Gaspode - Revision history

WiktorReads: Fixed the link to moving pictures

2021-03-30T14:13:06Z

Fixed the link to moving pictures

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	\|race= Dog		\|race= Dog
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WiktorReads: Added Gaspodes age as he tells it in Moving Pictures "I’m seven years old"

2021-03-30T14:12:32Z

Added Gaspodes age as he tells it in Moving Pictures "I’m seven years old"

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Alicia at 00:21, 13 April 2019

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Old Dickens: replace dead link

2016-11-24T01:33:53Z

replace dead link

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	'''Gaspode''' the Wonder Dog is a small terrier-like mongrel dog living in [[Ankh-Morpork]] who has the ability to think and speak like a human being. Gaspode is somewhat scheming and avoids interacting with humans outside of his own interests, which he explains as a good survival trait for a stray animal's rough life. He has an extreme dislike of baths and a subsequent unpleasant mix of odors and minor diseases (indeed, according to Gaspode, he suffers from multiple ailments - including licky end, which should only be ~~contractable~~ if one is a pregnant sheep - and is only still alive because the various diseases are too busy fighting each other to kill him). Gaspode can usually be found accompanying the [[Canting Crew]] around [[Ankh-Morpork]], where he acts as a thinking-brain dog for [[Foul Ole Ron]].		'''Gaspode''' the Wonder Dog is a small terrier-like mongrel dog living in [[Ankh-Morpork]] who has the ability to think and speak like a human being. Gaspode is somewhat scheming and avoids interacting with humans outside of his own interests, which he explains as a good survival trait for a stray animal's rough life. He has an extreme dislike of baths and a subsequent unpleasant mix of odors and minor diseases (indeed, according to Gaspode, he suffers from multiple ailments - including licky end, which should only be contractible if one is a pregnant sheep - and is only still alive because the various diseases are too busy fighting each other to kill him). Gaspode can usually be found accompanying the [[Canting Crew]] around [[Ankh-Morpork]], where he acts as a thinking-brain dog for [[Foul Ole Ron]].

	Gaspode can also understand the language spoken (or barked) by other dogs. In {{TT}}, disguised as [[Deep Bone]], he helps [[William de Worde]] to translate [[Wuffles]]' recount of a high-profile crime in order to uncover a criminal's alibi.		Gaspode can also understand the language spoken (or barked) by other dogs. In {{TT}}, disguised as [[Deep Bone]], he helps [[William de Worde]] to translate [[Wuffles]]' recount of a high-profile crime in order to uncover a criminal's alibi.
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	Possibly the sole member of the [[League Against Cruelty To Dogs]].		Possibly the sole member of the [[League Against Cruelty To Dogs]].

	Gaspode sometimes introduces himself as 'Gaspode the Wonder Dog' and is named after the Discworld's equivalent of [[wikipedia:Greyfriars_Bobby\|''Greyfriars Bobby'']] and [[wikipedia:Hachiko\|''Hachiko'']], dogs who showed exceptional loyalty after his master's death. Gaspode cynically believes that the reason [[The Famous Gaspode]] stayed on his master's grave howling until he himself expired was that the headstone had been lowered onto his tail. The present Gaspode has dreams of running with a wolf-pack, and like many dogs vacillates between the desire for wildness, trying to curry respect among other dogs, and the begrudging need for human contact. These [[wikipedia:Walter_Mitty\|Walter Mitty]] tendencies make him reminiscent of another canine character, the Dog of Murray Ball's long-running comic strip ''~~[http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/index.html~~ Footrot Flats]''. Both have been heard to sarcastically remark 'Woof bloody woof.'		Gaspode sometimes introduces himself as 'Gaspode the Wonder Dog' and is named after the Discworld's equivalent of [[wikipedia:Greyfriars_Bobby\|''Greyfriars Bobby'']] and [[wikipedia:Hachiko\|''Hachiko'']], dogs who showed exceptional loyalty after his master's death. Gaspode cynically believes that the reason [[The Famous Gaspode]] stayed on his master's grave howling until he himself expired was that the headstone had been lowered onto his tail. The present Gaspode has dreams of running with a wolf-pack, and like many dogs vacillates between the desire for wildness, trying to curry respect among other dogs, and the begrudging need for human contact. These [[wikipedia:Walter_Mitty\|Walter Mitty]] tendencies make him reminiscent of another canine character, the Dog of Murray Ball's long-running comic strip ''{{wp\|Footrot Flats\|Footrot Flats}}''. Both have been heard to sarcastically remark 'Woof bloody woof.'

