Unseen Academicals/Awesome

"Mr. Nutt: Gentlemen. Yes, Indeed, I am and will always be one. And may I say that it's been a privilege to play here today and to see you all. But I do gather now that being in this city may be seen as something of a problem to some of you. So I would ask you to excuse me if I request that this matter be sorted out between us now.
 * This book manages to create a CMOH and a CMOA at the same time with just three words:
 * When an entire hall full of wizards and dignitaries is trembling in fear that another magical war is about to erupt... it sorts itself out, but Ponder Stibbons thinks to himself that the last time such a thing happened, Rincewind stopped it with a halfbrick in his sock. He then glances over at Rincewind, and realizes that not only is he still in the hall, he's putting his sock back on.
 * When we find out Pastor Oats from Carpe Jugulum has named his axe Forgiveness. He doesn't show up too much, and never during the main story, but he has turned into a Badass.
 * "For Mister Oats, the crusade against evil is not a metaphor."
 * Mr. Nutt making Vetinari LAUGH!
 * Mr. Nutt in general, being a humble erudite who has memorized the contents of several libraries, but also is incredibly strong and wise. It would make for an annoying Elves are Better / Canon Sue reaction if he wasn't  But the best example would have to be towards the end, right after the climax of the book, before the laugh -- when surrounded by a mob of people chanting , expecting to see him react in... some fashion, they slowly stop when he just doesn't. He then politely addresses them over a megaphone, proving that he finally understands Ankh-Morpork's working class football culture.

He drops the megaphone to roll up his sleeves, and begins to whisper.

Mr. Nutt: Come on if you think you're hard enough."

"Reporter: Could you give that to me a bit more simply?
 * Mr. Nutt's interview with the reporter. She was being a snot about the fact that he was, and he pulled her chain with the first three answers. Then she asked him why the lads thought he was such a great trainer, and he launched into a page of monologue touching on 4-space physics, vaguely Germanic philosophy, teamwork, and some fairly deep metaphysics.

Mr. Nutt: Oh, I'm sorry, I thought I had."

""I don't think he's been poisoned."
 * Perhaps made even better by the fact that judging by the fact that it is Nutt, I doubt he was insulting her and he probably really thought he'd put it simply.
 * Camp Gay Pepe dealing with Andy after getting fed up with his treatment of Mr. Nutt (and everyone else) throughout the book, doing something to his face with a very, very sharp knife... It's never explained exactly what he did, only that Andy will never have to pay for another drink in town with scars like that. Oh, and then, (paraphrased) "Just to show that I'm not a complete bastard, here's something to put on your wounds..." It's a slice of lemon. Which Andy only discovered after he wiped it across his face.
 * Well Pepe says "...you'll be able to see by the time you wipe the blood out of your eyes..." so probably a slash to the forehead.
 * Perhaps a very subtle, Nightmare Fuel-filled Brick Joke: early on in the book it's mentioned that a man with one eye can often get a free drink at any bar. It could imply that Pepe blinded him in one. He'd still be able to see with the other, after all.
 * Ponder Stibbons gets one, for sure.
 * Glenda telling off Vetinari. And then telling off.
 * Telling off? She stared down . And won.
 * Even Vetinari thought that was awesome. And funny.
 * Vetinari getting "drunk".
 * Note that the result of the talkativeness is that his thought process, usually hidden to the world behind a thick layer of cunning, becomes just a bit more visible. So he says out loud a lot of the reasoning he'd usually keep to himself, and Vetinari in full reasoning mode is always awesome. But personally the most awesome of all was when he mentions that if there is an ultimate being, it is our duty to become their moral superior. Because not only is Vetinari saying screw you to the gods, he's admitting that despite his carefully cultivated reputation of a ruthless tyrant he actually strives to be moral.
 * How about "Ball lost! Substitute ball!"? Remember... the ball shall be called the ball, and if it's played with as the ball by 3 players (ie. Nobbs (no relation), Nutt, and Trev).
 * Someone tries to poison the Librarian, and the jolly Ridcully vanishes, leaving behind an Archchancellor whose faculty member has been attacked.
 * Someone tries to poison the Librarian, and the jolly Ridcully vanishes, leaving behind an Archchancellor whose faculty member has been attacked.

"Why's that, Archchancellor?" said Ponder.

"Because if anyone has poisoned our Librarian, then, although I am not, by nature, a vindictive man, I will see to it that this university hunts down the poisoner by every thaumic, mystic and occult means available and makes the rest of their life not only as horrible as they can imagine it, but as horrible as I can imagine it. And you can depend on it, gentlemen, that I have already started work on it.""