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* LampshadeHanging: All Retro can immediately spit out [[spoiler:after he sees that the Imaginator ''hadn't'' turned Hobbes back into a stuffed animal]] is an aggressively confused "Wha...? Why is...? He's supposed to be...! You're not supposed...! That's...! What?!"

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* WeirdnessCensor: [[DiscussedTrope The trope itself]] is brought up in the fic by Calvin's parents after the Imaginator goes off, citing it as the possible reason why they could never [[spoiler: see Hobbes before.]]

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* NotHisSled: [[spoiler:Retro's use of the Imaginator has the ''opposite'' effect here as opposed to the original fic: Calvin doesn't see Hobbes as a stuffed animal, but rather his parents see him as being ''real''.]]
* WeirdnessCensor: [[DiscussedTrope The trope itself]] is brought up in the fic by Calvin's parents after the Imaginator goes off, citing it as the possible reason why they could never [[spoiler: see Hobbes before.]]
* WhamLine: Just when it seems like [[spoiler:the rewrite is going down the same path the original did regarding Retro using the Imaginator]], [[NotHisSled it quickly becomes apparent that this isn't the case]]:
-->Retro had pushed a button [on] [[spoiler: the Imaginator, saying he was going to repair reality – whatever was wrong with it –]] and he'd blacked out.\\
What else...?\\
[[DelayedReaction Oh, right.]] [[spoiler:Something to with... Hobbes.]]\\
Calvin's head still hurt too much to actually swivel left or right, so [[spoiler:searching for his friend was a little difficult]]. He tried moving his eyes, but they throbbed a bit as well, frustrating him to no end.\\
He had to get up. [[spoiler:He had to find his friend.]] He had to make sure...\\
[[spoiler:But then he felt a large hand come down on his shoulder. He looked and saw that it was a furry white paw, which was attached to a long fuzzy orange-and-black arm.]]\\
[[spoiler:[[NoSell Hobbes peered down at him, rubbing his own head with his other paw. "You okay?"]]]]
** And in case you needed the confirmation:
--->Calvin's mom screamed in horror.\\
Suddenly remembering that his parents were basically being held captive in a large cage, Calvin looked in their direction. He saw his parents looking at them with a look of absolute terror on her face.\\
"What? What is it?!" he asked, looking all around.\\
Nothing looked any different than it had before. No sign of the dinosaur that had terrorized them – it had probably been scared off by the flash. So he couldn't figure out what his parents were freaked out by. He looked to Hobbes, but he didn't see anything either, merely offering a confused shrug.\\
[[spoiler:Dad pointed his long skinny finger in the tiger's direction. "Th-th-there's a tiger right there!" he stammered, shaking badly.
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** Retro does one in Chapter 10.
* BrakeAngrily: Shortly after the below LongList.

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%% ** Retro does one in Chapter 10.
%% * BrakeAngrily: Shortly after the below LongList.



* CassandraTruth: ''Finally'' subverted with Uncle Max.

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%% * CassandraTruth: ''Finally'' subverted with Uncle Max.



* CrapsackWorld: Retropia.

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%% * CrapsackWorld: Retropia.



* MrImagination: Deconstructed somewhat.

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%% * MrImagination: Deconstructed somewhat.
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* ShoutOut: [[Franchise/StarTrek "They just went where no man has gone before."]]
** "You said MickeyMouse wasn't real, and there he was at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks DisneyLand.]]"

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* ShoutOut: [[Franchise/StarTrek "They just went where no man has gone before."]]
before".]]
** "You said MickeyMouse WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse wasn't real, and there he was at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks DisneyLand.]]"Disney Land]]".
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* MythologyGag: When asked by Calvin's parents about the existence of talking animals, Hobbes mentions playing poker with raccoons while Calvin was in the scouts, referencing the super-early ''Calvin and Hobbes'' "proto-strips" when Bill Watterson was trying to sell it to syndicates.
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* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Retro is defeated]] rather pathetically in this version, [[TropesAreNotBad though in context it works]]. In the original version, which didn't share TheVerse with Creator/Swing123, Retro was TheBigBad and ''Trouble Island'' was meant to be the GrandFinale to garfieldodie's trilogy. Here, Retro hasn't been seen since Calvin's [[Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat first adventure]] which was established in ''Fanfic/TheCollective'' as taking place [[spoiler: several years ago]]. In between that time, Calvin and his friends have [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries had]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea a LOT]] [[Fanfic/TheCollective of harrowing]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble adventures]] that have given them plenty of experience dealing with mad scientists and dangers much worse than just a guy with an imagination device. As such, Retro's plans fall apart at the halfway point, and the rest of the fic is spent with Calvin and the gang backing him further and further into a corner until [[spoiler: he's forced into an escape pod that will send him to a high-security prison that will make escaping nigh impossible.]] Not the most epic of final confrontations, but then again, [[Fanfic/RetroChill it's not]] ''[[Fanfic/RetroChill meant]]'' [[Fanfic/RetroChill to be their last battle with Retro...]]

