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* AlienGeometries (Bel-Shamharoth's temple is made up of eight-sided stone slabs. Yes, ''only'' eight-sided stone slabs. They impossibly tesselate)
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* AlienGeometries (Bel-Shamharoth's AlienGeometries: Bel-Shamharoth's temple is made up of eight-sided stone slabs. Yes, ''only'' eight-sided stone slabs. They impossibly tesselate)
slabs (although it doesn't say they're ''convex'' octagons...)
*AllAmazonsWantHercules (Liessa AllAmazonsWantHercules: Liessa Wyrmbidder and Hrun the barbarian)barbarian
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Elric on the discworld
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* {{Michael Moorcock}} The concept of the Eternal Hero and the Companion to Champions. Rincewind as an incompetent ''Elric'' who can neither cast spells nor use weapons. The Black Sword that sucks souls to Hell - here a sword that drags people into a Hell of boredom and ennui as it grabs the ear of the listener and ''will not let go''. Capricious and chaotic Gods playing with human life for kicks.
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* ExoticEntree: The Patrician enjoys delicacies like candied jellyfish.
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more info + rule of funny :D
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The part where Rincewind [[spoiler:accidentally teleports himself and Twoflower onto an airplane in our world and ends up thinking that he is Dr. Rjinswand, only for the Luggage to interrupt the whole scene]].
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The part where Rincewind [[spoiler:accidentally teleports himself and Twoflower onto an airplane in our world and ends up thinking that he is Dr. Rjinswand, (33, a bachelor, born in Sweden, raised in New Jersey, and a specialist in the breakaway oxidation phenomena of certain nuclear reactors [a fancy way of saying that they're uncontrollably on fire]). only for the Luggage to interrupt the whole scene]].
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* GenreSavvy: Hrun the Barbarian is used to the world being one big [[DungeonCrawling dungeon crawl]]: "You find chokeapples under a chokeapple tree. You find treasure under altars."
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* ILikeThoseOdds: Hrun the Barbarian declares he'll fight both dragonlords at once:
-->'''Liartes''': That's pretty uneven odds, isn't it?\\
'''Hrun''': Yah. I outnumber you one to two.
-->'''Liartes''': That's pretty uneven odds, isn't it?\\
'''Hrun''': Yah. I outnumber you one to two.
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* TitleDrop: "[Octarine] was the eighth colour, the Colour of Magic, the pigment of the imagination."
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* TitleDrop: "[Octarine] "It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the eighth colour, the Colour of Magic, the undisputed pigment of the imagination.imagination, because wherever it appeared it was a sign that mere matter was a servant of the powers of the magical mind. It was enchantment itself. But Rincewind always thought it looked a sort of greenish-purple."
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* FictionalColour: Octarine, the titular Colour of Magic. It's said to resemble a sort of disappointing fluorescent greenish-yellowish-purple.
** This may be based on the colour of the afterimages one sees after looking into a bright light.
** This may be based on the colour of the afterimages one sees after looking into a bright light.
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* BlindingCameraFlash: The CosmicHorror Bel-Shamharoth is defeated when Twoflower's camera flashes in his eye.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu (A camera imp takes a picture, which flashed in the eldritch monster's eye)
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu (A camera imp takes a picture, which flashed in the eldritch monster's eye)DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: See BlindingCameraFlash above.
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* TitleDrop: "[Octarine] was the eighth colour, the Colour of Magic, the pigment of the imagination."
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** The Patrician, to the point where many fans refuse to believe it's the same person as the Vetinari of later books.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Agatean Empire here seems mainly based on Japan (both the fact that it is closed to outsiders and has only one port, like Tokugawa-era Japan, and Twoflower's tourist stereotype seems mainly based on Japanese tourists). However, its naming conventions are based on Aztec names rendered literally into English.
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* ShoutOut: Besides the direct parodies noted above;
** The place name "Ecalpon" ('noplace' spelled backwards) is a reference to Erehwon (''almost'' 'nowhere' backwards).
** The name Rincewind is derived from ''Mr Justice Cocklecarrot and the Twelve Red-Bearded Dwarfs'', in which one of the titular dwarfs is called Churm Rincewind.
** The place name "Ecalpon" ('noplace' spelled backwards) is a reference to Erehwon (''almost'' 'nowhere' backwards).
** The name Rincewind is derived from ''Mr Justice Cocklecarrot and the Twelve Red-Bearded Dwarfs'', in which one of the titular dwarfs is called Churm Rincewind.
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** After encountering dryads, Rincewind reflects he thought they were extinct, and believed that the only non-human races still around were elves and trolls, specifically mentioning that gnomes and pixies had died out. This is almost the reverse of later books, where there are no (pure-blood) elves on Discworld, only occasional extradimensional invaders, and gnomes and pixies are commonplace.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A LOT. Let's see-
** Death acts psychotically, randomly killing people out of spite, unlike his later sympathetic view on humanity and seeing his role as a duty.
** The Patrician is flabby, capricious and eats rare delicacies. Despite WordOfGod, many fans refuse to believe it's the same Patrician as the thin, coldly logical, ascetic Vetinari.
** The plural and adjective for dwarf are dwarves and dwarven respectively, as in ''TheLordOfTheRings'' (and its many imitators). Pratchett would not switch to 'dwarfs' and 'dwarfish' until a few books later.
** Death acts psychotically, randomly killing people out of spite, unlike his later sympathetic view on humanity and seeing his role as a duty.
** The Patrician is flabby, capricious and eats rare delicacies. Despite WordOfGod, many fans refuse to believe it's the same Patrician as the thin, coldly logical, ascetic Vetinari.
