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13	* ComicBook/SupermanBatman #75 pays homage to the strip with [[http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4jgxS.jpg their own version]], ''"[[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] and ComicBook/{{Lex\|Luthor}}."''
14	** A previous ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story showing "WhatIf... Lois and Clark had a kid?" had six-year-old Lara as Calvin and Mr. Mxyzptlk as Hobbes.
15	* The ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' comic has an AlternateUniverse Darkwing drawn in the strip's style.
16	* Molly in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' is rather fond of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs.
17	* One issue of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' has a cover wherein Apple Bloom reads a ponified version of the strip.
18	* Apparently, ComicBook/DoctorStrange is a fan of the strip. In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' #374, he tells Spider-Man that "Even a Sorcerer Supreme reads the newspapers, to keep abreast of current events... and ''Calvin and Hobbes''!!"
19	* A Katie Kaboom story in an issue of [[ComicBook/{{Animaniacs}} the Animaniacs comic]] had her babysit a black haired version of Calvin.
20	* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The non-canon side series ''Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius'' is pretty blatantly inspired by this strip, with H.E.R.B.I.E. serving as the Hobbes to Franklin Richards' Calvin.
21	* The eighth issue of ''ComicBook/EightBillionGenies'' has a variant cover depicting a genie version of Calvin overlooking a scene with several F-35s and a paratrooper''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
22	* The 65th issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' shows a stuffed tiger colored green and a doll of a red-haired boy in a yellow shirt resembling Hobbes and Calvin respectively on Vanessa Kapatelis's bed.
23	* The cover of ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'' vol 1 #4 shows Wonder Girl, Arrowette and Secret (who join the team in this issue) outside a boarded up Justice Cave, with Superboy, Robin and Impulse glaring at them from between the boards. Written on the boards are "He-Man Woman Haters - No Girls".
24	* ''Comicbook/Shazam2023'' #8 has Mr Tawky Tawny refer to Sugar-Frosted Chocolate Bombs. Bonus points for Tawky being a talking tiger.
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27	[[folder:Comic Strip]]
28	* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' has a few references, such as this dialogue:
29	-->'''Peter''': [after an [[{{Feghoot}} incredibly lame pun]] by Jason in the style of ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine''] Remind me to start hiding your ''Pearls Before Swine'' books.\
30	'''Jason:''' You still haven't returned my ''Calvin and Hobbes'' books after the NoodleIncident, by the way.
31	** A couple strips have background characters with Calvin's distinctive hairstyle.
32	** One particular one has Jason and Marcus creating an identical snow sculpture of a snowman with a hole in his chest and a cannon right next to it to one in a Calvin and Hobbes strip -- then creating sculptures of Calvin and Hobbes goofing around with the cannonball. "See, this way it's an homage, not a ripoff."
33	** In the last panel of the [[https://gocomics.com/foxtrot/1998/10/03 October 3, 1998 strip]], Jason appears dressed in Calvin's signature shirt and holding a stuffed tiger; to top it off, his mouth is drawn in the style of ''Calvin and Hobbes''.
34	** In one Halloween strip, Eileen's friend Phoebe wears a tiger costume and has a tiny stuffed Calvin.
35	** Jason and Marcus often go to a store called Calvin's Hobbies.
36	** The day after ''Calvin and Hobbes'' ended its run, Paige complains, "There's no ''Calvin'' in the comics."
37	** One comic mentioned a LawyerFriendlyCameo titled "[[UsefulNotes/MartinLuther Luther]] and [[UsefulNotes/JohnLocke Locke]]".
38	* ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'' presents [[http://www.calvin-und-hobbes.com/images/stories/gastspiele/chtri28.gif a rather dark ending to the strip.]] [[spoiler:"Did you just hear a burp?"]]
39	** Hobbes is also among the imaginary friends shown [[http://www.calvin-und-hobbes.com/images/stories/gastspiele/chtri25.gif here]].
40	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/image/cache/data/cartoons/2010-07-22C-240x331.gif What is Calvin listening to?]]
41	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/image/cache/data/cartoons/1994-07-12B-240x331.gif Hobbes talks to his therapist]].
42	** Hobbes is one of the cartoon characters featured in [[https://www.offthemark.com/image/cache/data/cartoons/1999-04-18B-500x259.gif this strip]] about how to create your own cartoon character.
43	** Calvin also appears in [[https://www.offthemark.com/image/cache/data/cartoons/1995-05-28C-500x259.gif this strip]], waiting in line to get a haircut from the Toontown Barber.
