Wah, Sue Chen. Sulawesi Sue. JJ.
Waka hakakabakka kawakaka baka waka waka hakakawaka. Beginning of an incantation for summoning the ghost of a famous person. AP.
Wakamae. Wakamae Weinberg. DED.
Waka-Waka. 1. Boring alternate Earth Dimension. (AM.) Visited by Ambrose McFwain. (Y). 2. Kind of like "good-bye." AM.
Waka-Waka city. Klugarsh's name for Lenny. He claims there is a laser energy source here. AM.
Waka waka. Needle noddle noo. Hoop waka dup dup. Baklava. Turkish pledge of allegiance. AM.
Wallaby, Noel. A junk dealer. AM.
walruses, singing. Displayed at the great fair at Blintzni Spamgorod. SOS.
Walter. 1. Walter Galt. SBAD. SBBH. 2. Walter C. Gull. AM. 3. A Waka-Wakan, cave mate to Lance Hergeschleimer. AM. 4. Walter Cronkite. LM. SBBH. LG.
Wanamopo Banjo Pick Factory. Unionized Baconburg factory. SBAD.
Wartburg. A popular car in the Soviet-bloc, where it's all you can get. B.
Washington Heights. Donald Chen's NYC home. WM.
Washington Monument. Damaged in the fight with the Moose from Space; repaired (free of charge) by the moose. (RM.) It looks sort of like the big freedom monument, only without the gold flame on top. JJ.
Washington St. Site of L. Penumbra's loft. AP.
Water Palace. Round floating palace in the middle of a pond on the Equator. JJ.
Watzuki, Alan W. Inventor of Zen-yin-yang cooking, mentor of Wakamae Weinberg, Zen master. He died of gastroenteritis in Bucharest at a relatively early age. DED.
Weary, Dr. American Guru, author of Six Easy Steps to Nirvana. Became welfare case worker. LG.
weebos. Fat tailed relatives of the mouse deer. They collect shiny objects. JJ.
Weebos, Island of the. Bugis name for Chatulistiwa. JJ.
Weebos, Lost Valley of the. Legendary valley on Chatulistiwa where the Weebos' treasure is stored. JJ.
Weehawken. Site of Alexander Hamilton's death in 1804. AP.
Weevo. Obscure rock group. [Perhaps inspired by the Ohio Dadaist band Devo? --ed.] SBAD.
Weezup. Martian emmisary to Manny, Moe, and Jack. AM.
Weinberg, Wakamae. Disciple of Alan W. Watzuki, author of The Official Zen Cookery Book. DED.
Weinstein, Captain Sinbad. Captain of La Forza Materiale. Y.
Welsh Cat Protection Society. Received the fortune of the London Earthworm Society after it closed down. WK.
wempire. How vampires say "vampire." W.
Wempires. 1991. By Daniel Pinkwater. W.
Wendel, Mr. William Pedwee's crafty teacher. FMS.
We Never Close. 1. Gus's: We Never Close. PLW. 2. Deadly Nightshade Diner--We Never Close. SBBH. 3. Transylvanian Mushroom--We Never Close. SBBH.
Werewolf, The. A movie at the Garden of Earthly Bliss Drive-in and Pizzeria, used as bait by the inimitable Osgood Sigerson. SBBH.
Werewolf of London, The. A movie about a Japanese werewolf. Neither shown at the Garden of Earthly Bliss Drive-in and Pizzeria, nor used as bait by Osgood Sigerson. SBBH.
Werewolf of Poughkeepsie,The. Another movie at the Garden of Earthly Bliss Drive-in and Pizzeria, used as bait by the ingenious Osgood Sigerson. SBBH.
Werewolf Wars. Yet another movie at the Garden of Earthly Bliss Drive-in and Pizzeria, used as bait by the indefatigueable Osgood Sigerson. SBBH.
Werewolf Stewardesses. Even still yet another movie at the Garden of Earthly Bliss Drive-in and Pizzeria, used as bait by the ineffable Osgood Sigerson. SBBH.
werewolves. Really just big misunderstood dogs who are sometimes people and who are potentially extremely dangerous. (SBBH.) They have been sited in Baconburg (SBBH) and the Glimville K-Mart (FBM.) They prospered in the days of the new great fair at Blintzni Spamgorod. SOS. Some werewolves (particularly children) may appear to be normal humans and are only visible in werewolf form to themselves (IWSGW).
West Cheddar Street. The strret with all the shops on it, including Gus's:We Never Close/The Jolly Trolley/The Phantom Lunch Wagon. PLW.
