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** The night before, Calvin has a stomachache and calls for his mom. She mutters that he'd better ''[[PlayingSick really]]'' be sick to be getting her up at 2 AM, [[TemptingFate and then she hears him throwing up in bed]]. "I didn't mean it!" She cries immediately after.
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** The night before, Calvin has a stomachache and calls for his mom. She mutters that he'd better ''[[PlayingSick really]]'' be sick to be getting her up at 2 AM, [[TemptingFate and then she hears him throwing up in bed]]. "I "[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor I didn't mean it!" it]]!" She cries immediately after.
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-->'''Susie:''' "Sticks and stones may breaks my bones, but words will never hurt me." ''[[BeatPanel (She starts walking away proudly, then but her face falls)]]'' Yeah, right.
** Add the implication from several story arcs that she's a staunch perfectionist who often panics that a failure in ''first grade'' could ruin her chances of getting into a good college, and Susie really is prime [[TheWoobie woobie]] material.
** Add the implication from several story arcs that she's a staunch perfectionist who often panics that a failure in ''first grade'' could ruin her chances of getting into a good college, and Susie really is prime [[TheWoobie woobie]] material.
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* One that takes a moment to sink in is the Sunday strip that walks Calvin through the various hardships and frustrations of a typical school day. When his mom kisses him goodnight and promises that "tomorrow's another big day!", Calvin's only response is a defeated sigh. Watterson's comment on the strip in the 10th Anniversary book sums it up:
-->''I've never understood people who insist that childhood is an idyllic time.''
-->''I've never understood people who insist that childhood is an idyllic time.''
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** What makes this one especially heartbreaking is that it's probably the only time we see Calvin genuinely concerned about someone other than himself, and genuinely upset about something real and very sad, not just a variation on "he didn't get his way".
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** The night before, Calvin has a stomachache and calls for his mom. She mutters that he'd better ''[[PlayingSick really]]'' be sick to be getting her up at 2 AM, and then she hears him throwing up in bed. "I didn't mean it!" She cries immediately after.
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** The night before, Calvin has a stomachache and calls for his mom. She mutters that he'd better ''[[PlayingSick really]]'' be sick to be getting her up at 2 AM, [[TemptingFate and then she hears him throwing up in bed.bed]]. "I didn't mean it!" She cries immediately after.
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** The night before, Calvin has a stomachache and calls for his mom. She says she's only getting out of bed if he's really sick, and then she hears him throwing up in bed. "I didn't mean it!" She cries immediately after.
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** The night before, Calvin has a stomachache and calls for his mom. She says she's only mutters that he'd better ''[[PlayingSick really]]'' be sick to be getting out of bed if he's really sick, her up at 2 AM, and then she hears him throwing up in bed. "I didn't mean it!" She cries immediately after.
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* The legal battles that Watterson had with his syndicate about merchandising Calvin and Hobbes, as he detailed in the tenth anniversary book. Although he could have used the money, he said that making Hobbes into a plushie or putting Calvin's face on a coffee mug would destroy magic of the strip.
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* The legal battles that Watterson had with his syndicate about merchandising Calvin and Hobbes, as he detailed in the tenth anniversary book. Although he could have used the money, he said that making Hobbes into a plushie or putting Calvin's face on a coffee mug would destroy magic of the strip. Especially sad since this resulted in those knock-off window stickers of Calvin urinating on things, which should have been a blatant trademark violation, being perfectly legal thanks to vagaries of US copyright law.
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** Many people who grew up with undiagnosed learning disorders like ADHD have commented that Calvin's school experiences remind them of their own. With that in mind, Calvin's behaviour at school becomes heartbreaking: he's not acting out for the sake of it, he's ''trying'' to learn but just cannot function in a normal classroom. If someone actually took a moment to help him, he might do okay or even brilliantly, but everyone just thinks he's badly-behaved.
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* One of the earliest story arcs of the strips deals with Hobbes having been stolen from Calvin by a dog. Calvin's desperation as he searches for his best friend really hits home, especially to those readers who had beloved toys lost and stolen as kids. It's also one of the first times in the strip Watterson received fan mail from readers genuinely concerned about Hobbes' wellbeing.
