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# Record Name Category Subcategory 1 Aldebaran Wine Beverage Products Wine Aldebaran Wine Narrator: "Trillian nodded patiently again, counted to a sufficiently high number, and told herself that the important thing now was just to get Zaphod talking. She prepared, by dint of deactivating all the robot kitchen synthomatics, the most fabulously delicious meal she could contrive - delicately oiled meals, scented fruits, fragrant cheeses, fine Aldebaran wines." 2 Angst in Space Video Movies-Sci Fi Angst in Space Movie that Wowbagger has only seen 33,517 times. 3 Artifactovol Companies Vehicle Manufacturing Artifactovol Narrator: "Many speak of the legendary and gigantic Starship Titanic, a majestic and luxurious cruise-liner launched from the great shipbuilding asteroid complexes of Artifactovol some hundreds of years ago now, and with good reason." 4 Bistromath Vehicles Spacecrafts Bistromath Slartibartfast's starship, featuring the Bistromathic drive. 5 Bistromathic Drive Technology Power Supplies Bistromathic Drive A wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances without all that dangerous mucking about with Improbability Factors. 6 Bistromathics Education Academic Fields Bistromathics The most powerful computational force known to parascience. Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behaviour of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that time was not an absolute but depended on the observer's movement in space, and that space was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in time, so it is now realized that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movementin restaurants. 7 Cosmovid Video TV Stations Cosmovid One of the network areas that the computer advises Wowbagger he will be passing through in the next few hours. 8 Eddie Technology A.I. Eddie Shipboard computer on the Heart of Gold. 9 Effrafax of Wug Performing Arts Magicians Effrafax of Wug Famous magician. "The ultra-famous sciento-magician Effrafax of Wug once bet his life that, given a year, he could render the great megamountain Magramal entirely invisible. Having spent most of the year jiggling around with immense Lux- O-Valves and Refracto-Nullifiers and Spectrum-Bypass-O-Matics, he realized, with nine hours to go, that he wasn't going to make it." 10 Encyclopedia Galactica Literature Books-Reference Encyclopedia Galactica Book, rival of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 11 Essence of Qualactin Personal Care Hygiene Products Essence of Qualactin Space suntan oil. Narrator: "Two months later, Zipo Bibrok 5 / 108 had cut the bottoms off his Galactic State jeans, and was spending part of the enormous fee his judgments commanded lying on a jewelled beach having Essence of Qualactin rubbed into his back by the same rather nice member of the jury. She was a Soolfinian girl from beyond the Cloudworlds of Yaga." 12 Galactic State Jeans Apparel Clothing Products Galactic State Jeans Zipo Bibrok 5 / 108's jeans. Narrator: "Two months later, Zipo Bibrok 5 / 108 had cut the bottoms off his Galactic State jeans, and was spending part of the enormous fee his judgments commanded lying on a jewelled beach having Essence of Qualactin rubbed into his back by the same rather nice member of the jury. She was a Soolfinian girl from beyond the Cloudworlds of Yaga." 13 GSS Audacy Vehicles Spacecrafts GSS Audacy Galactic Fleet Battleship, spoken of with awe, pride, enthusiasm, affection, admiration, regret, jealousy, resentment, in fact most of the better known emotions. 14 GSS Daring Vehicles Spacecrafts GSS Daring Galactic Fleet Battleship, spoken of with awe, pride, enthusiasm, affection, admiration, regret, jealousy, resentment, in fact most of the better known emotions. 15 GSS Suicidal Insanity Vehicles Spacecrafts GSS Suicidal Insanity Galactic Fleet Battleship, spoken of with awe, pride, enthusiasm, affection, admiration, regret, jealousy, resentment, in fact most of the better known emotions. 16 Hactar Technology Supercomputers Hactar A gigantic spaceborne computer, which to this day is remembered as one of the most powerful ever built. 17 The Heart of Gold Vehicles Spacecrafts The Heart of Gold Zaphod's starship. 18 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Literature Books-Reference The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 19 Home Brain Box Video TV Stations Home Brain Box One of the network areas that the computer advises Wowbagger he will be passing through in the next few hours. 20 Hypermathematics Education Academic Fields Hypermathematics Field of study. Narrator: "The Encyclopedia Galactica has much to say on the theory and practice of time travel, most of which is incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't spent at least four lifetimes studying advanced hypermathematics, and since it was impossible to do this before time travel was invented, there is a certain amount of confusion as to how the idea was arrived at in the first place." 21 I Left My Leg in Jaglan Beta Performing Arts Songs I Left My Leg in Jaglan Beta Song that Arthur couldn't immediately identify, partly because he didn't know the tune, and partly because the band playing it were very tired. 22 Improbability Physics Education Academic Fields Improbability Physics Field of study. 