Cousin Farouk

Cousin Farouk is a relative of The Addams Family.

History[edit | edit source]

He was nearly consumed by a swordfish while trying to catch a rare eel. The remains of both Farouk, and the fish are mounted on the living room wall in The Addams Family Mansion. Sometimes Farouk's leg is dressed in a pant leg and boat shoe, other times it wears only a flipper.

(In The New Addams Family, the swordfish head is replaced by a full shark.)

Morticia once offered to give him to the newlywed neighbors as a housewarming gift.^[1] He liked to meet new people.^[2]

Uncle Fester identified a seemingly identical leg, wearing a swim fin, mounted in a swordfish head, hanging in Farouk's spot on the Living Room Wall, as Cousin Squint when his pen-pal Madelyn asked about it.^[3] Gomez identifies a similar leg in a darker swordfish as Cousin Ahab.^[4]

When Lurch becomes a pop star and looks out the window at his clamoring fans, Farouk is missing, though the holes in the wall where he was mounted are visible.^[5] He returns around the time the Fireman's Pole is installed nearby.^[6]

Mentioned in[edit | edit source]

The Addams Family original series episodes:

"The Addams Family Tree" - swim fin
"The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family"

The New Addams Family episode:

"New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family" (new)

Seen In[edit | edit source]

Though seen on the wall as mere decoration in many episodes, Farouk is noticed and causes reactions in these The Addams Family original series episodes: