Line #180 Fanfic/RetroChill


1	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2719141/1/Retro_Chill Retro Chill]]'' is a CrossOver of sorts between two ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' ScriptFic trilogies - Creator/{{Swing 123}}'s series (consisting of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'', ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea'', and ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'') and Creator/{{garfieldodie}}'s series (consisting of ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat'', ''Fanfic/AttackOfTheTeacherCreature'', and ''Fanfic/TroubleIsland''). It is perhaps the turning point in [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]] - two previously unrelated stories come together to form a cohesive whole.
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3	Fittingly, Retro and Rupert & Earl Chill have teamed up to get their archenemy - our six-year-old protagonist. They successfully abduct him, leaving behind an EvilKnockoff to fool the other four protagonists. Now, Calvin must escape the ship before everything goes kaput.
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5	A [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13266325/1/Calvin-and-Hobbes-IV-Retro-Chill-REWRITTEN rewrite]] has been completed, acting as the GrandFinale of the rewritten Calvinverse.
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7	!!This fanfic provides examples of:
8	[[folder: Tropes for the original]]
9	* AccidentalMisnaming: Played with - it first appears that Evil Calvin calls Susie "Marcie", but he then reveals he was actually talking to ''Moe''. He then calls him "Mack" and "Ginger".
10	* ActuallyADoombot: Calvin ''[[WrongGenreSavvy believes]]'' this when he encounters the real Retro, and tries to prove it's this.
11	* AirVentPassageway: Calvin ends up in one in Chapter 11.
12	* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: The evil Calvin has a New York accent.
13	* AndIMustScream: The heroes' plan is to trap Rupert, Earl, and Retro in paused time forever.
14	* AreWeThereYet: Socrates says this while the group travels to Rupert's ship.
15	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: According to Calvin, second grade involves "mustard gas, whips, swinging pendulums, and long division."
16	* AuthorCatchphrase: "Help. Cry for help." It first appeared in ''Double Trouble'', then appears in Chapter 18 here, then shows up in the first and second season of ''The Series''.
17	* BigBadDuumvirate: Retro and Bob team up with Rupert and Earl.
18	* BigDamnHeroes: Hobbes and the others arrive in the upgraded wagon in Chapter 20.
19	--> '''Calvin:''' [[LampshadeHanging Where were ''you'' this whole time!]]
20	* BigNo: Calvin does one after the planet selector fails to take him to Earth.
21	** Evil Calvin also does this when he's sucked up by the Imaginator, turning into a RapidFireNo.
22	** Calvin does another one (after a BigWhat) when he learns he has to go to school tomorrow.
23	* BigRedButton: Retro pushes one to activate a [[DoNotAdjustYourSet signal]] in Chapter 11.
24	* BigShutUp: Retro does one to quiet the aliens down.
25	* BigWhat: Calvin does one after Retro tells him that he'll be tortured. It's quickly subverted, though, because Calvin didn't actually hear what he was saying.
26	** Calvin does a straighter one after learning he has to go to school tomorrow, followed by a BigNo.
27	* BlackBeltInOrigami: Calvin quotes the {{Trope Namer\|s}} in Chapter 6.
28	* {{Blackmail}}: Evil Calvin plans to use the Planet Deteriorater to blackmail the ''planet'' into bowing down to Retro and Rupert. It's even the title of Chapter 11!
29	* BlahBlahBlah: The narrator says this during a scene where Retro tries to quiet the aliens down.
30	* BookEnds: The very end of the movie is a line-for-line recreation of dialogue from the beginning of ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat'' (which, canonically, is the first installment in TheVerse).
31	* BreathWeapon: The Spacers suck things into their mouths ala ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''.
32	* BrickJoke: In Chapter 7, Evil Calvin complains about the quality of a certain vendor's chocolate ice cream, planning to sue. Later, in Chapter 13, he asks Fake Mom and Fake Dad for some chocolate ice cream - specifically better than the vendor's. (He's still planning to sue, too.)
