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** Ford exclaims "Oh Belgium!" at one point while under fire from the Vogons. This is a nod to the American version of the book, in which Belgium is mentioned to be an unforgiveably obscene word everywhere in the galaxy except Earth. |
** Ford exclaims "Oh Belgium!" at one point while under fire from the Vogons. This is a nod to the American version of the book, in which Belgium is mentioned to be an unforgiveably obscene word everywhere in the galaxy except Earth. |
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** Also played with when Zaphod is running around, yelling "Hummakavula!" Once the group meets the character, Arthur says, "So that's Hummakavula. I thought [Zaphod] was just swearing." |
** Also played with when Zaphod is running around, yelling "Hummakavula!" Once the group meets the character, Arthur says, "So that's Hummakavula. I thought [Zaphod] was just swearing." |
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* In ''[[Poor Things]]'', Bella was never taught about sex and refers to it as "furious jumping" and sexual pleasure as "happiness". |
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