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

 

== #-G ==

* [[A Boy and His X|A Boy and His Tiger]]: As in the original strip.

* [[Absentee Actor]]: Only Calvin and Hobbes are present in "Roughin' It".

{{quote| '''Socrates:''' In fact, we weren't even in the comic strip, so we probably shouldn't even be here.}}

* [[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.

* [[Adults Are Useless]]: At the ''very'' least, they're [[Weirdness Censor|really unobservant.]]

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: "Tracer Bullet in Color!" is this to the [[Film Noir]] genre.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Dr. Brainstorm is a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type I.]] Discussed in "Thunderstorm":

{{quote| '''Dr. Brainstorm:''' Because ''I'' want to be the heroic villain, okay? There's got to be at least one time where ''I'm'' the one who has a victory!}}

* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: Dr. Brainstorm records something similar to one while trapped in his flaming lab in "Robot's Day Out".

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: This bit from "Dr. Brain Chill":

{{quote| '''Calvin:''' MTM, initiate emergency protocol number 2235!<br />

'''MTM:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|I can't believe you can remember all these numbers.]] }}

** And [[Nickelodeon]] cartoons in general.

* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]: The main cast takes on this role in "Two Loons and a Kid", climaxing [[It Makes Sense in Context|in a water park.]]

* [[Creepy Monotone]]: The clones in "Electronic Invasion".

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

* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: {{spoiler|Elliot}} is elected class president in "CALVIN FOR PRESIDENT!"

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: The titular "Super Calvin" {{spoiler|will die if he uses his powers too much.}}

{{quote| '''Mom:''' Come on, dear. You can drown your sorrows in the cider.}}

* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Brainstorm's old lab, reactivated by {{spoiler|Holographic Retro}} in "Electric Invasion".

* [[Emotion Eater]]: Dr. Brainstorm's Fear Detector collects fear and uses it to power a fear-making machine.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Dr. Brainstorm attempts [[Defied Trope|defy]] this in "62 Percent More Evil", trapping Calvin and Hobbes in a cage so he alone can stop [[Morality Dial|Evil Jack.]] It ends up getting played straight later on.

* [[Engineered Public Confession]]: "Home Un-Alone" ends with [[It Makes Sense in Context|a recording of Calvin admitting he likes Barbie being broadcast on his school's PA system.]]

* [[Everyone Meets Everyone]]: "Birth of a Friendship" is a two-person variant.

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

* [[The Hedonist]]: {{spoiler|The main cast's [[My Future Self and Me|future selves]] turn out to be this. They'll go to any lengths to find enjoyment. ''Any'' lengths.}}

* [[Here We Go Again]]: "Calvin's Batman Adventure" ends with Calvin putting on a Superman suit, [[Book Ends|mirroring the opening.]]

** Dr. Brainstorm after his sister claims their mother loved her more.

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

** Happens again when Calvin tricks him with the classic "Your shoelace is untied" gag, resulting in him getting done up in a net covered in peanut butter.

'''Hobbes:''' Why'd you do that?<br />

'''Socrates:''' Simple: to wind him up!<br />

'''Hobbes:''' I think you did a little more than winding. I think you cranked him up. }}

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

{{quote| The inventions began glowing a bright yellow, combined back into one, and then split up going after our four heroes.<br />

[[My Friends and Zoidberg|And Sherman.]] }}

{{quote| '''Calvin:''' So let me get this straight, Socrates. We've spent this whole time wondering what you were doing, and all you were doing was obsessing over a stupid DVD?}}

** And from "Pharaoh Andrew":

{{quote| '''Jark:''' I ''WILL'' DESTROY YOU! And I ''WILL'' take over the planet!<br />

'''MTM:''' Did your mummy tell you that? }}

** Calvin's [[Turned Against Their Masters|possessed]] inventions also do this in "The Night of the Living Television II".

** As do just Calvin and Hobbes in "Department Store Horrors".

* [[Mirror Universe]]: "Mirror rorriM", in which [[Sdrawkcab Name|Nilvac and Sebboh]] have to keep their parents out of trouble. They're certainly glad to get to the "normal" universe so they can be obedient and [[Take Over the World]], respectively.

** Also taken literally, as everything is mirrored.

** Calvin [[Brick Joke|later swaps his and Hobbes' voices with the voice of a duck.]]

* [[Moral Guardians]]: Discussed in "Roughin' It":