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Guybrush: /* Reverse Annotations */

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Reverse Annotations

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	** One of hundreds of books found in the game is titled ''[[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End\|The Butler's Cane Has A Knob On The End]]''.		** One of hundreds of books found in the game is titled ''[[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End\|The Butler's Cane Has A Knob On The End]]''.
	** Another of the in-game books includes the line "If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organised." ({{MAA}})		** Another of the in-game books includes the line "If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organised." ({{MAA}})
			* In [[wikipedia:Raymond E. Feist\|Raymond E Feist’s]] 2013 [[wikipedia:The Riftwar Cycle\|RiftWar]] novella ''[[wikpedia:Jimmy and the Crawler\|jimmy and the crawler]]'', protagonist Jimmy the Hand fights a mercenary named Skinny whose breath is described as “nearly as bad as [[Foul Ole Ron]]’s”.

	== Possible References ==		== Possible References ==

Guybrush: /* Alan Gordon */ Removed section - it says itself this is not a reverse annotation

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Alan Gordon: Removed section - it says itself this is not a reverse annotation

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	* Cory Doctorow's novel '''''Makers''''' is about a very close future, where a new wave of computer innovation backed by a co-operative capitalism akin to anarchism, brings about something like the replicators of ''Stargate-SG1''. On page 110, Geoff, who defines himself as a "chemist", remarks on drinking some ''really good'' (if chemically enhanced) coffee ([[Splot]]?). Quote: ''"Marthter, the creathathure awaketh!"'' he said, in high Igor.		* Cory Doctorow's novel '''''Makers''''' is about a very close future, where a new wave of computer innovation backed by a co-operative capitalism akin to anarchism, brings about something like the replicators of ''Stargate-SG1''. On page 110, Geoff, who defines himself as a "chemist", remarks on drinking some ''really good'' (if chemically enhanced) coffee ([[Splot]]?). Quote: ''"Marthter, the creathathure awaketh!"'' he said, in high Igor.
	* Later on in "Makers", the two computer inventors, Lester and Perry, create a Cabinet of Curiosities all of their very own.		* Later on in "Makers", the two computer inventors, Lester and Perry, create a Cabinet of Curiosities all of their very own.

	~~=== Alan Gordon ===~~
	Alan Gordon (born 1959) is the author of several mysteries, the first of which is based on the characters from William Shakespeare's '''''Twelfth Night'''''. He writes about jesters as advisers to the king, who actually make up a super-secret spy ring that try to keep peace and control the leaders of different countries. The Fool's Guild of these novels is portrayed as a mockery to the church, and they refer to Jesus Christ as "Their Saviour, the First Fool".

	Alan Gordon began writing his novels about fools and jesters as a supra-national spy ring in 1999. This is exactly the same idea TP came up with a year or two earlier to explain the survival of the Fools' and Clowns' Guild into the modern era - that the Guild's graduates go everywhere, end up in some very high places, and periodically report back to Doctor Whiteface. Making him both very rich and very powerful.

	~~Is it possible AG got the basic idea for the seven Fools' Guild novels from Pratchett? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gordon_(author)]~~

	The answer, according to Alan Gordon, is no. A further dive into his work would reveal his first Fools' Guild story, "The Jester and the Saint," in the December, 1995 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Given the lag time between submission and publication, one may date the idea to the previous year, so well before Mr. Pratchett's books came along. An even deeper dive into actual history would reveal the existence of the Narrenzunft, or Fools' Guilds, local organizations in towns in the Black Forest region formed to celebrate Fasnacht, a pre-Christian holiday in midwinter that became co-opted into Mardi Gras later on.

