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* FridgeBrilliance "Committee to Un-Select the Patrician" or CUSP for short.
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**** Well, Death did say that some people would have confusing memories about 'Music With Rocks In', and Vetinari does admit that "We never got to the bottom of that."
**** Indeed - note that Otto Chriek also cries "Music viz Rocks In!" when the landscape finally starts reacting to his dramatic pronouncements.
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** Pterry may be deliberately setting up three of Ankh-Morpork's most influential political voices (Commander Vimes, Moist von Lipvig, and William de Worde) to dislike and/or distrust one another, as this is how Vetinari keeps power-blocks within his city from uniting to challenge his authority.
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* CharacterFilibuster: As per usual with later ''Discworld'' books, and evident in the argument between Sacharissa and William before the climax (with William voicing the author's opinion).
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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Due in part to his terrible childhood, where the only thing of ''any'' value in his village was the decorations in the church,]] Mr. Tulip has an ''excellent'' knowledge of art history and value. He can also gauge a gem's worth by sight.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Due in part to his terrible childhood, where the only thing of ''any'' value in his village was the decorations in the church,]] Mr. Tulip has an ''excellent'' knowledge of art history and value. He can also gauge a gem's worth by sight.
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* BadDreams: Tulip has them.
* BadDreams: Tulip has them.
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** [[spoiler: Still a KarmaHoudini for Slant, as William never actually turns in the recording to the police and Slant's only "punishment" is getting blackmailed into acting as the ''Times''' lawyer. Possibly forever.]]
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** Harry King also grouses about how much golems are demanding to be paid these days, in reference to their liberation in ''Discworld/FeetOfClay''.
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