33	** An early chapter has Sherman biting Socrates' ear. In Chapter 13, Sherman responds to a disparaging remark of his with "Come closer so that I may bite you," prompting Socrates to back away and rub his ear.
34	** Another early chapter has Calvin playing mock-''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' with an alien. Much later, in Chapter 14, an alien responds to a question with "I'll take weird creature for 500, please."
35	* BringIt: Lampshaded.
36	--> '''Evil Calvin:''' Bring it on.\
37	'''Calvin:''' Is that the best banter you can come up with?\
38	'''Evil Calvin:''' I'm working on short notice. Give me a break.
39	* CardCarryingVillain: Evil Calvin, unsurprisingly.
40	* ChekhovsGun: After Socrates uses the Time Pauser, Andy pockets it for safekeeping. Later, in Chapter 13, he and Sherman flee from some guards and end up activating it.
41	--> '''Sherman:''' Well, well. It would appear that your inability to remember anything has paid off.
42	** Better yet, the very first chapter has Calvin using the Time Pauser to extend summer vacation, and Hobbes asks "what happens when you touch the button again, but I'm not touching you? Do I stay here in the point where time doesn't exist?" ''Seventeen'' chapters later, Hobbes remembers this moment and comes up with a plan to trap the villains in paused time forever.
43	*** The original "gun" comes up again, as Andy apparently dropped it - leading ''Retro'' to get it.
44	** Another incredibly long wait between reappearances: the guitar used in the climax of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'' is used again to get Calvin out of a force field.
45	** The gun used at the end of ''Fanfic/TroubleIsland'' (helpfully pointed out by the narration) is used again to revert things back the way they were.
46	* ChirpingCrickets: ''Alien'' crickets, no less.
47	* CirclingBirdies: After getting socked by the evil Calvin, Hobbes sees "a bunch of stars, planets, tweety birds and somewhere in the deeper recesses of his brain, he heard a harp playing for no apparent reason."
48	* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Done somewhat jokingly with Calvin.
49	--> "Well, it's about time! I've been waiting a full one minute! Who has that kind of time? Get me out of here!"
50	* ContinuityNod: The evil Calvin references [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble VVV's]], much to Hobbes' disgust.
51	* CoolStarship: Sherman built one, and nobody's too sure ''how'' he managed to do it.
52	* CowardlySidekick: Bob to Retro.
53	* CrapsackWorld: Earth under Evil Calvin's management.
54	* {{Dedication}}: Bill Watterson is thanked in the opening credits.
55	* DelayedReaction: It takes a ''long'' time for Galaxoid and Nebular to figure out that Calvin was lying about being the Earth Potentate.
56	* DelinquentHair: Evil Calvin has a mohawk.
57	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
58	--> '''Retro:''' This is perfect, Bob. With my brains and his army and my brains, we could rule the world side-by-side.
59	* {{Descriptiveville}}: Apparently, Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm are the makers of the best Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm-ian burgers in all of Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm-ville.
60	** Later, Ernie suggests that the newly-conquered Earth be renamed "Retro and Rupertville". It gets shot down quickly.
61	* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Retro, Rupert, and Earl do this to every station in the world, explaining their EvilPlan.
62	* DoubleSubversion: When Socrates finally learns about his transmitter chip, he marches over to Sherman, plucks him up, and... begins laughing. After everyone else starts laughing, he abruptly stops and angrily tells him to take it out.
63	* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Retro does this with Calvin when they're arguing over whether the former is Rupert in disguise or the actual Retro.
64	* DudeWheresMyRespect: PlayedForLaughs, as Calvin wants more respect than he really needs.
65	* EarthShatteringKaboom: Sherman creates a device that can destroy planets, and Evil Calvin repeatedly threatens to use it once he gets his hands on it.
66	* {{Egopolis}}: Retro and Rupert brainstorm names for their newly-controlled planet. Among them include Rupretoia, [[Series/DoctorWho The Planet of Evil]], and The Planet of No Calvin.
