Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
type
TVTItem
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
label
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
page
SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
comment
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (published in 1984) is the fourth installment in the increasingly inaccurately-named The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy; it's set eight years since the beginning of the first book, but the amount of time that has passed between the end of the third, Life, the Universe and Everything, and the beginning of this one is not made clear. The plot concerns series protagonist Arthur Dent, who is very surprised to discover that his homeworld, planet Earth, seems to have suddenly sprung back into existence even though the alien Vogons destroyed it eight years ago to make way for an interstellar bypass.He explores his old Islington home and, seeing everything back where it should be, starts to suspect that his memories of space travel may have been nothing more than hallucinations; after all, the people say, a nearby water source was found to be accidentally contaminated by hallucinogens. Arthur returns to his old ways and even strikes up a meaningful romance with Fenchurch, a beautiful young woman who seems just right for him. However, something is not quite right. Every dolphin on Earth seems to have mysteriously disappeared, someone is going around anonymously giving out fishbowls as gifts, and Fenchurch herself is hiding one or two oddities. Eventually Arthur and Fenchurch set out on a quest to discover the truth, leading to encounters with Ford Prefect, a giant robot "invader", and Wonko the Sane...Notable for featuring God's Final Message to His Creation.Preceded by Life, the Universe and Everything. Succeeded by Mostly Harmless.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
fetched
2023-07-13T09:29:21Z
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
parsed
2023-07-13T09:29:21Z
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
processingComment
Dropped link to WhenHeSmiles: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
processingUnknown
WhenHeSmiles
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
isPartOf
DBTropes
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_1049848f
type
Aliens Speaking English
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_1049848f
comment
Aliens Speaking English: God's final message to Creation, located on an alien planet, is written in English. It's spelled out letter-by-letter, so there's no chance that it's the setting's Translator Microbes.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_1049848f
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_1049848f
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_1049848f
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_131e6871
type
Crazy Sane
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_131e6871
comment
Crazy Sane: Wonko the Sane built his bizarre inside-out house and called it "The Asylum" when he decided that the world had gone mad.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_131e6871
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_131e6871
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_131e6871
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_18150c85
type
Democracy Is Flawed
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_18150c85
comment
Democracy Is Flawed: "On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people, if they didn't vote for a lizard, the wrong lizard might get in." Though one could argue this is more of an argument against first-past-the-post voting than against democracy in general. (There’s a name in political science for the principle that first-past-the-post voting leads to people voting strategically for the “lesser of two evils”: Duverger’s Law).
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_18150c85
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_18150c85
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_18150c85
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_241ca0d8
type
Back for the Dead
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_241ca0d8
comment
Back for the Dead: True to the narration's promise at the halfway point, Marvin does indeed show up at the end after being absent from the whole book up to that point. Then his age catches up to him and he dies.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_241ca0d8
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_241ca0d8
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_241ca0d8
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2837457c
type
Personal Raincloud
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2837457c
comment
Personal Raincloud: Played for Laughs and Justified Bob McKenna has recorded a log showing that it rains everywhere, all the time. This is because, unknown to himself, he's a rain god and the clouds are honoring him by raining wherever he is. They don't hang lower than average rain clouds though so this might be why no one noticed.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2837457c
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2837457c
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2837457c
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2b7e72e
type
The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2b7e72e
comment
The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson: Ford is a fan of the film Casablanca, though the heaps of trouble he's constantly in have kept him from ever finishing it.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2b7e72e
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2b7e72e
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2b7e72e
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2d4a6d8c
type
Sophisticated as Hell
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2d4a6d8c
comment
Sophisticated as Hell:
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2d4a6d8c
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2d4a6d8c
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_2d4a6d8c
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_45007296
type
Metaphorgotten
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_45007296
comment
Metaphorgotten: Ford:
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_45007296
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_45007296
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_45007296
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_461aad62
type
Mistaken for Thief
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_461aad62
comment
Mistaken for Thief: At one point, Arthur tells Fenchurch a story about how he thought a man in the station waiting room was eating his biscuits, but he actually was eating from his own identical bag and Arthur had accidentally stolen the other guy's biscuits. It was apparently a real-life experience of the author, although it had been an Urban Legend since before then.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_461aad62
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_461aad62
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_461aad62
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_4e91b042
type
Making Love in All the Wrong Places
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_4e91b042
comment
Making Love in All the Wrong Places: Fenchurch's parents, which was how she got her unusual name. Apparently they were waiting in the ticket queue at Fenchurch Street Station, they got really bored, and, well...
