Warning: Swearing.
Paramount Planet was not an easy place to get to. This is primarily because Paramount Pictures is a completely different planet to Warner Brothers Central and only has one portal that had hardly any use and, therefore, hardly ever worked.
As it was, Marvin was currently trying to figure out a way into the planet that didn't involve smashing said portal to pieces.
"Just fly in." Daffy ordered, as he paced furiously.
Marvin rolled his eyes and tapped more buttons while mumbling under his breath.
"Hello!?" Daffy snapped, throwing his hands in the air.
"Be quiet, Earth-Creature!" Marvin barked back, whipping round to face the little black duck. "Can't you see I'm doing my best!?" He almost pleaded, voice cracking on the last word.
"Okay, I think we're getting a bit to emotional here." The ever-logical Wile.E. said, smoothly stepping in. "How about we take a breath and-"
"Shut up, Wile-E!" Both Marvin and Daffy shouted before resuming arguing.
Wile.E glared and took the opportunity to have a look at the screen, now Marvin wasn't blocking it. The others could literally see the cogs whirring above his head in a thought bubble as he analysed what he was seeing.
"-That was Bugs's decision - not mine, you idiot!" A furious Marvin bellowed.
Caught by the mention of his name, Bugs turned to his two brothers and went: "What was moi decision?"
"To get Elmer lasth!" Daffy said, eye narrowing.
Bugs threw his arms out. "Ya know it was! Oi told ya, he's in the Addams Family world - it's the least threatening one, so I left it till last-"
"-IT!?-"
Bugs clicked his tongue. "-Ya know what oi mean, Duck-"
"Bugs is right." A hesitant Penelope said. "And we technically all agreed..."
"Oui, that iz right." Pepe agreed. "Someone - zey had to be last. It iz a fact."
Daffy looked at Pepe and seemed to be considering murdering him, when Wile.E distracted them with: "I have good news and bad news."
"I-i-it's not a cl-cli-cliffhanger, is it?" Porky asked, looking pained
"No, well, not yet anyway. The bad news is that we can't smash the portal. The good news is that we have toon powers and we should be able to teleport in. I don't think we'll get the ship in, however, so someone will need to stay with it."
"That will be me then." Marvin said, immediately. "Especially as I appeared so much in the last few chapters."
It was quickly decided that Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Speedy, Pepe and Penelope would go. "N-n-now, just be prepared." Porky warned his younger siblings before they set off. "W-w-we've est-esta-establ we know Rhythm isn't playing nice."
The other four solemnly nodded and they all teleported into the Addams Family's World.
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Bugs had never actually seen the inside of the planet before, but from descriptions he knew what to expect. The majority of the shows were in black and white - which meant the whole world looked very dull -but at the 'entrance' points into the respective areas of Paramount Planet there should be a glowing, pink circle taking up nearly the whole side of whichever part of the planet they were in. For the Addams this that meant there 'exit and entrance' points SHOULD have been at either end of the street they lived on. But they weren't there, instead the ends of the street crumbled away into nothing.
The six chosen toons looked at each other nervously - having thankfully managed to teleport into the middle of the street - and simultaneously gave exaggerated gulps before Daffy asked, knees knocking, body trembling (it was colder than it looked). "Stho...ladies first?" He nodded towards the gate and looked at Penelope.
Her eyes narrowed and she was about to deliver a stinging retort when Bugs - trying to relieve the tension a bit - quick-changed into a Marilyn Monroe wig and silver dress (like the one he wore in 'Back In Action) and, batting his eyelashes cooed: "Oh, you mean liddle ol' me? Don't mind if I do." And he carefully (having donned heels as well) walked in the gate that would give him access to the Addams house.
It opened by itself. Bugs exchanged a glance with his fellow toons and they all gulped again before trooping in together. The gate swung shut behind them with a *Bang!* which made them all jump.
Daffy frowned and hurried up the path to the door, not wanting to waste any time. Ignoring the doorbell he got out a hammer from hammerspace and banged on the door a few times.
The door opened and a very tall, solid-looking, monster of a man opened the door and looked at them cooley.
Daffy gave a nervous smile and hid the hammer behind his back.
"Bonjour." Pepe smiled, stepping forward. "We are here to see monsieur Fudd - I mean-" He caught himself. "Monsieur Addams."
