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The universe of Wednesday is growing and glowing. The recently released second season of the show was a huge hit. With the short cameo of Lady Gaga and a storyline no one expected, the third season of the show was announced even before the second was released.

And now, Netflix has confirmed that one of the show’s characters is about to step out of the shadows and into their own series. Yes, a beloved character of the show is getting a spinoff series, and we can’t be more excited. It’s none other than Uncle Fester.

Yes, the bald, bug-eyed, electric-shock-loving weirdo we only saw briefly in season one is getting his own spinoff. Fred Armisen’s version of the character made such a bizarre, funny impact that Netflix decided he deserves more than a guest arc. Now he is headlining a show all on his own.

It actually makes a weird kind of sense. Fester has always been the Addams a little too strange even for his own family person, which makes him the perfect candidate for a solo story. On Wednesday, he was the madcap uncle sneaking in and out of Nevermore and dropping jokes that landed in the middle of murder plots. A full series could tell us more about where he came from, what he gets up to when he is not helping Wednesday, and why he is always jumping between “unhelpful relative” and “secret genius”.

What we don’t know yet is what kind of tone Netflix will go for. Will it stick with the gothic quirkiness of Wednesday or lean harder into pure comedy? Fred Armisen has the ability to carry both, so the possibilities are wide open. Fans are already speculating whether other Addams family members will pop in for cameos. Nothing is confirmed yet, but you can bet the crossover theories will keep growing until Netflix drops more details.

The best part of this news is that it shows Netflix isn’t done with the Addams universe. Wednesday itself became a global hit and turned Jenna Ortega into a household name while making Wednesday Addams the ultimate Gen Z anti-hero. A spin-off means the world-building isn’t stopping at Nevermore Academy. It is branching out, and that makes the future of this franchise feel a lot bigger.

So yeah, if you thought Fester was just a one-off cameo, think again. He is about to have a whole series to himself, and honestly, the timing couldn’t be better. The only real mystery left is how Netflix will pull it off, but if Wednesday taught us anything, it’s that weird works.