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1	--> ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2415565/6/Calvin_Hobbes_The_Series_SEASON_ONE Calvin tries]] [[NewJobEpisode to find a job.]]''
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3	After going outside to satisfy his father, Calvin sees a Videonow Color, which Hobbes notes is about 72 dollars. Never daunted by money, Calvin rushes off to the classified section to look for work.
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5	After failing to get a job at Taco Bell, Calvin sets up [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Calvin's Never Before Eaten Foods"]], selling things like "Fabric Softener Smoothie" and "Sewer Soda". Naturally, he doesn't get much business.
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7	He then tries to get business via tacking flyers up on a message board, which doesn't work either. Hobbes finally tells him that there's more to life than handheld TV's, to which Calvin realizes that he's right: [[ComicallyMissingThePoint there are]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint bathtub]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint TV's now!]] He then runs off again, leaving Hobbes to simply remark, "Another day, another dollar."
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9	!!Tropes:
10	* FiveFiveFive: See SeriesContinuityError below.
11	* AlliterativeName: Most of the things Calvin sells at his stand.
12	* AllThatGlitters: Subverted; after failing to get the Videonow, Hobbes tells Calvin that there's more to life than just that. Calvin realizes that he's right; [[ComicallyMissingThePoint there are]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint bathtub]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint TV's now!]]
13	* AmusingInjuries: Calvin runs into a closed door ''head-first'' at one point.
14	* AnswerCut:
15	--> '''Hobbes:''' How do many six-year-old kids get money?
16	--> '''Calvin:''' Lemonade stand, why?
17	--> '''Woman at Calvin's stand:''' And what do we have here?
18	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: See AllThatGlitters above.
19	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Both the episode title and "Calvin's Never Before Eaten Foods".
20	%%* IAteWhat: Hobbes ends up biting into a "Slab 'O Scabs", believing it to be jelly toast with raisins.%%What was his reaction after he found out?
21	* NewJobEpisode: New ''Jobs'' Episode, technically.
22	* QuipToBlack: "Another day, another dollar."

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