The Assassins' Guild severely restricts the proliferation of firearms and crossbows that have been modified to the point that they can be about as deadly as firearms, as they feel that it would make killing too easy. He found the Laws Tak had written, and he was endarkened. " Some human nationalities also have their own specific gods: Omnians worship Om, and Borogravians have Nuggan (though most of them actually worship the Duchess, who has posthumously become the equivalent against her will). A running joke in Hogfather is him mistaking other small round items for them. Exceptions exist, such as the early mention of wizards in Krull not caring much either way. Legendary Weapon: The Sword of the Kings of Ankh. Inverted: Greebo is actually afraid of You since their first meeting. He advises a number of protagonists and is clearly more level-headed than most characters on the disc. Part of the reason that the Fools' Guild is so spectacularly bad at being funny is because they religiously follow, in Gormenghastian tradition, the essays on punning, wit, jokes and humor written by Monsieur Jean-Paul Pune, who was run out of Quirm due to a combination of the (even more intense, at the time) literal-mindedness of his fellows and his own heavily implied ineptitude at actually being funny. Shout-Out: So very many that, before wikis existed, the fandom collected them into The Annotated Pratchett File. A police procedural based around the Ankh-Morpork Watch is in the works, and discussions are underway for cinema films of Mort and The Wee Free Men. Temporarily banished from a dorm room say crossword. The former has spent the majority of his life running away from things, and the latter is an orangutan.
A wizard who lives past fifty can expect to live past one hundred. Plant Hair: Trolls are made of rock and sometimes cultivate moss and lichens on their heads. Deadly Dust Storm: The deserts of Klatch have these, to the point where all you need to do to sharpen a sword is hold it in the air for a little. As indeed does the sea, but the Discworld Companion says "arrangements are made" to prevent it all draining away. If we had their proportionate strength, human could pick up buildings. Wizard magic is often done with an elaborate ritual, but most of that is just for looks. Temporarily banished from a dorm room say crossword puzzles. You Can't Kill What's Already Dead: - Zombies are much more resilient and stronger than humans, with watchzombie Reg Shoe taking a crossbow bolt through the chest and only complaining of the puncture holes in his armor. In later Discworld novels the UU vow of celibacy seems to have shifted in the same way as Oxford and Cambridge Universities (see Real Life), in that wizards can have relations with women, but can't get married. The basic unit of witchcraft is the witch, but the basic contiguous unit, as has already been indicated, is the cottage.
The "feral" variety seems to be a natural creature — the only sentient species on the Disc that has evolved natural flight. Mundane Utility: Wizards. By "Going Postal" and "Making Money", we've got books about corrupt executives, bank fraud and the power of good happen to also involve golems, wizards and banshees. Granny Weatherwax: "I aten't dead. He's even lampshaded this, saying that what he needs is a support group where he can stand up and say, "My name is Sam and I'm a really suspicious bastard.
Other: - The Discworld Companion (with Stephen Briggs) (1994). Brick Joke: Happens quite often, even across books in the form of Continuity Nods. Pratchett himself describes it as a cross between Renaissance Florence, nineteenth-century Seattle, modern-day New York, and Victorian London & Amsterdam. Naturally, Pterry can't help but pun—high level troll gangsters are referred to as "Tons". Mort (1987 — Death). The Perils of Being the Best: This is a point that gets brought up in many, many, books. The first few books were a straightforward parody of Heroic Fantasy tropes, but later books have subverted, played with, and hung lampshades on practically every trope on this site, in every genre, and many not yet covered, as well as parodying (and in some cases, deconstructing) many well known films, books, and TV series, and eventually ended up at Urban Fantasy. Official Couple: Since the Discworld is mercifully short on romantic drama, any couple whose initial courtship forms a sub-plot in one book are likely to follow this trope for the remainder of the series. In any novel where the wizards appear for long, he's likely to be the bystander who catches the friendly-fire flack. Being really old school barbarian heroes, they occasionally forget what order to do it in and Cohen has to remind the rest of the Horde which things to rape, and which to burn down. Men Can't Keep House: - Suggested several times to be the case with the City Watch, particularly the canteen. Explained by the fact that everyone believes in luck, even if no one worships it.
