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Gaspode is a small terrier-like dog featured in seven of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. He possesses human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, as well as an extensive collection of diseases (including 'Licky end' which is only found in pregnant sheep); he claims that the only reason the diseases haven't killed him is that they're too busy fighting amongst themselves to focus on him. However, since everyone knows that dogs can't speak, people tend to interpret his speech as their own personal thoughts, a tendency which Gaspode regularly uses to wrangle food from passers by. (In fact it has been mentioned in the books that a passerby kicked Gaspode into the gutter, and had gone no more than five steps before he thought "I'm a bastard, what am I"). The exceptions to this are Carrot Ironfoundersson, Angua, and the Canting Crew (who believe in much stranger things than talking dogs). Gaspode is frequently conflicted between his desire to be a Good Dog and his belief that he has to look out for himself, because no-one else will. Despite being given a home with happy children and suchlike, he ran away from this for the life he's always known. Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]) is an English fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series. ...
Cover of an early edition of The Colour of Magic; art by Josh Kirby Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which are in turn standing on the back of...
Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. ...
For the novel by Evelyn Waugh, see Sword of Honour. ...
For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ...
Feet of Clay is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett which parodies detective novels. ...
Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ...
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A Scottish Terrier and a West Highland White Terrier The terrier is a group of dog breeds initially bred for hunting and killing vermin. ...
Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]) is an English fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series. ...
Cover of an early edition of The Colour of Magic; art by Josh Kirby Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which are in turn standing on the back of...
 Carrot Ironfoundersson is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
Delphine Angua von Ãberwald is a character from the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ...
The canting crew is an informal name for a group of Ankh-Morpork beggars too disreputable even for the Beggars Guild. ...
As a newborn pup, Gaspode was thrown into the River Ankh in a brick-weighted sack. Since it was the Ankh, Gaspode was subsequently able to crawl ashore and find shelter in an alley, though not before forming a rather confused relationship with the brick. Animals on the Discworld known to have human-level intelligence are Gaspode, The Librarian, camels, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents and Quoth the raven. The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
The Librarian of Unseen University is one of the most popular characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, to the extent where pin badges bearing the legend Librarians rule Ook are now available. ...
For other uses, see Camel (disambiguation). ...
one of his remaining lives for Dangerous Beans. Though Spider is defeated, there is still a problem remaining: the rat piper is due to arrive the next day. ...
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Gaspode originally gained his intelligence and ability to speak in Moving Pictures as the result of a "wild idea" which sought to (re)create a Discworld version of Hollywood. Descended from dogs that fled the destruction of the first appearance of this idea, Gaspode was "selected" to fill the movie role of the Wonder Dog. Unfortunately, he looks nothing like the common conception of what a Wonder Dog is, and so lost the position to Laddie (an obvious Lassie analogy), whereupon he became an agent for Laddie and the human actors Victor Tugelbend (renamed Victor Maraschino) and Theda "Ginger" Withel (renamed Delores de Syn). After the wild idea was contained/defeated, Gaspode lost the unwanted gifts that had been bestowed on him, and returned to being a homeless street dog. Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. ...
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In Men At Arms, we find that Gaspode has regained his intelligence and speech as a result of sleeping too close to the High Energy Magic laboratory in Unseen University and being exposed to magical seepage. In this and the rest of the books he appears in, Gaspode is portrayed as something like a Dickensian urchin, scrambling to survive the harsh life of the streets while maintaining a lovable (if filthy) nature. Gaspode becomes the "thinking brain" dog (like a "seeing eye" dog) for Foul Ole Ron, and eventually joins the Canting Crew, a group of variably insane homeless people who have, as aforementioned, no difficulty in believing in talking dogs. For the novel by Evelyn Waugh, see Sword of Honour. ...
Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizardry in the fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards. ...
The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870), pen-name “Boz”, was an English novelist of the Victorian era. ...
The canting crew is an informal name for a group of Ankh-Morpork beggars too disreputable even for the Beggars Guild. ...
