Vogon

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Vogons are a fictional alien species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," notorious for their bureaucratic cruelty and infamously bad poetry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional alien species
literary character type
sentient species
aestheticSense crude and insensitive
affiliation Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council
Vogon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vogon Constructor Fleet
appearsIn Life, the Universe and Everything
Mostly Harmless
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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 (radio series)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom (as a work of fiction)
creator Douglas Adams
culturalTrait disregard for individual welfare
love of paperwork
obsession with forms and procedures
firstAppearance The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel, 1979)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series, 1978)
genre comic science fiction
governmentType hyper-bureaucratic administration
homeWorld Vogsphere
intelligenceLevel moderate but unimaginative
language Vogon language
literaryFunction comic villain
satire of bureaucracy
medium film
novel
radio
television
methodOfTorture recitation of Vogon poetry
moralAlignment indifferent to suffering
notableFor bureaucratic cruelty
extremely bad poetry
notableMember Vogon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz
occupation bureaucrat
partOf The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
physicalCharacteristic bulky body
greenish skin
unpleasant appearance
poetryReputation third worst in the universe
roleInPlot demolish Earth for a hyperspace bypass
temperament bad-tempered
callous
threatLevel dangerous through bureaucracy rather than intelligence
transport Vogon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vogon constructor ship
universe The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: Hitchhiker's Guide universe

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vogon affiliation Vogon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vogon Constructor Fleet
The Guide hasEntryOn Vogon
Vogon notableMember Vogon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz
Vogon transport Vogon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vogon constructor ship