Her lighting always consists of one beam of light across her eyes that gradually fades outward to enhance her classic look. Christina Ricci said the stupidest question she was ever asked during an interview was while promoting this film.
The ability to see visions of the past, present, and future is something Morticia possesses. This gift has been passed down through her family tree all the way to her own daughter, Wednesday. It has caused her grief in the past. With the help of a deceased family member, she was able to gain better control over it.
Morticia Addams is a bad witch in the best way. She's the brainchild of cartoonist Charles Addams, whose talent for creating ghoulish and darkly humorous characters led to the infamous Addams Family single-panel comics in The New Yorker during the late 1930s.
Because her mother, Morticia, is typically portrayed as white—Catherine Zeta-Jones, who plays Morticia in the show, is of Welsh and Irish Catholic descent—Wednesday can be seen as a mixed-race individual . Her knack for always being the outcast even among outcasts suddenly makes sense.
Principal Larissa Weems reveals that Morticia began having visions when she was around 16 years old at Nevermore Academy, and originally believed that she was “losing her mind” when they became more powerful.
Morticia's Eyes Always Got Special Lighting
Knowing how important Morticia's look was, Huston's eyes were actually illuminated in most scenes. Watching the films again, it's hard not to notice that there's always a white beam going across Morticia's face, which only adds to the irony and beauty of the character.
Morticia was best known for speaking French, but the happy couple could express themselves in many languages. Sometimes they'd converse in Yiddish, Spanish, or Italian.
Gomez and Morticia Would Finally Get the Backstory Their Love Deserves. According to Wednesday's story, Morticia (Gwen Jones) and Gomez (Lucius Hoyos) both attended Nevermore Academy in their youth, where they promptly fell in love.
Wednesday is the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams and the sister of Pugsley Addams.
The various outcast species at Nevermore Academy include psychics (like Wednesday and Xavier), werewolves (like Enid), sirens (like Bianca), gorgons (like Ajax), shapeshifters (like Larissa Weems), vampires (like Yoko), a curious faceless species, and Hydes (like Tyler), although the latter group has been banned from ...
Morticia is the real 'head' of the Addams family, the matriarch. She is concerned her husband is hiding something, and will use all her wiles and tactics to lure his secret out. An easy comedic actress with a sexy, dry wit.
Despite inheriting her psychic abilities from Gomez's ancestors, Wednesday is not technically a witch like Goody, but she's still a clairvoyant outcast. Even if Wednesday does have witch blood inside her, The Addams Family spinoff series only ever refers to the title character as a psychic.
The Addams Family is already known for being strange and not normal. With that comes their shared immunity to dangerous things. They can survive electricity, fire and poisoning as they are immune to all three. Morticia can create smoke from her body and Uncle Fester can produce electricity.
Morticia's walk
A heavy/strong and in some ways bound quality (thinking of her costume as well as Laban), the only part of her that is truly free to move are her arms, hands, and head. When she walks, her feet have to calculate their next step.
Morticia has pale skin and long black hair. She usually wears a long gothic dress to match her hair, tightly formed fitting, with a hobble skirt. According to Wednesday, she applies baking powder to her face instead of actual makeup. In the films, she has red lips and nails.
This representation (or lack thereof) parallels the disturbing lack of research on and acceptance of autistic people assigned female at birth in real life. While Wednesday is not explicitly autistic, she is certainly neurodivergent-coded and many autistics, including me, relate to her. She is sharp and talented.
Weems, the viewers discovered that she got her name from a poem. More precisely, from a phrase taken from a nursery rhyme from 1838, entitled Monday's Child: Wednesday's child is full of woe. A name chosen by the creator of The Addams Family, Charles Addams, in the 1960s.
Wednesday replies that she was born on Friday the 13th (a fitting choice), with Morticia explaining that Wednesday is named after a line in her favorite, classic nursery rhyme, "Monday's Child," which was first recorded in A. E. Bray's Traditions of Devonshire in 1838.
Morticia is famous for using French phrases that seduce Gomez. However, it's not clear why she speaks French. It may perhaps be related to the cliché that French is the language of love - and Gomez and Morticia's passionate love is at the center of the Addams Family.
They always tell each other the truth and expect the truth in return. Their relationship works primarily because of this trust, as well as their openness, honesty, and a generous amount of shown affection. Morticia and Gomez's romance works because they share a passion that forges a deep connection between them.
It was first brought up in "Art and the Addams Family," aired on December 18th, 1964. Gomez is depicted in this episode as someone of Castilian extraction and Spanish ancestry. Though it is not mentioned again elsewhere, this little moment provides a basis for the Addams family being seen as Hispanic in the modern day.
Gomez Addams : Oohooh, Tish, when you speak French you drive me wild! Speaks some more French, Tish.
Ophelia Frump: 1972 - 1984
Ophelia Frump and her twin sister Morticia were the only children of Detritus Frump II and his wife, Griselda Frump.
Gomez calls Morticia "Cara Mia" which means "Beloved" in Italian.