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The story can be found [[http://fanfiction.net/s/1235894/1/The_Detective_and_the_Diplomat here.]]
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* AwesomeMoment: Vetinari confronts the perpetrator of the London case.
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* CompleteMonster: The London case. Seriously - who the hell ''firebombs a child's birthday party''?
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* FunnyMoments: Most of the things that happen to Holmes in Ankh-Morpork. In particular:
** Holmes learning what a Seamstress really refers to in Ankh-Morpork.
** Holmes and Ponder falling victim to Gaspode's leash-around-the-legs trick.
** Holmes getting levitated.
** Holmes learning what a Seamstress really refers to in Ankh-Morpork.
** Holmes and Ponder falling victim to Gaspode's leash-around-the-legs trick.
** Holmes getting levitated.
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* MagnificentBastard: Vetinari, in fine form.
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* OrIsIt: When Holmes gets back to London, he is still under the impression that the whole trip to Ankh-Morpork was a really vivid dream... until he finds the golden mouse still in his pocket...
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* OrIsIt: OrWasItADream: When Holmes gets back to London, he is still under the impression that the whole trip to Ankh-Morpork was a really vivid dream... until he finds the golden mouse still in his pocket...
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* SureWhyNot: After 24 hours without sleep in a magical world, this is roughly Holmes' response when informed that the only intelligble witness to the Ankh-Morpork case is a talking dog.
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* SureWhyNot: SureLetsGoWithThat: After 24 hours without sleep in a magical world, this is roughly Holmes' response when informed that the only intelligble witness to the Ankh-Morpork case is a talking dog.
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* FishOutOfWater: Vetinari adapts to Victorian London just fine. Holmes in Ankh-Morpork, not so much.
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* CompleteMonster: The London case. Seriously - who the hell ''firebombs a child's birthday party''?
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* LogicBomb: Holmes arguing with Gaspode over whether the latter can talk.
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* CassandraTruth: Vetinari casually mentions to Watson that he was educated at the Guild of Assassins, leaving Watson wondering whether or not he was kidding.
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* CassandraTruth: Vetinari casually mentions to Watson that he was educated at the Guild of Assassins, leaving Watson wondering whether or not he was kidding. Later events make Watson decide he was ''dead serious''.
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** Holmes learning what a Seamstress really refers to in Ankh-Morpork.
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* SlashFic: Not an example here, but clearly Vimes has heard of [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls certain authors]] slashing him with Vetinari.
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* FunnyMoments: Most of the things that happen to Holmes in Ankh-Morpork. In particular:
** Holmes and Ponder falling victim to Gaspode's leash-around-the-legs trick.
** Holmes getting levitated.
** Holmes and Ponder falling victim to Gaspode's leash-around-the-legs trick.
** Holmes getting levitated.
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* GroinAttack: Threatened, but never witnessed.
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* GroinAttack: Threatened, Threatened once, and narrowly averted once, but never witnessed.
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** The very end.
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* OccamsRazor: Played with in Ankh-Morpork. Few things are impossible in the Discworld, and even fewer things are even ''improbable''. This drives Holmes ''absolutely up the wall''.
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* CassandraTruth: Vetinari casually mentions to Watson that he was educated at the Guild of Assassins, leaving Watson wondering whether or not he was kidding.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Roxanne takes pity on Holmes when she discovers that he wanted the ''other'' kind of Seamstress.
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** Ponder discovering that Lord Vetinari got sent to London by accident.
** Holmes commenting about a "singularly ugly statue"... which turned out to be Detritus.
** Holmes commenting about a "singularly ugly statue"... which turned out to be Detritus.
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** Also, the head of the Confectioners' Guild is identified as [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Lord Wonka]].
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* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Reg Shoe patches up Holmes toward the end, much to the shock of the latter.
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* OrIsIt: When Holmes gets back to London, he is still under the impression that the whole trip to Ankh-Morpork was a really vivid dream... until he finds the golden mouse still in his pocket..
