Wednesday Addams

## Personality

Wednesday is described as a highly sadistic, morbid, solemn, black-humored, intelligent, introverted, studious, independent, aloof, and observant girl with a strong fascination with the macabre and death, something many people find disturbing and abnormal. She is shown to enjoy her own way of doing things without caring for what people think of her and preferring to be defined by her own terms, displaying qualities of self-assuredness, a strong will, a free spirit, leadership, fierce independence, assertiveness, as well as stubbornness, single-mindedness, headstrongness, and a rebellious streak. Blunt and sharp, Wednesday exhibits a "straight-to-the-point" attitude and a habit of making snarky and severely grim replies in a dry-wit manner; because of this, it's hard to distinguish whether she's joking or not (it's likely the latter). She can also be quite moody, especially after experiencing a vision; she's very firm about what she saw (which she had been correct *most* of the time), getting irritated whenever people don't believe her, thus at times being irrational.

Originally very closed-off and unfeeling, which stems from the trauma she received from being bullied, she had difficulty building deep friendships with people prior to attending Nevermore. As the series progressed, she became slightly more compassionate and open to new experiences, even making some friends and nearly developing a romantic relationship with Tyler. She cares deeply about her friends and family, though she may not ***ever*** admit it.

As shown in the show, Wednesday has a very dark personality with sadistic tendencies: waterboarding her brother for entertainment, smiling sinisterly while watching piranhas attack Pugsley's bullies in the pool, kidnapping and torturing Tyler with no mercy, et cetera, as well as hubris, arrogance, a superior complex, wrath, recklessness, finding painful and miserable situations to be pleasurable, and having anti-social qualities.

Wednesday also demonstrates great skill and talent, as shown through her ability to rival Bianca Barclay, captain of the fencing team, in swordsmanship, write novels, solve riddles, ace her classes, play the cello, et cetera. As well as being book smart, analytical, attentive, logical, and ambitious, she is incredibly street smart, quick-witted, competent, clever, resourceful, cunning, sneaky, and crafty.

In spite of her less sympathetic traits, she is extremely loyal to her friends and family, as shown by her intentions to protect outcasts and the people she cares for.

## Appearances

### Season 1

#### *Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe*

Wednesday is seen walking down the halls of Nancy Reagan High School. She hears a noise coming from inside Pugsley's locker and opens it. She removed the apple from his mouth and asked Pugsley who was responsible for this. His answer is that he doesn't know. When she touches his wrist, she gets a vision about who bullied him. When the vision was over, Pugsley asked her if she was okay. She then leaves Pugsley lying on the ground, still mostly tied up.

She walks up the stairs leading to the school's indoor pool where the water polo team is practicing. She tells Dalton that only she is allowed to torture her brother and drops two bags of piranhas into the pool. She watches with increasing glee as the piranhas swim to the teenage boys.

In the Addams family car, watching her parents singing and being very affectionate with each other with barely disguised disdain. She then asks Lurch to tell them that she is no longer speaking to them when Morticia asks her how long she will be ignoring them. Gomez tells her that she will love Nevermore, Morticia agreeing instantly but Wednesday tells them that she has no interest in following in Morticia's footsteps. When Morticia brings up how attempted murder charges would look on her record, Wednesday says that it would have been terrible as everyone would know she failed to get the job done.

At Nevermore Academy in Principal Weems' office, Wednesday tells Principal Weems that she was not born on a Wednesday but on a Friday, the 13th to be exact. Morticia reveals that she named Wednesday after her favorite nursery rhyme. Principal Weems tells Wednesday that she and Morticia were roommates when they were students at Nevermore. Wednesday is impressed by this and states as much. Wednesday has gone through eight schools in the span of five years. Seeing as Wednesday has perfect grades and her family has a long history with the school, the school board has made an exception to their rule about accepting students mid-term. Larissa tells Wednesday that she can meet with her therapist twice a week as ordered by the court.

While meeting her roommate Enid, Enid comments on how Wednesday always looks half-dead. When Enid attempts to hug Wednesday, Wednesday backs up, with Morticia telling her that it's because Wednesday is allergic to color.

As Enid gives Wednesday a tour, she gives a brief explanation of the foundation of Nevermore. While walking around, Enid and Wednesday stop in front of a trophy case. Inside is a picture of Morticia when she was captain of the fencing squad. They continue walking, before Enid shows Wednesday to the Quad, she asks if Wednesday really killed a kid, with Wednesday replying that it was two.

In the quad, Wednesday points out that it's a pentagon, with Enid replying in an unamused tone that her attitude won't fly in Nevermore. She then points out the main groups of Nevermore being sirens, vampires, werewolves, and gorgons. Enid then goes on to tell Wednesday about Bianca Barclay and Xavier Thorpe and how they used to date. Ajax comes up to talk to Enid about Wednesday when he finds out Wednesday was standing behind Enid the entire time. He comments on her being in black and white, then leaves.

At the Addams family car outside of the school is Wednesday's family along with Lurch waiting for her. After both her brother and father say their goodbyes to her they go and wait in the car. Morticia then tells her that any plan that she has of escaping needs to stop as she has already contacted all of their family members to alert her if Wednesday turns up at their place of residence. Morticia gives Wednesday a necklace with their initials on it as a parting gift. Wednesday tells her that she will never be like Morticia, wiping the smile off of her face until she states that Morticia doesn't have a heart causing a smile to reappear. She gives Wednesday a crystal ball so that her parents can communicate with her a week after she settles in.

In her dorm, Wednesday is seen peeling off half of the colorful window decor. She tells Enid that silence would be appreciated. She criticized Enid's blog and those who enjoy it, saying that they are imbeciles. She goes to her typewriter to begin her hour-long writing time before Enid starts playing pop music. When she tells Enid to turn it off, Enid flashes her claws at her. Ms. Thornhill enters the room, apologizing for tracking mud in. She tells the two girls that she's there to make sure that Wednesday is getting settled in. She then apologized again, this time for not being there to greet Wednesday, and introduced herself as Ophelia Hall's dorm mom. Wednesday tells Ms. Thornhill that Enid has been smothering her with hospitality, something that she wishes to return to Enid in her sleep. Ms. Thornhill gives her a black dahlia, saying she tries to match the right flower to each girl that lives in Ophelia Hall. Wednesday thanks Ms. Thornhill for the flower, which is followed by Ms. Thornhill telling Wednesday the rules of Ophelia Hall. Ms. Thornhill then tells her about Jericho and how long it takes to travel to town. Before Thornhill left, she told Enid to keep her claws to herself and told Wednesday not to smother Enid in her sleep.

At fencing class, Wednesday enters the room in her all-black fencing uniform. She approaches a now-fallen Rowan and winner, Bianca. Wednesday then tells Bianca that she accepts the invitation to fence her. After Bianca calls her a psychopath Wednesday replies, "You must be the self-appointed Queen Bee. Interesting thing about bees. Pull out their stingers; they drop dead." Wednesday and Bianca sparred, with Wednesday winning the first point and Bianca winning the second. Wednesday, offended by Bianca's comment on her first point win being beginners' luck, invoked a military challenge. She and Bianca fenced for the last point without masks and tips covering the sharp ends of their sabers. Wednesday and Bianca spar for the last point, with Bianca winning by drawing Wednesday's blood from cutting her forehead.

Wednesday changes out of her fencing uniform and goes to the infirmary to get a bandage. She and Rowan talk, with Rowan doing most of the chatting. After he expresses that he is sorry she got hurt, she leaves. As she closes the door, the water cooler bubbles, causing her to turn to it. Unbeknownst to her, Thing was hiding behind it.

While walking outside, a gargoyle falls and almost hits Wednesday. Xavier knocks her out of the way, knocking her unconscious in the process. He then takes her back to the infirmary.

Back in the infirmary, Wednesday awakens to Xavier standing over her. He tells her that his saving her was him returning the favor when she saved him. He then goes on to explain that at his godmother's funeral when they were ten, she saved him from being cremated.

In her dorm, Wednesday types on her typewriter while listening to music. She hears her bed squeak and pulls the covers off of it, revealing Thing. She gives him two options: either be locked in a drawer for the rest of the semester and go insane, or pledge his undying loyalty to her. In the end, he chooses loyalty.

In a car with Principal Weems, Wednesday is being taken to her first therapy session with Dr. Kinbott. The principal assures her that she is there to stop Wednesday from running away in response to Wednesday telling her it's below her pay grade to be chauffeuring students around. Wednesday shuts the door and makes her way up to the second floor.

In Dr. Kinbott's office, Kinbott brings up that she read Wednesday's previous counselor's notes. When Kinbott asks Wednesday what her thoughts and feelings were, she replies that she felt that the session was a waste of time and views "the world as a place that must be endured" and that her personal philosophy is kill or be killed. Wednesday has written three novels about a teen girl named Viper De La Muerte, as revealed by Dr. Kinbott. Despite writing three novels, Wednesday has had no luck getting them published, having been told by editors that her stories were morbid and that she should seek psychiatric help. In response to the criticism given to her by the editor, she sent the editor a wrapped box with six mouse traps inside. After being asked about the relationship between Viper and Dominica, Wednesday used the powder room. In the powder room, she uses a nail file provided to her by Thing to open the window and escape onto the roof. From there, she slides down the downspout.

After sliding down the downspout, she watches Principal Weems in her car as she walks. Not paying attention, she knocks into the shoulder of a farmer, causing him to drop some of the apples he was carrying. In the process of bumping into him, she has a vision. In this vision, she can see the farmer getting distracted by his phone and being unable to react fast enough to avoid a collision with another vehicle. The collision kills him. After the vision is over, she goes to Weathervane.

