Carrot is often thought of as non-threatening, which is a dangerous conclusion if you are the unlucky person who disappoints his honest nature. He had difficulty with this attitude, as his "old-fashioned" view of justice led him to arrest the leader of the entirely legal Thieves' Guild on his first day. Moist Von Lipwig runs scams. In both cases Nobby had a distinct Irish accent. Angua is gratified to hear this, as Wolfgang threatened her and anything she cared for while he remained alive. May have been first mentioned in The Colour of Magic as "a Sergeant of The Watch" who enters the then Broken Drum. Since he had little interest in maintaining a police force, the equipment of the Watch quickly deteriorated. He is possibly related to Corporal Knopf (as Knopf can be translated as knob), one half of the town watch in Bad Blintz, Überwald, seen in The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. The Cable Street Particulars were thriving, however, having changed from an intelligence agency into a secret police force, employing torture with gusto. Despite this, being related to Nobby is not seen as a good thing in Ankh Morpork. More and more watchmen trained by the City Watch prefer to work in other cities abroad where they can earn good money thanks to their outstanding qualification and ethics. He is described on several occasions as "one of nature's sergeants". Wolfgang is extremely violent and enjoys killing, even eating, "inferior" humans. According to the blurb of Men at Arms, Nobby was 'disqualified from the human race for shoving'. His philosophy of love for everyone has caused distress for Angua. He also makes sure to pass these tricks of the trade on to new recruits. A running joke is the inability of others to believe this, despite—or even because of—the evidence. In The Fifth Elephant, Colon became the head of the Traffic Squad, which also included his best friend Nobby Nobbs. Surprisingly intelligent, Corporal Nobbs was an invaluable asset to the Watch. Guards Guards. Ironically it is also Nobby who ends the war between the dwarves and the trolls. Sgt Colon also remarked in Jingo that he had heard of places where the generals looked at which side's uniform Nobby wore at the moment to learn the situation of the battle. Samuel Vimes says he is a good copper, his highest form of personal praise. #nobby nobbs #corporal nobbs #sam vimes #ask the watch #discworld #are we talking about the same nobbs? The Patrician, Havelock Vetinari, considers him useful for this reason as well as others, as it means that any attempt to start a revolution under the claim of being true heir is impossible, and that if anyone complains that only a king has the authority to do something he does, he can simply defer to Carrot. He appears in the SkyOne television adaptation of Hogfather, portrayed by Richard Katz. The Watch has even admitted a vampire, a werewolf, an Igor and a Nac Mac Feegle. As a condition of his employment, A E was told that he would go on patrol twice a week, so he would be able to learn what's important. In off-duty moments he goes door to door with his fellow Omnian, Smite-the-Unbeliever-with-Cunning-Arguments. When they saved the Patrician's life Vetinari agreed to increase the force's stature, with new Section Houses being built around the city. He is one of the longest-serving Watch members, along with Commander Vimes, Captain Carrot, Sergeant Colon, Sergeant Angua, and Corporal ‘Nobby’ Nobbs. The He is generally just called "Constable Visit", or occasionally by his nickname "Washpot". Introduced in Jingo (possibly in The Light Fantastic; there was a gnome identified only as Swires), Buggy possesses the hard-nosed, bellicose personality typical of his species, proving able to shout down uncooperative witnesses despite being only six inches tall. Carrot was "barely 16 years old" at this time. In wolf form, she has a tendency to go after chickens, but she is always careful to go back and slip some money under the door the next day. Cecil Wormsborough St. John "Nobby" Nobbs is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series. When Angua, a werewolf, tells him that her brother Andrei is stuck in wolf form and is forced to live as a champion sheepdog, Carrot notes that he is a champion. His dwarfish name is Kzad-bhat, which, roughly translated, means "Head Banger", a logical nickname for a 6-foot-6-inch-tall (1.98 m) man living in a mine built by 4-foot-tall (1.2 m) dwarfs. He first appeared in Feet of Clay. At this time there were four separate forces: Public opinion of the Watches (the Ward became known as the Day Watch) was never high, and reached an all-time low when a Commander, who had told the public not to take the law into their own hands, was thrown onto the Ankh with a cry of "If it's not in our hands, whose hands is it in?" But all is not well: His date keeps pumping