History Literature / MakingMoney

* PawprintStamping: Mr Fusspot is a mongrel, but his late owner loved him very much, and leaves him 50% of the shares in the Ankh Morpork bank -- giving him a total of 51% and making him the bank's chairman. Ownership of Mr Fusspot, meanwhile, is given to Moist von Lipwig. When Moist launches his new paper money idea, he stamps Mr Fusspot's paw-prints on the notes to make them official

* WorryingForTheWrongReason: The drink Splot, a sort of KlatchianCoffee up to eleven. People are often reassured when they hear Splot is nonalchoholic...until they're told it's because "alcohol wouldn't survive."

** When testing out the idea of paper currency, Moist engages the most shrewd business minded men in the city, the poorer vendors who could spot a wooden nickel a mile away, and are slower to come around to certain new ideas because upsetting the status quo could cause them to lose a substantial amount of money and suffer greatly for the loss. So, Moist knows if he wants to win over people with this new paper money currency, these are the men to convince.

** Mr. Slant hates it when a simple legal trial ends up getting him confused and flustered [[spoiler:especially in front of all those who are attending Moist's trial]]. He ends up giving such a DeathGlare. This makes plenty of people agree to not do anything.

** Stanley's favorite Pin Emporium, mentioned in ''Literature/GoingPostal'', is briefly mentioned as becoming a Pin and Stamp Emporium. One of the subplots is Vetinari's use of [[spoiler:the Device]] from ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' And Moist wonders why [[Literature/FeetOfClay an axe is stuck in the table in the Rats Chamber...]]

* EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingAboutBananas: According to Professor Flead, in the language of ancient Um a single word can mean dozens of things depending on its context. This leads to the reveal that [[spoiler: a passage thought to refer to "four golden golems" actually means "four thousand golems".]]

* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: Cosmo Lavish is plotting to overthrow Lord Vetinari by ''becoming'' Lord Vetinari. His plans to achieve this go as far as to steal the Patrician's boots and jewelry, and copy his manner of dress and facial hair at all times. Later, we find there is [[spoiler:an entire ward of a hospital devoted to [[NapoleonDelusion people who think they're Vetinari]].]]

* LastDisrespects: Topsy Lavish's funeral is attended by her in-laws; a family of rich, selfish, squabbling assholes who do nothing but glare at each other throughout the ceremony, waiting for each other to start something so they can sue each others' pants off. Nonetheless, Cosmo considered it a "decently dignified occasion" spoiled only by Hubert, who was the only one actually ''mourning'' and blubbering all over the place.

* MadArtist: Owlswick Jenkins, who is a genius at recreating images he observes, but is wracked with emotional problems and doesn't seem to understand the consequences of his actions.

* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: What [[spoiler:Cosmo]] ''thinks'' is happening when he's locked in the Vetinari Ward. Where better to hide Lord Vetinari from his enemies while he's recovering from an injury than in a hospital ward full of madmen who all believe that they are Lord Vetinari? In fact, it wouldn't be surprising if some of the other inmates at the asylum are under the same delusion.

* SequelHook: Vetinari outlines his plan to move Moist into the business of taxation once he's gotten the bank and mint running properly. Which is actually averted, because the next time Moist appears he's dealing with steam trains not taxes.

** When testing out the idea of paper currency, Moist engages the most shrewd business minded men in the city, the poorer vendors who could spot a wooden nickel a mile away, and are slower to come around to certain new ideas because upsetting the status quo could cause them to lose a substantial amount of money and suffer greatly for the loss. So, Moist knows if he wants to win over people with this new paper money currency, these are the men to beat.

* BroughtHomeTheWrongKid: Moist's mother sometimes brought the wrong child home from school, he's so nondescript.

* CanisLatinicus: As noted above, Lord Vetinari justifies his appointment of Moist with the ancient and venerable legal precedent of ''Quia ego sic dico'', literally translated as "Because I said so".