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Jenna Ortega Explains How Her Viral ‘Wednesday' Dance Came to Be

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What to know about Jenna Ortega Explains How Her Viral ‘Wednesday' Dance Came to Be

Jenna Ortega has turned Wednesday Addams into a viral dancing queen.

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What happened

Jenna Ortega has turned Wednesday Addams into a viral dancing queen.

Why it matters

Chances are, if you're a fan of Netflix's new "Addams Family" spinoff series "Wednesday," your social media algorithm has showered you with TikTok videos of kids and adults performing an intense dance that the actress' character, Wednesday Addams, showcased…

Common ground

16 episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Ortega discussed how her now-viral dance came to be.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “On the Dec. 16 episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Ortega discussed how her now-viral dance came to be.”
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While the evidence confirms Jenna Ortega's identity and the existence of The Tonight Show, none of the provided search results specifically confirm an appearance on December 16 to discuss the dance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. Known for her work in horror, Ortega has been dubbed "Gen Z's scream queen" by media publications. She has also been featured on th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_Ortega
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of episodes for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Tonight_Show_Starr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jenna Ortega is an American actress. She began acting at the age of nine and, after a series of minor television roles, made her acting debut in an episode of the sitcom Rob (2012). She earned recogni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roles_and_awards_of_Je…
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Claim 2: “The director, Tim Burton”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic searches for 'Tim' and 'Tim Hortons' and does not contain any information linking Tim Burton to the direction of the series 'Wednesday'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Look up Tim, tim, or TIM in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM
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web search NEUTRAL — Home of Canada's favourite coffee. Join Tims™ Rewards and start earning rewards today.
https://www.timhortons.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to the channel, dear friends! Subscribe for TIM TIN: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXJ... We have already understood that a poor girl cannot understand a rich girl. What can we say...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXJaBvhynZMqVCbHVkzkNw
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Claim 3: “Lisa Loring, who, at age 6, originated the onscreen role of Wednesday Addams in the '60s comedy series "The Addams Family."”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources (AOL, Sky News) confirm Lisa Loring played Wednesday Addams starting at age six in the 1960s series.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces; February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023) was an American actress. She was best known for her work as a child actress from age six playing Wednesday Addams on the 1964…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Loring
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web search NEUTRAL — Lisa Loring was just six years old when she took on the role of Wednesday Addams, the long-braided youngest daughter of Morticia and Gomez. And while her on-screen persona was certainly unorthodox, he…
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/lisa-loring-played-wednesd…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lisa Loring played Wednesday Addams, the gloomy, death-obsessed, pigtailed daughter of The Addams Family, from 1964 to 1966. She died on Saturday after complications from a stroke.
https://news.sky.com/story/lisa-loring-the-original-wednesda…
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Claim 4: “he chose the [1981] song 'Goo Goo Muck' by The Cramps.”
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Wikipedia confirms the album 'Psychedelic Jungle' containing 'Goo Goo Muck' was released March 27, 1981. Multiple web sources confirm the song was used in the Netflix series 'Wednesday' for the dance sequence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Psychedelic Jungle is the second album by the American rock band The Cramps. It was released on March 27, 1981 on I.R.S. Records. It was engineered by Paul McKenna and recorded in January 1981 at A&M …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American garage punk band the Cramps were active from 1976 until 2009. Its discography consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, four compilations, two EPs, and 23 singles. The band also produc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cramps_discography
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wednesday is an American supernatural mystery comedy television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it stars Jenna Ortega as the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday_(TV_series)
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Claim 5: “The 20-year-old continued”
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Wikipedia confirms Jenna Ortega was born on September 27, 2002. Depending on the exact date of the interview in late 2022, she would be 20 years old.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. Known for her work in horror, Ortega has been dubbed "Gen Z's scream queen" by media publications. She has also been featured on th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_Ortega
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Klara and the Sun is an upcoming dystopian science fiction film directed by Taika Waititi and written by Waititi and Dahvi Waller, based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 novel of the same name. It stars Jenna…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_and_the_Sun_(film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jenna Ortega is an American actress. She began acting at the age of nine and, after a series of minor television roles, made her acting debut in an episode of the sitcom Rob (2012). She earned recogni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roles_and_awards_of_Je…
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Claim 6: “Ortega said to prepare for the dance, she watched videos of '70s rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees and rock singers Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen, "archival footage of goth kids dancing in clubs in the '80s" and of French actor Denis Lavant in the 1999 film "Beau Travail."”
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The provided evidence contains general biographical information about Jenna Ortega but does not mention the specific artistic inspirations (Siouxsie and the Banshees, Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen, or Denis Lavant) for the dance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. Known for her work in horror, Ortega has been dubbed " Gen Z 's scream queen " by media publications.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_Ortega
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2020 she co-starred as Phoebe in the horror sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020). Restless in her profession, Jenna is accountable for more than 15 television staples and blockbuster films to…
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm4911194/
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Claim 7: “Netflix's new "Addams Family" spinoff series "Wednesday"”
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Wikipedia and the official Netflix site confirm that 'Wednesday' is a series based on the character Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family and is produced by Netflix.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams are an eccentric old-money clan who delight in the macabre and the grotesque and are seemingly unaware…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wednesday Friday Addams is a character from the Addams Family multimedia franchise created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. She is typically portrayed as a morbid and emotionally reserved child …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday_Addams
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grandmama is a fictional character in The Addams Family franchise, created by cartoonist Charles Addams and first appearing in his The New Yorker cartoons in 1938. She is the grandmother of Wednesday …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmama_(The_Addams_Family)
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