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** He doesn't appear in the rewritten versions of ''Trouble Island'' or ''Retro Chill'', either.
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* OnlySaneMan: Thanks to Rupert's SanitySlippage in the rewritten Calvinverse, by the time ''Double Trouble'' comes around, Earl is one of the only major villains[[note]](if you don't count the [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Brainstorm robots]], anyway)[[/note]] who hasn't been completely consumed by madness, bloodlust, and/or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking idiocy]].
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''No one ever calls me that, though."''\\

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''No one ever calls me that, though."''\\"''
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* GoodIsNotNice

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* GoodIsNotNiceGoodIsNotNice: All of them are jerks on a regular basis, with the possible exception of Andy.

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* NotSoStoic: When those rare times eventually come, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness you just '''know''' something's wrong.]]



** NotSoStoic: When those rare times eventually come, [[{{OOC}}IsSerious you just '''know''' something's wrong.]]



* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: When Calvin nearly drives himself insane trying to be good so that Karma won't hurt him, it's Susie who talks him down.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: When Calvin nearly drives himself insane trying to be good so that Karma won't hurt him, it's Susie [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech who talks him down.down]].



** WorldOfCardboardSpeech



* RepeatWhatYouJustSaid: Sometimes Hobbes will go off on a hypothetical romantic tangent about Calvin's supposed secret feelings for Susie. While the [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes comic strip's Calvin]] would've usually started fighting him, this version of Calvin prefers the more subtle approach: "I'm sorry. What did you say?" in a dangerously low voice. Hobbes tends to shut up after that.

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* RepeatWhatYouJustSaid: Sometimes Hobbes will go off on a hypothetical romantic tangent about Calvin's supposed secret feelings for Susie. While the [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes comic strip's Calvin]] would've usually started fighting him, this version of Calvin prefers the more subtle approach: "I'm sorry. What did you say?" in a [[TranquilFury dangerously low voice.voice]]. Hobbes tends to shut up after that.

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* InsufferableGenius: Pretty much all of them, in their own ways.
** The only one who ''doesn't'' fit is Andy, tying into his role as the OnlySaneMan.

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* InsufferableGenius: Pretty much all of them, in their own ways.
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ways. The only one who ''doesn't'' fit is Andy, tying into his role as the OnlySaneMan.



* {{Jerkass}}-->JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Once he TookALevelInKindness.

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* {{Jerkass}}-->JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Once JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts out as a {{Jerkass}}, but then he TookALevelInKindness.



* OnlySaneMan: [[CaptainObvious As mentioned above.]]



* NiceGuy: The genuinely nice person out of the main cast. Pointed out by WordOfGod.



* OnlySaneMan: [[CaptainObvious As mentioned above.]]



* CharacterDevelopment: See {{Jerkass}}/JerkWithAHeartOfGold below.

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* CharacterDevelopment: See {{Jerkass}}/JerkWithAHeartOfGold JerkWithAHeartOfGold below.



* {{Jerkass}}/JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Zig-zagged. He actually cares a great deal for Andy, and he and Calvin become friends later on. Still on bad terms with Hobbes and Socrates, though (partially due to his place in the food chain).

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* {{Jerkass}}/JerkWithAHeartOfGold: JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Zig-zagged. He actually cares a great deal for Andy, and he and Calvin become friends later on. Still on bad terms with Hobbes and Socrates, though (partially due to his place in the food chain).

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* {{Badass}}
** BadassLongcoat

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* {{Badass}}
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* RepeatWhatYouJustSaid: Sometimes Hobbes will go off on a hypothetical romantic tangent about Calvin's supposed secret feelings for Susie. While the [[CalvinAndHobbes comic strip's Calvin]] would've usually started fighting him, this version of Calvin prefers the more subtle approach: "I'm sorry. What did you say?" in a dangerously low voice. Hobbes tends to shut up after that.

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* RepeatWhatYouJustSaid: Sometimes Hobbes will go off on a hypothetical romantic tangent about Calvin's supposed secret feelings for Susie. While the [[CalvinAndHobbes [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes comic strip's Calvin]] would've usually started fighting him, this version of Calvin prefers the more subtle approach: "I'm sorry. What did you say?" in a dangerously low voice. Hobbes tends to shut up after that.



Some aliens who appeared towards the end of [[CalvinAndHobbes the original strip.]] They keep in contact with Calvin and Hobbes during the series.

