Don't Panic

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"Don't Panic" is the iconic reassuring slogan prominently displayed on the cover of the fictional guidebook in Douglas Adams' comic science fiction series *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*.

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"DON'T PANIC" 1
DON'T PANIC 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf catchphrase
fictional element
fictional slogan
motto
appearsIn The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV series)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage adaptations)
associatedWith Arthur Dent
Ford Prefect
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional guidebook)

interstellar hitchhiking
science fiction fandom
capitalization uppercase
color large friendly letters
creator Douglas Adams
culturalImpact used as a humorous admonition to stay calm
widely quoted in popular culture
describedAs iconic phrase
reassuring slogan
fictionalUniverse The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
firstAppearance The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978 radio series)
genre comic science fiction
hasFunction to provide humorous contrast to dangerous situations
to reassure interstellar hitchhikers
to reduce anxiety
hasOppositeConcept panic
hasQuotationStatus catchphrase from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
hasTone comic
reassuring
inspired real-world use of the phrase as a humorous calming slogan
language English
locationInFiction front cover of the Guide
medium text
notableFor being one of the best-known lines from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
being printed in large friendly letters on the Guide's cover
partOf The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
printedOn cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional guidebook)
relatedWork The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book series)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film soundtrack track titles and marketing)
theme calmness in the face of absurd cosmic danger
usedAs informal motto by fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
slogan on merchandise related to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
writtenForm Don't Panic self-linksurface differs
surface form: "DON'T PANIC"

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The Guide motto Don't Panic
this entity surface form: DON'T PANIC
subject surface form: "Don't Panic" (Hitchhiker's Guide slogan)
Don't Panic writtenForm Don't Panic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "DON'T PANIC"