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* OrIsIt: When Holmes gets back to London, he is still under the impression that the whole trip to Ankh-Morpork was a really vivid dream... until he finds the golden mouse still in his pocket..pocket...
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor[=/=]BlessedWithSuck
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor[=/=]BlessedWithSuckBeCarefulWhatYouWishFor[=/=]BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: The cause of the Ankh-Morpork case is a card player from Genua who played Cripple Mr. Onion with [[JerkassGenie a mysterious stranger]], wagering his soul. He won and was granted a wish, and wished to have plenty of money on hand for the rest of his life. Everything he touches now turns to gold. To make things worse, he decided to hide out in Ankh-Morpork.]]
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* CrackFicCrackFic: It has Sherlock Holmes in Ankh-Morpork. Enough said.
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* OrIsIt: The When Holmes gets back to London, he is still under the impression that the whole trip to Ankh-Morpork was a really vivid dream... until he finds the golden mouse.mouse still in his pocket..
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* BadAss: Vetinari finishes the London case by demonstrating ''why he is the goddamn Patrician of Ankh-Morpork.''
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-->[Cut to Holmes clinging upside down in sheer terror to the side of the building as he is semi-involuntarily levitated to the second floor]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishForBeCarefulWhatYouWishFor[=/=]BlessedWithSuck
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* DogWalksYou: Holmes tries to use Gaspode as a tracking dog to find the perpetrator of the Ankh-Morpork mystery. HilarityEnsues
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* DogWalksYou: Holmes tries to use Gaspode as a tracking dog to find the perpetrator of the Ankh-Morpork mystery. HilarityEnsuesHilarityEnsues.
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* DogWalksYou: Holmes tries to use Gaspode as a tracking dog to find the perpetrator of the Ankh-Morpork mystery. HilarityEnsues
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* TheWatson: Watson, of course, on the London end, but Ponder fills in on the Ankh-Morpork end of things.
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-->'''Ponder:''' How much do you weigh? //'''Holmes:''' ...Why?
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-->'''Ponder:''' How much do you weigh? //'''Holmes:''' ...weigh?
-->'''Holmes:''' ...Why?
-->'''Holmes:''' ...Why?
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-->'''Ponder:''' How much do you weigh? \\'''Holmes:''' ...//'''Holmes:''' ...Why?
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* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: A few times, directed by those wishing to hire Sherlock Holmes and instead meeting Vetinari masquerading as same.
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* GilliganCutGilliganCut: When exploring options for entering a warehouse with a heavily barricaded door, Ponder spots some second-story windows...
-->'''Ponder:''' How much do you weigh? \\'''Holmes:''' ...Why?
-->'''Ponder:''' How much do you weigh? \\'''Holmes:''' ...Why?
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The Librarian of Unseen University is along for the trip in London. Many Londoners assume he's a trained circus animal; he's not happy about it.
* GroinAttack: Threatened, but never witnessed.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Invoked when Holmes, finding himself in ill-fitting clothing, requests that Vimes fetch him a tailor. Vimes, feeling evil, asks if he would accept a Seamstress. Holmes accepts. HilarityEnsues.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Invoked when Holmes, finding himself in ill-fitting clothing, requests that Vimes fetch him a tailor. Vimes, feeling evil, asks if he would accept a Seamstress.[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Seamstress]]. Holmes accepts. HilarityEnsues.
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* OrIsIt: The golden mouse.
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* Fainting: Holmes, after witnessing definitive proof that magic works just fine in Ankh-Morpork.
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* Fainting: {{Fainting}}: Holmes, after witnessing definitive proof that magic works just fine in Ankh-Morpork.
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* [=~It's Not Porn, It's Art~=]: A student wizard tries to justify cruising London's red light district as anthropology.
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* WeirdnessFilter: Holmes' simply ''doesn't work''.
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* WeirdnessFilter: WeirdnessCensor: Holmes' simply ''doesn't work''.
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!! This fan work contains examples of:
* AllJustADream: Holmes' method of coping with the relative weirdness of Ankh-Morpork is to assume that the whole thing is a fever-dream.
