4Well hello, it certainly has been a while since I've posted something around this neck of the woods.
Why have I been so inactive? Life, school, and other activities have taken up my time. I'm planning on posting some more episodes soon for The Calvin and Hobbes Show.
Since I'm releasing the first four chapters at once, I want to emphasize that I did not do this all in a day, I've been working on and off on these for the last few weeks.
This is my take on a Calvin and Hobbes film. All aspects of this film I came up with myself, along with drawing some inspiration from the Calvinverse by Swing123 and garfieldodie. It's not in the same continuity as The Calvin and Hobbes Show (Though you may recognize a character or two from it), and all information regarding the cast, soundtrack, etc. will be featured in a bonus chapter at the end.
So without further ado, enjoy!
Chapter 1: The Return of Old Foes
6:47 AM.
At this time in a certain neighborhood in Chagrin Falls, it was pretty quiet. Not a lot could be heard except the chirpings of birds on a beautiful summer day.
Of course, this was about to change.
A six-year-old boy with spiky blonde hair woke up to the sun beaming on him from his bedroom window. He grabbed his alarm clock and looked at the time, 6:47 AM.
"Huh, guess we overslept today. C'mon Hobbes! We're wasting the day away!" The boy said as he tried to shake his tiger, Hobbes, awake.
"Hzmpth, deep fried tuna? Oh I'd love that, pass it over with the peanut butter would ya? Zzzz..."
"WAKE UP FLEABAG!" The boy said as he shoved the tiger off the bed.
"And yet another dream ruined by Calvin the Dreamcrusher..." Hobbes remarked as he slowly got up from the floor.
"Oh quit whining Hobbes! It's already 6:47! Well, more like 6:48 now... But still! It's summer! We gotta live it up! Go crazy! Have fun! Take risks!" Calvin, the boy replied.
Now Calvin is not your average six-year-old. For his age, he's quite philosophical and has a pretty extensive vocabulary. He also has an imagination that is wider than the Milky Way. Together, he and his tiger best friend Hobbes get into loads of mayhem together all over the place.
"I'm not opposed to having fun, I'm just opposed to having to start the day off before 8 AM." Hobbes said defensively.
"Whatever furball, let's go eat breakfast." Calvin said rolling his eyes as he left his bedroom. Hobbes sighed and followed.
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The Calvin and Hobbes Movie
And so, Calvin and Hobbes went through their morning routine, which included of eating several bowls of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs while watching cartoons on TV. After that, they went outside and dug for buried treasure (which failed horribly), read comic books, set a water balloon trap (which fell on Calvin), and played some Calvinball.
"Wow, what a great day! And its only 10 AM! Isn't this the life Hobbes?" Calvin asked to his tiger companion as he went into the garage and grabbed the wagon.
"I suppose it is, especially when things happen at your expense." Hobbes chuckled.
"Yeah, yeah, my pain is your amusement..." Calvin grumbled as they left the garage and shut it with the wagon.
Unbeknownst to the two of them, some unexpected guests had gotten into the garage while they were waiting.
A group of five worms had made their way into the garage unnoticed.
"See! I knew it would work! Who thinks I'm crazy now?!" One of the worms laughed out in glee.
"So you were right for once in your life, congratulations..." Another one said groaning.
"Alright, shut up you idiots, we're almost there! Now we just need to get inside the house somehow..." A third one said.
"Calvin? Is that you?" Calvin's Mom asked as she opened the door, only to see nobody was there.
"That's odd... I could've sworn I heard Calvin's voice..." Mom said confused as she closed the door and went back inside.
This was the break that the worms needed and took full advantage of to get inside.
They soon slithered their way up the stairs, and into Calvin's bedroom.
"I gotta say, it looks just how I remembered it." The fourth worm remarked.
"That makes things easier! The box is in his closet I'm sure!" The fifth of the worms remarked.
Luckily for them, the closet door was left open, and sure enough, the box was there. The worms pushed it out.
"Alright, so which way does this go again?" The third worm asked.