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* The unofficial theme song, "My tiger, my heart":
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* The unofficial theme song, "My "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96tYnz_heI My tiger, my heart":heart]]":
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** The last vacation story is arguably the worst. Prior to this, Mom and Calvin atleast ''begrudgingly'' joined in on camping activities to spend time as a family, but at this point, they're not even trying anymore, and pretty much go out of their way to tell Dad how much they hate the trip AND his hobbies. The guy works his ass off in a boring white collar job day in and day out to provide, and his family cant even give him one week of mild discomfort to indulge in his own passions. Granted, camping isnt great if you arent interested in it, but it's hardly the ordeal that Mom and Calvin acts like it is.
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** The last vacation story is arguably the worst. Prior to this, Mom and Calvin atleast at least ''begrudgingly'' joined in on camping activities to spend time as a family, but at this point, they're not even trying anymore, and pretty much go out of their way to tell Dad how much they hate the trip AND his hobbies. The guy works his ass off in a boring white collar job day in and day out to provide, and his family cant even give him one week of mild discomfort to indulge in his own passions. Granted, camping isnt isn't great if you arent aren't interested in it, but it's hardly the ordeal that Mom and Calvin acts like it is.is.
*** Though considering the utter disaster their first trip (where it continuously rained up until the moment they left) was, it's not entirely unsurprising. Hell, Dad's utter disregard for his wife and son's own feelings on this can be pretty mean on his end.
*** Though considering the utter disaster their first trip (where it continuously rained up until the moment they left) was, it's not entirely unsurprising. Hell, Dad's utter disregard for his wife and son's own feelings on this can be pretty mean on his end.
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* Rosalyn and Calvin never get along, due to Rosalyn starting her babysitter stint by locking up Calvin in the garage and then in his room. Calvin then retaliates, and they never really find common ground ground... [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments until he teaches her how to play Calvinball.Calvinball]].
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** Calvin's dad has to break the news to him. He's not happy about it, especially, when Calvin starts to CryCute loudly and says he can [[spoiler:can't believe the raccoon is gone.]]
** Hobbes and Calvin while talking about it promise that they're not going to leave each other.
** Hobbes and Calvin while talking about it promise that they're not going to leave each other.
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** Calvin's dad has to break the news to him. He's not happy about it, especially, especially when Calvin starts to CryCute sob loudly and says he can just [[spoiler:can't believe the raccoon is gone.]]
** Hobbes andCalvin Calvin, while talking about it it, promise that they're not going to leave each other.
** Hobbes and
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** Another bit of Reality Subtext. The dead bird sketched in the first panel was one that Bill Watterson found outside his home.
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** Another bit of Reality Subtext.RealitySubtext. The dead bird sketched in the first panel was one that Bill Watterson found outside his home.
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* The family returning home from a trip (on which Hobbes had been left behind at home by mistake) and discovering their house had been broken into. Dad muses how he doesn't feel safe in his own home anymore.
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* The family returning home from a trip (on which Hobbes had been left behind at home by mistake) and discovering their house had been broken into. Dad muses how [[AdultFear he doesn't feel safe in his own home anymore.anymore]].
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* ''[[https://pianosapress.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/kazam.jpg Ka-ZAM!]]'' Watterson comments in the tenth anniversary book that "imagination is not always appreciated."
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* Poor Calvins endless misery in school, especially considering that he's in ''first grade''. Middle and high school is going to destroy him. What makes it worse is that Calvin does enjoy learning, but cant handle the stifled public education system, which is based on boring repition and test taking to churn out mindless worker drones.
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* Poor Calvins Calvin's endless misery in school, especially considering that he's in ''first grade''. Middle and high school is going to destroy him. What makes it worse is that Calvin does enjoy learning, but cant can't handle the stifled public education system, which is based on boring repition repetition and test taking to churn out mindless worker drones.
