Movie Merchandise

1. Official Movie Magazine

Nickelodeon Magazine "Nick Mag" Special Edition. Contains interviews with Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler, and Jim Carrey; a graphic novel adaptation of the movie; puzzles; a behind-the-scenes article; a Marvelous Marriage playbill; exclusive Brett Helquist artwork; and a Sebald Code message. Each magazine also contains a perforated tear-out with one of the two possible designs of the thirteenth promotional trading card, plus either the odd-numbered or the even-numbered trading cards 1-12.

2. Soundtrack bookmark

Bookmark included inside the CD release of the movie's soundtrack; features illustrations from the movie's credit sequence.

3. The "Unfortunate" Photo Holder

Photo frame ornament from American Greetings / Carlton Cards (Heirloom Ornament Collection #99). A photo of the owner can be inserted into the frame to pose with the movie-Baudelaires and a silhouette of movie-Olaf. Sold during the 2004 and 2005 holiday seasons.

4. Tie-in books

Published in fall 2004 during the build-up to the movie release.

• • Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf: a parody of typical behind-the-scenes movie books, with annotations by Count Olaf.

  • The Puzzling Puzzles: contains humorous word games, mazes, crafts, and a recipe for Pasta Puttanesca. Two editions were published. The first, released in 2004, features Jim Carrey as Count Olaf on the front cover. The second, released in 2006, features a color illustration of the Baudelaires from The Bad Beginning Limited Edition on the front cover and includes several new puzzles.

  • The Ponderous Postcards: captioned stills from the movie.

  • The Pessimistic Posters: captioned stills from the movie.

  • Dust jackets for books 1-3: featuring stills from the movie and "Dear Reader" letters from Count Olaf.

5. Hot Topic merchandise

In spring/summer 2005 Hot Topic released two movie tie-in t-shirts.

• • "Lemony Snicket Run Orphans Run Tee": a burgundy-colored t-shirt with cap sleeves. The front reads “Run Orphans Run!” with illustrations from the movie's credit sequence, and the back has an eye logo design in the top left corner.

  • "Lemony Snicket First Impressions Tee": a plum-colored t-shirt. The front reads "First impressions are often entirely wrong" with a illustration of Violet Baudelaire sitting on a tree stump and holding one of her inventions. The same illustration was also used for Card #1 ("Hardship") in the promotional trading cards and was printed on the back cover of the 2005 movie tie-in calendar.