The Chums of Chance

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fictional character group literary character protagonist group

The Chums of Chance are a whimsical, retro-futuristic airship crew of boy adventurers who appear as recurring protagonists in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Against the Day."

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All labels observed (51)

Label	Occurrences
Chums of Chance	6
Chums of Chance are boy-adventurer aeronauts	1
Chums of Chance crew	1
Chums of Chance ensemble	1
Chums of Chance stories	1
Chums of Chance story arc	1
Chums of Chance story cycle	1
The Chums of Chance canonical	1
The Chums of Chance Nearly Crash into the Kremlin	1
The Chums of Chance Search for Atlantis	1
The Chums of Chance and the Aerial Armada	1
The Chums of Chance and the Battle for the Aetheric Crown	1
The Chums of Chance and the Battle for the Stratosphere	1
The Chums of Chance and the Battle of the Cloud Kingdoms	1
The Chums of Chance and the Caged Women of Yokohama	1
The Chums of Chance and the City of Glass	1
The Chums of Chance and the Clockwork Conspiracy	1
The Chums of Chance and the Curse of the Great Blue Whale	1
The Chums of Chance and the Electric Dirigible	1
The Chums of Chance and the Evil Halfwit	1
The Chums of Chance and the Flight into the Future	1
The Chums of Chance and the Great Air Race	1
The Chums of Chance and the Heart of the Storm	1
The Chums of Chance and the Ice Pirates	1
The Chums of Chance and the Invisible Fortress	1
The Chums of Chance and the Kingdom in the Clouds	1
The Chums of Chance and the Lost City of Clouds	1
The Chums of Chance and the Mystery of the Celestial Engine	1
The Chums of Chance and the Mystery of the Polar Night	1
The Chums of Chance and the Mystery of the Vanishing Airships	1
The Chums of Chance and the Path of Totality	1
The Chums of Chance and the Phantom Zeppelin	1
The Chums of Chance and the Pirates of the Outer Aether	1
The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Aether	1
The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Northern Lights	1
The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Sky Compass	1
The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Sky Map	1
The Chums of Chance and the Siege of the Aetheric Citadel	1
The Chums of Chance and the Siege of the Floating Fortress	1
The Chums of Chance and the Siege of the Sky Castle	1
The Chums of Chance and the Sky Pirates	1
The Chums of Chance and the Sunken Continent	1
The Chums of Chance and the Voyage Beyond the Horizon	1
The Chums of Chance and the Voyage to the Edge of Space	1
The Chums of Chance and the Voyage to the Starry Expanse	1
The Chums of Chance and the War of the Aerial Empires	1
The Chums of Chance and the War of the Worlds Above	1
The Chums of Chance and the Wrath of the Wind God	1
The Chums of Chance at the Ends of the Earth	1
The Chums of Chance in Old Mexico	1
The Chums of Chance in the Bowels of the Earth	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2855072 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Chums of Chance
Context triple: [Against the Day, containsFictionalGroup, The Chums of Chance]

A. The Hucksters
The Hucksters is a 1947 satirical drama film about postwar American advertising, starring Clark Gable and featuring Sydney Greenstreet in a memorable supporting role.
B. Poor Mr. Chisholm
"Poor Mr. Chisholm" is a song by the band Second Chorus, recognized as one of their notable tracks.
C. The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
D. The Adventures of Kathlyn
The Adventures of Kathlyn is a pioneering 1913 American adventure film serial that helped establish the cliffhanger format in early cinema.
E. A Wink and a Smile
"A Wink and a Smile" is a lighthearted jazz-pop song performed by Harry Connick Jr., best known for its prominent inclusion on the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Chums of Chance
Target entity description: The Chums of Chance are a whimsical, retro-futuristic airship crew of boy adventurers who appear as recurring protagonists in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Against the Day."

A. The Hucksters
The Hucksters is a 1947 satirical drama film about postwar American advertising, starring Clark Gable and featuring Sydney Greenstreet in a memorable supporting role.
B. Poor Mr. Chisholm
"Poor Mr. Chisholm" is a song by the band Second Chorus, recognized as one of their notable tracks.
C. The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
D. The Adventures of Kathlyn
The Adventures of Kathlyn is a pioneering 1913 American adventure film serial that helped establish the cliffhanger format in early cinema.
E. A Wink and a Smile
"A Wink and a Smile" is a lighthearted jazz-pop song performed by Harry Connick Jr., best known for its prominent inclusion on the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character group ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist group ⓘ
appearsIn	Against the Day ⓘ The Chums of Chance Nearly Crash into the Kremlin ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance Search for Atlantis ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Aerial Armada ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Battle for the Aetheric Crown ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Battle for the Stratosphere ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Battle of the Cloud Kingdoms ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Caged Women of Yokohama ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the City of Glass ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Clockwork Conspiracy ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Curse of the Great Blue Whale ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Electric Dirigible ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Evil Halfwit ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Flight into the Future ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Great Air Race ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Heart of the Storm ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Ice Pirates ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Invisible Fortress ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Kingdom in the Clouds ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Lost City of Clouds ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Mystery of the Celestial Engine ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Mystery of the Polar Night ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Mystery of the Vanishing Airships ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Path of Totality ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Phantom Zeppelin ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Pirates of the Outer Aether ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Aether ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Northern Lights ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Sky Compass ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Secret of the Sky Map ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Siege of the Aetheric Citadel ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Siege of the Floating Fortress ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Siege of the Sky Castle ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Sky Pirates ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Sunken Continent ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Voyage Beyond the Horizon ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Voyage to the Edge of Space ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Voyage to the Starry Expanse ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the War of the Aerial Empires ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the War of the Worlds Above ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance and the Wrath of the Wind God ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance at the Ends of the Earth ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance in Old Mexico ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance The Chums of Chance in the Bowels of the Earth ⓘ linked to: The Chums of Chance
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
describedAs	retro-futuristic ⓘ whimsical ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Against the Day universe ⓘ linked to: Against the Day
hasGenre	adventure fiction ⓘ boys' adventure ⓘ retro-futurism ⓘ science fiction ⓘ steampunk ⓘ
hasMember	Chick Counterfly ⓘ Darby Suckling ⓘ Jelly Otis ⓘ Lindsay Noseworth ⓘ Miles Blundell ⓘ Randolph St. Cosmo ⓘ
inUniverseMedium	juvenile adventure series ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
memberOf	World’s Greatest Airship Adventurers ⓘ
narrativeRole	recurring protagonists ⓘ
operatesVehicle	Inconvenience ⓘ
setting	early 20th century ⓘ
vehicle	airship ⓘ

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