"The inside of the box has to be on the bottom to be the Transmogrifier." The first worm said confidently.
"And just how sure are you of that Two?" The fourth worm asked.
"100 percent positive, I came out the side when that loon created me." The first worm said confidently.
"Alright, let's just go with it..." The second worm said as he helped put the box as a Transmogrifier.
"Excellent! Alright, Six, you press the button to turn us back into our old selves, and then we'll change you back!" The first worm said.
"But why am I always last?!" The fifth worm protested.
"Because you were made last, that's why." The fourth worm said chuckling as the rest of the worms got inside the Transmogrifier.
The worm pressed the button.
ZAP!
The worm was flung off the box, only for the box to land on him.
ZAP!
The worm kicked the box off him, only except he wasn't a worm anymore.
He was actually Duplicate Number 6.
"Man! So good to have a human body back again!" Duplicate 6 said thrilled.
"Boy, I'll say, I haven't felt this good in years!" Duplicate 3 said.
"That's because it HAS been years you dimwitted duplicate!" Duplicate 5 said.
"Only downside is that we'll have to actually stop and use the bathroom again..." Duplicate 4 remarked.
"Alright, alright, we get it! Now that we've finally turned ourselves back into duplicates of Calvin, we can finally exact our revenge on him and his stupid tiger friend for turning us into worms all those years ago..." Duplicate 2 said in a scheming tone.
"How many years ago was it exactly?" Duplicate 3 asked.
Silence filled the room.
"Good question..." Duplicate 2 replied, "...Anywho, let's start coming up with ways to get rid of Calvin!"
Silence again filled the room.
"Wow, nothing? Cmon guys, haven't we put any thought into this at all?" Duplicate 2 asked to the others, hoping to get an idea out of them.
"You know Two, I was thinking about it, and I think it's gonna take someone else to help us get the best revenge on Calvin possible..." Duplicate 5 said speaking up.
"Yeah! Five's right, and maybe that person can also help us take over the world!" Duplicate 3 said in agreement.
"World domination? Where did you get that from?" Duplicate 2 asked confused.
"Don't you remember how Calvin would sometimes talk about how he was gonna rule the world and send all girls to Pluto or something and establish a totalitarian dictatorship?" Duplicate 4 asked.
"Eh, not really, we weren't with him that long." Duplicate 2 replied.
"I think we should do that after we exact our revenge on Calvin just to spite him." Duplicate 6 said piping in.
"Hmm... I should've thought of that before... Alright, let's do this dupes! We've waited oh so long for this chance, and we can't squander it! This is our second chance at life, and we gotta make the most of it! So let's move!" Duplicate 2 bellowed as he led the Duplicates out of Calvin's room, and out of Calvin's house, looking for a new partner in crime.
As the Duplicates went through Calvin's backyard, trying to find someone, Calvin's Mom noticed from a window that there were five Calvin's in her backyard.
"FIVE Calvin's? I really must've gone overboard on the coffee today..." She said sighing as she went back to her work.
"Ah, the top of Screaming Slopes... Isn't it a sight to behold Hobbes?" Calvin asked to Hobbes.
"I suppose so, knowing it's one of the last sights I'll see before death..." Hobbes replied wearily.
"Hobbes, you worry too much. It's not like we've died or anything from any of our rides over the years, right?"
"I mean technically no, but we have come close several times."
"Yeah, yeah, but just because we came close doesn't mean we actually are right?" Calvin inquired as he got into the wagon.
"I mean, I guess I can't argue with that logic..." Hobbes said sarcastically.
"Exactly! Now let's have ourselves a ride!" Calvin said triumphantly, not catching Hobbes' sarcasm. Hobbes sighed and started to push the wagon down the hill, and jumped on as it continued to gain speed.
The wagon raced through the woods, with Calvin navigating his way through several trees, rocks, branches, and other random objects.
"Aren't you having fun Hobbes?" Calvin asked as he continued to drive the wagon.
"I mean, considering you've only almost hit three things today, I'd say we're destined to live through this." Hobbes replied.
