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. 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. 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. 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...

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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. 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 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. 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.Affably Evil: Mrs. Holland, who's Nanny Ogg if she ran a brothel with a side business in shanghaiing people. 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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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.) Intergenerational Friendship: There's thirty years or more separating Dodger and Solomon, but their friendship is pretty much at Heterosexual Life-Partners levels. 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. 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. 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.

Famed in Story: Dodger becomes the talk of London after taking down Sweeney Todd, and occasionally exploits this reputation to threaten/impress people into doing what he wants. He feels somewhat guilty about this, as Todd was an extremely Tragic Villain and by no means the monster the stories make him out to be. I Owe You My Life: Solomon takes Dodger in after the youngster rescues him from being beaten to death by some thugs.