Motif · from book 5

Donut's songs

A bard whose spells are songs she must sing in key: sheet music for Skedaddle at ten hands, All Eyes on Me, a vocal coach in the saferoom (Wonderwall is only the tune of an alarm trap) — and the question of whether she can hold pitch when it matters.

First appears: Book 5

Series arc

Through book 8

Whitney, Celine, Stevie, Freddie — 'the same range', she says (B8 ch. 39). Her Auto-Tuned 'Take on Me' is marked FAILED (B8 ch. 56, B8 ch. 57); Glitzy Pizzazz is spoken, not sung (B8 ch. 46); Pony's 'In the Air Tonight' at the judging stand is beautiful (B8 ch. 92).

Through book 5

Songs in key (B5 ch. 4); Wonderwall over an alarm (B5 ch. 26); a vocal coach (B5 ch. 36); Skedaddle at ten hands (B5 ch. 69); Horton's Wonderwall (B5 ch. 73); All Eyes on Me (B5 ch. 74).

Through book 6

Laundry Day and the Legionnaires as a dagger tornado (B6 ch. 15); Why Are You Hitting Yourself on spiders and on a Demon Prince (B6 ch. 22, B6 ch. 68); Clockwork Triplicate on Mongo and a staff (B6 ch. 15, B6 ch. 43, B6 ch. 46); Minion Army, four minutes rooted, cast at last (B6 ch. 65).

Through book 7

A battle playlist at a god (B7 ch. 67); 'Break Stuff' for War Crime (B7 ch. 76).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	9/78	25, 29, 36, 63, 66, 69, 73–74, 77 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	9/74	1, 4, 10, 22, 28, 57, 68–70 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	2/89	Ch. 3, Ch. 51 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	2/99	Ch. 46, Ch. 59 · the book's own page

By book

Donut's songs in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

Songs in key (ch. 4); 'Wonderwall', named for Carl and then playing over an alarm (ch. 25, ch. 26, ch. 29); a vocal coach in a closet-sized room (ch. 36); sheet music among the prizes, a spell at ten hands, and Mordecai's question whether she can hold pitch (ch. 63, ch. 69); Horton's 'Wonderwall' (ch. 73); 'All Eyes on Me', her mother's song, sung without the sheet music (ch. 74); Horton, the Wonderwall guy, dead (ch. 77).

Donut's songs in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

New spells — Brain Freeze, Bad Attitude, and Why Are You Hitting Yourself?, which makes people stab themselves in the face (ch. 1, ch. 4); Skedaddle sheet music kept handy, and two jumps as long as she sings in key (ch. 10); Phantasm (ch. 15); Why Are You Hitting Yourself on spiders by the dozen (ch. 22) and a reindeer frothing as if hit by it (ch. 28); Skedaddle will not reach (ch. 57); Minion Army at last (ch. 65); 'I CAST WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF ON SATAN!' (ch. 68).

Donut's songs in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

A battle playlist over a PA — 'Lollipop', 'detachable penis', 'Little Red Corvette' — to distract a god (ch. 67, ch. 68); 'Break Stuff' as the world freezes for War Crime (ch. 76).

Donut's songs in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

Whitney, Celine, Stevie, Freddie — 'the same range', she says (ch. 39). Her Auto-Tuned 'Take on Me' is marked FAILED (ch. 56, ch. 57); Glitzy Pizzazz is spoken, not sung (ch. 46); Pony's 'In the Air Tonight' at the judging stand is beautiful (ch. 92).