The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 unrelated single-panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker over a 50-year period from their inception in 1938. They have since been adapted to other media, such as television, film, video games, comic books, a musical, and merchandise. The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal postwar American middle-class nuclear family: an odd old money clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware or unconcerned that other people find them bizarre or frightening. The family members were unnamed until the 1964 television series. The Addams Family consists of Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, and Pugsley's pet octopus, Aristotle.
| Creator | Charles Addams |
| Original work | The New Yorker cartoons |
| Owner | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (current rights holder), Orion Pictures (original TV series and 1991 film), Warner Bros. Entertainment (Hanna-Barbera 1973 & 1992 TV series, Scooby Doo crossover and 1998 film), Paramount Pictures (1991 & 1993 films), Disney Platform Distribution (1998 TV series) |
| Comics | See below (1938) |
| Films | The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993), The Addams Family (2019), The Addams Family 2 (2021) |
| Short films | The Addams Family Fun-House (1973) |
| Television series | The Addams Family (1964–1966), The Addams Family (1973), The Addams Family (1992–1993), The New Addams Family (1998–1999), Wednesday (2022–present) |
| Television specials | The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) |
| Direct-to-video | Addams Family Reunion (1998) |
| Musicals | The Addams Family (2010) |
| Soundtracks | The Addams Family |
About The Addams Family
Animated adaptation of the 1960s series The Addams Family. The cartoon centers around the titular family and their ancestral home in the fictional town of Happydale Heights. The series is based on characters created by Charles Addams.
Achievement of The Addams Family
The show's pilot episode is titled, "Happyester Fester." The series only ran for a total of 21 episodes.
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Latest information about The Addams Family updated on December 27 2022.