** The plural and adjective for dwarf are dwarves and dwarven respectively, as in ''TheLordOfTheRings'' (and its many imitators). Pratchett would not switch to 'dwarfs' and 'dwarfish' until a few books later.
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* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum (An ocean-based hovercraft works by having hydrophobes, who don't hate but ''loathe'' water, stare at it and repel it with their loathing)
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* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum (An ocean-based hovercraft works by having hydrophobes, who don't hate but ''loathe'' water, stare at it and repel it with their loathing)loathing. They're very expensive, Rincewind says. Have to be trained on dehydrated water.)
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There was a lot changed; but whether it was necessary or a travesty is very subjective. But it\'s pretty obvious that things were streamlined, for better or worse. Distillation seems to be more precise- and neutral
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Was adapted (with quite a lot of AdaptationDecay) by Sky TV in 2007, together with ''TheLightFantastic'' (but the whole thing was known as ''[[Film/TheColourOfMagic The Colour of Magic]]''). It was also adapted into a graphic novel (again with ''The Light Fantastic'') to celebrate the Discworld series' anniversary. Unlike the TV adaptation, this was mostly a straight adaptation of the book, even keeping significant amounts of narrative and not merely the direct plot.
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Was adapted (with quite a lot of AdaptationDecay) AdaptationDistillation) by Sky TV in 2007, together with ''TheLightFantastic'' (but the whole thing was known as ''[[Film/TheColourOfMagic The Colour of Magic]]''). It was also adapted into a graphic novel (again with ''The Light Fantastic'') to celebrate the Discworld series' anniversary. Unlike the TV adaptation, this was mostly a straight adaptation of the book, even keeping significant amounts of narrative and not merely the direct plot.
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* ChestMonster: The Luggage, a walking chest made of sapient pearwood. One of the few good-guy examples.
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* ChestMonster: The Luggage, a walking chest made of sapient pearwood. One of the few good-guy examples.examples... [[HeroicSociopath for a given value of "good"]]
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The part where Rincewind [[spoiler:accidentally teleports himself and Twoflower onto an airplane in our world and ends up thinking that he is Dr. Rjinswand, only for the Luggage to interrupt the whole scene]].
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** The story takes place on a flat world. As in there's an edge. No points figuring out what happens towards the end.
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** The story takes place on a flat world. As in there's an edge. No points figuring out what happens towards the end. end.
* ChestMonster: The Luggage, a walking chest made of sapient pearwood. One of the few good-guy examples.
* ChestMonster: The Luggage, a walking chest made of sapient pearwood. One of the few good-guy examples.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Rincewind muses on how there are too many heroes in Ankh-Morpork, and how the notable questing-grounds are so busy during high season that they plan to introduce a rota. A scene familiar to anyone who ever played a regular {{MMORPG}}, all of which came out well after this book was published (with the exception of certain MUD games).
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* KingOnHisDeathbed: The ruler of the dragon riders gets poisoned by his daughter. However, since she is still in a power struggle with her two brothers, he refuses to pass on, lingering as a lich until he makes sure she is fit to rule on her own.
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**The story takes place on a flat world. As in there's an edge. No points figuring out what happens towards the end.
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** Could also be said of the Assassin's Guild as whole, which here simply of dangerous thugs rather than the much more refined hired killers of the later books.
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** Could also be said of the Assassin's Guild as whole, which here consists simply of dangerous thugs rather than the much more refined hired killers of the later books.
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** Hrun says that swamp dragons are extinct; they prominently appear in later books, like ''[[GuardsGuards Guards! Guards!]]''
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** Hrun says that swamp dragons are extinct; they prominently appear in later books, like ''[[GuardsGuards ''[[Discworld/GuardsGuards Guards! Guards!]]''
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** Hrun says that swamp dragons are extinct; they prominently appear in later books, like ''[[GuardsGuards Guards! Guards!]]''
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn (Death here is a sadistic murderer and casual killer, very ''very'' much unlike his later sympathetic portrayal)
** Could also be said of the Assassin's Guild as whole, which here simply of dangerous thugs rather than the much more refined hired killers of the later books.
** Could also be said of the Assassin's Guild as whole, which here simply of dangerous thugs rather than the much more refined hired killers of the later books.
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* EraSpecificPersonality (Death here is a sadistic murderer and casual killer, very ''very'' much unlike his later sympathetic portrayal)
** Could also be said of the Assassin's Guild as whole, which here simply of dangerous thugs rather than the much more refined hired killers of the later books.
** Could also be said of the Assassin's Guild as whole, which here simply of dangerous thugs rather than the much more refined hired killers of the later books.
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** Could also be said of the Assassin's Guild as whole, which here simply of dangerous thugs rather than the much more refined hired killers of the later books.
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You're being picky; it's obviously MEANT to invoke Alien Geometries.
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** It doesn't specify that the slabs are all regular octagons though, just that they have eight sides. So, for example, they could be hexagonal prisms.
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* DungeonsAndDragons (The way spells take up a certain amount of space in one's head, once said are used up, and are usually named after their creator - also a scene in which the gods literally play dice with the fates of men, [[RandomEncounters teleporting a troll into Rincewind's path]])
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* DungeonsAndDragons (The way VancianMagic system, in which spells take up a certain amount of space in one's head, once said are used up, and are usually named after their creator - also a scene in which the gods literally play dice with the fates of men, [[RandomEncounters teleporting a troll into Rincewind's path]])
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules (Liessa Wyrmbidder and Hrun the barbarian)
