Klaus Baudelaire
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| A Series of Unfortunate Events character | |
 Klaus, as drawn by Brett Helquist. | |
| Klaus Baudelaire | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Novel: Unknown Illustrations: Brown Film: Brown |
| Age | Thirteen (twelve up until The Vile Village) |
| Film portrayer | Liam Aiken |
| First appearance | The Bad Beginning |
| V.F.D. alliance | Volunteer side of the schism |
Klaus Baudelaire is one of the central characters in the popular children's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Klaus is the middle child of the Baudelaire orphans: He has an older sister named Violet and a baby sister named Sunny.
Klaus is an avid reader with a photographic memory. He remembers everything he reads, which often helps him and his siblings escape from dastardly situations. He always seems to know the definition of words that he hears. Klaus takes his first name from Claus von Bülow.
This character was represented on the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events by Liam Aiken, who has also appeared in films such as Good Boy, Road to Perdition, and Stepmom.
In the beginning of the series, Klaus loses his parents in fire which consumed his house. From this point onwards, a villain known as Count Olaf tries to steal the enormous Baudelaire fortune from the Baudelaire orphans using various nefarious schemes. Klaus turns 13 in the Deluxe Cell in The Vile Village. In The Austere Academy, Klaus and his siblings meet Duncan and Isadora Quagmire. A relationship between Klaus and Isadora is hinted at. In book eleven, The Grim Grotto, however, Fiona kisses Klaus before joining Count Olaf. What will become of these relationships is still unknown. In The Hostile Hospital, Klaus decodes anagrams using alphabet soup to save Violet and in The Wide Window and The Vile Village he finds secret messages in Aunt Josephine's and the Quagmire's letters. At the end of The Vile Village, Klaus and his siblings are falsely accused of murder. From this point on, they have no more guardians, and are on the run from the police. While running from the police he along with his sisters dresses up in disguises. They are as follows:
- Medical doctor - He was thought to have been one of the white faced women. The Hostile Hospital
- Elliot - He and his sister, Violet Baudelaire, dressed up like a two-headed freak. The Carnivorous Carnival
- Snow Scout - To hide from the children. The Slippery Slope
- Volunteer - To trick the villains. The Slippery Slope
- Concierge - To trick the V.F.D.'s enemies The Penultimate Peril
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