Calvin and Hobbes: The Series/Shout-Out

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"Aunty Em? Aunty Em? Are we still in Kansas?"

  • After yet another failed attempt to scare Calvin and co. in "The Great Halloween Heist":

Jack: "How'd it go, Frank?
Dr. Brainstorm: "Shut up, TV's Jack.

  • A later segment has Andy and Sherman reenacting the Thunderdome joke with Socrates.
  • Calvin's attempt to bug Susie in "A Club's Blow" includes singing this gem:

"AAAHH! I'M NOT GOING TO THE VET! THIS IS A BUGHUNT, MAN! A BUGHUNT! GAME OVER, MAN! GAME OVER! WHAAAAAAAAHH!"

  • "The Alien Huntress" takes a quick gag from Garfield.
  • "Department Store Horrors" has Calvin briefly dressing up as Pajama Sam.
  • From "RIP Calvin":

Calvin: (on meeting their future selves) "That's not possible. Those people are adults. Looks like our show has been spliced in with Star Trek or something."

Spiff: "Wow. R2D2 really let himself go."

Sherman: Only steal from the best!

  • In "Electronic Invasion":

Calvin: (upon several buzzers going off) ACK! WE GOT MOVIE SIGN!
Hobbes: Wrong show.

MTM: Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Calvin: Why?
MTM: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me.
Calvin & Hobbes: (beat) What?!


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