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** The Post-Crisis universes actually solved The Question as of JLA: Earth Two. So why didn't the universe implode? They didn't know what The Question was yet, since nobody who knew had the motivation to ask. This all changed in InfiniteCrisis. The survivors of the previous multiverse wanted to bring back the old multiverse. When they looted the Anti-Monitor's corpse, Alex Luthor Jr and Superboy Prime realized that the antimatter universe survived, and with both Question and Answer the universe should've been wiped out immediately. However when Alex Luthor Jr made more Earths, made the knowledge invalid. Superboy destroying the tower wiped those Earths out, and as a result the universe was destroyed and replaced by the 52. "How many Earths are there?" "2." Weirdness of the next iteration? 52 universe with Hypertime! Also [[FinalCrisis universe vampires.]]
** You were right with the Question, but not with the Answer. "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" is a clue to the actual answer. Sure, there are 52 universe with their individual Earths, but you forget! The Anti-matter Universe still has its own Earth, and [[RealLife Earth-Prime]] obviously has its own Earth. Therefore you have 54 Earths, which is the answer to 6 times 9. CountdownToFinalCrisis was not [[TakeThat intentionally]] an IdiotPlot, but rather a convoluted attempt to [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse other universes]] in order to make sure the initial answer is wrong. By Flashpoint, numerous other Crises and [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse DC's attitude to other universes]] reduced the number down to 42. This happened in Flashpoint, resulting in the New52. "How many Earths are there?" "54" as the original answer, which went down to "42."
** You were right with the Question, but not with the Answer. "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" is a clue to the actual answer. Sure, there are 52 universe with their individual Earths, but you forget! The Anti-matter Universe still has its own Earth, and [[RealLife Earth-Prime]] obviously has its own Earth. Therefore you have 54 Earths, which is the answer to 6 times 9. CountdownToFinalCrisis was not [[TakeThat intentionally]] an IdiotPlot, but rather a convoluted attempt to [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse other universes]] in order to make sure the initial answer is wrong. By Flashpoint, numerous other Crises and [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse DC's attitude to other universes]] reduced the number down to 42. This happened in Flashpoint, resulting in the New52. "How many Earths are there?" "54" as the original answer, which went down to "42."
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** The Post-Crisis universes actually solved The Question as of JLA: Earth Two. So why didn't the universe implode? They didn't know what The Question was yet, since nobody who knew had the motivation to ask. This all changed in InfiniteCrisis. The survivors of the previous multiverse wanted to bring back the old multiverse. When they looted the Anti-Monitor's corpse, Alex Luthor Jr and Superboy Prime realized that the antimatter universe survived, and with both Question and Answer the universe should've been wiped out immediately. However when Alex Luthor Jr made more Earths, made the knowledge invalid. Superboy destroying the tower wiped those Earths out, and as a result the universe was destroyed and replaced by the 52. "How many Earths are there?" "2." Weirdness of the next iteration? 52 universe with Hypertime! Also [[FinalCrisis [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis universe vampires.]]
** You were right with the Question, but not with the Answer. "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" is a clue to the actual answer. Sure, there are 52 universe with their individual Earths, but you forget! The Anti-matter Universe still has its own Earth, and [[RealLife Earth-Prime]] obviously has its own Earth. Therefore you have 54 Earths, which is the answer to 6 times 9.CountdownToFinalCrisis ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis was not [[TakeThat intentionally]] an IdiotPlot, but rather a convoluted attempt to [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse other universes]] in order to make sure the initial answer is wrong. By Flashpoint, numerous other Crises and [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse DC's attitude to other universes]] reduced the number down to 42. This happened in Flashpoint, resulting in the New52. "How many Earths are there?" "54" as the original answer, which went down to "42."
** You were right with the Question, but not with the Answer. "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" is a clue to the actual answer. Sure, there are 52 universe with their individual Earths, but you forget! The Anti-matter Universe still has its own Earth, and [[RealLife Earth-Prime]] obviously has its own Earth. Therefore you have 54 Earths, which is the answer to 6 times 9.
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[[WMG: The island from ''{{Lost}}'' is where the Earth is finalizing the Ultimate Question Of Life The Universe and Everything]]
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[[WMG: The island from ''{{Lost}}'' ''Series/{{Lost}}'' is where the Earth is finalizing the Ultimate Question Of Life The Universe and Everything]]
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[[WMG: The ultimate question has something to do with LadyGaga.]]
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[[WMG: The ultimate question has something to do with LadyGaga.Music/LadyGaga.]]