44	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/image/cache/data/cartoons/1998-08-02C-500x259.gif Calvin]], [[https://www.offthemark.com/image/cache/data/cartoons/2014-05-25C-500x259.gif Hobbes]], and [[https://www.offthemark.com/image/cache/data/cartoons/2020-08-23C-644x300.gif Calvin's parents]] are also residing at the [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Betty Rubble]] Center For Recovering Toons.
45	* In a ''ComicStrip/OneBigHappy'' strip, Ruthie and Joe are supposedly about to travel back in time, when Ruthie comments about the food they packed: "Won't the popcorn turn into corn on the cob, then into corn stalks? And the orange juice will turn into oranges before our very eyes!" Joe then comments that he would have been better off with a stuffed tiger as his co-pilot.
46	* One ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' title panel has several newspaper comic characters trick-or-treating, Calvin being among them.
47	* Calvin has made a number of cameos in ''ComicStrip/{{Lio}}'', walking the line between ShoutOut and TakeThat. [[http://classic.tcj.com/strips/lio-versus-calvin-freudian-funnies/ This article]] reprints some of them.
48	* ''ComicStrip/MotherGooseAndGrimm'': [[http://www.thecomicstrips.com/properties/grimmy/art_images/cg518feb1ab7624.jpg Here]] Ralph assumes that ''Film/LifeOfPi'' is a ''Calvin and Hobbes'' movie.
49	* ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'': In [[https://i.redd.it/ue1dagba8pq01.jpg this strip]], Calvin is one of the guests at Curtis' party, along with [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks Huey Freeman]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]], and ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}.
50	* ''ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward'': In [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220710052555/https://comicskingdom.com/sally-forth/2022-07-10 this strip]], Ted's mom's boyfriend offers to teach him UsefulNotes/{{cricket}}, calling it "like {{Calvinball}} but with a lot more rules".
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54	* The Great Hogwarts NoodleIncident, the details of which are never revealed in ''Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}}'' canon, and which, according to Remus: "all started with a comic book, an action figure, and a stuffed tiger..." According to WordOfGod, the comic book and action figure are Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff, respectively.
55	* ''FanFic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria''; one of the side stories to ''Mare of Steel'' has Rainbow Dash playing superhero as a child, complete with her arch nemesis "Mom Lady" and introducing herself as "Defender of Cloudsdale, foe of Tyranny!"
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59	* In ''Film/PointBreak1991'', Angelo laughs at a ''Calvin and Hobbes'' strip in the paper during a stakeout.
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63	* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': In the short story "Nasty, Brutish and Short" (compiled in the ninth ''Grantville Gazette'' collection), Princess Kristina is shown to be a fan of the strip. When Hobbes' namesake Thomas Hobbes ends up in town, she tries to convince him to dress up as the Hobbes to her Calvin for Halloween.
64	* Emma from ''Literature/BecauseOfTheRabbit'' longs for a best friend and hopes to be half of an "and", like Calvin and Hobbes.
65	* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In ''The Meltdown'', Manny creates grotesque snowmen that seem to be a reference to the grotesque snowmen Calvin makes.
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68	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
69	* In one of the ''Series/{{Community}}'' Halloween episodes, Abed goes as Calvin and Troy goes as Hobbes.
70	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' has an exchange involving a bootleg T-shirt of [[{{Rule 34}} Calvin doing Hobbes]].
71	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In the episode where Joel, Tom and Crow watch ''Hercules Unwound'', during the scene where a tiger pounces on Hercules, Crow exclaims, "Hobbes, get off me!"
72	* In the ''Series/TedLasso'' episode “Two Aces”, Ted tells his team that nothing lasts forever except for the words and wisdom of ''Calvin and Hobbes''.
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75	[[folder:Music]]
76	* The German folk band The Beatlesøns included [[https://youtu.be/8X-_g6Oyzm4 a cover of]] "The Yukon Song" on their album ''Songs For Camilla''.
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80	* In ''Podcast/SporadicPhantoms'', the tiger at The Gardens is named Hobbes.
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83	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
84	* An AprilFools edition of ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine introduces the Plush Golem to ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', a seemingly ordinary plush toy, which magically comes to life to play with the child who owns it. While a Plush Golem can be made to look like any kind of plush toy, ones shaped like tigers are specifically mentioned, with the note that children who own them always seem to be in trouble.
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87	[[folder:Theatre]]
88	* In the playscript of ''Theatre/MenAtArms'', one of Leonard of Quirm's cartoons is about a little boy with a toy tiger. (The original novel has [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} a little boy with his kite stuck up a tree]].)
