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* [[The Missionary]]: Reverend Oats decides to act as a missionary to Uberwald. {{spoiler|As seen in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', it works}}.

** {{spoiler|Unsurprising considering he, by this point, wields a battle axe named Forgiveness, which is presumably what people pray for when Oates comes into view.}}

{{quote| '''Nanny Ogg''': He's as happy as a dog with two ... oh, he ''does'' have two tails.}}

* [[Nay Theist]]: Granny. Oates is terrified of the idea of her actually finding a god who met her moral standards, given her sheer passion and persuasive ability.

* [[Noodle Implements]]: Magrat mentions a joke Nanny told about "the priest, the old woman and the rhinoceros.". Nanny says that even she didn't understand that until she was forty.

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Nanny Ogg upset is a pretty bad thing to see, even worse than an angry Nanny. A Nanny Ogg who misses the chance to [[Dirty Old Woman|mock Agnes']] [[Accidental Innuendo]]? Shit just got ''real''.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Notably, thanks to the Count training them with a little exposure at a time, the Magpyrs are not affected by traditional vampire weaknesses such as garlic, holy symbols, holy water, and sunlight.

** Also, the vampires of de Magpyr family turn into flocks of magpies instead of bats.

** The trope is also invoked in the story, since the method for disposing a vampire depends on which village he's from.

* [[Goth]]: Completely turned on its head: Lacrimosa and her vampire friends partake in a subculture that has them wearing bright colours, pretending to drink wine, staying up well past Midday, and adopting names like "Henry" and "Freda".

* [[Reconstruction]]: Of the [[Classical Movie Vampire]], especially Dracula himself.

* [[Reverse Psychology]]: The Magpyr's castle is named Don'tGoNearThe Castle, and route is regularly marked by signs like "Don't take this quickest route to the Castle". According to Igor, it was always full with guests.

* [[Shout Out]]: [[Dracula|"I do not drink ... wine."]]

** [[The Igor|He]] does drink whiskey though.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: The Nac Mac Feegle have one female and hundreds of males. [[Shout Out|Seeing as they're all six inches tall and blue...]]

* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]: Mightily Oats ''must'' build a fire to save the life of a wounded and freezing Granny Weatherwax - but all he has for dry kindling is the Book of Om, his holy scripture. {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|He makes a great light.]]}}

{{quote| I ain't been vampired. You've been Weatherwaxed.}}

* [[Vampire Vannabe]]: Inverted. Normal rebellious teenagers start dressing in black and giving themselves elaborate names. ''Vampire'' rebellious teenagers, apparently, try to act like ordinary people for the same reason.