Nothing but Skulls: Difference between revisions

** Parodied in ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'' when Cohen and his Silver Horde learn from a local that the claiming of the throne of the Agatean Empire is traditionally accompanied with "seas of blood" and/or "a mountain of skulls". The Horde eagerly begins quizzing exactly how many skulls this precisely means, and their informant gets testy: "I don't know how big a mountain! A lot of skulls!"

** In ''[[Discworld/The Last Hero|The Last Hero]]'', mention is also made of the now retired Pamdar the Witch Queen.

"I didn't say it was very good marmalade." }}

** In ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'', the Tooth Fairy has a mountain of teeth.

* ''[[Wapsi Square]]'': [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/monsteriwas/ Phix's wall]

* ''[[DM of the Rings]]'' [http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1203 parodies] the scene in ''[[Lord of the Rings|The Return of the King]]'' where Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas are nearly buried under an avalanche of [[Nothing but Skulls]].

'''DM:''' [[Durable Deathtrap|It's just a trap]]. Dungeons have them all the time.<br />

'''Aragorn:''' I'm not calling the device into question. I'm questioning the payload. Thousands and thousands of skulls? How does that work exactly? Was this a race of floating heads? }}