History Characters / CalvinAndHobbes

Calvin's babysitter. She's often the only one in the neighborhood willing to babysit Calvin for his parents, provided she gets paid extra of course.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tuna fish. He switched to salmon in later strips, then went back to tuna. Calvin will sometimes bring him fish from dinner as a way of bribing Hobbes to do his homework from him.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tuna fish. He switched to salmon in later strips, then went back to tuna.

* ATasteOfDefeat: Every now and then, Calvin manages to escape from being pounced on by Hobbes when he comes home. One time he yelled, "I'm home!" ''before'' opening the door so that Hobbes smashed head-first into it. Calvin smugly noted (as Hobbes was holding his head in pain), "You'll notice I didn't say I was inside."

* UltimateJobSecurity: No matter what goes down during her babysitting sessions with Calvin (including one time locking Calvin in the garage, another time getting locked out of the house by Calvin), she'll always return for the next one, often asking for even more money. The implication is that there's literally not a single babysitter in town besides her who'll put up with Calvin, so it doesn't matter if she actually does a good job.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Like Hobbes, they're probably just in Calvin's imagination, but it's left somewhat unclear. Notably, the strip never once explains where the monsters come from or where they go during the day. Some strips also show there being nothing under the bed whenever the plot requires it.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In his initial design, he had pads on his paws and was only about a head taller than Calvin in his "animate" form. As the strip went on, he became taller and the pads were removed.

* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Though it's not known if they're related, they look almost identical, save for Galaxoid having a star on his hat and chest where Nebula has a crescent moon.

* BadLiar: In one strip, Calvin asks if there are any monsters under his bed. They deny it, and Calvin asks, "Then who am I talking to?" The monsters say, "Uh...we're dust balls! ''Little'' dust balls!"
-->'''Calvin:''' They're all teeth and digestive tract. No brains at all.

* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Though it's not known if they're twins, they look almost identical, save for Galaxoid having a star on his hat and chest where Nebula has a crescent moon.

** Calvin shows absolutely none of his usual selfishness or silliness and is completely serious when trying to save the raccoon, and is devastated when it dies. He sadly asks Hobbes why the raccoon had to die even though it didn’t do anything wrong.

* IResembleThatRemark: During the "Mom gets sick" arc, Dad does the cooking and Calvin comments that Mom said he ate canned soup and frozen waffles three meals a day before they were married. Dad (who, if you look closely, is pouring something out of a can) says, "Your mom wasn't there, so she wouldn't know. Get the syrup out, would you?"

* ChildHater: Subverted. From Calvin's point of view, she violently hates kids. However, she actually seems good with other kids, as seen with her work as a swim teacher -- she just hates Calvin for understandable reasons.

-->'''Dad:''' She's got a real racket going, doesn't she?\\

* TeasingParent: He is usually serious, but occasionally he teases Calvin with some absolutely ridiculous story (such as explaining old black and white photographs by telling him that the world used to be black and white).

* PranksterParent: He is usually serious, but occasionally he teases Calvin with some absolutely ridiculous story (such as explaining old black and white photographs by telling him that the world used to be black and white).

* OnlySaneMan: When you deal with Calvin as often as Hobbes does, you inevitably fall into this role. He often tells Calvin when something is a bad or crazy idea (but of course, Calvin never ever listens to him).

* OnlySaneMan: When you deal with Calvin as often as Hobbes does, you inevitably fall into this role. He often tells Calvin when something is a bad or crazy idea.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: During the arc where Calvin and his family try to save a dying baby raccoon, Hobbes doesn't make a single sarcastic remark and is just as serious as Calvin about wanting the raccoon to live. When Calvin begs the raccoon not to die, Hobbes can be seen blowing his nose on a handkerchief; later at night, he tells Calvin he can't sleep because he's thinking about the raccoon.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: During the arc where Calvin and his family try to save a dying baby raccoon, Hobbes doesn't make a single sarcastic remark, and at night tells Calvin he can't sleep because he's thinking about the raccoon. When Calvin begs the raccoon not to die, Hobbes can be seen blowing his nose on a handkerchief.

** When Calvin tries to save a baby raccoon and it unfortunately dies, Dad comforts him over it, telling him that at least it died warm and safe. He also digs a grave for the raccoon.

* PetTheDog:

-->'''Calvin''': He was just little! What's the point of putting him here and taking him back so soon