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{{Book Data | {{Book Data | ||
|title= | |title=Moving Pictures | ||
| | |cover=[[File:MPZoom.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]] | ||
|date= 1990 | |coauthors= | ||
|publisher= Victor Gollancz | |illustrator= | ||
|isbn= 0552134635 | |date=1990 | ||
|pages= | |publisher=Victor Gollancz | ||
|series= | |isbn=0552134635 | ||
|pages=279 | |||
|rrp= | |||
|series=Discworld Series | |||
|characters=[[Victor Tugelbend]], [[Theda Withel]], [[Gaspode]] | |characters=[[Victor Tugelbend]], [[Theda Withel]], [[Gaspode]] | ||
|annotations=yes | |annotations=yes | ||
|notes= Book #10 | |notes=Book #10 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Blurb== | ==Blurb== | ||
The [[Alchemists' Guild|alchemists]] of the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]] have discovered the [[magic]] of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of [[Holy Wood]] hill? | The [[Alchemists' Guild|alchemists]] of the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]] have discovered the [[magic]] of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of [[Holy Wood]] hill? | ||
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It's up to [[Victor Tugelbend]] ("Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little") and [[Theda Withel]] ("I come from a little town you've probably never heard of") to find out ... | It's up to [[Victor Tugelbend]] ("Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little") and [[Theda Withel]] ("I come from a little town you've probably never heard of") to find out ... | ||
{{MP}}, the tenth Discworld novel, is a gloriously funny saga set against the background of a [[Ankh-Morpork|world gone mad]]! | {{MP}}, the tenth Discworld novel, is a gloriously funny saga set against the background of a [[Ankh-Morpork|world gone mad]]! | ||
The cover was painted by Josh Kirby, and the front features many characters filming a moving picture: Victor (with sword), Ginger (lying | ==Cover== | ||
The cover was painted by [[Josh Kirby]], and the front features many characters filming a moving picture: Victor (with sword), Ginger (lying languorously), Silverfish (with megaphone), Gaffer (with picture box), Gaspode (by Ginger's leg), CMOT Dibbler (with sausages-in-buns), Oswald (behind Victor), a troll (under Ginger), and several imps and dwarves. | |||
The back cover has three Wizards riding with Windle Poons on his wheelchair, chasing Gaspode (who seems to be on both covers) and Laddie, passing the Resograph. | The back cover has three Wizards riding with Windle Poons on his wheelchair, chasing Gaspode (who seems to be on both covers) and Laddie, passing the Resograph. | ||
== Major Characters == | ==Major Characters== | ||
* [[Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler]] | * [[Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler]] | ||
* [[Thomas Silverfish]], President of the Alchemists' Guild, whose name parodies {{wp|Samuel Goldwyn|Samuel Goldwyn}} (who used the name "Samuel Goldfish" for a few years). However, Dibbler acts more like Goldwyn than Silverfish does. | * [[Thomas Silverfish]], President of the Alchemists' Guild, whose name parodies {{wp|Samuel Goldwyn|Samuel Goldwyn}} (who used the name "Samuel Goldfish" for a few years). However, Dibbler acts more like Goldwyn than Silverfish does. | ||
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* [[Gaspode]] | * [[Gaspode]] | ||
* [[Theda Withel]] aka [[Ginger]] aka [[Delores de Syn]] | * [[Theda Withel]] aka [[Ginger]] aka [[Delores de Syn]] | ||
* [[Oswald]], a parody of the {{wp|Academy_Award#The_Oscar|Academy Award of Merit}}, also referenced as [[Osric]] and [[Osbert]] (Oswald is the most frequently used name, but not necessarily the guardian's true name) | * [[Oswald (Moving Pictures)|Oswald]], a parody of the {{wp|Academy_Award#The_Oscar|Academy Award of Merit}}, also referenced as [[Osric]] and [[Osbert]] (Oswald is the most frequently used name, but not necessarily the guardian's true name) | ||
