Line #50 ReferencedBy/Discworld


1	These are works that have made a ShoutOut to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' in some form or other.
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3	[[AC: ComicBooks]]
4	* In ''Comicbook/TheBooksOfMagic'', Deadman's description of TheGreatOffscreenWar includes "[[Literature/MovingPictures a thousand elephants]]".
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6	[[AC: ComicStrips]]
7	* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': In "Fire and Brimstone", Izzy, reading the ''Discworld'' novels, asks the Doctor if it's possible for them to visit the Discworld. He says he's been, and it was flat.
8	* ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'': One strip has a sign on a wall saying "Visit beautiful Ankh-Morpork!"
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10	[[AC:Fan Works]]
11	* ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'':
12	** [[WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound Todd]] uses the codename [[Literature/LordsAndLadies "Herne the Hunted"]] during meetings at the Palace's rape support group.
13	** In ''Pieces of the Past'', [[Manhua/FoxSpiritMatchmaker Yang Mie]] tricks the Ark traffickers into thinking that two thousand, three hundred and nine military officers are coming by [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial claiming they definitely are not coming]] as a reference to ''Literature/InterestingTimes''.
14	* Susan Sto Helit is a character in the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9552519/1/Reboot Reboot]]'', based on [=Reptilia28=]'s "Don't Fear the Reaper" challenge. She meets with Harry after his latest premature death hoping that she can guide him to get it right this time.
15	* ''Fanfic/SevenFavoursForHarryPotter'' introduces "noble dragons" who feed off magic. Same fic also has Hagrid suggesting "Nobby" as a potential name for a noble dragon, but he's shot down.
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17	[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
18	* ''Literature/BarlowesGuideToFantasy'', by Creator/WayneBarlowe, includes an entry on Mort.
19	* The ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'':
20	** ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheAlsoPeople The Also People]]'' has a merchant named [[HonestJohnsDealership C!Mot]], a [[Literature/ReaperMan suspicious yellow dip at parties]], a drink called [[Literature/MenAtArms a Double Entendre]], the Doctor seeing into the time vortex because he has [[Literature/TheColourOfMagic octagons in his eyes as well as rods and cones]] and the phrase "[[Literature/{{Pyramids}} a better class of recurring dream]]".
21	** The ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' novel ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' has a sensible, no-nonsense witch called Anni Glassfeather, who is not a million miles removed, in name and personality, from Granny Weatherwax.
22	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
23	** In the first chapter of ''Literature/GhostStory'' Harry references one of the running gags from Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'':
24	--->'''Harry:''' "For crying out loud, didn't I just say that death wasn't scary anymore? Tell that to my glands."
25	** In ''Literature/ColdDays'', Harry Dresden quotes ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'':
26	--->"Build a man a fire and he’s warm for a day," I say. "But set a man on fire and he’s warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Pratchett. I live by it."
27	* In ''Literature/OnlyHuman'', by Creator/TomHolt, a man who in life used to meet authors and tell them how much he liked their early work, and it was a shame they weren't writing like that any more, is sent to Hell where his punishment is to have to keep reading the early work for eternity. "I've just got to the bit where [[Literature/TheColourOfMagic the tourist meets the wizard]]."
28	* ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'': Wade Watts mentions that Discworld is one of the fictional worlds that could be visited in the virtual reality OASIS.
29	* Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, in addition to co-writing ''Literature/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', have been known to slip Discworld references in their other work. It's for this reason, for example, that the Zarathustrians in ''The Collapse of Chaos'' and ''Figments of Reality'' are obsessed with the number eight.
30	* In ''Literature/HaltingState'', Jack enters a Discworld™ AugmentedReality game that transforms Edinburgh into Ankh-Morpork™.
31	* In the ''Literature/DreamPark'' novel ''The California Voodoo Game'' Arlan Meyers is described as "a Terry Pratchett wizard" (UK edition only), and there's a NoodleIncident reference to "the Diskworld Game".
32	* The computer programming textbook ''Object-Oriented Languages, Systems and Applications'' has an analogy involving an additional colour called Octaroon, with ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'' included in the references.
