An Evilution'' is a book about the "[[evolution|evilution]]" of The Addams Family characters, with more than 200 published and previously unpublished cartoons, and includes text by Charles Addams and H. Kevin Miserocchi, Director of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation. Pomegranate Press published the book in 2010.

===Advertising===
In 1994, the actors cast as the Addamses in the first two films (sans the recently deceased Raul Julia) were in several Japanese television spots for the [[Honda Odyssey]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Pollack | first=Andrew | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E6DC133CF934A25753C1A962958260 | title=Honda Set to Play Catch-Up in Mini-Van Market | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=October 17, 1994 | access-date=2010-12-04 | archive-date=August 18, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818014904/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/17/business/honda-set-to-play-catch-up-in-mini-van-market.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The Addamses are seen speaking Japanese—most prominently Gomez (for whom a voice actor was used to impersonate Julia while footage from ''Addams Family Values'' was seen) and Morticia.<ref>{{cite web | author=paulafromtwoson | url=http://addamses.blogspot.com/2007/03/japanese-car-commercials.html | title=Japanese Car Commercials | publisher=Addamses: The Addams Family Archive | date=March 25, 2007 | access-date=2010-12-04 | archive-date=October 8, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008115541/http://addamses.blogspot.com/2007/03/japanese-car-commercials.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007 and 2008, the Addams Family appeared as [[M&M's]] in an advertising campaign for M&M's Dark Chocolate.<ref>{{cite news | author=TV Series Finale | url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-addams-family-a-spooky-yet-sweet-return/ | title=The Addams Family: A Spooky Yet Sweet Return | publisher=TV Series Finale | date=April 30, 2007 | access-date=2010-12-04 | archive-date=August 18, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818014905/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-addams-family-a-spooky-yet-sweet-return/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Soundtrack===
A [[The Addams Family Theme|theme song for the 1964 TV series]] as well as a soundtrack album the next year were released, both composed by [[Vic Mizzy]] and the latter containing all of his compositions for the series entitled ''Original Music From The Addams Family''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vic Mizzy – Original Music From The Addams Family |url=https://www.discogs.com/Vic-Mizzy-Original-Music-From-The-Addams-Family/master/411830 |website=discogs |date=September 24, 1965 |access-date=15 October 2019 |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721133132/https://www.discogs.com/Vic-Mizzy-Original-Music-From-The-Addams-Family/master/411830 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Musical===
====''The Addams Family''====
{{Main|The Addams Family (musical)}}
In May 2007, it was announced that a musical inspired by The Addams Family drawings by Charles Addams was being developed for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage. Broadway veterans [[Marshall Brickman]] and [[Rick Elice]] wrote the [[libretto|book]], and [[Andrew Lippa]] wrote the score. Julian Crouch and [[Phelim McDermott]] ([[Improbable theatre]] founders) directed and designed the production, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo.<ref>{{cite news | last=Jones | first=Kenneth | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108236-Go-Go-Go-Gomez-Addams-Family-Musical-by-Lippa-Brickman-and-Elice-In-Development | title=Go, Go, Go Gomez! Addams Family Musical, by Lippa, Brickman and Elice, In Development | work=[[Playbill]] | date=May 21, 2007 | access-date=2010-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815010757/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108236-Go-Go-Go-Gomez-Addams-Family-Musical-by-Lippa-Brickman-and-Elice-In-Development | archive-date=August 15, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> A workshop and private industry presentation was held August 4–8, 2008. Featured in the cast were [[Bebe Neuwirth]] as Morticia, [[Krysta Rodriguez]] as Wednesday, and [[Nathan Lane]] as Gomez. In addition, [[Kevin Chamberlin]] played Uncle Fester and [[Zachary James]] played Lurch.