==Minor Characters== | |||
* [[Deccan Ribobe]] | * [[Deccan Ribobe]] | ||
* [[Death]] | * [[Death]] | ||
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* [[Soll Dibbler]], Dibbler's nephew | * [[Soll Dibbler]], Dibbler's nephew | ||
== Cameos and Mentions == | ==Cameos and Mentions== | ||
* [[Tento]] | * [[Tento]] | ||
* [[Mustrum Ridcully]] | * [[Mustrum Ridcully]] | ||
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* [[Magma]], troll king with legendary, uh, scepter, referencing {{wp|magma|magma}} | * [[Magma]], troll king with legendary, uh, scepter, referencing {{wp|magma|magma}} | ||
* the [[Sphinx]] (mentioned) | * the [[Sphinx]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Evil-Minded Son of a Bitch]], camel | * [[Evil-Minded Son of a Bitch]], camel | ||
* [[Azhural N'choate]], stock dealer (in elephants and other wildlife) | * [[Azhural N'choate]], stock dealer (in elephants and other wildlife) | ||
* [[M'Bu]], N'choate's assistant | * [[M'Bu]], N'choate's assistant | ||
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** [[Lecturer in Recent Runes]] | ** [[Lecturer in Recent Runes]] | ||
** [[Dean of Pentacles]] | ** [[Dean of Pentacles]] | ||
** [[Greyhald Spold]] | ** [[Greyhald Spold]] (mentioned) | ||
** [[Pimple]] | ** [[Pimple]] (mentioned) | ||
** Cucumber [[Framer]] | ** Cucumber [[Framer]] | ||
* [[Blanche Languish]], stage name of click actress | * [[Blanche Languish]], stage name of click actress | ||
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* [[Elves]] | * [[Elves]] | ||
== Things and Concepts == | ==Things and Concepts== | ||
* [[Octo-cellulose]], Discworld equivalent of {{wp|Nitrocellulose#Nitrocellulose_film|film}} | * [[Octo-cellulose]], Discworld equivalent of {{wp|Nitrocellulose#Nitrocellulose_film|film}} | ||
* [[Imps]], used in cameras to paint film frames and blow them dry very fast | |||
* [[Salamander]], light-producing animal | * [[Salamander]], light-producing animal | ||
* [[Banged Grains]], Discworld equivalent of {{wp|popcorn|popcorn}} | * [[Banged Grains]], Discworld equivalent of {{wp|popcorn|popcorn}} | ||
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* [["Hiho" song]], reference to {{wp|Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_%281937_film%29#Songs|Heigh-Ho}} song | * [["Hiho" song]], reference to {{wp|Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_%281937_film%29#Songs|Heigh-Ho}} song | ||
* [[The Boke of the Film]], parodying the "instant books" that come out when a popular film is released | * [[The Boke of the Film]], parodying the "instant books" that come out when a popular film is released | ||
* Movie | * [[Movie Studios]]: | ||
** [[ | ** [[Untied Alchemists]], parodying {{wp|United Artists|United Artists}} | ||
** [[ | ** [[Century of the Fruitbat]], parodying {{wp|20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox}} | ||
** [[ | ** [[Fir Wood Studios]], parodying {{wp|Pinewood Studios|Pinewood Studios}} | ||
** [[ | ** [[Microlithic Pictures]], parodying {{wp|Paramount_Motion_Pictures_Group|Paramount Pictures}} | ||
** [[ | ** [[Floating Bladder Pictures]], not a parody of any studio | ||
** {{wp|Columbia_Pictures_Industries_Inc.|Columbia Pictures}} and {{wp|MGM_Studios_Inc.|MGM Studios}} are referenced by [[Ginger]] when she describes a recurring dream to [[Victor]]: “It always starts off with this mountain … and there are stars around it, you know, in the sky, but one of them comes down and it’s not a star at all, it’s a woman holding a torch over her head…” (Columbia) “… and then there are a lot of lights and this roar, like a lion or a tiger or something…” (MGM) | |||
* [[Passion's Plaything]], a cheap perfume | * [[Passion's Plaything]], a cheap perfume | ||
