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--> '''Ridcully:''' Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence any day.

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--> '''Ridcully:''' Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence any day. ''(to Hex)'' FEELING ALRIGHT, OLD CHAP?\\
'''Hex:''' +++ Hi Mum Is Testing +++ MELON MELON MELON +++ Out Of Cheese Error +++ !!!!! +++ Mr. Jelly! Mr. Jelly! +++
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-->'Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why believe in them in any case? If it's all true you'll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn't then you've lost nothing, right?' When he died he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks, and one of them said, 'We're going to show you what we think of Mr Clever Dick in these parts...'

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-->'Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why not believe in them in any case? If it's all true you'll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn't then you've lost nothing, right?' When he died he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks, and one of them said, 'We're going to show you what we think of Mr Clever Dick in these parts...'

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"Because he's sitting up there bold as brass in his Grotto, giving away presents!"

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"Because he's sitting up there bold as brass in his Grotto, giving away presents!"presents!"\\
"Not quite up to speed here, sir. I thought the Hogfather is s’posed to give away stuff, isn’t he?"\\
"This one's an impostor! I meant…he’s not the Hogfather we usually have. He just barged in here!"\\
"Oh, a different impostor? Not the real impostor at all?"\\
"Well…yes…no…"\\
"And started giving stuff away?"\\
"That’s what I said! That’s got to be a crime, hasn’t it?"\\
"He’s giving away your stuff, sir?"\\
"No! No, he brought it in with him!"
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* The Wizards interrogate "The Hogfather" and realise it's Death in disguise. Ridcully seems a little baffled by the false beard, with hooks for ears.
--> '''Ridcully:''' Those must have given ''you'' some problems...
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* Looking at the stockings of Susan's charges, Death notes there's a small item that makes noise in there, despite Susan being certain there isn't.
-->'''Death:''' [[AC:What else is 4.30 am ''for''?]]
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* The Death of Rats, as ever, has his moments, e.g. falling into a glass of sherry left out for the Hogfather, or ''metaphorically'' piddling on one of the turnips left out for the pigs (because while some behaviors are expected of the personification of the death of small rodents, some behaviors aren't technically possible for a small skeleton in a black robe).
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** And of course, where the teddy bear came from. After Death instructs Hex to believe in the Hogfather, Hex begins to write, +++ Dear Hogfather, For Hogswatch I Want-
-->[[AC:Oh, no. ''You'' can't write lett-]] ''(Death paused)'' [[AC:You can, can't you.]]
** Of course, Death doesn't exactly know what ''exactly'' Hex is asking for, so he settles on a compromise. How old is Hex, really...?
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** The Cantering Crew receive some of the restaurant's food as a BegoneBribe. They find the taste oddly familiar.

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** The Cantering At the end of the book, the Canting Crew receive some of the restaurant's food as a BegoneBribe. They find the taste oddly familiar.
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** The Cantering Crew receive some of the restaurant's food as a BegoneBribe. They find the taste oddly familiar.
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* Throughout the book, whenever a new personification is created, there's this tell-tale jingling of bells that Ridcully takes notice of, and wonders who's causing it. Near the end of the book, he finds a little imp holding some bells. In frustration, Ridcully chases it out of the bathroom, clearly fed up with the whole affair.

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* Throughout the book, whenever a new personification is created, there's this tell-tale jingling of bells that Ridcully takes notice of, and wonders who's causing it. Near the end of the book, he finds a little imp holding some bells.bells ("The Glingle-Glingle-Glingle Fairy"). In frustration, Ridcully chases it out of the bathroom, clearly fed up with the whole affair.
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* Throughout the book, whenever a new personification is created, there's this tell-tale jingling of bells that Ridcully takes notice of, and wonders who's causing it. Near the end of the book, he finds a little imp holding some bells. In frustration, Ridcully chases it out of the bathroom, clearly fed up with the whole affair.

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** Made funnier when Albert figures out the correct [[MundaneMadeAwesome "incantation"]]

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** Made funnier when Albert figures out the correct [[MundaneMadeAwesome "incantation"]]"incantation"]].



-->'''Albert''': It'd bloody well work on me if I was a pig, master

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-->'''Albert''': It'd bloody well work on me if I was a pig, mastermaster.



* Death disguising himself as a snowman when he arrives to deal with the Auditors.

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* Death disguising himself as a snowman when he arrives to deal with the Auditors.Auditors.
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*** Followed by Nobby's unadalterated glee at the AutomaticCrossbow he got.

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*** Followed by Nobby's unadalterated unadultered glee at the AutomaticCrossbow he got.
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** He then cures Hex of its Bursar-grade madness by "giving it" lots of Dried Frog Pills.

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** He then cures Hex of its Bursar-grade madness by "giving it" lots entering the following data: "Lots of Dried Frog Pills.Frorg Pills".
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* The sequence where the (er) Real Hogfather takes over the "Mall Santa" equivalent is outstanding.

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* The sequence where the (er) Real real (or rather, less false) Hogfather takes over the "Mall Santa" equivalent is outstanding.
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* What? No mention of Death getting stuck in the iron stove? It's especially funny in the live-action adaptation thanks to Death's deadpan voice.

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* What? No mention of Death getting stuck in the iron stove? stove. It's especially funny in the live-action adaptation thanks to Death's deadpan voice.
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** Death having trouble with the fake beard and looking to thin on account of being a skeleton in a suit

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** Death having trouble with the fake beard and looking to too thin on account of being a skeleton in a suitsuit with a pillow stuffed down his shirt. It doesn't even make him look fat, just normal-ish.



-->'''Death''': (tallying the sherries so far) [[AC: one million, eight hundred thousand, seven hundred and six. And sixty eight thousand, three hundred and nineteen pork pies. And one turnip.]]

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-->'''Death''': (tallying ''(tallying the sherries so far) [[AC: one far)'' [[AC:One million, eight hundred thousand, seven hundred and six. And sixty eight thousand, three hundred and nineteen pork pies. And one turnip.]]



-->''A violent death is the '''last''' thing that will happen to you.''

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-->''A -->A violent death is the '''last''' ''last'' thing that will happen to you.''



-->'''Ridcully:''' ''(Pointing dramatically upwards)'' To the laundry!

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-->'''Ridcully:''' ''(Pointing ''(pointing dramatically upwards)'' To the laundry!



** This is possibly a callback to The Light Fantastic in which the Wizards follow a reality altering spell up through the various floors of the University, each time shouting "Quick! To the (Insert floor above name here)"

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** This is possibly a callback to The Light Fantastic in which the Wizards follow a reality altering spell up through the various floors of the University, each time shouting "Quick! To the (Insert (insert floor above name here)"here)."



* Death disguising himself as a Snowman when he arrives to deal with the Auditors.

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* Death disguising himself as a Snowman snowman when he arrives to deal with the Auditors.

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