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1--> ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5137353/7/Calvin_and_Hobbes_The_Series_SEASON_FOUR Socrates]] [[MesACrowd accidentally duplicates himself.]]''
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3Calvin, Hobbes and Socrates are in the middle of a game of Calvinball when they are attacked by Dr Brainstorm, once again trying to destroy them. Although the trio are indifferent, they still recognize the need to get rid of him, so they escape in the wagon and locate the cardboard box.
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5Dr Brainstorm and Jack argue over the existence of Dr B's "report" and how badly Jack is doing, they notice that Calvin and Hobbes are suddenly appearing everywhere at once, constantly running past them in several different directions. While Jack recognizes that they've duplicated themselves with the Duplicator, Dr Brainstorm is freaked out and gives the order to retreat. In the process of escaping, he runs past the original Calvin and Hobbes who are with Socrates by the Duplicator, accidentally bumping into Socrates and sends him into the box.
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7After Dr Brainstorm and Jack depart in a rocket, Calvin and Hobbes realize that Socrates has been duplicated by accident. Calvin is naturally disturbed by these events, but the two Socrateses are delighted to know one another, and they proceed to head into town to cause trouble and prank everyone they see.
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9Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman quickly get irritated and make plans to do something about the extra Socrates.
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11However, there is no need for this. The two Socrateses are constantly trying to outdo each other, and the first Socrates is soon being run ragged by his other self, who seems to thrive on his exhaustion. They try to get a prank ready where they fill someone's swimming pool with ice cream and sprinkles, but it proves to be too elaborate, and it only gets half-finished before they start arguing with each other. Calvin is amused by the situation, and decides to let the event run its course.
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13With the original Socrates getting tired, he tries to escape from his clone, but the other Socrates decides to start pranking him instead. Infuriated, the first Socrates declares war, and the two proceed to engage in a battle of pranks.
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15Meanwhile, Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman have found the incomplete prank (ice cream-filled pool) and decide they can charge people money to eat from it. As they proceed on setting up a stand and passing out advertisements, they observe from a safe distance as the two Socrateses deal with each other.
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17At last, while the four of them are making money, the two Socrateses come to Calvin, demanding that he delete the other one. Calvin instead merges them back together with the Duplicator's undo button, and Socrates is unique again. Although he hasn't learned much from the ordeal, Socrates expresses his new found respect for the others having to put up with him all the time, and he promises to remember that while he's pranking them again tomorrow.
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19!!Tropes:
20* AccidentalHug: Calvin and Susie have one after one of Socrates' pranks causes an explosion.
21* AskAStupidQuestion:
22--> '''Calvin:''' Spoons are complimentary!\
23'''Susie:''' They're free?\
24'''Calvin:''' No, we wrote little personal praises on the handles. ''Yes,'' they're free.
25* BigWhat: Brainstorm does one when Jack remarks that he doesn't care about his report.
26* ElectricJoyBuzzer: Shortly after declaring a prank war, the two Socrateses shake hands and fall victim to this.
27* EscalatingWar: The twin Socrateses' prank war.
28* ImpactSilhouette: Downplayed, as Socrates ends up crashing into the ceiling, but never actually breaks through it.
29* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The twin Socrateses eventually end up like this.
30* PieInTheFace: Andy receives one from one of Socrates' pranks.
31* {{Pluralses}}: How the story treats the twin Socrateses.
32* ShoutOut: Socrates gets awoken by a radio playing "Maybe Tomorrow" by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooch Scooch]] (a British pop band).[[note]]Incidentally, said song was used as the closing theme to ''Series/TheLittlestHobo''.[[/note]]
33** Sherman later asks, "How exactly ''are'' the [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Wonder Twins]], anyway?"
34* ThingOMatic: The Defeat-O-Matic.
35* TroubledFetalPosition: Calvin does this after discovering the two Socrateses.
36* TwitchyEye: Brainstorm gets one as Jack casually walks towards him.
37* UnsoundEffect: The duplicator being reversed gets an '''''"UNBOINK!"'''''
38* WorthyOpponent: A particularly amusing variant:
39--> '''Socrates 2:''' It's been so long since I met a worthy adversary.\
40'''Socrates 1:''' You've only been alive for a few days!

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