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=== Tropes for ''[[Calvin and Hobbes The Series (Fanfic)|Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]'', N - Z: ===
 
 
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* [[New Job Episode]]: "Help Wanted", even though Calvin is far too young for a job.
* [[New Year Has Come]]: "New Year, New Disasters"
* [[New YearsYear's Resolution]]: "New Year, New Disasters": Calvin's is to upgrade his inventions, Hobbes' is to break the current tuna-eating record, Socrates' is to prank four million people, Sherman's is to invent something useful, and finally Andy's is to [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|pay Calvin's bond should he land in jail.]]
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Socrates. This line from "New Year, New Disasters" sums it up best:
{{quote| "Gang's all here! Cally! Hobbo! Ando and Vermin!" <ref> This is the first time he called Andy "Ando" in the whole series.</ref>}}
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: "Tornado Sharks", Calvin's idea for a movie.
** In that same episode ("Wild Movie"), Socrates' ideas for improving Calvin's ''Stupendous Man" movie includes adding several ninjas and martians.
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Aside from all the [[Medium Awareness]], there's "The Night of the Living Television": After Calvin leaves to test his newest invention, Hobbes turns to the audience and says:
{{quote| "You know what's going to happen, and I know what's going to happen."}}
** Socrates turns to the audience to lampshade his [[Rapid-Fire Typing]] in "Personality Test":
{{quote| "I have 1,200 words per minute."}}
** After Calvin finds Hobbes curled up in the water heater in "Pranking the Ghosts":
{{quote| ''(to audience)'' "It's amazing what you find when you just clam up."}}
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: "Calvin, Hobbes, and The Pilgrims": After [[It Makes Sense in Context|Socrates releases several turkeys on the streets,]] Calvin beats him to a pulp.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: The Brainstorm family. Lampshaded by Jack:
{{quote| "I always figured you Brainstorms lost your vocal cords generations ago, and they were replaced with air horns."}}
** Calvin in "Personality Test", complaining about anything and everything that crosses his path for several days.
** He does it again (though slightly nuanced) in "Pharaoh Andrew".
** It comes to a head in "Hear My Voice", when, in upgrading the Scream Horn, he has to scream into it constantly. It results in laryngitis.
* [[Noodle Implements]]: In [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|"Sherman Goes to the Vet"]]:
{{quote| '''Andy:''' "Let's see… Iodine, band-aids, gauze, bullwhip, small strait-jacket, helmet, pan, shampoo, gloves, tranquilizer, chloroform, tennis racquet, ice cubes, [[Banana Peel|banana peel]], cage, snare trap, baloney, modem…"}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Aside from the [[Trope Namer]], "Camp Blues" references a "soda can incident".
** And "Chaos to My Ears" does likewise for a "peanut butter incident".
** This bit from "The Alien Huntress" certainly implies something:
{{quote| '''Sheila:''' Now what are you doing? You aren't abandoning me like you did in 1987, ''ARE YOU?''}}
** Calvin apparently trampled Roselyn's mom's garden in "Chains".
* [[Non Sequitur Thud]]: After crashing their sled in "Hypercube":
{{quote| '''Hobbes:''' How much cluck could a good duck cluck if a good duck could cluck good?<br />
'''Calvin:''' Darkness? It is I, [[Pajama Sam]]! I have come to vanquish you! }}
* [[Not So Above It All]]: Andy goes pretty bonkers in "Insanity is In The Air".
** Sherman attempts to keep a rabbit he names "Mr. Wiggles" in "Let Us Prank The Fool".
* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: Outright quoted by Holographic Retro in "The Genius Hamster".
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Dr. Brainstorm. His appearance and name are suspicious, people routinely witness him and/or Jack exiting his hidden lair, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|he always shouts.]]
* [[Odd Couple]]: Most of the characters fit this: Calvin and Hobbes, Andy and Sherman, even Dr Brainstorm and Jack become this when they're not out to rule the world.
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: Parodied; the [[In -Universe|in-universe]] sequel to ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Filmfilm)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' has the subtitle "''Electric Boogaloo''".
