Gnotilus

Black-figure hydria showing Gnotilus defending itself against treaty-violating surprise attack by Heracles.

Gnotilus is a supervillain based on the nautilus, who is obsessed with destroying the Golden ratio.

Gnotilus grew up with The Unruly Submarine, and still enjoys reading it from time to time.

Gnotilus has a long-standing grudge against the Acropolis.

Gnotilus is the founder and first citizen of the independent kingdom of Abalonia.

Gnotilus has posted a bounty for the Bathysquare, dead or alive.

Gnotilus is keenly aware of the phenomenon of Geometrical frustration.

Gnotilus is known for slipping and falling on spin ice in a public and comical manner.

Gnotilus often uses Gelatinous cubes as cheap, disposable soldiers.

This has unpleasant side-effects, including nausea and vomiting, because Gnotilus has a deep psychological aversion to all things cubical.

In the News

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  Turbo marmoratus gunpowder flasks distributed by Gnotilus in vast numbers, probably played role in Parthenon bombardment.

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  Gold Ruster and Gnotilus are mortal enemies, and have fought on many occasions, yet have formed crime teams.

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  Rough draft of Gnotilus-Boxes Treaty, based on work stolen from David Hilbert.

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  Gnotilus visits Organelles of the Secretory Pathway, secretes geometry solvent.

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  Gnotilus rages at shape of Curtain theatre.

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  Gnotilus slips, falls on Spin ice.

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  Wax seal on feeding tube enables Gnotilus to secrete geometry solvent directly into ENIAC.

Fiction cross-reference

• Bathysquare
• Endemica
• Forbidden ratio
• Gold Ruster
• Nacreum
• Reading at night (nonfiction)
• The Boxes

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Acropolis (nonfiction)
• Curtain Theatre (nonfiction)
• Crime team (nonfiction)
• Cube (nonfiction)
• Gelatinous cube (nonfiction)
• Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)
• Golden ratio (nonfiction)
• Nautilus (nonfiction)
• Schadenfreude (nonfiction)
• Supervillain (nonfiction)