* [[Howondaland Green]], a type of parrot | * [[Howondaland Green]], a type of parrot | ||
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* [[Achmed the I Just Get These Headaches's Book of Humorous Cat Stories]], book | * [[Achmed the I Just Get These Headaches's Book of Humorous Cat Stories]], book | ||
* [[We Can Rule You Wholesale]], Ankh-Morpork civic anthem | * [[We Can Rule You Wholesale]], Ankh-Morpork civic anthem | ||
==Clicks and their [[Roundworld]] references== | ==Clicks and their [[Roundworld]] references== | ||
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* '''''Bad Menace of Troll Valley''''', possible reference to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022076/ Lightnin' Smith Returns], American title "Valley of the Bad Men" | * '''''Bad Menace of Troll Valley''''', possible reference to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022076/ Lightnin' Smith Returns], American title "Valley of the Bad Men" | ||
* '''''Shadowe of the Dessert''''', referencing [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015319/ The Shadow of the East], UK title "The Shadow of the Desert" | * '''''Shadowe of the Dessert''''', referencing [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015319/ The Shadow of the East], UK title "The Shadow of the Desert" | ||
* '''''The Third Gnome''''', referencing the {{wp| | * '''''The Third Gnome''''', referencing the {{wp|The_Third_Man|The Third Man}} by {{wp|Orson_Welles|Orson Welles}} | ||
* '''''Golde Diggers of 1457''''', reference to "Gold Diggers of 1933" and its sequel ''The Golde Rushe'', reference to {{wp|The Gold Rush|The Gold Rush}} (note the 57 reference as well) | * '''''Golde Diggers of 1457''''', reference to "Gold Diggers of 1933" and its sequel ''The Golde Rushe'', reference to {{wp|The Gold Rush|The Gold Rush}} (note the 57 reference as well) | ||
* '''''Turkey Legs''''', reference to {{wp|Duck Soup|Duck Soup}} (given that it's a comedy and later referenced along with A Night At The Arena) | * '''''Turkey Legs''''', reference to {{wp|Duck Soup|Duck Soup}} (given that it's a comedy and later referenced along with A Night At The Arena) | ||
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* '''''A Night At The Arena''''', referencing {{wp|A Night At the Opera|A Night At the Opera}} | * '''''A Night At The Arena''''', referencing {{wp|A Night At the Opera|A Night At the Opera}} | ||
* '''''Burninge Passiones''''' | * '''''Burninge Passiones''''' | ||
* '''''No title given''''', referencing {{wp|The Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz}}. A man in one half of a lion suit explains to a companion in the queue at [[Nodar_Borgle|Borgle's]] canteen, “I don’t know what it’s called, but we’re doing one about going to see a wizard. Something about following a yellow sick toad.” | |||
== Locations == | ==Locations== | ||
* [[Rim Ocean]] | * [[Rim Ocean]] | ||
* [[Circle Sea]] | * [[Circle Sea]] | ||
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*** The [[Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons]] (mentioned) | *** The [[Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons]] (mentioned) | ||
*** [[Easy Street]] | *** [[Easy Street]] | ||
* [[Holy Wood]], reference to {{wp|Hollywood|Hollywood}} | * [[Holy Wood]], reference to {{wp|Hollywood|Hollywood}} | ||
** The [[Blue Lias]], troll bar, which also has a {{wp|Blue Lias|geological meaning}} on [[Roundworld]] | ** The [[Blue Lias]], troll bar, which also has a {{wp|Blue Lias|geological meaning}} on [[Roundworld]] | ||
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==Sentient Species== | ==Sentient Species== | ||
*[[Evil-Minded Son of a Bitch|Camels]] | *[[Evil-Minded Son of a Bitch|Camels]] | ||
*[[Dwarfs]] | *[[Dwarfs]] | ||
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==Supernatural Entities== | ==Supernatural Entities== | ||