Jagra at 19:16, 14 July 2016

2016-07-14T19:16:40Z

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	\|children=		\|children=
	\|marital status=		\|marital status=
	\|books= ~~''[[Book:Moving Pictures\|Moving Pictures]]''~~<br>~~''[[Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms]]''~~<br>~~''[[Book:The Fifth Elephant\|The Fifth Elephant]]''~~<br>~~''[[Book:The Truth\|The Truth]]''~~<br>''[[Discworld Noir]]		\|books= {{MP}}<br>{{MAA}}<br>{{TFE}}<br>{{TT}}<br>''[[Discworld Noir]]''
	\|cameos= {{SM}}, {{H}}, {{FOC}}		\|cameos= {{SM}}, {{H}}, {{FOC}}
	}}		}}

Jagra: link

2016-07-14T19:15:06Z

link

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	\|appearance= scruffy, grey-brown, terrier-like		\|appearance= scruffy, grey-brown, terrier-like

	\|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]		\|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]

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	\|books= ''[[Book:Moving Pictures\|Moving Pictures]]''<br>''[[Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms]]''<br>''[[Book:The Fifth Elephant\|The Fifth Elephant]]''<br>''[[Book:The Truth\|The Truth]]''<br>''[[Discworld Noir]]		\|books= ''[[Book:Moving Pictures\|Moving Pictures]]''<br>''[[Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms]]''<br>''[[Book:The Fifth Elephant\|The Fifth Elephant]]''<br>''[[Book:The Truth\|The Truth]]''<br>''[[Discworld Noir]]
	\|cameos= {{SM}}, {{H}}, {{FOC}}		\|cameos= {{SM}}, {{H}}, {{FOC}}
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	Gaspode takes advantage of the fact that most people seem unable to process that a dog can talk, as the phenomenon is usually interpreted as a subconscious self-suggestion by others; notably, he tends to ''speak'' sounds like "growl" and "bark" rather than actually vocalize. Exceptions to this are [[Carrot Ironfoundersson\|Captain Carrot]] and [[Angua von Überwald\|Angua]] though Samuel Vimes heard him once in The Fifth Elephant.		Gaspode takes advantage of the fact that most people seem unable to process that a dog can talk, as the phenomenon is usually interpreted as a subconscious self-suggestion by others; notably, he tends to ''speak'' sounds like "growl" and "bark" rather than actually vocalize. Exceptions to this are [[Carrot Ironfoundersson\|Captain Carrot]] and [[Angua von Überwald\|Angua]] though Samuel Vimes heard him once in The Fifth Elephant.

	Gaspode first appeared in ~~''[[Book:Moving Pictures\|Moving Pictures]]''~~. His ability to think abstract thoughts and speak human language was first awakened by [[Holy Wood]] magic, and then reasserted itself when he ate the magically contaminated rubbish in the [[Unseen University]] dump by the principle of [[morphic resonance]] (see also ''[[~~Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms~~]]~~'')~~.		Gaspode first appeared in {{MP}}. His ability to think abstract thoughts and speak human language was first awakened by [[Holy Wood]] magic, and then reasserted itself when he ate the magically contaminated rubbish in the [[Unseen University]] dump by the principle of [[morphic resonance]] (see also {{MAA}}).

			Possibly the sole member of the [[League Against Cruelty To Dogs]].

