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[[AC:Episode 20 - The Slippery Slope: Part 2]]
* When Sunny reveals herself to the villains while pushing a sledge, she yells (in babytalk): "Rosebud!", referencing ''Film/CitizenKane''.
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* The Hook-Handed Man gives the same advice as in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' before he starts his musical number.

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* The Hook-Handed Man gives the same advice as in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' before he starts his musical number.
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* When Count Olaf, Esme, Carmelita, and the Hook handed man are trying to rent a submarine, the latter is wearing a hat and striped sweater reminiscent of [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger.]]

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* When Count Olaf, Esme, Carmelita, and the Hook handed man are trying to rent a submarine, the latter is wearing a hat and striped sweater reminiscent of [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger.]]
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* In celebration of their invention working, Violet and Klaus quote "Super Bad" by James Brown.

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* In celebration of their invention working, Violet and Klaus quote "Super Bad" by James Brown.
Music/JamesBrown.
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'''Count Olaf:''' No, Larry Your-Waiter, [[spoiler: I expect you to boil!]]

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'''Count Olaf:''' No, Larry Your-Waiter, [[spoiler: I expect you to boil!]]boil!]]

[[AC:Episode 24 - The Penultimate Peril: Part 2]]
* At the trial, Olaf accuses the Baudelaires of murder in the same manner as a ''[[{{TabletopGame/Cluedo}} Clue]]'' game, naming the culprit, location, and weapon in that order.
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* Violet and Klaus' Siamese twin disguise is named Beverly and Elliot, the twins from ''Film/DeadRingers''. This serves as a double nod as Klaus and Sunny are already named after the notorious Von Bulows, and Jeremy Irons had played Claus von Bulow in ''Film/ReversalOfFortune'' after playing Beverly and Elliot.

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* Like in the books, Violet and Klaus' Siamese twin disguise is named Beverly and Elliot, the twins from ''Film/DeadRingers''. This serves as a double nod as Klaus and Sunny are already named after the notorious Von Bulows, and Jeremy Irons had played Claus von Bulow in ''Film/ReversalOfFortune'' after playing Beverly and Elliot.



* Caligari Carnival has a very important cabinet, referencing ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.

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* The reference in the name of [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Caligari Carnival has Carnival]] is made more direct than in the books, with Olivia now having a very important cabinet, referencing ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.
"Caligari Cabinet" in the back of the tent which houses her disguises and files as her private research library.
* The villains chant that the freaks are "not like us" before segueing to the freaks chanting "one of us" to the disguised Baudelaires, both being references to the famous "one of us" chant in ''{{Film/Freaks}}''. The "not like us" chant returns in "The Carnivorous Carnival: Part Two" as well.

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* In the submarine, Esme is wearing a purple octopus dress and her hair in a blonde beehive- making her look like [[WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}} Ursula]]

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* In the submarine, Esme is wearing a purple octopus dress and her hair in a blonde beehive- making her look like [[WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}} Ursula]]Ursula]]

[[AC:Episode 23 - The Penultimate Peril: Part 1]]
* When Count Olaf has Larry Your-Waiter at his mercy [[spoiler: tied up and dangling above a pot of boiling curry]], the two share an exchange that homages the famous back-and-forth between Film/JamesBond and the titular villain of ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. (Hilariously, despite Olaf being the Goldfinger in this scenario, he’s wearing a tux with a white dinner jacket similar to the one Bond wore at the beginning of that film.)
-->'''Larry Your-Waiter:''' Do you expect me to talk?\\
'''Count Olaf:''' No, Larry Your-Waiter, [[spoiler: I expect you to boil!]]
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* Mrs. Poe interviews Olaf backstage in a single long walk-and-talk shot with jazz music in the background, in a reference to ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.

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* Mrs. Poe interviews Olaf backstage in a single long walk-and-talk shot with jazz music in the background, in a reference to ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance''.
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-->'''Sunny:''' I can dig it.

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-->'''Sunny:''' [[Film/{{Shaft}} I can dig it.]]
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* In the submarine, Esme is wearing a purple octopus dress and her hair in a blonde beehive- making her look like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]]

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* In the submarine, Esme is wearing a purple octopus dress and her hair in a blonde beehive- making her look like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid [[WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}} Ursula]]
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* Caligari Carnival has a very important cabinet, referencing ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.

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* Caligari Carnival has a very important cabinet, referencing ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.