*[[Demons]] (mentioned) | *[[Demons]] (mentioned) | ||
*[[Death]] | *[[Death]] | ||
* | *[[Balgrog]] (mentioned) | ||
*[[The gods|The Gods]] | *[[The gods|The Gods]] | ||
*[[Imps]] | *[[Imps]] | ||
*[[Dungeon Dimensions|Things from the Dungeon Dimensions]] | *[[Dungeon Dimensions|Things from the Dungeon Dimensions]] | ||
==Gallery== | |||
{| | |||
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| valign="top" | [[File:MP First.jpg|110px|thumb|First Edition Cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP Letterbox.jpg|thumb|140px|'Letterbox' Hardback]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP PS.jpg|thumb|110px|Cover by Peter Scanlan]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP Black.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2004]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP Tape.jpg|thumb|120px|Audio Cassette]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP CD.jpg|thumb|140px|Audio CD]] | |||
|} | |||
{| | |||
|- | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP Roc.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback ROC Publishing]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP US.jpg|thumb|110px|US Cover]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP Zoom.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2012]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP Unseen.jpg|thumb|110px|Unseen Library Edition]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP CL.jpg|thumb|110px|Collectors Library Edition]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:MP 2023.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2023]] | |||
|} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/moving-pictures.html ''Moving Pictures'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File] | [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/moving-pictures.html ''Moving Pictures'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File] | ||
{{series|before=Eric|series=Discworld|after=Reaper Man}} | {{series|before=Eric|series=Discworld|after=Reaper Man}} | ||
[[Category:Discworld Series|Moving Pictures]] | [[Category:Discworld Series|Moving Pictures]] | ||
[[de:Buch:Voll im Bilde]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:32, 2 August 2024
| Moving Pictures | |
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| Co-author(s) | |
| Illustrator(s) | |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz |
| Publication date | 1990 |
| ISBN | 0552134635 |
| Pages | 279 |
| RRP | |
| Main characters | Victor Tugelbend, Theda Withel, Gaspode |
| Series | Discworld Series |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | Book #10 |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
Blurb
The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill?
It's up to Victor Tugelbend ("Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little") and Theda Withel ("I come from a little town you've probably never heard of") to find out ... Moving Pictures, the tenth Discworld novel, is a gloriously funny saga set against the background of a world gone mad!
Cover
The cover was painted by Josh Kirby, and the front features many characters filming a moving picture: Victor (with sword), Ginger (lying languorously), Silverfish (with megaphone), Gaffer (with picture box), Gaspode (by Ginger's leg), CMOT Dibbler (with sausages-in-buns), Oswald (behind Victor), a troll (under Ginger), and several imps and dwarves.
The back cover has three Wizards riding with Windle Poons on his wheelchair, chasing Gaspode (who seems to be on both covers) and Laddie, passing the Resograph.
Major Characters
- Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler
- Thomas Silverfish, President of the Alchemists' Guild, whose name parodies Samuel Goldwyn (who used the name "Samuel Goldfish" for a few years). However, Dibbler acts more like Goldwyn than Silverfish does.
