Guards!. It has been noted that, in personality and mental setup, Vimes bears some similarity to Granny Weatherwax. He hates dishonest policemen. Though he sometimes has to call in a plasterer when Vimes is particularly angry, Vetinari doesn't worry about ita sign that he intentionally angers Vimes so as to goad him into a desired action. He is married to Lady Sybil Ramkin, the wealthiest woman in the city, and they have a son Samuel "Young Sam" Vimes II. After marrying Lady Sybil Ramkin, he quit drinking and smoked cigars instead. His rise from alcoholic policeman to respected member of the aristocracy, and the growth and development of the Watch under his command, have together been one of the major threads of the Discworld series. When he witnesses a crime occurring, he abandons everything and chases the miscreant. When he finds younger Assassins failing their attempts on him, for example, he lets them go with only minor wounds; older Assassins, on the other hand, have been known to be painted and tied up left in public, or even chained up and sent on a sea voyage all the way to the other end of Klatch. ), and Vimes' own sense of justice being so strong that, in Thud!, it was even able to fend off an attack by a 'quasi-demonic thing of pure vengeance'. The Vimes family, until then a noble family, were disgraced and lived in poverty for many generations after. Born into poverty, he is now a highly reluctant member of the nobility, having been made both a knight and a duke. Affiliation Take boots, for exam. ), and Vimes' own sense of justice being so strong that, in Thud!, it was even able to fend off the attempts to possess him by a 'quasi-demonic thing of pure vengeance'.[16]. The book features a City Watch commander named Capt. He chokes off all of those little reactions and impulses, but he knows what they are. When serving as Ambassador for Ankh-Morpork, he is also referred to simply as "His Excellency", and is also nicknamed "Blackboard Monitor Vimes",[1] "Vimes the Butcher/Butcher Vimes"[2] and "Vetinari's Terrier" (or his hammer, depending upon the occasion). Vimes' involvement in preventing a pointless war with Klatch in the novel Jingo led to his being once more rewarded with an unwanted title, in this case, Duke of Ankh. They might not have money to buy more than day-old bread and stale cheese, but you could eat it off a spotlessly clean floor by the gods. The irony of the situation, coupled with the character's own distaste for the wealthy and general cynicism, make the phrase a particularly effective and vivid evocation of the concept for those familiar with the Discworld novels, hence its becoming part of the vernacular in that subculture. Beginning with Guards! Today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. His "Blackboard Monitor" epithet is used like a title in Snuff, implying it may actually have been accorded some official weight by the Low King of the dwarfs. Presumably this is also why the protective flame-baffles between the Vimes residence and Sybil's dragon stables are much, much sturdier in Thud! Recently, Vimes has seen involvement with: Terry Pratchett has commented that Vimes has made setting a story in Ankh-Morpork very difficult as it is almost impossible to create a story involving any sort of crime or politics without it rapidly becoming a Watch book. In the latter case, you have to consider that a dwarf stirs deliberately his anger, and the Dark Guards attempt later to assassinate not only Vimes, but also his wife and his fourteen-months-old son, using flamethrowers. He describes this as The Samuel Vimes 'Boots' Theory Of Socio-Economic Injustice. Guards!. This phrase has led to the use of the phrase "Vimes' Boots," or the description of a set of circumstances as a "Vimes' Boots situation." Marital Status: Single. The Watch was rapidly revived and became increasingly important in the city. In Feet of Clay, he still has the habit to reach in stress situations for the bottom desk drawer, where his bottle used to be. Share your thoughts, experiences, and stories behind the art. In Night Watch, the timeline was altered and his future self ended up impersonating John Keel for the duration of the Revolution, teaching him the same lessons instead. He is the central character of the Watch Series, in which his rises from being a poor and often-drunk policeman to being the leader of a modern police force. Sometimes this darker side comes out when Vimes loses control of his anger and he effectively 'goes spare'. He promotes Watch officers according to merit and ability, regardless of gender, species, or seniority. Samuel Vimes has always been my favorite character in the series. Death has started bringing books to read during these occasions). was adapted for BBC Radio 5 in 1992 and starred John Wood as Vimes. With a nod to the late Terry Pratchett and his wonderful imagination - here is Sam Vimes! A pair of good boots, which cost fifty dollars, would last for years and years - which means that over the long run, the man with cheap