Krikkit war

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event in a work of fiction fictional interstellar war

The Krikkit war is a catastrophic interstellar conflict in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything," sparked by the xenophobic inhabitants of the planet Krikkit attempting to destroy the entire universe.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Krikkit	5
Krikkit robots	2
Krikkiters	2
Krikkit Wars	1
Krikkit supernova bomb	1
Krikkitmen	1
planet Krikkit	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in a work of fiction ⓘ fictional interstellar war ⓘ
appearsInSeries	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
appearsInWork	Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
cause	xenophobia of the inhabitants of Krikkit ⓘ
chronologicalPositionInSeries	third book events ⓘ
conflictBetween	Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Krikkit
conflictScope	entire universe ⓘ
consequenceIfSuccessful	total destruction of the universe ⓘ
createdBy	Douglas Adams ⓘ
depicts	attempted annihilation of all stars and planets ⓘ
featuresObject	Wikkit Gate ⓘ
featuresSpecies	Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Krikkiters
featuresTechnology	Krikkit war robots ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ surface form: Hitchhiker's universe
firstPublicationContext	Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ surface form: Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel)
genre	comic science fiction ⓘ
goalOfBelligerent	destruction of the universe ⓘ
hasAntagonists	Krikkit war robots ⓘ
hasBelligerent	Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Krikkit
initiatedBy	inhabitants of Krikkit ⓘ
medium	novel ⓘ
motivationOfKrikkit	desire to restore cosmic isolation ⓘ
narrativeFunction	drives quest for Wikkit Gate components ⓘ
narrativeRole	central plot element ⓘ
opposedBy	Arthur Dent ⓘ Ford Prefect ⓘ Slartibartfast ⓘ Trillian ⓘ Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ
partOfFranchise	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
relatedConcept	Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Krikkit robots Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Krikkit supernova bomb
relatedWork	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series (adapted elements) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy television adaptation (referenced)
resolutionInvolves	intervention by main protagonists ⓘ reassembly of the Wikkit Gate ⓘ
scale	galactic ⓘ
setting	Milky Way ⓘ surface form: Milky Way galaxy (fictionalized) Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: planet Krikkit
theme	absurdity of total war ⓘ satire of xenophobia ⓘ
threatLevel	existential threat to all life ⓘ
tone	darkly comic ⓘ
triggerEvent	Krikkiters discovering the existence of the universe beyond their dust cloud ⓘ