67	** Much later, in a mere two weeks Evil Calvin manages to turn Earth into a dictatorship, where everyone bows down to him and follows his laws:
68	--> No watching TV unless it's the military channel, all money from the toy stores go to him, and you have to say "Long live Evil Calvin" every day.
69	* EvilKnockoff: The villains create an evil Calvin to ruin the real one's reputation.
70	* EvilLaugh: Lampshaded:
71	--> Evil Calvin laughed.\
72	[[LemonyNarrator I doubt that I have to tell you how he laughed.]]
73	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Brainstorm's Defeat Current Dictator and Give User Control all at the Same Time device.
74	* ExtremeOmnivore: The Shadowfax eat anything they can.
75	* EyePop: Bob does this after Calvin threatens him with death.
76	* FacePalm: Calvin does one after being tricked by Socrates.
77	** Hobbes does this later on.
78	** Hobbes does this ''again'' after trying to [[KillItWithFire kill the Shadowfax with fire]], which doesn't work.
79	** Everyone excluding Calvin and the villains when Calvin boldly states Bob's HeelFaceTurn.
80	* FireballEyeballs: Evil Calvin gets these after getting pounced on by Hobbes in Chapter 20.
81	* {{Gasp}}: Done by Calvin when he learns of the villains' plot. His parents do another one soon after for the same reason.
82	* GetOut: Remarked upon:
83	--> '''Rupert:''' ''Next'' time, Next time, we don't just go bursting into people's homes like we did. We freaked everyone out.\
84	'''Earl:''' Isn't that a good thing?\
85	'''Rupert:''' Normally, yes, but it's not when they throw their furniture at us and yell "GET OUT, GET OUT".
86	* GroupHug: Socrates asks for one as a LastRequest - allowing him to use the Time Pauser and get out of Dodge.
87	* HaHaHaNo: Socrates' reaction to Sherman suggesting he'll let the whole transmitter chip thing slide.
88	* HatesBeingTouched: Bob immediately zooms away upon realizing Earl's about to touch him during their conversation.
89	* HeelFaceTurn: Bob.
90	--> '''Hobbes:''' Welcome to the Good Side. [[MemeticMutation Don't expect free donuts, though.]]
91	* HiddenDepths: Hobbes is surprisingly good at singing.
92	** Also, Andy has a black belt in karate.
93	* HoldUpYourScore: Rupert, Earl, and Bob give Retro a 10, 9.5, and 9 for his attempt to get the aliens to shut up.
94	--> "Hey, I beat my old record."
95	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every chapter is [[TitledAfterTheSong named after a song.]]
96	* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: The planet selector's explanation of Earth is "home to the most obsolete and stupidest aliens in the universe, THE EARTHLINGS!" Calvin argues against it, but the voice simply tells him that they're always fighting and have never visited another planet. He can't argue with that.
97	* InsultBackfire:
98	--> '''Susie:''' Man, you ''are'' evil!\
99	'''Evil Calvin:''' Why, thank you.
100	* IronicEcho: Evil Calvin threatens a man that he'll be beaten senseless on the count of three. Later, when he holds the remote to destroy the Earth, he does the same thing - only everyone bows down before "three".
101	* KillAndReplace: Retro's plan for Calvin is to kidnap him, ruin his reputation with an evil clone, lower defense systems so the aliens can take over, and then kill the real Calvin.
102	* KillItWithFire: Hobbes tries this on the Shadowfax, but it doesn't work - the ''Spacers'' are weak to fire, and the Shadowfax actually love it.
103	* KillItWithIce: The actual weakness of the Shadowfax, which Socrates exploits with a catch rope and a freezer.
104	* KillItWithWater: Hobbes tries this on the Shadowfax, but it doesn't work - it was actually the Blackosts that were weak to water.
105	* LastRequest: Evil Calvin lets Socrates have his - a GroupHug, which allows him to use the Time Pauser and save everyone.