boots has spent much more money and still has wet feet. The name comes from a passage in Men at Arms in which Vimes muses on the expensive nature of poverty. He has married Lady Sybil and certainly loves her. Both of those factors, and a near-Death experience that forced him to miss his 6:00pm story-time with his son, culminate in him snapping and temporarily losing over to "the Beast", going insane/berserk and single-handedly storming the deep-downers responsible, all the while roaring out the lines to Where's My Cow? Thanks to the funds now available to him, through marriage, his mansion is set with numerous traps, so that the Assassins, who must always offer a sporting chance, cannot get close to him without suffering a severe mishap. Being a significant figure on the world stage just means he finds bigger crimes. Vimes is depicted in the novels as somewhere between an Inspector Morse -type 'old-school' British policeman, and a film noir-esque grizzled detective. Continuing to call him by any of these titles after he's explained his preferences is an excellent way to get in His Grace His Excellency's bad graces. In some ways he found it a relief when, in Night Watch, he was transported back to the Ankh-Morpork of his youth, and became a sergeant-at-arms in the inefficient, paperwork-free and moderately corrupt Watch of that time. They estimated that Vimes was about two drinks below par. He hates zombies, werewolves and vampires; for unashamedly discriminative reasons, among them being that they cannot be killed if police duty necessitates that Vimes should fight them, and he believes that vampires naturally or reflexively prey upon people, as well as often being rich and snobby. Thus those who cannot afford regular health care are said to be in a Vimes' Boots situation. His appearances throughout the Discworld sequence show him slowly and grudgingly rising through the ranks of both police force and society. The Annotated Pratchett File notes that Suffer-Not-Injustice Vimes is closely modelled on Oliver Cromwell, and that the name of his supporters, the Ironheads, is a portmanteau of Ironsides and Roundheads, Cromwell's regiment and faction, respectively.[7]. [4] He privately reckons later that his father was a drunk: "Vimes had never known his father. than in previous books. But the events of this novel mark the turning point for the Watch and Vimes's career. They have a son, The Honourable Samuel Vimes II. Samuel 'Sam' Vimes is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Samuel Vimes Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and. His birth was difficult, and Vimes paid Doctor "Mossy" Lawn a large sum of money in gratitude for saving Sybil's and the baby's lives. In attempting to carry out justice, Vimes has arrested sons of Ankh-Morpork nobles as well as city dignitaries, all the way up to Lord Vetinari. An upright and honest man whose appointment to the despised Night Watch - regared by all sensible people as a completely useless appendage to the running of the city - may have been the cause of his drinking problem. While no detailed description of his physical appearance shows up in any of the Discworld novels, Pratchett says in the companion work, The Art of Discworld, that he has always imagined Vimes as British actor Pete Postlethwaite. bring the trainee's ego back down to the Disc, https://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Samuel_Vimes&oldid=34167, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, Captain Samuel Vimes of the Night Watch (. Equally, he is known to be an angry person. [12] Although in Guards! Samuel Vimes was born in Cockbill Street, the Shades, Ankh-Morpork into a poor family. Death himself is unsure whether Vimes should die or not in these cases, citing "quantum" as an explanation. Dormer's character, Sam Vimes, is the captain of the city's police force that's known as the titular Watch. To many others he is, somehow, the person to look up to. He is a secondary character in The Truth, Monstrous Regiment, and Raising Steam, and has cameos in The Last Hero, Going Postal, Making Money, He has also appeared in the City Watch Diary and the picture book Where's My Cow?. Vimes is considering appealing the decision. He never completely loses control, and always manages to restrain himself (or have someone around to restrain him) in the end. Since becoming the Commander of the Watch and as such a popular target with the clients of the Assassins' Guild, Vimes also started the exercise of personally engineering pitfalls and death traps around his house and outside of his office at the police headquarters. His rise from alcoholic policeman to respected member of the aristocracy, and the growth and development of the Watch under his command, have together been one of the major threads of the Discworld series. Sam Vimes - Character Character Vimes is a very conflicted character: An incorruptible idealist with deep beliefs in justice and an abiding love of his city, he is also a committed cynic whose knowledge of