Talk:Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes)

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somebody should insert this quote into the section "Hobbes' reality" I don't think of Hobbes as a doll that miraculously comes to life whenever Calvin's around. Neither do I think of him as the product of Calvin's imagination. The nature of Hobbes's reality doesn't intrest me, and each story goes out of it's way to avoid resolving the issue

Also if someone familiar with wikiquoting can provide an adequate citation for this quote, I seem to recall it being in the introduction of the C+H 10th anniversary issue written by Bill _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I agree also. I have borrowed the book in the library and verified this. --Firefoxcub (talk) 22:50, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

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I am completing this now. The article also contradicts saying hobbes comes to life when Calvin is around. Thanks - Firefoxcub (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:54, 5 August 2011 (UTC).

Ext link
I've removed the link http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1449/ because the images there don't appear to work. Have tried in both Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Without the images, the site offers very little. -- Oscar The Cat talk 09:58, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

That's strange. They work for me. - Mike   (talk)  23:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Try this link. I don't get any calvin gif shown, I just get some geocities cruft on the right. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1449/strips.html?cabw1.gif --Oscarthecat[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|]] 09:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

== Weiner ! ==

I want to thank those responsible for the current state of the article. Not only is it exhaustive and informative, but its prose is simply marvellous. --Kizor 22:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Improvement
Everyone seems to mark this article as good... but it really needs cleanup at the moment I think, does anyone else agree? Seems very un-encyclopedic. 67.140.227.39 03:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The article contains well-rounded information, but I think it should be re-organized for structure. Sherwelthlangley 03:45, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree, and especially the last sentence seems very out of place in its section. Diablomarcus 15:35, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

stuffed animal vs. doll
Greetings All, Have inserted stuffed animal to describe Hobbes specifically even though, a couple of lines down, Watterson himself refers to the general idea of "... dolls coming to life". Regs. Technopat 10:37, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Hobbes' species
The article says Hobbes is a Sumatran tiger. Do we actually know this for sure? It should probably be cited. 75.68.123.139 (talk) 02:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

No one's said anything so I'm going to remove it. 75.69.39.95 (talk) 18:11, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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Wow
"Though at times Calvin can get his parents to talk to Hobbes, his parents do not see Hobbes as a living creature in the way that Calvin does, and no other character in the strip thinks of Hobbes as a live tiger, either, so panels in strips that have Calvin's parents or any other adults in them, Hobbes is back in his "stuffed animal" form, but if only Calvin is alone in a panel with him, Hobbes comes to life once again." HOLY RUN ON SENTENCE BATMAN!129.139.1.68 (talk) 17:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Stuffed Tiger picture?
I think it would be fair use to add a second picture of Hobbes' depiction as a stuffed animal, as they are distinct, equally recognizable, and would better reflect the duality character. This is important because the two versions of Hobbes are central to his character and central to the premise of the comic strip. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.68.31.227 (talk) 17:55, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Hobbes's possessive case
For convenience ('s ?) sake, and for fear of getting pounced out on from dark places in Wikipedia, let me ask before I edit ;-):

I can't see why (Thomas) Hobbes's and (Tiger) Hobbes' spellings differ. But I can feel (whiskers deployed) trouble coming my way at the mere thought of enforcing a consistent "Hobbes's" form across Calvin&Hobbes ('s) many pages.

Apostrophe reads: Many respected authorities recommend that practically all singular nouns, including those ending with a sibilant sound, have possessive forms with an extra s after the apostrophe so that the spelling reflects the underlying pronunciation.

How does Bill Waterson pronounce "Hobbes' (s) possessive case" ? Thierry Le Provost (talk) 17:13, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * When in doubt: consult the source! (Hobbes' is the only result). However, see also MOS:POSS for our inhouse styleguide (Be consistent within an article). –Quiddity (talk) 22:39, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Length issue.
This is incredibly wordy for a page about a fictional character. I feel there are shorter articles for decades-long wars. TibbettsN (talk) 04:24, 29 August 2015 (UTC)