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Fester Frump is the brother of Grandpa Frump and the brother-in-law of Hester Frump. He is the uncle of Morticia Addams and Ophelia Frump.
He is portrayed by Jackie Coogan and appears in seasons one and two of the 1964 ABC TV series The Addams Family. He appears again in the 1977 TV special Halloween with the New Addams Family.
Biography[]
Background[]
Uncle Fester is Morticia's uncle. In one episode, he became perplexed when asked his last name, suggesting that he has none or has somehow forgotten it. In several episodes, Uncle Fester refers to the Addams lineage as if it were his own, but the flashbacks in the episodes "Morticia's Romance, Parts 1 and 2" clearly establish him as Morticia's uncle. In various episodes, he was a partner in typical sitcom schemes with Gomez, Morticia, or Grandmama, indicating no real preference for any family member over others.
Uncle Fester's known ancestry dates back to his great-grandfather, Blob (not to be confused with Gomez's Cousin Blob, a two-headed ghost), who received the gift of a sacred ruby after he had pried it from the head of a Hindu (to whom it was giving a terrible headache). The ruby remained in the family until Fester unthinkingly used his slingshot to hurl it at a yowling stray cat. "It was the only rock in the house!" he said in his defense.
Per the 1960s sitcom, little is known of Uncle Fester's childhood, save that his father (Grandpa Droop, Morticia's maternal grandfather) was an excruciatingly strict man who severely disciplined him, paddling him even when he was good and paying him to stay out of public (Uncle Fester considered this to be experience in "public relations"). He refused to allow Fester to even touch a battleaxe (a treasured toy among people with the Addamses' macabre tastes) until he was eight. As an adult, Uncle Fester defended his father's strictness, pointing to his own character as proof of its effectiveness: "I didn't become what I am by accident! I had upbringing like no other!"
Uncle Fester has also offered contradictory information about his educational background. In the sitcom's first episode, he notes that he never went to school ("And look how well I turned out!"), but he later claims to have failed recess three times. After becoming an adult, Uncle Fester took correspondence courses in various subjects, and his educational endeavors occasionally formed an episode's main plot. It may have been from one such course that he obtained his fraternity paddle, which he once threatened to use on Wednesday in imitation of his father's punishment style; however, like many an uncle, Uncle Fester proved to have more bark than bite in dealing with the children. When he suspects someone of maligning, cheating, or otherwise mistreating anyone in the family, Uncle Fester is always ready with his blunderbuss, "Genevieve," eager to "shoot 'em in the back!" However, he is far less eager to meet a malefactor in a face-to-face duel; he was briefly enthusiastic about a pistol duel with an enemy until he asked, somewhat timidly, "Does he get one too? Loaded?"
Another prized possession was his cannon, "Old Reliable," which he normally kept in his bedroom. Uncle Fester maintained a treehouse in the Addamses' yard and frequently retreated to his closet to think. In the episode "The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik", Fester received the gift of a motorcycle and often drove it through the living room, inevitably crashing it in the conservatory (several episodes used identical footage of this scenario). Uncle Fester also collects three-dollar bills.
The Original Addams Family series[]
Season One[]
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Halloween with the New Addams Family[]
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Description[]
He is a bald, hunched, and barrel-shaped man with dark, sunken eyes and often a deranged smile. He always wears a heavy, full-length fur coat.
Personality[]
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Powers / Abilities / Weaknesses[]
Powers[]
- Electrokinesis: Uncle Fester can generate static electricity. His ability depends on conductivity and contact with bare skin.
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Appearances[]
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TV Series[]
The Original Addams Family series
TV Specials[]
Etymology[]
- Fester - (of a wound or sore) become septic; suppurate.
- Frump - An unattractive woman who wears dated, unfashionable clothes. Alternatively, from the Yiddish surname Frum, meaning ‘pious or observant’, or patronymic from a variation of the name Abraham, Afrom.
Trivia[]
- The name "Fester" was chosen by Addams for the sitcom.
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The Addams Family[]
Halloween with the New Addams Family[]
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