106	* LetsSplitUpGang: Everyone splits up in Chapter 13, taking one invention with them.
107	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Hobbes and Socrates agree on this when they accidentally get caught in a net.
108	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: ''Finally'' subverted, as Calvin tells Socrates about the chip in his head.
109	* LookBehindYou: Calvin claims that there's a white thing with glowing green eyes and razor-sharp talons behind the aliens in Chapter 7, inciting mass panic and allowing him to escape.
110	* LoopholeAbuse: The arena forbids using Calvin's inventions... but that doesn't stop ''Sherman'' from constructing something.
111	* MacGyvering: Sherman takes an advanced Zok gun, the wagon, and a propeller, and constructs an armed vehicle in Chapter 15.
112	* MaliciousMisnaming: Socrates calls Sherman "Bucky".
113	* MarshmallowDream: Referenced as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
114	* MeaningfulName: The Tornaduses can create tornadoes, and the Clawracks have WolverineClaws.
115	* MediumAwareness: When the group encounters a goose in space:
116	--> '''Hobbes:''' Well, this story is starting to get weird.\
117	[...]\
118	'''Socrates:''' Well, the authors have added in giant mutant geese. This should be an interesting scene.
119	** Then, at the end of Chapter 17:
120	--> '''Hobbes:''' OK. ''Now'' we're doomed.\
121	'''Calvin:''' Unless we [[AssPull miraculously come up with a plan in the next chapter.]]
122	** "Wow. That was even more dramatic than the lava scene."
123	** Chapter 20:
124	--> '''Hobbes:''' [[LampshadeHanging People sure do get slammed into a wall a lot in this scene.]]\
125	'''Calvin:''' Well, what else are we supposed to do?
126	* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: This is how Hobbes defeats the Clawracks. The trope name is even mentioned.
127	* MysteryMeat: The aliens' dinner meatloaf had contents so disgusting, ''[[TakeOurWordForIt the narrator refuses to say what it is.]]''
128	* TheNapoleon: Retro remarks "Hard to beat up someone, when you're three feet tall, huh?", and Calvin reacts with horror.
129	* NoSell: Moe is not knocked back at ''all'' when Calvin crashes into him in Chapter 20.
130	* NotHimself: The evil Calvin, masquerading as the real one, ends up suspected as this by Hobbes and Socrates.
131	* NotSoInnocentWhistle: Socrates does this after the evil Calvin informs Sherman about something derogatory he said.
132	** The alien crew also do this when Earl asks why they didn't take Calvin to the torture room. (Answer: they were too busy watching ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.)
133	* NumberedSequels: Zig-zagged. The fic itself has no numeral, but other sources tag it with a "4".
134	* OffWithHisHead: Rupert threatens Lenny with this if the latter starts freaking out about the ghost again.
135	* OnlyOneName: Lampshaded as the three antagonists get trapped in paused time:
136	--> Rupert Chill was gone.\
137	Retro Griffin was gone.\
138	Earl... uh... Earl was gone.
139	* OurFounder: Evil Calvin has a monument of him when he takes over Earth.
140	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Evil Calvin has no trouble at all beating people up.
141	* PlaygroundSong: Socrates sings "48 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" in Chapter 12, much to the annoyance of everyone else.
142	* PunBasedTitle: Chapter 13 is titled [[Music/HerbieHancock "Feats Don't Fail Me Now"]].
143	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "'''''I...... AM... NOT... THE... EARTH... POTENTATE!'''''"
144	* RapidFireNo: Evil Calvin does this while being sucked up by the Imaginator.
145	* ReactiveContinuousScream: A newly-awakened Calvin and an alien do this for a bit in Chapter 4.
146	** Also done briefly between Bob and the rest of the protagonists in Chapter 12, though Hobbes stops it because [[GoldfishPoopGang Bob is harmless.]]
147	* RuleOfThree: People wondering how "a little hairball (Sherman) built something so big".
148	* RunningGag: The alien crew freaking out about a ghost.