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Some aliens who appeared towards the end of [[CalvinAndHobbes [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes the original strip.]] They keep in contact with Calvin and Hobbes during the series.
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* CloudCuckoolander: While not an extent to his comic strip counterpart, he still lets his imagination run wild.

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* CloudCuckoolander: While not to an extent to like his comic strip counterpart, he still lets his imagination run wild.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Much like with his original incarnation, his imagination really goes wild.

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* CloudCuckoolander: Much like with While not an extent to his original incarnation, comic strip counterpart, he still lets his imagination really goes run wild.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Much like with his original incarnation, his imagination really goes wild.
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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions because they apparently have this towards him and his species (Calvin at one point claimed that lions kicked him out of a club). It didn't help that the lion he met in "That's MISTER Sherman To You!" didn't think much of tigers.

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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions because they apparently have this towards him and his species (Calvin at one point claimed that lions kicked him out of a club). It didn't help that the lion he met in "That's MISTER Sherman To You!" didn't think much of tigers.
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* CowardlyLion

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* CowardlyLion[[CowardlyLion Cowardly Tiger]]



* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions and often accuses them of this (Calvin at one point claimed that lions kicked him out of a club). It didn't help that the lion he met in "That's MISTER Sherman To You!" didn't think much of tigers.

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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions and often accuses them of because they apparently have this towards him and his species (Calvin at one point claimed that lions kicked him out of a club). It didn't help that the lion he met in "That's MISTER Sherman To You!" didn't think much of tigers.

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* {{Jerk With a Heart of Gold}}: Though he TookALevelInKindness.

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* {{Jerk With a Heart of Gold}}: Though {{Jerkass}}-->JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Once he TookALevelInKindness.


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* SuddenlyVoiced: When Calvin installs a voice chip in him.

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* CharacterDevelopment: See {{Jerkass}} below.

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* CharacterDevelopment: See {{Jerkass}} {{Jerkass}}/JerkWithAHeartOfGold below.



* {{Jerkass}}: Zig-zagged. He actually cares a great deal for Andy, and he and Calvin become friends later on. Still on bad terms with Hobbes and Socrates, though.

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* {{Jerkass}}: IntellectualAnimal: Due to working with Andy's dad at a university.
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Zig-zagged. He actually cares a great deal for Andy, and he and Calvin become friends later on. Still on bad terms with Hobbes and Socrates, though.though (partially due to his place in the food chain).
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Gets horrified when he found out that Rupert tortured his own crew.


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* BadBoss: Rupert is willing to go so far as to torture his own crew.


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* SanitySlippage: Rupert loses a few screws after the Season Five premiere.
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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions and often accuses them of this. It didn't help that the lion he met in "That's MISTER Sherman To You!" didn't think much of tigers.

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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions and often accuses them of this.this (Calvin at one point claimed that lions kicked him out of a club). It didn't help that the lion he met in "That's MISTER Sherman To You!" didn't think much of tigers.
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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions, often accusing them of this.

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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions, lions and often accusing accuses them of this.this. It didn't help that the lion he met in "That's MISTER Sherman To You!" didn't think much of tigers.
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* FantasticRacism: He's not fond of lions, often accusing them of this.
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-> '''Calvin's mom is voiced by:''' JenniferLoveHewitt

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** "Retro Chill" has him calmly reading an alien field guide as Galixoid and Nebular's ship falls into the lava ocean as the two aliens and Bob are screaming in terror. Especially since he somehow knew the ships were lava proof.
* DistressedDude: Has been held hostage by Dr. Brainstorm twice for ransom (even though Calvin shows no concern for him at all) and in "Nocturnals" [[spoiler: the mist tells him that ''something'' is after him, shocking him.]]
** He is also kidnapped by [[spoiler: Thunderstorm and Shadow]] in "Black Rain". The same episode also had him being attacked by that man in the gas mask with a knife.

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** "Retro Chill" ''Fanfic/RetroChill'' has him calmly reading an alien field guide as Galixoid and Nebular's ship falls into the lava ocean as and the two aliens and Bob are screaming in terror. Especially since he somehow knew the ships were lava proof.
* DistressedDude: Has been held hostage by Dr. Brainstorm twice for ransom (even though Calvin shows no concern for him at all) and in "Nocturnals" [[spoiler: the mist tells him that ''something'' is after him, shocking him.]]
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]] [[GrandFinale "Black Rain"]] has him being kidnapped by [[spoiler: Thunderstorm [[spoiler:Thunderstorm and Shadow]] in "Black Rain". The same episode also had him being attacked by that man in the gas mask with a knife.Shadow]].