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* The baseball story arc. Calvin signs up for a baseball team, but close to the end, Calvin messes up by accident and makes his team lose. All of the other players cruelly insult Calvin, for something that wasn't really his fault. (One of them even asks if he can hit Calvin with the bat.) The kicker? At the end, Calvin asks the coach if he can sign off and the coach says, "[[KickTheDog Okay, quitter! Goodbye.]]" Thankfully, Hobbes has [[{{Calvinball}} a better idea]] when Calvin gets home.
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* The baseball story arc. Calvin signs up for a baseball team, but team due to being bullied by Moe for being the only boy who didn't sign up. However, close to the end, Calvin messes up by accident accidentally catches the ball for the wrong team and makes his team lose. All of the other players cruelly and mean-spiritedly insult Calvin, Calvin for something an understandable mistake, in a way that wasn't really his fault. ''really'' hits close to home if you've been bullied yourself. (One of them even asks the coach if he can hit ''hit Calvin with the bat.bat''.) The kicker? At the end, Due to this name-calling, Calvin asks the coach if he can sign off and the coach says, off. The coach's response? "[[KickTheDog Okay, quitter! Goodbye.]]" Thankfully, Hobbes has [[{{Calvinball}} a better idea]] when Calvin gets home.
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** The last vacation story is arguably the worst. Prior to this, Mom and Calvin atleast ''begrudgingly'' joined in on camping activities to spend time as a family, but at this point, they're not even trying anymore, and pretty much go out of their way to tell Dad how much they hate the trip AND his hobbies. The guy works his ass off in a boring white collar job day in and day out to provide, and his family cant even give him one week of mild discomfort to indulge in his own passions. Granted, camping isnt great if you arent interested in it, but it's hardly the ordeal that Mom and Calvin acts like it is.
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* Poor Calvins endless misery in school, especially considering that he's in ''first grade''. Middle and high school is going to destroy him. What makes it worse is that Calvin does enjoy learning, but cant handle the stifled public education system, which is based on boring repition and test taking to churn out mindless worker drones.
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** Also, Hobbes shows NoSympathy as Calvin, still sick, lays awake in bed fretting about if he'll go to the hospital or if he's dying.
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** Also, Hobbes shows NoSympathy as Calvin, still sick, lays awake in bed fretting about if he'll go to the hospital or if he's dying. To be fair, Hobbes himself doesn't want to catch Calvin's bug too, but still...
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* There's also the story arc when Calvin has to tell his father that he broke his binoculars, and Dad flies into a tirade lasting for almost an entire strip. At the end of it, a tearful Calvin looks up at the man and says: "I have an idea. Let's pretend I already feel horrible about all this and that you don't need to rub it in anymore."
** [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OJzukcyodA/T_-xb0A0ehI/AAAAAAAAAD4/JJRBaakLKAs/s640/You+Broke+the+Binoculars.gif Even Dad looks heartbroken by that one.]]
** [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OJzukcyodA/T_-xb0A0ehI/AAAAAAAAAD4/JJRBaakLKAs/s640/You+Broke+the+Binoculars.gif Even Dad looks heartbroken by that one.]]
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* There's also the story arc when Calvin has to tell his father that he broke his binoculars, and Dad flies into a tirade lasting for almost an entire strip. At the end of it, a tearful Calvin looks up at the man and says: "I have an idea. Let's pretend I already feel horrible about all this and that you don't need to rub it in anymore."
**" [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OJzukcyodA/T_-xb0A0ehI/AAAAAAAAAD4/JJRBaakLKAs/s640/You+Broke+the+Binoculars.gif Even Dad looks heartbroken by that one.]]
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* The baseball story arc. Calvin signs up for a baseball team, but close to the end, Calvin messes up by accident and makes his team lose. All of the other players cruelly insult Calvin, for something that wasn't even his fault! (One of them even asks if he can hit Calvin with the bat.) The kicker? At the end, Calvin asks the coach if he can sign off and the coach says, "[[KickTheDog Okay, quitter! Goodbye.]]" Thankfully, Hobbes has [[{{Calvinball}} a better idea]] when Calvin gets home.