Somehow the Senior Wrangler became the romantic of the UU faculty, while averting this trope enough to still be interchangeable with the Chair and Lecturer. Low Fantasy: Increasingly — starting around "Men at Arms", the focus shifts away from reality-warping threats and towards how a city like Ankh-Morpork would actually work. Divine Birds: Parodied with Blind Io, the Top God of the local pantheon. Though never stated, the implication seems to be that the dragons left due to the lessening of magical energy on Discworld, possibly due to the lack of Sourcerers. If you think that you can take down a watchman, make sure they're not Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Detritus, or Dorfl. Many male trolls are simply "Granite" or "Marble" or similar: but female trolls tend to incorporate a lot more wholly and semi-precious gemstones, ie Ruby, Beryl, et c. And, of course, all trolls have diamond teeth — the only material strong enough to grind and break down rock. The witch Nanny Ogg continued to have children well into her fifties; it is noted that this is not unusual for women in her rural homeland, for reasons that aren't explained. We find out in Feet of Clay that the full names of her parents are Baron Guye von Uberwald, aka (Silvertail), and Seraphine Soxe-Blumberg, aka (Yellowfang). Any more is a problem) is the Maiden, the Mother and... the Other One. Modernized God: Gods Need Prayer Badly, so some out-of-style deities will do whatever it takes to get by. A few drops are enough to fell a troll. Second edition as The Discworld Companion Updated (1997); third edition as The New Discworld Companion (2003), fourth edition as Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...
MuggleMage Romance: - Not uncommon among witches. One of the few times he's openly seen by adults is during the performance of a play featuring the character of Death — since they are expecting to see "Death", they see Death — and he promptly gets stage fright, as he's unused to being seen by so many people at once. While intra-human racism isn't as big a problem on the Disc, Quirke is clearly the type to abuse his authority at any opportunity. Basically, they're efficient predators with a cry that can be used to terrify prey.
Archchancellor Ridcully always puts a lot of spice on his food, especially Wow-Wow Sauce, a condiment so potent as to be downright dangerous. He is also once taken to the Klatchian desert and can barely move during the day. Snuff (2011 — The City Watch). Unlike his more sympathetic — if tragically misguided — co-conspirator, his reasons for this are purely for his own amusement.
Author Tract: While almost all the books examine real life issues, they usually avoid leaning too heavily onto this trope, informing the stories rather than dictated them, showing rather than telling. He called the world a sea of evil with only bad people in it, and hoped for no afterlife. That said, the only cat who is really magical is Maurice, from The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
Especially since his current music killed his entrance pop. It's like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain! He could keep the bike, but it'd have to be a small one, like the kind the Shriners ride. You've gone and made a big mistake. I'm burnin these walls to the ground. The dorky Kinko's clerk on Jerry Maguire. 02 1151) Sic gorgiamos allos subjectatos nunc.
Sung Lyrics] You've Done it now!!! Plus, Assman, Road dogg's intro, and D'Lo's intro aren't kosher either for swearing. Your Gonna Pay- Undertaker Lyrics WWE. Anyways there's the lyrics to the song, ENJOY!! The gesture was okay and fit the it led to his crappy face turn. I'm blind sided and will never be the same. You're gonna pay undertaker lyrics full. Actually, I don't mind when YOU dis Taker, Asteroidboy, because you're usually creative about it. Originally posted by ekedolphin Well, that's certainly a PG-13-rated song, isn't it? Nice guys i said they always finish dasses always wip an kick ass. Originally posted by asteroidboy Taker should out to his old bell ringing, followed with some footage of a nursing home, to the tune of Muzak.
Edited by Mattitude V1 on 8. And yeah, I preferred the lyrics-free version, and heel Taker was a great character. Blame Austin's departure and Trip's failure as a face--they wanted to maintain the balance, I guess, so Taker had to turn. Cause the end is now!! He had a great heel run when he was beating the crap out of lesser mortals such as Maven every week.
"That's how you become great, man: you hang your balls out there. " I'M GONNA BRING YOU DOWN!!! Sadly enough, I think the only time Rollin' worked as a piece of music was when it was Undertaker's entrance. Or something similar) And My Time had the pretty audible "SHIT! " And I can't to think you can just walk away! But cheapshots, that's the way that you play the game.