The Addams Family (1992)

The Addams Family is an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters by Charles Addams and is the second cartoon show to feature the Addams (the first was the 1973 series). It ran from September 12, 1992 to November 6, 1993 on ABC and was produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series' development began in the wake of the 1991 Addams Family feature film. Two seasons were produced.

Geared towards children, much of the family's macabre nature was toned down. Unlike in the live action series Uncle Fester loves explosives and blowing himself up. In order for the series to fit with other Saturday morning cartoons, plot lines were geared around the family living in the bright, cheerful town of Happydale Heights and facing some kind of threat from a series of recurring villains or individuals who either wanted to force the Addams' from their home or capture one of them (usually Uncle Fester) for nefarious purposes.

The first episode to air involved a plot against Uncle Fester by Norman Normanmeyer's "arch nemesis," a faceless gangster; the episode was aired out of production order, however, and relied on the viewer's having seen previous episodes for context, thus leaving the audience in the dark as to why Norman had an nemesis. Later episodes would introduce the series' most common recurring villains, an underwear obsessed family, the Normanmeyer's that lived next door to the Addams and despised them for their lifestyle being an affront to typical suburban living (with the exception of their son N.J.).

Episodes dealing with the Normanmeyers usually involved Norman and Normina, trying to rid Happydale Heights of the Addams Family or spying on the Addams; N.J. is friends with Wednesday and Pugsley, inevitably leading to intrafamilial conflict. At the end of several episodes, when the conflict was resolved, Gomez usually suggested a family dance. The first suggestion for the dance was usually thrown out because of some weird requirement. Uncle Fester is usually the one to point out the reason the first suggestion should not be accepted albeit sometimes Gomez and Uncle Fester found themselves in a role reversal (with Uncle Fester making the suggestion and Gomez pointing out the reason not to follow it).

The second suggestion was accepted and there was usually a requirement for that dance too. New artistic models of the characters were used for this series, though still having a passing resemblance to the original comics. Lurch, for instance, has blue skin in the animated series. The Addams Family Theme, re-recorded with a basso profondo lead vocal, was reused as the theme for the series.

Cast

Image	Character	USA	Mex	Ger	Fra	Ita	Pol	Swe	Nor	Den	Spa	Por
	Gomez Addams	John Astin	Salvador Delgado		Gérard Hernandez	Stefano De Sando	Zbigniew Suszyński				Ricky Coello
	Morticia Addams	Nancy Linari	Gaby Willer
	Wednesday FridayAddams	Debi Derryberry	Patricia Acevedo				Krystyna Kozanecka				Graciela Molina
	Pugsley Addams	Jeannie Elias	Gaby Willer				Joanna Wizmur			Lars Thiesgaard
	Uncle Fester	Rip Taylor	Jorge Arvizu			Ambrogio Colombo
	Lurch	Jim Cummings						Gunnar Ernblad			Pepe Mediavilla
	Thing	N/A
	Cousin It	Pat Fraley	Yamil Atala
	Granny	Carol Channing	Liza Willert	Claude Chantal
	N.J. Normanmeyer	Dick Beals	Yamil Atala
	Mr. Normanmeyer	Rob Paulsen	Mario Castañeda
	Mrs. Normanmeyer	Edie McClurg	Liza Willert
	Mrs. Blossom	Marcia Wallace
	Titles	N/A	Gaby Willer

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