Recap / Calvin And Hobbes The Series S 2 E 26 The Alien Huntress

An unlikely villain attacks Calvin after leaping to the conclusion that he's an alien.

Brainstorm's sister comes over, much to his ire. She proves to be a pain, insulting him, eating all his food, and attacking Jack. He eventually devises a plan to send her off - get her to stop Calvin and Hobbes.

She then goes to Radio Shack for spy equipment, the worker directing her to the toy isle, and then hijacks a car. After crashing it, she then witnesses the boys playing Calvinball when Socrates' transmitter comes in. She mistakenly thinks Calvin has the transmitter, inadvertently blowing her cover in the process.

Sheila comes back to Brainstorm's lab, telling him about her exploits. Later, she talks to Calvin and Hobbes, managing to get inside the house by flattering the former, where she knocks him out cold with a sledgehammer.

Calvin awakes a half-hour later in the attic, where Sheila reveals she's going to get the transmitter by cutting his head off with a chainsaw. But before she can, she has to deal with several people finding her, which she merely brainwashes into going into the basement.

Hobbes manages to use Socrates' transmitter to get themselves free, and they burst into the room. They manage to get her down long enough for Brainstorm and Jack, dresses as policemen, to "arrest" her.

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Tropes:

• Alien Invasion: Sheila thinks Calvin's planning one.
• Anime Hair: Sheila has it, and Calvin's dad lampshades it.
  "Nice hair."
  • Sheila also lampshades Calvin's:
  "JUST YOU WAIT! ALIEN! HE'S AN ALIEN! IT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION! HOW ELSE COULD HIS HAIR DO THAT? ALIEN!!"
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking:
  Sheila: And you are gathering bits of information for them! You are plotting an invasion, aren't you? You're going to make us all walk about the streets and chant your great leader's name and make us clean your toilets with our tongues, aren't you?
• Big Damn Heroes: Hobbes and Socrates rescuing Calvin.
• Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...:
  Jack: Let's see, electric bills, cable bills, radar bills, your Evil Genius magazine, a letter from that freak giving you the free 'Take over the world in three days' book, some package from the 'make your evil genius inventions work' company, and another letter from your sister.
• Cassandra Truth: Inverted with Sheila, who believes Calvin - and then exploited to get inside his house and knock him out cold.
• Chainsaw Good: Sheila tries to cut Calvin's head off with one.
• Department of Redundancy Department:
  Sheila: I FOUND SOMETHING OUT! I SOMETHING OUT! I FOUND SOMETHING OUT! I FOUND SOMETHING OUT! I SOMETHING OUT! I FOUND SOMETHING OUT! I FOUND SOMETHING OUT! I SOMETHING OUT! I FOUND SOMETHING OUT!
• Do Not Adjust Your Set: Brainstorm attempts to do this.
• Duct Tape for Everything: Sheila duct tapes Calvin's mouth shut.
• Face Palm: A fair amount of them.
• Fangirl: Sheila claims to be one of Calvin's fans. It works.
• Gasp!: Everyone in the basement when Sheila reveals she's going to kill Calvin.
• Human Popsicle: Brainstorm suggests doing this to Sheila.
• I Am Not Weasel: Sheila thinks Calvin's an alien, which drives the plot forward.
• It Runs in the Family: Crazy runs in the Brainstorm family, it seems. And compared to Sheila, Dr. Brainstorm appears to have gotten off lightly.
• Mass Hypnosis: See Overly Long Gag below.
• Noodle Incident: Whatever this line implies, it certainly wasn't pretty:
  Sheila: Now what are you doing! You aren't abandoning me like you did in 1987. ARE YOU!!!!
• Off with Her Head!: Sheila tries to do this to Calvin.
• Overly Long Gag: Sheila brainwashing people. She even lampshades it:
  "OKAY! DOES ANYONE ELSE WANNA TRY AND STOP ME?! BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING REALLY OLD!"
• Season Finale
• Self-Destruct Mechanism: Defied by Brainstorm.
• Shout-Out:
  • One of Jack's lines, "I wonder if Charlie Brown could use a robot". is taken from this◊ Garfield strip.
  • Calvin ends up describing SpongeBob SquarePants' appearance to Galaxoid and Nebular.
  • There's this:
    Brainstorm: Oh no! I hope Superman hasn't discovered my secret hideout!
    Jack: I seriously doubt that he would waste his time here.
  • Sheila does a Captain's Log while walking with Calvin.
• Suspiciously Specific Denial:
  Radio Shack worker: Welcome to Radio Shack. How may I help you?
  Sheila: SPY EQUIPMENT! IT'S FOR MY SON'S BIRTHDAY! NOT FOR ME! MY SON! NOTHING SUSPICIONS ABOUT BUYING SPY STUFF!
• Twitchy Eye: Sheila gets one shortly after the above exchange, and later when stealing the toys.
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: The Radio Shack employee isn't surprised at Sheila's plight.
• Would Hurt a Child: It's debatable how responsible Sheila can be held for her actions, as she's clearly batshit insane, but she's perfectly willing to kill Calvin despite explicitly realizing he's a kid.