History Series / TheWatch2021

** Cheery's dwarf song consists in the word "gold" repeated over and over (at least in the subtitles - the word seems to be different each time she says it). In the books a RunningGag is that the dwarves' most popular songs are "Gold, gold, gold" or "Gold, gold, gold".

** Cheery's range of knowledge and general savvyness is far wider than in the books, to the point that she is now TheSmartGuy of the Watch. She is the team healer, comes up with most strategies, usually has a piece of knowledge that will help them find the next clue, and eventually [[spoiler:comes up with the way of defeating the Noble Dragon]].

** A mild case with Lord Vetinari (see AmbiguouslyEvil below).

** Sally behaves mostly as a stereotypical (albeit loopy) vampire, while in the book she was reformed and ultimately a decent addition to the Watch.

** Cheery takes elements from both her book counterpart (a Dwarf seeing herself as female in a OneGenderRace) and [[TheIgor Igor]], as the team medic TheSmartGuy.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Lord Vetinari, a male character in the books, is played by Anne Chancellor here but still with the same title. Male pronouns are used for Vetinari usually, with "He is a man of her word" being used, making it very ambiguous if this version is transgender (possibly nonbinary).

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Detritus dies early in the series even though he survived through all the books.]]

* LoopholeAbuse: Used to avoid being murdered by the Assassins Guild, when the Watch [[spoiler:use their newly acquired Musicians Guild membership to grant themselves immunity from attack, as members of a guild. When Dr. Cruces points out that Sybil, who wasn't there when they tried out for the Musicians Guild, is therefore fair game, they point out that as members they can give a tryout to whomever they want, and after some really terrible singing on Sybil's part, she's a member too]].

* InNameOnly: The show has been described as inspired by the Discworld novels rather than based on them and it takes a great deal of liberties with the source material. Sir Terry Pratchetts daughter [[Creator/RhiannaPratchett Rhianna]] and his long time collaborator Creator/NeilGaiman have both pointed out that the show shares very little common ground with the original novels.

''The Watch'' is a British fantasy, comedy, police procedural series, inspired by the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels of [[Creator/TerryPratchett Sir Terry Pratchett]]. The show depicts The Watch, an incompetent, ragtag, toothless police force, located in the city of Ankh-Morpork, in a parallel universe to our own. The Watch, lead by the depressed alcoholic Captain Vimes (Richard Dormer), is tasked with protecting the city from a mysterious new threat: a ginormous dragon, summoned by Vimes' former (and supposedly long dead) friend Carcer Dun (Sam Adewunmi). He is joined by dragon enthusiast and vigilante Lady Sybil Ramkin (Lara Rossi), and the rest of the Watch: Newbie Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson (Adam Hugill), the cynical werewolf Corporal Angua von Überwald (Marama Corlett), Troll Sergeant Detritus (Ralph Ineson), and the Dwarven forensic expert Corporal Cheery Littlebottom (Jo Eaton-Kent).

* FurVersusFang: Vampires and werewolves hate one another one sight. Hissing tends to follow.

* AdaptationalBadass: Sybil in the books is still a courageous and formidable woman but does not really have much combat experience. In the series, she’s a full blown ActionGirl.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Vimes gets magic sword thrown into his foot.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Carcer is merely a MookLieutenant working for a mysterious entity that is determined to destroy Ankh-Morpork.

** Wayne the (boring) talking sword is reminiscent of the talking sword Kring.

* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Sybil reacts like this on meeting the man who killed her parents, who's a professional Assassin, saying he looks like an accountant (he's ordinary-looking with glasses).

* CompositeCharacter: Cheery takes elements from both her book counterpart (a Dwarf seeing herself as female in a OneGenderRace) and [[TheIgor Igor]], as the team medic TheSmartGuy.

** The Observers are a stand-in for the Auditors of Reality, with presumably the same motivation of wanting the mortal world to end so that they can stop having to keep track of all the new messiness life constantly creates.

** The Observers are a stand-in for the Auditors.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Lord Vetinari. Vimes is suspicious of her intentions in wanting control of the dragon, but she hasn't actually done anything outright evil and, in fact, tacitly encourages Vimes' altruism and willingness to go against the status quo. The worst thing she does is, in the finale, hide in a lushly furnished prison cell while the Watch are busy fighting the dragon.

* LoopholeAbuse: Used to avoid being murdered by the Assassins Guild, when The Watch [[spoiler:use their newly acquired Musicians Guild membership to grant themselves immunity from attack. When Dr. Cruces points out that Sybil, who wasn't there when they tried out for the Musicians Guild, is therefore fair game, they point out that as members they can give a tryout to whoever they want, and after some really terrible singing on Sybil's part, she's a member too.]]

* MurderInc: The Assassins Guild. All of their work is legal, so long as they leave behind a calling card, don't kill members of other guilds and stay inside of a quota.

* RaceLift: Sort of. Characters are rarely specified as being of a particular ethnicity in the books, however, in [[Literature/NightWatchDiscworld Night Watch]] it is revealed that Sam Vimes bears enough of a resemblance to John Keel to assume his identity. In the series Vimes is played by Caucasian actor Richard Dormer, while Keel is played by Hakeem Kae-Kazim, who is of Nigerian descent.

** The Alchemists' Guild are depicted as drug dealers who control (most) of the city's supply of [[FantasticDrug Slab]], wheras in the books they are infamously [[StuffBlowingUp explosion-prone]] MadScientists.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Inspired by characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett"]]

** {{ZigZagg|ingTrope}}ed. Lord Vetinari is of the female sex in this adaptation for whatever reason, but their gender is ambiguous, with one character even remarking that "He is a man of her word". He/him pronouns are most often used.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Lord Vetinari. Vimes is suspicious of her intentions in wanting control of the dragon, but she hasn't actually done anything outright evil and, in fact, tacitly encourages Vimes' altruism and willingness to go against the status quo. In the finale, while the Watch are busy fighting the dragon, she hides in a lushly furnished prison cell.

* BlatantLies: Skinner is caught trying to dig out of his cell with a spoon and claims that he was not trying to escape but simply likes the taste of mortar.

* {{Expy}}: The Observers are a stand-in for the Auditors.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Wonse in the finale. After [[spoiler:Carcer Dun is erased from existence, the Observers rewrite things so that people believe that ''she'' was the one who summoned the Noble Dragon and tried to burn the city. She remembers the truth and goes before the Observers, demanding that they give her power to destroy the Watch.]]

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Wonse, possibly. After [[spoiler:Carcer Dun is erased from existence, the Observers rewrite things so that people believe that ''she'' was the one who summoned the Noble Dragon and tried to burn the city. She remembers the truth and goes before the Observers, demanding that they give her power to destroy the Watch.]]

** {{ZigZagg|ingTrope}}ed. Lord Vetinari is of the female sex in this adaptation for whatever reason, but their gender is ambiguous, with one character even remarking that "He is a man of her word".