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{{LocationInfobox
 
{{LocationInfobox
 
|name= Count Olaf's house
 
|name= Count Olaf's house
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|image=
|image= [[File:Thehouseofcountolaf.jpg|250px]]
 
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<gallery>
|location= [[The City]]
 
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File:First glimpse of Olaf's house.jpg|Netflix
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File:EntranceMovie.png|Film
 
File:Thehouseofcountolaf.jpg|Books
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</gallery>
 
|location= [[The City]] <br> Kenny Street (TV series)
 
|residents= [[Count Olaf]] <br> The Baudelaire Orphans (briefly)
 
|residents= [[Count Olaf]] <br> The Baudelaire Orphans (briefly)
 
|affiliation= [[V.F.D.]] {{C|possibly}}
 
|affiliation= [[V.F.D.]] {{C|possibly}}
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{{Quote|Those children are monsters. I open my home and all they do is complain. "The bathroom is filthy. The rat is noisy. The bed is cramped." I think living in a [[Baudelaire Mansion|mansion]] has spoiled them.|Count Olaf in the TV series}}
 
{{Quote|Those children are monsters. I open my home and all they do is complain. "The bathroom is filthy. The rat is noisy. The bed is cramped." I think living in a [[Baudelaire Mansion|mansion]] has spoiled them.|Count Olaf in the TV series}}
'''Count Olaf's house''' is [[Count Olaf|Olaf's]] and is situated in [[The City|the city]] and first appears in ''[[The Bad Beginning]]''. It is located across from [[Justice Strauss]]' [[Justice Strauss' house|house]].
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'''Count Olaf's house''' is [[Count Olaf|Olaf]]'s and is situated in [[The City|the city]] and first appears in ''[[The Bad Beginning]]''. It is located across from [[Justice Strauss]]' [[Justice Strauss' house|house]].
   
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==History==
It is the first house that the [[Baudelaire Family|Baudelaires]] live in after the [[Baudelaire Fire|Baudelaire fire]] and serves as the main setting for the first book. The children leave after it is revealed that Count Olaf is after their fortune.
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It is the first house that the [[Baudelaire family|Baudelaires]] live in after the [[Baudelaire Fire|Baudelaire fire]] and serves as the main setting for the first book. The children leave after it is revealed that Count Olaf is after their fortune.
   
 
Later, in ''[[The Vile Village]]'', [[Duncan Quagmire|Duncan]] and [[Isadora Quagmire]] tell the Baudelaires they were kept here for a while after they were kidnapped.
 
Later, in ''[[The Vile Village]]'', [[Duncan Quagmire|Duncan]] and [[Isadora Quagmire]] tell the Baudelaires they were kept here for a while after they were kidnapped.
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The house is described as a dilapidated mess. The bricks are stained with soot and grime, the front door needs repainting (and contains a carving of an eye), and the entire building sags to one side.
 
The house is described as a dilapidated mess. The bricks are stained with soot and grime, the front door needs repainting (and contains a carving of an eye), and the entire building sags to one side.
   
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In the book ''The Bad Beginning'', it is mentioned that the foyer was the dirtiest room the Baudelaires have ever seen in their lives and that the floor is so gross that mud from outside would not make much difference.
Rising above the house is a tall and dirty tower which Count Olaf has forbidden the Baudelaires access to.
 
   
 
Rising above the house is a tall and dirty tower which Count Olaf has forbidden the Baudelaires access to. In the book, Olaf claims it is thirty-feet tall.
There are paintings and photos of eyes everywhere in the house, making the Baudelaires feel they are always being watched.
 
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There are paintings and photos of eyes everywhere in the house, making the Baudelaires feel they are always being watched. In ''[[The Bad Beginning: Rare Edition]]'', Lemony notes that his sister [[Kit Snicket|Kit]] has proposed that some of the eyes in Olaf's house contain secret peepholes, cameras, or microscopic lenses. It is possible Olaf and his associates were watching the Baudelaires during their stay.
   
 
The Baudelares' room is described as being filthy, only having one small bed, a pile of rocks, and a cardboard box for clothes.
 
