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	:German SS leader, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, kept a castle at Wewelsburg as a meeting-place for the inner orders of the SS movement. Underneath his fortress was a crypt with places for perhaps twelve corpses, which he intended to be the last resting place for the fighting generals who led the Waffen-SS in combat.		:German SS leader, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, kept a castle at Wewelsburg as a meeting-place for the inner orders of the SS movement. Underneath his fortress was a crypt with places for perhaps twelve corpses, which he intended to be the last resting place for the fighting generals who led the Waffen-SS in combat.
	:Today, some evolutions of the wargaming hobby involve sci-fi/fantasy gaming scenarios where in 1945, the Germans stave off final defeat by learning how to reanimate their dead soldiers as zombie divisions, causing the Allies a bit of a headache. This is also yet another theme of Shea and Wilson's '''''Illuminatus!''''' - in the concluding acts, a division of German soldiers ceremonially poisoned by Himmler on April 30th 1945 and consigned to Lake Totenkopf under a bio-mystical preservation field are revived as zombies (under the command of General Hanfgeist), to wreak destruction and consternation and take unfinished business back to the Russians in East Germany, thus starting WW3.		:Today, some evolutions of the wargaming hobby involve sci-fi/fantasy gaming scenarios where in 1945, the Germans stave off final defeat by learning how to reanimate their dead soldiers as zombie divisions, causing the Allies a bit of a headache. This is also yet another theme of Shea and Wilson's '''''Illuminatus!''''' - in the concluding acts, a division of German soldiers ceremonially poisoned by Himmler on April 30th 1945 and consigned to Lake Totenkopf under a bio-mystical preservation field are revived as zombies (under the command of General Hanfgeist), to wreak destruction and consternation and take unfinished business back to the Russians in East Germany, thus starting WW3.
	:There’s also the popular ''Castle Wolfenstein'' series of computer games which have this theme: “You are the hero seeking to prevent revived Nazi Zombies taking over the world. You must seek and destroy them in their Bavarian castle lair.” Terry almost certainly played at least ''[[wikipedia:Wolfenstein 3D\|Wolfenstein 3D]]'', the first in the series (though it was inspired by the earlier ''[[wikipedia:Return to Castle Wolfenstein\|Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]’’). This was id Software’s precursor to ''Doom'' and is credited with popularising the first-person shooter genre that now dominates videogames.		:There’s also the popular ''Castle Wolfenstein'' series of computer games which have this theme: “You are the hero seeking to prevent revived Nazi Zombies taking over the world. You must seek and destroy them in their Bavarian castle lair.” Terry almost certainly played at least ''[[wikipedia:Wolfenstein 3D\|Wolfenstein 3D]]'', the first in the series (though it was inspired by the earlier ''[[wikipedia:Return to Castle Wolfenstein\|Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''). This was id Software’s precursor to ''Doom'' and is credited with popularising the first-person shooter genre that now dominates videogames.

	;Page 24 (Doubleday HB) - “The official story is that she's in mourning.”:The Duchess of Borogravia appears to have certain affinities with {{wp\|Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria}}, except for her childlessness, which makes her more akin to {{wp\|Anne, Queen of Great Britain\|Queen Anne}}.		;Page 24 (Doubleday HB) - “The official story is that she's in mourning.”:The Duchess of Borogravia appears to have certain affinities with {{wp\|Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria}}, except for her childlessness, which makes her more akin to {{wp\|Anne, Queen of Great Britain\|Queen Anne}}.