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_4e91b042
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_4e91b042
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_4e91b042
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_5b12f598
type
Million to One Chance
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_5b12f598
comment
Million to One Chance: After Arthur loses Fenchurch's number, he decides to occupy himself by learning to code and attempting to calculate the location of his cave on prehistoric earth. He comes up with an answer he knows has no realistic chance of being correct, goes to the address and knocks on the door. The text notes that by sheer unimaginable chance he got it exactly right, and then Fenchurch answers the door.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_5b12f598
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_5b12f598
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_5b12f598
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_62fd5552
type
Bavarian Fire Drill
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_62fd5552
comment
Bavarian Fire Drill: Ford pulls this to get himself, Arthur and Fenchurch onto a spaceship and off Earth.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_62fd5552
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_62fd5552
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_62fd5552
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_63267b15
type
Theseus' Ship Paradox
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_63267b15
comment
Theseus' Ship Paradox: Invoked in Marvin, who mentions that almostnote Except the pain-riddled diodes down his left side every part of him has been replaced at least 50 times.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_63267b15
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_63267b15
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_63267b15
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_67fedd35
type
Bizarrchitecture
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_67fedd35
comment
Bizarrchitecture: Invoked in the description of Wonko the Sane's house, which is essentially an inside-out asylum meant to hold the rest of the world..
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_67fedd35
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_67fedd35
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_67fedd35
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_68119b4a
type
GiantRobot
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_68119b4a
comment
Giant Robot: Ford's return to Earth is facilitated by one of these making First Contact. Due to a strange case of brainwashing, it has come to Earth for a relaxing vacation.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_68119b4a
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_68119b4a
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_68119b4a
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_728298ef
type
Vandalism Backfire
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_728298ef
comment
Vandalism Backfire: Arthur's tale of eating someone else's biscuits.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_728298ef
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_728298ef
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_728298ef
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_786bf97f
type
Real Life Writes the Plot
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_786bf97f
comment
Real Life Writes the Plot: Arthur's biscuit story actually happened to Douglas Adams.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_786bf97f
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_786bf97f
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_786bf97f
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_79d3af43
type
Look Ma, No Plane!
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_79d3af43
comment
Look Ma, No Plane!: Arthur and Fenchurch, taking a somewhat innovative approach to joining the Mile-High Club.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_79d3af43
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_79d3af43
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_79d3af43
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_83cef301
type
Right for the Wrong Reasons
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_83cef301
comment
Right for the Wrong Reasons: Arthur's computer-assisted star-mapping.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_83cef301
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_83cef301
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_83cef301
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8c995bfc
type
Zero-G Spot
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8c995bfc
comment
Zero-G Spot: Arthur and Fenchurch.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8c995bfc
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8c995bfc
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8c995bfc
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8d23f3a7
type
Timey-Wimey Ball
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8d23f3a7
comment
Timey-Wimey Ball: This book is set a subjective eight years for Arthur after he first left the Earth at the beginning of the first book. As he spent five of those years on prehistoric Earth, it can be inferred that this is about three years after in "real time". But on Earth itself, just under six months appear to have passed (from early September to mid-February). Then again, when he left Earth, it was destroyed. It could be inferred that it took the dolphins two and a half years to get it set up so Earth could continue without anyone noticing the difference.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8d23f3a7
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8d23f3a7
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_8d23f3a7
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_9fb8b0ac
type
Textual Celebrity Resemblance
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_9fb8b0ac
comment
Textual Celebrity Resemblance: Parodied.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_9fb8b0ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_9fb8b0ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_9fb8b0ac
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a246aed6
type
Sapient Cetaceans
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a246aed6
comment
Sapient Cetaceans: The disappearance of the dolphins, though previously mentioned in the series, is something of a plot point here.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a246aed6
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a246aed6
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a246aed6
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a2940ed5
type
"Begone" Bribe
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a2940ed5
comment
