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	It is also possible that he is making some sort of obscure point to Vetinari by poaching one of his civilian clerks, quite possibly turning the poacher into a gamekeeper. (Or quite possibly vice-versa).		It is also possible that he is making some sort of obscure point to Vetinari by poaching one of his civilian clerks, quite possibly turning the poacher into a gamekeeper. (Or quite possibly vice-versa).

	It is a tragedy that having earned the right to call Vimes "Mr Vimes" by having saved his life, a privilege open only to few, Pessimal is temperamentally unable to do so. However, it looks as if a new Watch department is in formation, perhaps loosely associated to the reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]], composed of Pessimal and the finally-useful [[Dis-organiser\|Gooseberry]] device. ~~Along with Vimes' Dis-Organizer Mark Five, it would seem that A E is the start to a new department in the City Watch.~~		It is a tragedy that having earned the right to call Vimes "Mr Vimes" by having saved his life, a privilege open only to few, Pessimal is temperamentally unable to do so. However, it looks as if a new Watch department is in formation, perhaps loosely associated to the reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]], composed of Pessimal and the finally-useful [[Dis-organiser\|Gooseberry]] device.

	By the events of {{SN}}, A E has risen to the newly-minted rank of Inspector, (notionally one rank below Captain), in the City Watch, and his forensic accounting has become legendary and feared throughout Ankh-Morpork, as people fear what he may uncover in their financial records.		By the events of {{SN}}, A E has risen to the newly-minted rank of Inspector, (notionally one rank below Captain), in the City Watch, and his forensic accounting has become legendary and feared throughout Ankh-Morpork, as people fear what he may uncover in their financial records.

Guybrush: Can't find any allusions to the short story in Thud!, nor does Thud! have chapters

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Can't find any allusions to the short story in Thud!, nor does Thud! have chapters

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	'''A.E. Pessimal''' is one of the [[Havelock Vetinari\|Patrician's]] inspectors sent to investigate the economics and management of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] to judge how the Watch uses their funds (see {{T!}}). Pessimal does not seem to have a first name or at least does not understand the question when [[Samuel Vimes\|Vimes]] asks him. This isn't his first such assignment: previously the Patrician has asked him to investigate, and report on, [[Unseen University]]'s admission procedures and examination system. (So evidently [[Mustrum Ridcully]] must also have done something to irritate the Patrician.) This is discussed at length in [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices\|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]]~~, a short story whose events are alluded to in the opening chapters of {{T!}}~~.		'''A.E. Pessimal''' is one of the [[Havelock Vetinari\|Patrician's]] inspectors sent to investigate the economics and management of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] to judge how the Watch uses their funds (see {{T!}}). Pessimal does not seem to have a first name or at least does not understand the question when [[Samuel Vimes\|Vimes]] asks him. This isn't his first such assignment: previously the Patrician has asked him to investigate, and report on, [[Unseen University]]'s admission procedures and examination system. (So evidently [[Mustrum Ridcully]] must also have done something to irritate the Patrician.) This is discussed at length in "[[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices\|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]]".

	When Commander Vimes first meets A.E. Pessimal in {{T!}} he sees “a man not much taller than Cheery Littlebottom, very neat, shining clean, with sparkling little boots, hair gleaming and plastered down severely, with a center parting. His head seemed slightly larger than his thin body. “He twinkled when he walked” and donned “a pair of spectacles dangling from a black ribbon.”		When Commander Vimes first meets A.E. Pessimal in {{T!}} he sees “a man not much taller than Cheery Littlebottom, very neat, shining clean, with sparkling little boots, hair gleaming and plastered down severely, with a center parting. His head seemed slightly larger than his thin body. “He twinkled when he walked” and donned “a pair of spectacles dangling from a black ribbon.”