* [[Offstage Villainy]]: {{spoiler|Holographic Retro orchestrated some of the events during Season Four.}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Dr. Brainstorm [[OOC Is Serious Business|and Jack]] upon getting a recording from [[Chaotic Evil|Thunderstorm.]]
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* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Dad actually tries ''not'' to get Calvin in band class in "Chaos to My Ears".
** Lampshaded in "Sherman Goes to the Vet":
{{quote| '''Sherman:''' GAH! NO! I AIN'T GOING TO NO DOCTOR!<br />
'''Andy:''' Hmm, your dialect is crumbling. You're nervous alright. }}
** After meeting [[My Future Self and Me|the main cast's future selves]] in "RIP Calvin", Sherman actually ''hugs'' Calvin.
** Dr. Brainstorm and Sheila drop their [[No Indoor Voice]] act when confronted by [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|their mother.]]
** From "Electronic Invasion":
{{quote| '''Socrates:''' It's Andy and Sherman. I'm at their house right now. They're just sitting at the TV doing nothing!<br />
'''Hobbes:''' Isn't that what Andy usually does?<br />
'''Socrates:''' Yes, but this time, there's no video game! And Sherman hasn't insulted me in over fifteen minutes! I'm beginning to worry!<br />
'''Hobbes:''' You show worry for somebody else? Goodness, Socrates! This must be serious! }}
** Also [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in "Robot's Day Out": after Jack abruptly stands upright and leaves, Dr. Brainstorm asks [[Continuity Nod|if he's]] [[Morality Dial|turned evil]] [[Continuity Nod|again.]]
** See [[Oh Crap]] for [[Overly Long Gag|yet another example]] with Jack.
** Hobbes is the first one to pick up a weapon during the climax of "Thunderstorm". Needless to say, [[Took a Level Inin Badass|it's on.]]
** Dr Brainstorm in particular has a lot of moments where he's serious and driven. It disturbs the other characters quite a bit.
* [[Open Says Me]]: Calvin's mom ''kicks her son's door down'' in "Robot's Day Out".
* [[Original Character]]: [[Only Sane Man|Andy]], [[TV Genius|Sherman]], [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Brainstorm]] and [[Snarky Non -Human Sidekick|Jack]]...
* [[Our Time Machine Is Different]]: Calvin's is still a cardboard box; Sherman's is made from a ''washing machine.''
* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]]: "Tracer Bullet in Color!" is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the [[Film Noir]] genre.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Sheila hypnotizing people in "The Alien Huntress". This is lampshaded:
{{quote| "OKAY! DOES ANYONE ELSE WANNA TRY AND STOP ME? BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING ''REALLY'' OLD!"}}
** The first [[Visual Pun]] in "Tracer Bullet in Color!". See below for more details.
** And Klein's [[Motor Mouth]] moment, noted above.
** And ''another'' Klein's stating the rules of the theater in "Attack of the Monsters".
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Hobbes does this at the end of "Camp Blues".
** Also invoked by him in "Insanity is in the Air":
{{quote| "Hello? Socrates? Meet me down at the park. And bring popcorn."}}
* [[Pilot Episode]]: "Birth of a Friendship", an adaption of the first two strips of the comic.
* [[Planet Eris]]: Despite containing aliens, [[Mad Scientist|mad scientists,]] and a whole lot of technology, it's ''still'' set in the present day.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: The MTM's [[Attack Pattern Alpha|Emergency Protocol]] [[Crazy Prepared|#5557490]] turns out to be a large blast of fire.
* [[Poker]]: Played by the heroes in "The Night of the Living Television II", with various items. {{spoiler|The winnings [[Chekhov's Gun|become important later on.]]}}
** Andy tells [[It Makes Sense in Context|some mummies to play it for five years straight]] in order to get rid of them in "Pharaoh Andrew".
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* [[The Prankster]]: Socrates.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: From "Dr. Brain Chill":
{{quote| '''"DOCTER FREAKIN' BRAINSTORM!"'''}}
* [["Previously On..."]]: "The Black Turning Funnel", "The Night of the Living Television II" and "SHEILA'S BACK!"
