Dodger

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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. Finally, there are Solomon's references to a fellow Jew he traveled with around Europe avoiding murder, whose zeal for equality of class he quite admired. He was a young man named Karl.

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Dodger is obviously named after the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist. His being assigned a random name by the orphanage may be intended as a reference to the title character. 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. A younger Dodger once disguised himself as a flower girl to get the drop on a particularly nasty creep who was preying on the younger girls. He, unsurprisingly, gets what he thoroughly deserves. I Owe You My Life: Solomon takes Dodger in after the youngster rescues him from being beaten to death by some thugs.

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. Meaningful Name: Solomon certainly lives up to his name, being one of the wisest characters in the story. If he gives advice, it's usually a very good idea to listen. Angela Burdett-Coutts is not a very well-known historical figure, but apparently part of the reason why Pratchett wanted to write this book was to feature her as a character. Likewise Joseph Bazalgette, who really did reform the London sewers. Calling Me a Logarithm: Mrs Mayhew describes Dodger as an astute young man. He apologises and says his best trousers are in the wash.

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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 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...Think you know your Discworld from your Dodger? Your rats from your Rincewind? Test yourself in our Terry Pratchett quiz 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. 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. Affably Evil: Mrs. Holland, who's Nanny Ogg if she ran a brothel with a side business in shanghaiing people. 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.