Line #1 YMMV/WyrdSisters


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot2Nso_gqCA The title theme]], which it also shared with ''Soul Music.''
2	* CantUnHearIt: For the animated film, in addition to Creator/ChristopherLee as Death (who quickly became a staple in Discworld adaptations), the performances of Creator/AnnetteCrosbie as Granny Weatherwax, Creator/JuneWhitfield as Nanny Ogg and Creator/JaneHorrocks as Magrat perfectly encapsulate the characters.
3	* GeniusBonus: The Felmets' plan (based on the Fool's ideas) is to have Hwel write a play that presents them as the good guys and King Verence and the witches as villains, altering public perceptions. This is exactly what the original play ''Macbeth'' was, with Shakespeare whitewashing his patron King James I and VI's ancestors and painting Macbeth as a blackguard, when the historical record suggests he was seen as rather a decent king.
4	** With a bit of Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' in there, particularly in having the previous king depicted as an ugly cripple.
5	* MagnificentBastard:
6	** [[TheGoodKing King Verence]] was the beloved lord of Lancre until he was murdered by the [[TreacherousAdvisor treacherous Lord Felmut]]. Unable to rest, his great vitality in life allows his spirit to manipulate objects, and thus lures and traps the cat of the witch "Nanny" Ogg to guide her to him and plan his vengeance. When Nanny is captured by Felmut, he tries to slay his slayer and rescue her, but is stopped by the wise "Granny" Weatherwax who saves her peer instead. Escaping by having Nanny [[LoopholeAbuse carry a castle brick]], he plots with them to move time forward so he son can age and return to claim his throne. When Felmut hosts a play to denounce the witches, Verence possesses his actor son and reveals the truth for all Lancre to see. This drives Felmut to madness and death and allows Verence to pass on at last.
7	** [[NeverMessWithGranny Esmeralda "Granny" Weatherwax]] is the stern, stoic, and outwardly sinister leader of the Lancre [[TheWeirdSisters coven of witches]]. After saving the newborn prince by intimidating a soldier into backstabbing his commander, Granny sends the infant off with a traveling acting troupe while having his crown hidden among the props to keep both safe from Lord Felmut. Not wanting to get involved further in politics, Granny only steps in when Felmut begins publicly shaming the witches and and the common folk lose their respect for them, which culminates in her nearly being run-down by a speeding cart driver, whom she punishes with a spell that makes all four wheels fall off at once. Granny plots a great magical spell to move Lancre forward in time, called out as one of the mightiest spells ever seen in the Ramtops, and spurs the now-grown actor Tomjon back home to fulfill his destiny. After trying and failing to destroy the evil Lady Felmut's mind, Granny ensures Lancre has an heir after Tomjon refuses the throne by revealing that the Fool is actually Tomjon's half-brother... neglecting to mention that the Fool and Tomjon are ''both'' the sons of King Verence's Fool, by his wife and by Verence's wife respectively.
8	* OneSceneWonder: In the AnimatedAdaptation, the demon the witches summon up becomes this in a way he wasn't in the book -- partly this is because he's the best-looking, best-animated character in the miniseries, but a lot of it is also due to the added joke of his voice suddenly goes from EvilSoundsDeep to high-pitched {{Luvvie\|s}} when Granny tells him to stop mucking about.
9	* TearJerker: When Granny tries to suss out the Vitollers as good foster parents for the baby:
10	-->"Mrs Vitoller," she said eventually, "may I make so bold as to ask if your union has been blessed with fruit?"\
11	The couple looked blank.\
12	"She means—" Nanny Ogg began.\
13	"No, I see," said Mrs Vitoller, quietly. "No. We had a little girl once."\
14	A small cloud hung over the table. For a second or two Vitoller looked merely human-sized, and much older. He stared at the small pile of cash in front of him.

Context YMMV / WyrdSisters