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==Films== In the 1991 film ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'', Fester (played by [[Christopher Lloyd]]) is the long-lost older brother of Gomez Addams. He was believed to have been lost in the [[Bermuda Triangle]] for 25 years. A [[loan shark]] named Abigail Craven (portrayed by [[Elizabeth Wilson]]) conspires to steal the Addams fortune using her son Gordon, who displays an eerie resemblance to the missing Fester. On the night that the Addamses hold an annual [[séance]] to contact Fester's spirit, Gordon shows up at their door, posing as Fester. Although he is baffled and horrified by the Addamses at first, Gordon begins to take a liking to the family and their strange ways, feeling more at home with them and increasingly conflicted over Abigail's manipulations. He ultimately rebels against her and saves the family, but sustains a lightning strike while doing so. It is revealed that he actually ''is'' Fester; his disappearance left him suffering from [[amnesia]], and Abigail duped him into believing he was her son until the lightning restored his memories. The strike also gives Fester the ability to conduct electricity and make a light bulb glow by putting it in his mouth. In Gomez's childhood home movies, Fester is shown to be hairless as a child (although, as Gordon, he first appears with brown, curly hair, and is later shown shaving his head). Fester, again played by Lloyd, appears in the 1993 sequel ''[[Addams Family Values]]''. He becomes attracted to Debbie Jellinsky (portrayed by [[Joan Cusack]]), whom Gomez and Morticia have hired as a [[nanny]] to care for their children. Debbie marries Fester with the intent of killing him and inheriting his share of the Addams fortune, but he survives each attempt on his life. After she inadvertently electrocutes herself while trying to kill the entire family, Fester mourns her death. Some time later, Fester becomes attracted to Dementia (portrayed by Carol Hankins), a nanny whom [[Cousin Itt]] and his wife have hired to look after their baby. Fester again appears in the direct-to-video film ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]'', portrayed by Patrick Thomas. He is portrayed as a mad scientist reminiscent of old Grade-B horror films. He creates a dog named "Butcher" as a birthday present for Pugsley—a dog that mutates into a hair-devouring brute whenever someone says "good boy." In the end, Butcher attacks Cousin Itt—who is, understandably, quite nervous around him. Fester is voiced by [[Nick Kroll]] in the [[The Addams Family (2019 film)|2019 animated adaptation of ''The Addams Family'']] and [[The Addams Family 2|its sequel]] where he has a [[Gilbert Gottfried]]-type voice. In the first film, he is seen evacuating Gomez and Morticia when an angry mob crashed their wedding. He later shows up to help Gomez train Pugsley for the Saber Mazurka. In the second film, Uncle Fester was used in Wednesday's experiment that involved injecting him with the DNA of her pet octopus Socrates.
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