History Awesome / FeetOfClay

* At the end when Dorfl and Vimes have confronted the BigBad. There are several sub-moments, but among the best if Dorfl saying he won't kill because he made a moral choice.
--> [[HesBack Dorfl]]: Yes.

* At the end when Dorfl and Vimes have confronted the BigBad.
** [[HesBack "Yes," said Dorfl.]]
** There are several sub-moments, but among the best if Dorfl saying he won't kill because he made a moral choice.

* Vimes basically swears Dorfl in as a police officer (and thus helps to redefine the existing power structure between humans and golems) ''because the establishment dared him to''.
** He also swears in several zombies to patrol a neighborhood where a bigot had been complaining about having dwarf Watchmen in the vicinity. After all, the zombies are human, right?

* Dorfl getting the priests to deflect their anger from Vimes to each other, while agreeing to debate them on his (non-existent) day off.

--> '''Carrot''' ''(to Dorfl):'' If you are things, then you can't murder. And if you're not things, you're ''people,'' and what's being done to you is terrible.

* In an awesome demonstration of how formidable golems ''could'' be if they let themselves, Dorfl performs an ArrowCatch on a bolt which Nobby fires at him in a panic. Nobby was using ''Detritus's Piecemaker'' at the time.

* Dragon King of Arms [[spoiler:''announces all his plans to the hero in the first chapter through puns''. If any of the Watch had had that kind of sense of humour, the book would have been about fifty pages long]].

* The entire fight between Dorfl and the white golem ("Words In The Heart Can Not Be Taken").

* Doubling as a Crowning Moment of Humanism, Philosophy, Morality and just about anything worthwhile, the moment when Dorfl realises he owns himself and is responsible for his actions. Not only is it marked by the pronoun change - from 'it' to 'he' referring to the golem - but there also is this, incredibly powerful sentence:

-->'''Vetinari''': I rather think I ''did''.

* The extended sequence where a mob tries to smash Dorfl is both this and hilarious. The mob try to smash Dorfl because of the rumours of Golems killing people. Vimes tells them that's murder, so they try to convince Vimes that it wouldn't be murder to kill one [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman because they're not alive]], and so the Watch can't stop them. Vimes threatens to arrest them for damage to private property instead, since all Golems were at this point 'owned' by their masters, and points out that if Dorfl's a possession, ''[[BotheringByTheBook his owner, Mr. Sock, is technically the murderer]]''. Sock claims on the spot that he doesn't want Dorfl any more and they can smash him, and Carrot ''tells him that he'll arrest Sock for littering'' if he does so. Instead, Carrot buys Dorfl for a dollar. ''And insists on a receipt!''

** Better, he swears in Dorfl, and several zombies because they told him that there were too many dwarves and trolls.

* The extended sequence where a mob tries to smash Dorfl is both this and hilarious. The mob try to smash Dorfl because of the rumours of Golems killing people. Vimes tells them that's murder, so they try to convince Vimes that it wouldn't be murder to kill one [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman because they're not alive]], and so the Watch can't stop them. Vimes threatens to arrest them for damage to private property instead, since all Golems were at this point 'owned' by their masters, and points out that if Dorfl's a possession, ''[[BotheringByTheBook his owner Mr Carry is technically the murderer]]''. Carry claims on the spot that he doesn't want Dorfl any more and they can smash him, and Carrot ''tells him that he'll arrest Carry for littering'' if he does so. Instead, Carrot buys Dorfl for a dollar. ''And gives him a receipt!''

* Some of the 'Golems-aren't-alive' believers try to convince Vimes that it wouldn't be murder to kill one, and so the Watch can't stop them. Vimes threatens to arrest them for damage to private property instead, since all Golems were at this point 'owned' by their masters.

--->'EITHER ALL DAYS ARE SACRED, OR NONE ARE. I HAVE NOT DECIDED YET.'

* "[[ShoutOut Undead Or Alive]], [[Film/{{RoboCop}} You're Coming With Me]]."

* An off-screen one. After the main events of the book Vimes called the conspirators who caused all this to the palace. It isn't explicitly said what kind of conversation took place but it certainly ended with an axe being buried in a table and the conspirators leaving with strong memories of Vimes' ancestor cutting off the head of a king. Since it's in a room usually reserved for important meetings Vetinari decides to leave it there as a conversation piece.

* Some of the 'Golems-aren't-alive' believers try to convince Vimes that it wouldn't be murder to kill one, and so the Watch can't stop them. Vimes threatens to arrest them for damage to private property instead, since all Golems were at this point 'owned' by their masters. Better yet, he says that indeed, you could grind Dorfl down into dust and that dust would show no sign of ever having been alive...and, just to be proper, they should do the same to one of the protesters. See what ''that'' proves.

* Angua letting herself be taken hostage by three unlicensed thieves, so she can teach them a lesson.

* Some of the 'Golems-aren't-alive' believers try to convince Vimes that it wouldn't be murder to kill one, and so the Watch can't stop them. Vimes threatens to arrest them for damage to private property instead, since all Golems were at this point 'owned' by their masters. Better yet, he says that indeed, you could grind Dorfl down into dust and that dust would show no sign of ever having been alive...and, just to be proper, they should do the same to one of protesters. See what ''that'' proves.

* Some of the 'Golems-aren't-alive' believers try to convince Vimes that it wouldn't be murder to kill one, and so the Watch can't stop them. Vimes threatens to arrest them for damage to private property instead, since all Golems were at this point 'owned' by their masters. Better yet, he says that indeed, you could grind Dorfl down into dust and that dust would show no sign of ever having been alive...and, just to proper, they should do the same to one of protesters. See what ''that'' proves.

** Better, he swears in Dorlf, and several zombies because they told him that there were too many dwarves and trolls.
* Some of the 'Golems-aren't-alive' believers try to convince Vimes that it wouldn't be murder to kill one, and so the Watch can't stop them. Vimes threatens to arrest them for damage to private property instead, since all Golems were at this point 'owned' by their masters.

* Vimes' first scene, dealing with an assassin in the utterly casual way that can only be the result of long practice.

** There are several sub-moments, but among the best if Dorfl saying he won't kill becasse he made a moral choice.