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The fifth [[Discworld]] novel and a return to Rincewind as central character. Very much a sequel to ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' in style, plot and humour.

The fifth [[Discworld]] novel and a return to Rincewind as central character. Very much a sequel to ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' in style, plot and humour.

Wizards (in early Discworld books at least) are the eighth sons of eighth sons, and they are forbidden to marry. Why? Well, one wizard, Ipslore, runs away and defies the rules by wedding and having children. The first seven are as powerful from birth as any wizard in the world (and are never mentioned again). The eighth... the eighth is the eighth son of an eighth son of an eighth son. A wizard cubed... a ''source'' of magic, not merely one who can manipulate the magic already present in the world... a ''[[A Worldwide Punomenon|Sourcerer]]''.

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* [[Apocalypse Maiden]]: Coin, of course, is an Apocralypse Boy.

* [[Arabian Nights Days]]

* [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]]: Coin's ultimate fate, and apparently the usual fate of Sourcerers.

* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: Coin's ultimate fate, and apparently the usual fate of Sourcerers.

* [[Audio Erotica]]: Conina's voice can make "Good morning" sound like an invitation to bed.

* [[Barbarian Hero]]: Deconstructed with Nijel.

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* [[Captain Obvious]]: "The thing about the Ice Giants were that they were, well, giants. The other thing about them was that they were made of ice."

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Vetinari isn't nearly as much a [[Magnificent Bastard]] as he would eventually become, and as a result, comes off as a bit thick. At the very least he usually has a better grasp of [[Know When to Fold'Em|knowing when to fold em]].

* [[Chess ~~With~~ Death]]: More like a wager, but Death lampshades this trope when Ipslore expresses interest in negotiating with him.

* [[Chess with Death]]: More like a wager, but Death lampshades this trope when Ipslore expresses interest in negotiating with him.

* [[Color-Coded Wizardry]]: Ipslore the Red is a straight example, although Pratchett parodies this trope in other novels.

* [[Conscience Makes You Go Back]]: Literally. Rincewind is controlled by his conscience as if it was a split personality.

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** "It looked the way a piano sounds when dropped down a well. It tasted yellow, and felt paisley. It smelled like a total eclipse of the Moon. Of course, closer to the Tower it got ''really'' weird."

* [[Empathic Weapon]]

* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: Very nearly happens this time.

* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Very nearly happens this time.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Creosote's grand vizier, Abrim.

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Ipslore the Red

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{{quote| '''Ipslore:''' And what would humans be without love?<br />

'''Death:''' {{smallcaps|Rare.}} }}

* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: Rincewind's hat bears the word "WIZZARD" in sequins. An interesting example, in that ''at the time'' this was just one of the many examples of the Disc folk's use of [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] and creative spelling, yet when Rincewind returns in ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'', his bad spelling is particularly pointed out by the other wizards (as Pratchett had moved away from presenting all Disc spelling as bad).

* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: Rincewind's hat bears the word "WIZZARD" in sequins. An interesting example, in that ''at the time'' this was just one of the many examples of the Disc folk's use of [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] and creative spelling, yet when Rincewind returns in ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'', his bad spelling is particularly pointed out by the other wizards (as Pratchett had moved away from presenting all Disc spelling as bad).

* [[Sequel Hook]]: A wizard always comes back for his hat.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Rincewind and Creosote use expressions from [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]'s "Kubla Khan" when they talk about Creosote's "Wilderness". There's also a few [[Shout-Out|ShoutOuts]] to ''The Rubaiyat'' and the ''[[~~Arabian Nights (Literature)|~~Arabian Nights]]''. Combined with [[It Will Never Catch On]] when Rincewind says "Telling stories in a harem? That's not bloody normal! It'll never catch on!"

* [[Shout-Out]]: Rincewind and Creosote use expressions from [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]'s "Kubla Khan" when they talk about Creosote's "Wilderness". There's also a few [[Shout-Out|ShoutOuts]] to ''The Rubaiyat'' and the ''[[Arabian Nights]]''. Combined with [[It Will Never Catch On]] when Rincewind says "Telling stories in a harem? That's not bloody normal! It'll never catch on!"

* [[Snake Pit]]: The method of last resort for execution. Very ineffective.

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: In-universe example; after the Archchancellor's Hat is stolen, Spelter and Carding create a fake one that looks a lot more like an Archchancellor's hat than the actual one did.