- When Hobbes and Socrates set up a massive Easter Egg Hunt for Calvin
, he is desperate to find them in time. However, something unexpected may keep him from doing it.
Calvin is given a task by Hobbes and Socrates on Easter - find five Easter eggs hidden throughout town in five hours, or get pranked.How? Although he's suspicious of their motives, he accepts and sets off to find them.
While he's gone, though, a news report comes on about two men trying to steal a diamond buried in a treasure chest at the beach. Quickly realizing that the final egg is hidden in a similar chest at the same beach, the two tigers rush off to stop Calvin before it hits the fan.
As for the first three eggs, though...
- The first egg is hidden in the Volcano Cafe, and Calvin only gets it by spilling quite a bit of food and getting kicked out in the process.
- The second egg is in the junkyard, protected by an angry guard dog. Calvin distracts it by insulting it, but he barely makes it back alive.
- The third egg is hidden in a McDonald's playplace, with all the people conveniently emptied out. Calvin finds it in the ball pit, but he scatters the balls everywhere and gets kicked out again.
The twin tigers always arrive one step behind Calvin, and he digs for the last egg at the beach. Meanwhile, the two criminals, Tom and Bill, attempt to find the buried diamond. Unfortunately, just as Hobbes and Socrates arrive, the two treasure chests are mixed up. Socrates manages to get the police to notice, though, and the criminals are captured through a Rake Take to the groin. Calvin flies home with the other two, believing the mix-up to be his prize.
Tropes:
- Angry Guard Dog: Spike.
- Artistic License – Geography: Lampshaded in regards to time zones (among other possibilities):It was Easter Morning in the town that Calvin and Hobbes live in.
Is it Easter Morning where you are?
Probably not, but go ahead and watch the show anyway. - Bait-and-Switch Comment: After Socrates pretends to have given up his pranking way:Calvin: Well, all I can say to that is ... you already tried that one last week. Nice try.
- Beachcombing: Done by Calvin to get the final egg.
- Beat: Specifically noted in the narrative.
- Big "WHAT?!": When the criminals find only an easter egg in the chest.
- Continuity Nod: Calvin references the evil doll incident and Checkerless Checkers at one point.
- Easter Episode: Calvin is forced to find five Easter eggs hidden around town, or else he gets pranked.
- Everyone Has Standards: One of the few limits Socrates has in pranks is serious injury (as in, broken bones and such).
- Foreshadowing: The villains' brown Chevy shows up before their debut.
- Groin Attack: See above.
- I Surrender, Suckers/Heel–Face Turn: Socrates pretends to have reformed at one point.
- It's the Best Whatever, Ever!: "That was the best Easter Egg hunt ever, Hobbes!"
- Jingle: Calvin quotes McDonald's jingle at one point.
- Justified Trope:He whipped out a metal detector.
Yeah, I know the egg's made of plastic, but it's also in a treasure chest, which should have some metal on it. - Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Spike.
- Narrative Profanity Filter: Downplayed; see above.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Tom foils Bill's getaway attempt.
- Race Against the Clock
- Rake Take: Tom accidentally does this to Bill.
- Riddle Me This: The eggs have clues in them.
- Shout-Out: Socrates briefly notes "To the Batmobile."
- Would Hurt a Child: Bill is about to strangle Calvin before the police show up.