Gaspode is named after "the famous Gaspode", a dog who, upon his master's death, stayed at the graveside howling until he died (possibly because the gravestone was on his tail). This is a reference to Greyfriars Bobby. The Statue of Greyfriars Bobby, in Edinburgh, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ...
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Gaspode is also the nickname of ZAnet IRC network operator who was quite the pheered one back in the 1999's who would kline you're poor dial-up IP and lock your nick :( - He was such a meanie back then. Time moved on, BabyServ was introduced after ChanServ was pretty much expiring, and since then Gaspode lost his interest in disconnecting your poor connection. http://www.zanet.org.za for more info :) | Characters: | Tiffany Aching • Albert • Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild members • Carrot Ironfoundersson • Ankh-Morpork City Watch members • Ankh-Morpork Post Office staff • Death • Detritus • Cohen the Barbarian • Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler • Clacks characters • Gaspode • Granny Weatherwax • Greebo • Hex • History Monks • Igor • Bloody Stupid Johnson • Leonard of Quirm • The Librarian • Lu-Tze • The Luggage • Magpyr family • Mort and Ysabell • Nanny Ogg • C.W. St J. Nobbs • Moist von Lipwig • Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip • Mustrum Ridcully • Nac Mac Feegle • The Great God Om • Rincewind • Susan Sto Helit • Ponder Stibbons • General Tacticus • Twoflower • Unseen University staff • Verence II of Lancre • Havelock Vetinari • Samuel Vimes • Lady Sybil Vimes • The Witches • Discworld gods • more... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. ...
Albert is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels, first appearing in Mort. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Assassins Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
 Carrot Ironfoundersson is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
The primary members of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are (see the linked articles for full details of the characters): // Main article: Samuel Vimes Main article: Carrot Ironfoundersson Main article: Angua Main article: Detritus (Discworld) Main article: Fred Colon Main article: Nobby Nobbs Sergeant Cheery Littlebottom is a forensic alchemist...
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in the book Going Postal, the most recent addition to British fantasy author Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of books. ...
Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Detritus is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...
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Cut Me Own Throat (C.M.O.T) Dibbler is one of the numerous bit part characters that enrich the world of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
The clacks in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels is a network of semaphore towers stretching along the Sto Plains, into the Ramtops and across the Unnamed Continent to Genua. ...
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This article refers to the Discworld character. ...
Hex is an elaborate, Heath Robinson/Rube Goldberg-esque, magic-powered computer housed at Unseen University (UU) in the city of Ankh-Morpork, in author Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, better known as the History Monks, and also sometimes referred to as the Men In Saffron (see Men in Black) and No Such Monastery (see NSA), is a highly secretive religious organisation in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, based in the Monastery...
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Johnson, Bergholt Stuttley, known as Bloody Stupid Johnson, is a landscape gardener and inventor on the Discworld (a fictional world created by author Terry Pratchett), and is mentioned in a number of books. ...
Possible spoiler warning Leonard of Quirm is a fictional character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Librarian of Unseen University is one of the most popular characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, to the extent where pin badges bearing the legend Librarians rule Ook are now available. ...
Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Luggage is a fictional object that appears in some of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Magpyr family are a family of vampires from Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
Mort and Ysabell are a young married couple in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
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Moist von Lipwig is a character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Mr Pin and Mr Tulip are characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Mustrum Ridcully is a fictional character in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ...
Nac Mac Feegles on the cover of The Wee Free Men The Nac Mac Feegle (also known as Pictsies, the Wee Free Men, the Little Men, or Person or Persons Unknown, Believed to be Armed) are a fictional type of fairy appearing in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum...
The Great God Om is a fictional deity in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
Rincewind the Wizzard is a fictional character appearing in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, several of which feature him as the central character. ...
Susan Sto Helit is a fictional character who features in three of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels - Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. ...
In the fictional universe of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of books, Ponder Stibbons is a wizard in Unseen University. ...
