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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Cohen uses his ancient notched sword to roll a natural seven on a six-sided die by slicing it in half while it's in the air.
* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: Leonard asks for journeyman craftsmen, rather than masters, to design his spaceship, because he has no use for "people who have learned the limits of the possible" - specifically the false limits of what people ''expect'' to be possible.
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionate]] [[Deconstruction]] with Dark Lord Harry Dread. He comes off as a [[Worthy Opponent]] and a [[Noble Demon]] due to his [[Contractual Genre Blindness]] honor code.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: For Dark Lord Harry Dread, the Horde would expect nothing less. It's part of the Code.
* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: The Silver Horde are a bunch of old seasoned warriors that are willing to and capable of blowing up Dunmanifestin, and they could easily kill anyone who stands in their way - unless {{spoiler|they're facing a single truly brave hero like Carrot Ironfoundersson. Which makes ''them'' the villains. [[Genre Savvy|They realise this]] when it happens.}}
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Rincewind mentions falling off the Disc before, a reference to the end of ''[[Discworld/The Colour of Magic|The Colour of Magic]]'', and then mentions that he couldn't see anything as his life was flashing before his eyes, a nod to the beginning of ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]''. Carrot also remarks that the moon's native dragons resemble Errol, the <s> total whittle</s> ''throwback'' swamp dragon from ''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]''.
* [[Contractual Genre Blindness]]: Lord Harry Dread always hires stupid (and [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|inattentive]]) minions, builds escapable dungeons and leaves caches of food, medicine and weapons for heroes to find, because that's how things are done, and in return he profits from his ventures ([[Evil Always Triumphs in The Middle|until the third act]]), [[Villain Exit Stage Left|always escapes to try again]], and both their reputations are enhanced.
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* [[Cool Starship]]: ''The Kite''. Untested and still under construction when they left Ankh-Morpork, Leonard still built in many advances features, including Prince Haram's Tiller (an autopilot). Note that Vetinari, being the product of an arts-based education, understands the reference to the Klatchian folk tale but Stibbons—a scientist—doesn't.
** "Haram" is a Islamic term meaning "forbidden".
* [[Cosmic Chess Game]]: "The gods play games with the fates of men. Not complex ones, obviously, because gods lack patience."
* [[Cutting the Knot]]: How Cohen beats Fate at dice. The original story is also mentioned, and was how Cohen gut his inspiration.
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