	Gaspode sometimes introduces himself as 'Gaspode the Wonder Dog' and is named after the Discworld's equivalent of [[wikipedia:Greyfriars_Bobby\|''Greyfriars Bobby'']] and [[wikipedia:Hachiko\|''Hachiko'']], dogs who showed exceptional loyalty after his master's death. Gaspode cynically believes that the reason [[The Famous Gaspode]] stayed on his master's grave howling until he himself expired was that the headstone had been lowered onto his tail. The present Gaspode has dreams of running with a wolf-pack, and like many dogs vacillates between the desire for wildness, trying to curry respect among other dogs, and the begrudging need for human contact. These [[wikipedia:Walter_Mitty\|Walter Mitty]] tendencies make him reminiscent of another canine character, the Dog of Murray Ball's long-running comic strip ''[http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/index.html Footrot Flats]''. Both have been heard to sarcastically remark 'Woof bloody woof.'		Gaspode sometimes introduces himself as 'Gaspode the Wonder Dog' and is named after the Discworld's equivalent of [[wikipedia:Greyfriars_Bobby\|''Greyfriars Bobby'']] and [[wikipedia:Hachiko\|''Hachiko'']], dogs who showed exceptional loyalty after his master's death. Gaspode cynically believes that the reason [[The Famous Gaspode]] stayed on his master's grave howling until he himself expired was that the headstone had been lowered onto his tail. The present Gaspode has dreams of running with a wolf-pack, and like many dogs vacillates between the desire for wildness, trying to curry respect among other dogs, and the begrudging need for human contact. These [[wikipedia:Walter_Mitty\|Walter Mitty]] tendencies make him reminiscent of another canine character, the Dog of Murray Ball's long-running comic strip ''[http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/index.html Footrot Flats]''. Both have been heard to sarcastically remark 'Woof bloody woof.'

Moishe Rosenbaum: mention of Deep Bone

2016-06-26T23:56:25Z

mention of Deep Bone

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	'''Gaspode''' the Wonder Dog is a small terrier-like mongrel dog living in [[Ankh-Morpork]] who has the ability to think and speak like a human being. Gaspode is somewhat scheming and avoids interacting with humans outside of his own interests, which he explains as a good survival trait for a stray animal's rough life. He has an extreme dislike of baths and a subsequent unpleasant mix of odors and minor diseases (indeed, according to Gaspode, he suffers from multiple ailments - including licky end, which should only be contractable if one is a pregnant sheep - and is only still alive because the various diseases are too busy fighting each other to kill him). Gaspode can usually be found accompanying the [[Canting Crew]] around [[Ankh-Morpork]], where he acts as a thinking-brain dog for [[Foul Ole Ron]].		'''Gaspode''' the Wonder Dog is a small terrier-like mongrel dog living in [[Ankh-Morpork]] who has the ability to think and speak like a human being. Gaspode is somewhat scheming and avoids interacting with humans outside of his own interests, which he explains as a good survival trait for a stray animal's rough life. He has an extreme dislike of baths and a subsequent unpleasant mix of odors and minor diseases (indeed, according to Gaspode, he suffers from multiple ailments - including licky end, which should only be contractable if one is a pregnant sheep - and is only still alive because the various diseases are too busy fighting each other to kill him). Gaspode can usually be found accompanying the [[Canting Crew]] around [[Ankh-Morpork]], where he acts as a thinking-brain dog for [[Foul Ole Ron]].

	Gaspode can also understand the language spoken (or barked) by other dogs~~, and in~~ {{TT}}, helps [[William de Worde]] to translate [[Wuffles]]' recount of a high-profile crime in order to uncover a criminal's alibi.		Gaspode can also understand the language spoken (or barked) by other dogs. In {{TT}}, disguised as [[Deep Bone]], he helps [[William de Worde]] to translate [[Wuffles]]' recount of a high-profile crime in order to uncover a criminal's alibi.

	Gaspode takes advantage of the fact that most people seem unable to process that a dog can talk, as the phenomenon is usually interpreted as a subconscious self-suggestion by others; notably, he tends to ''speak'' sounds like "growl" and "bark" rather than actually vocalize. Exceptions to this are [[Carrot Ironfoundersson\|Captain Carrot]] and [[Angua von Überwald\|Angua]] though Samuel Vimes heard him once in The Fifth Elephant.		Gaspode takes advantage of the fact that most people seem unable to process that a dog can talk, as the phenomenon is usually interpreted as a subconscious self-suggestion by others; notably, he tends to ''speak'' sounds like "growl" and "bark" rather than actually vocalize. Exceptions to this are [[Carrot Ironfoundersson\|Captain Carrot]] and [[Angua von Überwald\|Angua]] though Samuel Vimes heard him once in The Fifth Elephant.