Ken Kesey: Novelist and leader of the Merry Pranksters

Babbs: Prankster, Vietnam veteran, and Kesey's second in command

Stewart Brand: Prankster; brains behind the Trips Festival

Neal Cassady: Prankster; real-life inspiration for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road

Jerry Garcia: Band leader of The Grateful Dead

Allen Ginsberg: Writer, poet, and frequent party companion of the Pranksters

Larry McMurtry: Author of novels including Lonesome Dove and friend of Kesey

Owsley: Chemist and manufacturer of LSD

Faye Kesey: Ken Kesey's wife

Mountain Girl: Prankster; becomes pregnant with Kesey's child

Gretchin Fetchin: Also known as the Slime Queen; Prankster who covers herself in mud during their first bus trip East

Sandy Lehman-Haupt: Prankster; continually has mental breakdowns because of having taken too much LSD

Black Maria: Prankster; girl whom Kesey meets as a fugitive in Mexico

The Hermit: A kid who lives in the woods, at Kesey's house

Doris Delay: Prankster

Hassler: Prankster; tries to convince Wolfe of all the "games" that society plays

George Walker: Prankster; marries Mountain Girl

Paul Foster: Prankster; responsible for the audio and visual technology at the Acid Tests

Freewheeling Frank: Prankster; member of the Hell's Angels

Paul Sawyer: Unitarian Youth minister who invites Kesey to speak at a Unitarian conference

Zonker: Prankster; runs away to Mexico with Kesey

Fritz Perls: Head of the Esalen Institute; invites Kesey to lead a seminar

Big Nig: Allows the Pranksters to use his house for an Acid Test

Stark Naked: Prankster; loses her mind on the trip to New York

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