Line #76 Pinball/TheAddamsFamily


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:A pinball experience for the whole family.]]
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4	->''"Look, everyone! We have guests!"''
5	-->--'''Gomez'''
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7	''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.
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9	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 [[ThatRussianSquatDance 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 12 rooms (game modes and awards), you'll have a chance to [[WizardMode Tour The Mansion]].
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11	''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 it 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.
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13	After a successful Kickstarter campaign, ''The Addams Family'' was added to ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''. The Collector's edition was given to those who donated a certain amount of money.[[labelnote:note]]Unfortunately, after the licenses to the Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018, the table has been [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes removed from sale]].[[/labelnote]] A recreation of the game was announced for ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX]]'', and released in February 2023.
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16	!!"Look everyone, we have tropes!":
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18	* AdaptedOut: Fester and Pugsley received art changes on the playfield, backglass, and flyer of ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' due to licensing issues.
19	** Fester received art changes once again on ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX]]''.
20	* AnimateDead: The "Raise the Dead" mode. Four hits to any one bumper will cause a ghost to rise from one of the on-screen graves.
21	-->'''Gomez:''' Out to the cemetery! Come on, everybody!
22	* {{Angrish}}: Cousin It lapses into an [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] version of this if he gets hit in "Hit Cousin It".
23	* ArtificialBrilliance: The Thing Flips feature, which takes control of the upper left flipper when you make a lit ramp shot and tries to hit the ball into the Swamp sinkhole for extra points. If the ball hits the targets on either side, the machine will adjust its timing accordingly when the feature is next activated.
24	* AscendedGlitch:
25	** The 3- or 6- Million awards from the Mansion. Collecting one also accidentally makes the other window light up on the play field (if it wasn't collected yet). This was maintained in the Pinball Arcade version.
26	** The Collector's Edition actually expands on this: while the 6 Million award no longer triggers the glitch, the 3 Million award is now bundled with "Pugsley and Wednesday's Trap Door", which awards a random unlit room.[[note]]unless 3 Million is itself the last award collected, in which case one of the other lit awards will be awarded a second time instead of starting [[WizardMode Tour the Mansion]].[[/note]]
27	* AssistCharacter: Thing, who will help operate the left mini-flipper if "Thing Flips" is active and pick up the ball if you get it to his box as a lock for Vault Multiball or to start Quick Multiball.
28	-->'''Gomez:''' That's the spirit, Thing! Lend a hand.
29	-->'''Gomez:''' Well played, Thing! You're really on the ball!
30	** Subverted when you collect the THING award; he comes out and grabs the ball, only to put it back after Gomez scolds him
31	-->'''Gomez:''' No, no, no!
32	-->'''Gomez:''' No time for that now!
33	* BadassBoast: In the graveyard is a gazebo with the Addams' family motto inscribed on it: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us."
34	* BigNo:
35	** Gomez will sometimes admonish Thing in this way when you collect the Thing award. In the Collector's Edition, he'll also do this occasionally after a missed Thing Flips shot.
36	--->'''Gomez:''' No, no, no!
37	** He'll also do this to the player if you shoot an unlit Electric Chair while an Extra Ball is waiting to be collected.
38	--->'''Gomez:''' No, no, no! ''Get the extra ball!''
39	* BookcasePassage: The Bookcase leading to the Vault.
40	-->'''Gomez:''' Ah, straight to the vault!
41	* BuildingOfAdventure: The Addams' mansion.
42	* {{Cap}}:
43	** 99 Bear Kicks.
44	** Jackpot base value maxes out at 25 million.
45	** Bonus multiplier maxes out at 5X.
46	* {{Combos}}: Shoot the ball up the Bear Kick ramp, then through the Graveyard pop bumpers on the left side, and then up the Million Plus ramp for a Three-Way Combo bonus of 5 million. Shoot the Swamp immediately afterward to turn it into a Four-Way Combo for another 10 million.
47	* CompanyCrossReferences: Making the combos mentioned above starts playing sounds from ''Pinball/FunHouse1990''.
48	* CreatorThumbprint: Gomez refers to The Power at the start of the Seance. The Power itself is a magnet under the middle of the playfield that activates during the Seance, after you lock two balls, and during any multiball. It can throw balls in random directions, sometimes straight to the outlanes or down the middle.
49	%%* CreepyCemetery
50	* CreepyChild: Wednesday, who's hanging out in the graveyard.
51	* DeadpanSnarker: Gomez and Morticia, whenever the player undershoots the Skill shot and drops the ball into the Swamp:
52	-->'''Morticia:''' Don't torture yourself.\
53	'''Morticia:''' You should know better.\
54	'''Gomez:''' Have a nice swim!
55	* DefiantToTheEnd: If the player gets an end-of-ball bonus of 20 million or more that includes Raise the Dead, Hit Cousin It, or Mamushka, Gomez will shout, "Who says you can't take it with you?!"