- Victor Tugelbend aka Victor Maraschino
- Detritus
- Ruby
- Gaspode
- Theda Withel aka Ginger aka Delores de Syn
- Oswald, a parody of the Academy Award of Merit, also referenced as Osric and Osbert (Oswald is the most frequently used name, but not necessarily the guardian's true name)
Minor Characters
- Deccan Ribobe
- Death
- The Librarian
- Marietta Cosmopilite
- Gaffer Bird, handleman, whose name parodies gaffer, the head of a film's electrical department
- Galena, troll actor, named after galena, who also experiments with the names Flint and Rock Cliffe (a la Rock Hudson)
- Laddie, parody of Lassie
- Soll Dibbler, Dibbler's nephew
Cameos and Mentions
- Tento
- Mustrum Ridcully
- The Bursar
- Windle Poons, currently the oldest wizard in the world (Greyhold Spold held the title in The Light Fantastic until he died)
- Patrician Havelock Vetinari
- Lully, alchemist
- Sendivoge, Alchemists' Guild secretary
- Peavie, Alchemists' Guild treasurer, inventor of banged grains
- The Dean
- Ponder Stibbons (first appearance)
- Yob Soddoth (mentioned)
- Tshup Aklathep (mentioned)
- Lord Henry Skipps
- Sham Harga
- Genghiz Cohen (mentioned)
- Morraine, troll actor, named after morraine
- Riktor aka "Numbers" Riktor, wizard
- Mrs Whitlow
- Ksandra
- Nodar Borgle, Klatchian who runs a "restaurant" in Holy Wood
- Fruntkin, short-order chef who works for Borgle
- Thunderfoot, actor
- Breccia, troll actress
- Sniddin, actor
- Fred Colon
- Nobby Nobbs
- Bezam Planter, owner of the Odium, and his daughter Calliope Planter, a reference to the muse of the same name
- Crullet, a fisherman from Jowser Cove who helped keep Deccan Ribobe fed
- Meggelin, former Keeper of the Door
- Jasper, a troll (perhaps the one from The Light Fantastic?)
- Amber, a troll named after amber
- Magma, troll king with legendary, uh, scepter, referencing magma
- the Sphinx (mentioned)
- Evil-Minded Son of a Bitch, camel
- Azhural N'choate, stock dealer (in elephants and other wildlife)
- M'Bu, N'choate's assistant
- N'gru, M'Bu's uncle
- Googool, M'Bu's aunt, possible reference to the word googol, since they are moving a large number of elephants
- Kck!, M'Bu's second cousin, whose name references an African click language popularized in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Muluccai, another stock dealer
- Tazikel, another stock dealer
- Banana N'Vectif, a great hunter who designs a better mousetrap (literally)... only to have his house demolished by elephants
- King Leonid of Ephebe (mentioned)
- other Unseen University wizards:
- Chair of Indefinite Studies
- Lecturer in Recent Runes
- Dean of Pentacles
- Greyhald Spold (mentioned)
- Pimple (mentioned)
- Cucumber Framer
- Blanche Languish, stage name of click actress
- Scummidge, once porter of the Assassins' Guild
- Chondrodite, troll god of love
- Gigalith, troll god of wisdom
- Silicarous, troll god of good fortune (an avatar of The Lady?)
- Monolith, troll folk hero
- Cohen the Barbarian (mentioned)
- Elves
Things and Concepts
- Octo-cellulose, Discworld equivalent of film
- Imps, used in cameras to paint film frames and blow them dry very fast
- Salamander, light-producing animal
- Banged Grains, Discworld equivalent of popcorn
- Old Tom (mentioned)
- Necrotelicomnicon Discussed for Students, with Practical Experiments, book
- Battle of Pseudopolis (mentioned)
- Century of the Fruitbat, current century (in Ankh-Morpork)
- Holy Wood Magic
- The Resograph, a "thingness-writer" which measures disturbances in reality
- Handlemen's Guild
- "Hiho" song, reference to Heigh-Ho song
- The Boke of the Film, parodying the "instant books" that come out when a popular film is released
- Movie Studios:
- Untied Alchemists, parodying United Artists
- Century of the Fruitbat, parodying 20th Century Fox
- Fir Wood Studios, parodying Pinewood Studios
- Microlithic Pictures, parodying Paramount Pictures
- Floating Bladder Pictures, not a parody of any studio
- Columbia Pictures and MGM Studios are referenced by Ginger when she describes a recurring dream to Victor: “It always starts off with this mountain … and there are stars around it, you know, in the sky, but one of them comes down and it’s not a star at all, it’s a woman holding a torch over her head…” (Columbia) “… and then there are a lot of lights and this roar, like a lion or a tiger or something…” (MGM)
