Violet Baudelaire
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| A Series of Unfortunate Events character | |
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| Violet Baudelaire | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Hair color | Novel: Black Illustrations: Brown Film: Auburn |
| Age | Fifteen (was fourteen until The Grim Grotto) |
| Film portrayer | Emily Browning |
| First appearance | The Bad Beginning |
| V.F.D. alliance | Volunteer side of the schism |
Violet Baudelaire is one of the main characters in the popular children's book book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Violet is the eldest child of the Baudelaire orphans (and rather protective of her younger siblings): she has a younger brother named Klaus and a baby sister named Sunny.
Violet is a great inventor. She often invents devices to help her and her siblings in dangerous situations, using only simple objects like rubber bands or tin cans. Whenever Violet invents something, she ties her hair up with her ribbon. When Violet is of age (18 years old), she will inherit the Baudelaire fortune. In the later books, such as The Hostile Hospital, Lemony Snicket mentions that Violet Baudelaire is pretty. It is implied that she and Quigley Quagmire have a romantic interest in each other (The Slippery Slope.)
In the 2004 movie Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Violet is played by Australian actress Emily Browning, who has been in movies such as Ghost Ship, Darkness Falls and Ned Kelly.
At the beginning of the series, Violet loses her parents in a fire which consumes their 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. She and Olaf almost get married in his play, The Marvelous Marriage, but signs the marriage document with her left hand and it becomes invalid. (The bride had to sign it with her own hand to make it legal.) Then, Olaf and his associates go on the run as fugitives.
In The Austere Academy, Violet and her siblings meet Duncan and Isadora Quagmire. A relationship between Violet and Duncan is hinted at. In the tenth book, The Slippery Slope, however, she meets Quigley Quagmire, and they form a strong relationship. When climbing up a frozen waterfall, they have a brief rest, during which Lemony refuses to reveal what happened between the two. This scene is the subject of much speculation. What will become of these relationships is still unknown.
At the end of The Vile Village, Violet and her siblings are accused of murder. From this point onwards they have no more guardians, and are on the run from the police. While running from the police, she, along with her siblings, disguises herself. The disguises are as follows:
- Patient - The Hostile Hospital. Even though she did not disguise herself she was still in hiding. Count Olaf disguised her so he could make a fake operation and "accidentally" cut her head off.
- Beverly - The Carnivorous Carnival. She and her brother dressed like a two headed-freak.
- Snow Scout - The Slippery Slope.
- Concierge - The Penultimate Peril.
- A grappling hook made out of torn sheets of clothing and metal rods- The Bad Beginning
- A lockpick made out of two prongs from an electrical socket, a thumbtack, and some soap - The Reptile Room
- A signaling device made out of a piece of cloth, fishing pole, metal bucket, and burning hairnet - The Wide Window
- A staple-making device using a small crab, a potato, metal rods, creamed spinach, and a fork - The Austere Academy
- A rope made out of extension cords, curtains, and neckties - The Ersatz Elevator
- Welding torches made out of heated fire tongs - The Ersatz Elevator
- Crowbars made out of bent fire tongs - The Ersatz Elevator
- A battering ram using a wooden plank, water, and spongy bread - The Vile Village
- A Self-Sustaining Hot Air Mobile using various mechanical devices - The Vile Village
- An intercom sytem using an empty soup can with a hole - The Hostile Hospital
- An escape device made out of rubber bands - The Hostile Hospital
- An escape vehicle cart using vines, roller coaster parts and a piece of rubber- The Carnivorous Carnival
- A drag chute using hammocks and a mixture of sticky condiments - The Slippery Slope
- A brake using a wooden table - The Slippery Slope
- Climbing shoes using forks, fake fingernails, ukulele strings, and a candelabra - The Slippery Slope
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