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| - Zaphod Beeblebrox is from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and is a "semi-half-brother" of Ford Prefect, with whom he "shares three of the same mothers". Because of "an accident with a birth control contraceptive and a time machine", his direct ancestors from his father (Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second) are also his direct descendants.
- Zaphod Beeblebrox, or the Big Z, was a former President of the Galaxy. He was born on the fifth planet of Betelgeuse and was a semi-cousin of Ford Prefect, with whom he shared three of the same mothers. Due to an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine, his direct ancestors from his father were also his direct descendants. Zaphod has a successful business in secondhand biros. This may be due to his discovery of a planet where biros escape to live a nice biroey life. If so, he employed a man to sit on this now empty planet denying the whole thing.
- It is a well known fact that Zaphod Beeblebrox is pretty much the coolest and hippest guy in the universe. He may have been voted the worst dressed sentient being in the galaxy, but everyone important, namely Zaphod Beeblebrox, see him for what he really is. A totally terrific and great guy. Beeblebrox is currently appearing in 'No Sex Please, We're Ameboid Zingadularians' on 5D TV, which is Fox by a futuristic name.
- Zaphod Beeblebrox is a fictional character in the various versions of the humorous science fiction story The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams who based him on his Cambridge contemporary, Johnny Simpson.[1] He is from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and is a "semi-cousin" of Ford Prefect, with whom he "shares three of the same mothers". Due to "an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine", his direct ancestors from his father (Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second) are also his direct descendants (see Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth).
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| - Zaphod Beeblebrox is from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and is a "semi-half-brother" of Ford Prefect, with whom he "shares three of the same mothers". Because of "an accident with a birth control contraceptive and a time machine", his direct ancestors from his father (Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second) are also his direct descendants.
- It is a well known fact that Zaphod Beeblebrox is pretty much the coolest and hippest guy in the universe. He may have been voted the worst dressed sentient being in the galaxy, but everyone important, namely Zaphod Beeblebrox, see him for what he really is. A totally terrific and great guy. Over the years (all twenty thousand gazillion billion grillion of the Universe's lifespan) Zaphod has appeared in numerous forms. The first was as a simple disembodied voice which regularly issued from archaic devices that populated many homes even into the early twentyfirst century, know as 'radio's. Beeblebrox was later upgraded from a disembodied voice when he paid author and scriptwriter, Douglas Adams, vast sums of imaginary money to give him a body and a plastic-and-newspaper extra-head-on-a-stick. This body was borrowed from Mark Wing-Davey who has since vanished from the face of the Earth, presumably on a flying saucer which is now orbiting the moons of Jaglan Beta. The latest incarnation of Zaphod has been in the form of Sam Rockwell, this time with the extra head implanted inside his body meaning that his food got extra chewing before it reached his stomach. However the second head, upon realising that it was eating pre-chewwed food refused to eat any more and so Sam Rockwell died from suffocation due to the spawn of a Flying Spaghetti Monster being lodged in his throat. Beeblebrox then went on to make the HHGttG movie which was, in reality, a complete waste of time and money except for the bit where you see the Magrathean planet-making facility, because that was cool. Beeblebrox is currently appearing in 'No Sex Please, We're Ameboid Zingadularians' on 5D TV, which is Fox by a futuristic name.