human nature constantly reminds him how far off those ideals are. Guards!, he is the Captain of the (useless) Night Watch. In Thud!, he nearly gives in entirely to those of the Summoning Dark. Although widely differing characters, Vimes and Vetinari can be called similar in that they both have very cynical worldviews, but fairly idealistic aims. He regards being the Duke of Ankh as a job title and always prefers "Commander" or "sir" to any of his other titles, which include "His Grace," "His Excellency" and "his blackboard-monitorship" (The Fifth Elephant and Thud!). The Guild proved to be a better regulator of crime than the Watch. He fears he may be a bad person because he knows what he thinks rather than just what he says and does. Havelock goes to visit Sybil and Sam after the birth of their son and Vimes has some feelings. Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a policeman from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. This horrifying state of mind would cause Vimes to try to balance it out, but . Samuel "Young Sam" Vimes II) is Sam and Sybil Vimes' son and only child; he was born at the end of the events in Night Watch, is about fourteen months old by the time of Thud!, and at the age of six years by the time of the events of Snuff. The pattern of Sam and Sybil's marriage was set the moment he turned away from his wedding to chase an assassin who had just made an attempt on the Patrician's life. Vimes also appeared in the game Discworld Noir. This thought leads to the general realization that one of the reasons rich people remain rich is because they don't actually have to spend as much money as poor people; in many situations, they buy high-quality items (such as clothing, housing, and other necessities) which are made to last. Later in the series, the expensive, good quality boots his wife persists in buying for him restrict this ability. In his later life Sam is often compared to his ancestor, in both his personality and his appearance. In Feet of Clay, Corporal Nobby Nobbs refuses the position of King of Ankh-Morpork, primarily due to the fear of incurring Vimes's general wrath and hatred of royalty. Human He first appeared in the novel Guards! Guards!, she is a rather imposing Wagnerian aristocrat, but also a kind-hearted and compassionate person, embodying the positive aspects of aristocrats, who are otherwise depicted unflatteringly in Ankh-Morpork's population. Works [ edit] His participation as a young copper in handing people to the Unmentionables has surely left him also with a deep feeling of guilt and shame, after witnessing the results in their headquarters. The Watch showed their worth by stopping a dragon from taking over the city. Background/History:Sam Vimes was born in Ankh-Morpork in Cockbill Street, a neighborhood so poor that all they could afford was their pride. Family members At one point in the story, the captain ruminates: It is not entirely clear whether his hatred of crime and the evil of humanity is greater than his love for his wife. --. To put it very simply, he tries to look after those who have nobody else looking after them. Despite her high-class upbringing, she has displayed a resourcefulness ("in an outdoorsy kind of way") that first attracted Vimes's attention. Guards! I am a big fan of the humorous fantasy Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. As of his latest promotion, his full name and title is stated as being "His Grace, His Excellency, The 1st Duke of Ankh; Commander Sir Samuel Vimes". Sybil tries her utmost to get Sam to take some time off in almost every book, but for the most part, Sam finds an excuse to stay on the job. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 30, 2022. Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. [3] It has been suggested that Sam's father was a watchman in Jingo and he is a descendant of Suffer-Not-Injustice "Old Stoneface" Vimes, the Watch Commander who instigated the rebellion against, and subsequently beheaded, Lorenzo the Kind, the last king of the city, a sadistic torturer described as "very fond of children." However he still keeps a bottle of 'Bearhugger's Whisky' in his bottom desk drawer as a 'permanent test'. Join Facebook to connect with Samuel Knurd De Chantal and others you may know. In Snuff, Sybil forces Vimes to take a vacation to their countryside estate, Crundells. He insists on shaving himself as he dislikes other people putting a razor blade, (or indeed any sort of sharp edge) to his throat, and attempts to wear cheap boots with cardboard soles. Submit your writing [17] Her hobby has left her with her natural hair singed off and she wears a wig in nearly all circumstances. Commander Sir Samuel Vimes' entry in the Discworld Companion is as follows: Head of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. Vimes was sixteen when he joined the Watch. He hates Alchemists because they blow things up. He explained to Lady Margolotta in The Fifth Elephant, this is because, teetotal or not, 'a vampire will always seek