Calvin and Hobbes/Fridge: Difference between revisions

* I first read ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' when I was nine, and thought it was quite funny. In the twenty years since, I've reread the series many times, and it feels like every time I do, another strip makes sense, or I notice a double meaning where I didn't see it before. That comic is an entire showroom of fridges. -- Wemmblyhogg

** I just realized that both characters are named after Renaissance philosophers. That is some heavy stuff for a comic strip.

*** I'm not sure the comic books are supposed to symbolize anything; Watterson openly says he hates comic books in the 10th anniversary collection. --[[Jonn]]

**** To be fair, just because he doesn't like comic books doesn't mean he wouldn't use them symbolically. Not all symbolism is positive.--[[opticwind]]

** In the story where Calvin was in the class play about nutrition, he told his mom that he'd be playing "a great dramatic role" that would leave the audience ''in tears.'' He was playing ''an onion.'' I only just realized the hidden joke there... Bravo to Mr. Watterson, especially if it was intentional. --Toru771

* It just hit me that Calvin is the epitome of the [[Byronic Hero]]. -[[The Shadow]]

* One strip has Calvin saying he believes in predestination. Calvin is named after John Calvin, founder of Calvinism, which has predestination as a doctrine.

* In one of the last strips, Calvin grosses out Susie by stuffing manicotti down his shirt and [[Ludicrous Gibs|pretending his guts are exploding out of his stomach.]] He then mentions to himself in the final panel that he should try this in class. Given that the series never evolved timewise from Calvin's standpoint (in that he was perpetually 6 years old and stuck in the same grade for the series' run) could this possibly be [[Noodle Incident|THE noodle incident?]]

[[Category:Calvin and Hobbes]]

[[Category:Fridge]]