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* Parody: As well as the titular parody of ''Literature/{{Faust}}'', the sequence in Tsort mercilessly sends up UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar.
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* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Elenor of Tsort. Eric wishes to meet her, and [[spoiler: he does, but she's well past her prime, married, and the mother of several small children]].
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* ThreatBackfire: Breaking into the Tsortean citadel via a secret passageway, Laveolus at once recites a prepared speech demanding the enemy's unconditional surrender. As the only person in the room is a small child on a potty, his well-rehearsed demand rather falls flat.
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* MindRape: The sheer unmitigated ''boredom'' of Hell under Astfgl's administration is so very implacable that even Rincewind, who normally craves being bored as an alternative to his usual terrifying ordeals, is repelled by the place.
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* MindRape: The sheer unmitigated ''boredom'' of Hell under Astfgl's administration is so very implacable abusive to the psyche that even Rincewind, who normally craves being bored as an alternative to his usual terrifying ordeals, is repelled by the place.
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* MindRapeMindRape: The sheer unmitigated ''boredom'' of Hell under Astfgl's administration is so very implacable that even Rincewind, who normally craves being bored as an alternative to his usual terrifying ordeals, is repelled by the place.
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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Inverted by Astfgl, who dresses in royal diabolic regalia of his own design ... which is, basically, a kid's cheap Halloween devil-costume, complete with silly hood-mounted hornlets and a trident that keeps falling apart.
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* CosmicEgg: It turns out that life was created by Rincewind (who had gone back in time) tossing away the Egg-and-Cress sandwich given to him by The Creator.
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* CosmicEgg: It turns out that bacterial life on the Disc was created given a kick-start by Rincewind (who had gone back in time) tossing away the Egg-and-Cress sandwich given to him by The Creator.
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** Rincewind and Eric find themselves in the middle of the Tsortean (= Trojan) War, which the Ephebians and Tsorteans in ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'' are still rather sore about ... even though neither side seems to remember ''which'' side did what, anymore.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Eric's wishes are (1) to rule all the kingdoms of the world, (2) to meet the most beautiful woman ever, and (3) to live forever. He and Rincewind first visit the Tezumen Empire [[spoiler: who try to sacrifice him out of revenge for their absolutely abysmal living conditions]], then meet Helen of Tsort [[spoiler: about 20 years past her prime]], and finally get to live forever [[spoiler: starting from the Creation of the Discworld, meaning it will be quite a few millenia before any people show up]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Eric's wishes are (1) to rule all the kingdoms of the world, (2) to meet the most beautiful woman ever, and (3) to live forever. He and Rincewind first visit the Tezumen Empire [[spoiler: who try to sacrifice him out of revenge for their absolutely abysmal living conditions]], then meet Helen Eleanor of Tsort [[spoiler: about 20 years past her prime]], and finally get to live forever [[spoiler: starting from the Creation of the Discworld, meaning it will be quite a few millenia before any people show up]].
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* [[BigLittleMan Big Little God]]: Quetzovercoatl has only appeared to the Tezumen priests in dreams, based on which they'd carved a giant statue of their demonic patron. When he actually has to ''manifest'', it turns out he's six inches tall.
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* AliensNeverInventedTheWheel: Human example: the Tezumen can make wheels, they just never figured out how to ''use'' them. People wear them as hats, and complain that they don't roll when you lay them flat and give them a push.
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* BadassFingersnap: How Rincewind appears to grant wishes, to his own immense astonishment. [[spoiler: It's just Vassanego using ''his'' demon powers in synch with Rincewind's finger-snapping.]]
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* DeadAllAlong: Baffled by his apparent new-found demon powers, Rincewind speculates that he might have died in the Dungeon Dimensions and been sent to Hell as one. Considering how terrified, and how busy running, he'd been during his sojourn among the Dungeon Things, he supposes he might not have noticed the difference. [[spoiler: He's wrong, his "magic" finger-snaps are Vassenego's doing.]]
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-->It would be a lazy use of language to say that the thing that answered the door was a nightmare. Nightmares are usually rather daft things and it's very hard to explain to a listener what was so dreadful about your socks coming alive or giant carrots jumping out of hedgerows. This thing was the kind of terrifying thing that could only be created by someone sitting down and thinking horrible thoughts very clearly.
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Near the beginning of the book, it's mentioned that a demon named Vassenego was standing by to be summoned by Eric, but happened to be distracted at the crucial moment, so the summoning somehow latched on to Rincewind instead. Vassenego turns up again near the end, and it's revealed that in fact he went to considerable deliberate effort to divert the summoning to Rincewind, and has been masterminding the whole thing to distract Astfgl while he arranges a coup.]]
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* BaitAndSwitchComparison: When an attempt to travel to Ankh-Morpork by magic lands Rincewind and Eric at the gates of Hell, Rincewind notes that he can tell this isn't Ankh-Morpork by such subtle clues as the distant screaming -- in Ankh-Morpork the screaming is usually much closer.
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* WeHaveReserves: The usual attitude of the Ephebian and Tsortean generals - Lavaeolus is considered a bit of a cheater because he actually tries to win battles without huge casualties.
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* WeHaveReserves: The usual attitude of the Ephebian and Tsortean generals - Lavaeolus generals--Lavaeolus is considered a bit of a cheater because he actually tries to win battles without huge casualties.
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Meanwhile, the King of Hell, the demon Astfgl, is trying to find them, but is always one step behind. His subordinates are mutinous thanks to his attempts to instil modern business practices in Hell - prior to his rule, the damned souls had worked out that pain was purely subjective and thus all the whippings and flayings were purely for the look of the thing, but Astfgl instituted project planning, health and safety and so on and now Hell torments both the damned and its own demons.
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Meanwhile, the King of Hell, the demon Astfgl, is trying to find them, but is always one step behind. His subordinates are mutinous thanks to his attempts to instil modern business practices in Hell - prior Hell--prior to his rule, the damned souls had worked out that pain was purely subjective and thus all the whippings and flayings were purely for the look of the thing, but Astfgl instituted project planning, health and safety and so on and now Hell torments both the damned and its own demons.
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* ShoutOut: Astfgl's summary of Tezumen history paraphrases AbrahamLincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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* DealWithTheDevil:Played Eric was shooting for laughs.
one of these, but accidentally summoned Rincewind instead of the demon who was going to make a deal with him.
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* DoorOfDoom: Hell has an impressive one, except the new regime adds a badly-installed doorbell and a jaunty sign.
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* BrickJoke: Rincewind still can't remember how to pronounce 'eon'.
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* TheUnpronounceable: Most demonic names are this. When Astfgl tries to look up Rincewind's name in the registry of demons, he notes that "Rincewind" has far more than the usual number of vowels in it.
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* ShoutOut: Astfgl's summary of Tezumen history paraphrases AbrahamLincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don't see the pair actually emerge again on the Discworld after their foray into Hell, and only Rincewind appears in later books, so it's left unstated what became of Eric.
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