An outdoorsman, he enjoys bike rides and camping trips, sometimes in extreme weather, and insists that these activities, like Calvin's chores, "build character". Calvin's father is particularly shaken, admitting to his wife, "I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed." Ĭalvin's father is a white-collar office worker, specifically a patent attorney, as Watterson's own father was. For several strips, Calvin and Hobbes fade into the background as Mom and Dad reflect on the impact of the event. One example is a storyline in which the family returns from a wedding to find their house has been broken into and ransacked. Also, occasionally Watterson takes the time to flesh out the two parental characters. However, Watterson sometimes uses them to explore situations adults can relate to, such as the desire to enjoy leisure time as opposed to the need to work, or bad customer service and frustrations when grocery shopping. Watterson has never given Calvin's parents' names "because as far as the strip is concerned, they are important only as Calvin's mom and dad." Like Hobbes, they serve as counterpoints to Calvin's attitude and view of the world.
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