Inheritance Cycle: Difference between revisions

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** In ''Brisingr'', Arya doodles something about a lonely god in the sand in reference to ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Paolini mentions this in the afterword. He says he did it because he's a fan of the doctor. "And to those who got the line about the lonely god, all I have to say is that The Doctor can be anywhere at any time, even alternate dimensions. Hey! [[One of Us|I'm a fan too!]]"

'''Arya:''' "I don't know." }}

** In ''Inheritance'' There's another ''Doctor Who'' reference. Angela, the herbalist, is knitting a blue hat with runes around the edge. When asked what the runes say, she responds: "Raxacori--Oh, never mind. It wouldn't mean anything to you anyway." There is a planet in ''Doctor Who'' called Raxacoricofallapatorius (it's where the Slitheen come from.)

* [[Unspoken Plan]]: As a general rule, none of the heroes' brilliant plans are explained onscreen beforehand.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Sloan's [[Shut Up, Kirk|tirade]] about Eragon features a veritable barrage.

* [[Vanity Publishing]]: started as this, before a larger publisher got their hands on it.

* [[Veganopia]]: Elven society. Justified somewhat in that it's difficult to eat something when you can hear its thoughts and empathize with it.

* [[We Have Reserves]]: Galbatorix uses the Urgals in the first book to weaken the Varden and the dwarves.

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Eragon. Lampshaded by Saphira:

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: A source of [[Wangst]] for Eragon.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Four examples: Firstly, {{spoiler|Murtagh heavily criticizes Eragon's (and the Varden's) moral stance and allegiance at the end of ''Eldest'', going so far as to say that Galbatorix isn't bad enough to earn what Eragon's doing to the Empire}}. Secondly, Sloan gives Eragon a massive tongue lashing in ''Brisingr'' when he encounters him, complete with lots of [[Unusual Euphemism|fantasy swear words]]. Thirdly, after Eragon {{spoiler|attempts to heal Elva of her [[Blessed with Suck|curse]], he makes a mistake and only succeeds in making it painless, leaving Elva still empowered but no longer shackled down with a desire to help others, turning her into an [[Anti-Hero]]. Shortly after, he decides that she isn't mature enough to handle such power and tries to take it from her, whereupon she puts him down and tells him he's behaving as Galbatorix would.}} And fourthly, a {{spoiler|soldier in Feinster}} complains about Eragon "taking glory for himself" by disrupting the peace and slaughtering even those who have been forced to serve the Empire. YMMV, but some people consider such moments a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].