A troubled scientist's accidental overexposure to gamma radiation curses him with the tendency to change into a bestial green brute under extreme emotional stress.
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Count Olaf acts as the Baudelaires' first guardian after their parents perish in a fire (Ep1 and Ep2, The Bad Beginning)--he forces them to do difficult chores with no help, makes them all share one tiny bed with no toys or fun things to do, and--most directly abusive--he backhands Klaus across the face for daring to speak out against the mistreatment.
I would disagree about it being always family-friendly and lighthearted. A dangerous killer stalks children to try to kidnap/murder them, and he shows sexual interest in Violet. Sometimes it's comedic and sometimes it's disturbing.
Technically? There is a plot to cut off a teenage girl's head and this occurs in a full operating theatre. At one point everyone starts chanting "Cut off her head!" The characters escape the situation.
Count Olaf is psychologically manipulative. Adults consistently dismiss the Baudelaires or accuse them of lying when they speak up about being abused/targeted, even when there is obvious evidence that supports their claims.
Count Olaf is psychologically and physically abusive toward the Baudelaires. He pursues them, frequently threatens to use weapons against them, and kills their loved ones—sometimes right in front of them. Other adults in the series are abusive and/or neglectful. *Notable depictions: A child is struck across the face (S1E1). A child is kicked (S1E7). Count Olaf attempts to get children burned at the stake (S2E6). Count Olaf poses as a doctor and plans to kill a child under the guise of surgery (S2E8). Count Olaf attempts to throw children to hungry lions (S2E10). A child is at risk of dying due to a deadly fungus and Olaf doesn't attempt to help (S3E3 and S3E4).
In "The Wide Window: Part 1", a taxi driver describes something as "as dead as the cat I ran over this morning". Mostly just played as dark humor. Some lions also possibly die.
The Baudelaires live in the home of a herpetologist who owns countless snakes (S1E3 and S1E4). A large snake is shown approaching the Baudelaires (S3E7).
In addition to the first season herpetology arc, In the first two episodes of the second season, there is a crab-infested shack which, although not snakes/bugs/rats, are in the same ballpark of things-that-scurry-about.
Whenever the villains capture someone in this series, they tend to restrain them in a variety of ways (usually tied by rope or tape). Restraining via grabbing also happens often as well.
In one of the parts of "The Grim Grotto" (can't remember which, sorry), Fernald (the hook-handed man) .has a flashback to the day he burned down a laboratory. A piece of burning rubble is seen hurtling towards him, he raises his hands to shield his face, and the flashback ends. Given his hands are hooks in the present day, the implication is clear with no onscreen injury shown.
In the first episode, Count Olaf briefly chokes while eating, but he manages to survive. Also, some characters are infected with Medusoid Mycellium, a fungus that can be poisonous, and noticeably have trouble breathing (some wheezing/coughing can be heard, along with them mentioning that they're having problems breathing). There are a few deaths from it.
Arson is a big part of the show, the main character's parents die in a fire, many other places get burned down. If you aren't okay with arson/fire i wouldn't recommend watching this show
A character has an ankle injury with visible bruising, but it is not specified whether this is a broken bone. The process of her getting injured is not shown (S3E7).
The hook guy is instructed by count Olaf to torture the three kids with his hooks, he's about to but he ends up not doing. A bunch of kids are kidnapped and forced to work until they are in pain.
[SPOILERS] A character supposedly jumps out a window but is soon revealed to have faked her death (S1E6). Characters narrowly escape a house that plummets off a cliff during a hurricane (S1E6). A character falls into a pit of lions (S2E10). Two characters narrowly escape falling off a cliff (S3E1).
Not really, but there are a lot of deaths in the books and show. Fernald- (the hook handed man) burns down a lighthouse and his hands and burnt too. Thats why he has hooks.
There are no depicted or confirmed deaths of children. However, there are some dangerous situations involving lots of people, and the show doesn't reveal what happens to everyone. (Note: a few important child characters whose fates are left ambiguous in the book series are confirmed to be alive at the end of the TV show.)
The only major character death is the antagonist at the end. There are many minor character deaths that greatly impact the show, but the main protagonists do survive
A fortune teller invokes "spirits" and some effects (lights flickering, smoke, etc.) hint at their presence. However, it is revealed that this is a trick/illusion.
The majority of season one's "The Wide Window" takes place in a town called Lake Lachrymose, named for the lake it borders. Several scenes take place in boats on this lake.
Characters dine at a restaurant called The Anxious Clown, where there is clown decor and the waiter wears a clown costume (S1E5 and S1E6). There are clowns printed on wallpaper and hanging from a mobile (S2E8). A variety of clowns, some of which are pretty creepy, are shown at a carnival (S2E9 and S2E10). A cartoon drawing of a clown is shown on a bulletin board (S3E6).
SPOILERS-- "The Carnivorous Carnival: Part 2"
"Madame Lulu" the fortune teller saves the children from falling into a pit of hungry lions. Unfortunately, Olaf makes her slip into the pit herself--the last we see of her is her terrified face falling into the pit in slow-motion with a scream, but no aftermath is seen or heard.