to dominate a human being'. His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Il peut tre extrmement difficile d'tre constamment avec quelqu'un qui ne vous aime pas. Though he finds it to be annoying, Vimes takes these continued attempts on his life as a sign that he's angering somebody, and so must be doing something right. Thus he saw reality as it really was ("first sight"); stripped of all the mental illusions that most people construct in their minds to get to sleep at night ("second sight"). Gender He's a gutter drunk when the story starts, and he turns himself around, thanks in large part to the large love of a large woman. He also sacks, and may even prosecute, officers who abuse prisoners or participate in crimes. Species 177. Vimes is all but shocked at Vetinari's disturbingly cynical (and probably disturbingly accurate) view of the world, he in turn has been called "the most cynical bastard that ever walked under the sun" (in I Shall Wear Midnight). Nowadays, Vimes has to eat fancy food as cooked in the Ramkins' house. Samuel Vimes. Vimes gave up alcohol after his marriage to Sybil, and now smokes foul-smelling cigars instead. [15] This meant that when he hadn't been drinking, he was beyond sober - he was "knurd". It has also been noted that, in personality and mental setup, Vimes bears some similarity to Granny Weatherwax. Young Sam is Vimes' son and about fourteen months old by the time of Thud!. Base Of Operations: Pseudopolis Yard, Ankh-Morpork. Assassin must be their main job title. Sybil maintains a number of close (female) social contacts from her schooldays, who, thanks to the kind of school she went to (The Quirm College for Young Ladies), are now all strategically placed in the highest levels of power across the Sto Plains and often more powerful than Ankh-Morpork Guild leaders. All that changed when Carrot Ironfoundersson came to the city. (Angua's brother Wolfgang denies that the werewolves died, as they can only truly be killed by silver; they would just have "nasty headaches later on.") At some point during his ambassadorship, things went very wrong. Sybil Ramkin (Wife)Sam Vimes (Son) Vimes stumbles. In The Art of Discworld, Pratchett explains that Vimes protects himself from the Beast with the symbol of his own badge, which prevents him from becoming the criminal he despises, at least in his own mind. During the first 25 years of his term in the Watch, Vimes rose to Captain of the Night Watch, a position that he attained about ten years prior to the events of Guards!Guards!, as it dwindled to a tiny stub - while the power of the Thieves' Guild grew.This insult to Vimes' sense of justice, together with his being naturally knurd and other events, (it has been claimed he was . As of Snuff, even his smoking has been barred from the house (likely for Young Sam's sake), and he sates his cravings with non-alcoholic mixers whipped up by Willikins. He is also mentioned, although not by name, in The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. He has also appeared in the City Watch Diary and the picture book Where's My Cow?. Though he sometimes has to call in a plasterer when Vimes is particularly angry, Vetinari doesn't worry about ita sign that he intentionally angers Vimes so as to goad him into a desired action. Vimes gave up alcohol after his marriage to Sybil, and now smokes foul-smelling cigars instead. It is clear that Vimes loves his wife dearly; indeed, when he was trapped in the past during the events of Night Watch, alone in a world he no longer recognised, the History Monks gave him a silver cigar case his wife had bought him to inspire him to continue with his mission. Philip Jackson from the British Robin of Sherwood TV series provides the voice for Vimes in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Night Watch. He hates many kinds of people and many things, and he has quite good reasons to. He accepts that a publican may offer a free pint or a meal to an officer just because having an officer on the premises at rush hour makes things go more smoothly is just a way of doing business, but draws the line at an officer taking money to look the other way. In two CBR-exclusive promos for the upcoming series, which takes inspiration from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, Captain Samuel Vimes and Lady Sybil Ramkin hit the ground running. Vimes is implied to heavily resemble his ancestor[6] and they share a nickname: Old Stoneface. The phrase has widespread applicability. Deduction is not Vimes' favorite activity; he distrusts clues and loathes mysteries ("mysteries get you killed"), and he now has the Cable Street Particulars to deal with peculiar crimes, but sometimes Vimes still personally investigates a case. Despite his distaste for nobility, he becomes a Duke and an ambassador. His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Occupation She is a deeply gracious lady, able to like almost anyone (even Nobby Nobbs). He remains in his soul a copper. Title(s) The "Vimes Boots Theory" is an elegant