Count Olaf
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| Character | |
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| Name: | Count Olaf |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Relationships: | Kit Snicket (ex-girlfriend) Georgina Orwell (ex-girlfriend) Esmé Squalor (ex-girlfriend) |
| Fandom: | A Series of Unfortunate Events |
| Other: | Played by Jim Carrey in the movie and by Neil Patrick Harris in the TV show |
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Count Olaf is the main antagonist in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events, as well as the movie and the TV show of the same name. After becoming the guardian of the three Baudelaire orphans, he tries everything to get his hands on their fortune, going as far as to commit murder, but still fails every time.
Canon
Count Olaf was a member of the Voluntary Fire Department until his father was killed by a poisonous dart, which caused him to leave and later be recruited by arsonists. He pretends to be a consultant so he can convince Mr. Poe to put the Baudelaire orphans into his care. As a guardian, he's verbally and physically abusive, and finally tries to marry Violet Baudelaire in order to be able to control her fortune. His plan fails but he evades capture, continuing to follow the Baudelaire orphans to every new guardian they are sent to. At the end of the series, he dies from inhaling medusoid mycelium spores and refusing the cure that is offered to him by the Baudelaires.
Count Olaf is selfish, ruthless and abusive to everyone around him. He's not smart, as he often has trouble with complicated words and tells lies that are easy to see through. He's also a bad actor.
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Example Fanworks
Fanart
- gross man, Archived version by miszmal, 2021
- ):-( it happens, Archived version by miszmal, 2021
External Links
- Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events) character tag on Archive of Our Own
- Count O. character filter on FanFiction.Net
- Count Olaf on Wikipedia
- Count Olaf on the Lemony Snicket Wiki