While the Book 7 arc does have a majority of citizens treating authority as infallible, the series routinely mocks the authority system in place due to their inability to arrest Count Olaf.
The Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender is on the bad guys' side, but mostly just sits in the background and helps Olaf with evil schemes. They aren't any more wicked or predatory than the next henchperson.
A character is hit with a tranquilizer dart (S1E2). A character is killed by injection with venom, and the syringes are shown (S1E4). A character is hit with a poison dart (S3E6).
"The Hostile Hospital" parts 1 and 2 revolve around a hospital, and it's quite possibly one of the scariest parts of the entire series. Attempted surgery and a patient being put under are shown as well.
The 5/6 episode of season 1 have a character fake her death and leave a suicide note, making it seem like she jumped out a window. However it is quickly revealed that this was note real
Two characters are trapped inside hollow statues, only seen from the outside (S2E4, S2E5, and S2E6). A character is inside a crate that gets thrown from a truck (S2E7). Two characters hide inside a mail chute and then a ventilation system (S2E7 and S2E8). The Baudelaires hide inside a car trunk, which is shown from the inside but there is a big hole that allows them to look up and see the sky (S2E8). Three adults cram themselves inside a car trunk, only seen from the outside (S2E10 and S3E1).
No one actually has an eating disorder.
When the children stay in the workhouse, the workers are only given chewing gum as food.
When the children go to the boarding school, the canteen food is disgusting and they don't eat on their first day.
I found these mildly triggering so I thought I'd put them here.
[SPOILER] A character leaves a "suicide note" and is believed to have thrown herself out of a window into the ocean. However, it is soon revealed she faked her death (S1E6).
A good part of "The Grim Grotto" takes place in one of two submarines.
I have thalassophobia, and it was slightly triggered during a scene where the radar picks up something mysterious. The children hurriedly shut off everything on the sub to avoid making noise, and after a moment a large, dark eye peers through a porthole into the sub. The fact that that's all we see of the beast that lurks in the water freaked me out right good.
In "The Bad Beginning" (I don't entirely remember if it was part 1 or 2), Sunny is lifted into the air and is seen visibly distressed, and cries for a short amount of time. There are a few other instances of Sunny crying from what I remember, but it's not loud/extreme or focused on too much.
There is a freak show at the circus, the "Freaks" are people such as a contortionist, an ambidextrous man and a hunchback. They are constantly humiliated and dehumanized, I feel as though this is ableism.
while count olaf may appear to be an antisemetic stereotype, all the characters in the show are coded as jewish, not just the antagonist- so his extensive greed combined with his jewish-coding is not antisemetic
Not misgendering per se, but one of the members of Count Olaf’s theater troupe is an individual who looks “like neither a man nor a woman.” Each henchperson has a distinguishing scary/weird characteristic, and this individual is deemed strange because of being androgynous.
There are many possible but unconfirmed deaths in the show due to its open-ended/mysterious nature. This means some LGBT characters were last seen prior to disaster and the story doesn't follow up on them. There is also a passing mention of a woman and her deceased wife, though neither of the two were depicted in the show.
There are several little hints throughout the show that the characters are Jewish, as the author is and says as a result his characters default to Jewish S1 E2 - a character tells the children to get into bed and "say your prayers. Unless you're Atheist." It's comical Count Olaf wears a turban as part of his disguise in S2 E1&2, and mentions that he can't take it off to prove it's not a disguise due to "religious beliefs". This is, however, entirely a facade.
Kinda? In S1E2, Count Olaf attempts to marry Violet, despite being a relative (supposedly) and her legal guardian. He makes a series of creepy comments, like saying he'll "put his hands on whatever he wants" while leaning on Violet's shoulder. While his primary goal in marrying her is financial gain, it's nevertheless an upsetting dynamic.
Never stated, but Mr. Poe is CONSTANTLY coughing--big, racking coughs that bother everyone around him. The books explain it as a nasty cold, but it's not really tpuched upon onscreen.
The three main characters lose their homes very early in the series and have to repeatedly switch guardians to live with. At one point, they stop having actual guardians and essentially have to live on their own. In addition to this, The Bad Beginning parts 1 and 2 occasionally shows the main characters discussing living on the streets instead of staying with their abusive guardian.
Two cars in a driveway are about to collide, so one driver swerves off the path and crashes into a large topiary, which smashes the windshield (S1E4). This is shown from the perspective of inside the vehicle that swerves. Nobody is injured.
A plane is shown to be having trouble midair. The pilots anticipate "a bit of a rough landing," but this is not depicted. It is known that both of the pilots survive the trip.
[SPOILERS] A character is shown falling into a pond and bubbles rise to the surface (S1E2). A character supposedly jumps out of a window into the ocean, though it's later revealed the death was faked (S1E6). A character is thrown into a lake and dies, though the cause of death may technically be bodily injury (S1E6). A wave is shown crashing down over a boat, though nobody dies (S3E7).
A harpoon gun is given to a little girl, she shoots a bird out of the sky, Count Olaf gets hold of it and threatens many people with it, one man is shot and killed.
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