him for money, then turns up dead. He remains "faithful" to her, however, in all books except Thud!, in which he is temporarily in a relationship with exotic dancer Tawneee. fairly well. As a child he was a street urchin, that is small, prickly, and smelling of fish, and a major source of information for various city notables. Carrot's simplicity is his cunning. However, his prejudice is so non-specific and naive (and frequently short-lived when actually exposed to the group in question) that nobody takes it seriously. Another recent addition are "the Specials", based on the Watch's ancient right to establish a Citizen's Militia as needed. Nobby was once thought to be the Earl of Ankh, but it was all a charade to make him king as he would have been easier to manipulate than the 'real' heir, Captain Carrot (who remained incognito, preferring the life of a Watchman to that of a King). Vimes even goes as far as to privately attribute the longevity of Fred's marriage to this fact. During the trouble caused by Lord Winder’s rule, Nobby served a number of patrons. In fact, in Hogfather, even Death himself was unable to discern Nobby's species. He is considered "the Disc's most linear thinker". One of the Unseen University bedlows who, by sheer coincidence, shared the same last name as Nobby was incredibly swift to denounce any potential ties of family. He is described as a neat little man, with very shiny shoes, and has no friends and no sense of humour. According to the Pratchett Portfolio, his typical sayings is: Though they might not be the brightest of the bunch, it's hard to imagine the Watch … For the first time in his life, Watch Inspector A.E. by Lord Vetinari to inspect the Watch and judge whether the Watch gave fair value for the civic funds it used ("who watches the watchmen?") After moving to Ankh-Morpork, Angua soon became the first woman to join the ranks of the City Watch. Along with Sergeant Cheery Littlebottom, Constable Igor is a member of the Watch's small Forensics dept. In human form, Angua is a strict vegetarian. In Guards! Since then, the Watch has become a proper police force, dealing in crime prevention and investigation, rather than simple "thief-taking". He has an attitude of loving everyone. They are referred to as "Sammies" (similar to "Bobbies", a term for British police officers derived from the common abbreviation of the first name of Sir Robert Peel, the man credited with the creation of the first regular, uniformed, police service in the UK) and communicate with each other by telegraph ("clacks"), a reference to real-world Interpol (mentioned in The Night Watch). Both are also survivors of the Glorious 25 May when, as described in Night Watch, in the aftermath of a coup an assortment of regular police and hangers-on (including an apprentice Assassin called Vetinari) took out, at some cost, the hard-line remnants of the outgoing regime's secret police. Corporal Nobby Nobbs of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. His creations include a pet rabbit called Eerie, a particularly suitable name as he grows spare human ears on it (a reference to the human ear equipped mouse of 1995, a few years prior to the creation of the book). Like the various Dibblers, this may be due to morphic resonance. Guards!. According to the Pratchett Portfolio, his typical saying is "'tis a lie sir, I never done it" (like all other "typical sayings" in the Portfolio (except that of the Death of Rats) he has not actually been recorded saying it). St.J. Angua, partially in reaction to what Wolfgang did to their sister, rebels against the traditional werewolf lifestyle of her parents and brother and leaves Überwald. they keep the fines). Angua also appears in a supporting role in Thud!, where she gains a rival in the form of the Watch's first vampire officer, Sally. In the 1988 stage play he was played by Roger Bingham. Famous people with single-letter names include the former. Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective, Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices, "Meet Rhianna Pratchett - The woman behind the Lara Croft backstory", The Turtle Moves! While it is common knowledge that Carrot is the true heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork, he doesn't acknowledge it, and has even hidden evidence of his royal heritage. In the 2006 TV adaptation of Hogfather he was played by Nicolas Tennant. As a child he was a street urchin and a major source of information for various city notables. In The Fifth Elephant, Watch Commander Sam Vimes is sent to Überwald on a diplomatic mission. Guards! Nobby has a tattoo on his arm that says WUM. Nobby made a brief appearance in the Cosgrove Hall adaptation of Soul Music. We are talking about the same person? The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Nobby_Nobbs?oldid=12868. (2001). Carrot