The Baudelares' room is described as being filthy, only having one small bed, a pile of rocks, and a cardboard box for clothes.
   
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In the TV series, his house has a ballroom. Count Olaf tells the Baudelaires that he hasn't used the ballroom in awhile, so they will have to re-do the floors.
In ''[[The Bad Beginning: Rare Edition]]'', Lemony notes that his sister [[Kit Snicket|Kit]] has proposed that some of the eyes in Olaf's house contain secret peepholes, cameras, or microscopic lenses. It is possible Olaf and his associates were watching the Baudelaires during their stay.
 
 
In the TV series, the house is situated on Kenny Street.
 
   
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
*''[[The Bad Beginning]]''
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* ''[[The Bad Beginning]]''
*''[[The Vile Village]] (Mentioned only)''
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* ''[[The Vile Village]] (Mentioned only)''
*''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (film)]]''
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* ''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (film)]]''
*''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (video game)]]''
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* ''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (video game)]]''
*[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (TV series)]]
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* [[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (TV series)]]
   
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
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Fullscreen capture 332016 11833 AM.bmp.jpg|German cover.
Tumblr lyzc9eZ25e1r0hx0so1 500.png
 
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BadBeginningPaperback.jpg|A front window.
Il 570xN.398216277 nlkb.jpg
 
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The Bad Beginning.png|Entrance.
VioletTower.png
 
 
Tumblr lyzc9eZ25e1r0hx0so1 500.png|Baudelaires cleaning.
VioletFails.png
 
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Mattress.png|Only one bed.
 
Il 570xN.398216277 nlkb.jpg|Kitchen.
 
VioletTower.png|Forbidden tower.
 
VioletFails.png|Forbidden tower.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
=== Movie ===
 
=== Movie ===
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
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OlafHouseFilmArt.png|Concept art by Rodolfo Damaggio.
 
EntranceMovie.png|Entrance.
 
EntranceMovie.png|Entrance.
 
BackyardMovie.png|Backyard.
 
BackyardMovie.png|Backyard.
OrphanBedroomMovie.png|Orphans bedroom.
 
KitchenMovie.png|Kitchen.
 
 
Jim-Carrey-as-Count-Olaf-in-Lemony-Snicket-s-A-Series-Of-Unfortunate-Events-jim-carrey-29299796-1360-768.jpg|Foyer.
 
Jim-Carrey-as-Count-Olaf-in-Lemony-Snicket-s-A-Series-Of-Unfortunate-Events-jim-carrey-29299796-1360-768.jpg|Foyer.
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Violet-Klaus-scrub-the-floors-in-Olaf-s-mansion-violet-baudelaire-14731662-1400-931.jpg|Foyer.
 
KitchenMovie.png|Kitchen.
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VioletPasta.png|Kitchen.
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1e2302c5 lubezki.jpeg|Dining room.
 
OlafMoviePortrait.png|Olaf's portrait.
 
OlafMoviePortrait.png|Olaf's portrait.
 
OrphanBedroomMovie.png|Orphans bedroom.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
=== Video game ===
 
=== Video game ===
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
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HousePhotoGame.png|A photo of the house in the PC version.
 
VioletGame1.png|Violet in her bedroom.
 
VioletGame1.png|Violet in her bedroom.
 
VioletGame2.png|Klaus and Violet in their bedroom.
 
VioletGame2.png|Klaus and Violet in their bedroom.
 
SunnyGame.png|The Baudelaires in their bedroom.
 
SunnyGame.png|The Baudelaires in their bedroom.
 
VioletGame3.png|The hallway outside the bedroom.
 
