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[[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' has a ''lot'' of these:
[[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' has a ''lot'' of these:

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== Main Discworld novels ==
== Main Discworld novels ==
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* ''[[The Colour of Magic/Tear Jerker|The Colour of Magicr]]''

* ''[[Discworld/The Colour of Magic/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Mort/Tear Jerker|Mort]]''
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* ''[[Sourcery/Tear Jerker|Sourcery]]''
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* ''[[Moving Pictures/Tear Jerker|Moving Pictures]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Mort/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Reaper Man/Tear Jerker|Reaper Man]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Sourcery/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Witches Abroad/Tear Jerker|Witches Abroad]]''
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* ''[[Small Gods/Tear Jerker|Small Gods]]''
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* ''[[Lords and Ladies/Tear Jerker|Lords and Ladies]]''
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* ''[[Men at Arms/Tear Jerker|Men at Arms]]''
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* ''[[Soul Music (novel)/Tear Jerker|Soul Music]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Interesting Times/Tear Jerker|Interesting Times]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Feet of Clay (novel)/Tear Jerker|Feet of Clay]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Hogfather/Tear Jerker|Hogfather]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Small Gods/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Jingo/Tear Jerker|Jingo]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Carpe Jugulum/Tear Jerker|Carpe Jugulum]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[The Fifth Elephant/Tear Jerker|The Fifth Elephant]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Soul Music/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)/Tear Jerker|Night Watch]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Monstrous Regiment/Tear Jerker|Monstrous Regiment]]''
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* ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)/Tear Jerker|Going Postal]]''
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* ''[[Feet of Clay/Tear Jerker|Feet of Clay]]''
* ''[[Thud!/Tear Jerker|Thud!]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Hogfather/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Unseen Academicals/Tear Jerker|Unseen Academicals]]''
* ''[[Discworld/Jingo/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Snuff/Tear Jerker|Snuff]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
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* ''[[Night Watch (novel)/Tear Jerker|Night Watch]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Going Postal/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Thud/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Snuff/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''


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== Young adult novels ==
== Young adult novels ==
* ''[[The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents/Tear Jerker|The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents]]''

