History Series / Wednesday

** Goody Addams is treated as if "Goody" is her first name. "Goody" is not a name, it's an abbreviation for "Goodwife" and roughly the equivalent of "Mrs." or "Miss".

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: This was always a staple of Wednesday Addams in any iteration, but she also subverts it and manages to exploit it. Toward the end of the series, she admits that watching ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' was torture, and she likes torture.
* BagOfKidnapping: Bianca and her friends do this to Wednesday at the end of the second episode as she makes her way into the secret library.

** The Nightshades' hideaway is accessed by performing the double snap from [[Series/TheAddamsFamily the classic television series]]' opening in front of a statue of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.

** When Wednesday rings the bell at Weathervane's Cafe, Tyler comes and answers with "You rang?", Lurch's catchphrase (and only intelligible thing he says) in the original series and movies.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This is easily the darkest installment of the ''Addams Family'' franchise to date. It includes multiple murders -- some quite gruesome, some with child victims -- a kid in a coma, backstory involving witch burning, implied torture, mutilation, etc. [[spoiler:Not to mention that both Thing and Wednesday herself come close to being killed.]]

** Wednesday, metaphorically and literally. Case in point when the Townies disrupt the Dance with their ''Film/{{Carrie}}''-inspired prank. Everyone screams and runs for cover, Wednesday lets it happen and is visibly aroused by it ... until she realises it's paint and not actually pig's blood.

* ThePromPlot: The fourth episode features a dance at Nevermore called the Rave'n. Cue misunderstandings, jealousy, a [[SheCleansUpNicely She Cleans Up Nicely]] moment from Wednesday, and a ''Film/{{Carrie}}''-inspired red paint shower to cap off the night.

** A group of bullies sabotage the Nevermore Academy school dance by rigging the sprinklers to pour out red paint. Wednesday acknowledges the similarity of the scene to ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' by lamenting they didn't bother using actual pig's blood but paint instead.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires here spend much of their time together and Yoko is shown to come from a family of them, implying it's passed through genes. They are immortal with Enid noting that many have been at the school for decades. They consume blood but are never shown feeding on anyone, getting it from blood packs. They are allergic to garlic with Yoko ending up hospitalized from consuming it accidentally but it doesn't seem to be fatal to them. They can also walk around in direct sunlight safely and with no apparent discomfort although their eyes are more sensitive to light, causing them to always wear dark glasses during the day and stay in the shade where possible.

** Wednesday's line: "I could eat Girl Scouts for breakfast" brings to mind the original 1991 film where a Girl Scout offers to buy a cup of the Addams Family if they bought one of her boxes of cookies, only for Wednesday to ask if the cookies are made from real girl scouts.

* SirensAreMermaids: On land, sirens are basically humans with a CompellingVoice. In water, they turn into mermaids/mermen.

Having been freshly expelled from another school, Wednesday (Creator/JennaOrtega) finds herself enrolled at Nevermore Academy, the alma-mater of her parents Morticia (Creator/CatherineZetaJones) and Gomez (Creator/LuisGuzman). There she finally finds people as strange and offbeat as her … but also a dark, decades old mystery. Also in the cast are Creator/EmmaMyers, Creator/RikiLindhome, Creator/JamieMcShane, Creator/PercyHynesWhite, Creator/HunterDoohan, Creator/GwendolineChristie, Creator/FredArmisen, and Creator/ChristinaRicci, [[RemakeCameo who famously played Wednesday in]] ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''Addams Family Values''.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires here spend much of their time together and Yoko is shown to come from a family of them, implying it's passed through genes. They have extremely long lifespans with Enid claiming many have been at the school for decades without aging and Yoko speculating that she will likely live around three-hundred years, though it's unknown if that's because vampires can die from aging, just much slower than humans, or she expects to die through other means. They consume blood but are never shown feeding on anyone, getting it from blood packs. They are allergic to garlic with Yoko ending up hospitalized from consuming it accidentally but it doesn't seem to be fatal to them. They can also walk around in direct sunlight safely and with no apparent discomfort although their eyes are more sensitive to light, causing them to always wear dark glasses during the day and stay in the shade where possible.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires here spend much of their time together and Yoko is shown to come from a family of them, implying it's passed through genes. They have extremely long lifespans with Enid claiming many have been at the school for decades without aging and Yoko speculating that she will likely live around three-hundred years, though it's unknown if that's because vampires can die from aging, just much slower than humans, or she expects to die through other means. They consume blood but are never shown feeding on anyone, getting it from blood packs. They are allergic to garlic with Yoko ending up hospitalized from consuming it accidentally but it doesn't seem to be fatal to them. They can also walk around in direct sunlight safely and with no apparent discomfort although their eyes are more sensitive to light, causing them to always wear dark glasses during the day and have a preference for shade.

* DaywalkingVampire: Part of the school includes vampire students like Yoko who, aside from their eyes being more light sensitive, leading them to wear sunglasses and have a preference for shade, don't seem to have any issue going outside in the sun and are seen with other students outside in daylight with no issue.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires here spend much of their time together and Yoko is shown to come from a family of them, implying it's passed through genes. They have extremely long lifespans with Enid claiming many have been at the school for decades without aging and Yoko speculating that she will likely live around three-hundred years, though it's unknown if that's because vampires can die from aging, just much slower than humans, or she expects to die through other means. They consume blood but are never shown feeding on anyone, getting it from blood packs. They are allergic to garlic with Yoko ending up hospitalized from consuming it accidentally but it doesn't seem to be fatal to them. They can also walk around in sunlight safely and with no apparent discomfort but their eyes are more sensitive to light, causing them to always wear dark glasses during the day and have a preference for shade.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Enid and her family are hereditary werewolves without any curse involved. In fact, Enid's inability to wolf out is presented as a problem and a source for her inferiority complex. When she first introduces Wednesday to the "Furs", she only warns her about them being loud on full Moon, not dangerous, hinting that even wolfed out, werewolves in this show retain their personalities. [[spoiler:Hint confirmed when Enid does wolf out, as she immediately rushes to save Wednesday and, while fighting the Hyde, takes the time to turn to Wednesday and smile, as if to say "Look what finally happened!".]]

* DaywalkingVampire: Part of the school includes vampire students like Yoko who, aside from implied light sensitivity leading them to wear sunglasses and have a preference for shade, don't seem to have any issue going outside in the sun and are seen with other students outside in daylight with no issue.

** Wednesday knowing how to dance (even in her own strange way) seems a little out of character for her, but in a well known scene from the original ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' TV show young Wednesday teaches Lurch how to dance using a similarly unusual style. Indeed, some of Wednesday's dance moves at the Rave'n are directly imitating Lisa Loring's dances from the original series.

* DaywalkingVampire: Part of the school includes vampire students like Yoko who, aside from implied light sensitivity leading them to wear sunglasses and preference for shade, don't seem to have any issue going outside in the sun and are seen with other students outside in daylight.

* DaywalkingVampire: Part of the school includes vampire students like Yoko who, aside from implied light sensitivity leading them to wear sunglasses and preference for shade, don't seem to have any issue going outside in the sun and are seen with other students outside in daylight.* TheDeadGuyDidIt: [[spoiler: Garrett Gates didn't actually die from Gomez stabbing him, but by accidentally poisoning himself with nightshade.]]