149	** In a fight scene, someone kicking/stomping on another person's appendages, causing them to scream "YEEEE-OW!" or something similar and drop one of Calvin's inventions.
150	** Bob getting startled by the aliens.
151	* TheScream: Every protagonist does this at the start of Chapter 17, as it appears they'll crash into lava and die (except Socrates, who somehow knew that the ships were lava-proof).
152	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: ''Socrates'' does this to Hobbes for a change.
153	--> '''Hobbes:''' Hey, ''I'm'' supposed to be the one that vanishes and leaves the other hanging! Now I know how Calvin feels when I do it to him.
154	* SealedEvilInACan: Retro and Bob were trapped in a box, and Rupert and Earl accidentally free them.
155	* {{Sequelitis}}: The movies that Galaxoid and Nebular send down InUniverse.
156	* ShoutOut: Every chapter is [[TitledAfterTheSong named for a song]]: see the list below.
157	** Calvin mentions wanting to be on ''Good Morning America'' and ''Series/TheDailyShow''. Hobbes suggests he could get an interview on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' instead.
158	** Calvin tricks an alien into letting him out of his cell by pretending to host ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
159	** Apparently, Galaxoid and Nebular sent Hobbes and Socrates copies of ''[[Franchise/JurassicPark Triassic Park IX]]'' and ''Film/HarryPotter XCIX: The Fifth Hogwarts [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Reuinion]]''.
160	** In Chapter 6, Calvin claims he has [[WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut a black belt in origami.]]
161	** The alien crew gets distracted by ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' in Chapter 7.
162	** Among the names Retro and Rupert come up with for the newly-conquered Earth in Chapter 11 is [[Series/DoctorWho "The Planet of Evil"]].
163	** In Chapter 13, Socrates meets Retro and remarks:
164	--> "Oh, it's [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry!]] Which of those creatures behind you are [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly and Mo?]]"
165	** Chapter 15 has Socrates reciting a poem from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Sleepy Time":
166	--> ''There once was a man from Peru\
167	Who dreamed he was eating his shoe\
168	He woke with a fright\
169	In the middle of the night\
170	[[MarshmallowDream To find that his dream had come true]].''
171	*** Also in Chapter 15, Hobbes sings "The Best Song Ever" by Chris Rice (which also names the chapter).
172	** In Chapter 16, Andy turns on the radio to find "Thunderbirds are Go" by Music/{{Busted}}[[note]]written for the 2004 ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'' movie[[/note]].
173	--> "This is a good song."
174	* SoLastSeason: In ''[[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble Double Trouble]]'', the Shadowfax were [[WeakenedByTheLight easily defeated with any kind of light.]] The ones in ''this'' story, however, are much bigger than the last ones, and presumably a special variety immune to light.
175	* SuperSpeed: The Clawracks are ''very'' fast.
176	* SureLetsGoWithThat: Bob says this verbatim when Rupert questions him on why he let Calvin leave.
177	* TakeANumber: Done in the Torture Place, despite nobody else being in the store. They end up with 5,849,596, and it takes more than a ''day'' to get to their number.
178	* TakeThat: The Torture Place has the complete first and second seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' on VVV.
179	* TeleportersAndTransporters: Sherman has a teleportation belt.
180	* ThisIsADrill: Brainstorm bursts in the castle with a giant drill in Chapter 20.
181	* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Galaxoid tosses a planet field guide at Rupert, specifically revealing that Earth does not have a potentate.
182	* TitledAfterTheSong: Every chapter title is one of these.
183	* TractorBeam: Sherman's ship ''[[AvertedTrope doesn't]]'' have one of these, and Calvin gets angry about it.
184	--> "THAT DUMB HAMSTER BUILT IN A SHIELD, LASERS, AND HIGH TECH LAVA PROOF METAL, ''BUT HE CAN'T PUT IN A STUPID BEAMER!''"
185	* TrilogyCreep: Serves as this to ''two'' different trilogies.
