Calvin and Hobbes: The Series/Recap/S1/E03 The World's Greatest Calvin
The episode opens with the duo watching The Ultimate Record, and Calvin wonders if he could break a world record. He attempts to play basketball, baseball, and win a race against Hobbes. Naturally, he fails.
Next, Calvin tries to obtain a marble collection. Upon getting a thousand, his imagination sets off during a lecture, ending with him attacking his dad and getting thrown in his room.
Finally, Calvin sets up an utterly insane obstacle course, weaving throughout the town.
The first part lasts several hours, thanks to Calvin's habit of screaming in victory. He finally outsmarts Hobbes using the Duplicator.
After a maniacal race through town, Hobbes ends up winning. Calvin wails about never being able to break a record, but then he realizes that he was fine as himself... because millions of people died to make him.
Just then, Calvin's parents burst in, screaming about the damages caused by the race. Needless to say, he ends up grounded.
Tropes:
- Alliterative Name: The Monster Maze. Lampshaded:
Hobbes: Nice touch. |
- An Aesop: Subverted. Calvin seems to be headed for a Be Yourself one... until he proclaims that millions of people's suffering was completely justified by his own existence.
- Guinness Episode
- Hard Work Montage: Calvin and Hobbes attempting to play several sports.
- Lemony Narrator: The narrator remarks that "[Calvin and Hobbes] ran through so many places that this episode would be a movie if I mentioned all of them."
- The Maze: Part of Calvin's insane death course, titled the Monster Maze.
- Me's a Crowd: Calvin uses the Duplicator in order to outsmart Hobbes.
- Overly Long Gag: Calvin describing the course. Lampshaded:
"... You might want to be taking notes." |
- You Are Grounded: Calvin at the end.