Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
I have all the book collections, and have no memory of this strip. If anyone wants to link to it, that would be great.
Changed line(s) 114 (click to see context) from:
* AnonymousPublicPhoneCall: In one strip where Calvin runs away from home in the middle of the night, he is seen calling his parents from a pay phone, speaking in broken Spanish and claiming an alternate identity.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1757 (click to see context) from:
* WickedStepmother: Referenced in two comics; one where he accuses his mom of not coddling him while he's in a bad mood because she's not his biological mother (to which she assures her that anybody but his biological mother would've abandoned him a long time ago) and another where he asks if she adopted him with the intent of turning him into a slave and/or food. Notably, both these strips were changed to remove mention of adoption in the complete collection (in the first, it was changed to Calvin saying "a good mother" instead of "my biological mother", while in the second he asks if he was cloned or genetically engineered), likely to avoid the negative implications of this trope.
to:
* WickedStepmother: Referenced in two comics; one where he accuses his mom of not coddling him while he's in a bad mood because she's not his biological mother (to which she assures her him that anybody but his biological mother would've abandoned him a long time ago) and another where he asks if she adopted him with the intent of turning him into a slave and/or food. Notably, both these strips were changed to remove mention of adoption in the complete collection (in the first, it was changed to Calvin saying "a good mother" instead of "my biological mother", while in the second he asks if he was cloned or genetically engineered), likely to avoid the negative implications of this trope.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* BlanketTugOWar: Calvin and Hobbes sleep in the same bed so this happens from time to time. More than one time, Calvin took his pillow and went to his parents' bed, while another time they ended up fighting and getting so worked up and sweaty, neither of them wanted the blanket anymore.
* ImprovisedParachute: In one Sunday strip, Calvin tries parachuting off the roof by using his blanket. [[SubvertedTrope Rather expectedly]], he instead drops like a stone. His fall is cushioned by landing in some thorny rose bushes, however.
* ParasolParachute: In the strip that inspired the cover of the very first collection, Calvin attempts a form of land parasailing by tying himself to the little red wagon while holding an umbrella and wearing roller skates. He only gets airborne for a few seconds as the wagon shoots off a dock into the pond, but that's good enough for him. The trope is later referenced again when Calvin is carrying a "be prepared" kit with him, which includes an umbrella that "doubles as a parachute".
Changed line(s) 1468 (click to see context) from:
* SeriousBusiness: Chewing gum, which has as many as 12 consumer magazines dedicated to it.
to:
* SeriousBusiness: Chewing gum, which has as many as 12 consumer magazines dedicated to it. Calvin completely buys into it wholesale, but Hobbes think the whole thing is patently ridiculous.
-->'''Hobbes:''' What kind of nut would ''care'' about all this?!\\
'''Calvin:''' ''Everyone!'' This is hard data! It lets you quantify your enjoyment!\\
'''Hobbes:''' I thought fun was supposed to be ''fun''.\\
'''Calvin:''' Well ''I'' prefer to trust the experts.
-->'''Hobbes:''' What kind of nut would ''care'' about all this?!\\
'''Calvin:''' ''Everyone!'' This is hard data! It lets you quantify your enjoyment!\\
'''Hobbes:''' I thought fun was supposed to be ''fun''.\\
'''Calvin:''' Well ''I'' prefer to trust the experts.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* ButtBiter: Once, while Calvin was fishing, a fish jumping out of the water just to chomp his bottom. Hobbes later shows up to innocently ask [[VisualPun if the fish were biting]].
Changed line(s) 749 (click to see context) from:
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Calvin's many alter-egos.
to:
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Calvin's many alter-egos. They're generally far more adventurous and successful than he ever is, although how successful they are is mostly theoretical, since they reflect his own reality. Stupendous Man has never actually done anything remotely heroic and Spaceman Spiff, described as an intrepid explorer, is about to be killed in every single one of his "adventures".
** Calvin ties a water balloon to a rope so that if he misses a throw, it'll swing back around and give him a second shot. He tries it on Susie, misses, and then Susie catches the water balloon as it swings back around, throwing it at Calvin.
* HollywoodGenetics: Calvin's mom has brown hair and Calvin's dad has black hair (his dad's brother Max also has black hair), but Calvin somehow has blond hair. It's not impossible if both his parents were recessive carriers, but it's still fairly unlikely.
* HollywoodGenetics: Calvin's mom has brown hair and Calvin's dad has black hair (his dad's brother Max also has black hair), but Calvin somehow has blond hair. It's not impossible if both his parents were recessive carriers, but it's still fairly unlikely.
Changed line(s) 917 (click to see context) from:
* {{Knighting}}: Parodied [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1991/04/10 here]] by Calvin's father.
to:
* {{Knighting}}: Parodied [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1991/04/10 here]] at the end of one story arc]] by Calvin's father.father. Calvin demanded that he be referred to as "Calvin the Bold", and his dad humoured him by dubbing him "Mud" instead, putting an end to it.
Added DiffLines:
* {{Whateversaurus}}: A few comics have Calvin describing a made-up dinosaur called the Calvinosaurus. In two instances, it's depicted as an enormous carnosaur that dwarfs even the largest sauropods, although in the arc where Calvin and Hobbes dug up someone's litter and mistook it for fossils, it looked more like a diminutive horned anteater.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* ConflictBall: Calvin, ''constantly''. Because he's a bratty, impulsive kid, he constantly starts trouble with his parents, with Hobbes, with his teacher, with Susie, with Rosalyn, and so on, for no other reason than that it's simply in his nature to cause trouble (and also because [[RuleOfFunny it's entertaining to read]]).
Changed line(s) 688 (click to see context) from:
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: Just about everyone takes the old-fashioned disiplinarian approch to Calvin, admittedly not without reason, making it quite the surprise when Rosalyn finds a way to get Calvin to behave by simply agreeing to play his games.
to:
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: Just about everyone takes the old-fashioned disiplinarian approch disciplinarian approach to Calvin, admittedly not without reason, making it quite the surprise when Rosalyn finds a way to get Calvin to behave by simply agreeing to play his games.
Added DiffLines:
** In one Sunday strip, Calvin writes a poem about aliens who steal the Earth's water and air for their own planet, not because they're actively malicious, but because they prefer the extinction of humanity to the loss of their jobs. Calvin asks Hobbes if it sounds too unrealistic, but Hobbes thinks it's ''too'' realistic.
Added DiffLines:
* PottyEmergency:
** In one Sunday strip, Calvin has an ImagineSpot where he drinks one too many glasses of water and dissolves into a liquid. Cut to Calvin sitting in the back of the car telling his parents he doesn't think he's going to make it.
--->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Didn't I tell you not to drink so much before we left?!
** In a different Sunday comic, the monsters under the bed make splashing sounds to force Calvin to jump off the bed to go to the bathroom. Cut to his parents outside noting how the bushes growing under the window of Calvin's bedroom don't grow very well.
