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** Lord Hong believes that when the totally untrained Twoflower challenges him to a duel, his opponent doesn't stand a chance. To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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** Lord Hong believes that when the totally untrained Twoflower challenges him to a duel, wielding a sword he can barely lift, his opponent doesn't stand a chance. To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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* TranquilFury: "Lord Hong was enraged. Those who knew him could tell, by the way he spoke more slowly and smiled continuously."
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** "Lord Hong was enraged. Those who knew him could tell, by the way he spoke more slowly and smiled continuously.""
** Conversely, when Twoflower confronts Lord Hong about [[spoiler:his wife's pointless death in a meaningless scuffle between the lords]], he's clearly the angriest he's ever been in his entire life, but he remains unflinchingly polite as he calmly requests that Lord Hong fight him. When his daughters attempt to dissuade him he even tells them that if they don't let him do this "I will become angry".
** "Lord Hong was enraged. Those who knew him could tell, by the way he spoke more slowly and smiled continuously.
** Conversely, when Twoflower confronts Lord Hong about [[spoiler:his wife's pointless death in a meaningless scuffle between the lords]], he's clearly the angriest he's ever been in his entire life, but he remains unflinchingly polite as he calmly requests that Lord Hong fight him. When his daughters attempt to dissuade him he even tells them that if they don't let him do this "I will become angry".
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* WhosOnFirst: Rincewind's encounter with a troupe of Noh actors:
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* WhosOnFirst: Rincewind's encounter with a troupe of Noh actors:actors. Unusually for this trope, the routine gets stopped early when Butterfly [[DontExplainTheJoke interrupts to explain the confusion]] because she's run out of patience:
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Along with Death, War makes an appearance along with his sons Terror and Panic (i.e., Mars, Phobos and Deimos) and his daughter [[OddNameOut Clancy]]. It is family bonding, you see? Also, while War and his sons wear full body armor war, Clancy is wearing [[AllGirlsLikePonies modern riding gear]].
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Along with Death, War makes an appearance along with his sons Terror and Panic (i.e., Mars, Phobos and Deimos) and his daughter [[OddNameOut Clancy]]. It is family bonding, you see? Also, while War and his sons wear full body armor war, war armor, Clancy is wearing [[AllGirlsLikePonies modern riding gear]].
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Along with Death, War makes an appearance along with his sons Terror and Panic (i.e., Mars, Phobos and Deimos) and his daughter [[OddNameOut Clancy]].
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Along with Death, War makes an appearance along with his sons Terror and Panic (i.e., Mars, Phobos and Deimos) and his daughter [[OddNameOut Clancy]]. It is family bonding, you see? Also, while War and his sons wear full body armor war, Clancy is wearing [[AllGirlsLikePonies modern riding gear]].
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* MistakenForRacist: Rincewind mistakes ''himself'' for a racist, because [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he erroneously believes]] the word means someone who is good at running.
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* CharacterShilling: Ridcully of all people gives this to Rincewind as he reviews the faculties testimony about him. While legitimately an atrocious wizard he does have an amazing head for languages and an unbelievable survival instinct that lets him hang with people as dangerous as Cohen the Barbarian and survive.
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** Or at least its introduction in fully functional form; early experiments in ant-powered computing appear in ''Literature/SoulMusic''.
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** Or at least its introduction in fully functional form; early experiments in ant-powered computing appear in ''Literature/SoulMusic''.''Literature/SoulMusic'', this is the one where it adds to itself and gives answers without ''anyone doing anything''.
* MasochistsMeal: The parody of fugu from ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'' shows up again used on purpose as a poison rather then as an accidental side effect of improperly prepared sushi.
* MasochistsMeal: The parody of fugu from ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'' shows up again used on purpose as a poison rather then as an accidental side effect of improperly prepared sushi.
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* MsFanservice: Played with in the case of Lotus Blossom; Rincewind's tendency to think of potatoes when sexually aroused happens quite frequently when she's around, suggesting that she's very attractive, but we instead get leering descriptions of the food rather than of her.
