Characters
The creature who helps the protagonist escape from the place where nothing ever happens.
Who is Tock?
The gift from Azaz.
What is the box of words?
The demon that keeps Milo, Tock, and Humbug busy with meaningless tasks.
Who is the Terrible Trivium?
The kingdom of Words.
What is Dictionopolis?
"It's bad enough wasting time without killing it."
The two rulers of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis.
Who are King Azaz the Unabridged and the Mathmagician?
The gift from the Mathmagician.
What is the pencil staff?
The fearful demon that looks like a mountain.
Who is the Gelatinous Giant?
The Kingdom of Numbers.
What is Digitopolis?
"Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty."
Who is the Whether Man?
The boy who floats off the ground and never has a changing perspective.
Who is Alec Bings?
The gift from Alec Bings.
What is the telescope?
The demon that gets them trapped in a hole.
Who is the big-footed monster?
The place where the princesses are kept.
What is the Castle in the Air?
"A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect."
Who is Humbug?
The proud character who often answers questions incorrectly.
Who is Humbug?
What is a collection of sounds?
Demon trinity that look almost identical somehow.
They get there by jumping.
What is the Island of Conclusions?
"You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet."
Who is Canby?
The boy who isn't fully there.
Who is the half-child (.58 child)?
The gift from the Phantom Tollbooth.
What is purpose, meaning in life, etc.?
The demon that asks a bunch of question and distracts them with their fantasy.
Who is the Senses Taker?
The unreached place where the biggest and smallest numbers are kept.
What is Infinity?
"[It was impossible], but if we'd told you then, you might not have gone---and, as you've discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible."
Who is Azaz and the Mathmagician?