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- Captain Trips" refers to both the title of the first third of The Stand and of a slang term used within the novel for a viral biological weapon that obliterates a significant portion of the world's human population.
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Captain Trips is a nickname for the constantly-shifting antigen virus that exterminates 99.4% of the human population in The Stand. The meaning of the nickname is never revealed.
Dec 17, 2020 · According to some online sci-fi fan forums, the best explanation of where the phrase comes from is that it originated with the late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, who was nicknamed...
Jan 12, 2021 · Stephen King's The Stand features a deadly virus that spreads across the United States that is often called "Captain Trips," but what does it mean? It may be referencing Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
- Keith Deininger
But "Captain Trips" is an old nickname of Jerry Garcia so its likely a reference to the way you hallucinate in the last stages, or else the fact that you will soon wind up dead-- and possibly Grateful to be Dead given how you've been suffering.
Captain Trips" refers to both the title of the first third of The Stand and of a slang term used within the novel for a viral biological weapon that obliterates a significant portion of the world's human population.
Dec 17, 2020 · According to some online sci-fi fan forums, the best explanation of where the phrase comes from is that it originated with the late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, who was nicknamed...
The superflu is a plague that exterminates 99.4% of the population of humans in The Stand. The virus, which causes the plague is also called Captain Trips. It ignites the events of the novel, which leads to the ultimate battle between good and evil in a post apocalyptic world.
