This post includes spoilers for the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" TV show and book series.
Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" has a lot of Easter eggs and hidden references.
The book series, by Daniel Handler, is filled with puns and allusions to other literary works. And the story itself has a lot to do with secret organizations and hard-to-crack codes.
But the TV series ups the ante with even more visual references. We counted 30 hidden references on the first season and 48 on the second one.
Showrunner Barry Sonnenfeld told INSIDER he snuck in 15 Easter eggs into a single shot in the show's second season. It's on the first episode, in the classroom of math teacher Mrs. Bass, who has an expanded presence on the TV adaptation. On the blackboard behind her in her classroom, there are numerous references to the Baudelaire orphans' lives.
"I think it’s fantastic and no one who worked on the show has ever noticed it," Sonnenfeld said. "I had to point it out to them."
We figured them out. Here they are.
1. On the upper-left, there's a helmet we'll see later on the series.
The Baudelaires and Olaf find a diving helmet in "The Grim Grotto," which will be part of the third season of the show. It contains Medusoid Mycelium, a deadly fungus Olaf wants to use as a biological weapon.
2. The Medusoid Mycelium is there as well.
It probably isn't a coincidence that she's measured a type of mushroom as well.
3. There's also a bag of flour.
On the next episode, the Baudelaires use a bag of flour as a decoy to make Count Olaf think it's Sunny, buying them some time to study for an important test at Prufrock.
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