History Fanfic / CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries

* MasterSupportCharacters:
** Hobbes and the MTM are both ''The Best Friend''.
*** Hobbes and Sherman are also ''The Pessimist''(s).

** "A Calvin and Hobbes Christmas!" has a new theme song, written [[{{Plagiarism}} much like]] the one for ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasWho''.

* MasterCharacterHeroes:
** Calvin is something of a ''Hades the Recluse'' and ''Poseidon the Artist''.
** Socrates is both the ''Ares the Protector'' and ''Hermes the Fool''.
** Sherman is a ''Apollo the Businessman''.

--> '''Hobbes:''' Who's up for the ''WhatAboutBob'' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment movie!]]

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: PlayedWith - Calvin thinks his robotic duplicate isn't bad looking.

* NonSequiturThud: Happens when Calvin and Hobbes crash their sled in "Hypercube":
--> '''Hobbes:''' How much cluck could a good duck cluck if a good duck could cluck good?
--> '''Calvin:''' Darkness? It is I, {{VideoGame/Pajama Sam}}! I have come to vanquish you!

* {{Trapdoor}}: Andy and Sherman fall in one in "Pharaoh Andrew".

* NonSequiturThud:
** Inverted in "Tonsil Terror" - Socrates screams "TWO PICKLES ATE A CHEESE SANDWICH IN FRANCE!" as he wakes up.
** Played straight when Calvin and Hobbes crash their sled in "Hypercube":

--> '''Calvin:''' Darkness? It is I, VideoGame/PajamaSam! I have come to vanquish you!

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer for "Super Calvin" spoils [[spoiler: the DeadlyUpgrade nature of Calvin's powers.]]

As you can imagine, the idea came about when the authors couldn't help but wonder what the original comic strip would be like if it had been animated. Of course, with Watterson's very strict policy on marketing his work, that likely will never happen in real life. But making fanfiction on the other hand...

* DropTheHammer: SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker wields one against Calvin in "Calvin's Batman Adventure".

--> '''Calvin:''' Well, [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Laughing Moron]], it's just you, me, and that weirdo over there dressed in red and black.\\

* BritishAccents: The MTM gains one in Season 3.

'''Calvin:''' [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} GHOST BUSTERS!]]\\

'''Calvin:''' [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} GHOST BUSTERS!]]\\

'''Calvin:''' [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} GHOST BUSTERS!]]\\

* {{Poker}}:
** Played by the heroes in "The Night of the Living Television II", with various items. [[spoiler: The winnings [[ChekhovsGun become important later on.]]]]
** Andy tells [[ItMakesSenseInContext some mummies to play poker for five years straight]] in order to get rid of them in "Pharaoh Andrew".

* FantasticRacism: Lions have this, according to Hobbes and Socrates. Caesar from "That's MISTER Sherman to You!" thinks rather high of his species.
* FantasyAxisOfEvil:
** Savage: Jark ("Attack of the Monsters")
** Eldritch: The poltergeist girl ("Dark Laughter") and the SuperSmoke being ("Nocturnals")
** Humanoid: Most of the Brainstorm family and their robots
** Fallen: Holographic Retro (may overlap with Humanoid as well)
** Crafty: Thunderstorm

--> '''Hobbes:''' I said, Oh joy. Wonder. Uncontrollable excitement.

** After the lion throws him at a tree in "It Will Build Character", he sees stars, checkers, and [[Disney/{{Bumbo}} little pink elephants holding umbrellas]].

--> '''Calvin:''' That's a dumb name. Why not something interesting? Like DoctorDoom, or Doctor Chaos, or Doctor Chaotic Doom?

--> ''[[SpongeBobSquarePants GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE AND PRAISE THEM ON THE DOUBLE!]] (CAL-VIN AND HOBBES!)''

* IdiotBall: The protagonists, who are usually quite GenreSavvy, don't always realize that one of Calvin's inventions could completely avert a conflict. Particularly egregrious is "Nighty Shut Up!", where the solution to Calvin's insomnia is to use the Time Pauser to sleep as long as he likes. This only comes at the end of the episode, while it probably wasn't very hard to figure out at all!

* RoadTripEpisode: "The Insane Road Trip" is a Type 1a.

** "Confessions of a Prank-Loving Tiger" for Socrates, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Hypercube"]] [[CaptainObvious for the Hypercube,]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "An MTM Episode"]] [[CaptainObvious for the MTM]], and "Robot's Day Out" for Jack.

** The narrator remarks "Gad! This show would be BORING if it was about Susie!" in the opening of "Calvin Gets Professional Help" ([[CaptainObvious which revolves around Susie]]).

* OnlyOneName: Most everyone - the few aversions are Sherman J. Hamster, [[ShoutOut Jack]] [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 T. Robot]], Susie Derkins, and the Brainstorm family (sans Thunderstorm).

* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: [[BlatantLies Socrates claims]] his cousin's brain was swapped with the brain of a duck. He then joined the WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck fan club and eventually wandered south.
** Calvin [[BrickJoke later swaps his and Hobbes' voices with the voice of a duck.]]

* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: This take place with ''Film/ChildsPlay'' and ''JeepersCreepers II'' in "Home [=UnAlone=]", though it takes [[EvilDoll an]] [[ThePrankster interesting]] [[EngineeredPublicConfession twist...]]

* TakeThat: In "Home [=UnAlone=]", Hobbes [[spoiler:(actually Socrates)]] expresses dislike for ''Film/JeepersCreepers II''.

--> "Hello? Socrates? Meet me down at the park. And bring popcorn."

* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: [[BlatantLies Socrates claims]] his cousin's brain was swapped with the brain of a duck. He then joined the DaffyDuck fan club and eventually wandered south.

** For a brief moment in early Season 1, Calvin uses an invention that can extrude large walls from chalk lines on the ground. The invention is never mentioned in any other episode or story.