"Exactly! That's what destiny is all about Hobbes! Not all of us are destined to do great things in life, but luckily, the two of us are." Calvin explained.
"And exactly what is our destiny?" Hobbes asked.
"Hard to say, you just have to wait until you wake up one day and realize, 'Hey! I'm destined to do this!'. Now considering how I am a Boy of Destiny, I'm destined to do pretty much anything I can think of! I just gotta wait for the opportunity to present itself, but I do feel like I'm destined to eradicate girls off this earth..." Calvin explained.
"Ah yes, and with your logic that means that I'm destined to do something not as great as you." Hobbes replied.
"Exactly. But even though that's the case, you're fortunate to be destined to do something. Mom and Dad aren't destined to do anything!" Calvin said back.
"Gee, I sure am lucky." Hobbes said sarcastically, but Calvin once again did not catch the sarcasm.
As they raced through the woods, they noticed a sign ahead that read, "To go over Bridge, turn left."
"Huh! I didn't know there's a bridge in this neck of the woods! Let's try it out!" Calvin said as he prepared to go to the left.
"Let's not and say we did." Hobbes said cringing at the thought.
But Calvin being Calvin, ignored Hobbes and went to the left towards the bridge.
"Cmon Hobbes, we were destined to check out this bridge! Who knows, maybe there's some hidden treasure that we'll find and get rich!" Calvin said excitedly.
"I hate to break it to you, but it looks like we're heading straight towards a cliff." Hobbes said pointing out to Calvin that there was no bridge.
"Oh..." Calvin said cringing, knowing what was next.
The wagon flew off the cliff, flinging Calvin and Hobbes out, and they all came crashing down into a small ravine.
"Ugh, that's gonna leave a mark..." Hobbes winced looking at his tail, that had no noticeable injuries.
"What mark?! You're covered with fur!" Calvin exclaimed as he got up and tried to wring out the water in his shirt.
"Tigers don't have injuries that show on the outside." Hobbes said defensively.
Before Calvin responded, he heard laughter.
An all too familiar laugh.
He turned around to see Moe, the school bully, laughing about Calvin's fate.
"Heh heh heh! You really 'fell' for that one twinky!" Moe laughed.
"Moe?! How do you know where Hobbes and I go on our rides?!" Calvin asked enraged.
"Unfortunately, that's confidential twinky, but I'm sure we both know why you ended up with this fate." Moe replied.
"Oh come on! That prank on the last day of school was hilarious and you know it!" Calvin shot back
It was the last day school, Moe went to his locker to grab some stuff, but when it opened, shaving cream was sprayed all over his face.
While he was trying to get it off him, Calvin tied some rope onto his leg that was connected to a garbage can, and Calvin pushed the garbage can, sending Moe all through the school, and out onto the playground, where the garbage can went off a ramp, and when Moe went off the ramp, the rope snapped and sent Moe right into the basketball hoop.
Stuck, Moe couldn't do anything, only for a watermelon that somehow was able to stick on the backboard without falling, fell right onto him, covering him with watermelon.
Calvin couldn't contain his laughter, along with several other kids that had witnessed the entire thing. All Moe could do was groan and wait for help.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure you were the only one that found it amusing." Moe replied.
"Alright Moe, you may have won this time, but I'll come back bigger, harder, and stronger... You won't even know what hit you! You're going to get it good!"
Moe laughed hysterically.
"Ha! Twinky, you've never, ever came out on top against me in the end, and that's the way it's going to be! They don't call ya 'twinky' for nuttin'! Ha!" Moe said laughing as he walked away.
This whole time, the duplicates were watching.
"You know, I like this Moe kid..." Duplicate 2 began.
"Yeah, I think he's the one." Duplicate 5 said in agreement.
"But how are we gonna find him?" Duplicate 3 asked.
"Simple dummy, we follow him!" Duplicate 6 snapped.
"Alright, shut up idiots and let's follow him!" Duplicate 4 piped in.
"Yeah, cmon dupes! Moe is the man that we want!" Duplicate 2 proclaimed as he led the Duplicates on the way to Moe.