The butler - for that's what he was - nodded and said, in a deep baritone voice. "Follow me."
The 6 toons looked at each other like 'well, this is nerve-inducing' and stood there for a few seconds all hoping one of the others would make the first move.
The butler appeared in the doorway again and said, again. "Follow me."
Daffy made a snap decision and gathered his siblings up and shoved them through the door with a: "Well, you heard the man! Get goin'!"
"Eh...quit shovin'!" Bugs said, half-annoyed, half-jokingly as they were manoeuvred into the centre of the Addams's massive living room. Which now he was in, he realised - looking around - was even more creepier than on the telly. No wonder so many of the Addam's neighbours ran out of here screaming. The sword-fish head mounted prominently on display sent shivers down his spine, that combined with the stuffed bear at the bottom of the staircase and the various others objects artistically placed round the Addams's completely black house was a bit like being transported to the inside of a haunted house. Daffy - as usual - summed it up best.
"Thisth is weird." He stated, looking around and taking a step closer to Porky.
"Mr Addams." The deep baritone voice said again and the toons turned to see the actual Mr Addams from the 60's series standing there with a smile.
"Hello gentleman." He greeted. "And ladies." He added, nodding at Penelope. "What can I do for you?"
There was a silence, which was broken by Porky. "E-ex-excuse me, Mr Addams, there se-see-seems to be a mis- a mista - a mis - an misunderstanding. We wanted the other Mr Addams."
Gomes Addams frowned slightly and said, just as cheerfully as before. "Do you mean Mr Addams Senior? We could get the Ouija board if you like-"
"No." Bugs said firmly. "Mr Fester Addams."
Gomez for the first time dropped the smile and said. "Well, first of all Fester isn't actually an Addams. He's a Frump. He's the uncle of my wonderful wife, Morticia. And secondly he's not available-"
"-Well, dis is an emoirgancy." Bugs interrupted. "So can ya get him, please, Doc?"
Gomez frowned and drew himself up. At this point Bugs remembered Gomez's in-universe amount of wealth and influence and added, placatingly. "Oi promise oi wouldn't insist unless it's serious. Oi mean, haven't weird things been weird recently?"
Gomez considered this for a few agonising minutes then admitted. "Well. Now you mention it they have been..." He sighed. "Fine. I'll get Fester. But I warn you -" He added, gesturing loosely at Bugs. "He's not been well recently. We found him in the middle of a forest. One moment." And he left, telling Lurch to keep an eye on them as he did so.
From a few steps away Speedy mouthed. 'Forest?' and Bugs signalled to him to leave it for now.
It took a lot longer than they were hoping for, but eventually Addams reappeared with his usual flair for the dramatic and announced. "Ladies and Gentleman, my brother-in-law, Fester Frump!" He stood aside to reveal...the actual Fester Frump from the original series.
In hindsight, Bugs should have hid his emotions. But at that point he'd had it up to and beyond his ears and let out an audible groan and pulled his ears down in frustration.
"I don't think they want me, Gomez." Fester said, in a tired voice.
Penelope gave Bugs a completely unsubtle stamp on the foot and said, politely. "No, you're exactly who we want to see. You don't seem well." She added, in concern.
"No, I'm not." Fester stumbled to a chair and threw himself in it. "I'm so tired." He closed his eyes and started lightly dozing.
"Okay, okay!" Daffy flounced over and rested an arm on Fester's shoulder. "Here'sth the deal because we need to wrap thisth chapter up. Have you seen a small bold guy who looksth permanently losth?"
Bugs gave a laugh and then pulled himself together.
Gomez answered promptly. "No, no we haven't." The 6 toons groaned in frustration. Ignoring this, Addams carried on with a thoughtful. "Not looking lost anyway. But we did have that incident when Fester turned into a dwarf a few months back."
There was a beat while the toons digested that sentence. Then Penelope said, with a certain amount of deadpan-ness. "Let me guess...that was about 6 months ago?"
Gomez did a double take and asked. "You know about it then? I suppose it's only inevitable-" He admitted, answering his own question. "There's only so much you can hide a family member losing half his height-"
"JUSTH TELL USTH WHAT HAPPENED!" Daffy screeched.
Addams snapped his finger and said, cheerfully. "Certainly! It all started about 6 months back..."