At the Weathervane, Wednesday startles the barista, Tyler Galpin. She then asks Tyler for "a quad over ice." Tyler is unable to fulfill her order as the espresso machine isn't working. The manual to fix it is in Italian, a language Wednesday can read, so she uses it to fix the machine. While fixing the machine, Wednesday reveals that she built a steam-powered guillotine when she was ten. As payment for fixing the machine, Tyler offers to drive her to Burlington Station. She attempts to bribe Tyler with forty dollars to leave his shift an hour early. He declines her offer.

While sitting in a booth, Wednesday is approached by three boys: Lucas, Jonah, and Carter. Carter informs her that she is in their booth, and when she is confused as to why they are dressed up as "religious fanatics," Jonah informs her that they are dressed as pilgrims. Lucas then tells her that they work at Pilgrim World. After saying that anyone who devotes a theme park to something like pilgrims is a special kind of stupid, Lucas tells her that his dad owns Pilgrim World. Wednesday startles Lucas by saying "boo," leading to Carter grabbing her shoulder and her kneeing him in the groin. She then sends a flying spin kick into Jonah, knocking the boy to the ground. After she was done, Tyler asked her where she learned "those kung fu moves." It was her uncle who taught her. The sheriff came in and was in disbelief when he heard Wednesday had taken out all three boys without any help. Larissa Weems came and apologized to the sheriff, saying that Wednesday had gotten away from her. The sheriff recognized Wednesday's last name and asked if she was related to Gomez, and after she confirmed that he was her father, he told her he belongs behind bars for murder. Wednesday gives a small smirk and is ushered out the door by Larissa.

While being driven back to Nevermore, Larissa chastises Wednesday for getting on the sheriff's radar, telling her that she needs to stop making enemies and to start making friends. Wednesday then tells her, as they drive past the collision, that the driver is dead after Larissa had said that she hoped he was alright.

On the balcony of her dorm, Wednesday is playing "Paint It, Black" on her cello. After finishing the song she was playing, she told Thing that she didn't feel better when he asked her if she was okay. Enid comes out onto the balcony and asks her how she got the cello to fit through the window. After hearing werewolves howling, she asks Enid why she isn't joining them. Enid reveals that she is unable to wolf out. When Wednesday is told that if Enid doesn't wolf out, she will be kicked out of her pack, she tells Enid she doesn't see a problem with it. Enid then tells her that she sucks at comforting people. After Enid begins to cry, she asks Wednesday if she's ever been upset, and Wednesday begins telling her about the last time she cried. When she was six, her pet scorpion was killed by a bunch of boys a week after Halloween. When she realized that tears would fix what had happened, she swore off crying. Enid tells Wednesday that her secret is safe with her but that she still thinks Wednesday is weird. Wednesday tells her that the feeling is mutual. She then asks Enid to show her how to use her computer so that Enid can get her single room back.

Wednesday writes Enid's number on Thing and sends him to Tyler's house. When Tyler calls Wednesday, she tells him to meet her at the Harvest Festival to drive her to the station.

At the Harvest Festival, Wednesday stands next to Enid while Enid questions if she can trust Tyler. Wednesday tells Enid she can handle herself and steps away when she tries to hug her.

At the darts booth, Wednesday pops several balloons when Xavier walks up to her, saying, "Jeez, you get any better at this, you'll be taking home a whole pack." Wednesday replies, "Pandas don't travel in packs. They prefer solitude." Xavier asks who she's waiting for when Tyler interrupts them.

When in the parking lot, Tyler gives Wednesday a file on her father. When they go to leave, Jonah, Lucas, and Carter block their path holding baseball bats.

While running away from Jonah, Carter, and Lucas at the Harvest Festival, Wednesday bumps into Rowan and has a vision. In this vision, she sees the tree in the quad on fire, a Nightshade Society book, and Rowan being disemboweled. Tyler tries to get Wednesday to leave with him, but she rushes after Rowan.

After Wednesday catches up to Rowan, she tries to tell him that he's in danger. He gives her a slight chuckle before throwing her against a tree using his telekinesis. As he holds her against the tree, Wednesday figures out that it was him who tried to kill her with the gargoyle earlier that week. He then shows Wednesday a picture of a girl that his mother drew during her time at Nevermore. He reveals that his mother told him to stop Wednesday if she ever came to Nevermore because she would destroy the school and everyone in it. As he chokes her, she calls his name, trying to get his attention. She then sees a monster approach and attack Rowan, causing him to lose focus and drop her from the tree. Rowan was killed before Wednesday could react. Wednesday rushes over to Rowan and sees that he is dead. She takes the picture that he showed her and puts it in her pocket.

Back at Nevermore in her dorm, it is 22:54 (10:54 p.m.), and she is looking at the drawing Rowan's mother drew and her father's police file. She receives a call from her parents, and she tells them that she's going to love Nevermore.

## Relationships

### Dalton

Dalton bullied Wednesday's brother, Pugsley. In return, she had piranhas attack him while he was swimming, causing him to lose a testicle. His parents tried to charge her with attempted murder.