often sees the bright side of life. Nobbs briefly tried to box as a kid, before finding out that he was not any good. However, at the end of the book Feet of Clay, it is also suggested that he may be a real nobleman, due to the amount of family heirlooms he has not mentioned to any other person (and his small stature and odd physical features may be a jab at the inbreeding amongst royal bloodlines). Colon made a brief appearance in the Cosgrove Hall adaptation of Soul Music. Constable Downspout, who first appears in Feet of Clay, is a surveillance expert for the Watch. The term comes from one of Visit's favourite quotations, "Moab is my washpot. Ultimately, Vimes kills Wolfgang in a violent confrontation in the city square. On the other hand, the Nobbses have stolen so much stuff over the years that, as Vimes has said, "you could probably prove Nobby was the Dowager Duchess of Quirm". However, in The Truth, it is revealed in passing that several members of the Ankh-Morpork aristocracy, as well as the lawyer Mr Slant, are well aware of her nature, and in Making Money, Moist von Lipwig also figures this out upon seeing Angua in her werewolf form with Nobby standing beside her and recognizing her hair. Nobby Nobbs Norman (Nobby) Nobbs, (born 1948 or 1949), is a boxing manager and trainer in Aston, Birmingham, England. Are you aware you employ a petty criminal?". The primary members of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are (see the linked articles for full details of the characters): Indeed, he fled the offer at a dead run, all the time terrified Vimes would "go spare". It is said that there's a field-marshall's baton in every footman's knapsack; Nobby's Army kit generally consists of two warehouses, … The Ankh-Morpork City Watch is the police force of the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork in the Discworld series by the English writer Terry Pratchett. In response, she picked him up and punched his lights out (according to Nobby's recollection, she hit like a mule - that is to say, really hard). In fact, this gremlin of a man had more depth than one would expect. What will be cast to play Nobby Nobbs?? She met Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson in the Watch, and the two soon fell in love. History Night Watch. In the Radio 4 adaptation of Night Watch he was voiced by Sam Dale. Closer examination, though, shows that Colon has some hidden depths. His name is, apparently, shorter in Omnian. [note 1] However, Angua often worries that their different backgrounds and needs will eventually doom the relationship. In both the Discworld computer game and the BBC Radio production of Guards! The series, which will run for eight episodes, is written by Simon Allen (Das Boot). The day Nobby gets put in charge is the day the Watch becomes a disgrace. He believed he was in a romantic relationship with Verity "Hammerhead" Pushpram, a girl who runs a fish stall and gets her nickname from the fact that her eyes appear to be looking in opposite directions. Instead, A E took his position seriously, to the point of bare-handedly attacking and trying to bite a troll who took a swing at Vimes. During Jingo, Angua is kidnapped on a Klatchian ship and the watch pursues them. The "Ankh-Morpork Watch & Ward" was founded in AM 1561 by King Veltrick I. In the 1988 stage play he was played by Roger Bingham. He then regains it by the time of Men at Arms by sleeping too near the Unseen University's High-Energy Magic building. As with all Igors, Constable Igor is highly talented at performing transplant surgery. At the same time, Angua conceals her true nature as a werewolf from Cheery because she knows her new friend hates and fears werewolves. However, in Snuff, Verity has married a fisherman who is building up his fleet - a fine catch for a fishmonger. When he directly commands someone, they find it supremely difficult to disobey (even Vimes is shown on one occasion as being susceptible to this power). This changed when Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson joined, and the Night Watch saved the city from a dragon. Nobby is fond of folk dancing. During Nobby's time in Klatch he "got in touch with his feminine side", and is quite fond of wearing women's clothing. The remains of the Day Watch were incorporated into a new City Watch, commanded by Sam Vimes. During the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May, their building was burnt down by members of the Night Watch from Treacle Mine Road. Entire pubs have been known to draw the curtains, turn off the lights and lie on the floor whimpering at news of his coming down the street. Carrot is also famous enough that there are action figures of him available (as seen in the novel Hogfather). Other Discworld characters with a notable similarity to Nobby include a member of the guard in the Überwald