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* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' was created by an [[The Vicar|English Vicar]], the Rev. W. Awdry, showing that that stereotype can be [[Truth in Television]]. |
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' was created by an [[The Vicar|English Vicar]], the Rev. W. Awdry, showing that that stereotype can be [[Truth in Television]]. |
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** The character of ''[[The Fat Controller]]'' is sometimes attributed to another railway vicar, the Rev. Teddy Boston, a friend of Awdry's who had a narrow-gauge steam engine in his garden. |
** The character of ''[[The Fat Controller]]'' is sometimes attributed to another railway vicar, the Rev. Teddy Boston, a friend of Awdry's who had a narrow-gauge steam engine in his garden. |
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*** And the occasional characters of the Fat Clergyman and the Thin Clergyman are [[Word of God|confirmed]] as Boston and Awdry [[Author Avatars]]. |
*** And the occasional characters of the Fat Clergyman and the Thin Clergyman are [[Word of God|confirmed]] as Boston and Awdry [[Author Avatar|Author Avatars]]. |
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* One of the ''[[Discworld]]'' books discusses {{smallcaps|[[Grim Reaper|Death]]'s}} patient, methodical personality by saying that while there aren't any trains or steam engines on the Discworld, he'll surely be there to note it down as soon as one is invented. |
* One of the ''[[Discworld]]'' books discusses {{smallcaps|[[Grim Reaper|Death]]'s}} patient, methodical personality by saying that while there aren't any trains or steam engines on the Discworld, he'll surely be there to note it down as soon as one is invented. |
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** ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' has a brief mention of a magazine for "Golem-spotters", suggesting that this has become the equivalent. It remains to be seen if Death has taken it up. |
** ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' has a brief mention of a magazine for "Golem-spotters", suggesting that this has become the equivalent. It remains to be seen if Death has taken it up. |
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