netflixs wednesday has taken over the globe becoming the streamers secondmost popular englishlanguage series in just a few weeks after its releasea new adaptation of the addams family franchise from goth icon tim burton the comingofage fantasy comedy stars jenna ortega as a teenage wednesday addams who enrolls at a centuriesold boarding school called nevermore academy while at the academy wednesday must learn to control her own emerging psychic powers stop a monster from destroying the town and solve the supernatural mystery that affected her family some 25 years priorthough created for a new generation the series makes sure to repeatedly acknowledge its roots making references to the 1964 blackandwhite addams family tv show the films addams family and addams family values and even a cartoon crossover episode involving a certain mysterysolving dogscroll on to read our roundup of the biggest addams family easter eggs from netflixs wednesday and see how many you were able to catchsnap twiceimage credit netflixtheyre creepy and theyre kooky mysterious and spooky theyre all together ooky the addams familywhen wednesday figures out the riddle that grants her access to the nightshades secret hangout spot she snaps her fingers twice to turn the statue and reveal the entrance these two snaps are a direct reference to the addams family theme first created for the 1964 show by longtime hollywood composer vic mizzy the song is comprised of two key components a harpsichord and finger snaps in place of a percussive instrumentand tim burton isnt trying to be subtle in the very first episode tyler hunter doohan tells wednesday that shes kookygoody addamsimage credit netflixwhen one of wednesdays psychic visions transports her back to the 1600s she encounters goody addams her ancestor who after being accused of being a witch by the town pilgrims narrowly escaped being burned at the stakein the addams family 1991 wednesday brings a rather concerning picture of a woman on fire to school when her teacher brings it to morticias attention she informs her that its merely a photo of her great aunt calpurnia addams who was burned as a witch in salem in 1706 she danced naked in the town square and enslaved the minister morticia addshello pugsleyimage credit netflixwe love a good cinematic parallel in the first episode wednesday opens up a locker to find her brother pugsley isaac ordonez tied up with an apple in his mouth having been thrown inside by ruthless school bulliesin the addams family 1991 we meet pugsley the same way although this time wednesday is the one who has tied up her brother planning to shoot the apple out of his mouth with a crossbowwednesdays danceimage credit netflixwednesdays dance scene has taken over the internet with hundreds of thousands of tiktok users recreating her movesat nevermore academys annual school dance known as the raven get it our favorite teeth goth busts out some pretty impressive dance moves to the song goo goo muck by the cramps ortega who choreographed