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The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42


I thought it was a nod to Douglas Adams' books but not the case. It references Jackie Robinson.

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But perhaps that makes "Who is Jackie Robinson?" the ultimate question. This is possibly a question only an American can answer without resorting to google.

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What in God's holy name are you talking about? And what in God's holy name does it have to do with Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse?

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The number 42 is seen throughout the movie
https://www.insider.com/spider-man-spider-verse-42-meaning-2019-2

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I thought that, too. It's cool as a Jackie Robinson reference, but it kinda fits the movie as a Hitchhiker's reference, too.

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