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The new edition published for the book's 25th anniversary included additional commentary (including some remarks on the film), and a rather confusing preview chapter from a projected sequel, ''Buttercup's Baby'', which implicitly references Goldman's unrelated novel ''Control''.
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Prince Humperdinck is the only character not swayed by Buttercup's beauty. {{spoiler|He just views her as a political tool to convince his country to go over war for.}}
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The setting is "before Europe", yet "after America" and before the invention of the word "glamour." Also, there is a mention of Australia being populated entirely by criminals, and Westley is described as wearing blue jeans. Oh, and stew is older than everything, except taxes.
** [[Lampshaded]] by the confused and exasperated comments Goldman claims he received back from his frazzled editor about this very subject.
* [[And Now You Must Marry Me]]: The [[Scarpia Ultimatum]] version.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Buttercup to Prince Humperdinck.
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* [[The Big Guy]]: Fezzik. It's been his condition since childhood; when his father tried to teach him to box in order to defend himself against his mean schoolmates, Fezzik accidentally broke his jaw.
* [[Bits of Me Keep Passing Out]]: Inverted and [[Played for Laughs]] as it takes a while for Miracle Max's cure to fully take effect on Westley, and Inigo and Fezzik have to carry him around while [[Storming the Castle]] as bits of him are "waking up" one at a time.
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* [[The Brute]]: Subverted. Fezzik is really quite a nice guy.
* [[Buy Them Off]]
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** When Yellin tries to resign because he can't find the rumored saboteurs from Guilder, Humperdinck (who needs a regent in Guilder after the war, only trusts Yellin and Rugen, and knows Rugen is too busy with "his stupid Pain Primer") promptly tells him what's really going on and what planted evidence he should find later.
{{quote| '''Humperdinck:''' I do ''not'' accept your resignation, you ''are'' doing a capable job, there is ''no'' plot, ''I'' shall slaughter the Queen myself this very evening, ''you'' shall run Guilder for me after the war, now get back on your feet.}}
* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: Played straight, but it only works for Fezzik, and with a caveat. In his past, Fezzik used to fight people one-on-one for money. Audiences got bored of the [[Curb Stomp Battle
* [[Cool Horse]]: Four of them, in fact, the white horses Prince Humperdinck breeds.
* [[Cool Mask]]: The Man in Black. It's just terribly comfortable!
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* [[Your Eyes Can Deceive You]]: Part of Inigo's training.
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Buttercup and Westley's daughter Waverly refers to Fezzik as "Shade".
* [[Author Filibuster]]: Parodied, as in ''The Princess Bride'', with S. Morgenstern's digressions. After a huge buildup to a fight, the conclusion is a perfunctory few sentences mixed in with several pages about the positive qualities of a certain type of tree. Goldman explains that Morgenstern had a large monetary stake involving these trees, and used the book as an opportunity to make them more popular.
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