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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.
Benjy Mouse Quotes in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy quotes below are all either spoken by Benjy Mouse or refer to Benjy Mouse. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 31 Quotes
“Well, I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes the pursuit of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point I’m afraid where you begin to suspect that if there’s any real truth, it’s that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. And if it comes to a choice between spending yet another ten million years finding that out, and on the other hand just taking the money and running, then I for one could do with the exercise.”
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Frankie Mouse says this to Arthur while trying to explain why he and Benjy don’t want to start their 10,000,000-year experiment again. He acknowledges that the “dignity of pure research” and the “pursuit of truth in all its forms” are both valuable concepts, but he admits that “there comes a point” when such endeavors are no longer worthwhile. Instead of spending “another ten millions years” on the same study, he simply wants to live his life, perhaps even getting rich by doing the “lecture circuit” in his own dimension and talking (or lying) about what he learned on Earth. Since Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor aspe
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Benjy Mouse Character Timeline in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The timeline below shows where the character Benjy Mouse appears in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 31
...creature.” Looking down, he sees Trillian’s mice on the table. “Arthur,” Trillian says, “this is Benjy mouse. And this is Frankie mouse.” The mice, who are sitting inside what look like...
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“Now, Earth creature,” says Benjy mouse, “the situation we have in effect is this. We have, as you know, been...
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Since leaving Earth, Benjy and Frankie have received a very lucrative offer to “do the 5D chat show and...
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Chapter 32
...intruders in section 8A. Defense stations, defense stations!” As Arthur and his friends slip away, Benjy and Frankie complain to each other about their predicament, deciding that their only option is...
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