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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:Calvin fears that giving the Kleins the power of the equation will [[NotSoDifferent act like the Collective]]. In the next chapter, he pretends to have done this to scare them.]]
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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:Calvin fears that giving the Kleins the power of the equation will [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark act like the Collective]]. In the next chapter, he pretends to have done this to scare them.]]
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* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: Calvin was born in 1979 and turned six in 1985, the year ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' was syndicated.]]
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* SummerCampy: [[spoiler:Calvin is sent to one of these, though it is for Spring Break rather than Summer Break.]]
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* SignificantAnagram: Downplayed - one is teased in the author's notes twice, before finally being revealed in the last chapter[[note]](though garfieldodie initially forgot about it)[[/note]]. [[spoiler:The camp Calvin goes to is sponsored by "Latex Finish", an anagram for "Sixth Finale" - the story was initially intended to be the sixth season finale of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''.]]
* SummerCampy:[[spoiler:Calvin Calvin is sent to one of these, though it is for Spring Break rather than Summer Break.]]
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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:Calvin fears that giving the Kleins the power of the equation will [[NotSoDifferent act like the Collective]]. In the next chapter, he pretends to have done this to scare them.]]
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* FloatingTimeline: Finally gets addressed in Chapter 9. [[spoiler:Calvin and company have been frozen in time by the Chill Collective since 1985.]]
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* FloatingTimeline: Finally gets addressed in Chapter 9. [[spoiler:Calvin and company have been frozen in time by the Chill Collective since 1985.]]]] Then, after [[spoiler:the Chills have been defeated, the floating timeline goes with them.]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Explored a bit in Chapter 11. [[spoiler:As the Kleins prepare to use the equation's power erase all traces of the Chills' influence on the world, Calvin suddenly realizes that not ''everything'' they've done was bad - and how can they trust the Kleins won't [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide do something similar with their newfound power?]]]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Explored a bit in Chapter 11. [[spoiler:As the Kleins prepare to use the equation's power erase all traces of the Chills' influence on the world, Calvin suddenly realizes that not ''everything'' they've done was bad - and how can they trust the Kleins won't [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide do something similar with their newfound power?]]]]
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* InTheirOwnImage: [[spoiler:The goal of the Chill Collective.]]
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* InTheirOwnImage: [[spoiler:The goal of the Chill Collective.]] In Chapter 11, [[spoiler:Calvin questions the Kleins' plan to use the equation to remove the Collective's influence from the world, remarking that it sounds like they're trying to enforce their own ideals on the universe.]]
* ResetButton: [[spoiler:Calvin uses the equation's power to undo the events of the story. There are still some effects, though - most importantly, the Collective's influence is gone, and the FloatingTimeline is no more.]]
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* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:The Chills scatter their name across time and space to let the humans know about their "future rulers", which smacks more than a little of the end of the "Bad Wolf" storyline in ''Series/DoctorWho''.]]
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* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:The Chills scatter their name across time and space to let the humans know about their "future rulers", rulers"]], which smacks more than a little of the [[spoiler:the end of the "Bad Wolf" storyline storyline]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''.]]
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* WhamEpisode: The entire story is this to the verse as a whole, as it provides answers regarding many of its mysteries.
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* WhamEpisode: The entire story is this to the verse as a whole, as it provides answers regarding many of its mysteries. For specific moments within:
** Chapter 8, which provides answers concerning [[spoiler:the Kleins]], who proceed to gather everyone back together.[[spoiler:.. excluding Socrates, who gets taken by the Collective]].
** Chapter 8, which provides answers concerning [[spoiler:the Kleins]], who proceed to gather everyone back together.[[spoiler:.. excluding Socrates, who gets taken by the Collective]].
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** Chapter 8 as well, since it provides answers concerning [[spoiler:the Kleins]], who proceed to gather everyone back together.[[spoiler:.. excluding Socrates, who gets taken by the Collective]].
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** Chapter 8 as well, since it provides answers concerning [[spoiler:the Kleins]], who proceed to gather everyone back together.[[spoiler:.. excluding Socrates, who gets taken by 11 has [[spoiler:Socrates performing a SplitPersonalityMerge with his dark side and regaining his animal instincts, Calvin questioning the Collective]].Kleins' ultimate plan for erasing the Collective from the universe, and finally ''grabbing the equation himself''.]]
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** Not long after, in the next chapter, [[spoiler:Calvin calls in the armies of Annkor to destroy the Collective.]]
