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** 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 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".

* [[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.

* [[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.]]

** 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".

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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".

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]: Sherman fears this in "That's MISTER Sherman to You!".

* [[Song Fic]]: Occasionally.

* [[Space Station]]: [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|The Doom Satellite]] from "Thunderstorm".

* [[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.]]

** When terrifying Sherman in "Sherman Goes to the Vet":

** 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''."}}

** 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."}}

* [[The Teaser]]: "Thunderstorm"

* [[Technopath]]: Electro.

* [[Title Drop]]: "Mission: Socrates":

{{quote| '''Calvin:''' Come on guys! Mission: Socrates is now in effect!}}

* [[The Tonsillitis Episode]]: "Tonsil Terror"

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: From "Tracer Bullet in Color!"

* [[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".

* [[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.

* [[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.]]}}

* [[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";

** 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."]]}}

{{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!"