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92	* ''VideoGame/StarControl'' has a pilot named Spiff.
93	* ''VideoGame/SpacewardHo'' has a planet named Hobbes, among [[ReferenceOverdosed many other pop-culture-derived names]].
94	* ''VideoGame/SwarmSimulator'' features the "Bats aren't bugs!!" exchange from [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/11/03 this strip]].
95	* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'':
96	** The black panther monster has an attack where it pounces on you, ending with the phrase "Homicidal psycho jungle cat!"
97	** The description of the War Frat Mobile Grill Unit has this:
98	--->Oh, and look -- there's a sticker on the back window with some cartoon character peeing on something. Now that's unexpected.
99	** One adventure has the option to get meat from a hobo by telling him it's OppositeDay, and that you declared it oppositely by ''not'' declaring it, much like an exchange between Calvin and Hobbes.
100	** The "cheap toaster" item has a description containing a joke from one strip:
101	--->This is a cheap toaster. You put bread in it, push down the lever, and in a couple of minutes, toast comes out! [[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPJD6SSBFI0CVEiQLjgv-5KPzt_ki0zw8_94XlyZd_pxPglAsq Nobody knows where the bread goes.]]
102	** The "pair of [=eXtreme=] mittens" remarks on the player's "lack of razor-sharp claws", much like Hobbes said in one strip.
103	** One strip has Calvin finding a secret decoder ring, joyfully declaring that he and Hobbes can communicate to each other without their parents understanding, then realizes that they probably can't understand him normally anyway. This is given homage in the description of the encoder ring item:
104	--->Now you can send secret messages to your friends that will look like complete gibberish to everyone else. Assuming, of course, that that wasn't already the case anyway.
105	** The Mad Hatrack familiar says something similar to Tracer Bullet: "[[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0I-fvIaKNY4hKKO2AFcTnT8T-1TrRSPqW4kix2LRhsPfjk_zgQA I have three slugs in me. One's made of lead, and two are made of bourbon]]."
106	** The funny paper hat describes several different comic strips, ending with "Whew, thank god for the lunatic kid who thinks his stuffed animal's alive."
107	* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat'': In the Trial of Grievance (Instant Action), you could change your own name since it was separate to either campaign. Naming yourself "Calvin" allowed you to wear the [[PoweredArmor Elemental Battle Armor suit]] whereas naming yourself "Hobbes" allowed you to pilot the [[SpiderTank Tarantula quad-'Mech]].
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111	* In ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'''s 2014 Halloween toon "I Killed Pom-Pom!", The Cheat dresses as Calvin's sci-fi alter ego Spaceman Spiff.
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115	* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'': [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/comics/20121203-cereology.png Strip #436]] has Virus find ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs in the cereal isle.
116	* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', strip [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00125.gif 125]]: Sam blamed the NoodleIncident on "that spiky haired boy with the stuffed tiger."
117	* The series is referenced, among other newspaper strips, in the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}''.
118	* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' celebrated its 50th strip with a comic done in the style of the series, titled "Gooey Kablooie."
119	* America in earlier strips of ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' behaves rather like Calvin.
120	* ''Webcomic/MobTies'' has a reference to the series.
121	* ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' has several references to the strip:
122	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/0078.png #78]] has the famous Transmogrifier strip, altered so that Calvin's changed form is now Garfield.
123	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/0084.png #84]] has a strip about Jon's imagination changed to replace Jon with Calvin, and the middle panel shows Spaceman Spiff aiming his laser gun at Garfield on a distant planet.
124	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/0157.png #157]] alters a strip about rain to show the infamous peeing Calvin decal causing it.
125	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/0604.png #604]]'s original strip had Garfield and Jon walking past each other multiple times. The original punch line was Garfield saying "Round table"; the new version changes it to "Calvin's duplicator."
126	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/1053.png #1053]] compares a strip from ''Garfield'' and a strip from ''Calvin and Hobbes'', both about rat tailing someone.
127	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/1368.png #1368]] has a ''Garfield'' panel showing up in the middle of a ''Calvin and Hobbes'' strip, both originals involving a joke about a channel changing screen.
128	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/1443.png #1443]] again compares two strips from both series, both with the philosophy "If you spend enough time planning, you don't have to do anything."
129	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/1457.png #1457]] alters a snowman-themed strip to show some of Calvin's creations peeking in Jon's window.
130	* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'':
131	** When the characters are having [[https://xkcd.com/409/ a philosophical discussion mirroring their electric skateboard journey]], they collide with Calvin and Hobbes in their cart.
