A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 1 Easter Eggs

It’s a reality: everybody loves Easter eggs. I am not speaking concerning the Cadbury chocolate you eat within the Spring, though these are nice, too. No, the Easter eggs I am speaking about are little inside jokes created by individuals behind the scenes and hidden in movies and TV exhibits. Most of those references would go over the top of the typical viewer, however true followers will spot them in names of characters, fleeting pictures, and pithy dialogue. Season certainly one of Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events has a ton of Easter eggs peppered all through its eight episodes. Most are from the books, however some are extra obscure. Did you catch all of them? Take a take a look at a number of the ones you could have missed. Warning: there are main spoilers, a phrase that right here means “look away if you have not completed watching the sequence”!

The Bad Beginning (Episodes one and two)

1. As Lemony Snicket walks via the tunnels, indicators could be seen behind him that result in completely different instructions. Each signal is called after a personality from the guide together with: Montgomery, Anwhistle, Orwell, Strauss, Fernald, Quagmire, Snicket, Julienne, Remora, Spats, and extra.
2. Not solely do the lyrics of every opening sequence change, however the pictures proven do as properly. They typically allude to future plot occasions. For instance, within the opening sequence of the third episode, a film poster for Zombies within the Snow is seen. The youngsters see this movie on the movie show later within the episode. However, this picture is not seen in earlier episodes.
3. When discussing wedding cake flavors, the hook-handed man warns, “The different’s just a little lemony.” Count Olaf replies, “I instructed you by no means to make use of that phrase.” Lemony clearly refers to the author, Lemony Snicket.
4. Count Olaf performs The Marvelous Marriage, a play written by Al Funcoot. Al Funcoot is an anagram of Count Olaf.
5. At the play, Mr. Poe’s assistant, Jacquelyn, informs Justice Strauss that she can’t undertake the Baudelaires as a result of their dad and mom stipulated of their will a “vigorously fixed destination.” It’s simply one of many many nods to the key VFD group.
6. When having his morning espresso, Count Olaf tells Klaus, “I can not seem to discover my sugar bowl.” Also often known as the “vessel for disaccharides,” the sugar bowl is an object from the books that’s stolen a number of instances by varied characters.
7. Cobie Smulders’ position is credited as Mother. She is greatest identified for her position as Robin Scherbatsky within the long-running sequence, How I Met Your Mother, wherein she co-starred alongside Neil Patrick Harris (Count Olaf).
8. When the youngsters ask to make use of Justice Strauss’s library, she tells them she has books on “the whole lot from Italian delicacies to the world’s most threatening fungus.” This fungus is medusoid mycelium, a mushroom developed by Gregor Anwhistle, Aunt Josephine’s brother. It’s referenced quite a few instances within the books.
9. Right earlier than Gustav is killed, he says, “the world is quiet right here,” which is the motto of the VFD.

The Reptile Room (Episodes three and 4)

10. When Uncle Monty takes the Baudelaires to the films, the attendant offers him the “verified film discount.”
11. The movie they watch, Zombies within the Snow, is directed by Gustav Sebald, creator of the Sebald code and Uncle Monty’s murdered assistant. Verified Film Distribution produced the film.
12. After Uncle Monty is killed, Mr. Poe arrives and calls the authorities. Arriving in a van marked “Corner,” the coroner (a disguised henchman) introduces himself as Nurse Lucafont. In the books, Dr. O. Lucafont is an alias of the hook-handed man and can also be an anagram of Count Olaf.
13. At the top of the third episode when the dad and mom are escaping their kidnappers, Mother asks the place the tunnel they’re in leads. Father responds, “someplace south of Winnipeg.” In the books, the Duchess of Winnipeg is revealed to be a member of VFD.
14. There is a teepee proven within the Reptile Room that has the title Raymond Ditmars written on it, the title of Monty’s iguana. Raymond Ditmars was a well-known 19th century herpetologist.
15. When the youngsters first arrive to Uncle Monty’s home, he exhibits them of their dad and mom . . . however actually it is only a picture of a piano. Apparently, in keeping with each him and Count Olaf, their dad and mom are within the piano. In the books, Esmé Squalor bought a uncommon piano on the In Auction.
16. At the top of the fourth episode, Count Olaf’s escape on the SS Prospero is thwarted when Jacquelyn arrives and threatens him with a harpoon gun. In the books, Count Olaf is finally killed with a harpoon gun.

The Wide Window (Episodes 5 and 6)

17. When Aunt Josephine outlets out there, a lady is promoting “very fresh dunwell.”
18. As the youngsters order at The Anxious Clown, their waiter says, “I did not notice this was a tragic event,” which is a code phrase of the VFD.

The Miserable Mill (Episodes seven and eight)

19. Foreman Flacutono is an anagram for Count Olaf.
20. The eye chart in Dr. Orwell’s workplace reads VFD again and again in several sizes.
21. Violet and Klaus use the “Verified Functional Dictionary” to search out the code phrase that controls the hypnosis.
22. While Lemony Snicket is watching a zombie movie (created by Gustav Sebald), he mentions Nero, an untalented violinist. Nero is the vice principal of the Prufrock Preparatory School — the longer term residence of the Baudelaire youngsters.

Bonuses

23. In the trailer for the sequence, a wood transport crate could be seen that’s stamped “Very Flammable Dandelions.” This is definitely an Easter egg to a secret web site for the Netflix sequence. Check it out here.
24. Netflix itself is hinted at all through the sequence as properly. For instance, Count Olaf mentions the advantages of commercial-free tv. Also, in the direction of the top of the eighth episode, when Mr. Poe is explaining that the youngsters might be attending boarding college, he says, “It’s the top of the season, er, semester, so you are going to need to work very exhausting to catch up.” See what they did there? There’s no fooling us! There are a couple of extra enjoyable references to the streaming web site, however we’ll depart these so that you can uncover!