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* {{Woolseyism}}: A rare English to English version. Arguably a joke was made funnier in the American edition of ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', when an awkward conversation Arthur has about an actor who got an award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck'" got changed to "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium'" which changed the joke from something weirdly crass to surreal.

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* {{Woolseyism}}: A rare English to English version. Arguably a joke was made funnier in the American edition of ''The Restaurant at ''Life, the End of the Universe'', Universe, and Everything'', when an awkward conversation Arthur has about an actor who got an award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck'" got changed to "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium'" which changed the joke from something weirdly crass to surreal.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: A rare English to English version. Arguably a joke was made funnier in the American edition of ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', when an awkward conversation Arthur has about an actor who got an award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck'" got changed to "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium'" which changed the joke from something weirdly crass to surreal.

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* {{Woolseyism}}: A rare English to English version. Arguably a joke was made funnier in the American edition of ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', when an awkward conversation Arthur has about an actor who got an award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck'" got changed to "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium'" which changed the joke from something weirdly crass to surreal.surreal.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Of the "[[TrilogyCreep trilogy]]", this one is the one remembered by most people, thanks in no small part to the fact that it was the installment adapted for [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the movie]].

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* FirstInstallmentWins: Of the "[[TrilogyCreep trilogy]]", this one is the one remembered by most people, thanks in no small part to the fact that it was the installment adapted for [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005 the movie]].
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* UncannyValley: In-universe; Ford Prefect is described as unsettling because he doesn't blink nearly enough and his skin seems stretched too tight on his face.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The throwaway joke of the last member of the Poghril tribe dying of cholesterol poisoning after being rained on with hundreds of fried eggs from the Infinite Improbability Drive. Douglas Adams died of a heart attack.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: The throwaway joke of the last member of the Poghril tribe dying of cholesterol poisoning after being rained on with hundreds of fried eggs from the Infinite Improbability Drive. Douglas Adams died of a heart attack.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." Cue ''Literature/MostlyHarmless''... And then, much later on, ''Literature/AndAnotherThing''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
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Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." Cue ''Literature/MostlyHarmless''... And then, much later on, ''Literature/AndAnotherThing''.
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* ''{{Woolseyism}}'': A rare English to English version. Arguably a joke was made funnier in the American edition of ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', when an awkward conversation Arthur has about an actor who got an award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck'" got changed to "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium'" which changed the joke from something weirdly crass to surreal.

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* ''{{Woolseyism}}'': {{Woolseyism}}: A rare English to English version. Arguably a joke was made funnier in the American edition of ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', when an awkward conversation Arthur has about an actor who got an award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck'" got changed to "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium'" which changed the joke from something weirdly crass to surreal.
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* UncannyValley: In-universe; Ford Prefect is described as unsettling because he doesn't blink nearly enough and his skin seems stretched too tight on his face.

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* UncannyValley: In-universe; Ford Prefect is described as unsettling because he doesn't blink nearly enough and his skin seems stretched too tight on his face.face.
* ''{{Woolseyism}}'': A rare English to English version. Arguably a joke was made funnier in the American edition of ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', when an awkward conversation Arthur has about an actor who got an award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck'" got changed to "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium'" which changed the joke from something weirdly crass to surreal.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." In ''Literature/MostlyHarmless''...

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* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." In ''Literature/MostlyHarmless''...Cue ''Literature/MostlyHarmless''... And then, much later on, ''Literature/AndAnotherThing''.
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** The world is rules by [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain two white mice]], is it?

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** The world is rules ruled by [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain two white mice]], is it?
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** The world is rules by [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain two white mice]], is it?
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The throwaway joke of the last member of the Poghril tribe dying of cholesterol poisoning after being rained on with hundreds of fried eggs from the Infinite Improbability Drive. Douglas Adams died of a heart attack.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." In ''Mostly Harmless'...
* UncannyValley: Ford Prefect is described as unsettling because he doesn't blink nearly enough and his skin seems stretched too tight on his face.

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* FirstInstallmentWins: Of the "[[TrilogyCreep trilogy]]", this one is the one remembered by most people, thanks in no small part to the fact that it was the installment adapted for [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the movie]].
* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." In ''Mostly Harmless'...
''Literature/MostlyHarmless''...
* UncannyValley: In-universe; Ford Prefect is described as unsettling because he doesn't blink nearly enough and his skin seems stretched too tight on his face.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." In ''Mostly Harmless'...

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* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." In ''Mostly Harmless'...Harmless'...
* UncannyValley: Ford Prefect is described as unsettling because he doesn't blink nearly enough and his skin seems stretched too tight on his face.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Upon first hearing Vogons described to him, Arthur says "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her from marrying one." In ''Mostly Harmless'...

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