Monstrous Regiment: Difference between revisions

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Blouse initially looks like a spineless, naive fop without the first idea of what war is actually about. But when the chance arises, he gets the chance to show off not only his own specialized skills (in certain areas he has a mind like a steel trap) but also a surprising amount of steel. He even makes ''[[Badass|Jackrum]]'' sit down and shut up.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Upon my oath, I am not a dishonest/violent man."

** Also: "You are ''my'' little lads and I will look after you."

* [[Chekhov's Armory]]: The first scene with Vimes lays out a batch of [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhovs Guns]] that fire around the climax of the book.

** The "Abominations" of the Nugganite religion bring Leviticus to mind, especially the bit about Nugganites more or less disregarding the more inconvenient Abominations. Some of them are even direct riffs from Levitican abominations, such as crop rotation. They resemble the Taliban's diktats against a lot of things, such as kites and toilet paper.

** A young girl receiving messages from the local divinity, telling her to lead the army forwards and cleanse the land of foreign invaders, dressing like a man to do so: Wazzer bears a deliberate resemblance to [[Joan of Arc]].

** The uniforms, the running gag about military leaders having articles of clothing named after them, the Duchess hiding in mourning for years, the first time where military forces relied on the mass media for intel... You could find similarities in the Crimean War, where the British had red uniforms, with Queen Victoria in a state of mourning, and one of the commanders the 7th Earl of Cardigan, and Russians were intercepting this new "telegraph" which the ''Times'' used to report the latest news...

* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: In-fandom example. A number of heterosexual fangirls were quite disappointed about Mal's [[The Reveal|Reveal]]. On the other hand, a number of lesbian/bi/[[Slash Fic|femmeslash]] fans were waiting for it hungrily.

** Alternately, the bard's saga about [[Discworld/The Last Hero|Cohen and the Horde]] might've revealed the truth that Nuggan was a fussy, annoying, undeserving little git, thereby discrediting him as a god everywhere that people still prayed to him instead of the Duchess. More than one way to use a lute as a weapon....

** It's actually mentioned that Nuggan is alive and well in other parts of the Disc, he's just an incredibly minor god, about on the level of [[Discworld/Going Postal|pre-Moist Anoia]], and in a way her opposite number (he's the god of paper clips and things being in their proper place).

** And the reverse happens to the Duchess: an ordinary woman, after death, was elevated to something like godhood because ''so many people'' prayed to her.

* [[God Was My Co-Pilot]]: Everyone thought Wazzer was delusional, but apparently the Duchess had been guiding her footsteps the whole time.

* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: Tonker and Lofty; when Jackrum gets a bit fed up with their refusal to be out of each others' sight, he asks "What are you, married?"

* [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard]]: Discworld usually averts this trope, but it's played straight for once near the end, although the materials are only useful to someone who knows a ''lot'' about blowing things up. Of course, once the Borogravian soldiers find out they're girls, they're recaptured and stuck in one of the "subversion" cells.

* [[Mad God]]: Nuggan and his weekly growing list of Abominations.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Sergeant Jackrum, see [[Batman Gambit]].