* [[Product Placement]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the trailer for the second season:
{{quote| '''Narrator:''' A season of... product placement?<br />
'''Hobbes:''' Who's up for the ''[[What About Bob?]]'' [[Department of Redundancy Department|movie!]]<br />
'''Calvin and Socrates:''' I AM! }}
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Jack, who regularly chats with the heroes and doesn't really care much for Dr. Brainstorm's schemes.
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** "Our Solemn Hour": Holographic Retro sets up an extremely hazardous maze that Calvin and Hobbes must escape from within an hour, or else they'll be crushed by the ceiling. {{spoiler|They just barely make it, and then Calvin and Retro have their showdown...}}
* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]: Lampshaded by Socrates [[No Fourth Wall|to the audience]]:
{{quote| "I have 1,200 words per minute."}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Parodied in "Mirror rroriM": [[Sdrawkcab Name|Nilvac and Sebboh]]'s eyes are red because they got soap in them while showering.
{{quote| '''Sebboh:''' It's still burning.}}
** Played straight with Jack's [[Morality Dial|evil form]] in "62 Percent More Evil".
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Dr. Brainstorm and Jack, respectively.
* [[Read the Freaking Manual]]: Almost used by name on two separate occasions in "Super Calvin".
{{quote| "He/I should have read the manul [''[[Rouge Angles of Satin|sic]]'']." }}
** This also sets up a [[Brick Joke]]: after Calvin stops making the machine that sets up the plot, Dr. Brainstorm barges in:
{{quote| "Alright, Calvin! I've gone over that manul [''[[Rouge Angles of Satin|sic]]''], and now I'm all ready for you and your precious little powers! GIVE ME YOUR WORST!"}}
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Near the end of "Thunderstorm", Hobbes mocks the recently deceased MTM as being useless, and Calvin replies as follows:
{{quote| "All MTM ever did was try to help us. He always fired [[Frickin' Laser Beams|his lasers]] on time, and he always tried to lighten the mood. And what did you do during all those adventures? [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|You were always running off. You were always hiding. You never helped us.]] [[Continuity Nod|What happened when we were attacked by a monster under my bed? You ran off. What happened when Socrates and I were attacked by a mountain lion? You ignored us. What happened when we were all trapped by that ghost? You deserted us. What happened when Socrates was lost and cornered by two bears? You feigned injury and made me do all the work,]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|AND I DON'T EVEN LIKE SOCRATES!]] YOU STAND HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW USELESS MY INVENTIONS ARE, WHEN IN REALITY, [[Hypocrite|YOU'RE THE USELESS ONE!]] I DON'T KNOW WHY I BOTHER WITH YOU! I SHOULD'VE KICKED YOU OUT ON SORRY FURRY BUTT YEARS AGO!"}}
* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: Calvin uses his inventions for things like duplicating a pizza.
* [[Repeating So the Audience Can Hear]]: Hobbes does this in "Personality Test" when on the phone with Socrates.
* [[Repeat What You Just Said]]: From "Personality Test":
{{quote| '''Andy:''' (describing all the times Socrates has been injured) Well, let's see. Your voice has been switched into that of a duck's, you've been electrocuted by the MTM, you've been trapped in the hypercube, a transmitter has been inserted into you, you've been ejected into the clou...<br />
'''Socrates:''' Wait a minute, what was that last one?<br />
'''Andy:''' Uhhh... electrocuted by the MTM? }}
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|"Alien Nation": Calvin's surprise return. Socrates faints!}}
* [[Reverse Psychology]]: Dr. Brainstorm's Servant Ray only works when told to do the ''opposite'' of what he wants it to do.
** This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in a completely unrelated incident in "Electronic Invasion":
{{quote| '''Calvin:''' (after a [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]] fails to go off) So there you have it. If Brainstorm wanted the place to blow up, it wouldn't blow up. If he didn't want it to blow up, it would blow up. It's called "Brainstorm psychology".}}
* [[Ring Ring CRUNCH]]: Hobbes does this with a doorbell in "Electronic Invasion".
