50 Fun Facts About Wednesday

Who portrays Wednesday Addams in the 2022 Netflix series?

Jenna Ortega was cast in part because the creators wanted a Latina actress, to honour the heritage of Wednesday's father, Gomez.

In the Netflix series 'Wednesday,' what is the name of the boarding school Wednesday Addams attends?

Nevermore Academy is where her parents studied, and they enrol her there after her expulsion, sure she will finally be among peers.

Which director executive-produced Netflix's 'Wednesday' and directed four season-one episodes?

Tim Burton passed on directing the 1991 'Addams Family' film because of his Batman commitments, then agreed to the series within days of being sent the pilot script.

At Wednesday's school, which annual boat race do she and her roommate win in season one?

The Poe Cup has a no-rules tradition that rival Bianca had ridden to a winning streak, until Wednesday joins her roommate's boat and beats her at her own game.

What is the name of Wednesday Addams' colorful werewolf roommate in the Netflix series?

Enid Sinclair is a late bloomer who has never fully transformed; she finally does in the season-one finale, to save Wednesday from the monster.

In the first episode, Wednesday challenges her rival Bianca to a match in which sport?

Fencing is the class where Wednesday steps in after Bianca humiliates a classmate, challenges her to a duel and loses.

In the Netflix series, Wednesday writes unpublished novels about a teen girl detective with what name?

Viper de la Muerte is 'smart, perceptive, chronically misunderstood', in Wednesday's words, and her therapist hints that the sleuth is really a self-portrait.

What instrument does Wednesday Addams often play in the Netflix series?

Cello lessons were part of the star's preparation, and in the first episode Wednesday plays the Rolling Stones' 'Paint It Black' on her dorm balcony.

In the Netflix series, who do Wednesday's parents leave behind to keep watch on her at school?

Thing is played by magician Victor Dorobantu, who wore a blue suit on set so that everything but his hand could be erased in post-production.

In the Netflix series, Wednesday's dark visions make her which type of psychic, named after a bird?

Raven is the show's term for a psychic whose visions dwell on the darker side, which is why Wednesday keeps others at a distance; her mother's run the other way.

In the Netflix series, the actress who was Wednesday in the 1990s films returns as which character?

Marilyn Thornhill seems a kindly botany teacher, but she is unmasked as Laurel Gates, the mastermind behind the season-one killings.

In the Netflix series, which town sits next to Wednesday's boarding school?

Jericho was built from scratch for the show: the production constructed the whole town as a studio set instead of filming in a real one.

In its first week, 'Wednesday' took Netflix's record for weekly hours viewed by an English-language series from which show?

Stranger Things held the mark from its fourth season; 'Wednesday' beat it despite launching on a Wednesday, which left it only five days of Netflix's chart week.

What is the middle name of Wednesday Addams, kept by the Netflix series from the 1960s sitcom?

Friday fits better than her first name: asked whether she was born on a Wednesday, she replies that she was born on Friday the 13th.

In the Netflix series, which school expels Wednesday just before she transfers to her parents' old academy?

Nancy Reagan High School was the last in a run of eight schools in five years; Wednesday boasts that nobody has built one strong enough to hold her.

The English name for the day 'Wednesday' is derived from the name of which Germanic god?

Woden is the Old English name for Odin; Germanic peoples put him in when they adapted the Roman seven-day week, so Woden's day became Wednesday.

Who played Wednesday Addams in the 1990s live-action Addams Family films?

Christina Ricci played her in the 1991 film and its 1993 sequel, then came back to the franchise three decades later in a new role in the Netflix series.

The first season of Netflix's 'Wednesday' was shot in which country?

Romania hosted the whole first-season shoot, with a castle in the Carpathians standing in for the school; for season two the production moved to Ireland.

In French, Spanish and Italian, the name for Wednesday comes from the Latin for 'day of' which Roman god?

Mercury's day, 'dies Mercurii' in Latin, became mercredi, miércoles and mercoledì; English differs because Germanic speakers put a god of their own in his place.

For years, Charles Addams drew Wednesday and her family in magazine cartoons without giving them what?

Names only arrived in the 1960s, when the family was licensed for dolls and a TV sitcom; until then the cartoon clan had been anonymous.

In which US state is Wednesday's boarding school set in the Netflix series?

Vermont is only the setting: the school's exterior is a real castle in Europe, and the neighbouring town was built for the show on a studio lot.

Which actress plays Morticia Addams in the Netflix series 'Wednesday'?

Catherine Zeta-Jones was a guest in season one and joined the main cast for season two, when Morticia is talked into leading a fundraising drive for the school.

Which language calls Wednesday 'Mittwoch', meaning mid-week, instead of naming the day after a god?

German is the odd one out: it dropped the god's name for Mittwoch, 'mid-week', while Dutch, Swedish and Danish still name the day after the old god.

Which secret group at Wednesday's school was founded by her ancestor Goody Addams?

The Nightshade Society was founded to protect outcasts from hostile normies; by Wednesday's day it is an elite social club that meets in a hidden library.

The character Wednesday Addams was named based on a line from which traditional nursery rhyme?

"Monday's Child" is a fortune-telling rhyme that gives each day's child a fate; in the Netflix series Morticia says the name comes from her favourite line of it.