** One comic has Calvin putting on his numerous layers of winter clothing, taking one step out and realizing he needs to go pee, then taking everything off again just to go to the bathroom.
** Hobbes doesn't like that Calvin's taking up too much room on the bed, but Calvin refuses to move, so Hobbes forces Calvin off the bed by describing things involving flowing water, making him go to the bathroom.
** One Sunday strip has Calvin seeing increasing amounts of water, from a dripping rainspout up to being swept up in a raging storm at sea. It ends with Calvin springing awake from his dream and rushing to the bathroom.
** In one Sunday strip, Calvin has an ImagineSpot where he drinks one too many glasses of water and dissolves into a liquid. Cut to Calvin sitting in the back of the car telling his parents he doesn't think he's going to make it.
--->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Didn't I tell you not to drink so much before we left?!
** In a different Sunday comic, the monsters under the bed make splashing sounds to force Calvin to jump off the bed to go to the bathroom. Cut to his parents outside noting how the bushes growing under the window of Calvin's bedroom don't grow very well.
** One comic has Calvin putting on his numerous layers of winter clothing, taking one step out and realizing he needs to go pee, then taking everything off again just to go to the bathroom.
** Hobbes doesn't like that Calvin's taking up too much room on the bed, but Calvin refuses to move, so Hobbes forces Calvin off the bed by describing things involving flowing water, making him go to the bathroom.
** One Sunday strip has Calvin seeing increasing amounts of water, from a dripping rainspout up to being swept up in a raging storm at sea. It ends with Calvin springing awake from his dream and rushing to the bathroom.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* ApatheticStudent: Calvin himself. He doesn't pay attention in class, constantly gets sent to the principal's office, rarely does his homework, and flunks almost all his tests. It's established that Calvin finds school immeasurably dull and hates being told what to do, so he actively avoids learning just for that reason. In fact, he finds it impossible that ''anyone'' would willingly go to school and enjoy the experience, thinking Susie must've been brainwashed into being a good student.
* ArtisticLicenseEconomics:
** Occurs in-universe, and is justified because Calvin, as a six-year old, has no concept of how much things cost. For example, he thinks a dinosaur fossil can sell for ten billion dollars, while it only takes fifty dollars to build an autonomous robot from scratch.
** Another in-verse example occurs in one strip where Calvin's dad tells Calvin the [=ATM=] works by having a man sit inside it and manually print out the amount of money you ask for. It's meant to be a joke, but Calvin is naive enough to believe it.
** Occurs in-universe, and is justified because Calvin, as a six-year old, has no concept of how much things cost. For example, he thinks a dinosaur fossil can sell for ten billion dollars, while it only takes fifty dollars to build an autonomous robot from scratch.
** Another in-verse example occurs in one strip where Calvin's dad tells Calvin the [=ATM=] works by having a man sit inside it and manually print out the amount of money you ask for. It's meant to be a joke, but Calvin is naive enough to believe it.
* BearsAreBadNews: When Calvin and Hobbes are running away from home after accidentally rolling the family's car into a ditch, they hear the sound of a large entity crashing through the brush towards them and assume it's a bear. The two fearfully climb a tree, but once the entity comes into view, [[SubvertedTrope it turns out to be Calvin's mom]].
-->'''Hobbes:''' Wait, that's not a bear. That's your mom!\\
'''Calvin:''' ''AAUGHH!'' EVEN WORSE! CLIMB HIGHER! CLIMB HIGHER!
-->'''Hobbes:''' Wait, that's not a bear. That's your mom!\\
'''Calvin:''' ''AAUGHH!'' EVEN WORSE! CLIMB HIGHER! CLIMB HIGHER!
* BrattyFoodDemand: In one strip, Calvin gives his mom extremely specific instructions for making a peanut butter sandwich. His mom, of course, doesn't put up with Calvin's pickiness and totally ignores his instructions.
Changed line(s) 334 (click to see context) from:
* CasualDangerDialog: Their reoccurring wagon and sled rides, where Calvin has rambling philosophical musings with Hobbes as they weave at breakneck speed through the woods and usually right off a huge cliff, straight into a tree or into a river. Even as they hurl to a painful stop, they never break from their discussion. One strip plays this for laughs as Calvin tries to hold a conversation about human nature with Hobbes, but Hobbes just wants Calvin to focus on steering.
to:
* CasualDangerDialog: Their reoccurring wagon and sled rides, where Calvin has rambling philosophical musings with Hobbes as they weave at breakneck speed through the woods and usually right off a huge cliff, straight into a tree or into a river. Even as they hurl to a painful stop, they never break from their discussion. One strip plays A few strips play this for laughs laughs; such as one where Calvin tries to hold a conversation about human nature with Hobbes, but Hobbes just wants Calvin to focus on steering.steering, while in another Calvin asks Hobbes what happens after death, but Hobbes just tells him to steer.
* ChronicallyCrashedCar:
** Calvin's little red wagon and the sleds he and Hobbes ride down steep slopes in the forest. Almost always, these rides end with them crashing into a tree or hurtling off a huge cliff at high speeds. This often leaves the wagon or sled absolutely mangled, but it's always back in tip-top shape very soon.
** Spaceman Spiff's little red saucer gets wrecked so often it's a RunningGag. Nine times out of ten times it appears, it's been shot down by hostile aliens, is about to crash into a planet at high speeds, or both. Spiff has lampshaded that this occurs rather often.
** Calvin's little red wagon and the sleds he and Hobbes ride down steep slopes in the forest. Almost always, these rides end with them crashing into a tree or hurtling off a huge cliff at high speeds. This often leaves the wagon or sled absolutely mangled, but it's always back in tip-top shape very soon.
** Spaceman Spiff's little red saucer gets wrecked so often it's a RunningGag. Nine times out of ten times it appears, it's been shot down by hostile aliens, is about to crash into a planet at high speeds, or both. Spiff has lampshaded that this occurs rather often.
Changed line(s) 359 (click to see context) from:
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Calvin. His vivid imagination makes him a bit of a goof.
to:
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Calvin. His vivid imagination makes him a bit of a goof.goof, particularly to outsiders who have no idea what he's doing. Even Hobbes considers Calvin weird sometimes, and he might be a product of Calvin's imagination!
Changed line(s) 507 (click to see context) from:
* DownerEnding: Some of Calvin's Spaceman Spiff fantasies ended with Spiff being captured or killed by aliens. The original inspiration for Spiff, a sci-fi comic that Watterson drew for a high school German class, also ended with the protagonist getting eaten by a monster.
to:
* DownerEnding: DownerEnding:
** Some of Calvin's Spaceman Spiff fantasies ended with Spiff being captured or killed by aliens. The original inspiration for Spiff, a sci-fi comic that Watterson drew for a high school German class, also ended with the protagonist getting eaten by a monster. He's always back in the fray without explanation soon enough though.