* [[Road Trip Episode]]: "The Insane Road Trip" is a Type 1a.
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* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: Pops up occasionally.
** This is actually [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in "Attack of the Monsters":
{{quote| '''Calvin:''' Yeah right, and we've been getting "your" and "you're" switched [[Medium Awareness|on this show]] all the time as well. <ref> Yes, that was a re-occurring problem.</ref> }}
* [[Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts]]: Downplayed and [[Played for Laughs]]: Most of Socrates' pranks come off as this, usually targeting [[The Chew Toy|Calvin.]]
* [[Rule of Three]]: Susie getting splashed by a mud puddle ([[Mind Screw|even when there wasn't even one]]) in "Chains".
* [[Running Gag]]: Hobbes [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|running away from danger.]]
** Everyone calling Dr. Brainstorm [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|"Frank".]]
** Hobbes calling Sherman "Vermin".
** Every time something odd happens, the same guy will always witness it and comment "Mm-hmm".
** Calvin dressing himself by climbing inside the top drawer of his dresser, going down, and emerging from the bottom drawer fully clothed.
* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Lampshaded by Tracer in "The Five Calvins":
{{quote| ''(to Andy)'' "Keep that sense of sarcasm handy, Andrew. You'll go far in life."}}
* [[Say My Name]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|Frank]] Brainstorm.
{{quote| "'''IT'S DOCTOR BRAINSTORM!'''"}}
** In "Thunderstorm", one of these manages to ''[[Make Me Wanna Shout|knock Jack off his feet.]]''
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: Calvin does this to two alien snipers with their guns trained on him in "Invasion".
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* [[Script Fic]]: It doesn't use script styling, but it certainly fits the bill otherwise.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Nilvac and Sebboh, from the [[Mirror Universe]] in "Mirror rorriM".
* [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]: Dr. Brainstorm's [[Elaborate Underground Base|old lab]] has one, activated by Holographic Retro. {{spoiler|[[Anticlimax|It doesn't work, due to Brainstorm's inept programming.]]}}
* [[Serial Escalation]]: Season One ends with Calvin [[Clear My Name|in a whodunnit-type episode.]] Season Two ends with a [[Stupid Evil]] woman ''[[Chainsaw Good|trying to cut his head off with a chainsaw.]]''
* [[Serious Business]]: Hacking into [[Nickelodeon]]'s main computer and replacing their schedule for the day with ''Calvin'' episodes is this for Socrates. To be fair, it ''is'' relatively serious.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Calvin ends up doing this to ''himself'' in "Calvin, Hobbes, and The Pilgrims".
** ''Hobbes'', of all people, uses the time machine to stop Calvin from attempting to combine his inventions {{spoiler|[[It Makes Sense in Context|and eventually kill himself]]}} in "Super Calvin".
* [[Sequel Episode]]: "The Night of the Living Television II"
* [[Sequel Escalation]]: "The Night of the Living Television II" has much more action than its predecessor.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Electro (who takes over Calvin's TV in [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|"The Night of The Living Television"]] and its sequel.
** Calvin himself uses [[Chekhov's Gag|some lightning stored earlier in the MTM]] to shock Socrates at the end of "The Sky Is Falling".
** And the MTM itself, as well as some toys [[Living Toys|it unknowingly brought to life]] use it as well.]]
** [[Morality Dial|Evil Jack]] seems to have an electrically-charged [[Power Fist|fist.]]
** The [[Creepy Monotone|clones]] also use this.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series (Fanfic)/Shout -Out|Now has its own page!]]
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]: Sherman fears this in "That's MISTER Sherman to You!".
* [[Snarky Non -Human Sidekick]]: Jack.
* [[Song Fic]]: Occasionally.
* [[Space Station]]: [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|The Doom Satellite]] from "Thunderstorm".
* [[Special Edition Title]]: "Dr. Brain Chill" has them overlaid on various shots of space.
** "Tracer Bullet in Color!" also has them, styled after a film noir show.
** As does "Pranking the Ghosts", which gives some grim backstory to Socrates' mansion.
** "The Five Calvins" has a rather [[Mind Screw|mind-screwy]] one, involving the [[Peter Davison]]-era ''[[Doctor Who]]'' theme.
