History Awesome / MenAtArms

** Minor meta-Moment of Awesome goes to Sir Terry, simply for the awesome (and very creepy) description of the Klatchian Fire Engine.

* Carrot is eventually able to see through the Discworld's Weirdness Censor just enough to recognize that Gaspode is actually talking to him and begins questioning the dog directly, eventually pressing him into finding a run-off Anqua. For a non-wizard this is almost unheard of and considering in a later short story Carrot will wind up interrogating Death himself as part of a murder investigation it would seem he held onto this ability to some extent.

* Cuddy is upset that his axe has been broken after [[spoiler:his death, bemoaning to Death that he won't have a suitable weapon for his trip to the afterlife, and insists he won't go until he gets one. At the end of the book, he's buried with the remains of the Gonne. How's ''that'', Cuddy]]?

* Cuddy is upset that his axe has been broken after [[spoiler:his death, bemoaning to Death that he won't have a suitable weapon for his trip to the afterlife, and insists he won't go until he does. At the end of the book, he's buried with the remains of the Gonne. How's ''that'', Cuddy]]?

* A very quiet SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome happens when everyone takes Vimes back to his room after he gets drunk and Angua notes how spartan the place is. She finds a book with a list of female names in it along with monetary figures. Her conclusion is that he spends all his money on loose women. Carrot very quietly, deliberately, and coldly corrects her. [[spoiler:He's been giving almost ''half his pay'' to the widows and children of deceased coppers.]] Doubles as Moment of Awesome for Carrot too.

* The "fridge scene", where Detritus [[spoiler:went from the dumbest Troll in Ankh-Morpork to a friggin' ''supergenius'']].

* Death's [[spoiler: Visit with Big Fido]]. Also counts as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
-->'''Death:''' [[spoiler:[[AC:Big Fido?]]]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Big Fido]]:''' [[spoiler:Yes?]]
-->'''Death:''' [[spoiler:[[AC:Heel.]]]]

* One of the running gags is Detritus's trouble with saluting--each time he does it, he knocks himself out. At one point, he and Lance-Constable Cuddy are escalating into a fight, while Carrot's trying to calm a group of dwarves and a group of trolls. When he finds out his message of peace and tolerance is being undermined by Detritus bouncing Cuddy on the ground while Cuddy bites his leg, he realizes that he can't discipline them separately without re-inciting the riot. So what does he do? Order Detritus to salute, knocking him ''and'' Cuddy out at once.

* Detritus discovering his role as DrillSergeantNasty and managing to turn a crew of twenty odd Trolls, Dwarves and a few odd humans into a police force with some shouting.
* When a massive riot breaks out over the Day Watch arresting the wrong troll, Carrot patiently waits until one of the Day Watchmen drops by and gives Carrot enough proof to show order has broken down, allowing him to form the Night Watch (who were recently dismissed) into a militia. He then proceeds to awesome his way up and down the street, recruiting trolls and dwarves into the watch simply by using their own animosity towards each other to both get them in and keep them in the watch and successfully restores order, while also figuring out how The Gonne was stolen.

* The "fridge scene", where Detritus [[spoiler:went from the dumbest Troll in Ankh-Morpork to a friggin' ''supergenius'']]

-->'''[[spoiler:Big Fido]]:'''[[spoiler:Yes?]]

* A very quiet MomentOfAwesome happens when everyone takes Vimes back to his room after he gets drunk and Angua notes how spartan the place is. She finds a book with a list of female names in it along with monetary figures. Her conclusion is that he spends all his money on loose women. Carrot very quietly, deliberately, and coldly corrects her. [[spoiler:He's been giving almost ''half his pay'' to the widows and children of deceased coppers.]] Doubles as Moment of Awesome for Carrot too.

** Isn't it arguable that Nobby's real MomentOfAwesome is actually getting ahold of that armory in the first place? He uses his impressive shameless manipulation and crooked knowledge of regulations to mount one hell of a BavarianFireDrill.

* Death's [[spoiler: Visit with Big Fido]]. Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfFunny

* Carrot's meeting with Lord Vetinari, which doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny, as they discuss new arrangements for the Watch, Carrot's lack of desire for the throne, and conspire to promote Vimes to ''Sir Samuel Vimes, Commander of the Watch''.

--->They exchanged glances. The Patrician got the best of the bargain, since Carrot's face was bigger. Both of them were trying not to grin.

* Corporal Nobby Nobbs gets one simply by virtue of how terrifying he makes the thought of him wielding a Klatchian Fire Engine (which is essentially an honest to God flamethrower!). I swear, for a guy who is walking comic relief, the sheer pyromaniacal glee he displayed over the possiblitly of using that thing was legitimately scary, and considering Nobby is a pathetic kleptomanaic PluckyComicRelief most of the time, that's pretty impressive.

-->'''Carrot:''' I was given an order just before I came in here. If you do not comply, I will have no choice but to obey that order. Of course, I will do so with the greatest reluctance.

-> If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you are going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word.

* "If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you are going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word."