	=== Douglas Adams' ''Shada'' ===		=== Douglas Adams' ''Shada'' ===

Guybrush: /* Possible References */

2023-12-20T01:35:35Z

Possible References

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	== Possible References ==		== Possible References ==
	* In the ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' episode "Sacrifice", Xena tries to rescue Gabrielle's friend Seraphin from being a human sacrifice, but she is not grateful as she had been waiting to be sacrificed. This is very similar to a scene in {{TLF}}.		* In the ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' episode "Sacrifice", Xena tries to rescue Gabrielle's friend Seraphin from being a human sacrifice, but she is not grateful as she had been waiting to be sacrificed. This is very similar to a scene in {{TLF}}.
			* In the novel ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' it is revealed that the gamekeeper at Hogwarts before Hagrid was a man named [[Nanny Ogg\|Ogg]].
	* In the anime ''Pani Poni Dash'', episode 15, a class is stuck on a bus dangling off the edge of a cliff. Himeko, a rather hyperactive girl, deludes herself into thinking that her "aura" is what's keeping the bus from falling, hence she's supporting the whole shebang. To illustrate this, she hallucinates a brief vision of the Discworld with her head superimposed on Great A'Tuin. (It's not clear if this is specifically the Discworld or the more general mythological flat world with elephants and a turtle.)		* In the anime ''Pani Poni Dash'', episode 15, a class is stuck on a bus dangling off the edge of a cliff. Himeko, a rather hyperactive girl, deludes herself into thinking that her "aura" is what's keeping the bus from falling, hence she's supporting the whole shebang. To illustrate this, she hallucinates a brief vision of the Discworld with her head superimposed on Great A'Tuin. (It's not clear if this is specifically the Discworld or the more general mythological flat world with elephants and a turtle.)

Alan Gordon at 05:35, 7 October 2023

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	Is it possible AG got the basic idea for the seven Fools' Guild novels from Pratchett? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gordon_(author)]		Is it possible AG got the basic idea for the seven Fools' Guild novels from Pratchett? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gordon_(author)]

			The answer, according to Alan Gordon, is no. A further dive into his work would reveal his first Fools' Guild story, "The Jester and the Saint," in the December, 1995 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Given the lag time between submission and publication, one may date the idea to the previous year, so well before Mr. Pratchett's books came along. An even deeper dive into actual history would reveal the existence of the Narrenzunft, or Fools' Guilds, local organizations in towns in the Black Forest region formed to celebrate Fasnacht, a pre-Christian holiday in midwinter that became co-opted into Mardi Gras later on.

	=== Douglas Adams' ''Shada'' ===		=== Douglas Adams' ''Shada'' ===

Guybrush: Linked Quoth

2023-10-03T06:52:26Z

Linked Quoth

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	* The 2023 video game ''Baldurs Gate 3'' has several Discworld references. (Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios, is on record as being a big fan.)		* The 2023 video game ''Baldurs Gate 3'' has several Discworld references. (Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios, is on record as being a big fan.)
	** Several magic items found in the game make reference to a gnomish adventurer named "Lupperdiddle Swires", a reference to [[Buggy Swires]] and/or [[Swires]].		** Several magic items found in the game make reference to a gnomish adventurer named "Lupperdiddle Swires", a reference to [[Buggy Swires]] and/or [[Swires]].
	** There are two different ways to summon a raven familiar named "Quothe". (Also a reference to Edgar Allen Poe.)		** There are two different ways to summon a raven familiar named "[[Quoth\|Quothe]]". (Also a reference to Edgar Allen Poe.)
	** One of hundreds of books found in the game is titled ''[[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End\|The Butler's Cane Has A Knob On The End]]''.		** One of hundreds of books found in the game is titled ''[[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End\|The Butler's Cane Has A Knob On The End]]''.
	** Another of the in-game books includes the line "If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organised." ({{MAA}})		** Another of the in-game books includes the line "If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organised." ({{MAA}})

