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* ''[[Discworld/Going Postal/Funny|Going Postal]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Going Postal/Funny|Going Postal]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Thud/Funny|Thud!]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Thud/Funny|Thud!]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Making Money/Funny|Making Money]]''
* ''[[Making Money/Funny|Making Money]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals/Funny|Unseen Academicals]]''
* ''[[Unseen Academicals/Funny|Unseen Academicals]]''
* ''[[Snuff/Funny|Snuff]]''
* ''[[Snuff/Funny|Snuff]]''


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* ''[[Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky/Funny|A Hat Full of Sky]]''
* ''[[Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky/Funny|A Hat Full of Sky]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Wintersmith/Funny|Wintersmith]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Wintersmith/Funny|Wintersmith]]''
* ''[[Discworld/I Shall Wear Midnight/Funny|I Shall Wear Midnight]]''
* ''[[I Shall Wear Midnight/Funny|I Shall Wear Midnight]]''




== Short stories ==
== Short stories ==

* In the short story, "[http://www.lspace.org/books/toc/toc-english.html Theatre of Cruelty]," where Carrot is investigating a death to which there were no apparent witnesses. So in search of a lead, he goes and [[Genre Savvy|waits with an elderly man]] until [[The Grim Reaper|You Know Who]] shows up, goes, "Now I ''know'' you saw something, sir. You were there," and then [[You Just Told Me|tricks him into]] helping the police with their enquiries.
* In the short story, "[http://www.lspace.org/books/toc/toc-english.html Theatre of Cruelty]," where Carrot is investigating a death to which there were no apparent witnesses. So in search of a lead, he goes and [[Genre Savvy|waits with an elderly man]] until [[The Grim Reaper|You Know Who]] shows up, goes, "Now I ''know'' you saw something, sir. You were there," and then [[You Just Told Me|tricks him into]] helping the police with their enquiries.


== Other ==
== Other ==
* The short film "Run Rincewind Run!" is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] addressed from Discworld's fans ''to'' Terry Pratchett.


== Characters who are mentioned but never appear ==
== Characters who are mentioned but never appear ==

* Anything involving [[Bungling Inventor|Bloody Stupid Johnson]], or the remarkable lateral thinking of Ankh-Morpork citizens.
* Anything involving [[Bungling Inventor|Bloody Stupid Johnson]], or the remarkable lateral thinking of Ankh-Morpork citizens.
** The "Improved Manicure Device", now used for peeling potatoes at Unseen University.
** The "Improved Manicure Device", now used for peeling potatoes at Unseen University.
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** Oh God, the Palace Gardens. The passage about the exploding sundial and the ornamental fountain / ''surface-to-air missile launcher'' nearly ''killed'' this troper.
** Oh God, the Palace Gardens. The passage about the exploding sundial and the ornamental fountain / ''surface-to-air missile launcher'' nearly ''killed'' this troper.


* The short film "Run Rincewind Run!" is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] addressed from Discworld's fans ''to'' Terry Pratchett.


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Revision as of 12:17, 9 November 2022


The Discworld series is a 37-book series full of awesome, hilarious, and heartwarming. Here are the funni(er) bits.

Now in convenient folders divided by book, so you don't have to read the entire series to read this page and not be spoiled! Please keep examples in the folder belonging to the relevant book.


Main Discworld novels

Illustrated novels


Young adult novels


Short stories

Other

Characters who are mentioned but never appear

  • Anything involving Bloody Stupid Johnson, or the remarkable lateral thinking of Ankh-Morpork citizens.
    • The "Improved Manicure Device", now used for peeling potatoes at Unseen University.
    • "Retrophrenology": if the bumps in your head indicate your personality traits, then changing them will affect your character. In practice, this just means getting thumped with a variety of differently-sized hammers, but it provides work and it keeps the money circulating, and that's the important thing.
    • Archchancellor Ridcully, in Hogfather, taking a shower in a bathroom designed by Johnson. He made the mistake of pressing the tap marked "Old Faithful," and had a bit of trouble walking for a while afterwards.

"Ye gods, I've never felt so clean."

    • The landscaping Bloody Stupid did for the palace garden, which included a 150 yard by 1 inch trout lake (home to one thin trout, who presumably would be periodically turned around by the gardeners). The perimeter is presumably denotated by a hoho, i.e. 50 feet deep haha. Claimed three palace gardener's lives, and once trapped the Head of the Assassin's Guild.
    • Oh God, the Palace Gardens. The passage about the exploding sundial and the ornamental fountain / surface-to-air missile launcher nearly killed this troper.



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