* StaticCharacter: Especially notable, as he's the only main character to have not gone through some sort of change through the series' run. [[spoiler:This may change in "Black Rain", though, and other Season 5 stories heavily hint that something will happen to him soon...]]

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* [[spoiler:SplitPersonalityMerge]]: In ''The Collective'', he [[spoiler:fuses with his darker self, having finally realized that the key to controlling his more destructive side was not avoiding it but rather ''moderating'' it]].
* StaticCharacter: Especially notable, as he's the only main character to have not gone through some sort of change through the series' run. [[spoiler:This may change changes in "Black Rain", though, ''Fanfic/TheCollective'', where he performs a SplitPersonalityMerge and other Season 5 stories heavily hint that something will happen to him soon...becomes more like an actual tiger.]]
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[[folder: The Klein Family]]
A family of InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals (named after their voice actor). They're the only adults Calvin considers "cool". They play a major role in ''Fanfic/TheCollective'', where [[spoiler:it's revealed that they're HumanAliens who came to guard the Earth, and have been reduced in number.]]
* [[spoiler:BenevolentAlienInvasion]]: The reason they're here.
* CompetenceZone: As mentioned above, they're an aversion.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: [[spoiler:That's because they're aliens.]]
* [[spoiler:HealingFactor: When Hobbes accidentally scratches one of them, the wounds heal quickly.]]
* [[spoiler:HumanAliens]]: As revealed in ''Fanfic/TheCollective''.
* MotorMouth: The Klein at the prank store listing the items the Prank Starter Kit contains in "Let Us Prank the Fool":
--> "Well, we have your standards. We got your whoopee cushions, we got your squirting flowers, we got your spinning bowties, we got regular ties that roll up like noise-makers, we got your trick wires, we got pies, we got joy buzzers, we got silly string, we got condiments, we got fake gum, water balloons, disguises and mustaches and roller skates and fake hands and fake thumbs and fake toes and a fake nose and wigs and exploding figs and bending twigs and fake wings and ding-a-lings and loads and tons of other things! We got yo-yo's with invisible strings! We got sunglasses with songs to sing! We got dental floss and balls to toss, action Diana Ross! We got magnets and fragments and flip flops and garden crops! We got worms in a bag! We got a suit with a tag! We have also a TV that doesn't change channels! Air conditioners stocked from air from our air conditioned air condition factory!"
--> [[LampshadeHanging (he then wipes sweat from his brow and gasps for air)]]
* ToughRoom: Averted with the Klein at the carnival; his jokes are apparently uproarious.
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* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation: Quite possibly considering the cliffhanger in the most recent chapter of the "Can You Imagine That?" remake.]]

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* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation: Quite possibly considering the cliffhanger in the most recent chapter of the "Can You Imagine That?" remake.]] Thankfully though, this is inverted.]]
** DisneyDeath
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-> '''Voiced by:''' TomHanks

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-> '''Voiced by:''' TomHanks
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** NotSoStoic: Brawls with Calvin after the latter insults him which ends up driving the narrator guy insane due to the long wait of "technocal difficulties".

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** NotSoStoic: Brawls with Calvin after the latter insults him which ends up driving the narrator guy insane due to the long wait of "technocal difficulties".
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One of Calvin's three alter egos who is a superhero.



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[[folder: Tracer Bullet]]
One of Calvin's three alter egos who is a detective that solves crimes.
* ADayInTheLimeLight: "Tracer Bullet In Color!"
* AffectionateParody: Of SherlockHolmes.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassLongcoat
* DeadpanSnarker
* DistressedDude: Is taken under mind control along with the other alter egos in ''Double'' ''Trouble''.
* GunsAreUseless: Is unable to fight due to not loading his gun in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie''.
* OnlySaneMan: Of the alter egos.
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: Brawls with Calvin after the latter insults him which ends up driving the narrator guy insane due to the long wait of "technocal difficulties".
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* ADayInTheLimeLight: Inverted since he's the only one of the three altar egos that doesn't get an episode based around his life.

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* ADayInTheLimeLight: Inverted since he's the only one of the three altar egos that doesn't doesn'tc get an episode based around his life.



* DeadpanSnarker: When paired up with [[{{Cloudcookoolander}} Socrates]] in "The Five Calvins".

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* DeadpanSnarker: When paired up with [[{{Cloudcookoolander}} [[{{CloudCuckoolander}} Socrates]] in "The Five Calvins".

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