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[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Hobbes is canonically a stuffed tiger that only comes to life on Calvin's head smh these people don't know the lore

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

That's absolutely not canon.

When an interviewer talked about Hobbes being a creation of Calvin's imagination, he said:

"That’s the assumption that adults make because nobody else sees him, sees Hobbes, in the way that Calvin does".

He specifically dodges the question of whether or not Hobbes is a stuffed animal or not.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Isn't there also an instance of a kid, maybe Cindy, playing along with Hobbes like he's real? Am I making that up? I don't think we see him as a real tiger with her though.

[-] hactar42@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

He was having a tea party with Susie. They do show him as real, but only when Susie has her back turned. Just perfect with his keeping it ambiguous.

https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/05/31

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