Ford Prefect (proper noun)

A roguishly charming, if somewhat erratic, galactic hitchhiker and field researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Ford Prefect, despite his Earthly-sounding name, is not from Earth at all but hails from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. He has a remarkable knack for surviving improbable situations, a profound disdain for Vogon poetry, and an almost obsessive relationship with his towel.