Making Money: Difference between revisions

* [[Foreshadowing]]: "Joshua liked to be in control. Oh yes, didn't he just." Moist later discovers {{spoiler|a closet full of S&M equipment in Joshua's room.}}

** When trying to find out about Mr Bent's mysterious past Moist discovers a diary entry saying that some 'funny looking men' appeared at the bank asking about him. {{spoiler|Probably meant to be taken quite literally as he used to be a clown.}}

* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Vetinari does a sudoku-equivalent in the ''Times'' which is called a ''Jikan no Muda'' -- rough Japanese for "waste of time".

* [[Groin Attack]]

*** Admittedly, given that Cosmo's is about two and a half times the Patrician's body size, it's crazy enough.

*** Later, we find there is {{spoiler|an entire wing of a hospital devoted to [[Napoleon Delusion|people who think they're Vetinari]].}}

* [[Just Testing You]]: When Mr. Bent has a paper corrected by one of his younger employees and suffers a breakdown, Moist initially wonders why he simply didn't claim he was testing them.

{{quote| "Even school teachers know that one!"}}

** Although, in the same style as many of Discworld's da Quirm inventions, the computer is based on a real-world device -- the MONIAC, devised in 1949.

* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]: Some of the fundamentals of martial clowning, such as lethal balloon animals and "[[Plank Gag|battle-planking]]".

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Mild, in-universe case; Moist reflects that you never see a tall, slim Hubert, and Hubert Turvy is no exception.

* [[The Mistress]]: Topsy was the mistress, became the wife, and was aware that newer models were coming along. She explained that keeping this all open made it very convenient for everyone's schedules.

* [[Multilayer Facade]]: Topsy discusses [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You|Moist's relationship with Adora]] in these terms.

* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: Cosmo's journal full of attempted signatures looks a lot like one; {{spoiler|"vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari"}}.

* [[Running Gag]]: Moist stealing Drumknott's pencil.

* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: A [[Plot Threads|B Plot]] -- {{spoiler|Cribbins recognises Moist as Albert Spangler, and blackmails him with the threat of revealing his secret. He tells Cosmo, but Moist confesses to his past in court before they can reveal it. He tracks Moist down for a [[Post Climax Confrontation]]... and his dentures explode, putting him in hospital.}}

* [[Shout Out]]: We've got Moist making ''paper money'' that is noted to be worth only what we think it is. We've got a man who's obsessing over a pair of ''boots''. We've got a little ''dog''. We've got Moist revitalizing his ''top hat''. We've got a lady golem that does the ''ironing''. Mr. Jenkins considers a ''battleship'' as a motif for the bills he's designing. Adora Belle gives Moist a golem ''horse'', which he rides. [[Monopoly|What does this spell]], do you think...?

* [[Taking the Bullet]]: Moist saves Vetinari from {{spoiler|public humiliation by taking a ''[[Pie in The Face]]'' for him.}} Of course, this being Vetinari, the chances of him getting hit were near non-existent in the first place. {{spoiler|[[Magnificent Bastard|Because he knew Moist]] [[Fridge Brilliance|would jump in front of it.]]}}

* [[Tastes Like Purple]]: As a side effect of Igor transferring all of Owlswick's neuroses into a turnip. "It sounded like the smell of raspberries tastes."

* [[The Window or The Stairs]]: Moist is given the same choice as he was at the start of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', only to discover that the "bottomless pit" room is now perfectly normal. When he asks what happened to it, Vetinari claims to have no idea what he's talking about.

* [[They Called Me Mad]]: Igor has to ask Hubert to say this.

* [[Vomiting Cop]]: An unnamed guardsman on the removal of Cosmo's glove.

* [[Walk On the Wild Side Episode]]: In a [[Shout Out]] to ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', the austere and humourless bank clerk ''Mavolio'' Bent, {{spoiler|a man who ran away from the circus to join a bank, suddenly re-asserts his destiny and heritage as a circus clown.}}

* [[Wrote the Book]]: Mr. Slant ''literally'' wrote most of the impressive-looking books on law.

* [[You Fail Economics Forever]]: Averted, Pratchett did quite a bit of research into economic theory before writing the book, and it shows. (The British gold hullabaloo mentioned above notwithstanding.)