1 | --> ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2415565/6/Calvin_Hobbes_The_Series_SEASON_ONE Calvin tries]] [[NewJobEpisode to find a job.]]'' |
2 | |
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. |
4 | |
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. |
6 | |
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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