** "Thunderstorm" uses [[The Teaser]].
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* [[The Stoic]]: Jack is almost ''always'' calm. ''Always.''
* [[Sucky School]]: Calvin imagines a school with Susie as class president as this.
{{quote| "She'd keep us there all day and all night! We'd have to sleep in sleeping bags on the classroom floor, and be waken up by a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|drill sergeant]] at three in the morning to do laps around the school! She'd have us wear horrible itchy uniforms and ban recess! Homework would double! No, ''TRIPLE!''"}}
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Dr. Brainstorm's inventions do this a lot.
** Also, the Control Orb from "62 Percent More Evil". Anything inside it that's discarded will blow up.
* [[Summer Campy]]: Camp Pine, the titular place from "Camp Blues" (which was formerly featured in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3608438/1/Calvin_and_Hobbes_The_Movie_REWRITTEN an earlier C&H fic by the same author]).
* [[Superhero Episode]]: "Super Calvin"
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: From "The Alien Huntress":
{{quote| '''Radio Shack employee:''' Welcome to Radio Shack. How may I help you?<br />
'''Sheila:''' SPY EQUIPMENT! IT'S FOR MY SON'S BIRTHDAY! NOT FOR ME! MY SON! [[Blatant Lies|NOTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT BUYING SPY STUFF!]] }}
* [[Swiss Army Appendage]]: [[Morality Dial|Evil Jack]] has these.
 
 
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* [[Talking Appliance Sidekick]]: By Season Three, the MTM, which is made from a CD player.
* [[Take Over the World]]: The ultimate goal of [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Brainstorm.]]
* [[Take That]]: Among the scary things Calvin is shown in "The Return of Dr. Brainstorm" include [[Dora the Explorer|Dora.]]
** "Wild Movie" starts with Calvin being disgusted by the mere prospect of a sequel to [[The Incredible Hulk (Filmfilm)|The Incredible Hulk]].
** When terrifying Sherman in "Sherman Goes to the Vet":
{{quote| '''Hobbes:''' The vet shall attack you, young Vermin! Be afraid! Be very afraid! Think of [[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|that 1997 Batman movie with]] [[George Clooney]]! Terrifying! Not terrifying entertainment! Just terrifying!}}
** Calvin spends part of "Hypercube" complaining about the [[The Phantom Menace|Star]] [[Attack of the Clones|Wars]] [[Revenge of the Sith|prequels]].
{{quote| "Alternative title: Star Wars III: ''A Trip to the Dentist''."}}
** After encountering [[Creepy Monotone|the clones]] in "Electronic Invasion":
{{quote| '''Hobbes:''' Are you all going to become Ben Stine stand-ins?}}
** From Klein's [[Overly Long Gag|long speech]] in "Attack of the Monsters":
{{quote| "...no pagers, no iPods, no iPhones, no iTunes, no PDA, no laptops, digital cameras, no video cameras, no mini-DVD's… In fact, no technology that essentially does the exact same thing, but Apple says are each incredibly different in a scheme to make money."}}
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]]: {{spoiler|With both of them fighting over a lake of molten lava in an alternate dimension, Calvin and Holographic Retro manage to do this to ''each other'' as they both go over the edge, ending the season on a [[Cliff Hanger]].}}
* [[The Teaser]]: "Thunderstorm"
* [[Technopath]]: Electro.
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Both Jack and the MTM have one.
* [[Thanksgiving Episode]]: "Calvin, Hobbes, and The Pilgrims" revolves around Calvin trying to eliminate turkeys from Thanksgiving. [[Hilarity Ensues|It doesn't go well.]]
* [[Time for Plan B]]: Holographic Retro in "Electronic Invasion".
* [[Time Stands Still]]: "The Time Pauser" deals with the titular invention and [[Hilarity Ensues|the fun that comes with it.]]
* [[Time Passes Montage]]: Lampshaded in "Camp Blues".