186	* {{Troperiffic}}: This story is the point where the verse starts being this.
187	* WeNeedADistraction: Calvin gets Bob to wave his arms around so he can escape his cell once again.
188	* WolverineClaws: The Clawracks have these, unsurprisingly.
189	* WorstWhateverEver: Evil Calvin yells at an ice cream vendor that their chocolate ice cream was the worst he's ever had.
190	* YouAreInCommandNow: Hobbes ends up becoming the leader of the group with Calvin in captivity.
191	* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Hobbes says this when Dave suggests playing ''TabletopGame/GoFish'' in Chapter 14.
192	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The protagonists have finally gotten Rupert, Earl, and Retro out of the way, the alien crew is happy, and they all return home. It all seems well until you remember there was ''[[EvilKnockoff another]]'' threat back on Earth...
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195	[[folder: Tropes for the rewrite]]
196	* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The story -- and thus, the rewritten Calvinverse -- ends with Calvin and his friends going off on another adventure.]]
197	* BackForTheFinale: Pretty much every major character is back, including Susie, Moe, Rosalyn, Galaxoid and Nebular, and even [[spoiler: former one-off villain, Jark]]. Subverted with Miss Wormwood, as Calvin is no longer in her class, although she does get a mention in the epilogue.
198	* BigBadEnsemble: On one hand, we've got a BigBadDuumvirate of [[AliensAreBastards Rupert]] and [[MadScientist Retro]] trying to finally exact their revenge on Calvin, but Retro [[TheStarscream plans to betray Rupert]], not seeing him as human. They replaced the original Calvin with an EvilTwin, but he is TheUnfettered and quickly develops his own agenda, recruiting Jark and the monsters under his bed to destroy the world. And then we've got [[EldritchAbomination the Entity]], who is manipulating all these parties for its own ends.
199	* BreakingSpeech: Retro attempts this when he informs Calvin of his theory that [[spoiler: everything that's happened since ''Can You Imagine That?'' is a result of the original Imaginator imprinting on Calvin's subconscious, giving him the real friends he had always yearned for, enemies that he could defeat on his own, and a chance to be the hero. Whether or not this is true, it's never confirmed, but Calvin refuses to believe it either way.]]
200	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: An evil bus - Jark from Season 3's ''Attack of the Monsters'' two-parter is back and ready to rumble, thanks to Evil Calvin.]]
201	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[spoiler: As he and his fellow monsters are defeated, Jark vows he will get revenge one day. Calvin and the others can't seem to remember who he is.]]
202	* ChallengingTheBully: Moe [[TheBusCameBack returns]] one last time for Calvin to stop him from picking on Susie in an epic (non-violent) CurbStompBattle. The best part is that, as Calvin points out, Moe is so low on Calvin's threat list by this point that there's [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore not even a hint of fear for him]]. It shows just how much Calvin has changed over the years.
203	* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Unlike the previous version, which saw the heroes undergo a more comedic torture, this version ''starts out'' comedic but turns incredibly serious as Rupert and Retro put Calvin through some serious psychological torture that leaves him practically comatose.]]
204	* DirtyCoward: Moe, big time. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Evil Calvin is disgusted]].
205	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler: Rupert and Earl's friendship breaking down is not unlike a toxic, sometimes abusive, relationship, as Earl tries to hold everything together despite how dangerous Rupert is before finally having to admit that he needs to abandon him for Earl's own good, as well as for the crew and their planet.]]
206	** [[spoiler: Dr Brainstorm explaining to his family that he isn't evil is depicted not unlike someone coming out of the closet.]]
207	* EldritchAbomination: Whatever the Entity is, it is beyond worldly (let alone human) comprehension. Not really on the same plane of existence as everyone else? Check. Suggested to have [[PowersThatBe had a hand in previous Calvinverse events]]? Check. Makes its presence known with [[HolyIsNotSafe blinding light]]? Check. What little we see of it being [[CombatTentacles long, dark tentacles]]? Check. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Not having any specific preference for good or evil]]? Check. [[spoiler:Implied to be at least somewhat responsible for Hobbes being "real?"]] Aaaaand check.