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Thus, destroying the Universe and recreating into something even weirder depended on their emotions, wasn't really automatic. And such person would need to be emotionally unstable to figure it out at first, making it practically automatic in first place (I know it's confusing, but understandable after a certain point of view). So, I guess that's how [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Haruhi]] got her powers and rebuilt the Universe through boredom (the Universe always being on risk of becoming even ''more'' weirder than the rebuild isn't mentioned in the books, but it's part of the New Order's weirdness); the fact that she doesn't know that she have powers is one more proof, how was she supposed to know that she knew the question ''and'' the answer, and those would give her such powers?
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Thus, destroying the Universe and recreating into something even weirder depended on their emotions, wasn't really automatic. And such person would need to be emotionally unstable to figure it out at first, making it practically automatic in first place (I know it's confusing, but understandable after a certain point of view). So, I guess that's how [[SuzumiyaHaruhi [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]] got her powers and rebuilt the Universe through boredom (the Universe always being on risk of becoming even ''more'' weirder than the rebuild isn't mentioned in the books, but it's part of the New Order's weirdness); the fact that she doesn't know that she have powers is one more proof, how was she supposed to know that she knew the question ''and'' the answer, and those would give her such powers?
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* This can't possibly be true, otherwise ''And Another Thing...'' would not be such a fetid pile of dingo's kidneys.
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* Already been done (seperatly) by a mathamatision at UCLA and a physisit at some British university. Nothing came of either.
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* If you take 42 to be written in hex then it is ASCII for B. As in B Ark. Except that Deep Thought actually says "forty-two", so this is wrong. If it wasn't wrong it wouldn't be consistent with the B Ark. As it is, it's B Ark ing mad.
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* This is certainly true for some things. Arthur's anecdote about the man on the train eating every second one of Adams' biscuits ([[spoiler:it turned out they were the other man's biscuits, but both were too British to say anything about it]]) happened to Adams in real life. The ship that has been delayed centuries waiting for lemon-soaked paper napkins was based on Adams taking a short-haul flight from London to Leeds - about a half-hour flight - which was delayed for 40 minutes because the plane didn't have coffee and biscuits. There are probably others.
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* This is certainly true for some things. Arthur's anecdote about the man on the train eating every second one of Adams' Arthur's biscuits ([[spoiler:it turned out they were the other man's biscuits, but both were too British to say anything about it]]) happened to Adams in real life. The ship that has been delayed centuries waiting for lemon-soaked paper napkins was based on Adams taking a short-haul flight from London to Leeds - about a half-hour flight - which was delayed for 40 minutes because the plane didn't have coffee and biscuits. There are probably others.
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* In one of the old Doctor Who series, the Doctor is shown reading a book by Oolon Colluphid, mentioned in HHGG as an author of smugly-titled philosophical books, and possibly based on Adams' friend RichardDawkins.
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* This is certainly true for some things. Arthur's anecdote about the man on the train eating every second one of Adams' biscuits ([[spoiler:it turned out they were the other man's biscuits, but both were too British to say anything about it]]) happened to Adams in real life. The ship that has been delayed centuries waiting for lemon-soaked paper napkins was based on Adams taking a short-haul flight from London to Leeds - about a half-hour flight - which was delayed for 40 minutes because the plane didn't have coffee and biscuits. There are probably others.
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** Should have worked in Elvis as well, since when last seen he was still alive..
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* Going by this, we can suggest that the number keeps changing, and the "Universe being destroyed and replaced by something stranger" has its roots in the numerous CrisisCrossover events:
** Krona screwed up the universe big-time because he looked back and has conclusive evidence that there was only one universe by looking at the dawn of time. Being highly advanced entities, the Guardians already discovered the Question. As a result, the unaltered universe was replaced with the Pre-Crisis multiverse. "How many Earths are there?" "1." Weirdness of the next iteration? Multiple universes
** The Pre-Crisis multiverse had a completely unknown number of universes. Along came the Anti-Monitor, who decided there was a method of determining just how many universes there are-[[OmnicidalManiac individually blow them all up.]] The Anti-Monitor claimed to be a MultiversalConqueror because everyone would think he was insane if he was just trying to solve The Question, since killing everyone would defeat the purpose of it all. TheMultiverse [[RetGone negated itself]] and was replaced by the Post-Crisis timeline when he solved it by realizing there were only six universes left, then adding all the victim universes together. "How many Earths are there?" "Unknown to anyone but the Anti-Monitor." Weirdness of the next iteration? [[TimeyWimeyBall Hypertime.]]
