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* While fleeing guards in the Emperor's Palace, Rincewind comes across a room full of sleeping sumo wrestlers. Well, ''we'' know they're sumo wrestlers; but from Rincewind's perspective, it looks like someone decided to breed a sub-race of absurdly fat humans and put them in diapers. He quickly wakes them up, and declares that his pursuers have sandwiches, and only has to stand back and watch as a very blubbery stampede ensues.
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** Every staff member claiming to have visited their aunts in distant towns during the events of Sourcery...except Ridcully, who really ''had'' been in a distant area at the time.

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** Every staff member claiming to have visited their aunts in distant towns during the events of Sourcery... except Ridcully, who really ''had'' been in a distant area at the time.



* The wizards [[spoiler: kill Hong]] by ''teleporting a lit cannon'' right next to him. ''Accidentally.''

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* The wizards [[spoiler: kill [[spoiler:kill Hong]] by ''teleporting a lit cannon'' right next to him. ''Accidentally.''



* Any time Rincewind, Teach, Cohen, or anyone else mixes up the emphasis on the phrase, causing the resulting sentence to come out [[LostinTranslation a little differently than intended]].

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* Any time Rincewind, Teach, Cohen, or anyone else mixes up the emphasis on the phrase, causing the resulting sentence to come out [[LostinTranslation [[LostInTranslation a little differently than intended]].
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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought of you." ...because he's the only man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.#

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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought of you." ...because he's the only man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.#

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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought of you." ...because he's the only man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.

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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought of you." ...because he's the only man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.#
** When Stibbons is explaining how the spell to bring Rincewind back to UU failed he goes though a long explanation full of scientific jargon that no one else can understand; everyone except the Bursar of all people.
-->'''The Bursar''': Oh, it's perfectly simple. We sent the ... dog thing to Hunghung. Rincewind was sent to some other place. And this creature was sent here. Just like Pass the Parcel.
-->'''Ridcully''': You see? You're using language the ''Bursar'' can understand.
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* Rincewind, clinging from a ledge, uses charades to express his dilemma with one of the Red Army. When Twoflower and company retrieve him, Twoflower explains that while they didn't get most of the gestures, "[=OhshitohshitohshitI'mgonnadie=]" came across ''perfectly''.

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* Rincewind, clinging from a ledge, uses charades to express his dilemma with one of the Red Army. When Twoflower and company retrieve him, Twoflower explains that while they didn't get most of the gestures, "[=OhshitohshitohshitI'mgonnadie=]" came across ''perfectly''.''perfectly''.
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* Cohen dismissing the court... by telling them to bugger off. It gets traslated as [[RunningGag [complicated pictogram] ]], to which the response is:

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* Cohen dismissing the court... by telling them to bugger off. It gets traslated translated as [[RunningGag [complicated pictogram] ]], to which the response is:
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* The wizards kill Hong by ''teleporting a lit cannon'' right next to him. ''Accidentally.''

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* The wizards [[spoiler: kill Hong Hong]] by ''teleporting a lit cannon'' right next to him. ''Accidentally.''
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* Rincewind, clinging from a ledge, uses charades to express his dilemma with one of the Red Army. When Twoflower and company retrieve him, Twoflower explains that while they didn't get most of the gestures, "OhshitohshitohshitI'mgonnadie" came across ''perfectly''.

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* Rincewind, clinging from a ledge, uses charades to express his dilemma with one of the Red Army. When Twoflower and company retrieve him, Twoflower explains that while they didn't get most of the gestures, "OhshitohshitohshitI'mgonnadie" "[=OhshitohshitohshitI'mgonnadie=]" came across ''perfectly''.
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-->''"What? Here?"''

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-->''"What? Here?"''Here?"''
* Rincewind, clinging from a ledge, uses charades to express his dilemma with one of the Red Army. When Twoflower and company retrieve him, Twoflower explains that while they didn't get most of the gestures, "OhshitohshitohshitI'mgonnadie" came across ''perfectly''.
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* Cohen dismissing the court... by telling them to bugger off. It gets traslated as [[RunningGag [complicated pictogram]]], to which the response is:

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* Cohen dismissing the court... by telling them to bugger off. It gets traslated as [[RunningGag [complicated pictogram]]], pictogram] ]], to which the response is:
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--> "It is possible for money to legitimately belong to other people."