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* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Retro is defeated]] rather pathetically in this version, [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools though in context it works]]. In the original version, which didn't share TheVerse with Creator/Swing123, Retro was TheBigBad and ''Trouble Island'' was meant to be the GrandFinale to garfieldodie's trilogy. Here, Retro hasn't been seen since Calvin's [[Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat first adventure]] which was established in ''Fanfic/TheCollective'' as taking place [[spoiler: several years ago]]. In between that time, Calvin and his friends have [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries had]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea a LOT]] [[Fanfic/TheCollective of harrowing]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble adventures]] that have given them plenty of experience dealing with mad scientists and dangers much worse than just a guy with an imagination device. As such, Retro's plans fall apart at the halfway point, and the rest of the fic is spent with Calvin and the gang backing him further and further into a corner until [[spoiler: he's forced into an escape pod that will send him to a high-security prison that will make escaping nigh impossible.]] Not the most epic of final confrontations, but then again, [[Fanfic/RetroChill it's not]] ''[[Fanfic/RetroChill meant]]'' [[Fanfic/RetroChill to be their last battle with Retro...]]
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* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Retro is defeated]] rather pathetically in this version, though in context it works. In the original version, which didn't share TheVerse with Creator/Swing123, Retro was TheBigBad and ''Trouble Island'' was meant to be the GrandFinale to garfieldodie's trilogy. Here, Retro hasn't been seen since Calvin's [[Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat first adventure]] which was established in ''Fanfic/TheCollective'' as taking place [[spoiler: several years ago]]. In between that time, Calvin and his friends have [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries had]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea a LOT]] [[Fanfic/TheCollective of harrowing]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble adventures]] that have given them plenty of experience dealing with mad scientists and dangers much worse than just a guy with an imagination device. As such, Retro's plans fall apart at the halfway point, and the rest of the fic is spent with Calvin and the gang backing him further and further into a corner until [[spoiler: he's forced into an escape pod that will send him to a high-security prison that will make escaping nigh impossible.]] Not the most epic of final confrontations, but then again, [[Fanfic/RetroChill it's not]] ''[[Fanfic/RetroChill meant]]'' [[Fanfic/RetroChill to be their last battle with Retro...]]

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* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Retro is defeated]] rather pathetically in this version, [[TropesAreNotBad though in context it works.works]]. In the original version, which didn't share TheVerse with Creator/Swing123, Retro was TheBigBad and ''Trouble Island'' was meant to be the GrandFinale to garfieldodie's trilogy. Here, Retro hasn't been seen since Calvin's [[Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat first adventure]] which was established in ''Fanfic/TheCollective'' as taking place [[spoiler: several years ago]]. In between that time, Calvin and his friends have [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries had]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea a LOT]] [[Fanfic/TheCollective of harrowing]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble adventures]] that have given them plenty of experience dealing with mad scientists and dangers much worse than just a guy with an imagination device. As such, Retro's plans fall apart at the halfway point, and the rest of the fic is spent with Calvin and the gang backing him further and further into a corner until [[spoiler: he's forced into an escape pod that will send him to a high-security prison that will make escaping nigh impossible.]] Not the most epic of final confrontations, but then again, [[Fanfic/RetroChill it's not]] ''[[Fanfic/RetroChill meant]]'' [[Fanfic/RetroChill to be their last battle with Retro...]]
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-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Why are there]] [[ChromosomeCasting no girls]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny in your group?]]

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-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Why are there]] [[ChromosomeCasting no girls]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments in your group?]]
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** At least for Mom, [[spoiler: the trope is ZigZagged in the epilogue, where she gets to have one last talk with Hobbes.]]

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** At least for Mom, [[spoiler: the trope is ZigZagged in the epilogue, where she gets to have one last talk with Hobbes.Hobbes that may or may not be her last.]]
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12859278/1/Trouble-Island-REWRITTEN A rewrite]] is in progress.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12859278/1/Trouble-Island-REWRITTEN A rewrite]] is in progress.has been completed.

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* [[spoiler:AllJustADream]]: Cavlin's parents come to this conclusion regarding the story's events after [[spoiler: getting hit with the ResetButton]]. However, FridgeLogic soon kicks in as both of them realize that they had the same "dream"...

