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* GrowingUpSucks: Calvin begins to feel this way as second grade approaches, feeling depressed and melancholic about the changes in his life. Thankfully some encouragement from the gang, Rosalyn, and especially Hobbes seems to improve his mood at least a little. [[spoiler: Then Rupert and Retro kidnap him immediately after.]]
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The protagonists have finally gotten Rupert, Earl, and Retro out of the way, the alien crew is happy, and they all return home. It all seems well until you remember there was ''[[EvilKnockoff another]]'' threat back on Earth...Earth...
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* ChallengingTheBully: Moe [[TheBusCameBack returns]] one last time for Calvin to stop him from picking on Susie in an epic (non-violent) CurbStompBattle. The best part is that, as Calvin points out, Moe is so low on Calvin's threat list by this point that there's [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore not even a hint of fear for him]]. It shows just how much Calvin has changed over the years.
* VillainousBSoD: Rupert has reached his all-time low at the beginning of this story. After his last defeat at Calvin's hands after ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'', he's lost the will to do anything but stew in his own hatred for the boy, leaving the last remnants of his empire to continue crumbling around him.
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* ChallengingTheBully: Moe [[TheBusCameBack returns]] one last time for Calvin to stop him from picking on Susie in an epic (non-violent) CurbStompBattle. The best part is that, as Calvin points out, Moe is so low on Calvin's threat list by this point that there's [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore not even a hint of fear for him]]. It shows just how much Calvin has changed over the years.
* VillainousBSoD: Rupert has reached his all-time low at the beginning of this story. After his last defeat at Calvin's hands after ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'', he's lost the will to do anything but stew in his own hatred for the boy, leaving the last remnants of his empire to continue crumbling around him.
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** Chapter 9's title is possibly derived from a Creator/FriedrichNietzsche quote: "The true man wants two things: '''danger and play.'''"
** Chapter 10 is titled after the Travis song "Writing to Reach You".
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* BigRedButton: Retro pushes one to activate a [[DoNotAdjustYourSets signal]] in Chapter 11.
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** Evil Calvin also does this when he's sucked up by the Imaginator, turning into a RapidFireNo.
** Calvin does another one (after a BigWhat) when he learns he has to go to school tomorrow.
** Calvin does another one (after a BigWhat) when he learns he has to go to school tomorrow.
** Calvin does a straighter one after learning he has to go to school tomorrow, followed by a BigNo.
* BookEnds: The very end of the movie is a line-for-line recreation of dialogue from the beginning of ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat'' (which, canonically, is the first installment in TheVerse).
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* BigDamnHeroes: Hobbes and the others arrive in the upgraded wagon in Chapter 20.
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--> '''Calvin:''' [[LampshadeHanging Where were ''you'' this whole time!]]
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* BringIt: Lampshaded.
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'''Calvin:''' Is that the best banter you can come up with?\\
'''Evil Calvin:''' I'm working on short notice. Give me a break.
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--> "THAT DUMB HAMSTER BUILT IN A SHIELD, LASERS, AND HIGH TECH LAVA PROOF METAL, ''BUT HE CAN'T PUT IN A STUPID BEAMER!''"
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--> "THAT DUMB HAMSTER BUILT IN A SHIELD, LASERS, AND HIGH TECH LAVA PROOF METAL, ''BUT HE CAN'T PUT IN A STUPID BEAMER!''"
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* AmericanAccents: The evil Calvin has a New York accent.
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* AndIMustScream: The heroes' plan is to trap Rupert, Earl, and Retro in paused time forever.
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** Then, at the end of Chapter 17:
--> '''Hobbes:''' OK. ''Now'' we're doomed.\\
'''Calvin:''' Unless we [[AssPull miraculously come up with a plan in the next chapter.]]
--> '''Hobbes:''' OK. ''Now'' we're doomed.\\
'''Calvin:''' Unless we [[AssPull miraculously come up with a plan in the next chapter.]]
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'''Socrates:''' Well, the authors have added in giant mutant geese. This should be an interesting scene.
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'''Socrates:''' Well, the authors have added in giant mutant geese. This should be an interesting scene.