Wonderful Fanny: Added physical description of Pessimal, from Thud

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	'''A.E. Pessimal''' is one of the [[Havelock Vetinari\|Patrician's]] inspectors sent to investigate the economics and management of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] to judge how the Watch uses their funds (see {{T!}}). Pessimal does not seem to have a first name or at least does not understand the question when [[Samuel Vimes\|Vimes]] asks him. This isn't his first such assignment: previously the Patrician has asked him to investigate, and report on, [[Unseen University]]'s admission procedures and examination system. (So evidently [[Mustrum Ridcully]] must also have done something to irritate the Patrician.) This is discussed at length in [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices\|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]], a short story whose events are alluded to in the opening chapters of {{T!}}.		'''A.E. Pessimal''' is one of the [[Havelock Vetinari\|Patrician's]] inspectors sent to investigate the economics and management of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] to judge how the Watch uses their funds (see {{T!}}). Pessimal does not seem to have a first name or at least does not understand the question when [[Samuel Vimes\|Vimes]] asks him. This isn't his first such assignment: previously the Patrician has asked him to investigate, and report on, [[Unseen University]]'s admission procedures and examination system. (So evidently [[Mustrum Ridcully]] must also have done something to irritate the Patrician.) This is discussed at length in [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices\|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]], a short story whose events are alluded to in the opening chapters of {{T!}}.

			When Commander Vimes first meets A.E. Pessimal in {{T!}} he sees “a man not much taller than Cheery Littlebottom, very neat, shining clean, with sparkling little boots, hair gleaming and plastered down severely, with a center parting. His head seemed slightly larger than his thin body. “He twinkled when he walked” and donned “a pair of spectacles dangling from a black ribbon.”

	Later in ''Thud!'' he is sworn in as a [[Specials\|Special Constable]] and attacks [[Brick]] bare-handed, to the surprise of everyone. After that he is offered a position as Adjutant with a rank of Lance-Constable which he accepts (with the promise of accelerated promotion to Sergeant) and probably will assume after he has finished his assignment to investigate the Watch. He later becomes the Watch's forensic accountant.		Later in ''Thud!'' he is sworn in as a [[Specials\|Special Constable]] and attacks [[Brick]] bare-handed, to the surprise of everyone. After that he is offered a position as Adjutant with a rank of Lance-Constable which he accepts (with the promise of accelerated promotion to Sergeant) and probably will assume after he has finished his assignment to investigate the Watch. He later becomes the Watch's forensic accountant.

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	'''A.E. Pessimal''' is one of the [[Havelock Vetinari\|Patrician's]] inspectors sent to investigate the economics and management of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] to judge how the Watch uses their funds (see {{T!}}). Pessimal does not seem to have a first name or at least does not understand the question when [[Samuel Vimes\|Vimes]] asks him. This isn't his first such assignment: previously the Patrician has asked him to investigate, and report on, [[Unseen University]]'s admission procedures and examination system. (So evidently [[Mustrum Ridcully]] must also have done something to irritate the Patrician.) This is discussed at length in [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices\|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]], a short story whose events are alluded to in the opening chapters of {{T!}}.		'''A.E. Pessimal''' is one of the [[Havelock Vetinari\|Patrician's]] inspectors sent to investigate the economics and management of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] to judge how the Watch uses their funds (see {{T!}}). Pessimal does not seem to have a first name or at least does not understand the question when [[Samuel Vimes\|Vimes]] asks him. This isn't his first such assignment: previously the Patrician has asked him to investigate, and report on, [[Unseen University]]'s admission procedures and examination system. (So evidently [[Mustrum Ridcully]] must also have done something to irritate the Patrician.) This is discussed at length in [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices\|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]], a short story whose events are alluded to in the opening chapters of {{T!}}.

	Later in ''Thud!'' he is sworn in as a [[Specials\|Special Constable]] and attacks [[Brick]] bare-handed, to the surprise of everyone. After that he is offered a position as Adjutant with a rank of Lance-Constable which he accepts (with the promise of accelerated promotion to Sergeant) and probably will assume after he has finished his assignment to investigate the Watch.		Later in ''Thud!'' he is sworn in as a [[Specials\|Special Constable]] and attacks [[Brick]] bare-handed, to the surprise of everyone. After that he is offered a position as Adjutant with a rank of Lance-Constable which he accepts (with the promise of accelerated promotion to Sergeant) and probably will assume after he has finished his assignment to investigate the Watch. He later becomes the Watch's forensic accountant.

