Benjy Mouse Character Analysis

A “hyperintelligent pandimensional being” who has been living on earth in the form of a mouse. More specifically, Benjy has been on earth as one of Trillian’s two pet mice. When Trillian left earth to travel with Zaphod, she brought Benjy and Frankie (her other mouse). Unbeknownst to her, Benjy and Frankie have been subtly manipulating her, and when the Heart of Gold lands on Magrathea, they escape. Eventually, Arthur and his friends learn that Benjy and Frankie want to extract his brain to study it, assuming that the answer to their long-running experiment on earth must be imbedded in his brain. Another reason Benjy and Frankie want to dissect Arthur’s brain has to do with their desire to get rich and famous. Indeed, they have been offered the opportunity to give lectures about what they’ve discovered on earth, but they can’t do this without the vital information in Arthur’s brain. Rather than repeating the entire experiment—which would take another 10,000,000 years—they want to cash in on their efforts now. When they fail to steal his brain, though, they try to fabricate their findings.