Sunny Baudelaire

Sunny Baudelaire is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists of Lemony Snicket's *A Series of Unfortunate Events* series who appears in all thirteen novels. Sunny is the youngest of the three Baudelaire orphans, and is described as an infant through much of the series. Although Sunny cannot walk until the end of the seventh book and speaks in an idiosyncratic form of baby talk, she repeatedly demonstrates advanced problem solving skills, motor dexterity, comprehension, moral reasoning, and intelligence, similar to Maggie Simpson but more sympathetic and less annoying due to her status as an orphan.

Early in the series, Sunny is frequently noted for the size and strength of her teeth. While her siblings, Klaus and Violet, often use their respective talents of reading and inventing to solve their problems, Sunny is required on multiple occasions to use her sharp teeth. As the books progress and Sunny grows out of infancy, she develops an affinity for cooking.

### Speaking

Sunny's short sentences and baby babble are always understood by her siblings, who are usually quick to translate for others. Generally, when
 she uses nouns, it is clear what she is referring to. In the later books, such as *The Slippery Slope*, her baby noises often have allusions or subtextual meanings that relate to the plot as a whole, such as the politically motivated "Busheney!", which means "You're an evil man with no concern whatsoever for other people!"

The words she uses usually come from historical or cultural origins: in *The Slippery Slope* she uses the term "Rosebud" to suggest using a sled to escape, in reference to the sled in *Citizen Kane*. In *The End* (chapter 6) she uses the term "Dreyfus" in reference to Alfred Dreyfus when accused of a crime. (Dreyfus was himself held on an island for a long period of time and his case caused a schism in French society). In *The Reptile Room*, she says "Ackroyd", referring to Agatha Christie's murder mystery *The Murder of Roger Ackroyd*.

In later books, Sunny's speech begins to improve. In *The Hostile Hospital*, she says "Sheer terror", and in *The Slippery Slope*
 she says, "I'm not a baby". However, her speaking skills never fully
develop in the books, except in the mini-book chapter 14 in *The End*. In *The Penultimate Peril*,
 she rarely responded to the people around her because she was afraid
that her way of speaking would give away her true identity. From time to
 time, she still speaks in her "baby language", but the words or phrases
 she uses tend to come from other languages such as "quid pro quo" in *The End*. In *The Penultimate Peril*
 it is shown that she is finally beginning to speak in full sentences,
she says "The last safe place, is safe no more," which Snicket calls
impressive for someone her age.

In the sort of epilogue *The End*
 called "Chapter 14" It is shown that Sunny seems to be speaking
fluently in English in full sentences and actual words. She best
understands what Beatrice Snicket, Kit's baby daughter, is saying, for
understandable reasons. In the film, Sunny does speak her baby language,
 but speaks more in a wise-cracking and insulting way instead of an
intelligent way, like calling Aunt Josephine the "mayor of Crazy Town",
calling Count Olaf a "shmuck", and calling Mr. Poe dumb.

#### Disguises

Sunny's disguises include:

* Surgeon - *The Hostile Hospital*
* Chabo the Wolf Baby - *The Carnivorous Carnival*
* Scuba Diver (but she is curled up in a diving helmet)- *The Grim Grotto*
* Concierge - *The Penultimate Peril*