** Several of the arcs end rather disappointingly for Calvin, but go on for a little longer to allow him and the audience to reflect upon it. This includes the baby raccoon arc (where the raccoon ends up dying) and the baseball arc (where Calvin is peer pressured to join a baseball team at school, hates it, gets treated like an idiot, and quits).
** Some of Calvin's Spaceman Spiff fantasies ended with Spiff being captured or killed by aliens. The original inspiration for Spiff, a sci-fi comic that Watterson drew for a high school German class, also ended with the protagonist getting eaten by a monster. He's always back in the fray without explanation soon enough though.
** Several of the arcs end rather disappointingly for Calvin, but go on for a little longer to allow him and the audience to reflect upon it. This includes the baby raccoon arc (where the raccoon ends up dying) and the baseball arc (where Calvin is peer pressured to join a baseball team at school, hates it, gets treated like an idiot, and quits).
Changed line(s) 944,945 (click to see context) from:
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The October 15, 1995 Sunday strip, which ran just two months before ''Calvin and Hobbes'' ended its ten-year run, has Calvin and Hobbes watching the leaves fall from the trees and wondering whether or not fall is beautiful or melancholy.
-->'''Calvin''': I dunno...I think autumn is melancholy. Summer is over and in a week or two, everyone will be hunkered down for the long, bleak winter. Nothing lasts. Fall is just the last fling before things get worse.\\
-->'''Calvin''': I dunno...I think autumn is melancholy. Summer is over and in a week or two, everyone will be hunkered down for the long, bleak winter. Nothing lasts. Fall is just the last fling before things get worse.\\
to:
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
** The October 15, 1995 Sunday strip, which ran just two months before ''Calvin and Hobbes'' ended its ten-year run, has Calvin and Hobbes watching the leaves fall from the trees and wondering whether or not fall is beautiful or melancholy.
-->'''Calvin''': --->'''Calvin''': I dunno...I think autumn is melancholy. Summer is over and in a week or two, everyone will be hunkered down for the long, bleak winter. Nothing lasts. Fall is just the last fling before things get worse.\\
** The October 15, 1995 Sunday strip, which ran just two months before ''Calvin and Hobbes'' ended its ten-year run, has Calvin and Hobbes watching the leaves fall from the trees and wondering whether or not fall is beautiful or melancholy.
** In one strip, Calvin complains to his dad about how obnoxious, foolish, and dimwitted the characters in the newspaper comics are and how there should be more politically correct, morally-upstanding characters in the funnies. Notably, Watterson received a lot of complaints about how mean Calvin's parents were, so this easily be seen as a jab towards those readers.
--->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Yes, [[SarcasmMode we all know how funny good role models are]].\\
'''Calvin:''' And look, [[ObliviousToHisOwnDescription all the kids are obnoxious brats]]!
--->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Yes, [[SarcasmMode we all know how funny good role models are]].\\
'''Calvin:''' And look, [[ObliviousToHisOwnDescription all the kids are obnoxious brats]]!
** In one strip, Calvin tries to make pancakes. We see him dropping whole eggs, still in the shells, into the batter and pouring ''the whole bowl'' into the frying pan at once instead of in portions.
Changed line(s) 1078 (click to see context) from:
%%* MesACrowd: The duplicator machine arc.
to:
** Subverted in the duplicator machine
** Played straighter when Calvin tries again with morality setting on the duplicator, and makes a "good" clone which willingly does all his homework and chores without any reward. Unfortunately, Calvin and the clone eventually come to blows and he disappears in a PuffOfLogic when he states his intentions to tear Calvin limb from limb.
Changed line(s) 1099 (click to see context) from:
%%* MoralityDial: The "Ethicator" that Calvin added to his second Duplicator.
to:
Changed line(s) 1111 (click to see context) from:
* MyBrainIsBig: This happens to Calvin when he invents a "thinking cap" to make himself smarter.
to:
* MyBrainIsBig: This happens to Calvin when he invents a "thinking cap" to make himself smarter. It ends up shrinking back to normal a few hours later, to the detriment of his assignment.
Changed line(s) 1125 (click to see context) from:
* NegativeContinuity Spaceman Spiff apparently suffocates to death in one of Calvin's daydreams, but still reappears later on. Then again, it ''is'' just a daydream...
to:
* NegativeContinuity NegativeContinuity: Spaceman Spiff apparently suffocates to death in one of Calvin's daydreams, but still reappears later on. Then again, it ''is'' just a daydream...
** In the "Yukon Ho!" Calvin makes two sandwiches for the trip, but makes sure they pack plenty of energy: one is filled with chocolate syrup, and the other with marshmallows and honey.
* RhymingEpisode: Several of the Sunday strips (such as one where Calvin imagines himself as a rampaging ''Tyrannosaurus'' or another where he has a dream about Santa Claus) were told through rhyming couplets, as were two illustrated stories in the beginning of the treasuries. There are also a few weekday strips where Calvin starts spouting poetry unprompted.
Changed line(s) 1673 (click to see context) from:
* VitriolicBestBuds: Our heroes sometimes come across this way, particularly with the number of fights they get into, the times Hobbes tackles or outright tries to prey on Calvin, the insults they often exchange, and so forth.
to:
* VitriolicBestBuds: VitriolicBestBuds:
** Our heroes sometimes come across this way, particularly with the number of fights they get into, the times Hobbes tackles or outright tries to prey on Calvin, the insults they often exchange, and so forth.
** Our heroes sometimes come across this way, particularly with the number of fights they get into, the times Hobbes tackles or outright tries to prey on Calvin, the insults they often exchange, and so forth.
Changed line(s) 1711 (click to see context) from:
* WhereWhere: In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/05/20 this strip]].
to:
* WhereWhere: In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/05/20 a 1986 Cub Scouts strip]].
-->'''Calvin:''' Look! A tiger!\\
'''Hobbes:''' A TIGER?! [BeatPanel] Don't '''DO''' that!
* WickedStepmother: Referenced in two comics; one where he accuses his mom of not coddling him while he's in a bad mood because she's not his biological mother (to which she assures her that anybody but his biological mother would've abandoned him a long time ago) and another where he asks if she adopted him with the intent of turning him into a slave and/or food. Notably, both these strips were changed to remove mention of adoption in the complete collection (in the first, it was changed to Calvin saying "a good mother" instead of "my biological mother", while in the second he asks if he was cloned or genetically engineered), likely to avoid the negative implications of thisstrip]].trope.
-->'''Calvin:''' Look! A tiger!\\
'''Hobbes:''' A TIGER?! [BeatPanel] Don't '''DO''' that!
