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* [[Footnote Fever]]: Relatively restrained for a [[Terry Pratchett]] novel, but there are a few footnotes about (entirely fictitious) wildlife like the [[wikipedia:Pacific Northwest tree octopus|tree-climbing octopus]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Daphne, and she knows it too:

* [[Good Cannot Comprehend Evil]]: Daphne has a hard time explaining Cox's behavior to the islanders. They can cope with cannibals, but not someone who shoots people because they're there.

* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Locaha. And he's not as nice as Pratchett's other [[Discworld|Grim Reaper]].

* [[Kick the Dog]]: First Mate Cox is the embodiment of this trope.

* [[Klingon Promotion]]: What Daphne's afraid may have happened after 137 people die, leaving her father as king.

* [[The Men in Black]]: The Gentlemen of Last Resort wear black suits and are named after colours.

* [[The Multiverse]]: As explained by Locaha:

* [[Parental Abandonment]]:

** [[Missing Mom]]: We are given massive hints that Daphne's mother and little brother died (most likely through [[Death by Childbirth]]). She was completely traumatized by the sight of the "little coffin."

* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[Moby Dick]]''. The [[Distant Finale]] also mentions various modern scientists visiting the island and doing pretty much what they've done in our world; [[Richard Feynman]] playing drums, Dawkins being harassed by an intelligent tool-using animal, Carl Sagan filming for [[Cosmos]]...

* [[Sibling Seniority Squabble]]:

'Huh, yes, ''six minutes'',' said the boy. }}

* [[Small Secluded World]]: the main character's world only includes a few islands since no one in his tribe ever sailed far enough to see the continent.

* [[Unexpected Successor]]: Daphne, to the throne of England.

** Her father was 139th in line for the throne. The improbability is [[lampshaded]] when her father gets the news. We only hear his side of the conversation, but...

* [[The Voiceless]]: The Unknown Woman and some of the other survivors. They have good reason.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Mau and everyone on the island except Daphne, even the women. Some pull it off better than others.