Caligari Carnival
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| Film portrayal | Never |
| First mentioned | The Carnivorous Carnival |
| Possessed by | Madame Lulu. |
Caligari Carnival is a fictional carnival in the book series by Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is the primary setting of The Carnivorous Carnival, the ninth novel in the series.
The carnival was owned and run by Madame Lulu, a colleague of Count Olaf's. Among the carnival's assets were a ticketbooth, phone booth, several caravans and tents, and a worn down roller coaster.
The carnival's prime attraction was the House of Freaks - featuring its stars, Colette the Contortionist, Hugo the Hunchback and the ambidextrous Kevin - all of whom believed wholeheartedly that they were unfit for the real world.
During the time of The Carnivorous Carnival, a lion pit was added to the carnival. It is believed that the lions mentioned in The Slippery Slope (Volunteer Feline Detectives) were captured by Olaf from the Mortmain Mountains and brought to Caligari Carnival. The Baudelaire orphans also disguised themselves as freaks to hide out there - Violet and Klaus as Beverly and Elliott, a two-headed freak; and Sunny as Chabo the Wolf-Baby.
The carnival was destroyed by Count Olaf and his troupe along with Esmé Squalor, to hide the evidence of his having been there. According to The Grim Grotto, the ashes and smoke from the fire were visible across The Hinterlands for days.
It is also mentioned by The Man With a Beard but No Hair and the Woman With Hair but No Beard, in The Slippery Slope, that an important piece of evidence hidden inside a figurine was sold at Caligari Carnival. Retrospective reading shows that the figurine seller in The Carnivorous Carnival is given unusual emphasis for a character who never appears, but there has been no further mention of this.
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