* WickedStepmother: Referenced in two comics; one where he accuses his mom of not coddling him while he's in a bad mood because she's not his biological mother (to which she assures her that anybody but his biological mother would've abandoned him a long time ago) and another where he asks if she adopted him with the intent of turning him into a slave and/or food. Notably, both these strips were changed to remove mention of adoption in the complete collection (in the first, it was changed to Calvin saying "a good mother" instead of "my biological mother", while in the second he asks if he was cloned or genetically engineered), likely to avoid the negative implications of this
Changed line(s) 1713 (click to see context) from:
* WilliamTelling: In one strip where Calvin tries to knock a snowball off a snowman's head. (He accuses the snowman of flinching when he misses.)
to:
* WilliamTelling: WilliamTelling:
** In one strip where Calvin tries to knock a snowball off a snowman's head. (He accuses the snowman of flinching when he misses.))
** In another strip, Calvin bets Hobbes he can knock the hat off his dad's head with a snowball. He misses and hits his dad instead, getting sent to his room, [[NeverMyFault and blaming Hobbes for getting him into trouble by taking the deal]].
** In one strip where Calvin tries to knock a snowball off a snowman's head. (He accuses the snowman of flinching when he misses.
** In another strip, Calvin bets Hobbes he can knock the hat off his dad's head with a snowball. He misses and hits his dad instead, getting sent to his room, [[NeverMyFault and blaming Hobbes for getting him into trouble by taking the deal]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* OriginsEpisode: The very first strip establishes how our heroes supposedly met. Calvin catches Hobbes by baiting his tiger trap with a tuna fish sandwich, which tigers can't resist. This was later {{Retcon}}ned when Hobbes recalls what Calvin was seemingly like as a toddler.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SnootySports: Discussed in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' several times.
** One strip had Calvin playing [[{{Calvinball}} a bizarre version]] of golf with Hobbes, and remarking that "if you don't want to play with old geezers, you have to make golf a contact sport."
** Another strip had Calvin playing croquet with Hobbes and claiming it was "a gentleman's game". . . shortly before getting into an argument that culminated in a BigBallOfViolence.
** One strip had Calvin playing [[{{Calvinball}} a bizarre version]] of golf with Hobbes, and remarking that "if you don't want to play with old geezers, you have to make golf a contact sport."
** Another strip had Calvin playing croquet with Hobbes and claiming it was "a gentleman's game". . . shortly before getting into an argument that culminated in a BigBallOfViolence.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** There are numerous references to media from the mid-20th century that have since fallen into relative obscurity, such as ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedtime_for_Bonzo Bedtime for Bonzo]]'', ''Literature/DickAndJane'', ''Film/TheBlob1958'', ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'', and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(How_Much_Is)_That_Doggie_in_the_Window%3F How Much is That Doggie in the Window?]]''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 912 (click to see context) from:
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/05/23 one series]], Calvin built a time machine to travel two hours into the future and get a copy of his homework from himself after it was already finished. Predictably, it doesn't work.
to:
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/06/19 a June 1989 arc]], Calvin's mom forces him to clean his room before he can go out and play. Calvin spends far more effort trying to weasel out of cleaning his room or [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/06/21 complaining about it]] than he would if he just did it. He ends making an even bigger mess by just stuffing everything into his closet, only for it to come spilling out like an avalanche when his mom gets suspicious and checks on it.
--->'''Calvin:''' It's going to take me all ''day'' to do this! Ooh, this makes me so mad! A whole day shot! Wasted! Down the drain! Gone! AARGH!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Are you kidding? How could this possibly take all day?\\
'''Calvin:''' Heck, it'll be another hour before I'm even through griping.
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/08/28 an August 1989 arc]], Calvin didn't want to make his bed, so he and Hobbes spent all afternoon trying to build a robot to do it for him. They couldn't get the robot to work, but since they spent so long on it, the bed never got made. Mission accomplished!
--->'''Hobbes:''' Wouldn't inventing a robot be more work than making the bed?\\
'''Calvin:''' It's only work if somebody makes you do it.
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/05/23one series]], a May 1992 arc]], Calvin built a time machine to travel two hours into the future and get a copy of his homework from himself after it was already finished. Predictably, it doesn't work.
--->'''Calvin:''' It's going to take me all ''day'' to do this! Ooh, this makes me so mad! A whole day shot! Wasted! Down the drain! Gone! AARGH!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Are you kidding? How could this possibly take all day?\\
'''Calvin:''' Heck, it'll be another hour before I'm even through griping.
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/08/28 an August 1989 arc]], Calvin didn't want to make his bed, so he and Hobbes spent all afternoon trying to build a robot to do it for him. They couldn't get the robot to work, but since they spent so long on it, the bed never got made. Mission accomplished!
--->'''Hobbes:''' Wouldn't inventing a robot be more work than making the bed?\\
'''Calvin:''' It's only work if somebody makes you do it.
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/05/23
Deleted line(s) 919,925 (click to see context) :
** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/08/28 another series]], Calvin didn't want to make his bed, so he and Hobbes spent all afternoon trying to build a robot to do it for him. They couldn't get the robot to work, but since they spent so long on it, the bed never got made. Mission accomplished!
--->'''Hobbes:''' Wouldn't inventing a robot be more work than making the bed?\\
'''Calvin:''' It's only work if somebody makes you do it.
** In one story arc, Calvin's mom forces him to clean his room before he go out and play. Calvin spends far more effort trying to weasel out of cleaning his room or complaining about than if he just did it. He ends making an even bigger mess by just stuffing everything into his closet, only for it to come spilling out like an avalanche when his mom gets suspicious and checks on it.
--->'''Calvin:''' It's going to take me all ''day'' to do this! Ooh, this makes me so mad! A whole day shot! Wasted! Down the drain! Gone! AARGH!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Are you kidding? How could this possibly take all day?\\
'''Calvin:''' Heck, it'll be another hour before I'm even through griping.
--->'''Hobbes:''' Wouldn't inventing a robot be more work than making the bed?\\
'''Calvin:''' It's only work if somebody makes you do it.
** In one story arc, Calvin's mom forces him to clean his room before he go out and play. Calvin spends far more effort trying to weasel out of cleaning his room or complaining about than if he just did it. He ends making an even bigger mess by just stuffing everything into his closet, only for it to come spilling out like an avalanche when his mom gets suspicious and checks on it.
--->'''Calvin:''' It's going to take me all ''day'' to do this! Ooh, this makes me so mad! A whole day shot! Wasted! Down the drain! Gone! AARGH!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Are you kidding? How could this possibly take all day?\\
'''Calvin:''' Heck, it'll be another hour before I'm even through griping.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** In one strip, Hobbes is watching Calvin writing a letter to Santa. When Calvin writes that he's "been extra good" this year, Hobbes can't hold in his laughter.
Changed line(s) 910 (click to see context) from:
* LaboriousLaziness: Two examples:
to:
* LaboriousLaziness: Two examples:LaboriousLaziness:
Added DiffLines:
** In one story arc, Calvin's mom forces him to clean his room before he go out and play. Calvin spends far more effort trying to weasel out of cleaning his room or complaining about than if he just did it. He ends making an even bigger mess by just stuffing everything into his closet, only for it to come spilling out like an avalanche when his mom gets suspicious and checks on it.
