Pugsley Addams is a member of the fictional Addams family, created by
American cartoonist Charles Addams.Pugsley is depicted as a devious,
young, brilliant boy in Charles Addams's original cartoons. He is
often shown releasing sailboats in the park with other children,
except his boats were more macabre in nature.Pugsley is the oldest
child of Morticia and Gomez Addams. He is a young boy (his age is
given as eight years old in the pilot episode but is changed to 10
years old in the second episode) who is almost always seen wearing a
striped T-shirt and shorts. Originally unnamed (as were all of the
family members), the character who was apparently the prototype for
Pugsley first appeared in the Charles Addams cartoons in The New
Yorker during the 1930s. In this first incarnation, he was portrayed
as a deviant child with a vicious nature, shown committing deplorable
acts with his sister. In all incarnations, he is overweight. In the
television series, Pugsley usually eats over five pieces of cake at
birthday parties.When the characters were given names for the
television series, he was originally going to be called "Pubert" (a
derivation of the word puberty, possibly a reflection of his age) but
it was rejected as it sounded too sexual, and the name Pugsley was
chosen instead. (The name Pubert was later used when Gomez and
Morticia have a third child in the film Addams Family Values.) The
Lurch Files' Addams Family Tree lists Pugsley's middle name as Pubert,
probably as an homage to Charles Addams' original suggestion.
American cartoonist Charles Addams.Pugsley is depicted as a devious,
young, brilliant boy in Charles Addams's original cartoons. He is
often shown releasing sailboats in the park with other children,
except his boats were more macabre in nature.Pugsley is the oldest
child of Morticia and Gomez Addams. He is a young boy (his age is
given as eight years old in the pilot episode but is changed to 10
years old in the second episode) who is almost always seen wearing a
striped T-shirt and shorts. Originally unnamed (as were all of the
family members), the character who was apparently the prototype for
Pugsley first appeared in the Charles Addams cartoons in The New
Yorker during the 1930s. In this first incarnation, he was portrayed
as a deviant child with a vicious nature, shown committing deplorable
acts with his sister. In all incarnations, he is overweight. In the
television series, Pugsley usually eats over five pieces of cake at
birthday parties.When the characters were given names for the
television series, he was originally going to be called "Pubert" (a
derivation of the word puberty, possibly a reflection of his age) but
it was rejected as it sounded too sexual, and the name Pugsley was
chosen instead. (The name Pubert was later used when Gomez and
Morticia have a third child in the film Addams Family Values.) The
Lurch Files' Addams Family Tree lists Pugsley's middle name as Pubert,
probably as an homage to Charles Addams' original suggestion.
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