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* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Vimes figures out that [[spoiler:the poisoning was done with arsinic-laced candles, he assumes that it was the ''light'' they produced that was poisoned rather than the air. Cheery almost corrects him, then thinks better of it and just rolls with it.]]
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** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with [[spoiler: Dragon's]] plan. It requires a number of things that are totally out of direct control to succeed, [[spoiler: all of which fail miserably because Dragon smugly assumed the absolute worst of everybody. Of particular note is that he assumed Vimes would immediately fall off the wagon if he found an expensive bottle of brandy in his desk and didn't think that maybe such a thing would make him ''extremely suspicious'' and start looking for other evidence of a FrameUp.]]
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** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with [[spoiler: Dragon's]] plan. It requires a number of things that are totally out of direct control to succeed, [[spoiler: all of which fail miserably because Dragon smugly assumed the absolute worst of everybody. Of particular note is that he assumed Vimes would immediately fall off the wagon if he found an expensive bottle of brandy whisky in his desk and didn't think that maybe such a thing would make him ''extremely suspicious'' and start looking for other evidence of a FrameUp.]]
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* BotheringByTheBook: Carrot uses it to save Dorfl from an angry mob. If they smash him, it's murder. They argue he's not alive, so in that case it's vandalism. Mr. Sock, Dorfl's owner, says he doesn't want him anymore, so that's littering. In the end, matters are settled by Sock signing Dorfl over to Carrot, who then gives receipt of ownership to Dorlf.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Several golems, consumed by guilt in the part they accidentally helped play in the murder, very quietly and very calmly start smashing themselves to pieces.
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* SkewedPriorities: In the beginning of the book, we see the first murder victim, a priest, looking around his room at all the torn up books and thinking, "There was no need for that." Only upon further reflection does he consider that there was also no need for savagely beating him and leaving him to bleed to death either. And when someone else comes upon the priest, his instruction to them isn't "Stop my bleeding," or "Go get help," it's "Pick up the books." [[spoiler: And since the second person is Dorfl, he proceeds to do so.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In-universe example. Nobby Nobbs explained that no-one wanted to play Stoneface in the play "on account of him being on the losing side". Vimes points out that Stoneface won; his Ironheads ruled the city for a year. Nobby explains that this is because Peeled Nuts felt that Stoneface shouldn't have, being outnumbered ten to one, and [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten because he killed a king]].
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In-universe example. Nobby Nobbs explained that no-one wanted to play Stoneface in the play "on account of him being on the losing side". Vimes points out that Stoneface won; his Ironheads ruled the city for a year. Nobby explains that this is because the Peeled Nuts felt that Stoneface shouldn't have, being outnumbered ten to one, and [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten because he killed a king]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: When Vimes realizes he can't do anything to ''really'' punish the villain, as [[spoiler:he's both an immortal vampire and too influential, he decides to burn the genealogies which Dragon has worked on for centuries and which were implied to be Dragon's very reason for existing]].
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* PoeticJustice: When Vimes realizes he can't do anything to ''really'' punish the villain, as [[spoiler:he's both an immortal vampire and too influential, he decides to burn the genealogies which Dragon has worked on for centuries and which were implied to be Dragon's very reason for existing]].
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'''Dorfl:''' To Serve The Public Trust, Protect The Innocent, And [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Seriously Prod Buttock]], Sir.
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'''Dorfl:''' To Serve The Public Trust, Protect The Innocent, And [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Seriously Prod Buttock]], Buttock, Sir.
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** Another idea Vimes has is that Venitari's journal is poisoned; he licks his fingers to turn a page, and gets a little dose of poison to his system each time. This method is used in ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose''.
** Mr. Slant mentions an incident where Genua sent for a general from Ankh-Mopork to be their king after their own royal family had died out. Said general immediately went to war against Ankh-Mopork. This is close to what happened in UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars; the old, childless king of Sweden adopted the French General Bernadotte as his heir, and Bernadotte later made Sweden join the coalition against Napoleon.
** Mr. Slant mentions an incident where Genua sent for a general from Ankh-Mopork to be their king after their own royal family had died out. Said general immediately went to war against Ankh-Mopork. This is close to what happened in UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars; the old, childless king of Sweden adopted the French General Bernadotte as his heir, and Bernadotte later made Sweden join the coalition against Napoleon.
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** Another idea Vimes has is that Venitari's Vetinari's journal is poisoned; he licks his fingers to turn a page, and gets a little dose of poison to his system each time. This method is used in ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose''.
** Mr. Slant mentions an incident where Genua sent for a general from Ankh-Mopork to be their king after their own royal family had died out. Said general immediately went to war againstAnkh-Mopork.Ankh-Morpork. This is close to what happened in UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars; the old, childless king of Sweden adopted the French General Bernadotte as his heir, and Bernadotte later made Sweden join the coalition against Napoleon.
** Mr. Slant mentions an incident where Genua sent for a general from Ankh-Mopork to be their king after their own royal family had died out. Said general immediately went to war against
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* TheHelpHelpingThemselves: {{Discussed}}. Commander Vimes notes how everyone takes small, inconsequential things from work, and how there's nothing wrong with a household servant putting old sheets or spare boot polish to good use. He's only investigating because [[spoiler:a maid had the bad luck to take home an arsenic-laced candle stub that poisoned the Patrician.]]
