A Club's Blow

Cast(in order of appearance):Calvin's mother,Calvin's father,Calvin,Hobbes,Susie Derkins,MTM,Mr.Derkins

Summary
Calvin and Hobbes have to stay at Susie's house when Rosalyn can't babysit.

Full plot
It's date night for Calvin's parents. Usually, they only go once every six months, as Rosalyn is too expensive for them. Well, this time that won't be a problem- Rosalyn's got the flu, and she doesn't feel up to taking care of Calvin. No matter how much Dad begs or Mom threatens her, she's still not going to do it. Dad tries to get another sitter, but he doesn't have much luck. After an hour, however, they get Susie's father to agree to watch Calvin. Dad thinks that trapping Calvin in a house with Susie is cruel even for them, but Mom is desperate to get them out of the house. They take Calvin to the Derkins' house, but they don't tell him where he's going. He's just glad it's not Rosalyn, and lists off all the people who would be better babysitters than her. His opinion changes when he gets there and Susie answers the door. He tries to run away, but Mom catches him and brings him into the house. Calvin's parents go into the living room to meet Susie's parents, leaving the two mortal enemies alone. Mom and Dad leave. Calvin and Hobbes have an emergency upstairs meeting of G.R.O.S.S. in the upstairs bathroom. But before they can get there, they're stopped by Susie, who lays down a few rules: One, no going in her room, Two, no eating the cookies on the counter, Three, don't bother her when she's watching movies, and Four, don't touch any of her stuff. Of course, once they do meet up, they plan to break all of these rules. First, they sneak over to Susie's room. Hobbes picks the lock, and they walk in. They're amazed at the number of unicorns in there. Hobbes wonders what they do next, and Calvin replies that they'll stand there and let nature take its course. That won't take long, considering that Calvin is part of nature. Calvin leaves after a while. Susie slams the door, and Calvin and Hobbes grin and high-five each other. Hobbes comments that he likes Calvin when he's keeping his head cool instead of screaming it off about everything. Calvin just says that he felt the situation called for it. They then move on to part two of their plan: eating the cookies. Calvin thinks that it should be easy, as Susie has locked herself in her bedroom, but then Hobbes points out that Mr. Derkins (who hasn't yet heard any of the commotion) has a clear line of sight to the cookies. Calvin gets around this by using the MTM's new manipulator arms to move the cookies out of Mr. Derkins' sight. When Susie comes down and finds out Calvin ate them, she's furious. Later, when Susie wants to watch a movie, Calvin and Hobbes show up and start riffing it. Susie ends up spending most of the movie's run time trying to get them to stop. Calvin then goes upstairs and proceeds to break the rule about touching her stuff, juggling several of her dolls (well, actually he's just tossing them into the air one at a time, as he can't juggle). She runs up the stairs after Calvin, who jumps off and falls to the ground floor. Susie collects her things and stores them in her room. Now, Calvin and Hobbes have done everything on the list... except bug Susie. Calvin decides to do this by singing annoying songs. Susie starts throwing things at Calvin, but when this doesn't work, she just goes over and beats Calvin up. Soon after, Mr. Derkins finally decides to go check on his charges, and Susie tells him the whole story. When Mom and Dad return from a very peaceful evening, they find that they're really going to have to pay. Dad gives Mr. Derkins everything he has in his wallet. Calvin is very happy- he's just gotten rid of a slimy girl! Hobbes points out that he's the only one with bruises, but that doesn't do anything to dampen Calvin's mood. Dad's promise that Calvin "won't see the light of day for months" does provoke a sigh, however.

Transcript
A Club's Blow Transcript

Trivia

 * This is the 24th episode of Season 2 and the 58th episode overall of Calvin and Hobbes the Series.
 * This is Mr. Derkins' only appearance. He is played by Neil Patrick Harris.