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* [[Human Aliens]]
* [[Humans Are Morons]]: Arthur Dent, the only human left alive (except for Trillian), is constantly being referred to as an ape or otherwise put down as a moron (mainly by Zaphod, though he isn't exactly bright himself.)
** Well, humans
* [[Humans Are Their Own Precursors]]: Modern humans are revealed to be descended from the most useless members of the Golgafrinchams, an ancient extra-terrestrial race. {{Spoiler|Turns out they weren't ''entirely'' useless, the rest of the race [[Death by Irony|died without them]].}}
* [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place]]: Travel through hyperspace is described as "unpleasantly like being drunk." "What's so unpleasant about being drunk", you say? Ask a glass of water.
* [[I'll Take Two Beers, Too!]]: Zaphod ordering Gargle Blasters. And Ford ordering six pints of bitter in the first book.
* [[The Infinite]]: As a speed you can move at it is played for all the absurdity it is worth with the Infinite Improbability Drive. Where you can move at infinite speeds but only if the destination is really improbable.
* [[Informed Obscenity]]: The word Belgium, while on Earth the name of
* [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]: Probably the most famous example, but Earth actually doesn't stay that way for long. See [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe]] for more details.
* [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum]]: The Heart of Gold and the Bistromathics drive, among other things.
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