West End Blues. By Louis Armstrong. Y. AP.
West Kangaroo Park. A suburb of Hogboro. AM.
West Kangaroo Park bus. Some say it is cursed. AM.
WGNU. Baconburg classical radio station. SBAD.
What God Said to Me. By Sister Profit. LG.
What's Cooking? Legend on Mr. Neeble's apron. AM.
Wheatbeet, Mrs. Teacher and aspiring author of Bunnies in Love at Melvinville Elementary School. AD.
Whillikers, Gordon. Called "G." Gem prospector, discovered Kukumlima. WK.
Whistler, Prof. Horst. Martwist College professor, and snappy dresser. DBC.
White Palace. Their burger vault in Cleveland contains 25% of Earth's hamburgers. FMS.
White Tower. Natural rock formation near Wimpy crater. SOS.
Whoever Thought All This Up. Who the invisible giants are indebted to. JJ.
Who's Moose. Get it? Who's Moose. Pretty frapping hilarious, huh? MP.
Wienerwald The Vienna woods, where the Muffin Fiend is discovered by W.A. Mozart and Inspector Charles LeChat. Appeared in The Muffin Fiend (1986).
Weinstadtsmunicipalisches Bakerei German for "City of Vienna Municipal Bakery", seen in the illustration of the Municipal Muffin Bakery. Appeared in The Muffin Fiend (1986).
Wiggers, Mr. Old deaf man who remembers everything. But who listens to Mr. Wiggers? PLW.
Wild Dada Duck Manifesto. Too silly to reprint here. YAN.
Wild Dada Ducks. A group devoted to bringing about a world Dada Renaissance. YAN.
Wildebeeste, Prof. Anton. Professor at the University of Saskatoon. MP.
William. 1.William Pedwee. FMS. 2. William Lloyd Floyd. AM. 3. William Shakespeare. YAN. 4. William E. Geist. SBBH. 5. Willy. AM. 6. see Bill.
Willy. Samuel Klugarsh's 4-eared cat. AM.
Wimpy. Giant crater on Spiegel. SOS.
Wimpy's. Horrible Nairobi hamburger place. Home of the Kenya Burger. WK.
Wingman. Flying, time-traveling, silent, armored Chinese super-hero. WM.
Wingman. 1975. By Manus Pinkwater. WM.
Winkle, Mr. Corrective gym class teacher. AM.
Winkleman, Eugene. Young monster-hunter. Y.
Wink-Porter, Bramwell. Harried author of The Bunny Brothers (not
The Fuzzy Bunny). AD.
Winky. Fictional Kevin Shapiro's Thoroughbred horse at Red Oaks. Quarantined forever in chapter 1,015. YAN.
Winter, Mr. Principal of Bat Masterson Junior High (AM.) and Margaret Himmler High (YAN). Probably not simultaneously. Known for his exceptionally loud voice
Wishnik St., 42. Polish interplanar contact place. AM.
Witzbilb. A futuristic galaxy. (B.) Home to fig-people. (SOS.)
wizard, the. Unhappy for 307 years, read a magic book for 102 years, seeking happiness. Stole the magic crystal and became a frog. WC.
Wizard Crystal. 1973. By Manus Pinkwater. WC.
Wolfaleh. Wallace Nussbaum's affectionate nickname for his werewolf creation. SBBH.
Wolfman. Monster from Donald's nightmare. WM.
wombats. Both wild and domesticated specimens are on display at the great fair at Blintzni Spamgorod. SOS.
Wonder Wombat. A comic book character. YAN.
Wonder Wombat. A comic book. AM.
World Famous Little Plastic Thing Company. Another of Seumas Finneganstein's companies. WK.
World Famous Salami Snap Company. Seumas Finneganstein's salami
snap company. WK.
World Famous Sticky Footblob Company. Another of Seumas Finneganstein's companies. The Kukumlima explorers are all stockholders. WK.
worms. Not intelligent, except for the big ones.
Worms of Kukumlima, The. 1981. By Daniel Pinkwater. WK.
Wormwords. Journal of the London Earthworm Society. WK.
Wozzle, The. Manny, Moe, and Jack's imaginary monster. AM.
Wuggie Norple. King Waffle's fast-growing orange kitten. WNS.
Wuggie Norple Story, The. 1980. By Daniel M. Pinkwater. Illustrated by Tomie de Paola. WNS.
wupski! A Transylvanian toast. SBBH.
WXXO. A radio station. Apparently obsessed with sick presidents. FMS. SOS.
WZOT. Classical radio station. WK.