"Begone" Bribe: Rob McKenna (see Perpetual Storm below), uses this to great effect. He is able to make a good living getting resorts and such to pay him to not visit them.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a2940ed5
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a2940ed5
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a2940ed5
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a3912d0e
type
Sexy Discretion Shot
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a3912d0e
comment
Sexy Discretion Shot: Offered by the author in a case of No Fourth Wall, when he advises the uninterested reader to skip the chapter where Arthur and Fenchurch have sex.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a3912d0e
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a3912d0e
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a3912d0e
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a7caa5b5
type
First Contact
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a7caa5b5
comment
First Contact: Ford arrives on Earth in a ship that creates this scenario. He then sneaks himself, Arthur and Fenchurch on board when it's leaving.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a7caa5b5
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a7caa5b5
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_a7caa5b5
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_b15b6a35
type
Cosmic Plaything
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_b15b6a35
comment
Cosmic Plaything: Not just Arthur Dent this time but Rob McKenna, the trucker who is an unknowing rain god and has absolutely no idea. All he knew was that he constantly had a literal rain cloud over his head. He's catalogued two hundred and thirty-one separate types of rain. The clouds loved him and want to be near him, but he didn't see it that way. After Arthur suggests he show his journal of all the rain (mainly to get the creepy trucker to stop telling him about it), he does. As a result, according to Murray Bost-Henson, his status as a rain attractor apparently becomes recognized internationally, and several nations (namely those who rely on pleasant weather to attract tourists) and major airports paid him to stay away at all times.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_b15b6a35
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_b15b6a35
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_b15b6a35
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_bc00493f
type
Precision F-Strike
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_bc00493f
comment
Precision F-Strike: If you're reading the American version of the booksnote (in the US version of ''Life, the Universe and Everything, the award for Most Gratuitous Use of the Word "Fuck" in a Serious Screenplay is swapped out for Most Gratuitous Use of the Word "Belgium" in a Serious Screenplay) then this book contains a whopper. In fact, all of Chapter 25 is spent building up to it. See Sophisticated as Hell.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_bc00493f
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_bc00493f
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_bc00493f
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c7502712
type
Way Past the Expiration Date
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c7502712
comment
Way Past the Expiration Date: Arthur returns to his home after years in space, and eats "the three least green furry things" in the fridge for breakfast. It's noted that, fortunately, this killed several diseases he was carrying that might have wiped out all life on Earth.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c7502712
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c7502712
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c7502712
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c75df49a
type
Shout-Out
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c75df49a
comment
Shout-Out: Arthur asks if Fenchurch was born in a handbag at Fenchurch station.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c75df49a
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c75df49a
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c75df49a
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c83cd6b8
type
The Nicknamer
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c83cd6b8
comment
The Nicknamer: Murray Bost Henson, calling Arthur nicknames of endearment such as, "my old silver tureen", "my old elephant tusk" and "my old prosthetic limb".
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c83cd6b8
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c83cd6b8
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_c83cd6b8
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cab89481
type
Screw the Rules, They're Not Real!
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cab89481
comment
Screw the Rules, They're Not Real!: Arthur Dent describes an occasion when he thought he'd encountered someone who ignored the unwritten rule "You do not sit down opposite a stranger in a railway cafe and start helping yourself to their biscuits", and he realised there was absolutely nothing in his mental toolkit to deal with the situation because people just don't do that. It turned out his biscuits were under his newspaper; the ones on the table were the other guy's. This is apparently based on something that actually happened to Douglas Adams.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cab89481
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cab89481
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cab89481
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cc15293d
type
UnexpectedGenreChange
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cc15293d
comment
Unexpected Genre Change: For a large part of the book, Science Fiction yields to romance and Slice of Life (it's still funny, though).
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cc15293d
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cc15293d
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cc15293d
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cda501da
type
Killed Off for Real
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cda501da
comment
Killed Off for Real: Marvin. He's quite relieved about it, really.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cda501da
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cda501da
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cda501da
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cf666827
type
If I Had a Nickel...
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cf666827
comment
If I Had a Nickel...: Ford says, "If I had a pound for every time one part of the universe looked at another part of the universe and said, 'That's terrible,' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon asking you to bring me a cup of coffee, but I don't and I am."