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	:German SS leader, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, kept a castle at Wewelsburg as a meeting-place for the inner orders of the SS movement. Underneath his fortress was a crypt with places for perhaps twelve corpses, which he intended to be the last resting place for the fighting generals who led the Waffen-SS in combat.		:German SS leader, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, kept a castle at Wewelsburg as a meeting-place for the inner orders of the SS movement. Underneath his fortress was a crypt with places for perhaps twelve corpses, which he intended to be the last resting place for the fighting generals who led the Waffen-SS in combat.
	:Today, some evolutions of the wargaming hobby involve sci-fi/fantasy gaming scenarios where in 1945, the Germans stave off final defeat by learning how to reanimate their dead soldiers as zombie divisions, causing the Allies a bit of a headache. This is also yet another theme of Shea and Wilson's '''''Illuminatus!''''' - in the concluding acts, a division of German soldiers ceremonially poisoned by Himmler on April 30th 1945 and consigned to Lake Totenkopf under a bio-mystical preservation field are revived as zombies (under the command of General Hanfgeist), to wreak destruction and consternation and take unfinished business back to the Russians in East Germany, thus starting WW3.		:Today, some evolutions of the wargaming hobby involve sci-fi/fantasy gaming scenarios where in 1945, the Germans stave off final defeat by learning how to reanimate their dead soldiers as zombie divisions, causing the Allies a bit of a headache. This is also yet another theme of Shea and Wilson's '''''Illuminatus!''''' - in the concluding acts, a division of German soldiers ceremonially poisoned by Himmler on April 30th 1945 and consigned to Lake Totenkopf under a bio-mystical preservation field are revived as zombies (under the command of General Hanfgeist), to wreak destruction and consternation and take unfinished business back to the Russians in East Germany, thus starting WW3.
	:There’s also the popular ''Castle Wolfenstein'’ series of computer games which have this theme: “You are the hero seeking to prevent revived Nazi Zombies taking over the world. You must seek and destroy them in their Bavarian castle lair.” Terry almost certainly played at least ''[[wikipedia:Wolfenstein 3D\|Wolfenstein 3D]]'', the first in the series (though it was inspired by the earlier ''[[wikipedia:Return to Castle Wolfenstein\|Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]’’). This was id Software’s precursor to ''Doom'' and is credited with popularising the first-person shooter genre that now dominates videogames.		:There’s also the popular ''Castle Wolfenstein'' series of computer games which have this theme: “You are the hero seeking to prevent revived Nazi Zombies taking over the world. You must seek and destroy them in their Bavarian castle lair.” Terry almost certainly played at least ''[[wikipedia:Wolfenstein 3D\|Wolfenstein 3D]]'', the first in the series (though it was inspired by the earlier ''[[wikipedia:Return to Castle Wolfenstein\|Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]’’). This was id Software’s precursor to ''Doom'' and is credited with popularising the first-person shooter genre that now dominates videogames.

	;Page 24 (Doubleday HB) - “The official story is that she's in mourning.”:The Duchess of Borogravia appears to have certain affinities with {{wp\|Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria}}, except for her childlessness, which makes her more akin to {{wp\|Anne, Queen of Great Britain\|Queen Anne}}.		;Page 24 (Doubleday HB) - “The official story is that she's in mourning.”:The Duchess of Borogravia appears to have certain affinities with {{wp\|Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria}}, except for her childlessness, which makes her more akin to {{wp\|Anne, Queen of Great Britain\|Queen Anne}}.

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	;Page 204 (Harper-Collins paperback) - The words BORN TO DIE had been chalked on the side of the hat:This would appear to be a reference to the movie ''[[wikipedia:Full Metal Jacket\|Full Metal Jacket]]'', where Joker writes BORN TO KILL on his helmet.		;Page 204 (Harper-Collins paperback) - The words BORN TO DIE had been chalked on the side of the hat:This would appear to be a reference to the movie ''[[wikipedia:Full Metal Jacket\|Full Metal Jacket]]'', where Joker writes BORN TO KILL on his helmet.

