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Trivia: Not only is the number "13" (a number associated with bad luck) quite important to the series, but it also keeps popping up in the overall franchise seemingly by coincidence. Ex. There were 13 books in the novel series, this television adaptation was released on Friday the 13th, January 2017, and it was released 13 years after the prior film adaptation.

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Trivia: Major spoilers for both the books and series. The true meaning of the acronym "V.F.D." is actually openly stated by narrator Lemony Snicket early in season one, during a brief cutaway which he states that neither the regular fire department nor the volunteer fire department could figure out the source of the Baudelaire fire. Late in the books, it is revealed that "V.F.D." officially stands for "volunteer fire department."

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The Hostile Hospital: Part Two - S2-E8

Trivia: Right before Klaus is to perform surgery on Violet, a diagram is pulled down showing an anatomical view of a head, including the brain. If you look closely at the portions of the face that are visible, the head is actually Barry Sonnenfeld - whom produced and co-directed this series, in addition to co-producing the prior 2004 film adaptation.

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Trivia: Not a mistake, but a rather interesting coincidence: The series main composer is James Newton Howard, whom was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 for his musical work in the film "The Village." Somewhat coincidentally, another nominee that year was Thomas Newman. And the film Newman was nominated for? The prior 2004 film adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events."

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Trivia: Most of the episodes are written by franchise creator Daniel Handler, whom wrote all 13 of the original novels under the pen-name "Lemony Snicket." Handler also appears in a cameo in Season One as a fish-merchant, who quotes the song novelty comedy song "Fish Heads." ("Fish heads! Fish heads! Rolly-polly fish heads!").

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Trivia: The series stars Neil Patrick Harris, with Cobie Smulders appearing in a recurring guest-role. The two had previously co-starred together in the long-running sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." In addition, Smulders and Will Arnet play a couple in this series, and coincidentally respectively voiced DC superheros Wonder Woman and Batman in the "Lego Movie" film series. Additionally, Nathan Fillion has a guest-spot in several season two episodes. Fillion co-starred with Harris in the web-series "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog."

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Trivia: The "teeth pulling" trap is based on a trap from an early draft of "Saw IV." The lead character in the early draft (Detective Mathews from "Saw II", later replaced by Officer Rigg in the final draft) was forced to pull out all four wisdom teeth to find the code for a doorway. (As opposed to the two teeth Bobby must extract in this film.).

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Trivia: Spoilers. At one point, the two pig masks that assist Gordon were supposed to be Brad and Ryan from the opening public trap. This was related to the original ending, in which it is revealed that a number of the survivor's group members have been assisting John and Gordon with their work, behind the back of Hoffman. However, with this idea having been dropped, the identity of the two pig masks has now been left up to the imagination of the viewer. After the release of Jigsaw in 2017, it is revealed that John has another apprentice, Logan. Logan is of similar build to one of the pigmen and is quite possibly one of them.

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Trivia: The filmmakers had several times in the past tried to convince Cary Elwes to reprise his role as Dr. Gordon from the original film for previous entries. Elwes was finally persuaded when he realized this would be the final film, and that his character's return would be important to the story in the end.

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Trivia: The scene involving the upturned lawnmowers is loosely based on a trap from an early draft of "Saw IV", in which a character is ground up by a giant lawnmower-like device described as a "human-blender."

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Trivia: The "Horsepower Trap" (the car trap involving Even and his friends) was an idea that writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan have tried to get into several "Saw" films before, only to be told by the producers that it was too gruesome and cruel. Knowing this was the intended final film, the producers finally allowed them to include the scene.

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Trivia: The man who Chev rubs against, when hearing that friction can briefly recharge his heart, is the lead singer for the band Linkin Park, who also had a cameo in the first film.

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Trivia: Some details are taken from Jason Segel's life. For example, the naked breakup is based on a similar incident and he was working on a puppet-based Dracula rock-opera.

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Who Pooped the Bed? - S4-E7

Trivia: According to the show's assistant prop manager, there were around 100 "poos" created for this episodes, many of which were made from different materials, including a food thickening agent, sheetrock mud and a cookie dough mixture.

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Trivia: If you look closely, during the song "21st Century Cure", several of the gravestones feature names of the producers.

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Trivia: Whenever we see any of Seth drawing the phallic pictures in the flashback, the hands we see drawing in closeups are actually the hands of a small-proportioned woman, because child labor laws wouldn't permit the child-actors to see or draw the pictures. The same holds true for the over-the-shoulder closeup of young Becca looking at the picture.

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Trivia: Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse was only 17 during the filming of the movie, creating some problems with shooting due to child labor laws. During pre-production, he was not allowed to see certain props or items from the film (such as Seth's phallic drawings), and his sex-scene had to be very carefully monitored and edited, as certain "actions" (such as too much skin, certain types of movements or positions, etc.) would violate the law.

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Trivia: Long time friend of Sam Raimi, and star of his "Evil Dead" trilogy, Bruce Campbell was approached for a role in this film, but had to turn it down due to a time conflict with his television show "Burn Notice."

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Trivia: Sam Raimi's brother Ted Raimi has a brief cameo as the doctor who speaks with Justin Long in the hallway after the initial first attacks. You never see his face, but you see him from behind and hear his voice. Ted has appeared in numerous Sam Raimi films, including the "Spider-Man" trilogy.

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Trivia: In the English dub of the film, Anna Paquin voices Ray Steam, Alfred Molina voices Edward (Ray's father) and Patrick Stewart voices Lloyd (Ray's grandfather). The three also share another connection in real-life. Paquin and Stewart co-starred in all three "X-Men" films, which were created by Marvel, and Molina starred in another popular Marvel comic-turned-film, when he appeared as the villain in "Spider-Man 2."

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