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* In the Tracer Bullet arc where Calvin is trying to solve a word problem, Calvin attempts to copy Susie's answer. In Tracer's world, this is translated as the detective heading over to "the Derkins dame" to get information. When Susie refuses to tell Calvin anything, Tracer remarks that somebody "got to her first and shut her up good." The implication seems to be that she was killed.
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* The story arc where Calvin tries to weasel out of writing a story for school by picking it up from the future seems like it might be incredibly paradoxical at first, but it actually flows together quite well. The 6:30 Calvin doesn't know about any of the implications of time travel, the 7:30 Calvin is older and wiser from having gone through the whole adventure and is able to explain it to him, and the 8:30 Calvin is merely keeping up appearances to ensure a StableTimeLoop is in effect, since he knows that the 6:30 and 8:30 Hobbeses will write the story themselves and save him all the trouble.
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* The story arc where Calvin tries to weasel out of writing a story for school by picking it up from the future seems like it might be incredibly paradoxical at first, but it actually flows together quite well. The 6:30 Calvin doesn't know about any of the implications of time travel, the 7:30 Calvin is older and wiser from having gone through the whole adventure and is able to explain it to him, and the 8:30 Calvin is merely keeping up appearances to ensure a StableTimeLoop is in effect, since he knows that the 6:30 and 8:30 Hobbeses will write the story themselves and save him all the trouble.
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* The story arc where Calvin tries to weasel out of writing a story for school by traveling to picking it up from the future to pick it up seems like it might be incredibly paradoxical at first, but it actually flows together quite well. The 6:30 Calvin doesn't know about any of the implications of time travel, the 7:30 Calvin is older and wiser from having gone through the whole adventure and is able to explain it to him, and the 8:30 Calvin is merely keeping up appearances to ensure a StableTimeLoop is in effect, since he knows that the 6:30 and 8:30 Hobbeses will write the story themselves and save him all the trouble.
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* Calvin's only friend is Hobbes. Let that sink in. Moe picks on him, and apart from the antagonistic relationship he has with Susie, Calvin is ''never'' seen with other kids, unless they are making fun of him. No wonder he hates school so much...
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* Calvin is often seen creating cities/towns, whether out of sand or snow or something else. Nearly '''every single time,''' Calvin ends up destroying what he created, sometimes with a SlasherSmile to go with it. [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/06/09 A good example here.]] To a younger reader not really paying attention to the detail in Calvin's narration, he/she might just see it as Calvin and Hobbes playing in the sand and Hobbes being spooked for no reason. Dig just a tiny bit deeper though, and you realize that Calvin, who could do WHATEVER HE WANTED with the "little town" he created, chose to poison nearly the entire populace to the point that the cancer rate in the town TRIPLES. What the hell, Calvin?
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* Calvin is often seen creating cities/towns, whether out of sand or snow or something else. Nearly '''every single time,''' Calvin ends up destroying what he created, sometimes with a SlasherSmile to go with it. [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/06/09 A good example here.]] To a younger reader not really paying attention to the detail in Calvin's narration, he/she might just see it as Calvin and Hobbes playing in the sand and Hobbes being spooked for no reason. Dig just a tiny bit deeper though, and you realize that Calvin, who could do WHATEVER HE WANTED with the "little town" he created, chose to poison nearly the entire populace to the point that the cancer rate in the town TRIPLES. And he DOESN'T EVEN CARE. What the hell, Calvin?
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* Calvin is often seen creating cities/towns, whether out of sand or snow or something else. Nearly '''every single time,''' Calvin ends up destroying what he created, sometimes with a SlasherSmile to go with it. [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/06/09 A good example here.]] To a younger reader not really paying attention to the detail in Calvin's narration, he/she might just see it as Calvin and Hobbes playing in the sand and Hobbes being spooked for no reason. Dig just a tiny bit deeper though, and you realize that Calvin, who could do WHATEVER HE WANTED with the "little town" he created, chose to poison nearly the entire populace to the point that the cancer rate in the town TRIPLES. What the hell, Calvin?
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** I always figured maybe the kid got in trouble for picking on Calvin, and then moved/got expelled, and Calvin (fallaciously) bragged to his fellow students that Hobbes ate him so Calvin wouldn't be picked on anymore.
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** It's possible that he manages to rough himself up play-wrestling with Hobbes and rolling around on the ground even though Hobbes is really just a stuffed toy that can't actually fight back.
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** Nope. "No one can prove I did that!!" Pretty easy to prove he did that...
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** I once saw someone who wrote that they couldn't read Calvin and Hobbs anymore since they realized that meant that Calvin was really getting beat up at school.
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* It just hit me that Calvin is the epitome of the ByronicHero. -TheShadow-Radio/TheShadow
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*** Calvin is SIX. A very SMART six-year old, but still a six-year old. He is nowhere near algebra. So from such a childish standpoint, the analogy actually sort of works.
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**This might even explain why Moe is so scared when Calvin invites him to take Hobbes later - he remembers what happened to the last kid who messed with Calvin's "teddy bear". Though it's worth noting that in later strips, Calvin rarely takes Hobbes to school, as evidenced by the "pouncing on him when he gets home" RunningGag. It's possible the opportunity just doesn't come up very often; maybe, if Hobbes isn't real, Calvin threw him on somebody and gave him a real scare.
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* An example occurs in canon, when Calvin and Hobbes are eating breakfast. Note that it doesn't make much sense, as someone could have simply observed a baby cow nursing from its mother, noticed that babies drink their mothers' milk, and realized that humans could drink cow milk too. Also can double as [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar]].