* RealityWarper: Anyone with [[spoiler:the equation of the universe]] has this power. [[spoiler:Even without it, the Collective is still able to do some strange things (like causing Socrates to faint, which they refer to as "stopping" him).]]
* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:The Chills scatter their name across time and space to let the humans know about their "future rulers", which smacks more than a little of the end of the "Bad Wolf" storyline in ''Series/DoctorWho''.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 9. We finally get answers about Socrates' red tail, the FloatingTimeline, and Rupert, Earl, and John Howard Chill.
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* WhamEpisode: The entire story is this to the verse as a whole, as it provides answers regarding many of its mysteries.
** Chapter 9. We finally get answers about Socrates' red tail, the FloatingTimeline, and Rupert, Earl, and John Howard Chill.
** Chapter 9. We finally get answers about Socrates' red tail, the FloatingTimeline, and Rupert, Earl, and John Howard Chill.
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--->"I resent that," [[spoiler:Andy]] snorted, getting up and dusting himself off.
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--->"I resent that," [[spoiler:Andy]] snorted, getting up and dusting himself off.off.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:The Head Chill punishes Mangus for screwing up their entire plan by "killing" him... or rather, causing him to vanish abruptly.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:The Head Chill punishes Mangus for screwing up their entire plan by "killing" him... or rather, causing him to vanish abruptly.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Downplayed. [[spoiler:After Calvin realizes that without his influence in Obedience Camp, the kids sent there would be turned into [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smilers]], he decides to ''willingly'' go (if only to, once again, convince them to rebel).]]
** [[spoiler:And Andy comes with.]]
*** [[spoiler:And they manage to take down the camp ''in four days''.]]
** [[spoiler:And Andy comes with.]]
*** [[spoiler:And they manage to take down the camp ''in four days''.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Downplayed. [[spoiler:After Calvin realizes that without his influence in Obedience Camp, the kids sent there would be turned into [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smilers]], he decides to ''willingly'' go with Andy (if only to, once again, convince them to rebel).]]
** [[spoiler:And Andy comes with.]]
*** [[spoiler:And they managerebel). He manages to take down the camp ''in four days''.]]in ''four days.'']]
** [[spoiler:And Andy comes with.]]
*** [[spoiler:And they manage
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"[[MediumAwareness Had no place in our continuity...]]"
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"[[MediumAwareness Had no place in our continuity...]]"]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]If you're wondering, "The Five Calvins" borrowed ''the entire plot'' of [[Series/DoctorWho "The Five Doctors"]], and had little impact on the overall plot (aside from having the MTM get broken, leading into its acquiring a voice.[[/labelnote]]
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* SummerCampy: Calvin is sent to one of these, though it is for Spring Break rather than Summer Break.
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* SummerCampy: Calvin [[spoiler:Calvin is sent to one of these, though it is for Spring Break rather than Summer Break.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Downplayed. [[spoiler:After Calvin realizes that without his influence in Obedience Camp, the kids sent there would be turned into [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smilers]], he decides to ''willingly'' go (if only to, once again, convince them to rebel).]]
** [[spoiler:And Andy comes with.]]
*** [[spoiler:And they manage to take down the camp ''in four days''.]]
** [[spoiler:And Andy comes with.]]
*** [[spoiler:And they manage to take down the camp ''in four days''.]]
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: After Hobbes recaps Calvin on what happened after he left for camp (Specificly how "[Calvin's] dad went off on some sort of tear about how [he needs] to grow up and how [they] can't be friends anymore, and then they [[spoiler:had a yard sale where they sold most of [his] stuff]]"), Calvin's response:
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: After Hobbes recaps Calvin on what happened after he left for camp (Specificly (Specifically how "[Calvin's] dad went off on some sort of tear about how [he needs] to grow up and how [they] can't be friends anymore, and then they [[spoiler:had a yard sale where they sold most of [his] stuff]]"), Calvin's response:
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** Well, in Chapter 12, we [[spoiler:never find out. After Calvin [[ResetButton reset everything to a month earlier]], Calvin's dad (upon seeing the ad for the obedience camp ''this'' go around, minus the influence of the Collective) laughs off the idea of sending Calvin away]].
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** Well, in Chapter 12, we [[spoiler:never find out. After Calvin [[ResetButton reset everything to a month earlier]], Calvin's dad (upon seeing the ad for the obedience camp Obedience Camp ''this'' go around, minus the influence of the Collective) laughs off the idea of sending Calvin away]].