Guybrush: /* Reverse Annotations */ Fixed Wizard's Staff link

2023-10-03T06:34:57Z

Reverse Annotations: Fixed Wizard's Staff link

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	** Several magic items found in the game make reference to a gnomish adventurer named "Lupperdiddle Swires", a reference to [[Buggy Swires]] and/or [[Swires]].		** Several magic items found in the game make reference to a gnomish adventurer named "Lupperdiddle Swires", a reference to [[Buggy Swires]] and/or [[Swires]].
	** There are two different ways to summon a raven familiar named "Quothe". (Also a reference to Edgar Allen Poe.)		** There are two different ways to summon a raven familiar named "Quothe". (Also a reference to Edgar Allen Poe.)
	** One of hundreds of books found in the game is titled ''[[A Wizard's Staff Has a Knob ~~on the~~ End\|The Butler's Cane Has A Knob On The End]]''.		** One of hundreds of books found in the game is titled ''[[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End\|The Butler's Cane Has A Knob On The End]]''.
	** Another of the in-game books includes the line "If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organised." ({{MAA}})		** Another of the in-game books includes the line "If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organised." ({{MAA}})

Guybrush: /* Reverse Annotations */ Added Baldurs Gate 3 references (this will be a rich source, I'm sure)

2023-10-03T06:34:24Z

Reverse Annotations: Added Baldurs Gate 3 references (this will be a rich source, I'm sure)

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	* In one episode of the "gaslight fantasy" webcomic ''Girl Genius'' by Phil and Katja Foglio, the "clanks" (steampunk robots) attacking the Baron include [[The Luggage\|large wooden chests with sharp teeth and mechanical legs]]. The lead chest has the name of its owner written on it: "The Amazing Pratchett".		* In one episode of the "gaslight fantasy" webcomic ''Girl Genius'' by Phil and Katja Foglio, the "clanks" (steampunk robots) attacking the Baron include [[The Luggage\|large wooden chests with sharp teeth and mechanical legs]]. The lead chest has the name of its owner written on it: "The Amazing Pratchett".
	* In the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic strip "Fire and Brimstone", the Eighth Doctor's companion Izzy describes the book she's reading as featuring "This mad city called [[Ankh-Morpork]], and an old hag called [[Granny Weatherwax]], and the whole world, right, is a disc and sits on the back of a turtle." She asks the Doctor why they can't visit somewhere like the Discworld and he replies "Izzy, I've ''been''. It was flat."		* In the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic strip "Fire and Brimstone", the Eighth Doctor's companion Izzy describes the book she's reading as featuring "This mad city called [[Ankh-Morpork]], and an old hag called [[Granny Weatherwax]], and the whole world, right, is a disc and sits on the back of a turtle." She asks the Doctor why they can't visit somewhere like the Discworld and he replies "Izzy, I've ''been''. It was flat."
	* Sergei Lukyanenko's ''Night Watch'' fantasy novels about the detente between Light and Dark magic users in present-day Moscow have a Pratchett homage in book five, ''The New Watch''. Day Watch member Anton Gorodetsky (a Higher Light Magician) is passing a fatherly eye over his daughter Nadja's reading choices. Being a magical policeman and loving father is not easy, especially when she's ten and showing clear signs of being a magic-capable Other. He reflects that her initial ecstasy at learning she is to be sent to a school for young magicians is going to turn into crushing disappointment, when she realises it's nothing like Hogwarts. Or indeed [[Unseen University]]. Anton then muses on how [[Rincewind]] might have got it more right than Terry Pratchett ever believed, with his strategy of using no magic at all and running like Hell when confronted with peril. As he is about to become last line of defence for the Day Watch against an un-known magic user of immense ability which far outstrips his own, he ruefully wishes he had the Rincewind option....		* Sergei Lukyanenko's ''Night Watch'' fantasy novels about the detente between Light and Dark magic users in present-day Moscow have a Pratchett homage in book five, ''The New Watch''. Day Watch member Anton Gorodetsky (a Higher Light Magician) is passing a fatherly eye over his daughter Nadja's reading choices. Being a magical policeman and loving father is not easy, especially when she's ten and showing clear signs of being a magic-capable Other. He reflects that her initial ecstasy at learning she is to be sent to a school for young magicians is going to turn into crushing disappointment, when she realises it's nothing like Hogwarts. Or indeed [[Unseen University]]. Anton then muses on how [[Rincewind]] might have got it more right than Terry Pratchett ever believed, with his strategy of using no magic at all and running like Hell when confronted with peril. As he is about to become last line of defence for the Day Watch against an un-known magic user of immense ability which far outstrips his own, he ruefully wishes he had the Rincewind option...
			* The 2023 video game ''Baldurs Gate 3'' has several Discworld references. (Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios, is on record as being a big fan.)
			** Several magic items found in the game make reference to a gnomish adventurer named "Lupperdiddle Swires", a reference to [[Buggy Swires]] and/or [[Swires]].
			** There are two different ways to summon a raven familiar named "Quothe". (Also a reference to Edgar Allen Poe.)
			** One of hundreds of books found in the game is titled ''[[A Wizard's Staff Has a Knob on the End\|The Butler's Cane Has A Knob On The End]]''.
			** Another of the in-game books includes the line "If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organised." ({{MAA}})