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--> "It is possible for money to legitimately belong to other people.""
* Cohen dismissing the court... by telling them to bugger off. It gets traslated as [[RunningGag [complicated pictogram]]], to which the response is:
-->''"What? Here?"''
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--> '''Truckle the Uncivil:''' Give me all your... one apple! ...and I will... give you?... this money!

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--> '''Truckle the Uncivil:''' Give me all your... one apple! ...and I will... give you?... this money!money!
** Better yet, the basic fiscal principle he finds it necessary to explain to them:
--> "It is possible for money to legitimately belong to other people."
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* "'Ere wot a toff! 'Eave arf a brick at 'im!"

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* The scene where Lord Hong admires himself, dressed up in Ankh-Morpork nobleman's fashion and envisions himself receiving the admiration of the Morporkians. The actual reaction of them, the text notes, would be more like "'Ere wot a toff! 'Eave arf a brick at 'im!"
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* [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "There are ''not'' 2,300,009 invisible bloodsucking vampire ghosts."]]

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* [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "There are ''not'' ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not]]'' 2,300,009 invisible bloodsucking vampire ghosts."]]"
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--> '''Truckle the Uncivil:''' "Give me all your... one apple! ...and I will... give you?... this money!"

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--> '''Truckle the Uncivil:''' "Give Give me all your... one apple! ...and I will... give you?... this money!"money!
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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought as you." ...because he's the only man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.

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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought as of you." ...because he's the only man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.
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* Any time Rincewind, Teach, Cohen, or anyone else mixes up the emphasis on the phrase, causing the resulting sentence to come out [[LostinTranslation a little differently than intended]].

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* Any time Rincewind, Teach, Cohen, or anyone else mixes up the emphasis on the phrase, causing the resulting sentence to come out [[LostinTranslation a little differently than intended]].intended]].
* Mr. Saveloy's attempts to teach seven life-long [[DesignatedHero barbarian heroes]] the fine art of ''exchanging money for goods and services,'' rather than looting the place and setting it on fire.
--> '''Truckle the Uncivil:''' "Give me all your... one apple! ...and I will... give you?... this money!"
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* There are ''not'' 2,300,009 invisible bloodsucking vampire ghosts.

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* There [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "There are ''not'' 2,300,009 invisible bloodsucking vampire ghosts."]]
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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought as you." ''(Thinking) As the onl man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.''

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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought as you." ''(Thinking) As " ...because he's the onl only man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.''



* The Samurai warriors doing a whole intricate performance of slicing the silk kerchiefs, and then Cohen slowly tossing one of his own, admittedly more used, hanky in the air...only to have used it as a distraction, and kills them before it lands.

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* The Samurai warriors doing a whole intricate performance perform the old trick of slicing the silk kerchiefs, and then kerchiefs as they fall. Cohen slowly tossing one of tosses his own, admittedly more used, ''used'', hanky in the air...only air. While the Samurai are watching the hanky keenly, Cohen takes the opportunity to have used it as a distraction, decapitate them. Age and kills them before it lands.treachery scores yet another triumph over youth and skill.
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** Ridcully's reason for wanting to send the Dean; "They asked for the Great Wizard, Dean, and I thought as you." ''(Thinking) As the onl man who can sit in two chairs at the same time.''
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** Ponder explaining to Rincewind that "We're wizards, you know. We could give you your own bag of wind."
-->'''Ridcully''': Ah. Forward the Dean.
-->'''The Dean''': I heard that!
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* A fact illustrating the unreliability of magic armour: the last words of many of the Disc's ancient lords were "You can't kill me because I've got magic [[KilledMidSentence aaargh]]."

