Calvin and Hobbes
Comic Book • 1985 • Comedy
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Is there excessive gore?
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SourpussMaggie
Calvin builds many snowmen that look like they're experiencing comedically horrific injuries but there's no actual blood or gore in the comic.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Occasionally Calvin will be naked, seen only from behind
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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sayakamiki
in a literal sense - there is a running bit where hobbes literally stalks calvin or otherwise lies in wait to attack him in the same manner a tiger would do to prey, although he does this with no ill intent besides roughing him up a bit
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sayakamiki
there are a couple instances of calvin's parents punishing him by methods like spanking or throwing objects at him - these are played as punchlines and the impacts aren't shown
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Lynxwithaharpn
Calvin sometimes believes his parents, babysitter, teacher, etc are abusing him, but it's mainly him overreacting to them being strict.
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Addiction
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Calvin smokes a cigarette once and decides he doesn't like it
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Animal
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Lynxwithaharpn
A baby raccoon dies. While it's not shown and is actually referenced only, it's still very emotional.
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Is there a dead animal?
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ProfessorProcyon
A dead bird is seen in one comic. It's in a pretty realistic art style, but it's not bloody or anything.
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Does a cat die?
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One of the strips is based on the passing of the author's real-life cat, but this detail is only available in specific publications
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Calvin's dad
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Calvin pretends to struggle to breathe while eating food he doesn't like, but in reality he's fine
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Is someone buried alive?
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SourpussMaggie
Multiple of Calvin's snowmen are posed to look like they've been buried alive, but they're obviously not real people.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Only in imagination sequences. Monsters will get heads squashed, and Calvin's head will occasionally (non-graphically) explode
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Is there a hanging?
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SourpussMaggie
Not of a real person, but Calvin deliberately positions a snowman to look like it is going to commit suicide by hanging, rope included.
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Is someone tortured?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Only in fictional sequences and generally played for laughs. In reality, Calvin is simply doing something such as refusing to take a bath.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Played for comedy.
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Children
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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ProfessorProcyon
There's an arc where Calvin's house is broken into, and he believes that Hobbes was stolen. However, we later find out that Hobbes is okay.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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"Spaceman Spiff" is often kidnapped. A dog runs off with Hobbes and Calvin is upset that Hobbes has been "kidnapped"
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Calvin sometimes thinks or pretends that there are ghosts in an area, but there aren't really.
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Is there a shower scene?
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No, but there are multiple scenes where Calvin is in the bathtub
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Lynxwithaharpn
A story arc where Calvin gets sick. No seen vomiting, but there is reference to it.
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Does someone spit?
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Calvin when he plays baseball
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Calvin goes to the doctor's on some occasions. There is a comic where he gets a vaccination and overreacts to it, but the actual needle is not shown.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Lynxwithaharpn
A few parts where Calvin goes to the doctor's office.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Calvin sometimes heavily refuses to do certain things, such as taking baths, and will throw tantrums about them. This could possibly count.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Anonymous
A strip with the Transmogrifier results in Calvin and Hobbes polymorphing each other into lumpy monsters out of spite.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Are there fat jokes?
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In a story arc where Calvin's school puts on a play about the food groups, Calvin asks Susie what she's going to be playing, and she answers "I'm 'fat'". Calvin says, "No, I mean, in the play."
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Is there hate speech?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Calvin sometimes talks about how he doesn't like girls (mainly referring to Susie). It's more of a childish thing than actually hating anyone, however.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Some sexual innuendos and very mild references.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Calvin sometimes debates whether or not he believes in Santa.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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When Calvin pushes his mom's car out of the garage for G.R.O.S.S. HQ
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Does a plane crash?
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When he pretends to be a dinosaur
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Calvin will pretend his lunch box is full of human or animal remains. It's not, and what he imagines is never shown
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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sayakamiki
no, but cataclysmic explosions are sometimes depicted in calvin's imagination sequences
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