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* [[DontExplainTheJoke 1+ 5* 8+ 1=1+ 40+ 1=42]]... so... [[CaptainObvious 42]]?
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* [[DontExplainTheJoke 1+ 5* 8+ 1=1+ 40+ 1=42]]... so... [[CaptainObvious 42]]?42?
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throws down the buildings of the enemies, - Again, the new/current/[[TimeTravelTenseTrouble eventually-former]] [=H2G2=] Headquarters, as well as [[CaptainObvious Earth]].
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* Subsequent seasons would have been named the Septic, Octopodean, Nondescript, Decadent, and Undecided phases.
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[[spoiler:Arthur committing suicide.]] Or at least trying to. It would explain his sudden and inexplicable (given his history and personality) Traveling Jones. He knew what would happen when he started traveling: [[spoiler:the Plural Zone effect would hit him and he'd end up... somewhere.]]
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*** Plenty of suicides leave behind loved ones.
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[[WMG: A "semi-cousin" is a type of "relative" that does exist in our world, on our planet. It just hasn't been properly named as such.]]
Simply, your semicousin is the cousin of your cousin. It goes like this: whereas siblings share a set of parents, cousins merely share a set of grandparents. You have '''two''' sets of grandparents. What is the relationship between your maternal-side cousins and your paternal-side cousins? Why, that's your semi-cousin, of course!
Simply, your semicousin is the cousin of your cousin. It goes like this: whereas siblings share a set of parents, cousins merely share a set of grandparents. You have '''two''' sets of grandparents. What is the relationship between your maternal-side cousins and your paternal-side cousins? Why, that's your semi-cousin, of course!
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[[WMG: The Ultimate Question and Answer combined wakes up [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Azathoth]]. ]]
All of reality is supposed to be Azathoth's dream. Knowing what the question to "42" wakes it up and ends that reality. The more complicated universe is when the Blind Idiot God gets tired and sleeps again.
All of reality is supposed to be Azathoth's dream. Knowing what the question to "42" wakes it up and ends that reality. The more complicated universe is when the Blind Idiot God gets tired and sleeps again.
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** 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. 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."
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** 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. 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.ComicBook/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 [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis universe vampires.]]
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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.ComicBook/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 [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis universe vampires.]]
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Creator/StephenFry is the only person apart from DouglasAdams who knows "Why 42?", and says that it "Makes sense when you think about it".
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[[WMG:Our ''real'' earth was destroyed -- ''repeatedly'' - shortly before [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1978]], [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1979]]/[[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1981]], [[VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1984]] and [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 2005]], only for the Magratheans to re-create it.]]
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[[WMG:Our ''real'' earth was destroyed -- ''repeatedly'' - -- shortly before [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1978]], [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1979]]/[[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1981]], [[VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1984]] and ''and'' [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 2005]], only for the Magratheans to re-create it.]]
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[[WMG:Our ''real'' earth was destroyed -- ''repeatedly'' - shortly before [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1978]], [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1979]]/[[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1981]], [[VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1984]] and [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 2005]] - only for the Magratheans to re-create it.]]
Douglas Adams kept telling the story in various mediums to get the Earth to [[IWantMyJetpack colonize space]] - so when the Earth was destroyed for the ''fifth time'' in 2001 with no sign of space development in sight, he just stuck out his thumb and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet left this apathetic bloody planet behind for good]].
Douglas Adams kept telling the story in various mediums to get the Earth to [[IWantMyJetpack colonize space]] - so when the Earth was destroyed for the ''fifth time'' in 2001 with no sign of space development in sight, he just stuck out his thumb and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet left this apathetic bloody planet behind for good]].
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[[WMG:Our ''real'' earth was destroyed -- ''repeatedly'' - shortly before [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1978]], [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1979]]/[[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1981]], [[VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1984]] and [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 2005]] - 2005]], only for the Magratheans to re-create it.]]
Douglas Adams kept telling the story in various mediums to get the Earth to [[IWantMyJetpack colonize space]] - so when the Earth was destroyed for the ''fifth time'' in 2001 with no sign of space development in sight, he just stuck out his thumb and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet left this apathetic bloody planet behind forgood]].
good]], telling the Magratheans to make it appear he died of cancer just to rub it in -- in interstellar civilization, dying of cancer is a bit like dying of dysentery.
Douglas Adams kept telling the story in various mediums to get the Earth to [[IWantMyJetpack colonize space]] - so when the Earth was destroyed for the ''fifth time'' in 2001 with no sign of space development in sight, he just stuck out his thumb and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet left this apathetic bloody planet behind for
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[[WMG:Our ''real'' earth was destroyed -- ''repeatedly'' - shortly before [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1978]], [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1979]]/[[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1981]], [[VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 1984]] and [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 2005]] - only for the Magratheans to re-create it.]]
