History Pinball / TheAddamsFamily

* {{Angrish}}: Cousin Itt lapses into an [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] version of this if he gets hit in "Hit Cousin Itt".

* TapOnTheHead: "Hit Cousin Itt." Each time you hit the Itt targets, he takes a ball to the head and gets knocked down.

* TheUnintelligible: Cousin Itt, especially during "Hit Cousin Itt".

'''The Addams Family''' is a {{pinball}} game designed by Creator/PatLawlor, illustrated by Creator/JohnYoussi, and released in 1992 by Creator/WilliamsElectronics (under the Bally label). It is based on [[{{Film/TheAddamsFamily}} the 1991 film of the same name]], and Creator/RaulJulia and Creator/AnjelicaHuston reprised their roles as Gomez and Morticia, respectively.

''The Addams Family'' ultimately became the best-selling pinball game ever, breaking all previous sales records[[note]]formerly held locks are by Bally's ''Pinball/EightBall''[[/note]] with 20,270 units sold. Bally eventually re-released the game in 1994 as ''The Addams Family: Special Collector's Edition'', with gold elements on the cabinets, more quotes in the game, and an expanded set of rules.

''The Addams Family'' ultimately went on to became the best-selling pinball game ever, breaking all previous sales records[[note]]formerly held locks are by Bally's ''Pinball/EightBall''[[/note]] with 20,270 units sold. Bally eventually re-released the game in 1994 as ''The Addams Family: Special Collector's Edition'', with gold elements on the cabinets, more quotes in the game, and an expanded set of rules.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: If the player manages to shoot a pinball into the Vault while the Bookcase is closed, G-R-E-E-D will automatically be spelled, the bookcase will open instantly, and the first ball is locked.

* {{Angrish}}: Cousin It lapses into an [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] version of this if he gets hit in "Hit Cousin It".

* TapOnTheHead: "Hit Cousin It." Each time you hit the It targets, he takes a ball to the head and gets knocked down.

* TheUnintelligible: Cousin It, especially during "Hit Cousin It".

** ShoutOut: To Pinball/FunHouse; the same sounds are carried over to this game.

After a successful Kickstarter campaign, ''The Addams Family'' was added to ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

* TapOnTheHead: "Hit Cousin It", where every shot lands on his head.

* WizardMode: "Tour the Mansion", which awards the player 50 million points, lights the extra ball and outlane specials, maximizes the jet bumpers, then starts each of the six timed modes one after the other.

''The Addams Family'' ultimately went on to became the best-selling pinball game ever, breaking all previous sales records[[note]]formerly held by Bally's ''Pinball/EightBall''[[/note]] with 20,270 units sold. Bally eventually re-released the game in 1994 as ''The Addams Family: Special Collector's Edition'', with gold elements on the cabinets, more quotes in the game, and an expanded set of rules.

* SkillShot: The player has to gently plunge the ball so that it lands into Thing's eject saucer for 2 million points (and increases by one million for every skill shot made, until maxing out at 5 million), and also locks the ball if the locks are lit (up to two locks).

* AdaptedOut: According to the [=FarSight=] developers, they were unable to secure the likeness rights for Creator/ChristopherLloyd (Fester) and Jimmy Workman (Pugsley) to appear on ''The Pinball Arcade'' version. As a result, Fester and Pugsley were redrawn to not resemble the actors.

* BadassBoast: In the graveyard is a gazebo with an inscription on it: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us."

* AscendedGlitch: On most tables, collecting the 3 Million award from the Mansion also accidentally makes the 6 Million window light up on the play field (if it wasn't collected yet). This was maintained in the Pinball Arcade version.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme bears more than a passing resemblance to the main theme of Creator/{{Pat Lawlor}}'s previous table, ''Pinball/{{Funhouse}}''.

* WorldOfHam

The game casts you as a visitor exploring the Addams' mansion, and the most obvious objective is survival. Not that it's easy, with the swamp and the graveyard out back, the electric chair in the parlor, the living bear carpet, secret passageways, and the blades flying around during the Mamushka. While Gomez and Morticia try to be supportive, Thing is ready to [[StealthPun lend a hand]] by helping you work the flippers. If you can get through all thirteen rooms (game modes), you get to [[WizardMode Tour The Mansion]].

-->'''Gomez:''' "No, no, no, no, no!"

* HeyItsThatSound: The sound effects played after completing a Three- and Four-Way Combo sequence are the same ones used in ''Pinball/Funhouse''.

* SpellingBonus: G-R-E-E-D opens the Bookcase to the Vault, T-H-I-N-G gives a bonus and gets Thing to come out of his box, and G-R-A-V-E scores the Grave Bonus.