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The 13 Clocks
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The 13 Clocks is a fantasy novel by James Thurber. A modern Fairy Tale, recounting the tale of the evil duke who thinks he killed time, in whose castle the 13 clocks never move, and the impossible tasks he sets to those who would marry his niece, the princess.Full of whimsy and word play. And containing the Golux — the only Golux in the world and not a mere device.Thurber also wrote three more tales in the same vein, Many Moons, The White Deer and The Wonderful O.The story is a favorite of Neil Gaiman, who wrote the introduction to the current edition and narrated a short animated film of the first chapter (which can be viewed here.) | |
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Card-Carrying Villain | |
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Card-Carrying Villain: The Duke is evil and relishes it, saying that being wicked is only one of his little flaws. | |
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Unreliable Narrator | |
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Unreliable Narrator: The Golux, in-universe. He's not even sure himself which of the stories he tells the Prince are true and which he made up. | |
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TheDevil | |
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This is the function of the Todal, an agent of The Devil who punishes evildoers for not doing enough evil. One stalks the Duke, causing him to be terrified of what will happen to him if he isn't villainous enough. | |
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The Quest | |
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The Quest: Find ten thousand jewels before ninety-nine hours are up. | |
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Tongue-Tied | |
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Tongue-Tied: When Saralinda first sees Xingu, she says "I wish him well." Turns out, the Duke hired a witch to put a curse on her so that the only words she can say in his presence are "I wish him well." Hark considers this bad taste. | |
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Haunted Castle | |
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Haunted Castle: The Duke's castle is haunted by at least three ghosts. | |
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We Help the Helpless | |
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We Help the Helpless: | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
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Blessed with Suck: Hagga's tears turn into jewels. This doesn't work out quite as well as hoped. People have made Hagga cry so much, she's heard every possible sob story you could ever tell. Now she can only cry when she laughs, and those only last 14 days before turning to tears again. | |
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Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon | |
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Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: The Duke will slit you from your guggle to your zatch and feed you to his geese. | |
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High-Class Glass | |
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High-Class Glass: The Duke wears an eyepatch over his blinded eye, and a monocle on his good eye. | |
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Description Porn | |
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Description Porn: Thurber is clearly having a lot of fun with his prose, and the narrator occasionally almost lapses into poetry: | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: When Hagga is granted the ability to weep jewels, the result is a depression in the value of gemstones. | |
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Happily Ever After | |
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Happily Ever After: Literally, in that the last shot of the hero has him sailing away "to the shores of Ever After." | |
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King Incognito | |
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King Incognito: Xingu turns out to be Zorn of Zorna. | |
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You Have Failed Me | |
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You Have Failed Me: Any minion who fails the Duke is fed to his geese. This is the function of the Todal, an agent of The Devil who punishes evildoers for not doing enough evil. One stalks the Duke, causing him to be terrified of what will happen to him if he isn't villainous enough. | |
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Race Against the Clock | |
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Race Against the Clock: Xingu must complete The Quest by making all thirteen clocks strike five. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
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Disproportionate Retribution: The Duke has people killed and fed to his geese for the most minor transgressions, including not complimenting his wines or staring at his gloves for too long. | |
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Locked into Strangeness | |
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Locked into Strangeness: Just hearing the Todal's name mentioned causes people's hair to turn white with terror. Even Hark's black mask turns gray. | |
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Eyepatch of Power | |
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Eyepatch of Power: The Duke lost an eye from an unfortunate encounter with a bird in his youth, and wears an eyepatch to cover it. | |
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Royal Blood | |
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Royal Blood: Xingu tries to protest that he should not be sent to do the fatal Engagement Challenge since he is not a prince. The Duke has seen through his disguise and realized that he is really Prince Zorn of Zorna. | |
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Evil Uncle | |
The 13 Clocks / int_688afa6a | comment |
Evil Uncle: The Duke imprisons his niece Saralanda in the tower. Subverted when it's revealed that he actually kidnapped Saralinda and plans to marry her himself. | |
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Now Do It Again, Backwards | |
The 13 Clocks / int_7c1d92d7 | comment |
Now Do It Again, Backwards: The way Saralinda starts the clocks. The Golux's logic seems to work this way. | |
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Engagement Challenge | |
The 13 Clocks / int_7e676cdf | comment |
Engagement Challenge: The plot involves Xingu having to complete an impossible challenge for the hand of Saralinda. Many other princes have tried before, only to be slit from their guggle to their zatch and fed to the geese. | |
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The 13 Clocks / int_98f2361a | type |
FairyTaleMotifs | |
The 13 Clocks / int_98f2361a | comment |
Fairy Tale Motifs: An evil duke, a prince in disguise, an enchanted princess trapped in a tower, an Engagement Challenge, an inept wizard, a king, an Eldritch Abomination lurking around— we're just a fairy godmother or two away from a full Fairy Tale Free-for-All here. | |
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Wandering Minstrel | |
The 13 Clocks / int_9d73f176 | comment |
Wandering Minstrel: Xingu, when we first meet him, is disguised as a traveling bard. He alludes to The Mikado several times, calling himself "a thing of threads and patches". This is also a hint that he's really royalty, just like the wandering minstrel who delivers that line in The Mikado. | |
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Inept Mage | |
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Inept Mage: The Golux's father, who lacks the power of concentration, and mother, who, "when she changed her rivals into fish, all she ever got was mermaids." The Golux keeps up the family tradition. | |
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Evil Is Deathly Cold | |
The 13 Clocks / int_b77a6d82 | comment |
Evil Is Deathly Cold: The Duke goes on and on about how cold his evil makes the castle, to the point where even Hark gets annoyed. | |
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Perfectly Cromulent Word | |
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Perfectly Cromulent Word: From "guggle" to "zatch". Also "gleeping". | |
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No Name Given | |
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No Name Given: The Duke is only ever called The Duke. | |
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Unusual Euphemism | |
The 13 Clocks / int_d848560f | comment |
Unusual Euphemism: A non-sexual variety. Even the hero wonders where his guggle and zatch are. Turns out, they're his throat and stomach, respectively. | |
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Fed to Pigs | |
The 13 Clocks / int_e6c8cd60 | comment |
Fed to Pigs: Or, rather, geese. The Duke disposes of Saralinda's suitors by feeding them to geese after they fail his tasks. | |
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Rhymes on a Dime | |
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Rhymes on a Dime: Everybody, including the Lemony Narrator, slips spontaneously into rhyme in the course of any normal conversation. | |
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