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* The baseball story arc. Calvin signs up for a baseball team, but close to the end, Calvin messes up by accident and makes his team lose. All of the other players cruelly insult Calvin, for something that wasn't even really his fault! fault. (One of them even asks if he can hit Calvin with the bat.) The kicker? At the end, Calvin asks the coach if he can sign off and the coach says, "[[KickTheDog Okay, quitter! Goodbye.]]" Thankfully, Hobbes has [[{{Calvinball}} a better idea]] when Calvin gets home.
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** The night before, Calvin has a stomachache and calls for his mom. She says she's only getting out of bed if he's really sick, and then she hears him throwing up in bed. "I didn't mean it!" She cries immediately after.
** Also, Hobbes shows NoSympathy as Calvin, still sick, lays awake in bed fretting about if he'll go to the hospital or if he's dying.
* Susie wants to be friends with Calvin, or at least play with the only kid on their neighborhood block. Calvin refuses, due to Susie being a girl. He has made her cry, tossed apples and pine cones at her, and refused to play house her way. While he is sincere at times, like when he thanks her multiple times for finding Hobbes and keeping him safe, Calvin is too mean the rest of the time.
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* The legal battles that Watterson had with his syndicate about merchandising Calvin and Hobbes, as he detailed in the tenth anniversary book. Although he could have used the money, he said that making Hobbes into a plushie or putting Calvin's face on a coffee mug would destroy the deliberate ambiguity of whether or not Hobbes was real.
* Watterson having to fight for his comic to end on his terms.
** Also, Hobbes shows NoSympathy as Calvin, still sick, lays awake in bed fretting about if he'll go to the hospital or if he's dying.
* Susie wants to be friends with Calvin, or at least play with the only kid on their neighborhood block. Calvin refuses, due to Susie being a girl. He has made her cry, tossed apples and pine cones at her, and refused to play house her way. While he is sincere at times, like when he thanks her multiple times for finding Hobbes and keeping him safe, Calvin is too mean the rest of the time.
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* The legal battles that Watterson had with his syndicate about merchandising Calvin and Hobbes, as he detailed in the tenth anniversary book. Although he could have used the money, he said that making Hobbes into a plushie or putting Calvin's face on a coffee mug would destroy the deliberate ambiguity of whether or not Hobbes was real.
* Watterson having to fight for his comic to end on his terms.
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** Later, he talks to his wife about how, during his own childhood, he always trusted his parents to fix everything, and it never crossed his mind that they might not have any idea ''how''...which is the same situation he's in now.
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* Some of the LittleKnownFacts that Calvin's dad recites are quite cruel. He claims that while most babies are bought from Sears, Calvin was a Blue Light Special at KMart. Also, he tells Calvin that he grew from a grub and pupated at age two.
* The fact that no one is ever happy during family vacations except Calvin's dad. Calvin's miserable by the end of it, Mom is a grump without her coffee and being woken up at dawn, and Calvin's dad keeps taking them to various islands for camping. (Bill Watterson later confirmed that ''his'' dad would do the same thing.)
* Stupendous Man never wins in any of his storylines. Calvin tries to claim that he gets "Moral victories".
** Also, compared to how Calvin normally behaves, in one arc he changes into Stupendous Man to try and pass a test at school. If he had simply told Miss Wormwood what it was, she may not have dragged him to the principal's office and gotten him into trouble since he technically didn't cheat.
* Rosalyn and Calvin never get along, due to Rosalyn starting her babysitter stint by locking up Calvin in the garage and then in his room. Calvin then retaliates, and they never really find common ground until he teaches her how to play Calvinball.
* The fact that no one is ever happy during family vacations except Calvin's dad. Calvin's miserable by the end of it, Mom is a grump without her coffee and being woken up at dawn, and Calvin's dad keeps taking them to various islands for camping. (Bill Watterson later confirmed that ''his'' dad would do the same thing.)
* Stupendous Man never wins in any of his storylines. Calvin tries to claim that he gets "Moral victories".
** Also, compared to how Calvin normally behaves, in one arc he changes into Stupendous Man to try and pass a test at school. If he had simply told Miss Wormwood what it was, she may not have dragged him to the principal's office and gotten him into trouble since he technically didn't cheat.
* Rosalyn and Calvin never get along, due to Rosalyn starting her babysitter stint by locking up Calvin in the garage and then in his room. Calvin then retaliates, and they never really find common ground until he teaches her how to play Calvinball.