--->'''Calvin:''' It's going to take me all ''day'' to do this! Ooh, this makes me so mad! A whole day shot! Wasted! Down the drain! Gone! AARGH!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Are you kidding? How could this possibly take all day?\\
'''Calvin:''' Heck, it'll be another hour before I'm even through griping.
--->'''Calvin:''' It's going to take me all ''day'' to do this! Ooh, this makes me so mad! A whole day shot! Wasted! Down the drain! Gone! AARGH!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Are you kidding? How could this possibly take all day?\\
'''Calvin:''' Heck, it'll be another hour before I'm even through griping.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 857 (click to see context) from:
** Every time we see Calvin trying to do basic addition or subtraction math homework, or Hobbes trying to help him it's truly a spectacle of InsaneTrollLogic. Never before would anyone guess that three plus six equals six.
to:
** Every time we see Calvin trying to do basic addition or subtraction math homework, or Hobbes trying to help him him, it's truly a spectacle of InsaneTrollLogic. Never before would anyone guess that three plus six eight equals six.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 855 (click to see context) :
** Every time we see Calvin trying to do basic addition or subtraction math homework, or Hobbes trying to help him it's truly a spectacle of InsaneTrollLogic. Never before would anyone guess that three plus six equals six.
Added DiffLines:
** Every time we see Calvin trying to do basic addition or subtraction math homework, or Hobbes trying to help him it's truly a spectacle of InsaneTrollLogic. Never before would anyone guess that three plus six equals six.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 524 (click to see context) from:
** Calvin started out as a member of a Boy Scouts-esque organization, which was quietly dropped after Watterson had more trouble coming up with material for them than he thought he would. Then he realized Calvin would never have joined such a group in the first place.
to:
** Calvin started out as a member of a Boy Scouts-esque organization, which was quietly dropped after Watterson had more trouble coming up with material for them than he thought he would. Then he realized Calvin would never have joined such a group in the first place. These were replaced with the camping trips Calvin's dad forced the family to go on each summer.
Changed line(s) 855 (click to see context) from:
** Every time we see Calvin trying to do basic addition or subtraction math homework, or Hobbes trying to help him. Never before would anyone guess that three plus six equals six.
to:
** Every time we see Calvin trying to do basic addition or subtraction math homework, or Hobbes trying to help him.him it's truly a spectacle of InsaneTrollLogic. Never before would anyone guess that three plus six equals six.
Changed line(s) 1298 (click to see context) from:
** There's a RunningGag about Calvin tormenting Susie at lunchtime by pretending his lunch is something unbelievably gross, such as slugs or phelgm. "And my mom wonders why I'm so hungry after school."
to:
** There's a RunningGag about Calvin tormenting Susie at lunchtime by pretending his lunch is something unbelievably gross, such as slugs or phelgm.phlegm. "And my mom wonders why I'm so hungry after school."
Added DiffLines:
* RandomEventsPlot: In one of the story arcs in ''Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"'' Calvin suddenly has his gravity reversed while doing his homework, and it just as suddenly stops on its own once his mom walks in. Then he inexplicably starts growing, eventually getting so big that he outgrows the universe, where he finds a door floating in a void that leads back to his room. Watterson admits in retrospective that it was just "weird for weirdness' sake"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CounterfeitCash: In one strip, Calvin is trying to make fake dollar bills by drawing it on paper with crayons. Of course, he only has an average six-year old's drawing abilities, so his attempt at forgery is rather crude.
-->'''Hobbes:''' Ol' George has the gout, I see.
-->'''Hobbes:''' Ol' George has the gout, I see.
Added DiffLines:
* OnlyOneFindsItFun:
** Calvin's dad drags the family on a HorribleCampingTrip each summer despite Calvin and his mom openly complaining about it each time. Calvin's dad justifies the trips as being a chance to get away from the bustle of civilization and [[MiseryBuildsCharacter build some character]]. Of course, [[EveryoneHasStandards even he has his limits]] and each trip always ends when he's suffered enough misery.
** The arc where Calvin's home gets broken into starts with Calvin and his parents going to a wedding. Calvin hates being there because he doesn't know anyone and they forgot Hobbes at home, while Calvin's dad just looks bored, yawning and checking the time on his watch. Calvin's mom is the only one who's actually enraptured by the ceremony (since it's implied that the person being married is someone who only she knows).
** Calvin's dad drags the family on a HorribleCampingTrip each summer despite Calvin and his mom openly complaining about it each time. Calvin's dad justifies the trips as being a chance to get away from the bustle of civilization and [[MiseryBuildsCharacter build some character]]. Of course, [[EveryoneHasStandards even he has his limits]] and each trip always ends when he's suffered enough misery.
** The arc where Calvin's home gets broken into starts with Calvin and his parents going to a wedding. Calvin hates being there because he doesn't know anyone and they forgot Hobbes at home, while Calvin's dad just looks bored, yawning and checking the time on his watch. Calvin's mom is the only one who's actually enraptured by the ceremony (since it's implied that the person being married is someone who only she knows).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Not the same as being a misanthrope
Deleted line(s) 1078 (click to see context) :
** Also, Calvin has no friends aside from Hobbes. He joined a boy scouts-like organization once and participated in one organized sport but quit both as soon as he could. His tendency to get lost in his imagination tends to weird out the other kids.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
It's not really important how other pages list it
Changed line(s) 1039 (click to see context) from:
** The page quote comes from a shoe commercial Calvin was impressed by, with a rock climber who'd quit his job to do this. Hobbes dissects it immediately, asking how he could afford the shoes without a job, while ridiculing his status as a rebellious individual since he urges people to all buy these shoes.
to:
** The page quote comes from a shoe commercial Calvin was impressed by, by a shoe commercial with a rock climber who'd quit his job to do this.go climbing. Hobbes dissects it immediately, asking how he could afford the shoes without a job, while ridiculing his status as a rebellious individual since he urges people to all buy these shoes.
Changed line(s) 1419 (click to see context) from:
* SelfImposedChallenge:[[invoked]] Provides the page quote, despite it not being a video game:
to:
* SelfImposedChallenge:[[invoked]] Provides the page quote, despite it not being a video game:SelfImposedChallenge:[[invoked]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** In a few strips, Calvin is punished by the teacher for making some kind of ridiculous statement by being forced to sit in the corner with a DunceCap. Punishing schoolchildren with a dunce cap was out of date in the ''1960s'', never mind the 80s or 90s.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
MBTI is often considered pseudoscientific so calling it "truth" is a stretch
Changed line(s) 603 (click to see context) from:
* FashionHurts: When Calvin complains about a choking necktie, his father reminds him that some people have to wear ties everyday.
to:
* FashionHurts: When Calvin complains about a choking necktie, necktie (which an ImagineSpot compares to a hangman's noose), his father reminds him that some people have to wear ties everyday.
