Cousin Farouk is a relative of The Addams Family.
History[]
He was nearly consumed by a swordfish while trying to catch a rare eel. The remains of both Farouk and the fish are mounted on the living room wall in The Addams Family Mansion. Sometimes Farouk's leg is dressed in a pant leg and boat shoe; other times it wears only a flipper.
In The New Addams Family, the swordfish head is replaced by a full shark.
Morticia once offered to give him to the newlywed neighbors as a housewarming gift.[1] He liked to meet new people.[2]
Uncle Fester identified a seemingly identical leg, wearing a swim fin mounted in a swordfish head, hanging in Farouk's spot on the Living Room Wall, as Cousin Squint when his penpal Madelyn asked about it.[3] Gomez identifies a similar leg in a darker swordfish as Cousin Ahab.[4]
When Lurch becomes a pop star and looks out the window at his clamoring fans, Farouk is missing, though the holes in the wall where he was mounted are visible.[5] He returns around the time the Fireman's Pole is installed nearby.[6]
Mentioned in[]
The Addams Family original series episodes:
- "The Addams Family Tree" - swim fin
- "The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family"
The New Addams Family episode:
Seen In[]
Though seen on the wall as mere decoration in many episodes, Farouk is noticed and causes reactions in these The Addams Family original series episodes:
- "The Addams Family Goes to School"
- "Fester's Punctured Romance"
- "Green-Eyed Gomez"
- "Morticia, the Matchmaker"
- "Art and the Addams Family"
- "The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik"
- "Lurch and His Harpsichord"
- "The Addams Family and the Spaceman" - swim fin
- "Morticia's Favorite Charity"
- "Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor"
- "Morticia's Romance: Part 2"
- "Uncle Fester, Tycoon" - hit by Gomez' croquet shot
- "Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama" - playing ring toss
- "The Addams Policy"
The New Addams Family episode:
- "Morticia and the Ladies League" (new)