It's been almost two years to the day since anything from the nineties The Addams Family animated series was last talked about. Well that is something that comes to an end today as this is show that should be talked about as it was the last time that the characters would be featured in the world of animation for really over twenty years with the episode that i'm going to be talking about today being the first episode of this show to have three segments per episode and so then join me as I review the episode that has multiple segments in it with the segments in question being called simply just "Girlfriendstein" , "Pugsley By The Numbers" AND "Beware Of Thing" enjoy.
The plot of "Girlfriendstein" is when Lurch is dumped by his girlfriend it's up to the family to come together and try and cheer him up where as in "Pugsley By The Numbers" Wednesday paint numerous Pugsleys in an attempt to find the perfect Pugsley and in "Beware Of Thing" Thing has to guard to the family safe from a pair of twin spies intent on stealing the families vast fortune. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought that / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with "Girlfriendstein" easily being the stronger of all three plots as while the other two plots are indeed decent plots there not not as good as the plot of the first segment was as the plot of that first segment was a really fun and cooky plot that showed off just how loving this family is where as the other plots were just dull and felt like filler with the plots also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is The Addams Family legend John Astin as Gomez Addams and voice acting legend Jim Cummings as Lurch and The Twin Spies. Also starring in this episode is Debi Derryberry as Wednesday Addams , Jeannie Elias as Pugsley Addams , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star Pat Fraley as Cousin Itt , The Social Network star Nancy Linari as Morticia Addams and Rip Taylor as Uncle Fester.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this episodes cast members really do turn in some really good performances in this episode which really isn't all that surprising as in the case of John Astin is reprising his role from the original 1964 The Addams Family series and would there for no how his character would act in any given situation and the fact that the show does have a couple of voicing legends in Jim Cummings and Pat Fraley are really good actors in there own right and of course they would turn in some good performances in this episode with the same thing also being true for alot of this episode cast as well with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the scripts for these segments are so good that all this episodes cast have to do is simply say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.
Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at Fil-Cartoons.Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good as the episode does have alot better animation in it then what is really needed with the episode in "Pugsley By The Numbers" being a good example of just how good this episodes animation is as the people making this show came up with lots of unique designs for Pugsley and yet each one of them feel perfect for that version of the character with the backgrounds in all three segments looking fantastic with them all having a rather creepy vibe to them which is perfect for the The Addams Family with "Beware Of Thing" being the weakest segment animation wise just because of the fact that the makers of that episode don't really do anything that's all that interesting animation with the opposite being true for the other segments in this episode.
This is the first episode of this show to be made of multiple segments which is really something that really doesn't work for this episode. As that idea of having multiple segments to make up one full length episode is only something that works for a show that doesn't have that well known characters in them and having multiple segments allows the shows main cast of characters to get more well known to the shows audience and yet here because the characters are so well known either thanks to the original show or thanks to the nineties live action films that having multiple segments really doesn't work and infact does more harm to an episode as it means that none of the episodes plots have the time that they need to be fully developed and while both "Pugsley By The Numbers" and "Beware Of Thing" aren't good enough to support a full length episode on there own "Girlfriendstein" is and yet because it has two other segments to squeeze in it means that the better of the three segments has to be rushed when if it was a full length episode it would have been a better episode with this just going to show that having multiple segments per-episodes does more harm to it then it does good.
All three segments do have some really good idea to them like the idea of Morticia having paints that literally bring things to life is a good idea. As is the fact that Thing alone is the only one that has to protect the families entire fortune even tho they have man eating plants and keep wild animals as pets both of those are a bunch if good ideas is the fact that the episodes continues the long running joke of Lurch being a sort of ladies man but the episode doesn't really fully explore any of those ideas for no reason and while yes the idea of Morticia having paints that brings to life is a main part of "Pugsley By The Numbers" it's not an idea that isn't fully explored all that well with the same thing being true with lot of the ideas that are in this episode with this being because of the fact that again the episode has two other segments to squeeze in and while the idea of Thing being the only one that has to protect the families fortune is a good idea it falls apart the second the start to question it even once and heck one of the first things that Thing does when The Spies try to break in is use the family Octopus to scare them off which only makes you wonder the family don't use say Kitty Kat for example who is a full grown lion as that would have been more then enough to scare them of for good.
Both "Girlfriendstein" and "Pugsley By The Numbers" do a really good job of showing just how good this family is as a unit. As the second that they find out that Lurch has been dumbed by his girlfriend they go to extreme lengths to cheer him up even having Uncle Fester build him a girlfriend robot and when Wednesday realises that the perfect version of Pugsley is the original one they both come together to get rid of the three painted versions of him that Wednesday painted to replace him both of which are things that a family wouldn't do if they didn't care for each other as much as The Addams Family do and while this episode by far isn't the best episode to showcase how strong they are as a unit as that honor will always go to both the very first episode of the 1964 series and the episode "Christmas With The Addams Family" from the same show this episode does do a good job of reminding old school lovers of this family that they really do care for each other and that they really do love each other despite all of the terrible things that they do to each other.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and fifty two seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and while each of the segments do have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time the first segment "Girlfriendstein" really could have been a full length episode on it's own as plot wise that's the strongest segment and it's one that really wouldn't require any amount of filler scenes in order to fully pad out it's running time where as the remaining two segments would require some filler to to reach that twenty two minuet running time and those would be things that would bring down the overall episode and yet with "Girlfriendstein" the only thing that you'd need to do for the episode is just expand the plot of the episode and that's really it and while the running time of this episode is also decent it also means that all three segments have very uneven running times with "Girlfriendstein" being around eleven minuets long "Pugsley By The Numbers" is around five minuets long and "Beware Of Thing" is the shortest at around three minuets long which really does harm all three segments but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is acomedy that means that I ave to actuallly talk abouyt the actual comedy that's actually featured / orsented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featueed / pressented to us in this very epusode was in all honesty not that bad. With "Girlfriendstein" having alot of really funny moments in it alot of which just so happen involve Uncle Fester who is just a funny character in this show and while yes the other two segments do have some funny moments in them as well with the idea of Lurch laying under a rock several times just so Wednesday can do a painting is a good and funny idea none of them are going to top the franchises long running joke of Lurch being some sort of ladies man which is just a funny idea and it's one that will always be funny as it;s joke that only the The Addams Family could do and while "Beware Of Thing" is basically just Home Alone but with The Addams Family and that's really it nothing that Thing does is all that funny even when he had the chance to do something funny when he's forced to open the safe he doesn't do anything that will put the spies of and make them run away which just seems like a waste of a good set with alot of the jokes in "Beware Of Thing" not really hitting all that well either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a decent episode some decent segments some of which are weaker then others but all three really do go to show you that no matter the medium be it live action or animation this franchise really can thrive if they have the right team working behind them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very really does earn itself a grand old combined score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review ell then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the mages that I personally used in this very review from the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to really use to get the images from this very episode that I really used in this very post being the really great the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page simply just because of the fact that really due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are in this post really are all really from this very episode and are really of course up and really on the really great the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.