* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The witches run into [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] early in their quest, before Granny hits him with an oar. This is never mentioned again.
* CompleteMonster: [[TautologicalTemplar Lilith de Tempscire]], formerly Lily Weatherwax, is the vain and wicked elder sister of [[GoodIsNotNice Esmeralda "Granny" Weatherwax]], who uses her belief that she's the "good witch" to seek power no matter the cost. Understanding that stories hold great power, Lilith takes over the kingdom of Genua by poisoning its former ruler Baron Saturday, replacing him with a frog she turned into a human prince, and raising his young daughter Ella as a scullery maid to replicate the story of Cinderella. Turning Genua into a "perfect" fairy tale kingdom by watching it through her MagicMirror, Lilith forces the people [[HappinessIsMandatory to always be happy]] and adhere to fairy tale stereotypes or be tortured or murdered for their defiance. When Granny and her coven arrive to rescue Ella and ruin Lilith's plot at the behest of voodoo witch Mrs. Gogol, Lilith [[ForcedToWatch forces Ella to watch]] as she [[ForcedTransformation transforms her innocent stagecoach drivers into bugs]] and [[YouHaveFailedMe squashes them for failing to bring Ella to the ball]]. Ultimately defeated by a zombified Baron Saturday, Lilith [[RedemptionRejection rejects her sister's offer of redemption]] and tries to murder her and her coven one last time.
* HarsherInHindsight: The rather memorable claim that no mundane racism exists on The Discworld because "black and white ganged up on green" rings hollow come ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', where racism between different kinds of humans is a driving force in that book's conflict.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** The idea of a dictatorship presented as a warped version of Disney World and an evil fairy godmother predicts the plots of the first two ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films (although the first one has been around for a while).
** Now Disney's actually made [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog a movie set in New Orleans]]. Featuring a Baron Samedi look-alike and a voodoo witch who sees the future in her gumbo pot, and a magical frog/prince transformation. And the Samedi character kills another character (who is also a small animal) simply by stepping on him.
** Greebo [[Series/DoctorWho always wanted to be ginger]].
** Greebo's human form [[http://nobodysuspectsthebutterfly.tumblr.com/post/122492206113/on-the-other-hand-between-poorquentyns-euron looks hilariously like]] [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Euron Greyjoy]].
** Magrat orders a book on martial arts from Grand Master Lobsang Dibbler. [[Literature/ThiefOfTime Soon enough, we'll meet a different Lobsang]] who actually is an expert martial artist.
** One of the protagonists, a fairly unorthodox witch, has [[spoiler: an evil rulebound sister [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse named Lilith]].]]
* MagnificentBastard:
** [[MamaBear Erzulie Gogol]] is a feared and renowned voodoo witch from Genua and the secret consort of Baron Saturday and mother to his daughter Ella. After Lilith poisoned the Baron, Gogol raised him as a vengeful zombie and worked with Ella's true FairyGodmother Desiderata to undermine Lilith's enforced fairy tale over Genua whenever possible. Over twelve years, Gogol rescued and rallied the city's poor and used many as spies while keeping a mobile home in the swamps to evade Lilith's agents. Working with the dying Desiderata to summon Lilith's sister Granny Weatherwax and her coven to Genua, she manipulates them into rescuing Ella and ruining Lilith's planned Cinderella story. In the meantime, she uses voodoo to turn her dead lover into a divine personification of the swamps themselves to defeat Lilith, and nearly murders Granny with a VoodooDoll when she tries to redeem her sister.
** [[PapaWolf Baron Saturday]] was the often cruel yet respectable ruler of Genua until his usurpation by Lilith and her frog prince puppet. [[VoodooZombie Raised as a zombie]] by his lover Gogol, he conspired with her to rally his former subjects over many years until the promised day of his vengeance finally arrived. Delivering a powerful speech to his people to earn their faith, Saturday is transformed into [[BorrowinSamedi a top hat and vest wearing, silver cane wielding]] divine personification of the swamp. With a dangerous swagger and the swamp itself at his heels, Saturday rescues the recently captured Granny and her coven before completely overpowering Lilith and squashing the now defenseless prince turned frog. Content with Lilith's defeat and Ella's crowning, the Baron finally passes but returns once every year to celebrate with his beloved Genua.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Lily crosses it when she transforms the footmen into beetles and then treads on them--in-universe trope, as this seriously shocks the witches, who follow ThouShaltNotKill. Made worse when one remembers their earlier conversations about their respective lunches. One of them is so recently married that his wife is still packing pieces of the wedding cake in with his.
** That whole [[MindRape Big]] [[TragicMonster Bad]] [[MercyKill Wolf]] thing.
* NightmareFuel: Lily's eventual fate: [[spoiler:trapped in an endless maze of mirrors, unable to get out until she finds the 'real' her.]] There's no question she deserved it, but it's a bit chilling.