The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Mostly Harmless/Awesome

""Would you like to step outside?""
 * Our loser hero Arthur Dent escapes certain death by learning to fly.
 * The very moment Arthur becomes the ultimate form of Unfazed Everyman:

"He hurtled towards the astounded robot from behind. It still had its multifunctional battleclub raised... With a sudden mad outburst of strength, he [Arthur] wrestled the battleclub from the startled robot, executing a dazzling banking turn in the air, hurtled back in a furious power drive and with one crazy swing knocked the robot's head from the robot's shoulders."
 * Keep in mind that he is saying this to Thor, the Norse God of Thunder.
 * Also keep in mind they are on a flying party at the time. Meaning Arthur just got Thor to throw himself into thin air. Seriously, that part is so subtle, it's easily missable and awesome in and of itself.
 * Another Arthur example. Summing it up wouldn't do it justice, but realize that the robot mentioned in the following paragraph has xenophobia, homicide, and world-ending destruction programmed into its mind and has proven throughout the novel that it is more than equipped to act on said programming...


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