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** The final battle between Mort and Death in the book ''[[Discworld/Mort|Mort]]'', published in 1987, has the setup to a joke (?) that is only resolved in ''[[Discworld/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', published in 1994.

** In one Discworld book we're told that Rincewind could scream in panic in seceral languages, and that this is an important skill to have since while to us "ARGH!" might just be a panicked scream, in some languages it's a phrase translating into "Your wife is a great big hippo!" Later, something scary happens. How does Rincewind react?

** In ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' and other early Discworld novels, much was made of the fact that wizards avoid saying the number between 7 and 9 (they use room numbers like "7a" instead of the number in question), because it tends to attract the attention of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]. As Discworld moved away from being a generic fantasy pastiche and started being an original world in its own right, this plot point became less and less important, and in fact went unmentioned for ''years'' (and at least a dozen novels). Then ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' came out, the first Discworld book since ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' to use chapters. And what followed chapter 7? ''Chapter '''7a'''''.

** A very early Rincewind book featured the line ''"!" said Rincewind''. In ''Interesting Times'', he sees the pictogram in Agatean that's equivalent to an exclamation point, which looks like a dog urinating, and in a moment of surprise we get ''"Oh, urinating dog," said Rincewind''.

* In [[Leven Thumps]], Leven's favourite number is 11. {{spoiler|Not only is his name E. Leven, but it takes 11 thumps to knock down the tree and save the world.}}

* In the opening chapter of ''Aurora i Holland'', Anne-Cath Vestly throws a brick at the final line in the book. Aurora's grandmother is concerned about the girl turning into a tiny adult with no time to be a kid, so her father tells Aurora to go out and play and "be a kid". After pondering these cryptic words, Aurora goes to her BFF and asks he to come out and ''play kids''. After they spend a chapter trying to find out how to play at being kids (!), the main plot kicks in to take Aurora and her family to [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Holland]] and back. After they come home the BFF turns up to tell Aurora:

"Kids." }}

* In the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' book "It Came From Beneath the Sink", the "Encyclopedia of the Weird" is consulted to identify the titular creature. When it is mentioned that the monster is a Grool, it is pointed out on the bright side it's not the more dangerous Lanx. At the end of the story, the protagonist is confronted with a Lanx.