The musical opened in previews at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] on Broadway on March 8, 2010, with an official opening on April 8,<ref>{{cite news | last=Jones | first=Kenneth | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135551-Zaks-Is-New-Patriarch-of-Addams-Family-Previews-Will-Now-Begin-March-8 | title=Zaks Is New Patriarch of Addams Family; Previews Will Now Begin March 8 | work=[[Playbill]] | date=December 29, 2009 | access-date=2010-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604184012/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135551-Zaks-Is-New-Patriarch-of-Addams-Family-Previews-Will-Now-Begin-March-8 | archive-date=June 4, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> after an out-of-town tryout in Chicago at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts from November 13, 2009, to January 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Jones | first1=Kenneth | last2=Gans | first2=Andrew | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120061-Lane-Neuwirth-Chamberlin-McCarthy-and-Arden-Featured-in-Addams-Family-Reading | title=Lane, Neuwirth, Chamberlin, McCarthy and Arden Featured in Addams Family Reading | work=[[Playbill]] | date=August 4, 2008 | access-date=2010-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815001316/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120061-Lane-Neuwirth-Chamberlin-McCarthy-and-Arden-Featured-in-Addams-Family-Reading | archive-date=August 15, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125216-Addams-Family-Sings-Together-in-NYC-Workshop-of-New-Musical-With-Lane-and-Neuwirth "Addams Family Sings Together in NYC Workshop of New Musical, With Lane and Neuwirth"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815062636/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125216-Addams-Family-Sings-Together-in-NYC-Workshop-of-New-Musical-With-Lane-and-Neuwirth |date=August 15, 2010 }}, playbill.com, January 2009</ref> The cast includes Lane as Gomez, Neuwirth as Morticia, [[Terrence Mann]] as Mal Beineke, [[Carolee Carmello]] as Alice Beineke, Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, [[Jackie Hoffman]] as Grandma, [[Zachary James]] as Lurch, [[Krysta Rodriguez]] as Wednesday, and [[Wesley Taylor]] as Wednesday's love interest, Lucas Beineke.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090514144305/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129122-Addams+Family+Musical+to+Star+Lane%2C+Neuwirth%2C+Carmello%2C+Hoffman%2C+Chamberlin+and+More "Addams Family Musical to Star Lane, Neuwirth, Carmello, Hoffman, Chamberlin and More"], playbill.com, May 11, 2009</ref> The Broadway production ran for 22 months, closing on December 31, 2011, after 35 previews and 722 performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/addams-family-to-close-1.3118779|work=Newsday|date=August 24, 2011|last=Winer|first=Linda|access-date=August 24, 2011|title="Addams Family" to close|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014092510/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/addams-family-to-close-1.3118779|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 5, 2016, it was announced that the musical would premiere in the UK, on a major UK and Ireland tour produced by [[James Yeoburn]] and [[Stuart Matthew Price]] for United Theatrical.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Addams Family Musical Comedy {{!}} UK Tour|url=https://www.theaddamsfamily.co.uk/|access-date=2020-12-27|website=The Addams Family|language=en-GB|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130053119/https://www.theaddamsfamily.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> The production was directed by [[Matthew White (theatre director)|Matthew White]] and it opened at [[Edinburgh Festival Theatre]] on April 20, 2017, starring [[Samantha Womack]], [[Les Dennis]] and [[Carrie Hope Fletcher]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/the-addams-family-musical-uk-tour_41694.html|title=The Addams Family musical to tour UK|website=whatsonstage.com|date=September 5, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2016|archive-date=September 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908155729/http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/the-addams-family-musical-uk-tour_41694.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cast and characters==
{{For|the cast of the musical (which varied by production)|The Addams Family (musical)#Casts}}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
!style="width:20%;" rowspan=2| Live-action media
|-
!width=9%| [[Gomez Addams|Gomez]]
!width=9%| [[Morticia Addams|Morticia]]
!width=9%| [[Pugsley Addams|Pugsley]]
!width=9%| [[Wednesday Addams|Wednesday]]
!width=9%| [[Uncle Fester]]
!width=9%| [[Grandmama (The Addams Family)|Grandmama]]
!width=9%| [[Lurch (The Addams Family)|Lurch]]
!width=9%| [[Thing (The Addams Family)|Thing]]
!width=9%| [[Cousin Itt]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|1964 TV series]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[John Astin]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Carolyn Jones]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Ken Weatherwax]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Lisa Loring]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Jackie Coogan]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Blossom Rock]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Lurch            !--> [[Ted Cassidy]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Thing            !--> [[Ted Cassidy]] /<br /> Jack Voglin
|rowspan="3"|  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> [[Felix Silla]]
|-
!scope="row"|''The Addams Family Fun-House'' (1973)
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[Jack Riley (actor)|Jack Riley]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Liz Torres]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Butch Patrick]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> Noelle von Sonn
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Stubby Kaye]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> {{center| — }}
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Lurch            !--> [[Pat McCormick (actor)|Pat McCormick]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Thing            !--> {{center| — }}
               <!-- Cousin Itt (ditto) !-->
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Halloween with the New Addams Family]]'' (1977)