- Zaphod Beeblebrox is a fictional character in the various versions of the humorous science fiction story The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams who based him on his Cambridge contemporary, Johnny Simpson.[1] He is from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and is a "semi-cousin" of Ford Prefect, with whom he "shares three of the same mothers". Due to "an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine", his direct ancestors from his father (Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second) are also his direct descendants (see Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth). This character is described across all versions as having two heads and three arms, though explanations of how he came to receive the extra appendages differed between versions. The original radio version never explained the second head, but did explain that Zaphod "grew" the third arm in the six months between meeting the character of Trillian on Earth, and the start of the series. The third radio series implies that he had a third arm whilst growing up - the fifth has him offer to Trillian that "I'd grow my third arm back for you, baby", when they first meet. In the novel, he said the third arm was "recently [...] fitted just beneath his right one to help improve his ski-boxing." Zaphod, having been voted the Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe for seven years in a row, wears clothes that are unique and contain a mixture of bright and contrasting colours, to make him stand out and be the centre of attention wherever he goes. In the television series, he wears the same outfit throughout each of the episodes, but in the movie his clothes, their style and their colour scheme change several times, although all of them are tasteless and attention-seeking. Zaphod invented the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, and is the only person able to drink more than three of them at one sitting. He was voted "Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe" for seven years in a row. He's been described as "the best Bang since the Big One" by Eccentrica Gallumbits, and as "one hoopy frood" by others. In the seventh episode of the original radio series, the narrator describes Beeblebrox as being the "owner of the hippest place in the universe" (his own left cranium), as voted on in a poll of the readers of the fictional magazine Playbeing. He was briefly the President of the Galaxy (a role that involves no power whatsoever, and merely requires the incumbent to attract attention so no one wonders who's really in charge, which is a role Zaphod was perfectly suited for). He is the only man to have survived the Total Perspective Vortex. However, it was established (in the books and first two radio series) that he survived only because the Vortex he was subjected to existed in an Electronically Synthesized Universe which was created specially for him. This made Zaphod the most important being in it. His brain-care specialist, Gag Halfrunt, also said, "Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?" He used his position as President of the Galaxy to steal the Heart of Gold, a spaceship taking advantage of Infinite Improbability Drive, at its unveiling. As a character, Zaphod is hedonistic and irresponsible, self-centered almost to the point of solipsism, and often extremely insensitive to the feelings of those around him. In the books and radio series, he is nevertheless quite intelligent, though he sometimes prefers not to make this obvious, and can be briefly shamed into better behaviour. Douglas Adams has said that Zaphod is always desperately trying to appear relaxed. In the movie, however, he is not very bright (in fact, his opponent in the previous Presidential election had appeared to have graffitied a "Vote for Zaphod Beeblebrox" sign into a "Don't vote for Zaphod Beeblebrox stupid") and perhaps even more boorish than his previous portrayals. He is portrayed as a vacuous California surfer-type, and Sam Rockwell, the actor who played him in the film, cited Bill Clinton, Elvis Presley and Freddie Mercury as influences.
- Zaphod Beeblebrox, or the Big Z, was a former President of the Galaxy. He was born on the fifth planet of Betelgeuse and was a semi-cousin of Ford Prefect, with whom he shared three of the same mothers. Due to an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine, his direct ancestors from his father were also his direct descendants. Zaphod has two heads, three arms and is "clever, imaginative, irresponsible, untrustworthy, extrovert, nothing you couldn't have guessed". As President of the Galaxy, his responsibility in that position was to draw attention away from the true rulers of the universe. To that end, Zaphod and his outrageous behavior were highly successful. And he is the only man to have survived the Total Perspective Vortex (albeit in an electronically synthesized universe which was created especially for him). He used his position as President of the Galaxy to steal the Heart of Gold, a spaceship taking advantage of the Infinite Improbability Drive, at its unveiling. He is also the inventor of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, and is the only person alive who can drink more than three in a single sitting. He mentions that his third arm was added on to help with his ski-boxing. It seems that the third arm is part of his species that has an opt in policy, since he grows it back for Trillian. Zaphod states that the second head is the result of carving in his brain. Zaphod did this to conceal his true reason for running for President. Zaphod has a successful business in secondhand biros. This may be due to his discovery of a planet where biros escape to live a nice biroey life. If so, he employed a man to sit on this now empty planet denying the whole thing. The character of Judiciary Pag - or Zipo Bibrok 5 × 108 as he is also known - appears to be related to Zaphod's family. They share the same carefree and charming attitude, and Pag's real name appears to be a mutation of Zaphod's name. Since the Beeblebrox family lives backwards in time, Pag is therefore one of Zaphod's descendants (despite living in the distant past).
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