Zaphod Beeblebrox
Fictional character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the fictional character. For the defunct Ottawa nightclub, see Zaphod Beeblebrox (nightclub).
Zaphod Beeblebrox (/ˈzeɪfɒd ˈbiːbəlbrɒks/) is a fictional character in the various versions of the comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
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Zaphod Beeblebrox | |
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First appearance | Fit the Second (radio) |
Created by | Douglas Adams |
Portrayed by | Mark Wing-Davey (all except film) Sam Rockwell (film) |
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Species | Betelgeusian |
Gender | Male |
Title | President Zaphod Beeblebrox I Zaphod Beeblebrox the Nothingth (as addressed by great-grandfather) |
Occupation | Ex-Galactic President; confidence trickster; etc |
Relatives | Ford Prefect (semi-half cousin) Zaphod Beeblebrox II (father) Zaphod Beeblebrox III (grandfather) Zaphod Beeblebrox IV (great-grandfather) Mrs Alice Beeblebrox (favourite mother) |
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He is from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and is a "semi-half-cousin" of Ford Prefect, with whom he "shares three of the same mothers". Because of "an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine", his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather are actually his direct descendants (see Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth).