Stew Mitchum

Stew Mitchum
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Height	Short
Relationships
Family Members	Harvey Mitchum (father) Mimi Mitchum (mother)
Affiliation
Loyalty	Hangfire

Stewart 'Stew' Mitchum is the son of the Officers Mitchum. He first appears in Who Could That Be at This Hour? trying to slingshot Lemony Snicket , and throughout the series of All the Wrong Questions , he is well known for his ill-mannered behavior, acting like a sweet little boy around his parents, and his increasingly harmful ways.

Biography

Born to Harvey and Mimi Mitchum at an unknown point of time, Stew is their only son. He is heavily doted upon by his parents, and he tends to take advantage of their obliviousness to his darker nature. Dashiell Qwerty had described him a 'public nuisance.'

Who Could That Be at This Hour?

Stew is first introduced trying to slingshot birds in the Stain'd-by-the-Sea library, and upon being provoked by Lemony's remarks, he threatens to slingshot Lemony instead. Dashiell Qwerty shoos Stew away, apologizing for his behavior. When Lemony and Ellington arw dropped off at the lighthouse, Stew teases Lemony by sing a song about Ellington and Lemony kissing in a tree after Lemony tells Ellington that he will keep his promise. 

When Did You See Her Last?

Acting as a fake police siren to replace the non-existent police siren for his parents' police car on the way to Partial Foods, Stew teases Lemony again, calling him 'Lemon Drop' while remarking that the town has no room for idiots. Provoked once again, Stew then quickly pretends to be nice around his parents. The honeydew melon theft investigation was carried out by the officers, and for comparison to be selected by Polly Partial on who might be the thief, he, Lemony and a small file cabinet were required to wear the Stain'd-by-the-Sea Sea Stains sports caps as well as cardboard signs that indicated '1', 'B' and an image of a star.

Polly points out that Stew might be the thief despite Lemony being the real thief of the melons all along due to her poor memory and eyesight, and the officers are enraged. They claim that Stew doesn't eat fresh fruit or vegetables, and Stew remarks that he doesn't like the taste of them. 

Stew is later seen mockingly teasing Lemony about his 'security blanket,' the cloth covering the statue of the Bombinating Beast upon Ellington Feint 's arrest for fraud. He reveals to Lemony that he has 'a friend who is good with a knife,' shocking Lemony to realizing that he's not a mere bully.

Shouldn't You Be in School?

At Lemony's intervention in the Wade Academy , Stew knocks him out, intending to bring him someplace else after he was unconscious only to discover he wasn't strong enough to move him, but Ellington rescues Lemony while Stew searches for help. He is known to patrol the halls of the academy with a cigarette in his mouth, and he is shown ordering the delirious students around along with Sharon Haines . At Ornette Lost 's distraction, he momentarily focuses his attention on her for the duration.

Stew attempts to knock Lemony out once again at the loading bay of Partial Foods, warning him about intervening in Hangfire's plan. He lets it slip that they would be burning Diceys Department Store next, and Hangfire silently admonishes him. Stew is seen in the Stain'd-by-the-Sea library afterwards, threatening to burn Caviar: Salty Jewel of the Tasty Sea, but upon his act, the sprinkler system that Dashiell Qwerty installed drenched the book, and the rest of the books inside. Attracting the attention of his parents and S. Theodora Markson next door, he pretends to be the model son again, and blames the destruction of the library on Ellington, prompting her arrest for destruction of property.

Personality

At first, Stew is shown as a generic bully who derives pleasure in harming small animals and people. He is easily provoked by smart remarks, and he has a rather short temper. In front of his parents, however, he acts well-behaved, well-mannered and seemingly cute, such as when he claims to want to befriend Lemony, acts angered at being distracted from giving himself a spelling test and crying to his parents about the 'liberry' being destroyed by water.

Stew's darker nature surfaces upon revealing his relation to Nurse Dander in the second book, and then his full involvement in Hangfire's plan in the third book.

Appearances

• Who Could That Be at This Hour?
• When Did You See Her Last?
• Shouldn't You Be in School?

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