# Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Personality Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585 "2003-04-23T14:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/21 "2003-04-23T17:08:44Z")
Marvin, but if you had pains in the diodes all down your left side, you’d feel like Marvin too. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/22 "2003-04-23T17:11:55Z")
Hmmm… Apparently I’m a Zaphod too. I was afraid I would turn out to be a Marvin; I guess the meds are working after all. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/23 "2003-04-23T17:46:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by msmith537 \* > \*\*Zaphod apparently. I always figured myself for more of a Ford. > > Of course everyone thinks they’re Ford. No one thinks they are Arthur or Marvin. \*\* Well, I was a bit surprised to find out that I was Ford, but I’m not exactly sure what I was expecting. ---
**Author:** ![Gumbercules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gumbercules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumbercules)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/24 "2003-04-23T17:51:40Z")
I’m Ford. It must be the drinking… ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/25 "2003-04-23T17:54:25Z")
Marvin. Actually, I can depress Marvin even further (and I’m at least as smart) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/26 "2003-04-23T18:01:15Z")
I am Arthur although I was sure I would be Marvin…lord knows I am in a Marvin phase right now… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/27 "2003-04-23T18:52:25Z")
I’m Ford. Not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/28 "2003-04-23T18:57:17Z")
I’m **Zaphod Beeblebrox** , too. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/29 "2003-04-23T19:26:46Z")
Good lord, I’m “a suffusion of yellow”… …Oh wait, that was the Dirk Gently Holistic personality indicator calculator I was using… I’m Arthur. Let me tell you about my extended vacation in southern California! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/30 "2003-04-23T20:49:08Z")
'Nother Trillian here. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/31 "2003-04-23T20:52:02Z")
And yet another Trillian… ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/32 "2003-04-23T20:57:57Z")
Marvin it is! \*You’re Marvin! My I hope you did that just for fun… but if not, maybe it’s time to get out of your depression and start looking at life. \* ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/33 "2003-04-23T21:16:43Z")
I’m Trillian (and I’m an actual female too). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/34 "2003-04-23T22:02:46Z")
I’m **Zaphod**. It must be because I’m so cool. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/35 "2003-04-23T22:07:09Z")
Hey. I’m Trillian. That ought to make getting laid a little easier tonight! But I wanted to be Dent Arthur Dent so I could have flying sex with Fenchurch. Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/36 "2003-04-23T22:11:22Z")
I’m Zaphod. Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/37 "2003-04-23T22:54:45Z")
Trillian?! Thought for sure I’d be Zaphod. ---
**Author:** ![dimosc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dimosc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimosc)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/38 "2003-04-23T23:54:11Z")
i assumed a Zaphod personality and it turned out I’m Zaphod! 🆒 yay! All drinks on me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/39 "2003-04-24T00:14:50Z")
Does it seem to anyone else that there are trillions of Trillians, here? Make it a Trillian and one. ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585/40 "2003-04-24T00:25:40Z")
I took the test twice and tried to answer it diferently and yet be correct. Marvin twice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-personality-test/170585.md?page=3)