	Vimes' motivation in employing Pessimal is partly practical: he recognises that a man who will attack a boozed-up troll with his teeth is "born to the badge", and he will always find a job for a born copper. More than that, he needs an adjutant, a man who can "hold a pencil without breaking it", who can make sense of paperwork and interpret the mysteries of statistics that he, Vimes, will always overlook; for while Truth is likely to be hidden in the mountain of paperwork that sits on his desk, quietly reproaching him for his deliberate non-awareness of it, Vimes has neither the time nor the inclination to go mining for it.		Vimes' motivation in employing Pessimal is partly practical: he recognises that a man who will attack a boozed-up troll with his teeth is "born to the badge", and he will always find a job for a born copper. More than that, he needs an adjutant, a man who can "hold a pencil without breaking it", who can make sense of paperwork and interpret the mysteries of statistics that he, Vimes, will always overlook; for while Truth is likely to be hidden in the mountain of paperwork that sits on his desk, quietly reproaching him for his deliberate non-awareness of it, Vimes has neither the time nor the inclination to go mining for it.

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{{Character Data
|title= A.E. Pessimal
|photo=
|name= A.E. Pessimal
|age= indeterminate, possibly late-middle
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= Government inspector, Special Constable, later Inspector
|appearance= Very neat small man, immaculate centre parting and clean shoes.
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status=
|books= {{T!}}, {{SN}}
|cameos= [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]]
}}

'''A.E. Pessimal''' is one of the [[Havelock Vetinari|Patrician's]] inspectors sent to investigate the economics and management of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] to judge how the Watch uses their funds (see {{T!}}). Pessimal does not seem to have a first name or at least does not understand the question when [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] asks him. This isn't his first such assignment: previously the Patrician has asked him to investigate, and report on, [[Unseen University]]'s admission procedures and examination system. (So evidently [[Mustrum Ridcully]] must also have done something to irritate the Patrician.) This is discussed at length in [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices|A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]], a short story whose events are alluded to in the opening chapters of {{T!}}.

Later in ''Thud!'' he is sworn in as a [[Specials|Special Constable]] and attacks [[Brick]] bare-handed, to the surprise of everyone. After that he is offered a position as Adjutant with a rank of Lance-Constable which he accepts (with the promise of accelerated promotion to Sergeant) and probably will assume after he has finished his assignment to investigate the Watch.

Vimes' motivation in employing Pessimal is partly practical: he recognises that a man who will attack a boozed-up troll with his teeth is "born to the badge", and he will always find a job for a born copper. More than that, he needs an adjutant, a man who can "hold a pencil without breaking it", who can make sense of paperwork and interpret the mysteries of statistics that he, Vimes, will always overlook; for while Truth is likely to be hidden in the mountain of paperwork that sits on his desk, quietly reproaching him for his deliberate non-awareness of it, Vimes has neither the time nor the inclination to go mining for it.

It is also possible that he is making some sort of obscure point to Vetinari by poaching one of his civilian clerks, quite possibly turning the poacher into a gamekeeper. (Or quite possibly vice-versa).

It is a tragedy that having earned the right to call Vimes "Mr Vimes" by having saved his life, a privilege open only to few, Pessimal is temperamentally unable to do so. However, it looks as if a new Watch department is in formation, perhaps loosely associated to the reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]], composed of Pessimal and the finally-useful [[Dis-organiser|Gooseberry]] device. Along with Vimes' Dis-Organizer Mark Five, it would seem that A E is the start to a new department in the City Watch.

By the events of {{SN}}, A E has risen to the newly-minted rank of Inspector, (notionally one rank below Captain), in the City Watch, and his forensic accounting has become legendary and feared throughout Ankh-Morpork, as people fear what he may uncover in their financial records.

==Annotations==
'Pessimal' is to 'pessimism' what 'optimal' is to 'optimism'- it refers to things being maximally bad.

==Also See==
* [[wikipedia:Ankh-Morpork City Watch#Inspector A E Pessimal|A.E. Pessimal's Entry]] on [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Discworld characters|Pessimal, A.E.]]
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