** The Post-Crisis universes actually solved The Question as of JLA: Earth Two. So why didn't the universe implode? They didn't know what The Question was yet, since nobody who knew had the motivation to ask. This all changed in InfiniteCrisis. The survivors of the previous multiverse wanted to bring back the old multiverse. When they looted the Anti-Monitor's corpse, Alex Luthor Jr and Superboy Prime realized that the antimatter universe survived, and with both Question and Answer the universe should've been wiped out immediately. However when Alex Luthor Jr made more Earths, made the knowledge invalid. Superboy destroying the tower wiped those Earths out, and as a result the universe was destroyed and replaced by the 52. "How many Earths are there?" "2." Weirdness of the next iteration? 52 universe with Hypertime! Also [[FinalCrisis universe vampires.]]
** You were right with the Question, but not with the Answer. "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" is a clue to the actual answer. Sure, there are 52 universe with their individual Earths, but you forget! The Anti-matter Universe still has its own Earth, and [[RealLife Earth-Prime]] obviously has its own Earth. Therefore you have 54 Earths, which is the answer to 6 times 9. CountdownToFinalCrisis was not [[TakeThat intentionally]] an IdiotPlot, but rather a convoluted attempt to [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse other universes]] in order to make sure the initial answer is wrong. By Flashpoint, numerous other Crises and [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse DC's attitude to other universes]] reduced the number down to 42. This happened in Flashpoint, resulting in the New52. "How many Earths are there?" "54" as the original answer, which went down to "42."
** Krona screwed up the universe big-time because he looked back and has conclusive evidence that there was only one universe by looking at the dawn of time. Being highly advanced entities, the Guardians already discovered the Question. As a result, the unaltered universe was replaced with the Pre-Crisis multiverse. "How many Earths are there?" "1." Weirdness of the next iteration? Multiple universes
** The Pre-Crisis multiverse had a completely unknown number of universes. Along came the Anti-Monitor, who decided there was a method of determining just how many universes there are-[[OmnicidalManiac individually blow them all up.]] The Anti-Monitor claimed to be a MultiversalConqueror because everyone would think he was insane if he was just trying to solve The Question, since killing everyone would defeat the purpose of it all. TheMultiverse [[RetGone negated itself]] and was replaced by the Post-Crisis timeline when he solved it by realizing there were only six universes left, then adding all the victim universes together. "How many Earths are there?" "Unknown to anyone but the Anti-Monitor." Weirdness of the next iteration? [[TimeyWimeyBall Hypertime.]]
** The Post-Crisis universes actually solved The Question as of JLA: Earth Two. So why didn't the universe implode? They didn't know what The Question was yet, since nobody who knew had the motivation to ask. This all changed in InfiniteCrisis. The survivors of the previous multiverse wanted to bring back the old multiverse. When they looted the Anti-Monitor's corpse, Alex Luthor Jr and Superboy Prime realized that the antimatter universe survived, and with both Question and Answer the universe should've been wiped out immediately. However when Alex Luthor Jr made more Earths, made the knowledge invalid. Superboy destroying the tower wiped those Earths out, and as a result the universe was destroyed and replaced by the 52. "How many Earths are there?" "2." Weirdness of the next iteration? 52 universe with Hypertime! Also [[FinalCrisis universe vampires.]]
** You were right with the Question, but not with the Answer. "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" is a clue to the actual answer. Sure, there are 52 universe with their individual Earths, but you forget! The Anti-matter Universe still has its own Earth, and [[RealLife Earth-Prime]] obviously has its own Earth. Therefore you have 54 Earths, which is the answer to 6 times 9. CountdownToFinalCrisis was not [[TakeThat intentionally]] an IdiotPlot, but rather a convoluted attempt to [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse other universes]] in order to make sure the initial answer is wrong. By Flashpoint, numerous other Crises and [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse DC's attitude to other universes]] reduced the number down to 42. This happened in Flashpoint, resulting in the New52. "How many Earths are there?" "54" as the original answer, which went down to "42."
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* I always thought it was canon that the whale was Agrajag, as Agrajag calls it "my spirit brother" as the punchline when he reveals he was the bowl of petunias. No one else seems to see this totally obvious thing, though.
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* Then that means the Question is... [[spoiler: Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor ''Doctor WHO?!'', and the Name of the Doctor is, of course... 42.]]
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* Then that means the Question is... [[spoiler: Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor ''Doctor WHO?!'', WHO?!'']], and the Name of the Doctor is, of course... 42.]]
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* Then that means the Question is... [[spoiler: Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor ''Doctor WHO?!'', and the Name of the Doctor is, of course... 42.]]
