The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Zaphod signed the order for the Earth to be destroyed. The mice try to capture Arthur to extract his brain, but he escapes and squashes them. The Vogons try to capture the crew, but Marvin defeats them by shooting them with a gun which forces them to see his point of view; thus they all instantly become incredibly depressed and collapse. Slartibartfast rebuilds the Earth Mark 2, but Arthur asks if he can go on exploring the universe with the crew instead of being part of it again, and they fly off together.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Ford runs past the caravan to chase the Vogons with a towel, you can see the cameraman, and about 4 other crew members reflecting in the caravan's surface.

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Slartibartfast: Ever heard of a place... I think it's called Norway? That was one of mine. I got an award for it.

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Trivia: The Magrathean answerphone message is played by Simon Jones, who plays Arthur in both the TV series and the radio series.

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Question: How did Marvin get the point of view gun to function the way it did (The front part popping open and firing a huge, wide-coverage blast)? That never occurred any other time the weapon was fired, and Marvin couldn't have known how to do it since they had recently discovered the gun.

Answer: Marvin does have a brain the size of a planet! He could have easily worked out the controls or directly interfaced with the weapon.

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