{{quote| '''Narration:''' Let's just have a nice little montage showing what happened during the week with music playing, shall we?}}
* [[Title Drop]]: "Mission: Socrates":
{{quote| '''Calvin:''' Come on guys! Mission: Socrates is now in effect!}}
* [[Title: the Adaptation]]
* [[The Tonsillitis Episode]]: "Tonsil Terror"
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: From "Tracer Bullet in Color!"
{{quote| '''Tiger Eye:''' Everyone get back! You're all in danger! Run to safety!<br />
''(The crowd moves into the street, where they're immediately hit by a truck)'' }}
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Calvin gets a lot more serious during the fourth season. {{spoiler|His manipulating of the titular "Invasion" is a little eerie to behold.}}
** It gets even more impressive during the Season Five premiere, where he {{spoiler|manages to orchestrate events so that Rupert Chill will become trapped in his human disguise for the police to find, mistaking him for an escaped convict.}}
* [[Totem Pole Trench]]: Calvin uses a singular variant using stilts to get on an amusement park ride in "The Genius Hamster".
** He [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it shortly afterwards:
{{quote| "That was easy. Those kids on TV should try stuff like that instead of those silly growth machines and potions."}}
* [[Tough Room]]: Averted with Klein's standup act in "The Genius Hamster": the audience is quite amused by him.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food|Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Soda for Jack, lemonade for [[Distaff Counterpart|Jacqueline.]]
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* [[Trap Door]]: Andy and Sherman fall in one in "Pharaoh Andrew".
* [[Trapped in TV Land]]: The Movie Transporter invokes this.
** A [[Turned Against Their Masters|possessed]] TV ''[[Literal -Minded|literally]]'' does this to Hobbes.
* [[Travel Montage]]: "The Insane Road Trip", part 1 has this, [[Song Fic|set to]] "Life is A Highway".
* [[Trial Balloon Question]]: From "Chains":
{{quote| '''Calvin:''' Andy, quick! If you got a chain letter mailed to you saying you were going die a horrible death if you didn't forward it, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?<br />
(beat)<br />
'''Andy:''' Uuuuuh..<br />
'''Calvin:''' Hypothetically, of course! }}
* [[Trojan Horse]]: Dr. Brainstorm suggests doing it in "Thunderstorm". Lampshaded by Jack.
* [[Trope 2000]]: The Mega-Shrinker 5000 (briefly upgraded to 6000 in "Attack of the Monsters").
* [[Trope O Matic]]: The Defeat-O-Matic from "A Day in Your Shoes".
* [[Troperiffic]]: The fic uses a ''lot''' of tropes from several genres: [[Adventure|adventure]], [[Science Fiction|science fiction]], the occasional [[Film Noir|film noir]]...
* [[Tropey Come Home]]: "Have You Seen This Tiger?" (Socrates, not Hobbes)
* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]: Calvin's inventions in "The Night of The Living Television" by way of [[Technopath|Electro.]] This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in its sequel.
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* [[TV Genius]]: Sherman.
* [[Understatement]]: From "Mission: Socrates":
{{quote| '''MTM:''' (after Socrates' [[Overly Long Gag|overly long]] security measures go off) I think we could classify this as mildly curious.}}
** From "Attack of the Monsters":
{{quote| '''MTM:''' The Mega-Shrinker 6000 malfunctioned and opened a hole in the universe, causing a monster from under his bed to escape, destroy his room and take off to find him. How's that then?<br />
(beat)<br />
'''Andy:''' Hmmm... Yeah, I guess that qualifies as being bad. }}
* [[Unsound Effect]]: '''UN-BOINK!'''
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* [[Villain Team-Up]]: Rupert Chill and Dr. Brainstorm in "Dr. Brain Chill".
