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1	* HilariousInHindsight:
2	** Look at the cover currently pictured on the main page, where Vetinari has blond hair. This was ''long'' before TheFilmOfTheBook of ''Literature/GoingPostal'', which cast a blond Vetinari and surprised many readers by doing so.
3	** While pointing out the viability of animals as witnesses (and defendants) in court trials, Mr. Slant recounts an incident about a parrot testifying at a murder trial. [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney One real life year later...]]
4	* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: 'Newspaper OT3' for William x Sacharissa x Otto.
5	* NightmareFuel: The book describes images resulting from dark light photography in very vivid detail. [[spoiler:Then near the end, where one of the photos comes true...]]
6	** Various allusions to William's childhood.
7	---> Lord de Worde had inclined to the old proverb that as you bend the twig, so grows the tree. William had not been a particularly flexible twig. Lord de Worde had not, himself, been a violent man. He'd merely employed them.
8	** Likewise, the equally vague allusions to Mr. Tulip's childhood. It's suggested he's forgotten most of it for a ''reason''.
9	** The final fate of the New Firm, or at least, the thing that finally gets them. It's a lot like if Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd had ended up in that crematorium instead of Bond in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''... drawn out for ''pages'' of anticipation.
10	** Death shows up for Mr. Tulip, and shows him just how much pain he's caused in his life... by forcing him to relive every murder he's committed [[MindRape from the perspective of his victims]]. We don't find out how many or for how long, but by the end, the indomitable Mr. Tulip is thoroughly broken. To the point he suggests being reincarnated during a time when he was still alive and [[ItMakesSenseInContext killing himself]].
11	** Otto, coming upon the burned remains of The Times offices, assumes that "It vas a mob, yes? Zere is alvays a mob, sooner or later. Zey got my friend Boris. He showed them zer black ribbon but zey just laughed and--" Hinting that reformed vampires are in danger from, essentially, lynch mobs.
12	** Being wrongfully accused of and arrested for attempted murder and embezzlement is nightmarish enough; but it's also strongly implied that if Vetinari is pardoned by a new Patrician (thereby completing his character assassination), he'll meet a swift end through being 'retired' afterwards, with no chance to clear his name. Even worse is the fact that Vetinari is unable to argue in his own defence, as his head injury wipes his memory of the attack. Suddenly Vetinari's decision to sleep through most of his incarceration is a lot more understandable...
13	* OlderThanTheyThink:
14	** The "----ing" joke first showed up in ''Literature/{{Mort}}''.
15	** And in ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'', one of the senior wizards had studied languages for so long he can pronounce parentheses (pretty cool, huh?).
16	** Then again in ''Men at Arms'': "D*mn," said Carrot, a difficult linguistic feat.
17	* OneTrueThreesome: [[DaEditor William]] x [[IntrepidReporter Sacharissa]] x [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Otto]] is particularly popular in the fanbase. William and Sacharissa are classic WillTheyOrWontThey leads, and while they agree to be JustFriends the ending leaves open the possibility for more, with later books hinting at their eventual marriage. Meanwhile, Otto is friendly with Sacharissa and tempted to fall off the [[VegetarianVampire wagon]] at the sight of her [[BuxomBeautyStandard 'heaving bosom']], and he spends much of the book befriending William and helping him face his own prejudices.
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