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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Big Fido is an obvious dog analogue of [[Adolf Hitler]] being {{spoiler|a small nervous poodle}} who nonetheless rants about the Natural Superiority of the Canine Race and how all dogs are spiritually wolves (just as Hitler was short and dark but presented tall blond Aryans as being the superior German race).▼
** Angua, who has run with wolf packs, is amazed at how ''off'' his idea of wolves is. It's basically just a collection of traits that humans don't want to acknowledge in themselves (and wolves lack altogether).▼
* [[All the Myriad Ways]]: "In a million universes, this was a very short book."
* [[Aluminium Christmas Trees]]: The highly flammable nitrocellulose billiard balls? ''Those actually existed.''
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* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Dr. Cruces head of the Assassin's Guild {{spoiler|and user of the gonne}} and the terrifying head of the Fools' Guild, Dr. Whiteface.
* [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling]]: {{spoiler|Werewolf!}}Angua can tell immediately when Carrot's been hurt, even if she's halfway across the city.
▲* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Big Fido is an obvious dog analogue of [[Adolf Hitler]] being {{spoiler|a small nervous poodle}} who nonetheless rants about the Natural Superiority of the Canine Race and how all dogs are spiritually wolves (just as Hitler was short and dark but presented tall blond Aryans as being the superior German race).
▲** Angua, who has run with wolf packs, is amazed at how ''off'' his idea of wolves is. It's basically just a collection of traits that humans don't want to acknowledge in themselves (and wolves lack altogether).
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Uncharacteristically, Vetinari's attempt to manipulate Vimes into solving the murders backfires to a nearly catastrophic degree as he actually drives Vimes over the edge into genuine retirement.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: SILAS! CUMBERBATCH!
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* [[Sword Over Head]]
* [[Tap on the Head]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|It accidentally kills someone}}.
* [[Throw the Book At Them]]: ''[[Doorstopper|How To Kille Insects]]''
* [[Thwarted Coup De Grace]]: {{spoiler|Vimes with Cruces}}.
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* [[Wham! Line]]: In the narrative:
{{quote|Lord Vetinari stood up as he saw the Watch running towards him. That was why the first shot went through his thigh, instead of his chest.
Then Carrot cleared the door of the carriage and flung himself across the man, which is why the next shot went through Carrot. }}
** And of course Carrot's "Personal isn't the same as important".
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** When he first hears it he says it's true. Why, he himself has saved more than seventy-eight dollars!
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{{Discworld novels}}
{{The Big Read}}
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▲[[Category:Men At Arms]]
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