* [[Visual Pun]]: Actually more of an ''audio'' pun, but it still works: in "Tracer Bullet in Color!", the titular detective has this little gem:
{{quote| '''Tracer:''' ''(going through names)'' Here's one. Casabas.<br />
(an egg timer goes off)<br />
'''Tracer:''' Wait a minute. That name [[A Worldwide Punomenon|rings a bell]].<br />
(the egg timer goes off again)<br />
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([[Overly Long Gag|Big Ben rings]]) }}
** From the same episode:
{{quote| '''Tiger Eye:''' Oh, the Toe Truck's arrived.<br />
(A truck shaped like a toe comes to tow a wrecked car) }}
** And another one:
{{quote| '''Club Flamingo employee''': May I check your coat?<br />
'''Tracer:''' Please.<br />
''(She draws a check mark on his coat)'' }}
** [[Overly Long Gag|And yet another one:]]
{{quote| '''Tiger Eye:''' Okay boys, run her in.<br />
''(The cops lead Lana to a starting line. Tiger Eye fires a starting pistol, and they start racing to prison)'' }}
* [[Volcano Lair]]: Dr. Brainstorm and Jack reside inside one.
* [[Wasn't That Fun?]]: After [[It Makes Sense in Context|falling off a roller coaster and being saved by the MTM]], Calvin remarks:
{{quote| "That... was... so... '''COOOOL!'''"}}
* [[Wall Crawl]]: Jark uses his [[Wolverine Claws]] to do this.
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: From "Roughin' It":
{{quote| '''Calvin:''' [[It Makes Sense in Context|Right, and so long after our sun goes kaput, and the rest of the living Earth dies out, those lobsters will still be kicking around, livin' la vida loca.]]}}
* [[Weakened Byby the Light]]: The monsters under Calvin's bed, except for Jark {{spoiler|because he's partly absorbed Calvin's DNA. It doesn't last, though}}.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Retro's hologram can be defeated by ''standing too far away from it.'' At least, until "The Night of the Living Television II"...
* [[Weirdness Censor]]: From "Department Store Horrors";
{{quote| People would enter the elevator every once in a while.<br />
They found a six-year-old boy sticking a screwdriver into a CD player and a stuffed tiger with a magazine sitting in the corner.<br />
They chose not to do anything about it. }}
** This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in "The Genius Hamster", where no one notices '''Calvin falling from nowhere and being saved by a CD player.'''
{{quote| (later on) [[Lampshade Hanging|"The most unobservant town on the planet."]]}}
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: Electro in "The Night of the Living Television". [[AwesomeMoment Momentsof Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Epically]] lampshaded by Calvin:
{{quote| "[[Blah Blah Blah|Blah, blah, blah!]] [[Medium Awareness|This is the most boring part of the episode!]] Hero defeats villain, and villain threatens to come back, more powerful than ever! We've heard it all before, Charlie!"}}
** And outright parodied in "SHEILA'S BACK!"
{{quote| '''Dr. Brainstorm:''' (to Calvin and Hobbes, who did little to harm him) Oh right. DARN YOU and stuff.}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: "The Five Calvins" is ''much'' darker than anything before it.
** And "Thunderstorm" brings in a ''competent'' and ''serious'' villain.
* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]: "The Return of Dr. Brainstorm" briefly sets itself up like this.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]?: Hobbes abandons his friends several times, and his name's in the title! {{spoiler|Calvin finally calls him out on it in "Thunderstorm", and he finally helps in a big fight in the climax as a result.}}
* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Jack's [[Morality Dial|evil form]] has these in "62 Percent More Evil".
** So does Jark, who uses them to [[Wall Crawl]].
** And [[Killer Robot|Shadow.]]
* [[Written in-In Absence]]: Socrates isn't present in "62 Percent More Evil" because Andy and Sherman simply decided not to pick him up.
* [[You Are Grounded]]: This often happens to Calvin, usually at the end of an episode.
* [[You Didn't Ask]]: The MTM's reason for not telling Calvin that his data extractor {{spoiler|would bring [[Mummy|the mummies]] to life}} in "Pharaoh Andrew".
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: The perceived consequence of Socrates' head transmitter/receiver not being replaced in time.
* [[Your Mom]]: From "Pharaoh Andrew":
{{quote| '''Calvin:''' ([[It Makes Sense in Context|talking to a group of mummies who he thinks are worshipping him]]) And furthermore your mothers all wore paper towels on Halloween!}}
 
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