- Passion's Plaything, a cheap perfume
- Howondaland Green, a type of parrot
- Basic Canine, language spoken by dogs
- Octavo (mentioned)
- Bumper Fun Grimoire (mentioned)
- The Joy of Tantric Sex (mentioned)
- Necrotelicomnicon by Achmed the I Just Get These Headaches
- Cripple Mr Onion (mentioned)
- Howondaland Smith, character played by Victor, referencing Indiana Jones
- Silicon Anti-Defamation League (mentioned)
- Gindle's Effortless Elevator, levitation spell
- Adventures with Crossbow and Rod, book
- Aurora Coriolis
- Wellcome to Ankh-Morporke, Citie of One Thousand Surprises book by the Guild of Merchants
- Achmed the I Just Get These Headaches's Book of Humorous Cat Stories, book
- We Can Rule You Wholesale, Ankh-Morpork civic anthem
Clicks and their Roundworld references
- High Jinks at the Store, in the general style of early Charlie Chaplin films
- Pelias and Melisande, a Belgian play
- The Interestinge and Curious Adventures of Cohen the Barbarian, parodying the Conan the Barbarian series of films (Cohen himself being a parody of Conan), later renamed Sword of Passione
- A King's Ransom
- The Dark Forest
- Mystery Mountain
- A Bolde Adventurer, probable reference to the Indiana Jones films
- Tales of the Dwarfes, references Snow White, given the "Hiho" song (there are many movies about dwarves, but the "Hiho" song is unique to the Disney version of Snow White). The "And that includes you, Dozy!" line near the end of the book references Sleepy the dwarf from this movie
- An Exciting Study of Pottery Making, probably refers to the awful Open University self-study films of the 70s in which men with beards and tank-tops showed us how to do everything, using blackboards. But might also be a reference to the BBC film "The Potter's Wheel", shown when there were technical problems in the early days of broadcasting.
- Bad Menace of Troll Valley, possible reference to Lightnin' Smith Returns, American title "Valley of the Bad Men"
- Shadowe of the Dessert, referencing The Shadow of the East, UK title "The Shadow of the Desert"
- The Third Gnome, referencing the The Third Man by Orson Welles
- Golde Diggers of 1457, reference to "Gold Diggers of 1933" and its sequel The Golde Rushe, reference to The Gold Rush (note the 57 reference as well)
- Turkey Legs, reference to Duck Soup (given that it's a comedy and later referenced along with A Night At The Arena)
- Blown Away, referencing Gone with The Wind, and based on the Ankh-Morpork Civil War
- Valley of the Trolls and Beyond the Valley of the Trolls, references to Valley of the Dolls and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
- A Night At The Arena, referencing A Night At the Opera
- Burninge Passiones
- No title given, referencing The Wizard of Oz. A man in one half of a lion suit explains to a companion in the queue at Borgle's canteen, “I don’t know what it’s called, but we’re doing one about going to see a wizard. Something about following a yellow sick toad.”
Locations
- Rim Ocean
- Circle Sea
- Ankh-Morpork
- Street of Alchemists
- Unseen University
- Uncommon Room (mentioned)
- the Library
- Tower of Art
- Mended Drum
- Plaza of Broken Moons
- Brass Bridge
- Harga's House of Ribs (mentioned)
- Odium, movie house, reference to the Odeon chain of theaters
- Temple of Small Gods (mentioned)
- The Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons (mentioned)
- Easy Street
- Ankh-Morpork
- Holy Wood, reference to Hollywood
- The Blue Lias, troll bar, which also has a geological meaning on Roundworld
- Holy Wood Bay, a circular bay (reference to the swimming pools that are so common in Hollywood?)
- The Cthinema, whose names combines "cinema" and Cthulhu
- Dungeon Dimensions
- Quirm (mentioned)
- Klatch (country) (mentioned)
- The Rhoxie (mentioned)
- Golden River (mentioned), a troll river (and thus possibly a river of lava, not water)
- T'etse (mentioned)
- Mt F'twangi, mountain
- Mountains of the Sun, mountain range
- Great Nef (mentioned)
- Sto Plains
- N'Kouf (mentioned)
Sentient Species
Supernatural Entities
Gallery
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External links
Moving Pictures Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File
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