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[[WMG: The faulty probability axis the Earth is on is due to the mice.]]
Most planets are natural, and that's why they either exist or don't exist in different parallel universes. But the Earth was built by the mice. Therefore in some parallel universes, Deep Thought wasn't built, or couldn't find the Answer, or didn't tell the mice how to build Earth, or the mice just decided not to, or any other combination of events relating to that whole storyline from the first book. That's why it exists on the whole 'random probability fluctuation' fault line.
Most planets are natural, and that's why they either exist or don't exist in different parallel universes. But the Earth was built by the mice. Therefore in some parallel universes, Deep Thought wasn't built, or couldn't find the Answer, or didn't tell the mice how to build Earth, or the mice just decided not to, or any other combination of events relating to that whole storyline from the first book. That's why it exists on the whole 'random probability fluctuation' fault line.
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[[WMG: The missile-turned-sperm whale was the very first incarnation of Agrajag.]]
The infinite improbability drive not only did something fantastically improbable by turning two nukes into a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias, it also did something '''extraordinarily''' improbable by creating a being which would not only die due to the actions of Arthur Dent, but be continuously reincarnated only to die by Arthur's hand with each incarnation. The bowl of petunias was a later incarnation, and was annoyed that not only had Arthur doomed him yet again, it was in the same instance as his very first death.
The infinite improbability drive not only did something fantastically improbable by turning two nukes into a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias, it also did something '''extraordinarily''' improbable by creating a being which would not only die due to the actions of Arthur Dent, but be continuously reincarnated only to die by Arthur's hand with each incarnation. The bowl of petunias was a later incarnation, and was annoyed that not only had Arthur doomed him yet again, it was in the same instance as his very first death.
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* Now think about the Ultimate Question in light of the First Question... That's right. Only 32 more regenerations left.
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* Now think about the Ultimate Question in light of the First Question... That's right. Only 32 more regenerations left.
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As a result of their finding and asking the ultimate question, their universe was replaced with something of greater magnitude of bizarreness.
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Earth is also redundant, really- it's just another excuse to do the same thing.
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[[WMG: Deep Thought was just screwing with its creators (and the philosophers) all along.]]
It already realised that both question and answer were impossible to fathom and had already accounted for the possibility of the task it had been given. So in order to fool its creators, it just sat about for seven and a half million years just to come up with a nonsense answer to a question it rightly pointed out hadn't even been specified, allowing the philosophers to be "on the gravy train for life".
Earth is also redundant, really- it's just another excuse to do the same thing.
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[[WMG: Some of the jokes could well refer to Douglas Adams' RealLife personal experiences...]]
Namely, Arthur Dent's experience of the nutrimatic machine producing something "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea" could either refer to the typical Englishman's inability to find anyone who can make a proper British 'cuppa' abroad, or (based on this troper's own experience) the actual 'tea' produced by some hot-drinks vending machines. Similarly, why is 'Belgium' he most obscene word in the universe, I wonder? Seeing as the basic idea for the tale was loosely inspired by Adams' RealLife hitch-hiking trips, it would be unsurprising if this hadn't sneaked in as a bad memory of the country from one of those trips... same with the tea, maybe.
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The answer truly is 42. However, this answer is useless without the question, because the 'answer to live, the universe, and everything' is meant to reiterate that it's much more important to go around asking questions then giving answers. However, if you must now the answer to the question 'what is the question?' then it is 'What is Paradise?' This is the number that you will get if you add up all of the dots on a pair of dice. Pair of dice, pair o' dice, paradise.
[[WMG: The question doesn't exist, nor does the answer]]
[[WMG: The question doesn't exist, nor does the answer]]
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[[WMG: Vogons are related to [[TheScrewtapeLetters Screwtape and co.]] ]]
They're both extreme ObstructiveBureaucrat types who seem to go out of their way to make the world(s) around them as dull as possible.
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[[WMG: The Great Prophet Zarquon knows the Ultimate Question]]
Think about it. Dolphins are smarter than humans, so they're obviously the ones that were supposed to figure out the Question. But these singing fishlike creatures left when the Vogons turned up. The Great Prophet Zarquon disappeared mysteriously. Zaphod knows a legend connecting Zarquon with singing fish. Zarquon must have gone to the same place, outside space and time somewhere, and learnt the Ultimate Question from the dolphins. And of course, the universe is supposed to end when anyone in it knows both the Question and the Answer. The universe did end 42 pandimensional seconds after Zarquon returned and asked "How are we doing for time?"
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*42 could be the number of times the universe replaced itself.