[[AC:Episode 21 - The Grim Grotto: Part 1]]
* When Count Olaf, Esme, Carmelita, and the Hook handed man are trying to rent a submarine, the latter is wearing a hat and striped sweater reminiscent of [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger.]]
* In the submarine, Esme is wearing a purple octopus dress and her hair in a blonde beehive- making her look like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]]
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* One un-shown item in the auction is bought by a [[Creator/FedericoFellini Mr. Fellini]] for the amount of [[Film/EightAndAHalf eight and a half.]]

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* Veblen Hall is declared to be "out" by Esme, to be replaced by Milton Friedman Hall. A name much more suitable for an auction house if nothing else, given Friedman was a staunch free marketer.

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* Veblen Hall is declared to be "out" by Esme, Esmé, to be replaced by Milton Friedman Hall. A name much more suitable for an auction house if nothing else, given Friedman was a staunch free marketer.



-->'''Esme:''' If she's so good at fortune telling, why does she live out here in the Hinterlands instead of having her own television show in the city?\\

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-->'''Esme:''' -->'''Esmé:''' If she's so good at fortune telling, why does she live out here in the Hinterlands instead of having her own television show in the city?\\
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* In celebration of their invention working, Violet and Klaus quote "Super Bad" by James Brown.
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[[AC:Episode 17 - The Carniverous Carnival: Part One]]

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[[AC:Episode 17 - The Carniverous Carnivorous Carnival: Part One]]

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* The In Auction is supposed to be held at Veblen Hall, likely a reference to Thorstein Veblen, [[IronY ironically]] known for being a critic of capitalism.

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* The In Auction is supposed to be held at Veblen Hall, likely a reference to Thorstein Veblen, [[IronY ironically]] known for being a critic of capitalism.[[note]]A Veblen good refers to an exception to the law of demand - a good where the quantity demanded ''increases'' rather than decreases when the price goes up as it is perceived as something of a status symbol. Such goods fit Esmé to a T.[[/note]]
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-->'''Henchperson:''' Here I am, Nurse Lucafont [[note In place of "Here's Johnny!"]]

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-->'''Henchperson:''' Here I am, Nurse Lucafont [[note In [[note]]In place of "Here's Johnny!"]]
Johnny!"[[/note]]
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[[AC: Episode 16 - The Hostile Hospital: Part Two]]
* Another reference to ''Film/TheShining'' occurs when the Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender breaks a hole in the door the Baudelaires are behind.
-->'''Henchperson:''' Here I am, Nurse Lucafont [[note In place of "Here's Johnny!"]]
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* The Hook Handed Man briefly refers to Esmé as "[[Creator/YokoOno Yoko]]".

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* The Hook Handed Man briefly refers to Esmé as "[[Creator/YokoOno "[[Music/YokoOno Yoko]]".
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* One of the filing cabinets starts with "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}".

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* One of the filing cabinets in the library starts with "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}"."Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}".

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* The Hook Handed Man briefly refers to Esmé as "[[Creator/YokoOno Yoko]]"

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* The Hook Handed Man briefly refers to Esmé as "[[Creator/YokoOno Yoko]]"Yoko]]".
* One of the filing cabinets starts with "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}".
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* In the the restaurant owned by Count Olaf we hear one of the henchmen say "Donner, party of five". This may be a reference to a wagon train in the 1800's that [[Main/NoPartyLikeADonnerParty ended... poorly...]]



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\n* Mrs Poe calls her husband "light of my life", to which he respond [[Literature/{{Lolita}} "fire of my loins"]].

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** Hugo is a Hunchback, possibly a reference to author Victor Hugo, who wrote [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]

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** * Hugo is a Hunchback, possibly a reference to author Victor Hugo, who wrote [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]Dame]]
* Caligari Carnival has a very important cabinet, referencing ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.
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I realized this while watching. Damn you Daniel Handler.


* Hugo excitedly says [[{{Film/Freaks}} "One of us! One of Us!"]] when the Baudelaires join the freakshow.

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* Hugo excitedly says [[{{Film/Freaks}} "One of us! One of Us!"]] when the Baudelaires join the freakshow.freakshow.
** Hugo is a Hunchback, possibly a reference to author Victor Hugo, who wrote [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]
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* Olaf announces the auction of the VFD box as the “Crying of Lot 49”, a Thomas Pynchon novella about a long running feud
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[[AC:Episode 12 - The Ersatz Elevator: Part Two]]
*Veblen Hall is declared to be "out" by Esme, to be replaced by Milton Friedman Hall. A name much more suitable for an auction house if nothing else, given Friedman was a staunch free marketer.

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