23 Kill-O-Zap Blaster Pistol Weapons Guns Kill-O-Zap Blaster Pistol Zaphod's gun: "I want you to imagine that I have an extremely powerful Kill-O-Zap blaster pistol in my hand." 24 Krikkit One Vehicles Spacecrafts Krikkit One The first spaceship ever built by the people of Krikkit, a crazy piece of near junk. 25 Lux-O-Valves Technology Electronics Lux-O-Valves Technology that the magician Effrafax utilized attempting to make a mountain disappear. "The ultra-famous sciento-magician Effrafax of Wug once bet his life that, given a year, he could render the great megamountain Magramal entirely invisible. Having spent most of the year jiggling around with immense Lux- O-Valves and Refracto-Nullifiers and Spectrum-Bypass-O-Matics, he realized, with nine hours to go, that he wasn't going to make it." 26 Maxi-Slorta Hypernuclear Devices Weapons Weapons-misc Maxi-Slorta Hypernuclear Devices Weapon wielded by Krikket's millions of flying battle machines. 27 Megadodo Publications Companies Publishing Companies Megadodo Publications Publishing company that took over the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 28 Merida Class Spacecraft Vehicles Spacecrafts Merida Class Spacecraft After picking up a computer driven distress call, the Heart of Gold crew encounters a Merida class spacecraft, the pilot of which is a journalist with the Siderial Daily Mentioner covering a trial on the planet Argabuthon. 29 Milliways Dining Restaurants-misc Milliways The restaurant at the end of the universe. A Thunder God to Trillian: "Didn't I see you at Milliway's?" 30 Multifunctional Battleclubs Weapons Weapons-misc Multifunctional Battleclubs Weapon wielded by Krikket's millions of flying battle machines. 31 Nutrimatic Drink Dispenser Home Furnishing Kitchen Appliances Nutrimatic Drink Dispenser Appliance aboard the Heart of Gold. 32 Octraventral Heebiephone Products Musical Instruments Octraventral Heebiephone Musical instrument. Narrator: "Slartibartfast had hoped for an easy retirement. He had been planning to learn to play the octraventral heebiephone - a pleasantly futile task, he knew, because he had the wrong number of mouths." 33 Omni-Destructo Zap Rays Weapons Weapons-misc Omni-Destructo Zap Rays Weapon wielded by Krikket's millions of flying battle machines. 34 Refracto-Nullifiers Technology Electronics Refracto-Nullifiers Technology that the magician Effrafax utilized attempting to make a mountain disappear. "The ultra-famous sciento-magician Effrafax of Wug once bet his life that, given a year, he could render the great megamountain Magramal entirely invisible. Having spent most of the year jiggling around with immense Lux- O-Valves and Refracto-Nullifiers and Spectrum-Bypass-O-Matics, he realized, with nine hours to go, that he wasn't going to make it." 35 The Sens-O-Shower Home Furnishing Bathroom Furnishings The Sens-O-Shower Narrator: "By the time the applause in the court had died down, Judiciary Pag was already in the Sens-O-Shower with a rather nice member of the jury that he'dslipped a note to half an hour earlier." 36 The Siderial Daily Mentioner's Book of P... Literature Books-History The Siderial Daily Mentioner's Book of Popular Galactic History Book. "Important facts from Galactic history, number one - reproduced from the Siderial Daily Mentioner's Book of popular Galactic History: The night sky over the planet Krikkit is the least interesting sight in the entire Universe." 37 The Songs of the Long Land Literature Poetry The Songs of the Long Land Poems. Narrator: "There is, or was, a poet. His name was Lallafa, and he wrote what are widely regarded throughout the Galaxy as being the finest poems in existence, the Songs of the Long Land." 38 The Space-time Wash Maintenance Laundry Services The Space-time Wash Vogon laundromat. Joke Arthur makes when Ford attempts to explain the concept of the disturbances that he detects. 39 Spectrum-Bypass-O-Matics Technology Electronics Spectrum-Bypass-O-Matics Technology that the magician Effrafax utilized attempting to make a mountain disappear. "The ultra-famous sciento-magician Effrafax of Wug once bet his life that, given a year, he could render the great megamountain Magramal entirely invisible. Having spent most of the year jiggling around with immense Lux- O-Valves and Refracto-Nullifiers and Spectrum-Bypass-O-Matics, he realized, with nine hours to go, that he wasn't going to make it." 40 Squornshellous Swamptalk Literature Books-Reference Squornshellous Swamptalk Dictionary containing the word "vollue". 41 Starship Titanic Vehicles Spacecrafts Starship Titanic Narrator: "Many speak of the legendary and gigantic Starship Titanic, a majestic and luxurious cruise-liner launched from the great shipbuilding asteroid complexes of Artifactovol some hundreds of years ago now, and with good reason." 42 Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic Products Products-misc Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic Ford's hitchhiking device that tracks passing spacecraft. 43 Thinkpix Video TV Stations Thinkpix One of the network areas that the computer advises Wowbagger he will be passing through in the next few hours. 44 The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionar... Literature Books-Reference The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary of Every Language Ever 45 The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionar... Literature Books-Reference The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary Dictionary containing the word "vollue".

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