Calvin is a fictional character in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. He is one of the strip's primary characters, along with Hobbes. Calvin is most remembered for his "dastardly plots" (most of the time against girls), his humor, his wisdom (and misapplication thereof) and his extensive vocabulary uncharacteristic to a six year old. His first piece of dialogue was the line, "So long, Pop. I'm off to check my tiger trap". His la...
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Calvin is a fictional character in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. He is one of the strip's primary characters, along with Hobbes. Calvin is most remembered for his "dastardly plots" (most of the time against girls), his humor, his wisdom (and misapplication thereof) and his extensive vocabulary uncharacteristic to a six year old. His first piece of dialogue was the line, "So long, Pop. I'm off to check my tiger trap". His last line of dialogue was also the strip's final line: "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!" Calvin appeared in almost every Calvin and Hobbes strip printed and published.
Named after 16th Century theologian John Calvin, (founder of Calvinism and a strong believer in predestination which Calvin mentions several times in the strip), Calvin is an impulsive, insubordinate, imaginative, energetic, curious, bratty, rambunctious, obnoxious, irate, and intelligent six-year-old, and is often very selfish. He's usually lost in...
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