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cf666827
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cf666827
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_cf666827
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_d5a1770a
type
British Stuffiness
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_d5a1770a
comment
British Stuffiness: Arthur invokes this when telling the biscuit story. When a man took one of his biscuits, he "did what any red-blooded Englishman would do"; ignored it.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_d5a1770a
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_d5a1770a
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_d5a1770a
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_e0d20ea6
type
Intentionally Awkward Title
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_e0d20ea6
comment
Intentionally Awkward Title: Although it's one that's entered the popular lexicon.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_e0d20ea6
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_e0d20ea6
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_e0d20ea6
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ea85d6ea
type
All Just a Dream
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ea85d6ea
comment
All Just a Dream: Subverted. Arthur is persuaded at first that he must have hallucinated his time in space, but it eventually turns out he's just in an Alternate Universe.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ea85d6ea
featureApplicability
-0.3
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ea85d6ea
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ea85d6ea
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ee8807f9
type
LawOfConservationOfDetail
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ee8807f9
comment
Law of Conservation of Detail : Discussed at length in Chapter 25, as the narrator tries to invoke it as an excuse for why this is the first we're hearing of Arthur's love life.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ee8807f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ee8807f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_ee8807f9
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f88ce33
type
Flight of Romance
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f88ce33
comment
Flight of Romance: Arthur and Fenchurch take this up to extremes, not just falling in love, but also, um, really getting to know each other.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f88ce33
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f88ce33
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f88ce33
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f9971b12
type
Mile-High Club
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f9971b12
comment
Mile-High Club: When Arthur and Fenchurch are consummating their relationship in mid-air, they briefly do some of their love-making on a jet’s wing before being blown off. An old lady with a window seat gets to watch, and is cheered up to realize the universe is not as mundane as she feared.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f9971b12
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f9971b12
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_f9971b12
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe0330fb
type
Brick Joke
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe0330fb
comment
Brick Joke: This story starts with an almost identical narration to the first novel, but instead of "this is not her story", it says that this is her story, and reveals in the first few chapters that it's Fenchurch.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe0330fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe0330fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe0330fb
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe3122a3
type
Love Before First Sight
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe3122a3
comment
Love Before First Sight: In that Arthur falls in love with Fenchurch while she's asleep, so he had seen her, but he had not met her.
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe3122a3
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe3122a3
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_fe3122a3
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_name
type
ItemName
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_name
comment
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_name
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / int_name
itemName
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Amnesiac God / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Angelic Aliens / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Bad Guy Bar / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
"Begone" Bribe / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Big Applesauce / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Bored with Insanity / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
City of Weirdos / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Crazy Sane / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Credit Card Plot / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Democracy Is Bad / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Democracy Is Flawed / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Destructive Saviour / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Did They or Didn't They? / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Dogs Are Dumb / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Enemy Eats Your Lunch / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
English Literature / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Flight of Romance / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Funny Conception Story / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Give Me a Sign / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Giving Up on Logic / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
God Is Flawed / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Godly Sidestep / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Helping Hands / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Heroic Dolphin / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Humanity Is Insane / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
I Am Who? / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Ice-Cream Koan / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
If I Had a Nickel... / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Improbable Antidote / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Innocent Innuendo / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
King of All Cosmos / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Knows a Guy Who Knows a Guy / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Language Equals Thought / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Law Enforcement, Inc. / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Living Aphrodisiac / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Look Ma, No Plane! / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Making Love in All the Wrong Places / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Manic Pixie Dream Girl / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Metaphorgotten / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Mile-High Club / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Mistaken for Prostitute / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Mistaken for Thief / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
My Other Car Is an X / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Never Heard That One Before / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Nobody Loves the Bassist / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Obfuscating Insanity / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Ocean Awe / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Odd Name, Normal Nickname / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Personal Raincloud / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Power Perversion Potential / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Religion Is Right / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Robot and A.I. Works / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Romantic Plot Tumor / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Screw the Rules, They're Not Real! / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Sequel Gap / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Shared Mass Hallucination / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Shrug of God / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Slip into Something More Comfortable / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Small, Secluded World / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Stealth in Space / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Street Musician / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Superpowered Date / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Take Me to Your Leader / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Textual Celebrity Resemblance / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
The Operators Must Be Crazy / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
The Stormbringer / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
The Wall Around the World / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
There Is Another / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Theseus' Ship Paradox / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Trash of the Titans / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Understatement / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Unusual Pop Culture Name / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Variable Terminal Velocity / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Vice City / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Way Past the Expiration Date / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Weather Manipulation / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Writer Revolt / int_e764d136
 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
hasFeature
Zero-G Spot / int_e764d136