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* An example occurs in canon, when Calvin and Hobbes are eating breakfast. Note that it doesn't make much sense, as someone could have simply observed a baby cow nursing from its mother, noticed that babies drink their mothers' milk, and realized that humans could drink cow milk too. Also can double as [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar]].GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
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* If you interpret Hobbes as a figment of Calvin's imagination, then how do you explain Calvin getting beat up whenever Hobbes pounces on him? Oh no...don't tell me Calvin is ''scratching himself up.''
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* One strip has Calvin saying he believes in predestination. Calvin is named after John Calvin, founder of Calvinism, which has predestination as a doctrine.
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** Oh snap!
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** That sounds more like ChewbaccaDefense or InsaneTrollLogic.InsaneTrollLogic.
** Calvin's analogy would have worked better if he had used algebra (not something so simple as addition) as an example.
** Calvin's analogy would have worked better if he had used algebra (not something so simple as addition) as an example.
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* In one of the last strips, Calvin grosses out Susie by stuffing manicotti down his shirt and [[LudicrousGibs pretending his guts are exploding out of his stomach.]] He then mentions to himself in the final panel that he should try this in class. Given that the series never evolved timewise from Calvin's standpoint (in that he was perpetually 6 years old and stuck in the same grade for the series' run) could this possibly be [[NoodleIncident THE noodle incident?]]
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-->'''Calvin:''' ''The more you think about things, the weirder they seem. Take this milk. Why do we drink '''cow''' milk?? Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said. “I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze ‘em!”? Isn't that weird?''
-->'''Hobbes:''' ''(disgusted expression) I think conversation should be kept to a minimum until afternoon.''
-->'''Calvin:''' ''The more you think about things, the weirder they seem. Take this milk. Why do we drink '''cow''' milk?? Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said. “I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze ‘em!”? Isn't that weird?''
-->'''Hobbes:''' ''(disgusted expression) I think conversation should be kept to a minimum until afternoon.''
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* One strip has Calvin saying he believes in predestination. Calvin is named after John Calvin, founder of Calvinism, which has predestination as a doctrine.
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'''Hobbes:''' And in the public schools no less. Call a lawyer.lawyer.
** That sounds more like ChewbaccaDefense or InsaneTrollLogic.
** That sounds more like ChewbaccaDefense or InsaneTrollLogic.
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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': A strip has Calvin's mother ask what happened to a kid that mocked Calvin for bringing a stuffed tiger to school. His response: "Hobbes ate him". Calvin - of course - believes Hobbes did, and the fact seems to be no one mocks Calvin about that. Assuming Calvin isn't just making that up, that leaves us with two options: If Hobbes "is" real, that means he ate a kid. If Hobbes "isn't" real, that means Calvin might have done something really gory to said kid.
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* One of the story arcs Hobbes shaving Calvin's head. In Latin, Calvin means "bald."
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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': A strip has Calvin's mother ask what happened to a kid that mocked Calvin for bringing a stuffed tiger to school. His response: "Hobbes ate him". Calvin - of course - believes Hobbes did, and the fact seems to be no one mocks Calvin about that. Assuming Calvin isn't just making that up, that leaves us with two options: If Hobbes "is" real, that means he ate a kid. If Hobbes "isn't" real, that means Calvin might have done something really gory to said kid.kid.
* A strip has Calvin's mother ask what happened to a kid that mocked Calvin for bringing a stuffed tiger to school. His response: "Hobbes ate him". Calvin - of course - believes Hobbes did, and the fact seems to be no one mocks Calvin about that. Assuming Calvin isn't just making that up, that leaves us with two options: If Hobbes ''is'' real, that means he ate a kid. If Hobbes ''isn't'' real, that means Calvin might have done something really gory to said kid.
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-->'''Calvin:''' You take two numbers and when you add them, they magically become one ''new'' number! No one can say how it happens. You either believe it or you don't. This whole book is full of things that have to be accepted on faith! It's a religion!\\
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* A strip has Calvin's mother ask what happened to a kid that mocked Calvin for bringing a stuffed tiger to school. His response: "Hobbes ate him". Calvin - of course - believes Hobbes did, and the fact seems to be no one mocks Calvin about that. Assuming Calvin isn't just making that up, that leaves us with two options: If Hobbes ''is'' real, that means he ate a kid. If Hobbes ''isn't'' real, that means Calvin might have done something really gory to said kid.
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* Applied rigorously by Calvin and Hobbes. One example is when Calvin declared math to be a religion:
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'''Hobbes:''' And in the public schools no less. Call a lawyer.
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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': A strip has Calvin's mother ask what happened to a kid that mocked Calvin for bringing a stuffed tiger to school. His response: "Hobbes ate him". Calvin - of course - believes Hobbes did, and the fact seems to be no one mocks Calvin about that. Assuming Calvin isn't just making that up, that leaves us with two options: If Hobbes "is" real, that means he ate a kid. If Hobbes "isn't" real, that means Calvin might have done something really gory to said kid.
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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': A strip has Calvin's mother ask what happened to a kid that mocked Calvin for bringing a stuffed tiger to school. His response: "Hobbes ate him". Calvin - of course - believes Hobbes did, and the fact seems to be no one mocks Calvin about that. Assuming Calvin isn't just making that up, that leaves us with two options: If Hobbes "is" real, that means he ate a kid. If Hobbes "isn't" real, that means Calvin might have done something really gory to said kid.