town of Bonk, who was nicknamed "Nobbski" by Vimes, and one of the market guards in Al Khali, Klatch. Mr. A E Pessimal? While this interspecies relationship seems strange to Vimes, Lady Sybil correctly points out that even Nobby's mother doesn't know what species he is. Nobby has also appeared in two computer adventure games, Discworld (The Trouble With Dragons) (where he was voiced by Tony Robinson) and Discworld Noir (where he was voiced by Rob Brydon). He was apparently inspired to join the Watch after meeting with Sergeant-At-Arms John Keel (and alternatively, due to time travel, Sam Vimes), who once gave him a spoon. Wolfgang plays a significant role as the leader of a violent werewolf movement in Überwald. He used to be quartermaster (Men at Arms). In the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Guards! Pessimal is dating someone. While the Day Watch had become another of the city's gangs, the Night Watch was just inactive. Gaspode flirts with Angua constantly and has helped her out on missions many times. Together, Nobby and Colon have managed to have many strangely philosophical (or just strange) conversations, including one on whether Death has a first name, or even any friends to call him it. The Watch's current motto is "FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC", as inscribed on the old Treacle Mine Road Watch House; presumably the last part of the original "Fabricati Diem, Pvncti Agvnt Celeriter" had been lost. Also missing in action are two of the main characters from the Watch, Sergeant Colon and Corporal ‘Nobby’ Nobbs. Perhaps this exclusion sums up … He also notes that, although most people envision Carrot as Arnold Schwarzenegger, he is actually modeled after Liam Neeson. Samuel Vimes is Nobby's commanding officer, and Sergeant Fred Colon his partner and longterm friend. In 'Feet of Clay', it is revealed that one of Nobby's ancestors was an upper-class member of society. Igor is an Igor who was considered "too modern" for Überwald by his family, and went with Samuel Vimes to Ankh-Morpork. … Indeed, he fled the offer at a dead run, all the time terrified Vimes would "go spare." He is an Omnian of a gentle but determined proselytising nature. 2. He is possibly related to Sergeant Doppelpunkt (German for "colon", as in the punctuation mark), one half of the town watch in Bad Blintz, Überwald, seen in The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. However, this "relationship" seems to consist solely of her hitting him with a fish and telling him to bugger off. Nobby made a brief appearance in the Cosgrove Hall adaptation of Soul Music. Angua has also made friends with Gaspode, a matty, hairy canine who gained and lost the talent of human speech in Moving Pictures. Under the rule of the Patricians, not only did Guild Law apply in the Guilds, but the only laws that applied anywhere else were the whims of the man in charge. Fred Colon insists it means "To protect and serve". A gnome. Corporal Nobby Nobbs. and to inspect the Unseen University in A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices. A Watch Academy has been set up, although watchmen trained there often get "poached" by other Sto Plains city-states who have seen the advantages such a force has. He is a corporal in the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, first appearing in the novel Guards! A E is also one of the few people Vimes allows to call him "Mister Vimes", saying that the man "earned it all in one go". Her sister, Elsa, is deceased, killed by Wolfgang, who disguised it as an accident. He is often portrayed as being prejudiced against "minority," even in the Watch, such as dwarves, undead, "foreigners," or even women. Pratchett's Watch has been described as part of a longstanding fantasy tradition where the characters of the city watch would "rush in and die, or run away", with Pratchett's approach to that tradition ranging from parody in the earlier novels to "deeper satire" in the later ones.[3]. Nobby Nobbs is the kind of person who joins the army to loot corpses. Andrei manages to slip away as well and enjoys a career as a talented sheep herder. Known members include the Librarian (who was actually made a Special Constable long before the Militia was set up); Mr Boggis of the Thieves' Guild; Sam Vimes' butler Willikins; and a clacks operative named Andy "Two Swords" Hancock who carries a disturbing amount of weaponry. Carrot's main talents are his genuine interest in and liking for people (particularly when contrasted with his boss and friend, Sam Vimes who "doesn't like anybody") and his charisma and "supernatural likability". Nobby Nobbs, a member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in the Discworld fantasy novel series The player character in the 1993 video game Nobby the Aardvark Nobby the Enchanted Bobby, title character of the comic