In the Netflix TV series, Vice-Principal Nero is portrayed by Roger Bart. In this show, his full name is Nero Feint where he is less cruel and more sympathetic as well as being financially poor. He is also shown to be extremely out of the loop, wondering why Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not reply to his letters and thinks Voltaire is probably some French kid he expelled for smoking. When Sunny was working as Nero's administrative assistant, he had her write letters to certain people in the music community to ask them about the reasons behind the restraining orders they sent him. In addition, Nero is also shown to not like Olivia Caliban. Nero later assists Mr. Remora and Mrs. Bass into giving an exam to the Baudelaires where he had Sunny organize the list of students who owe him candy by the color of the candy in question. Sunny passes this test as Nero is inspired to keep improving his musical ways. He was shown to have been surprised when Count Olaf was exposed. Unlike the books, Nero doesn't expel the Baudelaires. Instead, Mr. Poe takes them away to their next guardian following Count Olaf's escape. Though it was mentioned that Nero put Olivia on an unpaid leave in "The Ersatz Elevator" Pt. 1. In "The Penultimate Peril" Pt. 1, it is revealed that Vice-Principal Nero is a fan of Esmé Squalor and the vice-president of her fan club. In "The Penultimate Peril" Pt. 2, Nero comments himself to be second-best when the unnamed taxi driver asks him about the principal. He also claimed that the Baudelaires were troublemakers and that Count Olaf still owes him bags of candy for the violin recitals that he didn't attend unlike Coach Ghengis. Nero had a conversation with a taxi driver that used to go to Prufrock Preparatory. When the taxi driver asks how the principal has been, Nero states that the vice-principal is second best and that nobody has seen the principal in years.