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  • Wonko the Sane
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  • John Watson, also known (at his own request) as Wonko the Sane, was a marine biologist and scientist who lived in coastal California. He and his wife Arcane Jill Watson lived in a curious place called the Outside of the Asylum.
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  • Wonko the Sane
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  • Earth Mark II
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  • Human
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  • John Watson, also known (at his own request) as Wonko the Sane, was a marine biologist and scientist who lived in coastal California. He and his wife Arcane Jill Watson lived in a curious place called the Outside of the Asylum. John calls himself Wonko in order to remind himself that a scientist must be like a child in having no preconceived notions - "Wonko" being a childhood nickname bestowed by his mother. Wonko added the epithet "the Sane" to his name in order to reassure people of his sanity. That sanity was called into question frequently, not least because of Wonko's repeated insistence that he was visited by green-winged angels on scooters.