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* MsFanservice: Played with PlayedWith in the case of Lotus Blossom; Rincewind's tendency to think of potatoes when sexually aroused happens quite frequently when she's around, suggesting that she's very attractive, but we instead get leering descriptions of the food rather than of her.
* NeedAHandOrAHandjob: Right before he is magically teleported away, Rincewind is approached by several beautiful, scantily-clad women who explicitly say that all of their men have died out and they need his help repopulating their island. However, due to years of living alone on a desert island, Rincewind's mind has deteriorated somewhat and he thinks they're offering to make him some mashed potatoes. To be fair, they did promise him they'd satisfy all his desires, and at that moment, Rincewind happened to desire potatoes, having lived off coconuts and fish for far too long.
* NominalImportance {{Invoked}} by Ponder Stibbons when he notices that Hex has started to think for itself, and reflects "We should never have named you. A thing with a name is a bit more than a thing".
*OurFounder: Rincewind finds a statue of One Sun Mirror, on a pedestal of gold in a lake of quicksilver within his tomb; beneath a huge artificial hill built by the Forbidden City. He notes the inscription on it, which simply says "One Sun Mirror". The implication being that no-one standing there could fail to know who that was.
* PinballProtagonist: Rincewind, with LadyLuck playing the Machine against Fate. Well technically it's a dice game but still ''everyone else'' is far more proactive then Rincewind who's just trying to et away.
* RememberTheNewGuy: PlayedWith regarding Pretty Butterfly and Lotus Blossom, Twoflower's daughters. Rincewind insists that Twoflower hasn't mentioned having children and that the whole thing just came out of left field, but Twoflower keeps trying to play the whole thing off, insisting that he "must have mentioned it."
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* {{Retcon}}: In ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', Twoflower got his Luggage from TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday and had apparently never seen one before. Here, they're a fairly common commodity within the Empire.
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* {{Retcon}}: In ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', Twoflower got his Luggage from TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday and had apparently never seen one before. Here, they're a fairly common commodity within the Empire. Now he could have ''still'' gotten it from said shop but he ''never'' mentioned they were common back home.
* RetiredBadassRoundup: Silver Horde are the result of Cohen doing this as part of OneLastJob, all of them are his peers and in some cases his superiors in terms of martial skill, badassery and more barbarian heroing stuff.
* RetiredBadassRoundup: Silver Horde are the result of Cohen doing this as part of OneLastJob, all of them are his peers and in some cases his superiors in terms of martial skill, badassery and more barbarian heroing stuff.
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* HodgepodgeComputer: Hex.
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* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: Brutally {{Subverted}} as a kind of HopeSpot for [[spoiler:Mr. Saveloy's]] survival: as the Silver Horde spitball ideas for the elaborate funeral they're going to hold for him, he reacts to each one - only for Death to show up a few sentences in to lead his ghost away.
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* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: Brutally {{Subverted}} as a kind of HopeSpot for [[spoiler:Mr. Saveloy's]] survival: as the Silver Horde spitball ideas for the elaborate funeral they're going to hold for him, he reacts to each one - only for Death to show up a few sentences in to lead his ghost away.
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* UnfortunateNames: Two Little Wang is an Agatean bureaucrat who laments being born with such a name... because, of course, [[BaitAndSwitch two is a very unlucky number.]]
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* UnfortunateNames: Two Little Wang. (Because, of course, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Two is a very unlucky number.]]) The last two words are just salt in the wound.
