History Funny / ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017

* When the Hook-handed Man presents three cakes with different flavors of icing, we get this:
--> '''Hook-handed Man''': One's vanilla, one has a hint of nutmeg, and the other is a little lemony.
--> '''Olaf''': I told you never to say that word.

** The hook-handed man in particular has a wide-eyed and excited look when sunny mentions that they also made chocolate pudding for dessert.

** Hook-Handed Man gets so bored guarding Sunny that he challenges her to poker, which ends with her somehow taking him to the cleaners.

[[AC:Episode 1 - The Bad Beginning Part One]]

[[AC:Episode 2 - The Bad Beginning Part Two]]

* When Violet is caught by the Hook-Handed Man trying to rescue Sunny, he radios Olaf, and explains that she climbed up to the tower with an apparent grappling hook. Olaf's reaction that we hear is... understandable.
-->'''Olaf:''' Where did she get a ''grappling hook''?!

* The RunningGag in "The Bad Beginning Part 2" that Olaf has no idea how to use the words "figuratively" and "literally," complete with several other characters going out of their way to use them correctly.

[[AC:Episode 3 - The Reptile Room Part One]]

* [[spoiler:Mrs. Quagmire's]] utterly deadpan description of the OffscreenMomentOfAwesome we just missed.

[[AC:Episode 4 - The Reptile Room Part Two]]

!!Unsorted:

* The Hook-Handed Man's AffablyEvil tendencies create quite a few.
** As Olaf starts his scheme:
-->'''Olaf:''' Do you know what question I'm asked most often?
-->'''Hook-Handed Man:''' "Will you please leave the premises?"
** He tries to be cool by ending a phone call with "10-4," but Olaf doesn't get it. Made even better by how we only get to see his side of the conversation, Bob Newhart style.
** He gets so bored guarding Sunny that he challenges her to poker, which ends with her somehow taking him to the cleaners.
* Olaf's reaction to the hole in the titular wide window is... novel.
-->'''Olaf''': (blank stare at the person-shaped hole) Well... that worked out. (lights his pipe)

!!Unsorted:

* The Hook-Handed Man's AffablyEvil tendencies create quite a few.
** As Olaf starts his scheme:
-->'''Olaf:''' Do you know what question I'm asked most often?
-->'''Hook-Handed Man:''' "Will you please leave the premises?"
** He tries to be cool by ending a phone call with "10-4," but Olaf doesn't get it. Made even better by how we only get to see his side of the conversation, Bob Newhart style.
** He gets so bored guarding Sunny that he challenges her to poker, which ends with her somehow taking him to the cleaners.
* When Violet is caught by the Hook-Handed Man trying to rescue Sunny, he radios Olaf, and explains that she climbed up to the tower with an apparent grappling hook. Olaf's reaction that we hear is... understandable.
-->'''Olaf:''' Where did she get a ''grappling hook''?!
* "...[[RefugeInAudacity is that a]] [[MythologyGag harpoon gun?]]"

* The powdered faced women's responses when [[spoiler:Olaf finds them tied up after their plan to kidnap Monty fails]].
-->'''Woman 1''': he's tougher than he looks!
-->'''Woman 2''': Even for two old ladies!

* Stephano's reaction to Mr. Poe saying they have to call the police.
-->'''Stephano''': Come on man, it's just a fender bender!
** And then Mr. Poe trying to report Monty's death.
-->'''Mr.Poe''': It's quite urgent! First name: Montgomery, last name: Montgomery. No this isn't a prank ca-! *operator hangs up* Hello?

* After getting caught trying to rescue Sunny from the tower, Olaf locks the Baudelaires in a room with an hourglass saying that their fortune will be his when the sand runs out...only to pop back up through the trapdoor moments later to see that the hourglass is already empty.
--> '''Olaf:''' I didn't realize the sand went so quickly; I bought it online. [[CrossesTheLineTwice You're gonna need to flip it a couple of times.]]
* "...[[RefugeInAudacity is that a]] [[MythologyGag harpoon gun?]]"

* The RunningGag in "The Bad Beginning Part 2" that Olaf has no idea how to use the words "figuratively" and "literally," complete with several other characters going out of their way to use them correctly.

-->"Where did she get a ''grappling hook''?!"

* Mrs. Poe asking the children how they feel before bed and then immediately making their statement front page news.
* Daniel Handler, ever [[YouHaveToHaveJews the Jewish boy from New York]], keeps up the incredible {{Stealth Pun}}s.
--> '''Justice Strauss''': "I always find cooking to be something of a mitzvah. Do you know what that means?"
--> '''Klaus''': "Commandment?"
--> '''Justice Strauss''': "Blessing."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Mitzvah'' literally means "commandment", but can also mean blessing (or a charitable deed).[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Mr.Poe''': it's quite urgent! First name: Montgomery, last name: Montgomery. No this isn't a prank ca-! *operator hangs up* Hello?

* From the trailer, we get an absolutely fantastic scene. We see Olaf locking the Baudelaires in a room with an hourglass saying that their fortune will be his when the sand runs out...only to pop back up through the trapdoor moments later to see that the hourglass is already empty.

* Daniel Handler, ever the Jewish boy from New York, keeps up the incredible {{Stealth Pun}}s.

--> '''Straus''': "Blessing."[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Mitzvah'' literally means "commandment", but can also mean blessing (or a charitable deed).[[/labelnote]]

* From the trailer, we get an absolutely fantastic scene. We see Olaf locking the Beaudelaires in a room with an hourglass saying that their fortune will be his when the sand runs out...only to pop back up through the trapdoor moments later to see that the hourglass is already empty.

-->'''Hook-Handed Man:''' "Leave the premises and never come back?"

* Alfre Woodard gloriously PlayingAgainstType as the ridiculously hypochondriac Aunt Josephine. She gets a YouHaveToBeKiddingMe take from ''Sunny''.

* [[spoiler:Mrs. Beaudelaire's]] utterly deadpan description of the OffscreenMomentOfAwesome we just missed.

->"Where did she get a ''grappling hook''?!"