33	* The ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series:
34	** In ''Moon Over Soho'', Dr Walid says the collective noun for wizards is [[Literature/{{Wintersmith}} an argument]] (adding that Peter and Nightingale need to "read more widely" when they [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure miss the reference]]).
35	** In ''Whispers Underground'' when Peter asks DS Stephanopolos how much she actually wants to know, he says her options range from meaningless euphemisms to full-on Unseen University.
36	** In ''Foxglove Summer'', Peter refers to [[Literature/LordsAndLadies Herne the Hunted]] and the phrase "[[Literature/WyrdSisters Pull up a chair and call the cat a bastard]]".
37	** In ''The Hanging Tree'', Peter prays to "Sir Samuel, the patron saint of policemen" (in a chapter called "The 100 Metre Nonchalant Stroll", which is a riff on a line in ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}''), and the Quiet People schoolroom has a mural of an orangutan at a lectern in the style of Paul Kidby.
38	** In ''Lies Sleeping'', Peter visits a pub and his narration says it couldn't be more obviously a hangout for supernatural beings if it was called Biers. Later he describes himself giving a speech and says he talked about life, peace and liberty and just managed to stop himself adding "[[Literature/NightWatchDiscworld and a hard-boiled egg]]".
39	** In ''False Value'', when Peter's talking to [[spoiler: an apparent AI that is actually a literal ghost in the machine]], he tries to catch it off-balance by randomly telling it he has a new spoon, referencing the Bursar talking to Hex in ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}''
40	* In Roz Kaveney's ''Rhapsody of Blood'' series, [[Myth/KingArthur Morgan]]'s suitcases are sentient and walking, and she presents the heroine Emma with a similar handbag.
41	* In ''Literature/FallenDragon'' by Creator/PeterFHamilton, a kindergarten teacher in a space opera setting creates a space opera fantasy world for her charges, and her superior asks what's wrong with "the classics, like Pratchett and Tolkien".
42	* ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' refers to "a theory that, in the whole world, there are only five hundred real people (the cast, as it were; all the rest of the people in the world, the theory suggests, are extras) and what is more, they all know each other". This theory is from ''Literature/MovingPictures''.
43	* In ''Literature/RainbowsEnd'', royalties from a Discworld AugmentedReality game have allowed Terry Pratchett to buy a chunk of Scotland. The AR version of San Diego University Library has BooksThatBite as an in-universe reference to Unseen University.
44	* In ''How To'' by Creator/RandallMunroe, the chapter on "How to Make Friends" quotes Granny Weatherwax in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'' saying "Sin is when you treat people like things" to make the point that even if there ''was'' a magic formula that made people like you, anyone who'd use it isn't actually a friend. A shared interest in Sir Terry's works, however, is at least a place to start.
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47	* In ''Series/{{Endeavour}}'', DI Thursday says his mentor was "Sergeant Vimes of Cable Street".
48	* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' is based on the book written by Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, so there are several deliberate tributes to Pterry's other work:
49	** According to Series 2, Mr. C.M.O.T. Dibbler, the infamous street vendor from numerous ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, sold laudanum in Scotland in the 19th Century.
50	** Mrs. Sandwich referring to herself as a "seamstress" is also a reference to Discworld.
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52	[[AC:Software]]
53	* The open source sound file format Ogg Vorbis is named after Vorbis from ''Literature/SmallGods'' -- the "Ogg" part, however, does not come from Nanny Ogg but is a reference to a player jargon word from the game ''VideoGame/{{Netrek}}''.
54	* [[https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/3.0.16.html This]] update to VLC Media Player is called "Vetinari".
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56	[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
57	* ''TabletopGame/{{Troika}}'': The flavour text for the Sorcerer of the Academy of Friends background lists the colour of magic as something students at the Academy of Friends learn about. The Journeyman of the Guild of Sharp Corners background is also clearly inspired by the Guild of Assassins.
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59	[[AC: VideoGames]]
60	* While the Tourist class in ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'' pre-dates the existence of Twoflower, later versions of the game have rolled with it, including the Lady, Blind Io, and Offler as the Tourist's patron gods, and cameos by the Luggage and Twoflower himself.
