History Literature / WheresMyCow

* CatchPhrase: Most of the things Vimes has the Ankh-Morpork characters say are their catchphrases, like Foul Ole Ron's "[[WordSaladHumor Buggrit! Millenium hand and shrimp]]!" or Lord Vetinari's "Don't let me detain you."

Not exactly the book mentioned in ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', ''Where's My Cow?'' uses [[ArtShift three distinct art styles]]. It tells the story of the time (mentioned in ''Thud!'') when Vimes changed the story to a more "city-appropriate" version, removing the animals and putting in city people. The first, most realistic, art style is the real world events. The second, highly simplistic, is for the ''Where's My Cow?'' book itself. The third is a cartoony style that anthropomorphises the toys and paintings, a visual description of young Sam's imagination. As young Sam gets more and more worked up the art styles blend together.

* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: In possibly the first ever illustration of him sans Watch helmet, Samuel Vimes is revealed to have greasy helmet hair.

* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: This is also the first, and probably ''only'', Discworld illustration where Vimes is actually smiling. And not the mirthless, or [[SlasherSmile dangerous]], kind he's been known to give just before he cuffs someone, but an actual big goofy, and ''Happy'' smile.

Not exactly the book mentioned in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', ''Where's My Cow?'' uses [[ArtShift three distinct art styles]]. It tells the story of the time (mentioned in ''Thud!'') when Vimes changed the story to a more "city-appropriate" version, removing the animals and putting in city people. The first, most realistic, art style is the real world events. The second, highly simplistic, is for the ''Where's My Cow?'' book itself. The third is a cartoony style that anthropomorphises the toys and paintings, a visual description of young Sam's imagination. As young Sam gets more and more worked up the art styles blend together.

* CatchPhrase: Most of the things Vimes has the Ankh-Morpork characters say are their catchphrases, like Foul Ole Ron's "Buggrit! Millenium hand and shrimp!" or Lord Vetinari's "Don't let me detain you."

* CreatorCameo: There's a portrait of Terry Pratchett in Young Sam's room

* {{Defictionalization}}: The book in this book was just a [[ShowWithinAShow Book in a Book]] until it was made for real. Seeing as both books were released concurrently in Britain, more of a tie-in. There was barely any delay in America, as well, and they were marketed as a tie-in during Pratchett's signing tour.

Not exactly the book mentioned in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', '''''Where's My Cow?''''' uses [[ArtShift three distinct art styles]]. It tells the story of the time (mentioned in ''Thud!'') when Vimes changed the story to a more "city-appropriate" version, removing the animals and putting in city people. The first, most realistic, art style is the real world events. The second, highly simplistic, is for the ''Where's My Cow?'' book itself. The third is a cartoony style that anthropomorphises the toys and paintings, a visual description of young Sam's imagination. As young Sam gets more and more worked up the art styles blend together.

Not exactly the book mentioned in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', '''''Where's My Cow?''''' uses [[ArtShift three distinct art styles]]. It tells the story of the time (mentioned in ''Thud!'') when Vimes changed the story to a more "city-appropriate" version, removing the animals and putting in city people. The first, most realistic, art style is the real world events. The second, highly simplistic, is for the ''Where's My Cow?'' book itself. The third is a cartoony style that anthropomorphesises the toys and paintings, a visual description of young Sam's imagination. As young Sam gets more and more worked up the art styles blend together.

* {{Defictionalization}}: The book in this book was just a [[ShowWithinAShow Book in a Book]] until it was made for real. Seeing as both books were released concurrently in Britain, more of a tie-in. There was barely any delay in America, as well, and they were marketed as a tie-in during Pterry's signing tour.

Not exactly the book mentioned in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', this book uses [[ArtShift three distinct art styles]]. It tells the story of the time (mentioned in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'') when Vimes changed the story to a more "city appropriate" version, removing the animals and putting in city people. The first, most realistic, art style is the real world events. The second, highly simplistic, is for the ''Where's My Cow?'' book itself. The third is a cartoony style that anthropomorphesises the toys and paintings, a visual description of young Sam's imagination. As young Sam gets more and more worked up the art styles blend together.

!!This work shows examples of:

* {{Defictionalization}}: The book in this book was just a [[ShowWithinAShow Book In A Book]] until it was made for real.
** And try say everything before "until" ten times!
** Seeing as both books were released concurrently in Britain, more of a tie-in.
*** There was barely any delay in America, as well, and they were marketed as a tie-in during Pterry's signing tour.

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