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** Lord Hong believes that when the totally untrained Twoflower] challenges him to a duel, his opponent doesn't stand a chance. To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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** Lord Hong believes that when the totally untrained Twoflower] Twoflower challenges him to a duel, his opponent doesn't stand a chance. To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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** Lord Hong believes [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome reality will ensue]] when [[spoiler: the totally untrained Twoflower challenges him to a duel.]] To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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** Lord Hong believes [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome reality will ensue]] that when [[spoiler: the totally untrained Twoflower Twoflower] challenges him to a duel.]] duel, his opponent doesn't stand a chance. To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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** Lord Hong believes [[RealityEnsues reality will ensue]] when [[spoiler: the totally untrained Twoflower challenges him to a duel.]] To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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** Lord Hong believes [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome reality will ensue]] when [[spoiler: the totally untrained Twoflower challenges him to a duel.]] To be fair, there is every indication he would have been absolutely right if something totally unforeseeable hadn't happened at precisely the right moment.
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* LipLoss: During Rincewind's interrogation by the Emperor, a chamberlain keeps yelling "Silence!" whenever he tries to answer a question. Rincewind asks the Emperor if he could make the chamberlain stop saying that, not realizing that this is how he'd do so.
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* LipLoss: LipLosses: During Rincewind's interrogation by the Emperor, a chamberlain keeps yelling "Silence!" whenever he tries to answer a question. Rincewind asks the Emperor if he could make the chamberlain stop saying that, not realizing that this is how he'd do so.
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* LipLoss: During Rincewind's interrogation by the Emperor, a chamberlain keeps yelling "Silence!" whenever he tries to answer a question. Rincewind asks the Emperor if he could make the chamberlain stop saying that, not realizing that this is how he'd do so.
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* ThrownFromTheZeppelin: When the Silver Horde conquers the corrupt and decadent Agatean Empire, they summon all of the previous emperor's servants, councilors, and concubines, reveal what has happened and encourage them to continue serving the new regime. The lord chamberlain declares that he would rather die than betray the Emperor and gets his wish, keeping anyone else from voicing similar thoughts.
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* FreudianThreat: Cohen's idea of psychological warfare is staying up late, banging on your shield and shouting at the enemy "We're gonna cut your [[UnusualEuphemism tonkers]] off!"
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* SilenceYouFool: During Rincewind's encounter with the Emperor, one courtier keeps yelling "silence" every time he tries to speak. Eventually, Rincewind gets a word in and asks if he could stop doing that, a position the Emperor agrees on. So the guy gets dragged away to have his lips cut off.
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* SilenceYouFool: During Rincewind's encounter with the Emperor, one courtier keeps yelling "silence" every time he tries to speak. Eventually, Rincewind gets a word in and asks if he could stop doing that, a position the Emperor agrees on. So the guy gets dragged away to have his [[LipLosses lips cut off.off]].
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* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: Brutally {{Subverted}} as a kind of HopeSpot for [[spoiler:Mr. Saveloy's]] survival: as the Silver Horde spitball ideas for the elaborate funeral they're going to hold for him, he reacts to each one - only for Death to show up a few sentences in to lead his ghost away.
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* BittersweetEnding: Falling decidedly closer on the ''sweet'' side: the tyrants running the Agatean Empire are all crushed, and [[spoiler:Cohen]] promises to introduce a ([[HeroicComedicSociopath somewhat]]) more humane and efficient rule, but it comes at the cost of [[spoiler:Saveloy's]] life. Oh, and Rincewind gets tossed to ''another'' dangerous land before he can reap any of the rewards for ([[AchievementsInIgnorance accidentally]]) saving the day, but 1. [[GenreSavvy He himself saw that coming]], and 2. This saved his life from [[spoiler: a vengeful Lord Hong]].
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* PostClimaxConfrontation: After the Red Army has routed the five Warlords' forces and cemented both Cohen's position as the new Emperor and Rincewind's reputation as [[FakeUltimateHero "the Great Wizard"]], Lord Hong and a handful of surviving soldiers grab Rincewind and try to publicly execute him. It's not clear whether Hong genuinely had a chance of destabilizing Cohen's rule by proving the Great Wizard is "just" a man, or if he's just seeking one last bit of petty revenge.