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* [[spoiler:AllJustADream]]: AllJustADream: Cavlin's parents come to this conclusion regarding the story's events after [[spoiler: getting hit with the ResetButton]]. However, FridgeLogic soon kicks in as both of them realize that they had the same "dream"..."dream"...
** At least for Mom, [[spoiler: the trope is ZigZagged in the epilogue, where she gets to have one last talk with Hobbes.]]

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-->''[[spoiler:Retro's pod was no longer enroute to the prison planet that would have locked him away and spared him a much more horrible fate.]]''

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-->''[[spoiler:Retro's -->''Retro's pod was no longer enroute to the prison planet that would have locked him away and spared him a much more horrible fate.]]''''



-->''[[spoiler:The pod]] headed for the planet.''

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-->''[[spoiler:The pod]] -->''The pod headed for the planet.''



* BetterThanABareBulb: Once Calvin's parents become adjusted to the Imaginator's effects, they spend a good chunk of time LampshadeHanging practically everything about Fanfic/TheCalvinverse.
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Why are there]] [[ChromosomeCasting no girls]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny in your group?]]



* WeirdnessCensor: [[DiscussedTrope The trope itself]] is brought up in the fic by Calvin's parents after [[spoiler: the Imaginator goes off]], citing it as the possible reason why they could never [[spoiler: see Hobbes before.]]

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* WeirdnessCensor: [[DiscussedTrope The trope itself]] is brought up in the fic by Calvin's parents after [[spoiler: the Imaginator goes off]], off, citing it as the possible reason why they could never [[spoiler: see Hobbes before.]]
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* WeirdnessCensor: [[DiscussedTrope The trope itself]] is brought up a few times in the fic by Calvin's parents after [[spoiler: the Imaginator goes off]]. See BaitAndSwitch above.

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* WeirdnessCensor: [[DiscussedTrope The trope itself]] is brought up a few times in the fic by Calvin's parents after [[spoiler: the Imaginator goes off]]. See BaitAndSwitch above.off]], citing it as the possible reason why they could never [[spoiler: see Hobbes before.]]

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* BaitAndSwitch: Like in the original version, [[spoiler: Retro attempts to use the Imaginator to trick Calvin into believing that Hobbes, along with all his previous adventures, were never real... only for the next chapter to open up and show that it did the exact ''opposite'', where Calvin's parents become aware of all the sci-fi craziness around them, along with being able to "see" and communicate with Hobbes for the first time.]] Retro is just as shocked as the reader.
* CallingTheOldManOut: All of Calvin and his father's grievences come to a downright ''explosive'' collision in this story, having been built up since the rewritten version of ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat''. To elaborate, Dad drags the family to their awful vacation site once more, but Calvin-- take note that this is the rewritten version of Calvin that's been through '''A LOT''' more than his original-verse counterpart-- is having none of it, calling out his Dad for always doing things ''he'' wants to do with no input from his wife or son, overriding Dad's condescending arguments to the point where the latter finally snaps. Mom manages to intervene before things can get worse, but by that point Calvin is so fed up with everything that he storms off in disgust.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Like in the original version, [[spoiler: Retro attempts to use the Imaginator to trick Calvin into believing that Hobbes, along with all his previous adventures, were never real... only for the next chapter to open up and show that it did the exact ''opposite'', where Calvin's parents become [[WeirdnessCensor aware of all the sci-fi craziness around them, them]], along with being able to "see" and communicate with Hobbes for the first time.]] Retro is just as shocked as the reader.
* CallingTheOldManOut: All of Calvin and his father's grievences come to a downright ''explosive'' collision in this story, having been built up since the rewritten version of ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat''. To elaborate, Dad drags the family to their awful vacation site once more, but Calvin-- take note that this is the rewritten version of Calvin that's been through '''A LOT''' more than his original-verse counterpart-- is having none of it, calling out his Dad for always doing things ''he'' wants to do with no input from his wife or son, overriding Dad's condescending arguments to the point where the latter finally snaps. Mom manages to intervene before things can get worse, but by that point Calvin is so fed up with everything that he storms off in disgust.disgust.
* WeirdnessCensor: [[DiscussedTrope The trope itself]] is brought up a few times in the fic by Calvin's parents after [[spoiler: the Imaginator goes off]]. See BaitAndSwitch above.
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* AStormIsComing: Chapter 10 ends on this chilling note as [[spoiler: Retro's escape pod swerves off course from its original destination and starts heading towards [[{{Mordor}} Zok]].]]
-->''How and why this happened would be revealed later. For now, only one thing was known.''
-->''[[spoiler:Retro's pod was no longer enroute to the prison planet that would have locked him away and spared him a much more horrible fate.]]''
-->''A certain red planet hung in the distance like a beacon. Ominous, threatening, unnerving...''
-->''[[spoiler:The pod]] headed for the planet.''
-->''The final game pieces were being put into place.''
-->''[[Fanfic/RetroChill The last battle was about to begin.]]''
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* [[spoiler:AllJustADream]]: Cavlin's parents come to this conclusion regarding the story's events after [[spoiler: getting hit with the ResetButton]]. However, FridgeLogic soon kicks in as both of them realize that they had the same "dream"...

