Count Olaf is the principal villain, antihero and primary character from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. His main goal throughout the series is to inherit or steal the Baudelaire fortune.
His father was accidentally killed one night at the opera by a poison dart thrown by Beatrice Baudelaire that was meant for Esmé Squalor. As a result, he swore vengeance on Beatrice and the entire V.F.D.
Count Olaf was apparently evil from his schooldays, as Lemony Snicket writes that "one day the world will know of O's treachery" and that "the Sun cannot shine through the blackest of skies" and Olaf seems to enjoy flattering people to gain their trust, such as Dr.
Even with an antidote to the deadly fungus, the harpoon wound is too great and Olaf doesn't live past the hour. That said — he doesn't necessarily die a villain. In Olaf's final moments, he does a good deed by helping to save the real Kit and her baby.
Ishmael harpoons Olaf in the stomach, inadvertently shattering the helmet containing the Medusoid Mycelium, a deadly fungus, infecting the island's entire population. The Baudelaires run back to the arboretum to find horseradish, a cure for the fungus.
Olaf did burn down the mansion but the Baudelaire parents' death had nothing to do with the fire, as at least one of them escaped the fire. Olaf was coerced into killing the Baudelaire parents and was only an accomplice to the murder.
Esmé Squalor was Count Olaf's girlfriend starting in The Ersatz Elevator and lasting until the end of The Penultimate Peril. Count Olaf has shown Madame Lulu (Olivia Caliban's fake disguise) as his girlfriend, but it might also be a way to get information from her. His first girlfriend was Kit Snicket.
How and when Beatrice and Bertrand Baudelaire obtained or built the family fortune is unknown. Considering it is referred to as the "Baudelaire Fortune", it is likely that the money belonged mainly to the parent that originally had the surname Baudelaire.
1) Count Olaf Count Olaf is the main abusive characters depicted in the novel. He was villainous and manipulative. He strongly left a bad impression from the first time he met the Baudelaire children.
The result of this research shows that Count Olaf has a personality disorder called antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is also known as psychopathy, sociopathy, or dyssocial personality.
When Olaf started to melt, due to the return of summer, Elsa saved his life by rebuilding him and giving him his own flurry to keep him cool. In the end, he enjoys summer and helps Anna to skate with Elsa, showing that he loves both the sisters.
As he becomes wiser to the world, Olaf begins to fear the negative repercussions that come with change and growing older, lamenting that nothing in life is permanent.
But, in both the Netflix show and in the book The End, Olaf's dying words are: “Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself.”
Count Olaf disguises himself as Kit Snicket in an attempt to sneak onto the island; he claims to be very pregnant (though he asks for alcohol), having been looking for the Baudelaires, and at one point claims to be Olaf's girlfriend.
His malevolence is closer to the surface, but his motivations are more hidden. He's in it for the sake of money, supposedly, but also revenge against the Baudelaire family. Mostly—and this is what Harris's performance emphasizes—it's because Count Olaf thinks being evil is fun.
Count Olaf: ● Count Olaf's primary motivation is greed. He is driven by an insatiable desire for wealth and a comfortable lifestyle. His pursuit of the Baudelaire fortune is relentless, leading him to concoct elaborate and often sinister schemes to gain control of the family's wealth.
Kit has shown on numerous occasions that she is a person of great moral strengths; she shows doubt over the morality of using the children for V.F.D.'s ends, and shows great care and concern over the well-being of the children, even bringing Violet Baudelaire a new hair ribbon.
Count Olaf is misunderstood as being greed-driven, but his obsession with the Baudelaires' inheritance has more behind it than the ambition to become rich.
The most popular theory behind the fire is that Count Olaf is the culprit. He has had a history of starting similar fires and admits to being guilty of "arson".
Known Members. It is presumed that Count Olaf's title is legitimate, and thus either his father or mother (or both) are of noble birth. This is assumed due to the fact that Olaf seemed to be a student at Wade Academy, mainly attended by royal children.
In Daniel Handler's book series, it's clear that the Baudelaire parents are dead. The whole story hinges on that fact. The show, however, adds a twist. At the end of the first episode, there's a scene where Will Arnett and Cobie Smulders are dressed in fancy clothes and locked up in the back of a van.