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[John Astin]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Carolyn Jones]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Ken Weatherwax]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Lisa Loring]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Jackie Coogan]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Jane Rose]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Lurch            !-->  [[Ted Cassidy]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Thing            !--> [[Ted Cassidy]]
               <!-- Cousin Itt (ditto) !-->
|-
! scope="row" | [[The Addams Family (1991 film)|1991 film]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[Raul Julia]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Anjelica Huston]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Jimmy Workman]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Christina Ricci]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Christopher Lloyd]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Judith Malina]]
| rowspan="3" |  <!-- Lurch            !--> [[Carel Struycken]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Thing            !--> [[Christopher Hart (actor)|Christopher Hart]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> [[John Franklin (actor)|John Franklin]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993)
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Carol Kane]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]'' (1998)
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[Tim Curry]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Daryl Hannah]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Jerry Messing]]
| rowspan="2" |  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Nicole Fugere]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Patrick Thomas (actor)|Patrick Thomas]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Alice Ghostley]]
| rowspan="1" |  <!-- Thing            !--> {{center| — }}
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> [[Phil Fondacaro]]
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[The New Addams Family]]'' (1998)
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[Glenn Taranto]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Ellie Harvie]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> Brody Smith
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Michael Roberds]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> Betty Phillips
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Lurch            !--> [[John DeSantis]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Thing            !--> Steven Fox
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> David Mylrea / <br /> [[Paul Dobson (actor)|Paul Dobson]]
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]]'' (2022)
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[Luis Guzmán]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Isaac Ordonez]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Jenna Ortega]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Fred Armisen]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Joanna Lumley]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Lurch            !--> George Burcea
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Thing            !--> Victor Dorobantu
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> {{center| — }}
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
! style="width:20%;" rowspan=2 | Animated media
|-
!width=10%| [[Gomez Addams|Gomez]]
!width=10%| [[Morticia Addams|Morticia]]
!width=10%| [[Pugsley Addams|Pugsley]]
!width=10%| [[Wednesday Addams|Wednesday]]
!width=10%| [[Uncle Fester]]
!width=10%| [[Grandmama (The Addams Family)|Grandmama]]
!width=10%| [[Lurch (The Addams Family)|Lurch]]
!width=10%| [[Cousin Itt]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[The New Scooby-Doo Movies|''Wednesday Is Missing'' (1972)]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[John Astin]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Carolyn Jones]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Jodie Foster]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> Cindy Henderson
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Jackie Coogan]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Janet Waldo]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Lurch            !--> [[Ted Cassidy]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[The Addams Family (1973 TV series)|1973 animated series]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[Lennie Weinrib]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> Janet Waldo
|-
! scope="row" | [[The Addams Family (1992 TV series)|1992 animated series]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> John Astin
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Nancy Linari]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> Jeannie Elias
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Debi Derryberry]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Rip Taylor]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Carol Channing]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Lurch            !--> [[Jim Cummings]]
| colspan="1" |  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> [[Pat Fraley]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[The Addams Family (2019 film)|2019 animated film]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> [[Oscar Isaac]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> [[Charlize Theron]]
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Finn Wolfhard]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Chloë Grace Moretz]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Nick Kroll]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> [[Bette Midler]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Lurch            !--> [[Conrad Vernon]]
|rowspan="2"|  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> [[Snoop Dogg]]
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[The Addams Family 2]]'' (2021)
|colspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> [[Javon Walton]]
|-
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
!style="width:20%;" rowspan=2| Video games
|-
!width=10%| [[Gomez Addams|Gomez]]
!width=10%| [[Morticia Addams|Morticia]]
!width=10%| [[Pugsley Addams|Pugsley]]
!width=10%| [[Wednesday Addams|Wednesday]]
!width=10%| [[Uncle Fester]]
!width=10%| [[Grandmama (The Addams Family)|Grandmama]]
!width=10%| [[Lurch (The Addams Family)|Lurch]]
!width=10%| [[Cousin Itt]]
|-
!scope="row"|''The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem'' (2021)
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Gomez Addams     !--> Jonathan Lipow
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Morticia Addams  !--> Alexa Kahn
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Pugsley Addams   !--> Paul Castro Jr.
