Dodger

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Unintentionally Notorious Crime: Inverted, as an "Unintentionally Consequential Rescue". Dodger saves Simplicity from being beaten by two men, not realising he's just saved a literal princess from agents of her abusive husband, sparking off a major diplomatic row between England and Germany. We also get brief cameoes by John Tenniel, George Cayley, Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert show up at the very end. Good is Not Nice: Characters are all over the place with this one. Dodger himself, while genuinely affable and friendly to people, has a definite ruthless streak. Then you have the Mayhews, who are both unquestionably good and nice, though perhaps a little too bound up in rules of society to be entirely effective. And of course there's Sir Robert Peel, who under Pratchett's pen owes a lot to Sam Vimes. (Though given that Vimes was heavily inspired by the historical Robert Peel, this isn't much of a surprise.) Damsel in Distress: Simplicity is introduced as one, though in the latter parts of the novel she reveals herself to be smarter and more resourceful than she first appears. Obfuscating Postmortem Wounds: Dodger shoots the young woman's corpse that he obtained so that he could fake Simplicity's death. He feels bad about it and apologises to the corpse.

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CHAPTER 1: In which we meet out hero, and the hero meets an orphan of the storm and comes face to face with Mister Charlie; a gentleman known as a bit of a scribbler. Affably Evil: Mrs. Holland, who's Nanny Ogg if she ran a brothel with a side business in shanghaiing people. Femme Fatale: In a bit of a twist, the Outlander is revealed to be this. Nobody could ever agree on what the Outlander looked like, only that he always had a pretty lady with him. Turns out that the Outlander is the pretty lady... and she's every bit the ruthless killer that the rumours say. Dresses the Same: Dodger gets a discount on a suit that had been made the wrong size for a gentleman. Later that day he meets that gentleman, Sir Robert Peel Meaningful Rename: Simplicity's name is ironic, since as she tells Dodger, she's not very simple. By the end she's calling herself Serendipity, which is more so.Actually, That's My Assistant: Invoked by the Outlander, who is known as a man with wildly varying appearances always accompanied by a beautiful lady whom nobody seems to have given much attention to. Turns out she is the Outlander and the men her assistants. Simplicity is the only one who makes the connection.

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Defiant Captive: Simplicity did not make things easy for her kidnappers. The only reason Dodger is able to save her in the first place is because she managed to get out of the carriage, and that wasn't even the first time she'd done it. Wife-Basher Basher: Dodger really doesn't seem to like men who abuse women. It's mentioned that he helped protect some young flower girls from a predatory gentleman, and he springs to Simplicity's aid when he hears her screaming, sparking off the plot. Tragic Villain: Poor, Poor, Sweeney Todd. This version of him was a battlefield surgeon in the Napoleonic Wars, and his mind was so twisted by the terrible things he saw there that he began to see his customers as horrifically injured comrades, who he could only ever help by means of a Mercy Kill... Dodger is a non- Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, about a tosher (young person who goes down the sewers looking for valuables; they're young because it's not a job that leads to a long life), who rescues a girl from apparent kidnappers, and finds himself in a very complicated situation when some well-off do-gooder charges him with finding out what's going on. Published 13th September 2012.Anti-Villain: Sweeney Todd, whose actions are caused thanks to extreme PTSD. Dodger is more than a little disturbed at how he's treated as a monster in the press and in the stories of Dodger's fight with him