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* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Retro is defeated]] rather pathetically in this version, though in context it works. In the original version, which didn't share TheVerse with Creator/Swing123, Retro was TheBigBad and ''Trouble Island'' was meant to be the GrandFinale to garfieldodie's trilogy. Here, Retro hasn't been seen since Calvin's [[Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat first adventure]] which was established in ''Fanfic/TheCollective'' as taking place [[spoiler: several years ago]]. In between that time, Calvin and his friends have [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries had]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea a LOT]] [[Fanfic/TheCollective of harrowing]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble adventures]] that have given them plenty of experience dealing with mad scientists and dangers much worse than just a guy with an imagination device. As such, Retro's plans fall apart at the halfway point, and the rest of the fic is spent with Calvin and the gang backing him further and further into a corner until [[spoiler: he's forced into an escape pod that will send him to a high-security prison that will make escaping nigh impossible.]] Not the most epic of final confrontations, but then again, [[Fanfic/RetroChill it's not]] ''[[Fanfic/RetroChill meant]]'' [[Fanfic/RetroChill to be their last battle with Retro...]]



* CallingTheOldManOut: All of Calvin and his father's grievences come to a downright ''explosive'' collision in this story, having been built up since the rewritten version of Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat. To elaborate, Dad drags the family to their awful vacation site once more, but Calvin-- take note that this is the rewritten version of Calvin that's been through '''A LOT''' more than his original-verse counterpart-- is having none of it, calling out his Dad for always doing things ''he'' wants to do with no input from his wife or son, overriding Dad's condescending arguments to the point where the latter finally snaps. Mom manages to intervene before things can get worse, but by that point Calvin is so fed up with everything that he storms off in disgust.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: All of Calvin and his father's grievences come to a downright ''explosive'' collision in this story, having been built up since the rewritten version of Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat.''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat''. To elaborate, Dad drags the family to their awful vacation site once more, but Calvin-- take note that this is the rewritten version of Calvin that's been through '''A LOT''' more than his original-verse counterpart-- is having none of it, calling out his Dad for always doing things ''he'' wants to do with no input from his wife or son, overriding Dad's condescending arguments to the point where the latter finally snaps. Mom manages to intervene before things can get worse, but by that point Calvin is so fed up with everything that he storms off in disgust.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Like in the original version, [[spoiler: Retro attempts to use the Imaginator to trick Calvin into believing that Hobbes, along with all his previous adventures, were never real... only for the next chapter to open up and show that it did the exact ''opposite'', where Calvin's parents become aware of all the sci-fi craziness around them, along with being able to "see" and communicate with Hobbes for the first time.]] Retro is just as shocked as the reader.
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'''Calvin:''' [[{{Unishment}} YAY!]
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* CallingTheOldManOut:
** All of Calvin and his father's grievences come to a downright ''explosive'' collision in this story, having been built up since the rewritten version of Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat. To elaborate, Dad drags the family to their awful vacation site once more, but Calvin-- take note that this is the rewritten version of Calvin that's been through '''A LOT''' more than his original-verse counterpart-- is having none of it, calling out his Dad for always doing things ''he'' wants to do with no input from his wife or son, overriding Dad's condescending arguments to the point where the latter finally snaps. Mom manages to intervene before things can get worse, but by that point Calvin is so fed up with everything that he storms off in disgust.

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* CallingTheOldManOut:
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CallingTheOldManOut: All of Calvin and his father's grievences come to a downright ''explosive'' collision in this story, having been built up since the rewritten version of Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat. To elaborate, Dad drags the family to their awful vacation site once more, but Calvin-- take note that this is the rewritten version of Calvin that's been through '''A LOT''' more than his original-verse counterpart-- is having none of it, calling out his Dad for always doing things ''he'' wants to do with no input from his wife or son, overriding Dad's condescending arguments to the point where the latter finally snaps. Mom manages to intervene before things can get worse, but by that point Calvin is so fed up with everything that he storms off in disgust.

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