General Callus Tacticus is a legendary soldier and military leader in Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy series. ...
Twoflower is a fictional character featuring in some of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizardry in the fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards. ...
Verence II of Lancre is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Lady Sybil Deidre Olgivanna Vimes (née Ramkin), Duchess of Ankh, is a character in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. ...
A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. ...
See also: Discworld magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of Discworld characters. ...
| | Races and creatures: | Dwarfs • Trolls • Golems • Gnomes • Undead • Elves • Fauna of the Discworld Dwarfs in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth, which they largely started out as a homage to, and dwarfs/dwarves in other fantasy novels. ...
Trolls in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels, unlike the monstrous trolls of folklore and J.R.R. Tolkien, have been subverted into a moderately civilised race. ...
Golems in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series are derived from golems in Jewish mythology; early forms of a clay robot, supposedly awakened by a spell or priestly words to do peoples bidding. ...
Gnomes are the smallest humanoid species on the Discworld (a fictional flat world created by Terry Pratchett) ranging from four inches (10cm) to 2 feet (61cm) in height. ...
The Fresh Start Club, a society of the undead. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels elves are extradimensional inhuman monsters. ...
Terry Pratchetts fictional Discworld has a large number of creatures unique to it or its parasite universes (such as Fairyland or Deaths Domain). ...
| | Locations: | Discworld (world) • Ankh-Morpork • Agatean Empire • Dark Desert • Death's Domain • Djelibeybi • Dungeon Dimensions • Ephebe • Genua • Klatch • L-Space • Lancre • Parasite universe • Pseudopolis • Quirm • Roundworld • Sto Lat • Überwald • Unseen University • more... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
The Agatean Empire is a fictitous country that occupies the Counterweight Continent of Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...
The Dark Desert is a transition phase between life and death on the fictional Discworld. ...
Cover of the book. ...
Djelibeybi is a fictional country on Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, the Dungeon Dimensions are the endless wastelands outside of space and time. ...
Ephebe is one of the countries of the Discworld, a fictional world created by Terry Pratchett in a series of novels of the same name. ...
Genua is a fictional city from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
This article is about the country of Klatch. ...
Books are the gateway to l-space For the mathematical Lp and spaces, see Lp space L-space, short for library-space, is a fictional dimension described in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ...
Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
A parasite universe in Terry Pratchetts Discworld is a universes cut off from the past and future. ...
Pseudopolis is one of the fictional cities of Sto Plains in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. ...
Quirm is a fictional city in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the Discworld of novels by Terry Pratchett which only appear in the background, or are not well fleshed out. ...
Sto Lat is a fictional town in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
In Terry Pratchetts fictional Discworld universe, Ãberwald is a region located in near the foot of the Ramtops, farther from Ankh-Morpork than Lancre is. ...
Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizardry in the fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards. ...
This is a list of fictional locations in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
| | Other: | City Watch • Thieves' Guild • Assassins' Guild • Beggars' Guild • Fools' Guild • Clacks • Guilds • Magic • Post Office • Stealth Chess • Minor Discworld concepts • Books in the Discworld Coat of arms of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. ...
The Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses and Allied Trades is a fictional institition in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Assassins Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Beggars Guild is a guild for panhandlers, down-and-outs and borderline cases in Ankh-Morpork, the largest city on the Discworld, the setting for the longrunning series of fantasy novels of the same name by Terry Pratchett. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, the Fools Guild (full title: The Guild of Fools and Joculators and College of Clowns) is a trading and training organisation for clowns, jesters and other practitioners of slapstick humour. ...
The clacks in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels is a network of semaphore towers stretching along the Sto Plains, into the Ramtops and across the Unnamed Continent to Genua. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, there are almost 300 Guilds in the city of Ankh-Morpork. ...
The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in the book Going Postal, the most recent addition to British fantasy author Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of books. ...
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This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the Discworld of novels by Terry Pratchett which only appear in the background, or are not well fleshed out. ...
This is a list of fictional books within the Discworld series. ...
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