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* ArcFatigue: In the 10th anniversary retrospective book, author Bill Watterson writes about how he wanted to get this reaction with one particular story arc, but wound up fatiguing himself instead. Specifically, this was the surreal arc where Calvin's personal gravity reverses, then he grows so large that he falls off the planet. Watterson wanted to drag the story out until he started receiving complaints from readers--but instead he wrapped up the arc of his own volition first. Aside from getting cold feet over deliberately annoying his readers, Watterson just lost interest in the story itself, describing it as "weirdness for weirdness' sake."
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* SacredCow: Unlike the likes of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' or ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that ''genuinely'' hates this comic or finds it worthy of mockery. The closest you'll get is the aforementioned MemeticMutation above where Calvin "kills" Hobbes by taking medication or jokes about how they were killed in a horrible sledding accident following the final comic, but even those jokes are considered stale and overdone.
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* SacredCow: Unlike the likes of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' or ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that who ''genuinely'' hates this comic or finds it worthy of mockery. The closest you'll get is the aforementioned MemeticMutation above where Calvin "kills" Hobbes by taking medication or jokes about how they were killed in a horrible sledding accident following the final comic, but even those jokes are considered stale and overdone.
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** Bill's decision [[FanworkBan not to license]] the strip. Many agree with his choice, pointing to other strips that were cheapened by [[CashCowFranchise excessive merchandising]], and saying that anyone who wants merch isn't a [[NoTrueScotsman true C&H fan]]. Others lament over how great it would be to see an AnimatedAdaptation, especially since the characters would've had a chance to become more popular in other countries. In regards to this, there's three divisions about merchandise: Either A) You're [[NoTrueScotsman not a true fan for wanting merch]], B) You don't want merch for respecting Bill's choice, or C) TakeTheThirdOption and while respecting Bill's decision against ''official merch'', but feel fan merch is a ''whole'' different story. And D) Respecting Watterson's wishes, but understanding the lack of licensing meant it opened the doors to things like the 'Calvin peeing on things' decals that goes against the spirit of the comic.
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** Bill's decision [[FanworkBan not to license]] the strip. Many agree with his choice, pointing to other strips that were cheapened by [[CashCowFranchise excessive merchandising]], and saying that anyone who wants merch isn't a [[NoTrueScotsman true C&H fan]]. Others lament over how great it would be to see an AnimatedAdaptation, especially since the characters would've had a chance to become more popular in other countries. In regards to this, there's there are three divisions about merchandise: Either A) You're [[NoTrueScotsman not a true fan for wanting merch]], B) You don't want merch for respecting Bill's choice, or C) TakeTheThirdOption and while respecting Bill's decision against ''official merch'', but feel fan merch is a ''whole'' different story. And D) Respecting Watterson's wishes, but understanding the lack of licensing meant it opened the doors to things like the 'Calvin peeing on things' decals that goes against the spirit of the comic.
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*** A debate paper on whether or not Tyrannosaurus was a scavenger or a hunter (notable in that even the ''teacher'' acknowledged this was more than he could have handled).[[note]]Calvin himself picked the topic of this one, though.[[/note]]
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*** A debate paper on whether or not Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' was a scavenger or a hunter (notable in that even the ''teacher'' acknowledged this was more than he could have handled).[[note]]Calvin himself picked the topic of this one, though.[[/note]]
