Phil

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Phil
First Appearance The Miserable Mill Last Appearance The Grim Grotto Created by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler Portrayed by ((not portrayed))
Information: Gender Male Age Adult Occupation n/a Spouse(s) n/a Children n/a Reletives n/a

Phil worked at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill in The Miserable Mill. Phil was one of the friendlier mill workers, and helped the Baudelaires adjust to their new home. During the Baudelaires' stay at the lumbermill, Phil was injured by a mill machine, operated by Klaus, who was hypnotized at the time. On the bright side, Phil is an eternally optimistic character who is not upset about the accident, by saying things such as "at least no one would ask whether I'm right legged or left legged".

In The Grim Grotto, Phil worked as a cook at a submarine manned by Captain Widdershins (who calls him Cookie) and his stepdaughter, Fiona. Klaus believes that Phil is still being affected by the stamping machine accident, but Phil claims it to be a shark bite. He, along with Captain Widdershins, abandons the Baudelaires and Fiona during the middle of the novel for unknown reasons, (or had been captured), and does not appear in The Penultimate Peril or in The End. It is suspected that Phil may have left his work at Lucky Smells Lumbermill due to a lack of sufficient pay; in The Miserable Mill he states that he has read law books and learned that being paid with coupons is illegal, and despite bringing this up with Sir it is stated in The Penultimate Peril that the workers at the mill are still being paid in coupons. Strangely, Kit never mentions him with Captain Widdershins in The End.

It is rumored that Phil is really Phil Larkin, who is a poet from the early 1900's. This is supported by the fact that the whole series seems to be set back in time.