132	** In [[https://xkcd.com/529/ another strip]], they complain that the sledding failed to be a metaphor for the conversation, and conclude that it's not a ''Calvin and Hobbes'' toboggan.
133	** [[https://xkcd.com/702/ Snow Tracking]] includes "Kid with Transmogrifier" and "Kid with Duplicator".
134	** In [[https://xkcd.com/1002/ Game AIs]], the game at the far end of "Computers may ''never'' outplay humans" is {{Calvinball}}.
135	* Three early ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'' strips in a row:
136	** In "[[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2008/10/06/ode-on-a-kitty-tummy/ Ode on a Kitty Tummy]]", Peanut's poem directly refers to ''Calvin and Hobbes''
137	** The [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2008/10/08/philosophical-quandaries-must-wait/ next strip]] has Peanut pulling Grape in a cart while complaining the hills aren't steep enough, and is called "Philosophical Quandaries Must Wait".
138	** And the [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2008/10/10/scientific-progress-goes-zonk/ one after that]] has Peanut make a teleporter out of a cardboard box, and is called "Scientific Progress Goes Zonk".
139	* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
140	** The sign for the Transmogrifier is, of course, [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-31 made out of cardboard]].
141	** A [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] example [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-04-08 here]]:
142	--->'''Uptrobar:''' A pair of ancient human philosophers pithily described this not-uncommon circumstance... [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov]] said that scientific progress is less "Eureka" and more "That's funny", and {{Hobbes\|WasRight}} said [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/01/10 "Scientific progress goes 'boink.'"]]
143	--->'''Lefevre:''' ''({{facepalm}}ing)'': Watterson. That was ''Watterson''.
144	** [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2020-07-25 A guest strip]] references the final ''Calvin'' strip.
145	* ''Webcomic/DorkTower''
146	** [[http://www.dorktower.com/2007/01/01/comics-archive-873/ One strip]] has Igor as "Spaceman Splat" as a pastiche of Spaceman Spiff, in what turns out to be the last time he was allowed to play ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''.
147	** When the [[http://www.dorktower.com/2019/01/22/snow-job-dork-tower-22-01-18/ artist complains]] that his daughter has guilted him into sledding with her, she retorts that appropriating other cartoonists' intellectual properties isn't right either, in a panel which is clearly intended to invoke her as Calvin and him as Hobbes. An apology to Bill Watterson appears under the strip.
148	** And [[http://www.dorktower.com/2019/03/04/the-10-solution-dork-tower-04-03-19/ a guest comic]] has Carson and Ken sledding, while Carson expounds his thoughts, and Ken complains that the ''only'' reason they're sledding is for the ''Calvin and Hobbes'' riff.
149	* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': during the Millennium attacks of 1999, Calvin, Hobbes, and Susie (who now can see Hobbes for who he really is) go fight off vampires in Washington, D.C., which is where they were for a school trip when the attacks began. It's also revealed through WordOfGod that Calvin's parents got Hobbes from [[Manga/PetShopOfHorrors Count D]], and when they're older Calvin will work for arms dealer [[ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie Ann Warbucks]] while Susie becomes a diplomat, and they're the parents of [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Bonnie.]]]]
150	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Pintsize plays Spaceman Spiff in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=937 this guest comic]].
151	* ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'': Sandra asks Woo if he's going to "[[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2008/11/20/the-moment-of-dawning-comprehension/ attack her all the time like a certain tiger]]". The next panel shows him mimicking Hobbes's leaping pose (as seen on the cover of ''Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat''). In [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2011/07/28/0294-homecoming-ii/ another strip]], Larisa paraphrases Calvin's quote on DeliberateUnderPerformance.
152	* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'': Calvin makes an appearance in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/erma/erma-strip-8/viewer?title_no=170650&episode_no=52 this]] strip alongside several other comic strip characters who want Erma to sit with them.
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156	* ''Website/ActsOfGord'' has an image of the titular Gord facepalming, drawn in the style of Calvin.
157	* ''Website/TheOnion'' has an [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/peeing-calvin-decals-now-recognized-as-vital-chann,386/ article]] treating the infamous peeing Calvin decals as SeriousBusiness.
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161	* An EasterEgg in the [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner sbemail]] "theme party" has a bootleg shirt showing Calvin passed out with a Music/TheGratefulDead dancing bear.
162	* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'':
163	** In the review of ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt'', Critic compares the main character of Calvin with that of the titular character in ''Calvin and Hobbes''.