Which 1981 song by the Cramps plays during Wednesday's dance at the school ball?

Goo Goo Muck's dance was choreographed by the star herself, who admits lifting a couple of moves from goth icon Siouxsie Sioux.

In the Netflix series, Wednesday says she last cried at age six, when bullies killed which pet of hers?

A scorpion named Nero was her pet; after boys ran it over she buried it and vowed never to cry again, deciding that tears fix nothing.

In season one, which town founder tried to burn Wednesday's ancestor Goody Addams alive?

Joseph Crackstone paid for it: Goody escaped, later killed him and sealed his crypt with a blood lock, which the season-one villain schemes to break.

In season two, Wednesday eavesdrops on a classmate's phone call to a secret girlfriend in which language?

Tagalog is what werewolf Bruno speaks on the call; Wednesday, stuck in her roommate's body at the time, understands every word and dumps him on the spot.

Which composer wrote the theme for Netflix's 'Wednesday'?

Danny Elfman wrote the theme and shared the score with Chris Bacon; he started out fronting the rock band Oingo Boingo before turning to screen music.

Which actor plays Gomez Addams in the Netflix series 'Wednesday'?

Luis Guzmán began as a guest star and joined the main cast for season two; his Gomez, like the rest of the Netflix family, was styled to hew closer to Charles Addams's original cartoons.

In the season-one finale, how does the spirit of Goody Addams save Wednesday's life?

Goody heals her wound at a price: she warns Wednesday that the two of them will never see each other again.

In the Netflix series, Wednesday's friend Eugene Ottinger can control which creatures?

Bees answer to Eugene, who runs the school's beekeeping club, and in the season-one finale his swarm helps bring down the villain.

Which writing duo, the creators of 'Smallville', also created Netflix's 'Wednesday'?

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar carried the idea for more than three years and had to track down the Addams Family rights before they could write the pilot.

Fan recreations of Wednesday's dance went viral on TikTok set to which Lady Gaga song?

Bloody Mary was a 2011 album deep cut until the trend revived it; it was then sent to radio as a single, and Gaga cheered the dancers on.

Which actor played Uncle Fester in the Netflix series 'Wednesday'?

Fred Armisen's Fester turns up in episode seven, lurking at a funeral, and is the one who tells Wednesday what kind of monster she is hunting.

In the 1964 television series, who was the first actress to play Wednesday Addams?

Lisa Loring was six when the sitcom began in 1964, and she came back to play a grown-up Wednesday in a 1977 Halloween TV movie.

In the Netflix series, Wednesday's rival Bianca Barclay belongs to which group of outcasts?

Sirens can sway people with their song, and it costs Bianca: her boyfriend broke up with her because he suspected she had used it on him.

In the Netflix series, exposure to what causes Wednesday to break out in hives?

Bright colors bring her out in hives, by her own account, so the school special-orders a uniform for her instead of the standard one.

In Netflix's Wednesday, Morticia's type of psychic, whose visions lean positive, is named after which bird?

A Dove sees the hopeful side in her visions; Morticia explains that a psychic's visions follow their own outlook, which is why her daughter's differ.

The character who became Wednesday Addams first appeared in cartoons in which magazine?

The New Yorker ran the family as occasional single-panel cartoons, only a small share of the work Charles Addams did there over the decades.

In the Netflix series, who is Wednesday's younger brother, sent to her school in season two?

Pugsley follows her to the academy in season two, finds he can generate electricity like his uncle, and accidentally raises a zombie.

Steve Buscemi joined season two of 'Wednesday' as which new head of Wednesday's school?

Barry Dort is a Pyro who conjures fire, and he ends the season turned to stone at his own gala, then shattered by a falling chandelier.

What is the monstrous creature behind the killing spree Wednesday investigates in the Netflix series?

The Hyde never acts alone: a diary Wednesday recovers reveals that every Hyde answers to a master, which turns the hunt towards whoever controls it.

In the nursery rhyme line that gave Wednesday Addams her name, those born on a Wednesday are what?

Full of woe became the Netflix show's running joke: every episode title works in the word 'woe'.

Which actress, cast as Wednesday's roommate, got to play Wednesday herself in a season-two body swap?

Emma Myers plays the roommate who interrupts a graveside spell Wednesday hopes will restore her visions; both collapse and wake up in each other's bodies.

In the Netflix series, what does Wednesday do to get expelled from her previous school?

She releases piranhas into the pool to punish the water polo players who shut her brother in a locker; her parents move her on to head off attempted-murder charges.

What is the first name of Wednesday's 'normie' barista love interest, who turns out to be the monster?

Tyler is the sheriff's son, and Wednesday only ends up at the school dance with him because someone else asks him out while pretending to be her.

When 'The Addams Family' musical opened on Broadway in April 2010, who played Wednesday?

Krysta Rodriguez played an 18-year-old Wednesday who has fallen for a boy from a 'normal' family, the romance that sets the musical's plot in motion.

Who is the shapeshifting head of Wednesday's boarding school in season one of the Netflix series?

Larissa Weems, played by Gwendoline Christie, was Morticia's roommate in her student days; killed in the season-one finale, she returns as Wednesday's spirit guide.