Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

There are many minor characters in the various versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. In fact, defining a major character is rather difficult. If the major characters are those the plot focuses on, they are Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Marvin and Trillian, with the possible inclusion of Slartibartfast, Prostentic Vogon Jeltz, Random Dent and Fenchurch. If they are defined as characters appearing in all the books, they are only Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. In this case, the definition of major characters will be those in the series with major plot significance not appearing on this list.

Grunthos the Flatulent

Grunthos the Flatulent was the poetmaster of the Azgoths of Kria, writers of the second worst poetry in the universe, coming between the third, the Vogons, and the first, Paul Neil Milne Johnstone (in the radio series) or Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings (in the other versions).

Related Topics:
Vogons - Paul Neil Milne Johnstone

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The guide recites a tale of how, during a reading of his poem Ode To A Small Lump Of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning, "four of the audience died of internal haemorrhaging and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off."

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Reportedly "disappointed" by the reception of his poem, Grunthos then prepared to read his 12-book epic, My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles (or Zen And The Art Of Going To The Lavatory in the TV series). He was prevented from doing so by being killed when his small intestine lept up his neck and throttled his brain, in a desperate bid to save lifekind (it was successful).

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Excerpt from "Ode To A Small Lump Of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning", taken from the TV series:

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:Putty. Putty. Putty.

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:Green Putty - Grutty Peen.

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:Grarmpitutty - Morning!

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:Pridsummer - Grorning Utty!

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:Discovery..... Oh.

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:Putty?..... Armpit?

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:Armpit..... Putty.

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:Not even a particularly

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:Nice shade of green.

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Excerpt from "Zen And The Art Of Going To The Lavatory", also taken from the TV series

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:Relax mind

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:Relax body

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:Relax bowels

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:Relax.

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:Do not fall over.

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:You are a cloud.

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:You are raining.

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:Do not rain

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:While train

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:Is standing at a station.

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:Move with the wind.

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:Apologise where necessary.

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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy