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Comic Strip Calvin And Hobbes Discussion
- Write What You Know: In-universe, this is the reason Calvin gives a bemused Hobbes for his attempt to use "man who flicks through channels with a remote control" as a trope in a story he writes.
The pothole to PSOC in the above line was edited out by Madrugada, with the reason: Sinkhole PSOC does not mean "really common" It means "Adds no meaning or information to the story." I'm not seeing how it doesn't qualify. A story about a a man whose defining characteristic is that he flicks through channels with a remote control is exactly as ridiculous as one about someone who is defined by the fact that they sit on chairs. It's an example of a character being confused between tropes and meaningless everyday occurrences, which is exactly what PSOC is about.
Ambiguous Disorder: Calvin—he's wise beyond his years and incredibly imaginative, has no (human) friends and prefers animals to people, has many strange Cloudcuckoolander quirks, can be a stickler for his own personal schedules, and doesn't understand why people behave the way they do.
- Possibly some kind of autism, most likely Aspberger's Syndrome. Just a thought, but I don't think any Real Life disorder exactly fits him of course, being a fictional character.
Go Comics link to read Calvin online.
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/
I think it would be a good idea to add it to the article.
I think it would be a good idea to add it to the article.
I was wondering: are any of Calvin's bad grades a result of Obfuscating Stupidity, or is he Brilliant But Lazy? We've got Obfuscating Stupidity in the main entry right now, but apart from a strip where he says something to the effect of wanting to keep everybody's expectations of him low, I can't think of any times where it's clear that he intentionally tried to create the impression that he was stupid or not right in the head. It does seem like he could do well in school if he put the effort in to learn the subject matter, but he just doesn't have the willpower required to do so.
I've cut the following because I don't think it's an example. Any objections?
- Getting Crap Past The Radar: And how:
Calvin (watching TV): Hey Dad, look at this commercial. Why don't you drive a cool car like that?
Calvin's Dad: That car costs $40,000.
Calvin: And look at the babe he's with. How come Mom doesn't dress like that?
Calvin's Dad (grinning at Calvin's Mom): Yeah, why don't you dress like that?
Calvin's Mom (giving a sinister grin of her own): Because your adolescent fantasies require an adolescent model with implants, honey.
Calvin: Maybe you guys need to drink more beer.- "We're not having an anatomically correct snowman in the front yard."
- This is also possibly the only newspaper comic strip to acknowledge that Santa Claus isn't real, as one strip depicts his parents setting out presents on Christmas Eve. (Although Santa does appear in various Imagination Spots.)