Thomas Silverfish - Revision history

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	\|occupation= President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]]		\|occupation= President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]]
	\|appearance= Chemical-stained hands, little weaselly eyes		\|appearance= Chemical-stained hands, little weaselly eyes

	\|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]		\|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]
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	\|books= {{MP}}		\|books= {{MP}}
	\|cameos= {{G!G!}}, {{MAA}}		\|cameos= {{G!G!}}, {{MAA}}

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	Goldwyn was responsible for a whole sequence of malapropisms known collectively as ''Goldwynisms'', some of which are so well known now as to have passed into the vernacular. A number of Goldwyn quips are repeated (in one form or another) by Silverfish throughout the book, such as "you'll never work in this town again", "include me out", and "a verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on".		Goldwyn was responsible for a whole sequence of malapropisms known collectively as ''Goldwynisms'', some of which are so well known now as to have passed into the vernacular. A number of Goldwyn quips are repeated (in one form or another) by Silverfish throughout the book, such as "you'll never work in this town again", "include me out", and "a verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on".

			Following the events of Moving Pictures, Silverfish goes on to produce another, peculiar element. Far heavier than lead, is produced from lots of ore, and most certainly does not go bang- despite the thoughts of his assistant. Most likely Uranium.

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	\|~~caameos~~= {{G!G!}}, {{MAA}}		\|cameos= {{G!G!}}, {{MAA}}
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	Thomas Silverfish, the President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] appears in {{MP}} as a rather more important character than he appeared in {{G!G!}}. He is one of the co-creators of [[Octo-cellulose\|octo-cellulose]] (the [[Discworld]] equivalent of cinefilm) and, coincidentally, of [[Moving Pictures]] which descends upon [[Holy Wood]] like a fever and briefly makes stars of many, including [[Victor Tugelbend]] and [[Theda Withel]].		Thomas Silverfish, the President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] appears in {{MP}} as a rather more important character than he appeared in {{G!G!}}. He is one of the co-creators of [[Octo-cellulose\|octo-cellulose]] (the [[Discworld]] equivalent of cinefilm) and, coincidentally, of [[Moving Pictures]] which descends upon [[Holy Wood]] like a fever and briefly makes stars of many, including [[Victor Tugelbend]] and [[Theda Withel]].

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	Thomas Silverfish, the President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] appears in {{MP}} as a rather more important character than he appeared in {{G!G!}}. He is one of the co-creators of [[Octo-cellulose\|octo-cellulose]] (the [[Discworld]] equivalent of cinefilm) and, coincidentally, of [[Moving Pictures]] which descends upon [[Holy Wood]] like a fever and briefly makes stars of many, including [[Victor Tugelbend]] and [[Theda Withel]].		Thomas Silverfish, the President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] appears in {{MP}} as a rather more important character than he appeared in {{G!G!}}. He is one of the co-creators of [[Octo-cellulose\|octo-cellulose]] (the [[Discworld]] equivalent of cinefilm) and, coincidentally, of [[Moving Pictures]] which descends upon [[Holy Wood]] like a fever and briefly makes stars of many, including [[Victor Tugelbend]] and [[Theda Withel]].

			In {{MAA}}, Silverfish is still experimenting with [[octo-cellulose]], this time as a material for billiard balls. Very ''volatile'' billiard balls.

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{{Character Data
|title= Thomas Silverfish
|photo= silverfish.jpg|Silverfish, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]
|name= Thomas Silverfish
|age= middle-aged
|race= Human

|occupation= President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]]
|appearance= Chemical-stained hands, little weaselly eyes

|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]

|books= {{MP}}
}}

Thomas Silverfish, the President of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] appears in {{MP}} as a rather more important character than he appeared in {{G!G!}}. He is one of the co-creators of [[Octo-cellulose|octo-cellulose]] (the [[Discworld]] equivalent of cinefilm) and, coincidentally, of [[Moving Pictures]] which descends upon [[Holy Wood]] like a fever and briefly makes stars of many, including [[Victor Tugelbend]] and [[Theda Withel]].

==Annotation==

Thomas Silverfish as a movie director is entirely modelled on movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn, whose real name was Samuel Gelbfisch, and who spent a short time as Samuel Goldfish before changing his name a second time to Goldwyn. As he'd already appeared a year earlier in {{G!G!}}, however, was Terry hugely foreshadowing, or was it fortuitous? Will we ever know?

Goldwyn was responsible for a whole sequence of malapropisms known collectively as ''Goldwynisms'', some of which are so well known now as to have passed into the vernacular. A number of Goldwyn quips are repeated (in one form or another) by Silverfish throughout the book, such as "you'll never work in this town again", "include me out", and "a verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on".

[[Category:Discworld characters|Silverfish,Thomas]]
[[Category:Human characters|Silverfish,Thomas]]
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