Douglas Adams kept telling the story in various mediums to get the Earth to [[IWantMyJetpack colonize space]] - so when the Earth was destroyed for the ''fifth time'' in 2001 with no sign of space development in sight, he just stuck out his thumb and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet left this apathetic bloody planet behind for good]].
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[[WMG: Arthur's relative immunity to Vogon poetry (Movie only)]]
Arthur seemed relatively unphased, if incredibly confused, at Jeltz's reading. One possibility would be that humanity, unlike practically every other race, has an incredible capacity for both self-delusion and to ignore anything they don't understand unless it becomes a threat to them. And sometimes even ''if''. While usually considered one of the reasons humanity is considered mostly harmless, it does, however, provide a defense against the insidiously awful concepts that come from a poetic-minded Vogon.
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** This troper is skipping on to the question five places after this one, which is a good one and has Marvin in it.
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[[WMG: The Point-Of-View Gun (Movie Only)]]
Contrary to what Trillian said on the subject, it does work on women. Anyone who really believes women are all naturally empathetic and understanding failed Human Nature 101.
Contrary to what Trillian said on the subject, it does work on women. Anyone who really believes women are all naturally empathetic and understanding failed Human Nature 101.
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[[WMG: Vogons are related to [[TheScrewtapeLetters Screwtape and co.]] ]]
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[[WMG: Vogons are related to [[TheScrewtapeLetters [[Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters Screwtape and co.]] ]]
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[[WMG: The Ultimate Question really is "what is six multiplied by nine?"]]
And that's why [[RealityBreakingParadox the universe will be destroyed and recreated]]-it's in Base ''10''. The meaning of the question and answer is that it proves the universe is, by its very nature, faulty. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy works on ItRunsOnNonsensoleum, and when 6x9=42 instead of the more logical 54 it shows that reality makes no sense. Thankfully for the universe it won't vanish from a PuffOfLogic until people accept it as the answer. Arthur Dent didn't really buy that it was the Ultimate Question, [[AchievementsInIgnorance unitentionally saving the universe]].
And that's why [[RealityBreakingParadox the universe will be destroyed and recreated]]-it's in Base ''10''. The meaning of the question and answer is that it proves the universe is, by its very nature, faulty. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy works on ItRunsOnNonsensoleum, and when 6x9=42 instead of the more logical 54 it shows that reality makes no sense. Thankfully for the universe it won't vanish from a PuffOfLogic until people accept it as the answer. Arthur Dent didn't really buy that it was the Ultimate Question, [[AchievementsInIgnorance unitentionally saving the universe]].
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* The Lord really is the avatar of The Ultimate Sentience. The six small black ships are really not ships, but portals, about the size of a chariot of fire invisible to the mortal eye. The entire series was set in motion by The Lord for fish, and the Guide v.2 is some sort of Satan, using a perverted form of The Lord's method of causing the WholeGeneralMish-Mash to have already been otherwise. (The Guide v.2 is actually an [[HisDarkMaterials alpine]] [[Literature/TheBible chough]] rather than the vague, bird-like weirdness it claims to be).
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* The Lord really is the avatar of The Ultimate Sentience. The six small black ships are really not ships, but portals, about the size of a chariot of fire invisible to the mortal eye. The entire series was set in motion by The Lord for fish, and the Guide v.2 is some sort of Satan, using a perverted form of The Lord's method of causing the WholeGeneralMish-Mash to have already been otherwise. (The Guide v.2 is actually an [[HisDarkMaterials [[Literature/HisDarkMaterials alpine]] [[Literature/TheBible chough]] rather than the vague, bird-like weirdness it claims to be).
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* This is now my headcanon as the only possible way that it could have happened.
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[[WMG:Earth has already worked out the Ultimate Question, and one human expressed it - BobDylan]]
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[[WMG: Zaphod caused the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster]]
In the radio series they say: "It is said that his birth was marked by Earthquakes, tidal waves, tornadoes, firestorms, the EXPLOSION of three neighbouring stars...". Zaphod is older than Ford, and thus could have caused the planet's destruction.
Sure, it is probably something Zaphod made up, but his birth may have coincided with the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster anyway, but knowing the Hitchhiker's universe it very well may have been the actual cause.
In the radio series they say: "It is said that his birth was marked by Earthquakes, tidal waves, tornadoes, firestorms, the EXPLOSION of three neighbouring stars...". Zaphod is older than Ford, and thus could have caused the planet's destruction.
Sure, it is probably something Zaphod made up, but his birth may have coincided with the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster anyway, but knowing the Hitchhiker's universe it very well may have been the actual cause.
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[[WMG: The universe doesn't end if someone knows both the Question and Answer.]]
Because really, how could you test that?
Because really, how could you test that?