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Wednesday Addams !--> [[Cristina Vee]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Uncle Fester     !--> [[Bill Rogers (voice actor)|Bill Rogers]]
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Grandmama        !--> Jocelyn Blue
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Lurch            !--> Kaiser Johnson
|rowspan="1"|  <!-- Cousin Itt       !--> Jonathan Lipow
|-
|}

==Legacy==
The family has had a profound influence on [[American comic book|American comics]], [[Cinema of the United States|cinema]] and [[Television in the United States|television]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Stephen |date=December 3, 2016 |title=The Addams Family: Volume One |website=[[Pop Matters]] |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/the-addams-family-volume-one/ |access-date=May 9, 2017 |quote=''The Addams Family'' left an indelible mark on pop culture was an obvious influence on future pop culture icons gained a loyal cult following, and influenced the work of future ghoulmeisters like [[Tim Burton]].}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mankoff |first1=Bob |author1-link=Bob Mankoff |date=March 11, 2010 |title=Charles Addams |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |quote=I think [Charles Addams]'s influence is, like the man, largish. In cartooning, you can see the direct influence of his work in someone like [[Gahan Wilson]], and his influence extends beyond the [[horror fiction|horror genre]], to humor. |url=https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/charles-addams |access-date=May 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516002637/http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/charles-addams |archive-date=May 16, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Healy |first1=Patrick |date=January 5, 2010 |title=That old black magic – so hard to recapture |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]  |quote=Addams's influence is reflected not only in the work of generations of cartoonists but also in movies like "[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]", and those by [[Wes Craven]], and television shows like ''[[The Simpsons]]''. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/theater/06addams.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |url-status=live |access-date=May 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001213643/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/theater/06addams.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |archive-date=October 1, 2017 }}</ref> and it has also been seen as an inspiration for the [[goth subculture]] and [[Gothic fashion|its fashion]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Copeland |first1=Libby |date=July 14, 2016 |title=Goth at&nbsp;40: The enduring appeal of bleakness and black lipstick |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/goth-at-40-the-enduring-appeal-of-bleakness-and-black-lipstick/2016/07/14/99cc147a-3d72-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html |access-date=May 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818014912/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/goth-at-40-the-enduring-appeal-of-bleakness-and-black-lipstick/2016/07/14/99cc147a-3d72-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html |archive-date=August 18, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Inspired by Alexander Wang's walk on the dark side, fashion's favorite goths |date=February 15, 2015 |magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |url=http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/fall-2015-trends-alexander-wang-goth |url-status=live |access-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319100036/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/fall-2015-trends-alexander-wang-goth |archive-date=March 19, 2018 }}</ref> According to ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', the Addamses "are one of the most iconic families in American history, up there with [[Kennedy family|the Kennedys]]".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chilton |first1=Martin |date=December 9, 2014 |title=The Addams Family vs The Munsters |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11102649/The-Addams-Family-v-The-Munsters.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11102649/The-Addams-Family-v-The-Munsters.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Similarly, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' has compared "the relevance and the cultural reach" of the family with those of the Kennedys and the [[Roosevelt family|Roosevelts]], "so much a part of the American landscape that it's difficult to discuss the country's history without mentioning them".