* ''[[Discworld/The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[The Wee Free Men/Tear Jerker|The Wee Free Men]]''
* ''[[Discworld/The Wee Free Men/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[A Hat Full of Sky/Tear Jerker|A Hat Full of Sky]]''
* ''[[Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
* ''[[Wintersmith/Tear Jerker|Wintersmith]]''
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* ''[[Discworld/Wintersmith/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]]''
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== Other ==
== Other ==
* The introduction in which Terry writes about getting letters from people who are due to meet Death, and hope that he is as Pratchett has written him. Not just any people. CHILDREN. Terminally ill children who thank Mr. Pratchet for making Death less scary for them. Let's just say Terry wasn't the only one left [[Heroic BSOD|staring at the walls]] when they read that.
* The introduction in which Terry writes about getting letters from people who are due to meet Death, and hope that he is as Pratchett has written him. Not just any people. CHILDREN. Terminally ill children who thank Mr. Pratchet for making Death less scary for them. Let's just say Terry wasn't the only one left [[Heroic BSOD|staring at the walls]] when they read that.
* What may be the ultimate [[Tear Jerker]] for the whole Disc- the fact that Terry Pratchett is suffering of a disease that will slowly corrode him and his brilliant mind, until nothing remains of the brainpower that creates and fuels this amazing world.
* What may be the ultimate [[Tear Jerker]] for the whole Disc- the fact that Terry Pratchett suffered of a disease that slowly corroded him and his brilliant mind, until nothing remained of the brainpower that creates and fuels this amazing world.
** Worse: He's made a documentary discussing the concept of assisted suicide, showing a half dozen people suffering from horrible diseases that have absolutely destroyed their bodies, yet they are just as alive and bright in mind as Pratchett himself... ...and the point of it all is explaining and showing how he plans to end his own life. Here's a link: http://vimeo.com/25239708 .
** Worse: He's made a documentary discussing the concept of assisted suicide, showing a half dozen people suffering from horrible diseases that have absolutely destroyed their bodies, yet they are just as alive and bright in mind as Pratchett himself... ...and the point of it all is explaining and showing how he plans to end his own life. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111201160608/http://vimeo.com/25239708 Here's a link].
*** He wrote a Dimbleby Lecture, about a year after that documentary was made. It was about euthanasia, and the single hardest thing to watch in it is him explaining that he needed his friend Tony Robinson to read out his entire speech for him, because his brain just is not capable of letting him properly read any more. The look on everybody's faces, and the obvious way Pratchett is struggling to read about a page of notes- the introduction- is heartbreaking. Making it worse is that he sits on stage afterwards, extremely dignified, as Robinson reads the speech, and the camera keeps cutting occasionally to Pratchett quietly sitting in his chair, his hat covering his face.
*** He wrote a Dimbleby Lecture, about a year after that documentary was made. It was about euthanasia, and the single hardest thing to watch in it is him explaining that he needed his friend Tony Robinson to read out his entire speech for him, because his brain just is not capable of letting him properly read any more. The look on everybody's faces, and the obvious way Pratchett is struggling to read about a page of notes- the introduction- is heartbreaking. Making it worse is that he sits on stage afterwards, extremely dignified, as Robinson reads the speech, and the camera keeps cutting occasionally to Pratchett quietly sitting in his chair, his hat covering his face.
** In the end, Sir Terry died of complications from Alzheimer's on 12 March 2015.
* Repeatedly in witch novels: ''If any ground is sacred, this ground is; if any day is sacred, this day is.''
* Repeatedly in witch novels: ''If any ground is sacred, this ground is; if any day is sacred, this day is.''
* ''The Sea and Little Fishes'': "It’s hard to contemplate, in the grey hours of the night, that probably the only reason people would come to your funeral would be to make sure you’re dead." Granny Weatherwax can be a very heartbreaking character at times.
* ''The Sea and Little Fishes'': "It’s hard to contemplate, in the grey hours of the night, that probably the only reason people would come to your funeral would be to make sure you’re dead." Granny Weatherwax can be a very heartbreaking character at times.


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Latest revision as of 19:42, 26 October 2023


Terry Pratchett's Discworld has a lot of these:


Main Discworld novels

Young adult novels

Other

  • The introduction in which Terry writes about getting letters from people who are due to meet Death, and hope that he is as Pratchett has written him. Not just any people. CHILDREN. Terminally ill children who thank Mr. Pratchet for making Death less scary for them. Let's just say Terry wasn't the only one left staring at the walls when they read that.
  • What may be the ultimate Tear Jerker for the whole Disc- the fact that Terry Pratchett suffered of a disease that slowly corroded him and his brilliant mind, until nothing remained of the brainpower that creates and fuels this amazing world.
    • Worse: He's made a documentary discussing the concept of assisted suicide, showing a half dozen people suffering from horrible diseases that have absolutely destroyed their bodies, yet they are just as alive and bright in mind as Pratchett himself... ...and the point of it all is explaining and showing how he plans to end his own life. Here's a link.
      • He wrote a Dimbleby Lecture, about a year after that documentary was made. It was about euthanasia, and the single hardest thing to watch in it is him explaining that he needed his friend Tony Robinson to read out his entire speech for him, because his brain just is not capable of letting him properly read any more. The look on everybody's faces, and the obvious way Pratchett is struggling to read about a page of notes- the introduction- is heartbreaking. Making it worse is that he sits on stage afterwards, extremely dignified, as Robinson reads the speech, and the camera keeps cutting occasionally to Pratchett quietly sitting in his chair, his hat covering his face.
    • In the end, Sir Terry died of complications from Alzheimer's on 12 March 2015.
  • Repeatedly in witch novels: If any ground is sacred, this ground is; if any day is sacred, this day is.
  • The Sea and Little Fishes: "It’s hard to contemplate, in the grey hours of the night, that probably the only reason people would come to your funeral would be to make sure you’re dead." Granny Weatherwax can be a very heartbreaking character at times.
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