Changed line(s) 643 (click to see context) from:
* FreeRangeChildren: Many strips involve Calvin literally getting tossed outside by his parents and being told to spend the whole day outside (and out of their hair/away from the television). This was of course an expectation of kids growing up in the '80s before societal attitudes involving children's safety started to change during the '90s.
to:
* FreeRangeChildren: Many strips involve Calvin literally getting tossed outside by his parents and being told to spend the whole day outside (and out of their hair/away from the television). Several strips also show or mention him walking into town by himself. This was of course an expectation of kids growing up in the '80s before societal attitudes involving children's safety started to change during the '90s.
Changed line(s) 1385 (click to see context) from:
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Calvin and Hobbes manage to reach Mars from Earth and back within a single afternoon. In reality, it takes about seven to nine months for a spacecraft to reach Mars from Earth (and of course the same amount of time to go back). Then again, the entire journey [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may just be happening in Calvin's imagination...]], since he also managed to escape Earth's velocity in his little red wagon and the issue of there being no oxygen in space is never brought up either.
to:
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Calvin and Hobbes manage to reach Mars from Earth and back within a single afternoon. In reality, it takes about seven to nine months for a spacecraft to reach Mars from Earth (and of course the same amount of time to go back). Then again, the entire journey [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may just be happening in Calvin's imagination...]], imagination]], since he also managed to escape Earth's velocity in his little red wagon and the issue of there being no oxygen in space is never brought up either.
Deleted line(s) 1616,1617 (click to see context) :
* TruthInTelevision: [[http://www.typelogic.com/infp.html INFP]] personalities tend to be described as Calvin.
-->INFP children often exhibit this in a 'Calvin and Hobbes' fashion, switching from reality to fantasy and back again. With few exceptions, it is the NF child who readily develops imaginary playmates...
-->INFP children often exhibit this in a 'Calvin and Hobbes' fashion, switching from reality to fantasy and back again. With few exceptions, it is the NF child who readily develops imaginary playmates...
Added DiffLines:
** Calvin's FreeRangeChildren lifestyle was becoming outdated even when the strip started due to a fever of "stranger danger" paranoia among middle-class American around the early 80s. As was Calvin's parents leaving him in the car alone while they went shopping, which would've been a no-no, even back then. Watterson, not having kids himself at the time, admitted to being a little behind on parenting trends.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 157 (click to see context) from:
* ArtisticLicenseEducation: The classwork done in Calvin's class ranges from addition to knowing the state capitals, even though it's a first-grade class.
to:
* ArtisticLicenseEducation: The classwork done in Calvin's class ranges from single-digit addition to knowing about the state capitals, Byzantine Empire, even though it's a first-grade class.
** In one story arc where Calvin tries to dig up dinosaur bones, he continuously refers to it as archaeology. Archaeology is the study of ancient human cultures and does ''not'' involve dinosaurs; that would be ''palaeontology''. A dinosaur enthusiast like Calvin really should've known better. Calvin also thinks palaeontologists make a lot of money, although that can be chalked up his general ignorance towards what adulthood is like.
Changed line(s) 246 (click to see context) from:
%%* BehindAStick
to:
Added DiffLines:
** Every time we see Calvin trying to do basic addition or subtraction math homework, or Hobbes trying to help him. Never before would anyone guess that three plus six equals six.
Added DiffLines:
** For one of history tests, Calvin wrote down that the first president of the United States was Chef Boyardee, among other errors. His teacher called Calvin's answers "preposterous" and "an absolute disgrace".
Added DiffLines:
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Calvin and Hobbes manage to reach Mars from Earth and back within a single afternoon. In reality, it takes about seven to nine months for a spacecraft to reach Mars from Earth (and of course the same amount of time to go back). Then again, the entire journey [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may just be happening in Calvin's imagination...]], since he also managed to escape Earth's velocity in his little red wagon and the issue of there being no oxygen in space is never brought up either.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1153,1154 (click to see context) from:
* NoFullNameGiven: Calvin's last name is never revealed. Susie Derkins is the only major character with both a first and a last name. Several minor characters who don't appear but are only mentioned, and then usually just the once, have full names: This includes three of Calvin's classmates and the author of his favorite book.
* NoNameGiven: Calvin's parents. Watterson once commented that he did this because the strip is presented from Calvin's viewpoint, and as such his parents are only important ''as'' his parents. Part of the reason that Uncle Max never made any further appearances in the strip was that Watterson found it awkward that Max couldn't refer to Calvin's parents by their names.
* NoNameGiven: Calvin's parents. Watterson once commented that he did this because the strip is presented from Calvin's viewpoint, and as such his parents are only important ''as'' his parents. Part of the reason that Uncle Max never made any further appearances in the strip was that Watterson found it awkward that Max couldn't refer to Calvin's parents by their names.
to:
* NoFullNameGiven: Calvin's last name is never revealed. Susie Derkins is the only major character with both a first and a last name. Several minor background characters who don't appear but are only mentioned, and then usually just the once, have full names: This includes three of Calvin's classmates and the author of his favorite book.
*NoNameGiven: NoNameGiven:
** Calvin's parents. Watterson once commented that he did this because the strip is presented from Calvin's viewpoint, and as such his parents are only important ''as'' his parents. Part of the reason that Uncle Max never made any further appearances in the strip was that Watterson found it awkward that Max couldn't refer to Calvin's parents by theirnames.names.
** The doctor which Calvin occasionally visits. Despite being one of the few reoccurring characters, his name is never mentioned.
*
** Calvin's parents. Watterson once commented that he did this because the strip is presented from Calvin's viewpoint, and as such his parents are only important ''as'' his parents. Part of the reason that Uncle Max never made any further appearances in the strip was that Watterson found it awkward that Max couldn't refer to Calvin's parents by their
** The doctor which Calvin occasionally visits. Despite being one of the few reoccurring characters, his name is never mentioned.
* OrwellianRetcon: A handful of strips had their dialogues altered in ''The Complete Calvin and Hobbes'' boxed set:
** A strip from January 7, 1987 had the dialogue "Was I adopted?" changed to "Was I genetically engineered or cloned?".
** A similar change was done for the November 25, 1988 strip, where mentions of "biological mother" was changed to "a good mother".
** A strip from November 24, 1987 had Calvin's dad's explanation for why the weather is getting colder altered so that it's more scientifically correct.
** A strip from January 7, 1987 had the dialogue "Was I adopted?" changed to "Was I genetically engineered or cloned?".
** A similar change was done for the November 25, 1988 strip, where mentions of "biological mother" was changed to "a good mother".
** A strip from November 24, 1987 had Calvin's dad's explanation for why the weather is getting colder altered so that it's more scientifically correct.
* OuijaBoard: One early arc had Calvin and Hobbes asking an Ouija board different questions. First, "who is smarter?", which didn't have a definite answer because the two of them kept trying to force the planchette to go to the first letter of their name. Second, Calvin asked "will I become president?", which got the answer "G-O-D-F-O-R-B-I-D", causing Calvin to kick the board in anger. Lastly, Calvin asked how it knew all the answers to life's mysteries, which it just answered "3", to the pair's confusion.
