Is It True? - Calvin and Hobbes Started Fight Club

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Hey guys and welcome to one of my two new segments Is It True? If any of you don't know what this is let me explain. Is It True? is where I tell you about fan theories about either a movie, TV show, etc. Then after I tell you what the property is I tell you what the theory is about. After all of that I do my best to debunk it. Now with all that out of the way let's get into today's topic.

What is Calvin and Hobbes?

Calvin and Hobbes was a daily comic strip created by American cartoonist Bill Watterson. The comic ran from November 18, 1985 to December 13, 1995. The ongoing story tells the humorous antics of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes. However since Calvin is very imaginative and sees Hobbes as an anthropomorphic Tiger.

What is Fight Club?

Fight Club is 1999 American film based on Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel of the same name. The movie stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt and is directed by David Fincher. The story is The Narrator (who's real name is never given) is tired with his life and white-collared job. One day he meets soap maker Tyler Durden and they then form a "fight club". Throughout the movie as the "fight club" grows things start to get out of hand.

The Theory

The theory goes like this. Calvin is a grown up version of The Narrator and Hobbes is Tyler Durden but Calvin reimaged him in a completely different way. The theory states when Calvin reaches seventh grade he's bullied by all the other kids so he decides to unimage Hobbes. But Hobbes or the very idea of him stills remains in Calvin's mind but a darker corner of it. While Hobbes my not be around he stills waits for Calvin to free and his still sees what goes on in Calvin's mind. Then when e Calvin is all grown up he brings Hobbes back but this time as Tyler Durden.

Is The Theory Believable?

So now that you know what Calvin and Hobbes, Fight Club, and what the theory it's time to decide if it's believable or not. My final verdict on the theory is I'm not buying. Mainly the theory is based on the fact that Hobbes and Tyler Durden aren't real but imagine and that's it. We're kind of grasping at straws here. But besides that let's break this down into simple steps.

1. Why did Calvin change his name? Also if you pay attention to Fight Club the movie hints at maybe The Narrator's name is Jack. Last time I checked Jack is not a nickname or has any relation to the name Calvin.

2. If Calvin did Hobbes back why did he image him to be so violent? I know we as people face a lot of hardships in life and sometimes want to act on our more violet tendencies but If Calvin was having such a terrible life shouldn't he want a more positive enforcement?

3. Now while both Calvin and Hobbes and The Narrator and Tyler do have their own boys only club. Calvin and Hobbes being GROSS (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS) and The Narrator and Tyler's being well Fight Club. But this two clubs have nothing in common.

4. Also if Hobbes and Tyler are the same imaginary friend why are they so different? Hobbes is a very rational tiger with a calm, cool, and collective personality. Tyler Durden while is calm, cool, and can be collective is still very much a psycho.

And then there's so many other things that trow a wrench in this theory but let's just move on. So in short I not buying this theory. But just because I don't believe it still makes for a very interesting story.

So that's going to do it for this edition of Is It True? I will without a shadow of a doubt being doing another one of these in the near future. And while this is my first one I'm already having fun with this new segment.

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Jan 15th - Is It True? - Calvin and Hobbes Started Fight Club

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