Antenora
Detriment Deleter 
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on Feb 17, 2005 18:47:26 GMT -5
Another possibility worth considering: The real principal is in prison(the school seems to have its share of criminals) or dead, or held captive by the evil side of VFD(assuming he/she's part of VFD), or otherwise unable to run the school. But this wouldn't explain why Nero didn't take over as principal.
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Post by RockSunner on Feb 18, 2005 1:18:15 GMT -5
I believe you are under the mistaken impression that Nero was the Principal of Prufrock Prep. In actuality, he was the Vice Principal. The Baudelaires never met the Principal. For some reason, this makes me think of the TV series "The Prisoner," in which there was always a "Number Two" running The Village, and "Number One" was never seen except in surreal events near the end. |
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Post by Dante on Feb 18, 2005 4:14:52 GMT -5
It's one of my greatest regrets that I've never seen an episode of The Prisoner.
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Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on Feb 18, 2005 7:50:01 GMT -5
Maybe they call Nero "Vice Principal" just out of tradition, or because they think the real principal is still around, even if he isn't.
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Post by odh on Feb 18, 2005 7:58:57 GMT -5
Maybe they call Nero "Vice Principal" just out of tradition, or because they think the real principal is still around, even if he isn't. Like how even though Quigley's "dead", they still're called Triplets. |
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Post by Violet on Feb 20, 2005 14:04:07 GMT -5
But Nero introduces himself as Vice Principal.
I personally think the principal was abducted by V.F.D., and they don't want people to know-it's so secret, even Nero doesn't know. But that's just me.
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