VioletGame3.png|The hallway outside the bedroom.
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GameConsole.png|Klaus in the foyer.
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VioletInGame.png|Violet in the foyer.
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GamePC.png|Violet in a room in the PC version.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
=== TV series ===
 
=== TV series ===
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
 
<gallery widths="120" captionalign="center" position="center" orientation="square" spacing="small">
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OlafHouseTVArt1.png|Art of the house.
NetflixTBB.jpg|Count Olaf and the orphans in front of his house
 
First glimpse of Olaf's house.jpg|Count Olaf's house
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NetflixTBB.jpg|Count Olaf and the orphans in front of his house.
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First glimpse of Olaf's house.jpg|Count Olaf's house.
TVOlafFoyer.png|Foyer
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TVOlafFoyer.png|Foyer art.
OrphanRoom.png|Count Olaf in the orphan's bedroom
 
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FoyerOlaf.png|Foyer.
Rocks.png|A complimentary pile of rocks provided at no cost
 
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11.jpg|Foyer.
Netflix ASOUE 102.jpg|Count Olaf
 
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OlafHouseTVArt2.png|Orphan's bedroom art.
Netflix ASOUE 38.jpg|Bathroom
 
Netflix ASOUE 37.jpg|Dining room
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Netflix ASOUE 102.jpg|Count Olaf in the orphan's bedroom.
 
OrphanRoom.png|Count Olaf in the orphan's bedroom.
Netflix ASOUE 29.jpg|Dining room
 
 
Rocks.png|A complimentary pile of rocks provided at no cost.
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OlafHouseTVArt3.png|Bathroom art.
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OlafsBathroomTV.png|Bathroom.
 
Netflix ASOUE 38.jpg|Bathroom.
 
Netflix ASOUE 37.jpg|Dining room.
 
Netflix ASOUE 29.jpg|Dining room.
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OlafsKitchenTV.png|Kitchen.
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OlafsLibrary.png|Library.
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ElbowGrease.gif|Backyard.
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Violets-hook-invention.jpg|Backyard.
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OlafHouseTVArt4.png|Forbidden tower art.
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OlafTouchingViolet.png|Forbidden tower.
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SunnyCage.png|Forbidden tower.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Locations]]
 
[[Category:Locations]]

Revision as of 09:39, 23 December 2019

Those children are monsters. I open my home and all they do is complain. "The bathroom is filthy. The rat is noisy. The bed is cramped." I think living in a mansion has spoiled them.
 
— Count Olaf in the TV series

Count Olaf's house is Olaf's and is situated in the city and first appears in The Bad Beginning. It is located across from Justice Strauss' house.

History

It is the first house that the Baudelaires live in after the Baudelaire fire and serves as the main setting for the first book. The children leave after it is revealed that Count Olaf is after their fortune.

Later, in The Vile Village, Duncan and Isadora Quagmire tell the Baudelaires they were kept here for a while after they were kidnapped.

Years after the unfortunate events of the Baudelaires, Lemony Snicket states that access to Count Olaf's house is impossible, though the exact circumstance as to why is unknown.

Description

The house is described as a dilapidated mess. The bricks are stained with soot and grime, the front door needs repainting (and contains a carving of an eye), and the entire building sags to one side.

In the book The Bad Beginning, it is mentioned that the foyer was the dirtiest room the Baudelaires have ever seen in their lives and that the floor is so gross that mud from outside would not make much difference.

Rising above the house is a tall and dirty tower which Count Olaf has forbidden the Baudelaires access to. In the book, Olaf claims it is thirty-feet tall.

There are paintings and photos of eyes everywhere in the house, making the Baudelaires feel they are always being watched. In The Bad Beginning: Rare Edition, Lemony notes that his sister Kit has proposed that some of the eyes in Olaf's house contain secret peepholes, cameras, or microscopic lenses. It is possible Olaf and his associates were watching the Baudelaires during their stay.

The Baudelares' room is described as being filthy, only having one small bed, a pile of rocks, and a cardboard box for clothes.

In the TV series, his house has a ballroom. Count Olaf tells the Baudelaires that he hasn't used the ballroom in awhile, so they will have to re-do the floors.

Trivia

OlafHouse

Count Olaf's house in the TV series.

  • In each new adaptation, Count Olaf's house seems to become increasingly darker, more repulsive and twisted. In the book illustrations, the house is depicted as unkempt, but livable. In the film, the dirtiness of the house increases. In the TV series, it's an absolute horrific mess.
  • In the video game, there are portraits of Count Olaf everywhere, showing his narcissism.

Appearances

Gallery

Books

Movie

Video game

TV series