	== Possible References ==		== Possible References ==

Guybrush: Moved the Xena one to the Possible section; it might be a case of fishing in the same stream

2022-12-17T07:07:49Z

Moved the Xena one to the Possible section; it might be a case of fishing in the same stream

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	== Reverse Annotations ==		== Reverse Annotations ==
	* In the ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' episode "Sacrifice", Xena tries to rescue Gabrielle's friend Seraphin from being a human sacrifice, but she is not grateful as she had been waiting to be sacrificed. This is very similar to a scene in {{TLF}}.
	* Ben Aaronovitch's ''New Doctor Who Adventures'' novel ''The Also People'' features, at various points:		* Ben Aaronovitch's ''New Doctor Who Adventures'' novel ''The Also People'' features, at various points:
	** Reference to a suspicious yellow dip at parties that no-one ever eats ({{RM}})		** Reference to a suspicious yellow dip at parties that no-one ever eats ({{RM}})
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	== Possible References ==		== Possible References ==
			* In the ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' episode "Sacrifice", Xena tries to rescue Gabrielle's friend Seraphin from being a human sacrifice, but she is not grateful as she had been waiting to be sacrificed. This is very similar to a scene in {{TLF}}.
	* In the anime ''Pani Poni Dash'', episode 15, a class is stuck on a bus dangling off the edge of a cliff. Himeko, a rather hyperactive girl, deludes herself into thinking that her "aura" is what's keeping the bus from falling, hence she's supporting the whole shebang. To illustrate this, she hallucinates a brief vision of the Discworld with her head superimposed on Great A'Tuin. (It's not clear if this is specifically the Discworld or the more general mythological flat world with elephants and a turtle.)		* In the anime ''Pani Poni Dash'', episode 15, a class is stuck on a bus dangling off the edge of a cliff. Himeko, a rather hyperactive girl, deludes herself into thinking that her "aura" is what's keeping the bus from falling, hence she's supporting the whole shebang. To illustrate this, she hallucinates a brief vision of the Discworld with her head superimposed on Great A'Tuin. (It's not clear if this is specifically the Discworld or the more general mythological flat world with elephants and a turtle.)

Guybrush: /* = The Third Nero */

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= The Third Nero

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	* Falco is also charged with bringing to book a ghastly criminal family, composed of a hideous overbearing monster of a mother and the thuggish sons she has alternately doted on and terrified into submission. The Claudii family come over as a Roman echo of Ma Lilywhite and her sons (although one of them isn't above hitting girls).		* Falco is also charged with bringing to book a ghastly criminal family, composed of a hideous overbearing monster of a mother and the thuggish sons she has alternately doted on and terrified into submission. The Claudii family come over as a Roman echo of Ma Lilywhite and her sons (although one of them isn't above hitting girls).

	==== ''The Third Nero'' ===		==== ''The Third Nero'' ====
	* This book has a street trader named Xeno, who sells pies and pastries. He's not above serving rat meat...		* This book has a street trader named Xeno, who sells pies and pastries. He's not above serving rat meat...

Guybrush: Started on some clean-up; still a long way to go

2022-12-17T07:04:20Z

Started on some clean-up; still a long way to go

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