distillation of an old economic and philosophical concept famously explored by Robert Tressel in his classic 1914 book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. In every book in the series, the fee for his assassination has risen until he has been removed from the Guild register, meaning that contracts on his life are no longer accepted (this was initially literal, as no assassin wanted to take the contract). Vimes also personally makes sure that all of the brickwork is kept in good repair, with no convenient handholds. and Snuff . For this, Vimes is awarded with yet another unwanted nobility title: Duke of Ankh. Samuel "Sam" Vimes is the Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. Vimes' involvement in preventing a pointless war with Klatch in the novel Jingo led to his being once more rewarded with an unwanted title, in this case, Duke of Ankh. His "Blackboard Monitor" epithet is used like a title in Snuff, implying it may actually have been accorded some official weight by the Low King of the dwarfs. While the Summoning Dark had trespassed into his mind, needing a host in order to track down the Deep-Downer Dwarves, would try to enter through one of the doors that opened when Vimes became angry, only to be pulled away at every time. Family information In the course of his mission to berwald as ambassador, he was disgusted to learn that he was also entitled to be addressed as "His Excellency", although he learns to wield it for practical clout, especially when perusing investigations where his status as an officer is unknown or ignored. IT GOES, 'MOOOOO!'") He hates dwarfs and trolls, but he has stated that he doesn't care that much for humans either so he can't be blamed. However, he will warm up to anyone he considers a "good copper" regardless of their unusual background and has allowed the Watch to become one of the most species-blind employers in the city. Artist Paul Kidby, who has collaborated with Pratchett on several works, portrays him as resembling Clint Eastwood. [21], The Cretaceous conifer species Pseudotorellia vimesiana is named after Sam Vimes.[22]. When given bad news, he has a tendency to, on his way out, pound his fist against a certain spot of wall near the office door. [4] The rain's getting heavier now, drumming on the cobbles and coach roofs. and Snuff. Whatever happened to him exactly, she raised the young Sam on her own. When the Summoning Dark trespasses into his mind, needing a host in order to track down the Deep-Downers, it tries to enter through one of the doors that opens when Vimes becomes angry, only to be pulled away at every time. Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. While there have been a number of amateur stage productions of the books, a professional adaptation of Guards! The conflict within Vimes is between his virtuous nature ("the Watchman") and what he calls "the Beast". Vimes was sixteen when he joined the Watch. After that, he spent some time in street gangs, including the Cockbill Street Roaring Lads. Keel taught Vimes several important lessons, such stopping him from taking bribes at a time when such behaviour was widespread in the Watch. This has become such a point of pride that he now has nightmares about not being home by 6 p.m. In his expanding international and diplomatic role, Vimes appreciates the fact that police officers from Sto Lat to Genua have been trained to salute him, and remain in unofficial contact across the Disc. Sam Vimes is the central character in Guards! He has inherited his ancestor's nickname "Old Stoneface," but this is never said to his face. He is capable of accepting specific individuals. He is saved by the arrival of Vetinari, who defuses the situation. One of his most famous lightning-rods for this was Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch - a cynical, but likable, man who attempts to better himself whilst railing against the injustices around him. Sometimes this darker side comes out when Vimes loses control of his anger and he effectively 'goes spare'. [14] In The Fifth Elephant, Vimes managed to evade, fight off, and 'kill' part of a pack of werewolves in "the game", a werewolf tradition of chasing a human back to civilization that humans did not often win. Vimes once conjectured that if they so conspired, they could run the world, if they don't already do so. His sheer, incandescent rage is barely suppressed by his desire to be lawful and administer justice properly (and also in a way, to not follow in Stoneface's steps). Samuel Knurd De Chantal is on Facebook. Through his father Thomas, he is a descendant of Suffer-Not-Injustice "Stoneface" Vimes, who overthrew the monarchy in Ankh-Morpork centuries earlier, killed its last king, and ruled the city briefly before being overthrown himself. National team caps and goals, correct as of September 23, 2022. He is a deeply conflicted man who rose from the meanest of beginnings as a punk street gang member to become one of the. 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