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Course Hero. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Study Guide." Course Hero. 28 Nov. 2016. Web. 3 Feb. 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Hitchhikers-Guide-to-the-Galaxy/>.
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Course Hero. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Study Guide." November 28, 2016. Accessed February 3, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Hitchhikers-Guide-to-the-Galaxy/.
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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Arthur Dent | Arthur Dent, an average, everyday Englishman, is the protagonist of the novel who is forced to hitchhike around the galaxy when Earth is suddenly demolished. Read More |
| Ford Prefect | Ford Prefect, an alien from a small planet somewhere near Betelgeuse, is stranded on Earth while doing research for the remarkable book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Read More |
| Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz | Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz is the flagship captain of the Vogon Constructor Fleet, which was sent by the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council to demolish Earth. Read More |
| Zaphod Beeblebrox | Zaphod Beeblebrox is the 200-year-old, two-headed, three-armed, incompetent (and valued for being so) President of the Imperial Galactic Government. Read More |
| Trillian | Trillian—also known as Trisha McMillan—is a highly intelligent Earth girl who meets Zaphod Beeblebrox at a party in Islington and hitches a ride with him six months before Earth's destruction. Read More |
| Marvin | Marvin, a chronically depressed, existential robot, has been designed by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation and placed aboard the starship Heart of Gold. Read More |
| Benjy and Frankie | Benjy and Frankie are hyperintelligent pandimensional beings who assume the form of mice to run Earth's 10-million-year-long computer program. Read More |
| Barman | The barman is a dignified old man who runs the Horse and Groom pub down the road from Arthur's house. |
| Deep Thought | Deep Thought, a stupendous city-sized supercomputer, is designed to run a 7.5-million-year-long program to find the Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. |
| Eddie | Eddie is the starship Heart of Gold's insanely cheerful computer whose emotional responses are often inappropriate to the situation. |
| Fook | Fook is one of two computer programmers responsible for activating the supercomputer Deep Thought and assigning it the task of finding the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. |
| Loonquawl | Loonquawl is a descendant of the pandimensional beings who set up the supercomputer Deep Thought and is later transformed into a mouse to navigate the new computer Earth. |
| Lunkwill | Lunkwill is one of two computer programmers responsible for activating the supercomputer Deep Thought and assigning it the task of finding the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. |
| Majikthise | Majikthise is a philosopher representing the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries, and Other Thinking Persons who want Deep Thought's program stopped. |
| Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings | Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England, wrote the very worst poetry in the universe, which was lost in the destruction of Earth. |
| Phouchg | Phouchg is a descendant of the pandimensional beings who set up the supercomputer Deep Thought and is later transformed into a mouse to navigate the new computer Earth. |
| Mr. L. Prosser | Mr. L. Prosser, a 40-year-old fat, shabby civil servant and descendant of Genghis Khan, is in charge of the demolition crew sent to tear down Arthur Dent's house. |
| Slartibartfast | Slartibartfast, a tallish, elderly inhabitant of the planet-builder Magrathea, specializes in designing fjords and reveals the truth about Earth to Arthur. |
| The Dentrassis | The Dentrassis are huge, furry creatures who serve as cooks and drink mixers aboard Vogon spaceships. |
| Two cops | The two cops are methane-breathing life-forms sent to Magrathea to arrest Zaphod Beeblebrox for stealing the Heart of Gold. |
| Vogon guard | The Vogon guard is young, huge, and pleased with the task of throwing Ford and Arthur off Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz's flagship. |
| Vroomfondel | Vroomfondel is the second philosopher representing the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries, and Other Thinking Persons who want Deep Thought's program stopped. |
| Yooden Vranx | Yooden Vranx is the former President of the Galaxy who advises Zaphod to steal the starship Heart of Gold. |
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