The Fifth Elephant/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* There's the moment described in [[Made of Plasticine]] where the [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|odd-looking and seemingly weak]] "clerk" Inigo Skimmer attacks some enemies by chopping them in the neck with his hand. Rather than stunning them as might be expected, it ''takes their heads clean off''. Granted, it's because he had a (ridiculously sharp) palm dagger, but still.

** Inigo's moment was even more impressive than that. More than a dozen men attacked their carriages. Vimes killed one. Inigo killed ''six.'' When Vimes asked him ironically why he didn't kill more?

* Vimes's prediction that by the time they get to Bonk, the six dead men will have multiplied via the rumor mill into thirty and a dog. He was accurate down to the dog.

* Just about any of Vimes' fights in this book -- the one in the tree was especially good, especially when you realize that Vimes is ''beating up werewolves, bare handed''.

* "''This'' is how you win a dogfight!" - Gaspode the Wonder Dog, living up to his name

* "Inigo looked down and swallowed. Vimes had a knife, too."

Vimes: [[Groin Attack|Make a sudden move, and neither are you]]. }}

* So commander Vimes is away. Captain Carrot is away as well. The current acting officer is Fred Colon (and the rest of the Watch is on strike because of that). Ankh-Morpork is having a ''completely crime-free'' day, because every criminal knows that ''Vimes is going to be back'', very unhappy, and with a very big shovel.