** Calvin's dad has to break the news to him. He's not happy about it, especially, when Calvin starts to CryCute loudly and says he can [[spoiler:can't believe the raccoon is gone.]]
** Hobbes and Calvin while talking about it promise that they're not going to leave each other.
** Hobbes and Calvin while talking about it promise that they're not going to leave each other.
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** Meanwhile, Calvin is practically in hysterics trying to find Hobbes because he thinks his best friend has been tigernapped. (Thankfully, he was not.)
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** Meanwhile, Calvin is practically in hysterics trying to find Hobbes because he thinks his best friend has been tigernapped. He even tells his mother that "Hobbes is so trusting," especially since Hobbes is established as a misanthrope. (Thankfully, he was not.)
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** Another bit of REality Subtext. The dead bird sketched in the first panel was one that Bill Watterson found outside his home.
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** This story has a bit of RealitySubtext to it, as Watterson said it had "just wrote itself" when his wife found a dead kitten one day.
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** This story has a bit of RealitySubtext to it, as Watterson said it had "just wrote itself" when his wife found a dead kitten one day.
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* The last strip (and the name of the last book) of the comic's run is definitely tragic on a meta level. "[[AndTheAdventureContinues It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy. Let's go exploring]]!!"
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* The last strip (and the name of the last book) of the comic's run is definitely tragic bittersweet on a meta level. "[[AndTheAdventureContinues It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy. Let's go exploring]]!!"
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* The baseball story arc. Calvin signs up for a baseball team, but close to the end, Calvin messes up by accident and makes his team lose. All of the other players cruelly insult Calvin, for something that wasn't even his fault! (One of them even asks if he can hit Calvin with the bat.) The kicker? At the end, Calvin asks the coach if he can sign off and the coach says, "[[KickTheDog Ok, quitter! Goodbye.]]" Thankfully, Hobbes has [[{{Calvinball}} a better idea]] when Calvin gets home.
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* The baseball story arc. Calvin signs up for a baseball team, but close to the end, Calvin messes up by accident and makes his team lose. All of the other players cruelly insult Calvin, for something that wasn't even his fault! (One of them even asks if he can hit Calvin with the bat.) The kicker? At the end, Calvin asks the coach if he can sign off and the coach says, "[[KickTheDog Ok, Okay, quitter! Goodbye.]]" Thankfully, Hobbes has [[{{Calvinball}} a better idea]] when Calvin gets home.
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* In one strip, Calvin gets sick and as his mom prepares to call the doctor tells him that he won't have to miss school because it's Saturday. Calvin responds [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness with a weak "I know"]]. [[AdultFear Understandably, his mom races to the phone immediately]].
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** What's worse is that throughout the story up to that point, Calvin is genuinely worried about how angry his father will be, and it almost makes the reader wonder if his fear is just making things seem worse in his head. ''It's not.''
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* There's also the story arc when Calvin has to tell his father that he broke his binoculars, and Dad flies into a tirade lasting for almost an entire strip. At the end of it, a tearful Calvin looks up at the man and says: "Hey Dad, I have an idea. Let's pretend I already feel horrible about all this and that you don't need to rub it in anymore."
** Even Dad looks heartbroken by that one.
** Even Dad looks heartbroken by that one.
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* There's also the story arc when Calvin has to tell his father that he broke his binoculars, and Dad flies into a tirade lasting for almost an entire strip. At the end of it, a tearful Calvin looks up at the man and says: "Hey Dad, I "I have an idea. Let's pretend I already feel horrible about all this and that you don't need to rub it in anymore."
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** [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OJzukcyodA/T_-xb0A0ehI/AAAAAAAAAD4/JJRBaakLKAs/s640/You+Broke+the+Binoculars.gif Even Dad looks heartbroken by that
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* ''[[https://pianosapress.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/kazam.jpg Ka-ZAM!]]''
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* ''[[https://pianosapress.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/kazam.jpg Ka-ZAM!]]''Ka-ZAM!]]'' Watterson comments in the tenth anniversary book that "imagination is not always appreciated."