	;Page 217 (Harper-Collins paperback)/239 (Harper Torch paperback)/308 (Corgi paperback):Lieutenant Blouse mentions a classmate named Wrigglesworth, who was particularly good at impersonating women. In the 1981 movie ''Zorro ~~the~~ Gay Blade'', Zorro's long-lost twin brother (who is rather flamboyantly gay) goes by the name of Bunny Wigglesworth.		;Page 217 (Harper-Collins paperback)/239 (Harper Torch paperback)/308 (Corgi paperback) - Lieutenant Blouse mentions a classmate named Wrigglesworth, who was particularly good at impersonating women.
			:In the 1981 movie ''[[wikipedia:Zorro, The Gay Blade\|Zorro, The Gay Blade]]'', Zorro's long-lost twin brother (who is rather flamboyantly gay) goes by the name of Bunny Wigglesworth.
	:This might also be a knowing nod to that icon of the Great British Boys' Adventure Story, Squadron Leader James "Biggles" Bigglesworth.		:This might also be a knowing nod to that icon of the Great British Boys' Adventure Story, Squadron Leader James "Biggles" Bigglesworth.
	The Biggles books chart his life roughly from age nine, as a typical product of Empire and the British Raj in India, through his answering the patriotic call to the British colours in World War One (he tries the Infantry, realises it isn't to his taste, then transfers to the fledgling Royal Flying Corps where he becomes an Ace). In between the wars he and his jolly - all-male - band of chums become freelance adventurers, then when WW2 happens, he rejoins the RAF, much to the woe of the beastly Hun, the braggart Italians and the diabolical Japanese. After the war, he is signed up to Scotland Yard as Commander of the "Air Police" and occasional special agent - indeed, his last active service as an over-age James Bond is a dangerous (and deniable) incursion into the Gulag to spring his old arch-enemy Erich von Stalheim from Soviet captivity, sometime around 1965, when Biggles would have been as old as the century....		:The Biggles books chart his life roughly from age nine, as a typical product of Empire and the British Raj in India, through his answering the patriotic call to the British colours in World War One (he tries the Infantry, realises it isn't to his taste, then transfers to the fledgling Royal Flying Corps where he becomes an Ace). In between the wars he and his jolly - all-male - band of chums become freelance adventurers, then when WW2 happens, he rejoins the RAF, much to the woe of the beastly Hun, the braggart Italians and the diabolical Japanese. After the war, he is signed up to Scotland Yard as Commander of the "Air Police" and occasional special agent - indeed, his last active service as an over-age James Bond is a dangerous (and deniable) incursion into the Gulag to spring his old arch-enemy Erich von Stalheim from Soviet captivity, sometime around 1965, when Biggles would have been as old as the century....
	:It is noticeable that ''in all that time'' Biggles is only diverted ''once'' from the manly bosom of his chums by a woman's infernal wiles, and otherwise he remains a confirmed bachelor all his life. Unkind commentators have deduced somewhat...errrm.... ''homoerotic'' overtones in the intensity of his relationship with Bertie, Algy and the boy who he takes in as protègé, Ginger Hepplethwaite, (who is described in quite loving physical detail by Captain Johns). What could be ''more'' natural than a band of bosom chums spurning the advances of women, and going off into the wilds of the world together in pursuit of healthy masculine activity,(often at the direction of a shadowy father-figure and Intelligence patriarch called Colonel Raymond, who takes close attention to the lads) and indeed doing so until they are in their late fifties and early sixties?		:It is noticeable that ''in all that time'' Biggles is only diverted ''once'' from the manly bosom of his chums by a woman's infernal wiles, and otherwise he remains a confirmed bachelor all his life. Unkind commentators have deduced somewhat...errrm.... ''homoerotic'' overtones in the intensity of his relationship with Bertie, Algy and the boy who he takes in as protègé, Ginger Hepplethwaite, (who is described in quite loving physical detail by Captain Johns). What could be ''more'' natural than a band of bosom chums spurning the advances of women, and going off into the wilds of the world together in pursuit of healthy masculine activity,(often at the direction of a shadowy father-figure and Intelligence patriarch called Colonel Raymond, who takes close attention to the lads) and indeed doing so until they are in their late fifties and early sixties?

