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Coinciding with the directly above theory, Mr. Bun is how Roosevelt personifies himself in his own imaginary world; similarities: he has the appearance of a stuffed toy, he never moves, and the main characters know literally nothing about him. He projects his own ideologies (admittedly, in dumbed-down versions) of "everyone is either a loser, a fool or a corpse, except me" onto Calvin. In doing this, he is fantasising about how he thinks he would behave if he were a human child. Calvin's rants about consumerism and the stupidity of people are Roosevelt projecting onto Calvin. |
Coinciding with the directly above theory, Mr. Bun is how Roosevelt personifies himself in his own imaginary world; similarities: he has the appearance of a stuffed toy, he never moves, and the main characters know literally nothing about him. He projects his own ideologies (admittedly, in dumbed-down versions) of "everyone is either a loser, a fool or a corpse, except me" onto Calvin. In doing this, he is fantasising about how he thinks he would behave if he were a human child. Calvin's rants about consumerism and the stupidity of people are Roosevelt projecting onto Calvin. |
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== Calvin is [ |
== Calvin is [[wikipedia:Frazz|Frazz]]. == |
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You look at that hair and tell me they aren't the same person. |
You look at that hair and tell me they aren't the same person. |
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* It all makes sense. Calvin has picked up his dad's love of cycling, and he works at his school so he can maintain some connection to his youth. |
* It all makes sense. Calvin has picked up his dad's love of cycling, and he works at his school so he can maintain some connection to his youth. |
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...then moves back to the suburbs and becomes Jeremy (15-16) or Jeremy's brother (15-19), and finally Frazz (20s). If he makes purely selfish decisions in life he becomes Slick and never grows physically/mentally/emotionally, although I think he's ''trying'' to get better emotionally at least. Hobbes is replaced by Cow because he got lost during the move, which Calvin/Boy rationalizes as Hobbes going feral. |
...then moves back to the suburbs and becomes Jeremy (15-16) or Jeremy's brother (15-19), and finally Frazz (20s). If he makes purely selfish decisions in life he becomes Slick and never grows physically/mentally/emotionally, although I think he's ''trying'' to get better emotionally at least. Hobbes is replaced by Cow because he got lost during the move, which Calvin/Boy rationalizes as Hobbes going feral. |
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== Calvin is [ |
== Calvin is [[wikipedia:Zits#Jeremy Duncan|Jeremy Duncan]] from the comic strip ''[[Zits]]''. == |
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Hey, kids change a lot between ages six and fifteen... (Apparently, they stop being funny.) |
Hey, kids change a lot between ages six and fifteen... (Apparently, they stop being funny.) |
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* Jeremy Duncan has a brother who's a few years older than him (he doesn't appear often in ''Zits'', because he's attending college). Calvin is quite obviously an only child. So how does Jeremy's brother fit into this theory? |
* Jeremy Duncan has a brother who's a few years older than him (he doesn't appear often in ''Zits'', because he's attending college). Calvin is quite obviously an only child. So how does Jeremy's brother fit into this theory? |
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== Calvin's mother is nicknamed Meg. == |
== Calvin's mother is nicknamed Meg. == |
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In one strip, Calvin gets out of the bathtub and pretends to be [[Godzilla]]. He refers to his mom as [ |
In one strip, Calvin gets out of the bathtub and pretends to be [[Godzilla]]. He refers to his mom as [[Godzilla (Franchise)/Characters|Megalon.]] It follows that her given name must be some variation of either Margaret or Megan. |
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* Of course, this is a reference to ''[ |
* Of course, this is a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Godzilla vs. Megalon|Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''. |
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== Calvin grows up to be [[Beavis and Butthead|Beavis]]. == |
== Calvin grows up to be [[Beavis and Butthead|Beavis]]. == |
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== ''Calvin and Hobbes'' and ''[[Garfield]]'' take place in the same universe. == |
== ''Calvin and Hobbes'' and ''[[Garfield]]'' take place in the same universe. == |
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The connection is [http://garfield.wikia.com/wiki/Lyman Lyman]. He disappears from ''Garfield'' in 1983, then a few years later reappears in ''Calvin & Hobbes''. Lyman is Calvin's [http://calvin.doriennesmith.com/comics/28.php Uncle Max]: his full name is Max Lyman. The evidence is that [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iRE1f7T37Zk/TU_ELSUX_PI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/5t-hEW8zlN8/s1600/14.+Imaginary+Friend.gif Max] and [http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lyman.jpg Lyman] look the same, and have a similar sartorial taste. The few differences between the two (such as Max's bigger nose) can be explained by different artistic impressions of the same character. Max's hairline has receded somewhat since he was living with Jon, but there are years between his disappearance from Garfield and reappearance in Calvin & Hobbes, so that certainly could've happened. Max being Lyman also explain why he's [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iRE1f7T37Zk/TU_ELSUX_PI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/5t-hEW8zlN8/s1600/14.+Imaginary+Friend.gif worried about Calvin's imaginary friend], and why he says that all of his friends might've been imaginary too. When he was living Jon, they were caught up in a [ |
The connection is [http://garfield.wikia.com/wiki/Lyman Lyman]. He disappears from ''Garfield'' in 1983, then a few years later reappears in ''Calvin & Hobbes''. Lyman is Calvin's [http://calvin.doriennesmith.com/comics/28.php Uncle Max]: his full name is Max Lyman. The evidence is that [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iRE1f7T37Zk/TU_ELSUX_PI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/5t-hEW8zlN8/s1600/14.+Imaginary+Friend.gif Max] and [http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lyman.jpg Lyman] look the same, and have a similar sartorial taste. The few differences between the two (such as Max's bigger nose) can be explained by different artistic impressions of the same character. Max's hairline has receded somewhat since he was living with Jon, but there are years between his disappearance from Garfield and reappearance in Calvin & Hobbes, so that certainly could've happened. Max being Lyman also explain why he's [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iRE1f7T37Zk/TU_ELSUX_PI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/5t-hEW8zlN8/s1600/14.+Imaginary+Friend.gif worried about Calvin's imaginary friend], and why he says that all of his friends might've been imaginary too. When he was living Jon, they were caught up in a [[wikipedia:Folie %C3%A0 deux|folie à deux]], where they imagined their cat and dog were acting like human beings. Max realized he had to break away from this fantasy, but Jon, being the more infantile of the two, couldn't do the same. Max realized he had no choice but leave: that's why he disappeared so suddenly from ''Garfield'' and left Odie behind. His past history explains his comment about imaginary friends (he's referring to Garfield an Odie), as well as why he thinks Calvin having an imaginary friend might not be healthy for him. |
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== Either Calvin or Hobbes is a [[Doctor Who (TV)|Time Lord]], maybe both are. == |
== Either Calvin or Hobbes is a [[Doctor Who (TV)|Time Lord]], maybe both are. == |
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