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 * [[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":
+** 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-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."}}
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 * [[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.
+* [[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!"}}
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 * [[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!"
+* [["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 />
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 * [[Race Against the Clock]]: "Eggs for Calvin": Hobbes and Socrates have Calvin find five eggs hidden throughout town in an hour or else he gets pranked.  {{spoiler|[[It Makes Sense in Context|He ends up getting two crooks arresting trying to win.]]}}
 ** "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]]:
+* [[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.
+* [[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".
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 ** [[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!]]
+* [[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.
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 ** "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 (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' theme.
+** "The Five Calvins" has a rather [[Mind Screw|mind-screwy]] one, involving the [[Peter Davison]]-era ''[[Doctor Who]]'' theme.
 ** "Thunderstorm" uses [[The Teaser]].
 * [[Spot of Tea]]: Briefly mentioned by [[Creepy Monotone|the Socrates clone]] in "Electronic Invasion".
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 * [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: While house-sitting for Calvin in "The Insane Road Trip", Socrates, Andy, and Sherman are visited by Dr. Brainstorm and Jack, then Dave, Lenny and Biff, then Retro's [[Hard Light]] hologram, and finally Rupert and Earl. They're only surprised by the last two.
 * [[Unwilling Roboticisation]]: [[Morality Dial|Evil Jack]] attempts to [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] this.
-* [[Valentines Day Episodes]]: "Insanity is in the Air", which brings lots of [[Character Development]] for Andy.
+* [[Valentine's Day Episodes]]: "Insanity is in the Air", which brings lots of [[Character Development]] for Andy.
 * [[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:
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 ''(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:
+* [[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.
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 ** 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.
+* [[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 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".