Talk:Igor

Wondering if an Igor counts as a human or member of a separate species? See Talk:Discworld Stuff - Humanoids.

I'll repost Terry's comment here for clarity (saves a click, anyway ;) ):

I repeat: all Igors are human, male and female.  Igorism is cultural.
If the daughter of an Igor takes it into her head to marry a man who
does *not* have stitches all around his head, then that doesn't mean her
children will be half-Igor.  I imagine, though, that the Igorinas go in
rather less for the 'total makeover' look.

Leaving aside any 'informal' methods of acquisition, I'm pretty certain
I said somewhere that if an Igor helps you out, it's considered only
fair to allow him or another Igor to help themselves to any still-useful
bits upon your death.-

-- 
Terry Pratchett

It's always confusing, but I think Igor #1, recently added, is the same as Igor at Don'tgonearthe Castle. Any opinions? --Old Dickens 21:50, 21 December 2007 (CET)

"Igor at the A-M Mint". Could be that I'm nitpicking, but isn't this Igor the one who lives in the cellars underneath the Royal Bank rather than the Mint? The one who assists Hubert Turvey with the Thing/Glooper, shows Moist the hitherto unregarded way in and out, transfers Owlswick's repungant essence (and artistic talent) into an unfortunate turnip, appreciates Marster's unhinged laugh, and eventually returns the gold to its rightful place? --AgProv 12:25, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

The Igor who inherited his grandfather's hands was the one who worked for Jeremy Clockson, not the one who works for the Watch (unless they both inherited their respective grandfather's hands). (unsigned)

They did. --Old Dickens 01:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

An issue that came up, in a fanfic discussion, of all places. How do Igors reproduce? Where do little Igors come from? As there is a reference to Igors being much sought-after among human women (the bodily modification involved here is one we can all make a shrewd guess about - they are still bodily organs, after all, and any self-respecting Igor would install only the best), I have assumed normal mundane reproduction. Isn't there also a reference to the children of Igors being healthy and good-looking, or is that only the Igorinas?

A disturbing possibility is that, as with the Borg in Star Trek, little Igors may be, er, assembled rather than made. (The visual image from ST:TNG is that of the nursery on board a Borg cube, where a gurgling and happy human baby is already heavily bio-implanted).

And I assumed an Igor from one part of the clan might elect to whave wholly Igor children with an Igorina from a distant part of the clan. But as was pointed out, might this not lead to dangerous inbreeding where nature ensures extra fingers on each hand with no need for surgical intervention?

You assume that human genes are "imported" every so often by marrying out of the Clan, so as to keep the water in the gene pool clear and recycled...--AgProv 12:07, 6 April 2011 (CEST)

I thought they usually married outside the clan and became igors as we know them through self improvement, with parts from family members or otherwise. --Confusion (talk) 21:12, 2 January 2014 (GMT)