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* [[Alien Geometries]]: For all the fighting being done over Leshp, nobody who actually visits the place wants to stay for long...
* [[All the Myriad Ways]]: At a moment of crisis decision - whether to pursue Ahmed's ship or stay in Ankh-Morpork where he might be needed - the timeline splits, and Vimes accidentally picks up the other timeline's Vimes' Dis-organiser, which reads off the other Vimes' appointments. {{spoiler|Thus, he is able to find out, at the end, [[Kill
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Surely the idea of a brutal war being fought over an island that's just risen from the ocean is a fantasty narrative device used by Terry Pratchett to poke fun at the idiotic nationalism of a bygone age? The Other Wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinandea disagrees!]
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Ankh-Morpork native Les and Klatch native Akhan bond over this while their fathers are threatening each other:
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* [[Internal Reformist]]: [[Defied Trope|Defied]]. Vimes briefly wonders if he should have been an [[Internal Reformist]] to Rust's regime, rather than throwing down his badge and storming out, before thinking "No. When had that ever worked?"
* [[Ironic Echo]]: {{spoiler|"[[Nightmare Fuel|Things to do today: die...]]"}}
* [[It
* [[The Key Is Behind the Lock]]: The Bursar locks himself in the Unseen University safe and takes the key with him. "It's not even as if there's a keyhole on the inside".
* [[Language Equals Thought]]: The D'reg's particular Klatchian dialect. Most informatively, their word for freedom is the same as their word for fighting.
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* [[The Magnificent]]: 71-Hour Ahmed.
* [[Majored in Western Hypocrisy]]: Ahmed was educated in Ankh-Morpork - specifically, the Assassin's Guild school. He claims that life among the D'regs is a picnic next to years at a boarding school "patronized by the sons of gentlemen".
* [[Modern Major
* [[Mook Horror Show]]: Reg Shoe (a zombie), Detritus (a troll) and Angua (a werewolf) vs. some raiders.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: 71-Hour Ahmed again. An explanation of his name: {{spoiler|in D'Reg culture, anyone you offer hospitality to is completely safe for three days i.e. 72 hours. Ahmed, a D'Reg, didn't want to wait the extra hour to dispense with a man he arrested for poisoning a well.}}
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* [[Not So Different]]: The Klatchian and Morporkian fathers who lead the groups of settlers on Leshp, and also vividly demonstrate that bigoted, small-minded pillocks come from all nations, races, and creeds.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Detrius does a bit of this in the beginning, almost seeming to play with Vimes for a moment of amusement at one point, though of course his comment about how amazing the weathercocks are ''could'' be taken at face-value. The latter part of their conversation did seem to throw Vimes off guard for a second, though.
* [[One Scene, Two Monologues]]
* [[Orgy of Evidence]]: Deliberately invoked. The killers leave behind 'everything but a camel' to point to the murderer being from Klatch; knowing that Vimes' suspicious mind will cause to look everywhere ''but'' Klatch.
* [[Outscare the Enemy]]: Vimes does this to a less-than-loyal sailor regarding a dangerous beach.
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