56	* DevelopersForesight:
57	** If the player manages to get a ball 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. Gomez says, "Dirty pool, old man. I like it!"
58	** After locking one ball for the first multiball, you can lock the second one by simply weakly launching the ball so it rolls back down the shooter lane and right into the swamp kickout (a counter-intuitive move for any player who isn't familiar with this particular table). If you use that trick, Gomez will yell out "Good thinking!"
59	%%* ElectricTorture: The Electric Chair.
60	* TheFaceless: Cousin It is just a tall mop of hair.
61	* HelpingHands: Thing will come out of his box at certain times to pick up the ball.
62	-->'''Gomez:''' That's the spirit, Thing! Lend a hand!
63	* LargeHam: Gomez. This is Creator/RaulJulia we're talking about here.
64	-->'''Gomez:''' It has to warm up... so it can KILL YOU!
65	* LicensedPinballTable: Licensed from the 90's movie of the same name.
66	* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: {{Invoked\|Trope}} by The Special Collector's Edition.
67	* MatchSequence: Thing drags a wagon carrying a pile of numbers[[note]]in the Special Collector's Edition, the numbers are in a bag marked "gold" instead[[/note]], and when the wagon hits a bump, two numbers fall off the wagon and form the match.
68	* MickeyMousing: During the attract mode, the machine will occasionally flip the lower flippers in tune to the finger-snapping of the Addams Family theme. Also happens during the bonus count.
69	-->'''Gomez:''' Why, [[MythologyGag thank you, Thing!]]
70	* NightmareFetishist: Invoked when Gomez lovingly describes the swamp.
71	-->'''Gomez:''' Quicksand, fumes, toxic waste... it's all ours!
72	* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: Averted; Gomez compliments you for cheating if you bounce a ball into the vault while it's still closed.
73	-->'''Gomez:''' Dirty pool, old man. I LIKE it!
74	* {{Poltergeist}}: The Power (see above) fittingly acts as one during Seance/Super Seance.
75	%%* RealSongThemeTune: The soundtrack has various arrangements of the classic ''Addams' Family'' theme song.
76	* SayMyName: A possible callout for hitting the It target:
77	** "IT, old man!" "''[[[TheUnintelligible gibberish]]]''"
78	* SecondaryAdaptation: The game is specifically based on [[Film/TheAddamsFamily the 1991 film adaptation]] of the original ''ComicStrip/TheAddamsFamily'' comic strip.
79	* SignatureLine: Which plays at the start of the game (sometimes) and when you select it on Pinball Arcade:
80	-->'''Gomez:''' LOOK, EVERYONE! WE HAVE GUESTS!
81	* SkillShot: The player has to gently plunge the ball so that it lands in Thing's eject saucer for 2 million points (and increases by 1 million for every skill shot made, until maxing out at 5 million). Also awards anything currently lit at the center scoop: a ball lock (first multiball only), Quick Multiball, the Thing award, and an extra ball.
82	* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The music that plays during "Get Ball to Thing" before the ball is locked.
83	* SpellingBonus: G-R-E-E-D opens the Bookcase to the Vault, T-H-I-N-G gives the Thing Bonus and gets Thing to come out of his box, and G-R-A-V-E scores the Grave Bonus.
84	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Just like the film it was based on, Cousin Itt's name is instead spelled "It".
85	* SpookySeance: The Seance and Super Seance, complete with [[{{Poltergeist}} The Power]] disrupting the ball.
86	-->'''Gomez:''' [[MemeticMutation Feel the power!]]
87	* TapOnTheHead:
88	** "Hit Cousin It." Each time you hit the It targets, he takes a ball to the head and gets knocked down.
89	** The replay and special sequences have him get hit too, [[MickeyMousing complete with knock]].
90	* ThatRussianSquatDance: Done by Gomez and Uncle Fester during The Mamushka; they throw their hands and feet and yell "Hey!" every time a target is hit. In the ''Pinball FX'' enhanced graphics, the 3D model of Thing will dance along to the music as well.
91	* TrillingRs: "Grrrrrreeeeeeeeeed."
92	* TheUnintelligible: Cousin It, especially during "Hit Cousin It".
93	* VisualPun: The outlanes are decorated with curtain ropes. In other words, if the ball goes in there, it's curtains for you.
94	* WhatTheHellPlayer: Collect the "Light Extra Ball" award from the Mansion (via the electric chair). Then shoot the ball directly back into the chair. Prepare to be chastised:
95	-->'''Gomez:''' [[MadLibsDialogue No, no, NO! Get the extra ball!]]
96	* WizardMode: "Tour the Mansion", which awards the player 50 million points, lights the extra ball and special at the outlanes, maximizes the jet bumpers, and starts each of the six timed modes one after the other.
97	* WorldOfHam: Having Creator/RaulJulia as the focus of the game's humor doesn't hurt.
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99	-->'''Morticia:''' Rest in peace.

Context Pinball / TheAddamsFamily