Calvin converts the technology from his transmogrifying cardboard box into a water pistol, and wants to use it to transform into a Pterodactyl. Hobbes messes up, leading to an argument between the two that ends with Calvin stuck as an owl.
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- Bittersweet Ending: Calvin wakes up as a human boy again, believing that the transmogrifying effect wore off overnight, but now has to continue going to school.
- Mr. Imagination: Calvin believes his transmogrifying experiment has turned him into an Owl, but a few scenes from the perspective of Calvin's mom show that Calvin is still a human boy and the transmogrifying is just his imagination.
- No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Calvin's transmogrifying gun is the only one he has, and has no contingency plan for if the gun stops working. So when the gun breaks while Calvin is an owl, he has no ability to transform back.
- Placebo Eureka Moment: Calvin is freaking out about how he's going to live as an owl, concerned about how the other kids at school will react on seeing him. Hobbes points out that owls don't go to school. Immediately, Calvin starts singing, suddenly very happy about what he believes will be the rest of his life.
- Terror-dactyl: Calvin wants Hobbes to use the transmogrifier to turn him into a pterodactyl so he can terrorize the neighborhood. At first, Hobbes turns him into a chicken instead because he was hungry; then he turns him into a pterodactyl... a small one, because "big dinosaurs give me the willies."Calvin:' Say, when did you turn yourself into a 200-foot-tall colossus?
Hobbes: I didn't. Why? - Transformation Ray: Calvin's transmogrifier gun, which transforms anyone into whatever the wielder thinks of.