208	* EndOfSeriesAwareness: During the epilogue, Socrates creates one last vlog for his viewers and thanks them for all the support they've given him and his friends, tying into how ''Retro Chill'' is the finale of the rewritten Calvinverse. The other characters also discuss their various past adventures and how they would've liked to do some things differently.
209	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Earl realizes he's finally reached his limit when he sees how sadistically Rupert and Retro are torturing Calvin. The aliens agree, but they were never all that evil to begin with.]]
210	* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Rupert and Retro being trapped in time-stop for all eternity is bad enough, but the Entity clearly has malicious intentions as it wraps its long legs around them, intending to feed on their now never-ending lives.]]
211	* GrandFinale: Of the rewritten Calvinverse stories, and the Calvinverse as a whole.
212	* GrowingUpSucks: Calvin begins to feel this way as second grade approaches, feeling depressed and melancholic about the changes in his life. Thankfully some encouragement from the gang, Rosalyn, and especially Hobbes seems to improve his mood at least a little. [[spoiler: Then Rupert and Retro kidnap him immediately after.]]
213	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dr Brainstorm starts heading this way through the story, but he briefly contemplates a HeelFaceTurnSlam when his fan club points out he could use the monsters to take over the world. Thankfully, Jack talks him out of it, and he plays this trope completely straight.]]
214	** Also, [[spoiler: the alien crew finally defect away from Rupert when Earl shows them the ColdBloodedTorture that he and Retro are inflicting on Calvin, and they decide to stand up to Rupert's cruelty.]]
215	** [[spoiler: Earl, meanwhile, seems to be undergoing more of a HazyFeelTurn, as while he hasn't exactly renounced his evil ways, he recognizes that Rupert is going too far, and is acting more out of pragmatism - protecting the people of Zok - than any kinship with the heroes.]]
216	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Calvin enters one after his brutal torture session. He's able to force himself out of it when Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man and Tracer Bullet join forces in his mind to get his brain working again.]]
217	* HesBack: [[spoiler: Dr Brainstorm, after receiving a pep talk from Rosalyn, of all people, finally gets out of his funk and decides to save the world from Evil Calvin and the monsters.]]
218	* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: Moe is put through this as Evil Calvin avenges "himself" for the bully's past cruelty, putting him in a jester's outfit, keeping him on a leash and forcing him to eat garbage. Of course, Moe learns no humility from this, believing it should be ''him'' ruling the monsters and dreaming of the day when he can go back to beating up little kids again.]]
219	* IgnoredEpiphany: [[spoiler: Socrates attempts to reason with the alien crew to let them go so they can save Calvin, but they're not used to thinking for themselves and lock them away. Later subverted when they are shown the full scale of Rupert's cruelty.]]
220	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Any hope that Moe may have a speck of decency inside of him comes crashing down during the monster invasion. When cornered by the monsters, he begs for them to eat Calvin instead of him (with the provision that he get his spare change beforehand), and he spends much of his captivity yearning to beat up smaller children and taking over the monsters for himself.
221	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
222	** The pay off to the RunningGag about Socrates' vlog has him thanking his viewers and talking about ending his video series, which could also be construed as speaking to the viewers at home about the end of the Calvinverse.
223	** During the epilogue, the gang talks about some of their adventures in a manner that sounds like the authors sharing their opinions on said adventures (wishing they gave the story where Andy was mistaken for a pharaoh a follow-up, for example).
224	* LetsGetDangerous: Hobbes does a very effective job of leading the group on their mission to rescue Calvin.
225	** Also - [[spoiler: Dr Brainstorm when he decides it's time to snap out of his funk and save the world from the monsters.]]
226	** Hobbes again [[spoiler: when he learns of Calvin being tortured, leading to him attacking Rupert.]]