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	;Page 423 (Harper-Collins paperback) - Om said he'd spare the city if the bishop could find one good man:This would be a reference to Genesis 18, where God tells Abraham he will destroy Sodom & Gomorrah, & Abraham haggles God down to not destroying it if he can find 20 righteous people living there, figuring his nephew Lot's family would have 20 righteous people living there. Instead, angels lead Lot's family out of the city & then destroy it.		;Page 423 (Harper-Collins paperback) - Om said he'd spare the city if the bishop could find one good man:This would be a reference to Genesis 18, where God tells Abraham he will destroy Sodom & Gomorrah, & Abraham haggles God down to not destroying it if he can find 20 righteous people living there, figuring his nephew Lot's family would have 20 righteous people living there. Instead, angels lead Lot's family out of the city & then destroy it.

	;Page 447 (Corgi paperback):''"The world's turned upside down!”'':As well as a reference to the song first mentioned on page 16, this is a reference to Cornwallis' surrender of British armies to Washington, at the end of the War of Independence, where the bands sardonically played this tune during the surrender ceremonies.		;Page 447 (Corgi paperback) - ''"The world's turned upside down!”'':As well as a reference to the song first mentioned on page 16, this is a reference to Cornwallis' surrender of British armies to Washington, at the end of the War of Independence, where the bands sardonically played this tune during the surrender ceremonies.

	==General annotations==		==General annotations==

Guybrush: Intro; sections; annotations in page order; more consistent formatting; some edits and additions

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Superluser: Genesis reference

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Genesis reference

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	The onomotapoeia here suggests a helicopter, but the very distinctive whopwhopwhop sound, combined with imagery from the Vietnam War strongly suggests an image of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopter, which had an extremely identifiable sound & has becone synonymous with US involvement in Vietnam.		The onomotapoeia here suggests a helicopter, but the very distinctive whopwhopwhop sound, combined with imagery from the Vietnam War strongly suggests an image of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopter, which had an extremely identifiable sound & has becone synonymous with US involvement in Vietnam.

			{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 423\|Om said he'd spare the city if the bishop could find one good man}}

			This would be a reference to Genesis 18, where God tells Abraham he will destroy Sodom & Gomorrah, & Abraham haggles God down to not destroying it if he can find 20 righteous people living there, figuring his nephew Lot's family would have 20 righteous people living there. Instead, angels lead Lot's family out of the city & then destroy it.

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Superluser: Wasn't sure if this one was worth it, others can decide

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Wasn't sure if this one was worth it, others can decide

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	{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 204\|The words BORN TO DIE had been chalked on the side of the hat}}		{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 204\|The words BORN TO DIE had been chalked on the side of the hat}}

	This would appear to be a reference to the movie {{wp\|Full Metal Jacket}}, where Joker writes BORN TO KILL on his helmet.		This would appear to be a reference to the movie {{wp\|Full_Metal_Jacket\|Full Metal Jacket}}, where Joker writes BORN TO KILL on his helmet.

	{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 230\|you have I am sure heard the saying that the pen is mightier than the sword?}}		{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 230\|you have I am sure heard the saying that the pen is mightier than the sword?}}
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	The phrase was coined by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton. See also the annotation for Soul Music, p.7		The phrase was coined by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton. See also the annotation for Soul Music, p.7

			{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 245\|whopwhopwhop}}

			The onomotapoeia here suggests a helicopter, but the very distinctive whopwhopwhop sound, combined with imagery from the Vietnam War strongly suggests an image of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopter, which had an extremely identifiable sound & has becone synonymous with US involvement in Vietnam.

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Superluser: Some annotations

