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* FakeOutOpening: Exaggerated with ''The Littlest Elf'', which even got its own opening credits. The actual movie doesn't display the real title until the end credits.

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* FakeOutOpening: Exaggerated with ''The Littlest Elf'', (also shown to be a ShowWithinAShow) which even got its own opening credits. The actual movie doesn't display the real title until the end credits.
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-->'''Aunt Josephone''': Children, you did it! You deciphered the clues in my note.

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-->'''Aunt Josephone''': Josephine''': Children, you did it! You deciphered the clues in my note.



-->'''Aunt Josephone:''' It was so horrible. Count Olaf forced me to write that will and then it nearly k*lled me to add in all those grammatical errors. So did you bring groceries?

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-->'''Aunt Josephone:''' Josephine:''' It was so horrible. Count Olaf forced me to write that will and then it nearly k*lled killed me to add in all those grammatical errors. So did you bring groceries?



-->'''Aunt Josephone''': Well, so? How do you expect us to live in this cave if you didn't bring any food?

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-->'''Aunt Josephone''': Josephine''': Well, so? How do you expect us to live in this cave if you didn't bring any food?



-->'''Aunt Josephone''': No, no, no. It's too dangerous. I'm sorry.

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-->'''Aunt Josephone''': Josephine''': No, no, no. It's too dangerous. I'm sorry.



-->'''Aunt Josephone''': I'm not going to talk about it any more.

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-->'''Aunt Josephone''': Josephine''': I'm not going to talk about it any more.
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* NonMammalianMammaries: Uncle Monty asks Stefano to milk a snake.

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* NonMammalianMammaries: Uncle Monty asks Stefano to milk a snake.snake (as in, milking the poison out of its fangs). Olaf/Stefano gets a very wrong interpretation.
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The film was nominated for four UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s ([[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestMakeupAndHairstyling Best Makeup]], [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestProductionDesign Best Art Direction]], [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestCostumeDesign Best Costume Design]], [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalScore Best Original Score]]), and won for Best Makeup.

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The film was nominated for four UsefulNotes/{{Academy MediaNotes/{{Academy Award}}s ([[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestMakeupAndHairstyling ([[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestMakeupAndHairstyling Best Makeup]], [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestProductionDesign [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestProductionDesign Best Art Direction]], [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestCostumeDesign [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestCostumeDesign Best Costume Design]], [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalScore [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalScore Best Original Score]]), and won for Best Makeup.
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* KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: [[spoiler:This film outright confirms that Count Olaf is responsible for the fire at the Baudelaire Mansion that kicked off the series (the novels and the TV series only imply this fact); Olaf subsequently adopted Violet, Klaus and Sunny by posing as a cousin]].
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* NotHisSled: In the novels, [[spoiler: Violet avoids marriage to Count Olaf by signing the certificate with her left hand (there's a rule stating that signing with your non-dominant hand renders the marriage null and void)]]. In the film, [[spoiler: Count Olaf takes notice that she's trying that, tells her to sign it properly]], causing a need for another method.

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* NotHisSled: In the novels, [[spoiler: Violet avoids marriage to Count Olaf by signing the certificate with her left hand (there's a rule stating that signing with your non-dominant hand renders the marriage null and void)]]. In the film, [[spoiler: Count Olaf takes notice that she's trying that, tells her to sign it properly]], causing a need for necessitating another method.
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* BilledAboveTheTitle: The advertising often showed Jim Carrey's name and characters ''way'' above the central characters of the series. While Creator/JimCarrey is the main antagonist, the children are more important.

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* BilledAboveTheTitle: The advertising often showed Jim Carrey's Creator/JimCarrey's name and characters ''way'' above the central characters of the series. While Creator/JimCarrey Jim Carrey is the main antagonist, the children are more important.

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