"Wednesday" - Season One Characters Quiz

Answer: Enid Sinclair

Enid Sinclair is the roommate of Wednesday Addams and she is also a werewolf. Her and Wednesday do not initially get along as they have very different personalities and interests. Enid is eventually able to transform into a werewolf which she does to save Wednesday Addams from the monstrous Hyde who was about to slash her.

Enid Sinclair appeared in all eight episodes and she was played by Emma Myers. Emma Myers also appeared in the show "Dead of Night" (2020) and the film "Girl in the Basement" (2021).

Answer: Larissa Weems

Principal Larissa Weems appears in all eight episodes. She tries to act as a mentor to Wednesday Addams and keep the school's reputation solid in spite of all of the madness going on. Her main ability is to be able to shapeshift and appear as other humans as she portrays both Rowan Laslow and Tyler Galpin. She was formerly good friends with Morticia Frump (later Addams by marriage) when they both attended Nevermore Academy in 1990 but their friendship waned after they both had romantic feelings for Gomez Addams.

Gwendoline Christie played the part of Principal Larissa Weems. Gwendoline Christie was born in Worthing, England and prior to "Wednesday" she had prominent roles as Brienne of Tarth on the show "Games of Thrones" (2012-2019) and Lucifer Morningstar on the show "The Sandman" (2022).

Answer: Thing

Thing is a sentient disembodied hand who is a bit of a mystery for the Addams family as no one knows whose body he came from. In spite of just being a hand, Thing is able to communicate through sign language and move relatively fast. Thing appeared in all eight episodes of season one and he was a reliable helper to Wednesday Addams throughout.

Thing was played by Victor Dorobantu who had to wear a blue body suit with just his hand showing for most scenes of filming. The showrunners did not want to use CGI for Thing but rather an actual human hand doing the motions. Victor Dorobantu was born in Ploiesti, Romania in 1997 and his role as Thing on "Wednesday" (2022) was his first credited role outside of Romania. Before "Wednesday", Victor Dorobantu primarily worked as a magician.

Answer: Eugene Otinger

Eugene Otinger is a student at Nevermore Academy who similar to Wednesday Addams does not fit into one of the school's four cliques. Eugene is the only member of the beekeeping club until Wednesday joins and they openly talk about finding the monster and their teenage romantic angst. He tries to have Wednesday put in a good word for him to Enid but she has her eyes on another student named Ajax. After Eugene recovers out of a coma he helps save Wednesday from Ms. Thornhill by releasing a swarm of bees on her.

Moosa Mostafa played Eugene Otinger in the six episodes that he appeared in season one of "Wednesday". Prior to "Wednedsay", Moosa appeared in the film "Nativity Rocks!" (2018) and the show "The Last Bus" (2022).

Answer: Xavier Thorpe

Xavier Thorpe appears in all eight episodes of the first season of "Wednesday". He met Wednesday Addams years before they attended Nevermore Academy and she saved his life while they were playing a game of hide and seek. Xavier would return Wednesday the favor when he saved her life when she was about to be impaled by a falling stone gargoyle. Wednesday suspects that Xavier is the monster (Hyde) for most of the first season but eventually she realizes that he is innocent and that he genuinely likes her.

Percy Hynes White played the part of Xavier Thorpe and he was born in St. John's, Canada in 2001. Prior to "Wednesday", White appeared in the films "A Christmas Horror Story" (2015) and "Edge of Winter" (2106) as well as the shows "Between" (2015-16) and "The Gifted" (2017-19).

Answer: Bianca Barclay

Bianca Barclay is Nevermore Academy's most talented student before Wednesday Addams arrives. She is a siren and expert fencer and she has a group of loyal followers. When Wednesday arrives at Nevermore, Bianca's position at the top of the pecking order is challenged. However, by the end of the season, Bianca and Wednesday have a mutual respect and they both team up to vanquish the reanimated Joseph Crackstone as he is trying to kill the students of Nevermore.

Joy Sunday plays the part of Bianca Barclay who appears in all eight episodes. Joy Sunday was born in Staten Island, New York in 1995 and she also appeared on the shows "MacGyver" (2018) and "Dear White People" (2021).

Answer: Tyler Galpin

Tyler Galpin appeared in all eight episodes of the first season of "Wednesday". Tyler was formerly a bully of Nevermore Academy students but when Wednesday Addams comes to Jericho he ends up dating her. Wednesday is told by Xavier to not get close to Tyler and it is eventually uncovered that Tyler is the monster known as the Hyde who has killed six people. Tyler is the son of the town sheriff and his deceased mother who was also a Hyde.

Tyler Galpin was played by Hunter Doohan who was born in Arkansas in 1994 and appeared in the shows "Truth be Told" (2019-20) and "Your Honor" (2020-21).

Answer: Marilyn Thornhill

Marilyn Thornhill typically went by the name Ms. Thornhill and she was a botany teacher at Nevermore Academy and the dorm mom at Ophelia Hall. Ms. Thornhill was nice to Wednesday but she had ulterior motives of kidnapping Wednesday to get her blood to reanimate the deceased Joseph Crackstone. Ms. Thornhill's real name was Laurel Gates, someone thought to have died decades prior in a drowning incident in London.

Ms. Thornhill was played by Christina Ricci who was born in California in 1980. Ricci famously played the part of Wednesday Addams in the films "The Addams Family" (1991) and "Addams Family Values" (1993). Other film roles of Christina Ricci include "Casper" (1995), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), "Monster" (2003) and "The Matrix Resurrections" (2021).

Answer: Wednesday Addams

Wednesday Addams is expelled from Nancy Reagan High School after she drops piranhas into a pool where several boys that bullied her brother were swimming. This incident leads her parents to enrol her at Nevermore Academy, a school for outcasts. While at Nevermore, Wednesday helps uncover the human identity of the murderous Hyde with methods that included tasering Tyler. In spite of trying her hardest not to, Wednesday actually makes some friends while at Nevermore.

Jenna Ortega brilliantly played the title role in "Wednesday" and she was born in California in 2002. Jenna Ortega also appeared on the shows "Jane the Virgin" (2014-19), "Stuck in the Middle" (2016-18) and "You" (2019) as well as the films "The Fallout" (2021), "X" (2022) and "Scream" (2022).

Answer: Valerie Kinbott

Dr. Valerie Kinbott is a psychiatrist in the town of Jericho who is friends with Principal Weems. Over the first season Kinbott is shown trying to help Wednesday in therapy sessions but Wednesday is not very receptive to her methods. Kinbott also had Tyler and Xavier as patients with mixed results as well. Dr. Kinbott is slashed and killed by the Hyde toward the end of the first season of "Wednesday".

Dr. Valerie Kinbott was played by Riki Lindhomme who was born in Pennsylvania in 1979. Some of Lindhome's other roles include "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (2002), "Gilmore Girls" (2002-06) and "Duncanville" (2020-22).