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cosgrove |first=Ben |date=September 16, 2014 |title=''Addams Family'' hopefuls: Photos from auditions for a classic TV show |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/3763739/addams-family-hopefuls-photos-from-auditions-for-a-classic-tv-show/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403004606/http://time.com/3763739/addams-family-hopefuls-photos-from-auditions-for-a-classic-tv-show/ |archive-date=April 3, 2015 }}</ref> For ''[[TV Guide]]'', which listed the characters in the top ten of the "60&nbsp;greatest TV families of all time", the Addamses "provid[ed] the design for cartoonish clans to come, like [[the Flintstones]] and [[the Simpsons]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fretts |first=Bruce |date=June 11, 2013 |title=The 60&nbsp;greatest TV families of all time |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/greatest-tv-families-1066540/ |access-date=May 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505150037/http://www.tvguide.com/news/greatest-tv-families-1066540/ |archive-date=May 5, 2017 }}</ref> Owing to their popularity, the first feature-length adaptation has been identified as a "[[cult film]]",<ref>{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Rosa |date=November 16, 2014 |title=I based Morticia Addams on Jerry Hall, says Anjelica Huston. |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11234130/I-based-Morticia-Addams-on-Jerry-Hall-says-Anjelica-Huston.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11234130/I-based-Morticia-Addams-on-Jerry-Hall-says-Anjelica-Huston.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> while ''Addams Family Values'' was listed as one of the "50&nbsp;best [[family films]]" by ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Docter |first1=Pete |last2=Peterson |first2=Bob |date=October 11, 2010 |title=The 50&nbsp;best family films |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2010/oct/11/best-family-films-kids |access-date=May 8, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165337/https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2010/oct/11/best-family-films-kids |archive-date=October 1, 2017 }}</ref> and nominated for the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|'100&nbsp;Years ... 100&nbsp;Laughs']] at the turn of the century.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's '100&nbsp;Years ... 100&nbsp;Laughs' nominees |website=afi.com |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs500.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150538/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs500.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2011 }}</ref> Ricci's portrayal of Wednesday in the film series was ranked one of the "100&nbsp;greatest movie characters" by ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 100&nbsp;greatest movie characters |date=March 6, 2017 |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-movie-characters/ |access-date=May 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218080819/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-movie-characters/ }}</ref> and in 2011 [[AOL]] named Morticia one of the "100&nbsp;most memorable female TV characters".<ref>{{cite web |last=Potts |first=Kim |date=March 2, 2011 |title=100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters |website=AOL TV |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2011/03/02/100-most-memorable-female-tv-characters/ |url-status=dead |access-date=July 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022214124/http://www.aoltv.com/2011/03/02/100-most-memorable-female-tv-characters/ |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[The Munsters]]'' – A franchise based on a sitcom with a similar premise.

==Notes==
{{Notelist
|notes=
{{efn|name=Character1|There are canonical differences between the various incarnations of Fester Addams. In the two live-action feature films, both animated series, the [[Addams Family Reunion|1998 television film]], and the [[The Addams Family (2019 film)|2019 animated film]], he is portrayed as Gomez's brother. In the [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|1964 television series]], however, he is portrayed as Morticia's maternal uncle (via her mother, Hester Frump).}}
{{efn|name=Character3|In ''[[Halloween with the New Addams Family]]'', Gomez and Morticia have a second son, Pugsley Jr., and a second daughter, Wednesday Jr. Meanwhile, in ''[[Addams Family Values]]'', Gomez and Morticia welcome a third son, Pubert Addams. To this day, no released media has featured Pugsley Jr., Wednesday Jr., and Pubert together.}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.charlesaddams.com/ Tee & Charles Addams Foundation]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/addams_f.htm ''The Addams Family'' (1937)] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240525190530/https://www.webcitation.org/668d3ovk5?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/addams_f.htm Archived] from the original on March 13, 2012.
* [http://www.theaddamsfamily.co.uk The Addams Family UK] (musical website)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011003135/http://www.tvland.com/shows/addamsfamily/ ''The Addams Family'' on TVLand.com]
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q2048374|title=The New Addams Family}}
* {{ibdb title|id=484632|title=The Addams Family Musical}}

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