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* SirSwearsALot: Truckle the Uncivil was evidently one before entering the Empire, where Mr. Saveloy insists he use "[[GoshDangItToHeck civilized swearwords]]."
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** Rincewind's reaction is that this is the sort of thing that'd never work on the Sto Plains. People would just get ''mad''.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Rincewind thinks about it at one point, with the oft-mentioned fate of Mad Lord Snapcase (and his figgin) coming after he made Spooner Boggis eat his own nose, which wasn't the reason the people of Ankh-Morpork hung him up, it was just the last straw after years of his madness.
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* Rincewind's inaccurate mental picture of the Emperor recalls the Patrician [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness who may or may not be Lord Vetinari]] in ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic''.
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* RankUp
** Deputy District Administrator Six Beneficent Winds is uneasy in his role as a hostage of the Silver Horde until they offer him the Lord High Chief Tax Gatherer's job. The taxman likes the idea of getting to give the MeanBoss he now outranks a "good thrashing," lowering some of the Empire's more unreasonable taxes, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and getting to wear a black hat with a red ruby button.]]
** Grand Assistant to the Lord Chamberlain Four Big Horns becomes Lord Chamberlain after his superior unwisely tells Cohen he would rather die than serve him. Four Bigs Horns doesn't seem too opposed to the idea of serving Cohen, but still betrays him due to fear of Lord Hong.
** Deputy District Administrator Six Beneficent Winds is uneasy in his role as a hostage of the Silver Horde until they offer him the Lord High Chief Tax Gatherer's job. The taxman likes the idea of getting to give the MeanBoss he now outranks a "good thrashing," lowering some of the Empire's more unreasonable taxes, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and getting to wear a black hat with a red ruby button.]]
** Grand Assistant to the Lord Chamberlain Four Big Horns becomes Lord Chamberlain after his superior unwisely tells Cohen he would rather die than serve him. Four Bigs Horns doesn't seem too opposed to the idea of serving Cohen, but still betrays him due to fear of Lord Hong.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The Agatean Court. Poison, murder and assassination are all part of the game. But they're tremendously ''polite'' about it.
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* ScaryScienceWords: [[EdibleThemeNaming Saveloy]] (a geography teacher) mentions drumlins to Rincewind, who assumes it's something dangerous. In fact, they're just hills left behind by glaciers.
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* BilinguialBonus: A game similar to TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} is repeatedly mentioned under the name Shibo Yangcong-San. Which is "Cripple Mr Onion" in a mix of Japanese and Chinese.
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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Butterfly, Lord Hong, the Ninja, even the proprietor of the eating house where Rincewind asks for Agatean food as it is known in Ankh-Morpork.
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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Butterfly, Lord Hong, the Ninja, even the proprietor of the eating house where Rincewind asks for Agatean food as it is known in Ankh-Morpork. Twoflower, the Taxman, and the local Dibbler counterpart are three major exceptions, however - Twoflower can barely even ''lift'' a sword, let alone fight. That doesn't mean he won't try, however.
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* KlingonPromotion: The Unseen University faculty still practiced it the last time Rincewind was around, making some suspect that his return means it will come back. Among Agatean nobility, meanwhile, the practice never went out of fashion.
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* KlingonPromotion: The Unseen University faculty still practiced practised it the last time Rincewind was around, making some suspect that his return means it will come back. Among Agatean nobility, meanwhile, the practice never went out of fashion.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Pretty Butterfly, as she and Rincewind talk about the Red Army, and how it's only Nine Red Reed's word on just how many of them there are out there. Rincewind, being the cynical bugger he is, has already guessed what's going on, and is trying to get Butterfly to see it.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Pretty Butterfly, as she and Rincewind talk about the Red Army, and how it's only Nine Red Reed's Two Fire Herb's word on just how many of them there are out there. Rincewind, being the cynical bugger he is, has already guessed what's going on, and is trying to get Butterfly to see it.