-->'''Vimes:'''' But you take home the candle stubs? Still half an hour of light in 'em, I expect, if you burn them in a saucer?\\
'''Mildred:''' But that's not stealing, sir! That's ''perks'', sir.
-->'''Vimes:'''' But you take home the candle stubs? Still half an hour of light in 'em, I expect, if you burn them in a saucer?\\
'''Mildred:''' But that's not stealing, sir! That's ''perks'', sir.
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: [[spoiler:Dorfl]] is not only the first golem to [[spoiler:join the Watch]], he's also the first to be able to choose to do so, as [[spoiler:Carrot freed him from his ServantRace status by including his bill of sale along with his chem]]. What is more important to the rest of the world is that he's the first ever golem to have a voice, as he was rebuilt with a mouth. The religious community are particularly unhappy with it, as [[BoltOfDivineRetribution their usual trump-card argument]] from the gods is entirely ineffective on a golem made of clay.
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: [[spoiler:Dorfl]] is not only the first golem to [[spoiler:join the Watch]], he's also the first to be able to choose to do so, as [[spoiler:Carrot freed him from his ServantRace status by including his bill of sale along BoltOfDivineRetribution: The gods hit Dorfl with one when he professes his chem]]. What atheism. (Vimes is more important aware enough to the rest of the world is that he's the first ever golem back away to have a voice, as safe distance.) It doesn't harm him, and he was rebuilt with gently reprimands them for not producing a mouth. The religious community are particularly unhappy with it, as [[BoltOfDivineRetribution logical argument for their usual trump-card argument]] from the gods is entirely ineffective on a golem made of clay.existence.
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** [[spoiler:Meshugah, the golem king]], is described as being incompletely fired - "half-baked" being an expression meaning ill-conceived or incompletely carried out.[ [spoiler:Meshugah also means crazy in Yiddish and Hebrew]].
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** [[spoiler:Meshugah, the golem king]], is described as being incompletely fired - "half-baked" being an expression meaning ill-conceived or incompletely carried out.[ [spoiler:Meshugah [[spoiler:Meshugah also means crazy in Yiddish and Hebrew]].
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** At the book's end, Hughnon Ridcully addresses Dorfl as ''me old china'', china plate being Cockney rhyming slang for mate. Of course, Dorfl, described in the same section as a ceramic atheist, is also, in a sense, made of china.
** [[spoiler:Meshugah, the golem king]], is described as being incompletely fired - "half-baked" being an expression meaning ill-conceived or incompletely carried out.
** [[spoiler:Meshugah also means crazy in Yiddish & Hebrew]].
** At the book's end, Hughnon Ridcully addresses Dorfl as ''me old china'', china plate being Cockney rhyming slang for mate. Of course, Dorfl, described in the same section as a ceramic atheist, is also, in a sense, made of china.
** [[spoiler:Meshugah, the golem king]], is described as being incompletely fired - "half-baked" being an expression meaning ill-conceived or incompletely carried out.
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** At the book's end, Hughnon Ridcully addresses Dorfl as ''me old china'', china plate being Cockney rhyming slang for mate. Of course, Dorfl, described in the same section as a ceramic atheist, is also, in a sense, made of china.
** [[spoiler:Meshugah, the golem king]], is described as being incompletely fired - "half-baked" being an expression meaning ill-conceived or incompletely carried out.[ [spoiler:Meshugah also means crazy in Yiddish and Hebrew]].
** [[spoiler:Meshugah, the golem king]], is described as being incompletely fired - "half-baked" being an expression meaning ill-conceived or incompletely carried out.[ [spoiler:Meshugah also means crazy in Yiddish and Hebrew]].
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* EurekaMoment: Having just found [[spoiler:the bag of arsenic planted in Vimes' desk]], Vimes and Carrot are talking with Cheery, and Cheery mentions off-hand that lots of professions use arsenic legitimately. Vimes remarks that he's surprised that more people aren't dying from it.
--> '''Cheery:''' Oh, most of them [[spoiler:use golems, sir--]]\\
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Vimes caught Carrot's eye and started to whistle under his breath.
--> '''Cheery:''' Oh, most of them [[spoiler:use golems, sir--]]\\
The words stayed in the air even after Cheery stopped speaking.\\
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* JobsOnlyVolunteer: Cheery Littlebottom is, according to Vimes, the only applicant for the alchemist job.
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** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with [[spoiler: Dragon's]] plan. It requires a number of things that are totally out of direct control to succeed, [[spoiler: all of which fail miserably because Dragon smugly assumed the absolute worst of everybody. Of particular note is that he assumed Vimes would immediately fall off the wagon if he found an expensive bottle of brandy in his desk and didn't think that maybe such a thing would make him ''extremely suspicious'' and start looking for other evidence of a FrameUp.]]
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* HoldingInLaughter: When the dwarf Cheery Littlebottom (daughter of Jolly, granddaughter of Beaky) joins the Watch, she's surprised that the stone-faced Commander Vimes doesn't so much as twitch at the mention of her name. Vimes sees her out, then closes himself in his office, muffles his head in his coat, and [[NotSoStoic starts cackling]].
