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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The teleporter for the teleporter, which is really just a teleporter that would only teleport other teleporters.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The teleporter for the teleporter, which is really just a teleporter that would only teleport other teleporters.other
* DeathGlare: In Part 5, when Calvin is accused of being "only a child", he gives one to Alyx and Kim that the author describes as "would've chilled a six-pack."

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The three inventions mentioned by Brainstorm are a pogo stick/letterhead stamp hybrid, a fishing rod that can link with satellites and fillet a trout, and a whoopee cushion... [[SubvertedTrope that plays the paranoid rants of]] Radio/GlennBeck.



* FiveManBand: Lampshaded (more or less)L

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* FiveManBand: Lampshaded (more or less)Lless):



[pause]\\
'''Calvin:''' ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking really]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking important.]]

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'''Calvin:''' ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking really]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking important.]]


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** According to Brainstorm, the fog is about as impressive as Nostradamus.
** Then there's the Radio/GlennBeck whoopee cushion...
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When Calvin arrives home, he is greeted by Hobbes in the customary fashion, and he gives after chase, and before long the MTM finds the location of the breach: under Yellowstone Park. They summon the others and head to Brainstorm's lab.


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* FiveManBand: Lampshaded (more or less)L
--> '''Calvin:''' You're all essential! Look, I know we don't necessarily like each other all the time, but what it all boils down to is that we make a good team. We all have our little niches to fill.\\
'''Socrates:''' We do?\\
'''Calvin:''' Sure! I have my [[GadgeteerGenius unbridled genius]], Hobbes has his agility, MTM has his gadgets, Socrates has his cunning, Sherman is clever, and Andy is…\\
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'''Calvin:''' ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking really]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking important.]]


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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Brainstorm attempted to build one of these, but it would only teleport other teleporters to him.

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Shortly after this, the corrupted people start throwing rocks at the ship, one of which lodges in the engine, causing it to fall and blow up.

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Shortly after this, the corrupted people start throwing rocks at the ship, one of which lodges in the engine, causing it to fall and blow up.crash. Brainstorm and Jack escape with a teleporter (obtaining it through a teleporter teleporter).%%End of Part 2



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As Calvin rides home on the bus, the MTM sets off a level 5 alarm when it escapes, and Calvin has it track down the source of the breach. Meanwhile, Dr. Brainstorm hijacks the Yellowstone security cameras in order to keep an eye on the smoke. As it turns out, the smoke erupts through the volcano and engulfs the crowd, inexplicably stopping their screaming. He gets Jack into the Brainstorm Rocket

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As Calvin rides home on the bus, the MTM sets off a level 5 alarm when it escapes, and Calvin has it track down the source of the breach. Meanwhile, Dr. Brainstorm hijacks the Yellowstone security cameras in order to keep an eye on the smoke. As it turns out, the smoke erupts through the volcano and engulfs the crowd, inexplicably stopping their screaming. He gets Jack into the Brainstorm RocketRocket and flies into the fog, finding that some of the people look blank and are attempting to convert the non-corrupted into part of their own. The smoke then reappears and begins speaking to Brainstorm, telling him that he has a dark future ahead of him, though Brainstorm refuses to believe it.

Shortly after this, the corrupted people start throwing rocks at the ship, one of which lodges in the engine, causing it to fall and blow up.


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* TheOmniscient: The fog claims this.


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** Another example that overlaps with GenreSavvy:
--> '''Jack:''' I watch enough movies on the Sci-fi Channel to be able to figure these guys out, now. Repetitive plots at times but interesting what people do when they accumulate a lot of money and then say 'let's make a movie!'.


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* {{Understatement}}: Done quite a bit, mostly from Jack.
* VaguenessIsComing: The smoke indulges in this.
* TheVirus: The smoke invokes this.

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%%NOTE: This fic is incomplete. Please take that into account when adding examples.