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** The trilogy wasn't written by a computer, but on one. Douglas was a great fan of Macs (well, someone has to be) and was the first person in the UK to buy one (The second? StephenFry), and he used it to write his books.
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** The trilogy wasn't written by a computer, but on one. Douglas was a great fan of Macs (well, someone has to be) and was the first person in the UK to buy one (The second? StephenFry), Creator/StephenFry), and he used it to write his books.
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[[WMG: 42 is the answer to Pi divided by 0]]
Deep Thought, after revealing the meaning of life to be 42, is asked how that could be the answer. He replies that they did not know the question, and that he does not either because he's not advanced enough. He commissions a better computer, [[spoiler:the Earth]] to work this out.
It's also stated that if the answer and the question are known in the same reality at the same time, the Universe will disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
In RealLife, it is impossible to divide Pi by 0 and it is theorised that if someone succeeds in doing so it will destroy the Universe.
StephenFry is the only person apart from DouglasAdams who knows "Why 42?", and says that it "Makes sense when you think about it".
Deep Thought, after revealing the meaning of life to be 42, is asked how that could be the answer. He replies that they did not know the question, and that he does not either because he's not advanced enough. He commissions a better computer, [[spoiler:the Earth]] to work this out.
It's also stated that if the answer and the question are known in the same reality at the same time, the Universe will disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
In RealLife, it is impossible to divide Pi by 0 and it is theorised that if someone succeeds in doing so it will destroy the Universe.
StephenFry is the only person apart from DouglasAdams who knows "Why 42?", and says that it "Makes sense when you think about it".
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[[WMG: 42 is the answer to the [[ComicBook/NewGods Anti-Life Equation]].]]
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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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* 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.
UsefulNotes/RichardDawkins.
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Timey-wimey ball, but the question isn't found by the end of the universe, and if it was found at any point in time before that it wouldn't be there.
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Timey-wimey ball, but the question isn't found by the end of the universe, and if it was found at any point in time before that it wouldn't be there.
there. Lots of drastic changes to the nature of the universe and/or committing a lot of time travel will be needed.
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[[WMG: The question is inherently unknowable in the current version of the universe.]]
Timey-wimey ball, but the question isn't found by the end of the universe, and if it was found at any point in time before that it wouldn't be there.
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[[WMG: Hotblack Desiato later went back in time to a pre-destruction Earth and became David Bowie, which is why in the Radio Series The Earth survives in the Restaurant]]
So, here's how it goes down: After his ship is stolen, since Marvin's on the ship the sequence doesn't go down quite right, and all the creditors crawl out of the woodwork—If you're spending a year dead for tax reasons, your finances are probably in a very precarious state. His retinue gently suggest he spend a year in anonymity in some muddy little backwater planet and, long disillusioned with music in general and the music business in particular, he agrees, and picks the one his old buddy Ford Prefect was last seen on, some tiny little planet called Earth due for demolition in a couple of decades anyway. Through a mix of SEP field, artificially inserted memories and arrogance he creates a new identity as an Earthling named David Jones, the most generic name he could find. However, he gets bored eventually, and gets into the laughably primitive Earth music scene, changing his name again to David Bowie. He slowly starts to get back into the music, starting with a space-themed hit, and then launches fully back into it, producing some of the best music of his long-since stagnated career, at least partially inspired by his own life. However, he gets more and more bitter as he realises that the Earth is going to be [[EarthShatteringKaboom demolished]] very soon, but then determines a way to save the planet he's now got at least a genial attitude towards—he enlists the help of the dolphins in order to send the planet to Milliways as seen in the ending of the Radio Series.
So, here's how it goes down: After his ship is stolen, since Marvin's on the ship the sequence doesn't go down quite right, and all the creditors crawl out of the woodwork—If you're spending a year dead for tax reasons, your finances are probably in a very precarious state. His retinue gently suggest he spend a year in anonymity in some muddy little backwater planet and, long disillusioned with music in general and the music business in particular, he agrees, and picks the one his old buddy Ford Prefect was last seen on, some tiny little planet called Earth due for demolition in a couple of decades anyway. Through a mix of SEP field, artificially inserted memories and arrogance he creates a new identity as an Earthling named David Jones, the most generic name he could find. However, he gets bored eventually, and gets into the laughably primitive Earth music scene, changing his name again to David Bowie. He slowly starts to get back into the music, starting with a space-themed hit, and then launches fully back into it, producing some of the best music of his long-since stagnated career, at least partially inspired by his own life. However, he gets more and more bitter as he realises that the Earth is going to be [[EarthShatteringKaboom demolished]] very soon, but then determines a way to save the planet he's now got at least a genial attitude towards—he enlists the help of the dolphins in order to send the planet to Milliways as seen in the ending of the Radio Series.