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** Well, in Chapter 12, we [[spoiler:never find ou. After Calvin [[ResetButton reset everything to a month earlier]], Calvin's dad (upon seeing the ad for the obedience camp ''this'' go around, minus the influence of the Collective) laughs off the idea of sending Calvin away]].
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** Well, in Chapter 12, we [[spoiler:never find ou.out. After Calvin [[ResetButton reset everything to a month earlier]], Calvin's dad (upon seeing the ad for the obedience camp ''this'' go around, minus the influence of the Collective) laughs off the idea of sending Calvin away]].
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** Well, in Chapter 12, we [[spoiler:never find ou. After Calvin [[ResetButton reset everything to a month earlier]], Calvin's dad (upon seeing the ad for the obedience camp ''this'' go around, minus the influence of the Collective) laughs off the idea of sending Calvin away]].
--->'''Calvin's Dad''': Oh, [[spoiler:can you imagine him in such a camp? He'd reduce the whole place to rubble within minutes. The very idea... It doesn't even let you bring personal items from home]]!
--->'''Calvin's Dad''': Oh, [[spoiler:can you imagine him in such a camp? He'd reduce the whole place to rubble within minutes. The very idea... It doesn't even let you bring personal items from home]]!
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-->'''[[spoiler:The Head Klein]]''': How old are you, Calvin?
-->''Calvin blinked, thrown by the abrupt change of topic.''
-->'''Calvin''': Six, why?
-->'''[[spoiler:The Head Klein]]''': What year is it now?
-->'''Calvin''': 2014.
-->'''[[spoiler:The Head Klein]]''': And what year were you born?
-->''Calvin opened his mouth to speak, but then he stopped, rolling the confusion around his head, trying to figure out what was wrong. He knew the year, and he wanted to say it, but for some reason, he just couldn't reconcile the number with reality. He could feel everyone's eyes on him, waiting to see what he would say.''
-->''Finally, he found himself uttering the truth [[spoiler:he'd been unaware of for [[OlderThanTheyLook nearly thirty years]]]].''
-->'''Calvin''': [[spoiler:[[TheReveal I was born in 1979... I'm six years old and I was born nearly thirty-five years ago...]]]]
-->''Calvin blinked, thrown by the abrupt change of topic.''
-->'''Calvin''': Six, why?
-->'''[[spoiler:The Head Klein]]''': What year is it now?
-->'''Calvin''': 2014.
-->'''[[spoiler:The Head Klein]]''': And what year were you born?
-->''Calvin opened his mouth to speak, but then he stopped, rolling the confusion around his head, trying to figure out what was wrong. He knew the year, and he wanted to say it, but for some reason, he just couldn't reconcile the number with reality. He could feel everyone's eyes on him, waiting to see what he would say.''
-->''Finally, he found himself uttering the truth [[spoiler:he'd been unaware of for [[OlderThanTheyLook nearly thirty years]]]].''
-->'''Calvin''': [[spoiler:[[TheReveal I was born in 1979... I'm six years old and I was born nearly thirty-five years ago...]]]]
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** Near the end of Chapter 10, when [[spoiler:the Transmogrifier Gun is used on one of the aliens]]:
--->"What happened? What's he been turned into?" the little grey alien[[note]][[spoiler:Sherman]][[/note]] cried.
--->"It's hideous!" Magnus cried. "What monstrosity is this?!"
--->"I resent that," [[spoiler:Andy]] snorted, getting up and dusting himself off.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chapter 8 ends with the implication that [[spoiler:it's Socrates' transmitter chip that the Collective is after... only for the next Chapter to reveal it's actually an equation he has in his brain.]]
** Hell, [[spoiler:they don't find out about the chip until Chapter ''10'']].
* BigDamnHeroes: Calvin and friends [[spoiler:starting at the end of Chapter 10, having un-Transmogrified themselves]].
-->'''Calvin''': Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and [[spoiler:various other outer space genders]] - how about handing over our friend?
** Hell, [[spoiler:they don't find out about the chip until Chapter ''10'']].
* BigDamnHeroes: Calvin and friends [[spoiler:starting at the end of Chapter 10, having un-Transmogrified themselves]].
-->'''Calvin''': Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and [[spoiler:various other outer space genders]] - how about handing over our friend?
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Chapter 10, certain aliens are not given names, only descriptions. [[spoiler:They are actually Calvin and friends Transmogrified.]]
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* TheUnmasking: The climactic scene of Chapter 10 [[spoiler:is of Calvin and friends un-Transmogrifying themselves right after the Collective discover Socrates' transmitter chip]].