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%%NOTE: This part of the fic is incomplete. Please take that into account when adding examples.
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As Calvin rides home on the bus, the MTM sets off a level 5 alarm when it escapes, and Calvin has it track down the source of the breach. Meanwhile, Dr. Brainstorm hijacks the Yellowstone security cameras in order to keep an eye on the smoke. As it turns out, the smoke erupts through the volcano and engulfs the crowd, inexplicably stopping their screaming. He gets Jack into the Brainstorm Rocket
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--> '''Jack:''' Yes, I admit you're a genius, but you're also about as coordinated as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_People_Eater one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people-eater.]]\\

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--> '''Jack:''' Yes, I admit you're a genius, but you're also about as coordinated as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_People_Eater one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people-eater.]]\\ ]]
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''({[beat}})''\\
'''Dr. Brainstorm:''' What?\\
'''Jack:''' Well, they only have one eye. They probably lack depth perception.\\

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What?
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'''Jack:''' Well, they only have one eye. They probably lack depth perception.\\
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'''Jack:''' Well, they only have one eye. They probably lack depth perception.

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'''Jack:''' Well, they only have one eye. They probably lack depth perception.\\

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At the same time, a tour around Yellowstone Park gets interesting when Jack appears, searching for a metallic box that erupted with the geyser just a bit prior. Returning to Brainstorm's lair, it turns out that he's ''also'' been monitoring the void.

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At the same time, a tour around Yellowstone Park gets interesting when Jack appears, searching for a metallic box that erupted with the geyser just a bit prior. Returning to Brainstorm's lair, it turns out that he's ''also'' been monitoring the void.void with his Recombobulator.

While Calvin attends school, Brainstorm tries and fails to harness the power of the void. Miss Wormwood ends up furious thanks to the antics of the MTM, but her efforts to explain it to the principal don't end well.

Meanwhile, Jack realizes that the thing trying to enter their world is sentient and ''really'' wants in, while Brainstorm completes his Interdimensional Pliers. He inadvertently ends up releasing the evil into the world. %%End of Part 1



** Calvin notes that Miss Wormwood still drinks Maalox straight from the bottle.
* CassandraTruth: Miss Wormwood refuses to believe Calvin about the MTM.



* ExtendableArms: Jack has them.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: "Hey! Who're you calling irrelevant?"
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Inverted - Brainstorm ends up ''causing'' the being to be released.
* NonIndicativeName: Lampshaded:
--> '''Calvin:''' Of course, I don't use [the Mini Time Machine] for time travel much anymore.



* SuperSmoke: The being.
* StuffBlowingUp: Brainstorm's the cause, naturally.
* TakeThat: Jack isn't a fan of morning talk shows, or NBC and Fox for that matter.
* TwitchyEye: Miss Wormwood has one.



''({[beat}})''
--> '''Dr. Brainstorm:''' What?
--> '''Jack:''' Well, they only have one eye. They probably lack depth perception.

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''({[beat}})''
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''({[beat}})''\\
'''Dr. Brainstorm:''' What?
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What?\\
'''Jack:''' Well, they only have one eye. They probably lack depth perception.
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%%NOTE: This fic is incomplete. Please take that into account when adding examples.

--> [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6355245/9/Calvin_and_Hobbes_The_Series_SEASON_FIVE Dr. Brainstorm and Calvin begin monitoring a strange energy signature that is approaching their universe from within the void.]]

The episode opens with Calvin and Hobbes at a GROSS meeting, where Calvin explains that a strange force from between the dimensions is approaching Earth.

At the same time, a tour around Yellowstone Park gets interesting when Jack appears, searching for a metallic box that erupted with the geyser just a bit prior. Returning to Brainstorm's lair, it turns out that he's ''also'' been monitoring the void.
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* AsYouKnow: Something similar is used by Calvin when describing the void.
* CallBack: The MTM's full name is used for the first time in a ''long'' while.
** The tour is rather similar to the one in "Robot's Day Out".
* DontExplainTheJoke: See WaxingLyrical below.
* NoodleIncident: Don't feed the water buffaloes marshmallows.
* WaxingLyrical:
--> '''Jack:''' Yes, I admit you're a genius, but you're also about as coordinated as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_People_Eater one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people-eater.]]\\
''({[beat}})''
--> '''Dr. Brainstorm:''' What?
--> '''Jack:''' Well, they only have one eye. They probably lack depth perception.

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