Wonko the Sane

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fictional character human

Wonko the Sane is an eccentric Californian marine biologist from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide series, known for building an inside-out asylum called the Outside of the Asylum to cope with the world's madness.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character → human →
alsoKnownAs	John "Wonko the Sane" Watson → John Watson →
appearsIn	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →
appearsInSeries	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →
associatedWith	Arthur Dent → Fenchurch → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →
builds	Outside of the Asylum →
characterTrait	eccentric → rational →
createdBy	Douglas Adams →
createdIn	United Kingdom →
creator	Douglas Adams →
designs	inside-out house →
doorInscription	Outside the Asylum → You are now entering the Outside of the Asylum →
firstAppearance	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →
genre	comic science fiction character →
houseLocation	California coast →
inUniverseStatus	considered mad by others →
languageOfOrigin	English →
literaryRole	philosophical comic figure →
medium	novel →
nationality	American →
notableBelief	the rest of the world is the asylum →
notableFeatureOfHouse	house is turned inside out →
notableFor	building an inside-out asylum-like house → commentary on sanity and madness in modern society →
notableWork	Outside of the Asylum →
occupation	marine biologist →
philosophicalView	believes the world has gone mad →
reasonForBuildingOutsideOfTheAsylum	to cope with the madness of the world →
residence	California →
selfPerception	considers himself sane in an insane world →
spouse	Fenchurch →
themeAssociation	critique of modern civilization → perception of reality → sanity vs insanity →
universe	Hitchhiker's Guide universe →
viewsOnBabelFish	regards the Babel fish as proof of the universe's fundamental irrationality →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →	hasCharacter