gordon grows closer to the addams family, particularly the children wednesday (christina ricci) and pugsley (jimmy workman), and he teaches them about swords for a school play. fake fester goes to the play, even though abigail told him not to do so. after the play, abigail says fake fester must go away again, so the addamses throw a large party. wednesday hears abigail and gordon talking about plans to break into the vault. tully learns that fester, as the biggest brother, owns all of the addams property. the addamses' neighbor, judge george womack (paul benedict), helps the bad guys kick the addamses out of their house.