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Some annotations

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	It is noticeable that ''in all that time'' Biggles is only diverted ''once'' from the manly bosom of his chums by a woman's infernal wiles, and otherwise he remains a confirmed bachelor all his life. Unkind commentators have deduced somewhat...errrm.... ''homoerotic'' overtones in the intensity of his relationship with Bertie, Algy and the boy who he takes in as protègé, Ginger Hepplethwaite, (who is described in quite loving physical detail by Captain Johns). What could be ''more'' natural than a band of bosom chums spurning the advances of women, and going off into the wilds of the world together in pursuit of healthy masculine activity,(often at the direction of a shadowy father-figure and Intelligence patriarch called Colonel Raymond, who takes close attention to the lads) and indeed doing so until they are in their late fifties and early sixties?		It is noticeable that ''in all that time'' Biggles is only diverted ''once'' from the manly bosom of his chums by a woman's infernal wiles, and otherwise he remains a confirmed bachelor all his life. Unkind commentators have deduced somewhat...errrm.... ''homoerotic'' overtones in the intensity of his relationship with Bertie, Algy and the boy who he takes in as protègé, Ginger Hepplethwaite, (who is described in quite loving physical detail by Captain Johns). What could be ''more'' natural than a band of bosom chums spurning the advances of women, and going off into the wilds of the world together in pursuit of healthy masculine activity,(often at the direction of a shadowy father-figure and Intelligence patriarch called Colonel Raymond, who takes close attention to the lads) and indeed doing so until they are in their late fifties and early sixties?

			{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 204\|The words BORN TO DIE had been chalked on the side of the hat}}

			This would appear to be a reference to the movie {{wp\|Full Metal Jacket}}, where Joker writes BORN TO KILL on his helmet.

			{{Annotation\|Harper-Collins paperback, page 230\|you have I am sure heard the saying that the pen is mightier than the sword?}}

			The phrase was coined by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton. See also the annotation for Soul Music, p.7


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Lias Bluestone: spello

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spello

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	{{Annotation\|Corgi PB, page 208\|We first meet the dead Borogravian generals, in a ~~reveneant~~ zombie state in the crypt at Kneck.:}}		{{Annotation\|Corgi PB, page 208\|We first meet the dead Borogravian generals, in a revenant zombie state in the crypt at Kneck.:}}

	German SS leader, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, kept a castle at Wewelsburg as a meeting-place for the inner orders of the SS movement. Underneath his fortress was a crypt with places for perhaps twelve corpses, which he intended to be the last resting place for the fighting generals who led the Waffen-SS in combat.		German SS leader, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, kept a castle at Wewelsburg as a meeting-place for the inner orders of the SS movement. Underneath his fortress was a crypt with places for perhaps twelve corpses, which he intended to be the last resting place for the fighting generals who led the Waffen-SS in combat.

Lias Bluestone at 15:18, 9 July 2021

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	{{Annotation\|Doubleday HB, page 143\|"How old are you Wazz?" she said, shovelling dirt. "N-n-nineteen, Polly," said Wazzer.}}		{{Annotation\|Doubleday HB, page 143\|"How old are you Wazz?" she said, shovelling dirt. "N-n-nineteen, Polly," said Wazzer.}}

	Impossible to believe TP did not have {{Wp\|19 (song)\|Paul Hardcastle's ''19''}} in mind here.		Impossible to believe TP did not have '''{{wp\|19 (song)\|Paul Hardcastle's ''19''}}''' in mind here.

Lias Bluestone at 15:13, 9 July 2021

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	The incident in the village where the Last Detail have to play cat-and-mouse with a numerically superior enemy patrol who are out looking for them: Manfred von Richtofen, later to become the Red Baron of aerial combat, started WW1 as a cavalryman and relates a suspiciously similar tale of being caught out by Cossacks on the Eastern Front in WW1. Although the violence here is directed against a Russian Orthodox priest suspected of using his church bells to signal to Russian troops that the Germans were here. [http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=305\|Die Rote Kampfflieger]		The incident in the village where the Last Detail have to play cat-and-mouse with a numerically superior enemy patrol who are out looking for them: Manfred von Richtofen, later to become the Red Baron of aerial combat, started WW1 as a cavalryman and relates a suspiciously similar tale of being caught out by Cossacks on the Eastern Front in WW1. Although the violence here is directed against a Russian Orthodox priest suspected of using his church bells to signal to Russian troops that the Germans were here. [http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=305\|Die Rote Kampfflieger]


			{{Annotation\|Doubleday HB, page 143\|"How old are you Wazz?" she said, shovelling dirt. "N-n-nineteen, Polly," said Wazzer.}}

			Impossible to believe TP did not have {{Wp\|19 (song)\|Paul Hardcastle's ''19''}} in mind here.