* AwesomeMoment: Vetinari confronts the perpetrator of the London case.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ponder, when informed by Holmes that magic is just superstitious rubbish.
* DaChief: Vimes, natch.
* DeadpanSnarker
* Fainting: Holmes, after witnessing definitive proof that magic works just fine in Ankh-Morpork.
* GilliganCut
* IdenticalStranger: Not quite, but Watson thinks Vetinari will pass.
* MagnificentBastard: Vetinari, in fine form.
* OhCrap: A lot.
* RuleOfFunny: The main reason why Holmes is six inches taller than Vetinari.
* SherlockScan: Played with: Holmes pulls a single successful one on Vimes (who resents it), but due to his poor knowledge of the denizens of Ankh-Morpork the entire rest of the day is a comedy of missed deductions.
* ShoutOut: The last line in the story calls back to the first story in the SherlockHolmes canon.
* SureWhyNot: After 24 hours without sleep in a magical world, this is roughly Holmes' response when informed that the only intelligble witness to the Ankh-Morpork case is a talking dog.
* TemptingFate: Holmes maintains his lack of belief in magic even when confronted by someone claiming to be a wizard. Holmes demands proof of magic. Ponder is happy to comply.
* UnusualEuphemism: Invoked when Holmes, finding himself in ill-fitting clothing, requests that Vimes fetch him a tailor. Vimes, feeling evil, asks if he would accept a Seamstress. Holmes accepts. HilarityEnsues.
* WeirdnessFilter: Holmes' simply ''doesn't work''.
!! This fan work contains examples of:
* AllJustADream: Holmes' method of coping with the relative weirdness of Ankh-Morpork is to assume that the whole thing is a fever-dream.
* AwesomeMoment: Vetinari confronts the perpetrator of the London case.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ponder, when informed by Holmes that magic is just superstitious rubbish.
* DaChief: Vimes, natch.
* DeadpanSnarker
* Fainting: Holmes, after witnessing definitive proof that magic works just fine in Ankh-Morpork.
* GilliganCut
* IdenticalStranger: Not quite, but Watson thinks Vetinari will pass.
* MagnificentBastard: Vetinari, in fine form.
* OhCrap: A lot.
* RuleOfFunny: The main reason why Holmes is six inches taller than Vetinari.
* SherlockScan: Played with: Holmes pulls a single successful one on Vimes (who resents it), but due to his poor knowledge of the denizens of Ankh-Morpork the entire rest of the day is a comedy of missed deductions.
* ShoutOut: The last line in the story calls back to the first story in the SherlockHolmes canon.
* SureWhyNot: After 24 hours without sleep in a magical world, this is roughly Holmes' response when informed that the only intelligble witness to the Ankh-Morpork case is a talking dog.
* TemptingFate: Holmes maintains his lack of belief in magic even when confronted by someone claiming to be a wizard. Holmes demands proof of magic. Ponder is happy to comply.
* UnusualEuphemism: Invoked when Holmes, finding himself in ill-fitting clothing, requests that Vimes fetch him a tailor. Vimes, feeling evil, asks if he would accept a Seamstress. Holmes accepts. HilarityEnsues.
* WeirdnessFilter: Holmes' simply ''doesn't work''.
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Now, the wizards race against time to find out what has happened and fix it. Until then, Lord Havelock Vetinari is trapped in the Victorian London of SherlockHolmes, in the unhappy custody of Dr. Watson, while SherlockHolmes Holmes finds himself in a world of magic an and narrative causality rather than cold logic.
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Now, the wizards a race against time to find out what has happened and fix it. Until then, Lord Havelock Vetinari is trapped in the Victorian London of SherlockHolmes, in the unhappy custody of Dr. Watson, while SherlockHolmes finds himself in a world of magic an narrative causality rather than cold logic.
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Now, the wizards a race against time to find out what has happened and fix it. Until then, Lord Havelock Vetinari is trapped in the Victorian London of SherlockHolmes, in the unhappy custody of Dr. Watson, while SherlockHolmes finds himself in a world of magic an narrative causality rather than cold logic.
