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- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- ChangeThe wedding moved to the end
The movie combines the first three books and pushes the wedding play to the end, after Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine. In the book, it's Olaf's first scheme.
source ↗ - ChangeKlaus burns the certificate
In the book, Violet voids the marriage by signing with her left hand, though she's right-handed. In the movie, Klaus saves the day by using the lenses in Olaf's tower to burn the certificate.
source ↗ - ChangeJacquelyn isn't in the book
The show invents Jacquelyn, Mr. Poe's secretary who secretly helps the orphans, plus a scene with Olaf at the bank. None of that is in the book.
source ↗ - ChangeKlaus explains it to the judge
In the book, Justice Strauss works out on her own that the marriage isn't valid. In the show, Klaus has to explain it to her.
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- ChangeA different snake takes the blame
In the book, Uncle Monty's death is pinned on the Mamba du Mal. In the show, Olaf blames the Incredibly Deadly Viper, even though he used mamba venom.
source ↗ - ChangeA different henchman plays Lucafont
In the book, Dr. Lucafont is the hook-handed man in disguise. In the show, the henchperson of indeterminate gender becomes Nurse Lucafont.
source ↗ - ChangeNo goodbye to the reptiles
The book ends with the Baudelaires saying goodbye to Uncle Monty's reptiles as Bruce takes them away. The show cuts Bruce and the farewell.
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- ChangeOlaf "rescues" the orphans
In the movie, Captain Sham rescues the kids on the lake in front of Mr. Poe and wins back custody. In the book, Sunny bites the fake peg leg, Olaf is exposed and runs.
source ↗ - ChangeJosephine already knew Olaf
In the show, Aunt Josephine knows Olaf from before and is shocked to see him. In the book, she seems never to have heard of him.
source ↗ - ChangeA braver aunt
In the book, Josephine offers the children to Olaf in exchange for her own safety. In the show, she stands up to him.
source ↗ - ChangeRunning from Mr. Poe
At the end of the book, the orphans stay with Mr. Poe. In the show, they run from him after spotting a Lucky Smells Lumbermill truck.
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- ChangeA furnace instead of the saw
In the book, Dr. Orwell dies when she steps back into the mill's buzz saw. In the show, she falls into a furnace.
source ↗ - ChangeNo sword fight
The duel between Sunny, using her teeth, and Orwell, with a sword, was cut from the show.
source ↗ - ChangeA different foreman
In the book, Foreman Flacutono is the bald man with the long nose in disguise. In the show, he's the hook-handed man.
source ↗ - ChangeThe owner was in on it
The show reveals the mill's owner had a deal with Orwell: free labor in exchange for a share of the profits. The book leaves his role unclear.
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- ChangeThe whole troupe on a bus
In the book, only the white-faced women go to the school, disguised as cafeteria workers. In the show, the entire troupe hijacks a school bus to get there.
source ↗ - ChangeCharacters who show up early
Jacques Snicket and Olivia Caliban already appear here in the show. In the books, they arrive later.
source ↗ - ChangeAn invented history
The Larry and Jacquelyn subplot and the book The Incomplete History of Secret Organizations were made up for the show.
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- ChangeSunny climbs the railings
In the book, Sunny bites her way up the elevator shaft. In the show, she climbs two railings.
source ↗ - ChangeMr. Poe is late to the auction
In the book, Mr. Poe nearly buys the red herring. In the show, he arrives too late to bid.
source ↗ - ChangeJerome's goodbye
In the book, Jerome kisses each Baudelaire on the forehead when he says goodbye. In the show, he only gives Sunny an indirect kiss.
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- ChangeDifferent evidence
In the book, Detective Dupin accuses the orphans with a hair ribbon and a lens from a pair of glasses. In the show, he finds jail blueprints in Klaus's jacket and one of Violet's inventions.
source ↗ - ChangeMr. Poe shows up
In the show, Mr. Poe comes to say goodbye before the execution and admits he can't do anything. In the book, he never appears.
source ↗ - ChangeBread as a hammer
In the book, the orphans spend the night loosening the cell's mortar with water, using the bread as a sponge. In the show, a stale loaf becomes a hammer.
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- ChangeThe henchperson survives
In the book, the fate of the henchperson of indeterminate gender in the fire is left open. In the show, they survive and stay with the troupe.
source ↗ - ChangeWho starts the fire
In the book, Esmé sets the hospital on fire. In the show, Olaf does it.
source ↗ - ChangeAn older hospital
In the show, the finished half of the hospital looks old and dirty.
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- ChangeWigs instead of talcum
In the book, the Baudelaires whiten their hair with talcum powder. In the show, they wear dark wigs.
source ↗ - ChangeA friendlier Madame Lulu
In the book, Madame Lulu is annoyed to find the orphans in her tent. In the show, she's happy to see them.
source ↗ - ChangeNo phone operator
In the book, a phone operator hangs up on Violet before she can reach Mr. Poe. The show cuts the scene.
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- ChangeBruce becomes Brucie
In the book, the Snow Scouts are led by Bruce. In the show, a woman named Brucie leads them.
source ↗ - ChangeKit gets her own scenes
Kit Snicket's run-in with the Man with a Beard but No Hair and the Woman with Hair but No Beard, chased by eagles, isn't in the book.
source ↗ - ChangeFernald helps Sunny
In the show, Fernald makes Sunny an outfit and secretly helps her at the troupe's camp.
source ↗ - ChangeThe caravan really falls
In the book, the drag chute stops the caravan before it goes over. In the show, Violet and Klaus actually go over the edge and the chute catches a branch.
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- ChangeFiona hands over the fungus
In the book, Olaf trips over the fungus while dancing. In the show, Fiona hands it to him to save her brother.
source ↗ - ChangeFernald's hands
In the show, Fernald explains how he lost his hands. The book never does.
source ↗ - ChangeKit gets out of the taxi
In the book, Kit Snicket waits in the taxi. In the show, she steps onto the beach and lets the orphans choose between going with her or staying with Mr. Poe.
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- ChangeThe judge survives
The book doesn't say who escaped the hotel fire. In the show, Justice Strauss survives and hands Lemony a photograph.
source ↗ - ChangeBeatrice on stage
In the opera flashback, the show puts Beatrice on stage. In the book, she's in the audience.
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During the escape, Klaus stops the elevator in the show. In the book, Sunny does.
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- ChangeOne book, one episode
Every other book became two episodes. The End is the only one adapted as a single episode.
source ↗ - ChangeNo uprising on the island
In the book, the Baudelaire parents once led the island and were overthrown by Ishmael. In the show, there's no uprising: they left on their own.
source ↗ - ChangeBeatrice's epilogue
The book ends with baby Beatrice saying her first word. The show adds a scene of a grown Beatrice telling Lemony Snicket about her own adventures.
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- Behind the scenesThe reversible cover
The dust jacket flips inside out to disguise the book as The Luckiest Kids in the World: The Pony Party by "Loney M. Setnick," an anagram of Lemony Snicket.
source ↗ - ReferenceCodes and a family tree
The book reveals V.F.D. codes and Snicket's family tree, with an introduction by Daniel Handler and photos with misleading captions.
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- Behind the scenesPunch-out letters
The book comes with punch-out cardstock letters. Rearranged, they spell the anagrams "Beatrice Sank" and "A Snicket Brae."
source ↗ - Reference"Suspiciously linked"
It came out weeks before The End, in September 2006, and the cover says it's "suspiciously linked to Book the Thirteenth."
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