61	* ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}'' has an innkeeper called Rincewind the Chicken.
62	* A book titled "Applied headology" can be found in ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''.
63	* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'':
64	** One of the items in the precinct house's evidence room is a red pointy hat with gold stars on it, which [=McQueen=] says is from the "walking luggage that ate everything" case.
65	** In ''A Fumble in the Dark'', a poster bears the likeness of Rincewind (specifically the version from the ''VideoGame/{{Discworld}}'' point-and-click adventure game).
66	* The Flash game ''Escape the Game'' is about a game critic who hates [[PointAndClickGame Point-and-Click]] {{Adventure Game}}s but finds himself trapped in one. Amongst the {{Captain Ersatz}}es of classic game characters he meets is the [[VideoGame/{{Discworld}} Psygnosis version]] of Rincewind.
67	* In ''VideoGame/ForTheKing'', one random encounter involves stumbling over the body of a less successful earlier adventurer whose [[ApocalypticLog final journal entry]] describes a run-in with a strange old man who worshiped a turtle god called Atuin.
68	* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': Gregg TheGrimReaper seems to be a parody of Death as he appears in Discworld. Whereas Terry Pratchett's grim reaper is a tall, imposing figure with a deep, booming voice and a fondness for cats, Gregg is a squeaky-voiced little shrimp who really hates felines (but hates TheUndead even more).
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70	[[AC: {{Webcomics}}]]
71	* ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' one shared a fanmade strip featuring a one-shot AU setting based on Discworld, with Arthur playing the role of Carrot and Guinevere as Angua.
72	* In ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has the episode titles "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0425.html Cuttin' Me Own Throat]]" and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0832.html Divors Alarums]]. TheRant to [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1382.html a later strip]] says one way to make money from War and Death is running a sausage-inna-bun cart.
73	* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', the clanks defending the circus include mechanical treasure chests with lots of legs, ravenous lids with pointy teeth, and the words "The Amazing Pratchett" written on the side.
74	* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' has a bureaucracy of {{Grim Reaper}}s, who all talk in BLOCK CAPITALS, but only when they're on duty. (DMM always insisted - in a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial sort of way - that he'd never even ''read'' ''Discworld'', [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/3375.html until this strip]].)
75	* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''
76	** The description of geography in ''Literature/FeetOfClay'' gets quoted in the "[[https://xkcd.com/1052/ Every Major's Terrible]]" song.
77	** The [[http://xkcd.com/1688/ guide to identifying how old a map is]] says that if it's on the back of a turtle, it's probably the Discworld.
78	** One of the proposed [[https://xkcd.com/1253/ exoplanet names]] is "Spherical Discworld".
79	** In "[[https://xkcd.com/625/ Collections]]", Cueball has a complete ''Discworld'' collection on his Kindle.
80	* Two AltText references to Discworld in ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': Keene is compared to the Patrician [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2013/05/29/what-bwings-us-togefah-today/ here]] and when Spo (a mouse) is playing [[Literature/AChristmasCarol the Ghost of Christmas Future]], the al-text calls it a "[[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2014/12/08/christmas-night-of-the-round-table/ Death of Rats costume]]".
81	* In one ''Webcomic/PeterIsTheWolf'' strip, captions pointing to Sarah read "Och! 'Tis the pursin' o' the lips!" and "Aye, an she ken the foldin' o' the arms!", referencing the Nac Mac Feegles' terror of having to ''explain'' things to an annoyed kelda or witch in ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}''.
82	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Hannelore mumbles part of Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase on [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313 page 1313.]]
83	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When voyaging in the Khert[[note]]A sort of [[AstralProjection Astral Plane]] you really wouldn't want to fly on[[/note]] and looking for a way out, Sette indignantly and emphatically states '''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} I aint dead!]]'''
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86	* The ''Blog/WhatIf'' entry "[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/138/ Jupiter Submarine]]" quotes the bit about shipwrecks sailing on compressed water from ''Literature/GoingPostal'', pointing out that - on Roundworld - this is entirely not how things work.

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