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** Fans often debate whether Hobbes [[LivingToys is a talking doll that can come to life]], or if [[ImaginaryFriend everything Hobbes does is all in Calvin's head]]. There's evidence for both sides -- Calvin was once tied to a chair in a way he couldn't have done by himself, and Hobbes was once taken away by Susie while doing nothing to defend himself or reacting to her presence. But comic author Bill Watterson carefully avoided making such a firm distinction, intentionally keeping Hobbes and his sentience an AmbiguousSituation, and held that the argument defied the point of the strip.

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** Fans often A long-running fandom debate is whether Hobbes [[LivingToys is a talking doll that can come to life]], or if [[ImaginaryFriend everything Hobbes does is all in Calvin's head]]. There's evidence for both sides -- Calvin was once tied to a chair in a way he couldn't have done by himself, himself when Hobbes was the only other character in the same room, and Hobbes was once taken away by a big dog and found by Susie while doing nothing to defend himself or reacting to her anyone else's presence. But comic author Bill Watterson carefully avoided making such a firm distinction, distinction either way, intentionally keeping Hobbes and his sentience as an AmbiguousSituation, and AmbiguousSituation. Watterson held that the argument of whether Hobbes was real or not defied the point of the strip.

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