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* [[Anatomically Impossible Sex]]: It features on a tattoo that defies biological facts. (An in-story example; [[Take Our Word for It|all we are told about the tattoo is that it defies said facts.]])
* [[Ancient Egypt]]: Djelibeybi is a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] of this, turned [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Anti
* [[BFG]]: Obliquely referenced, as Teppic learned to use a "puntbow" from the ibis poacher whom his father absent-mindedly appointed as a tutor. Punt guns actually existed, and were used for the same purpose of killing waterfowl en masse.
* [[Boarding School]]: The first part is an extended parody of English school stories in general and ''[[Tom Browns Schooldays (Literature)|Tom Browns Schooldays]]'' in particular.
* [[Brother
* [[Creature of Habit]]: Dios, literally.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Assassin's Guild school's final exam resembles the UK driving license test.
* [[Doublethink]]: The religious beliefs of the Djelibeybians are obviously contradictory, with multiple "supreme" gods ruling the other gods. Dios believes in all of them {{spoiler|even though he invented most of them himself}}.
* [[Due to The Dead]]: A handmaiden gets in trouble for not volunteering to accompany the king.
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