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- 3 As a character
- As a character, Zaphod is hedonistic and irresponsible, narcissistic almost to the point of solipsism, and often extremely insensitive to the feelings of those around him. In the books and radio series, he is nevertheless quite charismatic
which causes many characters to ignore his other flaws. Douglas Adams
claimed that he based Zaphod on an old friend of his from Cambridge called Johnny Simpson, who "had that nervous sort of hyperenergetic way of trying to appear relaxed."[2]
In (at least) the books, he is, according to screening tests that he ran on himself in the Heart of Gold's medical bay, "clever, imaginative, irresponsible, untrustworthy, extrovert, nothing you couldn't have guessed" (Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, page 98). In the movie, however, he is not very bright, and perhaps even more boorish than his previous portrayals. He is portrayed as a vacuous California surfer-type, and Sam Rockwell, the actor who played him in the film, cited Bill Clinton, Elvis Presley and George W. Bush as influences.[3] Zaphod in the film is very much immature (in contrast to the books where he was immature, but had a lot of power and was smart and devious), acting very eager about everything, eating messily with his hands, throwing temper tantrums, and doing things without reason, such as pressing the Improbability Drive button just because it was large and shiny.
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Sounds remarkably like Trump.
Completely unpredictable
Wants everyone to love him and is angry or punitive when they don't
Does not seem to care or even be aware when people are suffering or dying
Charismatic in a really scary way
Very much like a Rock Star needing to be loved and willing to do literally Anything for love
So, in Trump's case more like the book and less like the movie except for the similarities to Elvis, Mick Jagger, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
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