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* A fact illustrating the unreliability of magic armour: the last words of many of the Disc's ancient lords were "You can't kill me because I've got magic [[TemptingFate magic]] [[KilledMidSentence aaargh]]."
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** Then there's the faculty's reaction to The Luggage. Of note, the Dean somehow got into the chandelier, much to the Librarian's annoyance.
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* "'Ere wot a toff! 'Eave arf a brick at 'im!"

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* "'Ere wot a toff! 'Eave arf a brick at 'im!"'im!"
* The entire footnote involving how to scream for mercy in other languages, and the ensuing [[RunningGag running gag]] throughout the rest of the book.
* The Samurai warriors doing a whole intricate performance of slicing the silk kerchiefs, and then Cohen slowly tossing one of his own, admittedly more used, hanky in the air...only to have used it as a distraction, and kills them before it lands.
* Any time Rincewind, Teach, Cohen, or anyone else mixes up the emphasis on the phrase, causing the resulting sentence to come out [[LostinTranslation a little differently than intended]].
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** And thinking they were doing the Agateans a ''favor'' by lighting it first, mistaking it for a harmless firework. Well, they were doing them a favor, just not the one they thought...

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** And thinking they were doing the Agateans a ''favor'' by lighting it first, mistaking it for a harmless firework. Well, they were doing them a favor, just not the one they thought...thought...
*"'Ere wot a toff! 'Eave arf a brick at 'im!"

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** Ridcully's attempt to send The Dean to the counterweight conteenent:
-->'''The Dean''': But I hate forgneirs!
-->'''Ridcully''': So do they, you'll get along famously.
** Every staff member claming to have visited their aunts during the events of Sourcery.

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** Ridcully's attempt to send The Dean to the counterweight conteenent:
continent:
-->'''The Dean''': But I hate forgneirs!
foreigners!
-->'''Ridcully''': So do they, you'll they. You'll get along famously.
** Every staff member claming claiming to have visited their aunts in distant towns during the events of Sourcery.Sourcery...except Ridcully, who really ''had'' been in a distant area at the time.
* A fact illustrating the unreliability of magic armour: the last words of many of the Disc's ancient lords were "You can't kill me because I've got magic [[KilledMidSentence aaargh]]."



* There are ''not'' 2,300,009 invisible bloodsucking vampire ghosts...
* The wizards kill Hong by ''teleporting a lit cannon'' right next to him.

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--> He touched his nose. They touched their noses. He made, with terrible glee, [[NarrativeProfanityFilter the traditional gesture for the dismissal of demons]]. [[FlippingTheBird Seven thousand terracotta middle fingers stabbed toward the ceiling]].
* There are ''not'' 2,300,009 invisible bloodsucking vampire ghosts...
ghosts.
* The wizards kill Hong by ''teleporting a lit cannon'' right next to him. ''Accidentally.''
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** And thinking they were doing the Agateans a ''favor'' by lighting it first, mistaking it for a harmless firework. Well, they were doing them a favor, just not the one they thought...
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** Ridcully's attempt to send The Dean to the counterweight conteenent:
-->'''The Dean''': But I hate forgneirs!
-->'''Ridcully''': So do they, you'll get along famously.
** Every staff member claming to have visited their aunts during the events of Sourcery.
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* While any dialogue concerning the Unseen U's senior faculty can be considered, this one stands out. It starts out with the Dean saying the Librarian isn't a proper orangutan, not having the huge cheek pads a dominant male should. Later on, it is pointed out that while the Librarian is the only orangutan at UU, he's ''only'' the librarian, and doesn't dominate the University.
-->''One by one, as the thought sank in, they [the faculty] grinned at the Archchancellor.''\\
'''Ridcully''': Don't look at my cheeks like that! I don't dominate anybody!

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The whole "no 2,300 009 vampire ghosts" scene.

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The whole "no 2,300 009 * Rincewind getting comfortable with the Red Army controls.
* There are ''not'' 2,300,009 invisible bloodsucking
vampire ghosts" scene.ghosts...
* The wizards kill Hong by ''teleporting a lit cannon'' right next to him.

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