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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Since the story is intentionally supposed to have DarknessInducedAuienceApathy, the show is praised for being whimsical/outlandish enough not to go too far with it.
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* BetterThanCanon: The first four books are extremely episodic, with the hints of a broader developing story only beginning in the fifth. The show integrates the VFD plot right from the start and the four stories are tied together much more tightly. It helps that Daniel Handler himself is the head writer.
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* DenserAndWackier: Although it is more faithful to the events of the original books than the movie was, this adaptation is also much more "cartoonish." The color palette is brighter, for example, and Violet's inventions are more along the lines of something [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]] would deploy. Like in the film, Count Olaf is more of a goofball than he was in the books.
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* HilariousInHindsight: No wonder why the Baudelaire children are so "fierce and formidable". Their parents are [[Film/TheLegoMovie Batman and Wonder Woman!]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: No wonder why the Baudelaire children are so "fierce and formidable". Their The [[spoiler: Quagmire]] parents are [[Film/TheLegoMovie Batman and Wonder Woman!]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: No wonder why the Baudelaire children are so "fierce and formidable". Their parents are [[Film/TheLegoMovie Batman and Wonder Woman!]]
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* BetterThanCanon: The first four books are extremely episodic, with the hints of a broader developing story only beginning in the fifth. The show integrates the VFD plot right from the start and the four stories are tied together much more tightly.
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* BetterThanCanon: The first four books are extremely episodic, with the hints of a broader developing story only beginning in the fifth. The show integrates the VFD plot right from the start and the four stories are tied together much more tightly. It helps that Daniel Handler himself is the head writer.
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* BetterThanCanon: The first four books are extremely episodic, with the hints of a broader developing story only beginning in the fifth. The show integrates the VFD plot right from the start and the four stories are tied together much more tightly.
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* DenserAndWackier: Although it is more faithful to the events of the original books than the movie was, this adaptation is also much more "cartoonish." The color palette is brighter, for example, and Violet's inventions are more along the lines of something [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]] would deploy. Like in the film, Count Olaf is more of a goofball than he was in the books.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dr Orwell gets [[spoiler: burned in a furnace]], rather than [[spoiler: chopped in a logging machine.]] Not sure which is worst -- [[spoiler: instant death by slicing, or slowing burning alive in a furnace!]]
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--> '''Klaus:''' Better than nothing.
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* TheWoobie: Lemony Snicket. His LemonyNarrator tendencies show up as him being genuinely affected by everything that happens to the Baudelaires, and he seems to genuinely not want you to continue watching not out of a joke, but because the events that he's chronicling have made him utterly miserable.
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* TheWoobie: TheWoobie:
** Lemony Snicket. His LemonyNarrator tendencies show up as him being genuinely affected by everything that happens to the Baudelaires, and he seems to genuinely not want you to continue watching not out of a joke, but because the events that he's chronicling have made him utterly miserable.
** Lemony Snicket. His LemonyNarrator tendencies show up as him being genuinely affected by everything that happens to the Baudelaires, and he seems to genuinely not want you to continue watching not out of a joke, but because the events that he's chronicling have made him utterly miserable.
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*NightmareFuel: The leeches. Small creatures with a LampreyMouth taking up almost half their body lengths, and their ability to smell food on you when you're hundreds of feet away and ''above water.'' And they ''swarm.''
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans are unhappy with the whimsical retro aesthetic of the show and preferred the dark and gritty steampunk look of the movie.
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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Dr Orwell gets [[spoiler: burned in a furnace]], rather than [[spoiler: chopped in a logging machine.]] Not sure which is worst -- [[spoiler: instant death by slicing, or slowing burning alive in a furnace!]]
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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dr Orwell gets [[spoiler: burned in a furnace]], rather than [[spoiler: chopped in a logging machine.]] Not sure which is worst -- [[spoiler: instant death by slicing, or slowing burning alive in a furnace!]]
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She wasn't supposed to be likeable in the first place
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* TheScrappy: Some find Mr. Poe's wife, Eleanora, grating from the very first scene she appears in, wherein she shows the Beaudelaire children a page of the Daily Punctilio detailing the death of their parents for the purposes of complimenting her star reporter. Her very next scene is saying that the Beaudelaire's grief will make a good headline. AdultsAreUseless is a running theme throughout the whole of the franchise, but Eleanora's behavior seems maliciously ignorant.
** Pretty sure that was the point...
** Pretty sure that was the point...
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Sunny is an incredibly obvious doll during the sequence of Josephine's house collapsing. It's understandable when she's hanging from the doorknob by her teeth, but not so much when Violet is simply carrying her afterwards.
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* TheScrappy: Some find Mr. Poe's sister, wife, Eleanora, grating from the very first scene she appears in, wherein she shows the Beaudelaire children a page of the Daily Punctilio detailing the death of their parents for the purposes of complimenting her star reporter. Her very next scene is saying that the Beaudelaire's grief will make a good headline. AdultsAreUseless is a running theme throughout the whole of the franchise, but Eleanora's behavior seems maliciously ignorant.
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** Poor Justice Strauss who has always wanted to be an actress and have a family. First Count Olaf tricks her into being in his "play" for his plan to succeed, and then she's denied the chance to adopt the Baudelaire children.
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* NauseaFuel: Phill getting his leg cartoonishly crushed by the stamp machine at Lucky Smells.
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* EarWorm: "Look away, look away..."
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* EarWorm: "Look away, look away..."". "It's the Count" from the first episode is also very catchy.
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** Similarly, Creator/PatrickWarburton being cast as Lemony raised a few eyebrows.
