6/22/2023 0 Comments Susan sheridan trillian![]() Arthur in the film is a bit more impetuous and hot-blooded than the diffident Arthur of the book/radio/TV. Heroic Neutral: Arthur shares this with most of the characters, which is one of the reasons Adams found the books so difficult to write: all Arthur really wants out of life is a nice cup of tea and maybe his planet back, so he has to be forced to have adventures.Giving Radio to the Romans: Attempts to do this on Lamuella but realizes he doesn't know how anything works and ends up inventing the sandwich.Flight: Learns how to fly by accident in the third book.Why they call Trillian by her name and not him is just another one of the universe's cruel tricks. Fantastic Racism: Ford, Trillian, and Marvin are the only ones who don't call him "Earthman" or "Monkeyman".Earn Your Happy Ending: He was due the huge break life gave him in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.Why, do you think it's the sort of thing you're likely to say? Butt-Monkey: Nothing ever goes his way.įord: How would you react if I said I'm not from Guildford after all, but from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse?Īrthur: I don't know.Something of a problem when Earth and all sources of tea have been destroyed, and the only source of drinks on the Heart of Gold is the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Nutri-matic which produces a vile liquid which is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea. Brits Love Tea: Arthur has little goals in life beyond the acquisition of a good cuppa.Badass Long Robe: His Pajama-Clad Hero getup does include a long dressing gown.He's a bit more assertive at other points as well. Every version since has Ford do it instead. Prosser to take his place and lie down in the mud for a bit. The original radio version has Arthur be the one to convince Mr. Adaptational Wimp: By comparison, at least.Action Survivor: Has survived many crazy science fiction adventures.Not only does he somehow get it exactly right, but when he goes to visit the place he is accidentally reunited with Fenchurch. He has no idea how to actually do so, and so relies on a lot of guesswork and fuzzy logic. In So Long and Thanks for All the Fish he buys a computer and attempts to plot out the location of the cave he lived in while on prehistoric earth. ![]() Achievements in Ignorance: In Life, the Universe, and Everything, Arthur stumbles across the technique for unassisted flight (which turns out to be principally psychological).All he really wants is to find a place where he can settle down and have a cup of tea. Played in the film by: Martin FreemanThe main lead of the series, a British man who is one day thrust into the galaxy against his will when his friend Ford Prefect saves him from the destruction of the planet Earth. Played in the radio and TV series by: Simon Jones
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