All 55 Terms Defined on Netflix’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” and the Definitions Given
All 55 Terms Defined on Netflix’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” and the Definitions Given
The meanings of words play an integral part of Netflix’s adaptation of “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.”
Words that mean more than one thing cause misunderstandings that can lead to everything from inconveniences to disasters, usually for the unlucky Baudelaire children.
Words matter so much that characters in “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” as well narrator Lemony Snicket himself (Patrick Warburton), are constantly defining them — sometimes with useful definitions, and sometimes with hilarious ones.
Flashback: A word meaning “taking place during the last episode, shortly after the Baudelaire fire, and during the Baudelaire children’s unfortunate stay with the Poe family.”
Executor (or executioner): A word meaning “person who controls people’s fortunes after a terrible fire has just happened.”
Curtains for your baby sister: A saying that means Sonny will be dropped out the window, but it’s also a sort of play on theatrical curtains.
[...] if I were to say “I can’t wait to eat this almond cookie,” but there were people around who knew the cookie was poisoned, that would be dramatic irony.
For that reason, when we hear Uncle Monty tell the children, “I promise you, no harm will come to you in the Reptile Room,” we should be on guard for the unpleasant arrival of dramatic irony.
When Snicket says “meanwhile back at the ranch,” what he mean is, “meanwhile back in the reptile room, the adults were having an adult conversation.”
Labyrinth: A word meaning “a maze full of secrets and danger, and if you’re in Ancient Greece, a monster that is half bull and extremely unpleasant.”
Real estate agent: A term for people who assist in the buying and selling of houses.
Bedside manner: A phrase that means “when a doctor speaks in a calm and reassuring voice to make sure his patients trust him.”
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