strip of the same name in The Beano (1952–1954) – see List of Beano comic strips Guards! He can clear a large crowd in seconds, just by talking to them about religion and threatening them with pamphlets, principally Unadorned Facts and Battle Call (parodies of The Plain Truth and The War Cry). (1989), "Theatre of Cruelty" (1993) (a short story), Men at Arms (1993), Feet of Clay (1996), Jingo (1997), The Fifth Elephant (1999), Night Watch (2002), Thud! It is said that there's a field-marshall's baton in every footman's knapsack; Nobby's Army kit generally consists of two warehouses, complete with said batons, other armies' uniforms, golden teeth, other petty valuables and several kilos of boots, some of them still occupied. In the end, she decides to stay in Ankh-Morpork. Other Discworld characters with a notable similarity to Colon include a member of the guard in the Überwald town of Bonk (who was nicknamed "Colonesque" by Samuel Vimes) and one of the market guards in Al Khali, Klatch. He is overweight, preferring to avoid trouble and exertion, and rather unimaginative. (Author driedfrogpills) Fun Trivia. However, at the end of the book Feet of Clay, it is also suggested that he may be a real nobleman, due to the amount of family heirlooms he has not mentioned to any other person. Guards! Angua is an extremely practical and level-headed person. tenacious dwarfs, unbreakable golems, zombies, vampires, vicious wee men, He is described as untidy, smelly, and, despite being human, about the same height as a dwarf. When he came to, she offered him a job. Another early experiment was breeding noses, which act as independent lifeforms until sewn on. While he would place the welfare of the public above hers (and his own), when she was in danger he travelled to the rim of the Disc to save her. It was supposed to be "MUM" but the drunk Nobby passed out part way through the process and Needle Ned didn't spot that he was upside-down until it was too late. In the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Guards! She worries that his love toward her is equal to that he gives everyone else and not special. Though she is deeply committed to Carrot, even likening herself to being his dog (or as she puts it in Jingo, a wolf that lives with humans) it hasn't stopped others with romantic interest; there is tension with a wolf named Gavin in The Fifth Elephant, and she receives a marriage proposal from the small mutt Mr. Fusspot in Making Money. Both Andrei and Elsa were "Yennorks", werewolves that are stuck in one form (Andrei always appeared to be a wolf, and Elsa a human). He has a speech "impediment" in that he sometimes forgets to lisp. One of Angua's closest friends in the Watch is Cheery Littlebottom the dwarf. In fact, in Hogfather, even Death himself was unable to discern Nobby's species. Frederick "Fred" Colon is a sergeant, and appears to have been so for a long time. Guards!, who have played a prominent role throughout the series of City Watch novels. The change in Patricians did not lead to an improvement in perceptions of the Watch, and when Lord Vetinari replaced Mad Lord Snapcase, and even theft was legalised, there seemed to be no point to them at all. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. For this free-flowing source of information, Vimes considers the cost of doughnuts on an expense voucher a very favourable trade. He was apparently inspired to join the Watch after meeting with Sergeant-At-Arms John Keel (or alternatively Sam Vimes, due to time travel), who once gave him a spoon (which his father subsequently stole upon being released from prison). He has since been "promoted" to assistant to the Watch Liaison Officer (in other words Fred Colon), a job vague enough to ensure he never has to do anything actually important. The city learned about him as quickly when he won in a fight against every miscreant in the Mended Drum tavern, including the then doorman Detritus the troll. He was in a position to seriously inconvenience Vimes with difficult questions such as; "Why is C.W.St.J. People think of Carrot as being simple, and the narrator will occasionally point out that this is true[4] - however, people often make the mistake of confusing "simple" with "stupid". Nobbs. As of the events of Snuff, he appears to be in a romantic relationship with Shine of the Rainbow, a goblin girl, and it is tacitly suggested that Nobby may have some Goblin in his ancestry, explaining why nobody could be sure of his humanity. Together, Nobby and Colon have managed to have many strangely philosophical (or just strange) conversations, including one on whether Death has a first name, or even any friends to call him it. Wee Mad Arthur has now joined the watch, and he tells Tiffany that she shall be escorted by his colleague, Captain Angua. 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