-->'''Calvin:''' You know, I didn't ask for this last Christmas. I asked for a computer.
-->'''Calvin:''' You know, I didn't ask for this last Christmas. I asked for a computer.
Deleted line(s) 1240,1243 (click to see context) :
* OrwellianRetcon: A handful of strips had their dialogues altered in ''The Complete Calvin and Hobbes'' boxed set:
** A strip from January 7, 1987 had the dialogue "Was I adopted?" changed to "Was I genetically engineered or cloned?".
** A similar change was done for the November 25, 1988 strip, where mentions of "biological mother" was changed to "a good mother".
** A strip from November 24, 1987 had Calvin's dad's explanation for why the weather is getting colder altered so that it's more scientifically correct.
** A strip from January 7, 1987 had the dialogue "Was I adopted?" changed to "Was I genetically engineered or cloned?".
** A similar change was done for the November 25, 1988 strip, where mentions of "biological mother" was changed to "a good mother".
** A strip from November 24, 1987 had Calvin's dad's explanation for why the weather is getting colder altered so that it's more scientifically correct.
Added DiffLines:
** A few FantasySequence comics rely on this as the punchline when CuttingBackToReality. Such as Calvin imagining himself as an intrepid explorer cutting his way through the untamed wilds, ending with his mother telling him to clean his room because "it's a jungle in here!".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SingleBiomePlanet: Every single planet Spaceman Spiff crashes on is an arid, rocky desert planet, without fail (although in one case he landed in a body of water adjacent to the desert, and in two different strips he came down on an alien metropolis).
Added DiffLines:
* ThatsNoMoon: In two Spaceman Spiff stories, he observes the peculiarity of a planet's landscape only to find it's actually some gargantuan resting alien (in reality, his dad sleeping in bed).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 305 (click to see context) from:
* BullyingADragon: A mild case where in one Sunday strip, Calvin spots a bees' nest, and decides to heave a rock at it. What happens next needs no explanation.
to:
* BullyingADragon: BullyingADragon:
** A mild case where in one Sunday strip, Calvin spots a bees' nest, and decides to heave a rock at it. What happens next needs noexplanation.explanation.
** Calvin often insults Moe right to his face, and in the instances when Moe actually knows what Calvin is saying, gets beaten up for it. It's justified in this case, since Moe was going to beat up Calvin regardless, so Calvin decided if he's gonna get pummelled either way, he might as well do something to deserve it.
** Calvin antagonizes Hobbes needlessly a lot, always seeming to forget Hobbes is not only bigger and stronger than him, but has sharp claws and teeth.
** A mild case where in one Sunday strip, Calvin spots a bees' nest, and decides to heave a rock at it. What happens next needs no
** Calvin often insults Moe right to his face, and in the instances when Moe actually knows what Calvin is saying, gets beaten up for it. It's justified in this case, since Moe was going to beat up Calvin regardless, so Calvin decided if he's gonna get pummelled either way, he might as well do something to deserve it.
** Calvin antagonizes Hobbes needlessly a lot, always seeming to forget Hobbes is not only bigger and stronger than him, but has sharp claws and teeth.
Added DiffLines:
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Nobody in the strip ever ages up, despite celebrating Christmas each year, referencing upcoming dates, and the passing of multiple seasonal cycles; Calvin and Susie remain perpetually six years old (complete with an AgelessBirthdayEpisode for Susie). This is occasionally lampshaded with a few LeaningOnTheFourthWall moments.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1474 (click to see context) from:
* StatusQuoIsGod: Since all of Calvin's adventure [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may or may not be occurring in his imagination]], all of them end with his parents not noticing anything supernatural happening and Calvin back to his normal life at the end. On a more mundane note, Calvin also suffers intentionally from AesopAmnesia; no matter how often his harebrained schemes get him into trouble, he'll deliberately avoid learning from his mistakes.
to:
* StatusQuoIsGod: Since all of Calvin's adventure adventures [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may or may not be occurring in his imagination]], all of them end with his parents not noticing anything supernatural happening and Calvin back to his normal life at the end. On a more mundane note, Calvin also suffers intentionally from AesopAmnesia; no matter how often his harebrained schemes get him into trouble, he'll deliberately avoid learning from his mistakes.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* StatusQuoIsGod: Since all of Calvin's adventure [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may or may not be occurring in his imagination]], all of them end with his parents not noticing anything supernatural happening and Calvin back to his normal life at the end. On a more mundane note, Calvin also suffers intentionally from AesopAmnesia; no matter how often his harebrained schemes get him into trouble, he'll deliberately avoid learning from his mistakes.
Changed line(s) 1527 (click to see context) from:
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: All of Calvin's fantasies are narrated by himself out loud and no-one else in them notice or care.
to:
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: All of Calvin's fantasies are narrated by himself out loud and no-one else in them notice or care. Calvin is also able to casually continue on long monologues even as he and Hobbes are free-falling off a cliff.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 396 (click to see context) from:
* ContinuitySnarl: Occasionally, usually for RuleOfFunny. For example, in one early strip Calvin attempts to fly using a helium balloon, but faceplants into the ground, but in a later arc he goes floating high into the atmosphere with no effort at all.
to:
* ContinuitySnarl: Occasionally, usually for RuleOfFunny. For example, in one early strip Calvin attempts to fly using a helium balloon, but faceplants into the ground, but in a later arc he goes floating high into the atmosphere with no effort at all. For another example, in one Sunday strip Calvin is disappointed by the very small hill he's sledding off (with the implication he couldn't find a better hill), but every other sledding strip shows him finding many different giant hills without any issue.
Added DiffLines:
* TheFaceless:
** Susie's mom physically appeared in one strip (she was referred to in a few other strips and had an offscreen speaking role in one other strip), but only from the knees down.
** The sick baby raccoon. It's kept just out of frame for nearly all of its arc, except in two panels where part of it can just barely be glimpsed as a fuzzy outline.
** The monsters under Calvin's bed. We only see glimpses of tentacles, claws, and eyes in the darkness, but never get a good look at any of them.
** Susie's mom physically appeared in one strip (she was referred to in a few other strips and had an offscreen speaking role in one other strip), but only from the knees down.
** The sick baby raccoon. It's kept just out of frame for nearly all of its arc, except in two panels where part of it can just barely be glimpsed as a fuzzy outline.
** The monsters under Calvin's bed. We only see glimpses of tentacles, claws, and eyes in the darkness, but never get a good look at any of them.
Added DiffLines:
* UnderminedByReality: InUniverse. In one strip, Calvin comments on an "ad with attitude", showing a man quitting his boring job and rock-climbing instead. Hobbes questions how he affords the expensive sports shoes he's advertising if he quit his job.
