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Being a book that was co-written by legendary humorist Creator/TerryPratchett, you can expect there will be witty jokes moving at a [[RapidFireComedy rapid fire rate]].
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** Apparently when Crowley got the first report of tail-back shortly after it was opened, he felt the glow of a successful bad job.
** The BrickJoke at the climax, when (as Aziraphale predicted) the seeds of evil bring only destruction to the evildoer, and Crowley's beloved Bentley is incinerated by the [=M25=].



* In the diner scene, there's an amusing LampshadeHanging of the JesusTaboo. When Big Ted realizes he's talking to Death himself, he exclaims "Jesus Christ!". Pigbog [[LiteralMinded takes him literally]] and says that "He's probably looking for somewhere to park his bike." This is the only direct reference to the Messiah during a story about Armageddon.

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* In the diner scene, there's an amusing LampshadeHanging of the JesusTaboo. When Big Ted realizes he's talking to Death himself, he exclaims "Jesus Christ!". Pigbog [[LiteralMinded takes him literally]] and says that "He's probably looking for somewhere to park his bike." This is the only direct reference to the Messiah during a story about Armageddon.Armageddon.
* The entire discussion on how God does ''not'' play chess, but rather prefers his own game, which to the other players (I.E.: ''everyone'') resembles a mysterious game of poker, played in a pitch-dark room for unknown stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and "''smiles'' all the time".
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Just because it's the End of Days, doesn't mean you can't have some laughs along the way.

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* The Them mistaking the Metatron for [[{{Transformers}} Megatron]].

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* The Them mistaking the Metatron for [[{{Transformers}} [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]].

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* The dramatis personae, lumping Americans in with aliens, Atlanteans, and other strange and wondrous creatures of the End Times.



** Not to mention the lawyer-friendly Dalek cameo. Which is particularly funny given that Neil Gaiman ''later went on to write for Doctor Who.''



* When trying to persuade Heaven and Hell not to fight, Adam talks about how he and the Them don't ''really'' want to defeat the Johnsonites, because it wouldn't really be any fun. No one present has even the slightest clue who the Johnsonites are or what he's talking about. Aziraphale assumes they're Christian sect he hasn't heard of.

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* When trying to persuade Heaven and Hell not to fight, Adam talks about how he and the Them don't ''really'' want to defeat the Johnsonites, because it wouldn't really be any fun. No one present has even the slightest clue who the Johnsonites are or what he's talking about. Aziraphale assumes they're some obscure Christian sect he hasn't heard of.

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** Later, it's implied Dog is attempting to hump RP Tyler's poodle.

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** Later, it's implied Dog is attempting to hump RP R.P. Tyler's poodle.


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** The fact that Tyler [[{{Troll}} intentionally gave them a convoluted route, despite there being more direct ways]].
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** Later, it's implied Dog is attempting to hump RP Tyler's poodle.
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* When trying to persuade Heaven and Hell not to fight, Adam talks about how he and the Them don't ''really'' want to defeat the Johnsonites, because it wouldn't really be any fun. No one present has even the slightest clue who the Johnsonites are or what he's talking about. Aziraphale assumes they're Christian sect he hasn't heard of.

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* When trying to persuade Heaven and Hell not to fight, Adam talks about how he and the Them don't ''really'' want to defeat the Johnsonites, because it wouldn't really be any fun. No one present has even the slightest clue who the Johnsonites are or what he's talking about. Aziraphale assumes they're Christian sect he hasn't heard of.of.
* In the diner scene, there's an amusing LampshadeHanging of the JesusTaboo. When Big Ted realizes he's talking to Death himself, he exclaims "Jesus Christ!". Pigbog [[LiteralMinded takes him literally]] and says that "He's probably looking for somewhere to park his bike." This is the only direct reference to the Messiah during a story about Armageddon.

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** Crowley trying to conceptualise good luck: "a blessi- a godse- a windfall."
** What's even funnier is that after ''six thousand years'', they're ''still'' almost invoking the names of their enemies.
* Shadwell talking to Madame Tracy. Everything about Madame Tracy.
** And everything about Shadwell.
** Madame Tracy (and Aziraphale) on her scooter: 'Gerrronnnimooooo!'.

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** * Crowley trying to conceptualise good luck: "a blessi- a godse- a windfall."
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" What's even funnier is that after ''six thousand years'', they're ''still'' almost invoking the names of their enemies.
* Shadwell talking to Madame Tracy. Everything about Madame Tracy.
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Tracy. And everything about Shadwell.
** * Madame Tracy (and Aziraphale) on her scooter: 'Gerrronnnimooooo!'.
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** What makes it funnier if you're listening to the audiobook is the narrator getting increasingly more and more angry as he reads the line.

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** What makes it funnier if you're listening to the audiobook is the narrator getting increasingly more and more angry as he she reads the line.

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