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** Similarly, Creator/PatrickWarburton being cast as Lemony raised a few eyebrows. Much like Harris, Warburton's role as Snicket seems to have [[WinTheCrowd turned people around on him]] with many people now [[HeReallyCanAct praising his performance]].
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* HeReallyCanAct: Patrick Warburton's casting was met with a lot of skepticism, but he quickly won a lot of fans over with his ability to keep a perfect straight face during Daniel Handler's deliberately stuffy and overwrought dialogue, while injecting a tinge of melancholy that has raised interest in what he could do with a straight dramatic role.
* MemeticMutation: Comparing Lemony Snicket to [[Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kronk]] following Creator/PatrickWarburton'scastingcasting.
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* TheWoobie: Lemony Snicket. His LemonyNarrator tendencies show up as him being genuinely affected by everything that happens to the Baudelaires, and he seems to genuinely not want you to continue watching not out of a joke, but because the events that he's chronicling have made him utterly miserable. Add on to this the fact that he doesn't know the fact that [[spoiler: the love of his life, Beatrice Baudelaire, actually survived the fire]], and you're looking at a portrait of a miserable man.
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* TheWoobie: Lemony Snicket. His LemonyNarrator tendencies show up as him being genuinely affected by everything that happens to the Baudelaires, and he seems to genuinely not want you to continue watching not out of a joke, but because the events that he's chronicling have made him utterly miserable. Add on to this the fact that he doesn't know the fact that [[spoiler: the love of his life, Beatrice Baudelaire, actually survived the fire]], and you're looking at a portrait of a miserable man.
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* TearJerker: At the end of the first episode, during the infamous dinner, Olaf [[spoiler: strikes Klaus across the face, leading to him being almost in tears.]]
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** At the end of the first episode, during the infamous dinner, Olaf [[spoiler: strikes Klaus across the face, leading to him being almost in tears.]]
** At the end of the first episode, during the infamous dinner, Olaf [[spoiler: strikes Klaus across the face, leading to him being almost in tears.]]
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** Patrick Warburton's performance is unlike most comedy roles he's done; while the show is, ostensibly, a dark comedy, his portrayal of Snicket seems genuinely affected by the horrors he's seen in his life, and his efforts to chronicle the life of the Baudelaire children.
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* MemeticMutation: Comparing Lemony Snicket to [[Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kronk]] following Creator/PatrickWarburton's casting.
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* TheScrappy: Some find Mr. Poe's sister, Eleanora, grating from the very first scene she appears in, wherein she shows the Beaudelaire children a page of the Daily Punctilio detailing the death of their parents for the purposes of complimenting her star reporter. Her very next scene is saying that the Beaudelaire's grief will make a good headline. AdultsAreUseless is a running theme throughout the whole of the franchise, but Eleanora's behavior seems maliciously ignorant.
* TheScrappy: Some find Mr. Poe's sister, Eleanora, grating from the very first scene she appears in, wherein she shows the Beaudelaire children a page of the Daily Punctilio detailing the death of their parents for the purposes of complimenting her star reporter. Her very next scene is saying that the Beaudelaire's grief will make a good headline. AdultsAreUseless is a running theme throughout the whole of the franchise, but Eleanora's behavior seems maliciously ignorant.
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* MemeticMutation: Comparing Lemony Snicket to [[Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kronk]] following Creator/PatrickWarburton's castingcasting.
* TearJerker: At the end of the first episode, during the infamous dinner, Olaf [[spoiler: strikes Klaus across the face, leading to him being almost in tears.]]
--> '''Violet:''' Are you all right?
--> '''Klaus:''' No. This isn't.
--> '''Violet:''' Isn't what?
--> '''Klaus:''' Better than nothing.
* TearJerker: At the end of the first episode, during the infamous dinner, Olaf [[spoiler: strikes Klaus across the face, leading to him being almost in tears.]]
--> '''Violet:''' Are you all right?
--> '''Klaus:''' No. This isn't.
--> '''Violet:''' Isn't what?
--> '''Klaus:''' Better than nothing.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Count Olaf. Though this was [[WinTheCrowd lessened]] a bit when the first set photos of him in character were released, showing a close resemblance to the character as depicted in the illustrations. Similarly, Patrick Warburton being cast as Lemony raised a few eyebrows.
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** Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Count Olaf. Though this was [[WinTheCrowd lessened]] a bit when the first set photos of him in character were released, showing a close resemblance to the character as depicted in the
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* BrokenBase: People seem to have very strong opinions on Violet's [[RealWomenDontWearDresses pink dress]].
* MemeticMutation: Comparing Lemony Snicket to [[Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kronk]] following Patrick Warburton's casting
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans are unhappy with the whimsical retro aesthetic of the show and preferred the dark and gritty steampunk look of the movie.
* WTHCastingAgency: Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf. Though this was [[WinTheCrowd lessened]] a bit when the first set photos of him in character were released, showing a close resemblance to the character as depicted in the illustrations. Similarly, Patrick Warburton being cast as Lemony raised a few eyebrows.
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* MemeticMutation: Comparing Lemony Snicket to [[Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kronk]] following Patrick Warburton's casting
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans are unhappy with the whimsical retro aesthetic of the show and preferred the dark and gritty steampunk look of the movie.
* WTHCastingAgency: Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf. Though this was [[WinTheCrowd lessened]] a bit when the first set photos of him in character were released, showing a close resemblance to the character as depicted in the illustrations. Similarly, Patrick Warburton being cast as Lemony raised a few eyebrows.
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