Calvin and Hobbes: The Series/Tropes A-M: Difference between revisions

[[Calvin and Hobbes The Series (Fanfic)/Tropes N-Z|The rest of the tropes are on this page.]]

=== Tropes for ''[[Calvin and Hobbes The Series (Fanfic)|Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]'', A - M: ===

* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: "Confessions of a Prank-Loving Tiger" for Socrates, [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"Hypercube"]] [[Captain Obvious|for the Hypercube,]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"An MTM Episode"]] [[Captain Obvious|for the MTM]], and "Robot's Day Out" for Jack.

* [[Author Appeal]]: Swing123 ''really'' likes ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

* [[Bigfoot Sasquatch and Yeti]]: A Yeti attacks Socrates and Stupendous Man in "The Five Calvins".

* [[Bill Bill Junk Bill]]: "Chains"

''[[Spongebob SquarePants|GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE AND PRAISE THEM ON THE DOUBLE!]] (CAL-VIN AND HOBBES!)'' }}

* [[Brain In A Jar]]: {{spoiler|The true nature of [[My Future Self and Me|Future Calvin.]]}}

* [[Christmas Episode]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"A Calvin and Hobbes Christmas!"]]

* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: Calvin's hometown has seen a [[Mad Scientist]] and [[Snarky Non Human Sidekick|his robot]] exit their Yellowstone Park lair, had its citizens replaced by [[Creepy Monotone]] clones, attacked by a monster...

* [[Conversational Troping]]: Lots of it in "Hypercube". Among the subjects discussed include some [[Fridge Logic]] about [[Star Trek the Next Generation|the Borgs]], the origin of scotch tape's name, and a restaurant in Los Angeles advertising both doughnuts ''and'' chinese food in the same sentence.

* [[Crossover]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"Calvin's]] [[Batman]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Adventure"]]

* [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"The Black Turning Funnel"]], "The Sky Is Falling", and takes a darker turn in "The Five Calvins".

* [[Donut Mess With a Cop]]: Referenced in "The Genius Hamster":

* [[Double Meaning Title]]: "RIP Calvin". At first it appears that [[My Future Self and Me|Future Calvin]] is dead... {{spoiler|but he's alive, albeit as a [[Brain In A Jar]]. Then, later, their future selves start attacking them. Guess who's the first to die?}}

* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: One causes lots of trouble in "Monkey See, Monkey Maim".

* [[Everything's Worse With Bears]]: "Have You Seen This Tiger?" and "Camp Blues".

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: A fair amount of episode names, [[Overly Long Gag|as this page will attest to.]]

* [[Face Death With Dignity]]: {{spoiler|Calvin manages to do this at the end of "Our Solemn Hour".}}

* [[For Halloween I Am Going As Myself|For New Year's, I Am Going as Myself]]: "New Year, New Disasters":

* [[Get Back to The Future]]: "Time Terror"

** [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs]]: Hobbes' destination.

{{quote| '''Calvin:''' ''(trying to figure out if a [[Chain Letter|chain letter]] is true to its word) ''Oh man, my problems are solved! Precious hamster will definitely know what to do!<br />

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Socrates ends up falling into one of his own pranks in "An MTM Episode".

{{quote| '''Sherman:''' (on ''[[Underdog (Film)|Underdog]]'') I'm just not in the mood to see another movie about talking animals.<br />

* [[I Warned You]]: From [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"An MTM Episode"]]:

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Calvin has fleeting instances where he is actually very empathic to others. His biggest example of this was when he came to the aide of his alien friends when their planet was invaded.

* [[Medium Awareness]]: [[Calvin and Hobbes The Series (Fanfic)/Medium Awareness|Now has its own page!]] Also notable, as it's the first work to have one.

** And later, after [[Makes Just As Much Sense in Context|Calvin details how he thinks David killed Goliath by making him walk]]: