From: Addams Family Values (1993)
Genre: Movies
Who said it?: Debbie Addams (nee. Jellinsky)
The story behind the quote: This week’s quote comes from the 1993 black comedy Addams Family Values. The Addams Family originated as a single panel comic strip created by Charles Addams and spawned a 1964 live-action television series as well as an animated cartoon in 1973. Addams Family Values is a sequel to The Addams Family. After Morticia Addams gives birth, she and her husband, Gomez Addams, hire a nanny to take care of the baby. Little do they know that the nanny they hired, Debbie Jellinsky (played by Joan Cusack) is actually a “black widow” serial killer who intends to marry Fester Addams and “inherit” the family fortune once she gets Fester out of the way.
The quote comes near the end of the film. Debbie intends to kill off the entire Addams Family via electric chairs. However, before she does, Debbie explains, with slideshows, her “origin” story. One of this deals with the “childhood trauma” involving wanting a Ballerina Barbie for her birthday. However, her parents got Malibu Barbie instead and Debbie was certainly not going to let that mistake slide.
Geek wisdom: Sometimes, parents, and people in general, do not understand the little nitty-gritty and differences of things. While these may seem trivial to them, they do matter to some people.
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