227	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Just what exactly is Hobbes? How are all of Calvin's adventures real? The story's answer:[[spoiler: it doesn't matter. Theories are presented, such as Retro believing that Calvin's first altercation with the Imaginator left his imprint on the universe, creating enemies for him to beat, but it's never definitely stated whether this is true. Hobbes' nature, meanwhile, is hinted to be connected to the Entity, as it greets him as "old friend" when they briefly encounter, but Hobbes himself doesn't seem sure, despite feeling a small degree of recognition upon seeing him. In any case, by the end of the story, he has a super-vague idea of what he is, but he's decided it's irrelevant. What's really important is being Calvin's best friend.]]
228	* ParentalSubstitute: Jark becomes a very twisted version of this towards Evil Calvin, at one point even calling him "the son I always hungered for".
229	* PostClimaxConfrontation: [[spoiler: Rupert and Retro are defeated in Chapter 18. The Evil Calvin storyline continues into Chapters 19 and 20.]]
230	* SaveTheVillain: Calvin saves [[spoiler: Earl from being burned alive - a fate he realizes is far too grisly for him.]]
231	* ShipTease: A ''very'' brief one, but Calvin's admission that he's impressed with how Susie handled herself during the monster invasion comes across as a tad flirty, which Susie clearly reciprocates.
232	* ShoutOut: Doubles as a MythologyGag, as Watterson named Miss Wormwood after the character by CS Lewis, Calvin's second grade teacher is named Mrs. Screwtape, after a character from the same story.
233	-->'''Hobbes:''' Your teachers have weird names.
234	* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler: The Evil Calvin attempts to get inside Calvin's head, about how he's a part of him that can't be gotten rid of, but Calvin flat out tells him to shut up and tackles him back into the Duplicator.]]
235	* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Calvin's parents and Rosalyn surprise themselves in how well they deal with escaping from the monsters, as well as saving Susie from Evil Calvin and Jark.]]
236	** [[spoiler: Susie herself later takes a level when helping interrogate one of the monsters, taking advantage of its hatred of cuteness to torture the answers out of it.]]
237	* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: Hobbes when he finds Calvin being tortured. He's able to take Rupert down singlehanded until Socrates reminds him that Calvin will need help recovering.]]
238	* VillainousBSoD: Rupert has reached his all-time low at the beginning of this story. After his last defeat at Calvin's hands after ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'', he's lost the will to do anything but stew in his own hatred for the boy, leaving the last remnants of his empire to continue crumbling around him.
239	** Dr Brainstorm has entered a more tragic one, as he seems to finally be aware of how small the odds are of him finally taking over the world, leading him into a fit of depression that Jack is having trouble shaking him from.
240	** [[spoiler: Earl enters one when Calvin saves his life. He's not used to someone looking out for him, never mind a mortal enemy.]]
241	* WhamLine: A small one in Chapter 18, courtesy of Galaxoid and Nebular, who have spent every moment of the 'Verse and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes original comic]] believing that Calvin is the Earth Potentate:
242	-->Galaxoid: ''(fondly referring to Calvin's gang)'' Nice group, them.
243	-->Nebular: Indeed. Convenient that Calvin was the first human we ever met.
244	-->Galaxoid: Very... It really is a shame, though...
245	-->Nebular: Hmm?
246	-->Galaxoid: [[spoiler: [[EverybodyKnewAlready He really ''should'' be the Earth Potentate.]] He's so overqualified for it.]]
247	-->Nebular: ''(Nods in agreement)''
248	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Exploited by Calvin against the titular villains. Retro, during his BreakingSpeech (described above), [[VillainBall brags to Calvin about his intentions]] to destroy Rupert as well since he doesn't see the alien as real. In the final battle, once he's rendered defenseless, Calvin immediately begins [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asking Rupert what he will do once Retro turns on him]]. A few moments later, Rupert demands the Imaginator from Retro, who refuses to give it up, and [[EvilVersusEvil the rest is history]]]].

Context Fanfic / RetroChill