Baudolino: Difference between revisions

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* [[All Jews Are Cheapskates]]: Well, at least the one that appears prominently.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The Archpoet. Baudolino, too.

* [[But You Screw One Goat]]: Well… half of it, at least.

* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: Well… half of it, at least.

* [[Character Title]]

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The skulls.

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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The monsters of Deacon John’s land are at the receiving end of this.

* [[Death Seeker]]: In the kingdom of Deacon John, there are a group of warriors who all want to die in battle, because they belive that then they'll go to heaven. The main characters think that this will make them good fighters in an impending war, since they won't be afraid. They are wrong, because they don't even fight, just ask the enemy to kill them.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]: The monsters’ continuing disputes over the interpretations of the Christ’s nature.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The monsters’ continuing disputes over the interpretations of the Christ’s nature.

* [[Doorstopper]]

* [[Dwindling Party]]: Baudolino went to search for the kingdom of Prester John with 11 other people. By the end of the book, {{spoiler|only three remain of his group.}}

* [[The Ending Changes Everything]]: By the end, you’re not sure how much of what Baudolino tells Niketas is true. Especially since the story turns more outrageous with time.

* [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep]]: The Archpoet.

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Archpoet.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Zosimus.

* [[Fictionary]]: The first ten or so pages are written in a made-up language, mixture of Latin, medieval Italian and some others.

* [[Framing Device]]

* [[Useful Notes/Gnosticism|Gnosticism]]

* [[Half Human Hybrid]]

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Baudolino has one after realizing that {{spoiler|he and his friends unwittingly killed Frederick}}.

* [[The High Middle Ages]]

* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Frederick Barbarossa, Niketas Choniates, Pope Alexander III, Robert de Boron, Otto of Freising and others.

* [[Historical in Joke]]: This is part of the book’s idea, since Baudolino appears to be responsible for a lot of stuff that happened during Frederick Barbarossa’s ruling.

* [[Historical In-Joke]]: This is part of the book’s idea, since Baudolino appears to be responsible for a lot of stuff that happened during Frederick Barbarossa’s ruling.

* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: Baudolino’s pearls of wisdom at the end.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]

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* [[Mundane Afterlife]]: When Baudolino's father is dying, he says that he's seeing Heaven. When Baudolino asks what it looks like, he responds that it looks just like his stable.

* [[No Name Given]]: The Archpoet, because he’s based on a historical character whose name is unknown.

* [[Non Indicative Name]]: The Archpoet never wrote a single poem in his life. He got his reputation by using the poems Baudolino wrote.

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The Archpoet never wrote a single poem in his life. He got his reputation by using the poems Baudolino wrote.

* [[Omniglot]]: Baudolino.

* [[Our Giants Are Bigger]]: Not so big, but certainly one-eyed.

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* [[Planet of Steves]]: A community of female, satyr-like creatures, who consider themselves the followers of Hypatia of Alexandria are all named Hypatia in her honor.

* [[The Pope]]: Alexander III is frequently mentioned.

* [[Rape Pillage and Burn]]: What the crusaders do to Constantinople.

* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: What the crusaders do to Constantinople.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: While Baudolino follows Emperor Frederick to wars, he never kills anyone personally until the end {{spoiler|when he kills the Archpoet, believing him to be Frederick's murderer}}.

* [[Public Domain Artifact]]: The Holy Grail, between other stuff.