164	--->'''Critic:''' So we see our main character named Calvin. And no, he's not a ten year old with an imaginary tiger, but he's pretty much on the same brainlength.[[note]]Calvin is six, Critic got his age wrong.[[/note]]
165	** In the review of ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'', Raoul Puke compares the strange premise to a "Spaceman Spiff" fantasy.
166	** In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'' review, Critic responded to the extremely reclusive Once-ler with, "Oh my god, we finally found Creator/BillWatterson!" (HilariousInHindsight when Bill briefly came out of retirement not too long after to guest-draw ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'')
167	** In the review of Creator/FoxKids, Malcolm describes ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'' as "''Calvin and Hobbes'' if they were made by [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders]]".
168	** In the review of ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', the Critic unfavorably compares Greg's drawings to Calvin's.
169	* In "WebVideo/GoldenBookVideoKillers XVIII", at one point during the Golden Goose story, Daffy is heard saying "Slippin' rippin' dang fang rotten zarg barg-a-ding-dong!"
170	** In "Golden Book Video Killers - Ai and Sam's Edition", the characters reenact the "Maybe the seal round the tub leaks" strip.
171	* LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}:
172	** In Episode 49 of his ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' Let's Play, while playing the Tenta Brella, he says he's, "pitching the tent", to which he mentions that he can't hear that phrase anymore without thinking of the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6nTB2qWUAIMf6b.jpg strip]] where Calvin misinterprets the saying as throwing the tent away.
173	** In Episode 44 of ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' on LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys, he quotes Calvin saying, "[[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJcekisWQAAKTFk.jpg Einstein had bad grades? Mine are even worse!]]"
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176	[[folder:Western Animation]]
177	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Holly Jolly Secrets", the Ice King creates snow goons to attack Finn and Jake.
178	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "The Wacky Molestation Adventure", Craig is dressed as Spaceman Spiff.
179	** Also, the way Butters (as Professor Chaos) behaves in class is reminiscent of Calvin as Stupendous Man.
180	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'': In the sketch "ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} [[Film/FieldOfDreams of Dreams]]", Calvin[[note]]who's miscolored - his hair is brown as opposed to blonde and his shirt is blue instead of red[[/note]] and Hobbes are among the comic strip characters that Creator/SethMacFarlane encounters.
181	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Mxyzpixilated", the ''Daily Planet'' [[http://i.imgur.com/cOAmGia.jpg comics page]] has a strip named [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS "Dini the Meany"]] that has a similar art style to ''Calvin and Hobbes'' and is made by "Bill Wemissu", a reference to Bill Watterson ending the strip.
182	* According to WordOfGod, the Wattersons from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' are named after Bill Watterson.
183	* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" has Stewie sending a picture of a mumps-riddled Meg via text message to Calvin.
184	** Also, in the infamous ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''/''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' [[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E1TheSimpsonsGuy crossover]], Peter begins the episode by getting his own newspaper comic strip. When his offensive content angers the townsfolk and the Griffins are forced to flee, Peter is given the option to submit one final comic strip before he leaves. Said comic strip is a shot of himself, walking out of a newspaper office, with a written goodbye on his in-universe desk. He refers to this act as "going out on top, just like Bill Watterson".
185	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''
186	** A sketch from "Lust for Puppets" depicts Calvin as an insane kid who believes Hobbes is alive. His parents put him on electroshock therapy and pills, but Hobbes comes back to life and urges Calvin to murder them with a chainsaw, which he does. Calvin gets caught by the police and winds up wearing a straitjacket in a padded cell with Hobbes while under the delusion that they're visiting Mars.
187	--->'''Calvin''': ''(getting off a spaceship and stepping onto Mars)'' Wow! Mars is amazing!\
188	'''Calvin''': ''(in reality, wearing the straitjacket)'' Mars is amazing...Mars is ''amaaaaaaazing...''
189	** A sketch from "Jew No. 1 Opens a Treasure Chest" features Calvin and Susie all grown up and married to each other, with Susie wanting Calvin to pee on her despite his objections, and Hobbes decides to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave them alone]].
190	--->'''Calvin:''' Susie, I did not agree to those decals! Some douche-schnozzle used my likeness without permission, and suddenly those things were everywhere, okay?!
191	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Fat Man and Little Boy", Moe asks Bart if he has a T-shirt of Calvin peeing on Hobbes. When Bart answers no, Moe asks "Well what ''do'' you have him peeing on?"
192	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'' parodied Calvinball with Mollyball, a fictional sport named after the title character where the rules are made up as the game goes on.
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