-->'''Calvin:''' Maybe his mom bought them for him.\\
'''Hobbes:''' I hope she'll pay his medical bills when he falls off that rock.
-->'''Calvin:''' Maybe his mom bought them for him.\\
'''Hobbes:''' I hope she'll pay his medical bills when he falls off that rock.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 613,614 (click to see context) :
* FoulFirstDrink: A cigarette variation of this trope, where Calvin's mom [[SchmuckBait allows him to smoke a cigarette]] his grandfather had left behind. Calvin promptly reacts horribly to the taste and starts gagging.
Added DiffLines:
* FoulCafeteriaFood: Usually discussed by Calvin whenever he tries to gross Susie out at lunch. Played straight in a strip that depicts Calvin's cafeteria food as a gooey, revolting pile of tapioca that makes Calvin imagine it being a blob monster that eats Spaceman Spiff alive.
* FoulFirstDrink: A cigarette variation of this trope, where Calvin's mom [[SchmuckBait allows him to smoke a cigarette]] his grandfather had left behind. Calvin promptly reacts horribly to the taste and starts gagging.
* FoulFirstDrink: A cigarette variation of this trope, where Calvin's mom [[SchmuckBait allows him to smoke a cigarette]] his grandfather had left behind. Calvin promptly reacts horribly to the taste and starts gagging.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* StealthParody: InUniverse. In one strip, Calvin builds a perfectly normal looking snowman, which surprises Hobbes, since Calvin was attempting avant-garde snow creations. Calvin states "it's secretly ironic".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* ContinuitySnarl: Occasionally, usually for RuleOfFunny. For example, in one early strip Calvin attempts to fly using a helium balloon, but faceplants into the ground, but in a later arc he goes floating high into the atmosphere with no effort at all.
Changed line(s) 469 (click to see context) from:
* DidntThinkThisThrough: One of Calvin's biggest flaws is that he never considers the consequences of his actions, always getting him into trouble. For example, in one story arc, he tried to gross out Susie by betting her that he'd eat a worm, but didn't consider the possibility that Susie wouldn't be grossed out and instead demanded that Calvin eat the worm in front of her (and in fact upped the bet by saying it'd only be worth it if Calvin ate ''five'' worms).
to:
* DidntThinkThisThrough: One of Calvin's biggest flaws is Calvin, oh so much.
** He doesn't think about where he's going to go after leaving Earth until Hobbes asks him.
** When he time travels to pick up a school project when it was done, he forgets the little detail that since henever considers didn't do it in the consequences of past, it was not done in the future. When he (and his actions, always 8:30 self) attempt to threaten his future (7:30) self to do the project, 7:30 Calvin points out something they forgot: since they were all the same person, the 6:30 (original time traveler) and 8:30 Calvins would have to suffer whatever they did to him. If the 6:30 and 8:30 Hobbeses hadn't decided to write the story on their own, he would have been in trouble.
** Hobbes, as in the above examples, serves as the voice of reason, but usually not in time to avoid gettinghim pulled into trouble. For example, in insane antics.
** Calvin makes the world's largest snowball, and is excited over plastering someone with it. Hobbes asks how he's going to pick it up.
--->'''Calvin:''' Reality continues to ruin my life.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Maybe you could put it someplace where someone will walk into it.
** In onestory arc, he tried Calvin wants to gross out Susie by betting her a nickel that he'd he'll eat a worm, live worm. He wanted her to get disgusted and run away, but didn't consider the possibility that count on Susie wouldn't be ''not'' being grossed out and instead demanded that actually wanting to watch Calvin eat the worm in front of her (and in fact upped the bet by saying it'd only be worth it if Calvin ate as proof that he would (actually, she wanted him to eat ''five'' worms).worms to make it worth a nickel to her).
** He doesn't think about where he's going to go after leaving Earth until Hobbes asks him.
** When he time travels to pick up a school project when it was done, he forgets the little detail that since he
** Hobbes, as in the above examples, serves as the voice of reason, but usually not in time to avoid getting
** Calvin makes the world's largest snowball, and is excited over plastering someone with it. Hobbes asks how he's going to pick it up.
--->'''Calvin:''' Reality continues to ruin my life.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Maybe you could put it someplace where someone will walk into it.
** In one
* DoingItForTheArt: InUniverse. In one story arc, Calvin and Hobbes are making things out of modelling clay. Calvin is obsessed with marketability and commercialism in his creation, but Hobbes just makes what makes him happy: a tiger. Calvin lambasts it for being bland and unmarketable, but Calvin's mom likes it far more than Calvin's creations, a hundred shrunken heads of popular cartoon characters.
-->'''Calvin:''' How will this ever appeal to the lowest common denominator?! It's completely unadaptable to merchandising tie-ins!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Who cares? I just wanted to make it.\\
'''Calvin:''' '''What?! Is this some snobby, elitist, ''aesthetic'' thing?!?'''
-->'''Calvin:''' How will this ever appeal to the lowest common denominator?! It's completely unadaptable to merchandising tie-ins!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Who cares? I just wanted to make it.\\
'''Calvin:''' '''What?! Is this some snobby, elitist, ''aesthetic'' thing?!?'''
Deleted line(s) 497,503 (click to see context) :
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Calvin, oh so much.
** He doesn't think about where he's going to go after leaving Earth until Hobbes asks him.
** When he time travels to pick up a school project when it was done, he forgets the little detail that since he didn't do it in the past, it was not done in the future. When he (and his 8:30 self) attempt to threaten his future (7:30) self to do the project, 7:30 Calvin points out something they forgot: since they were all the same person, the 6:30 (original time traveler) and 8:30 Calvins would have to suffer whatever they did to him. If the 6:30 and 8:30 Hobbeses hadn't decided to write the story on their own, he would have been in trouble.
** Hobbes, as in the above examples, serves as the voice of reason, but usually not in time to avoid getting pulled into insane antics.
** Calvin makes the world's largest snowball, and is excited over plastering someone with it. Hobbes asks how he's going to pick it up.
--->'''Calvin:''' Reality continues to ruin my life.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Maybe you could put it someplace where someone will walk into it.
** He doesn't think about where he's going to go after leaving Earth until Hobbes asks him.
** When he time travels to pick up a school project when it was done, he forgets the little detail that since he didn't do it in the past, it was not done in the future. When he (and his 8:30 self) attempt to threaten his future (7:30) self to do the project, 7:30 Calvin points out something they forgot: since they were all the same person, the 6:30 (original time traveler) and 8:30 Calvins would have to suffer whatever they did to him. If the 6:30 and 8:30 Hobbeses hadn't decided to write the story on their own, he would have been in trouble.
** Hobbes, as in the above examples, serves as the voice of reason, but usually not in time to avoid getting pulled into insane antics.
** Calvin makes the world's largest snowball, and is excited over plastering someone with it. Hobbes asks how he's going to pick it up.
--->'''Calvin:''' Reality continues to ruin my life.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Maybe you could put it someplace where someone will walk into it.
