Morticia and Gomez find a treasure map that once belonged to their Great-Grandfather Pegleg and hire Captain Grimby and charter his ship to take them to find the treasure.
Gomez and Morticia are mortified when Pugsley announces his desire to find a job and make money. They decide to allow their son to work in order to teach him a lesson.
Morticia and Gomez are absolutely bewildered - and a bit worried - when they see Uncle Fester trying to diet and exercise with the help of television fitness guru, Jack La Lanne.
The family take up their battlestations when they hear news of a cat burglar loose in the neighborhood but are faced with a dilemma when they discover the crook may be Gomez.
Gomez and the family welcomes an old family friend, Don Xavier Molines, and his daughter, Consuela, to their home, not knowing that the Don has come to see Gomez wed to Consuela.
Uncle Fester is so smitten with one of his many pen pals, Diana, the Bearded Lady, that he proposes to her by mail and begins work in order to support her.
The Addams mansion becomes a battlefield when Gomez and Morticia tell Grandmama and Uncle Fester that they think they are spoiling Pugsley and Wednesday.
An organ grinder's fugitive monkey wanders into the Addams mansion, befriending Pugsley and eventually leading Uncle Fester to believe that he has turned Pugsley into a chimp.
Gomez believes he has been chosen as Strife magazine's "Man of the Year," so he and Morticia try to track down their favorite photographer to take Gomez's portrait for the magazine.
Ophelia visits the Addams mansion, distraught after having lost yet another man, Montrose, to the Peace Corps. Fester offers to join up as well to find Montrose and return him to her.
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