Lurch is the fictional manservant to The Addams Family.
Biography
Although fully capable of normal speech, Lurch sometimes communicates via simple inarticulate moans, which, much like the dialogue of Cousin Itt, his employers have no trouble understanding. In fact, the Addamses often comment that Lurch is eloquent and vivacious.
Lurch helps around the house like any other butler, cleaning, repairing, and helping the children on and off the school bus. Occasionally, his great size and strength cause trouble. He clearly takes pride in his work and is willing to do even the most arduous task. Lurch has a profound loyalty to his employers; in turn, the family treats Lurch like one of their own.
The family summons him with an ever-present bell pull in the form of a hangman's noose. When pulled, it produces a loud gong noise that shakes the house, to which Lurch instantly responds with the line, "You rang?" When the bell is rung, Lurch appears immediately in contrast to his slow demeanor, even if wide-angle shots reveal he was clearly nowhere in the vicinity before; on a few occasions, Lurch arrives even before the bell is tugged.
Lurch largely shares the family's macabre standards, although he occasionally looks askance at some of their activities. He has a similar attitude toward visitors, almost a sixth sense. When a plainclothes policeman visits, Lurch pats him down and removes something from inside his suit coat: his service revolver. Lurch groans at the affront of someone other than the Addams Family bringing a weapon into the house. Neise shows Lurch his badge, and Lurch hands the gun back to him.
Lurch is Wednesday's best friend, besides her beloved headless Marie Antoinette doll. He seems to have a paternal affection for both Wednesday and Pugsley. Although his job title is limited to butler, he seems to be a "jack of all trades" when it comes to the children, doing everything from taking them to school to making them lunch to even keeping an eye on them around the house. He is close friends with the disembodied hand, Thing.
Wednesday Series
In Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe, he drives the Addams Family to and from Nevermore Academy.
Description
Lurch is a tall, shambling, lugubrious butler who somewhat resembles Frankenstein's monster and, on film, has a deep, resonant voice. In his first appearance in a cartoon by Charles Addams, he had a black beard, but in later incarnations he was clean-shaven.
Personality
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Powers and Abilities
Abilities
Pianist: Lurch demonstrated that he can play skillfully play the piano.
Relationships
Morticia Addams
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Gomez Addams
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Thing
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Wednesday Addams
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Pugsley Addams
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Quotes
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Appearances
Appears In
Wednesday Series
Season One
"Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe"
"Chapter V: You Reap What You Woe"
"Chapter VIII: A Murder of Woes"
Mentioned In
Wednesday Series
Season One
"Chapter VI: Quid Pro Woe" (figurine)
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