It Will Build Character

Cast(in order of appearance):Calvin,Hobbes,Calvin's mother,Calvin's father,Socrates,Andy

Summary
When Mom can't go on a camping trip,Socrates is accidentally brought along. To make matters worse, there's a mountain lion loose on the island.

Full plot
Dad's bringing Calvin along with him for yet another horrible camping trip, but his mom is preparing dinner for his boss, so she can't come. While Calvin explains this to his friends, Socrates sneaks in the hypercube, intrigued by a whole week of misery for Calvin. However, he never said they were going camping...When they arrive, Calvin and Hobbes immediately start unpacking, but they end up taking out Socrates, who shortly winds up thrown out of the tent. He shortly panics when he sees his location, claiming his upper-class nature is not meant for the outdoors. Eventually, they set up a sound barrier and duct tape the zipper shut, ignoring both Dad and Socrates. Later, a mountain lion happens upon a sleeping and mumbling Socrates, whose babbling bamboozles the lion. Three days later, things are pretty peaceful. Socrates ends up electrocuted thanks to the electro-shield Calvin put around the canoe. His attempt to swim for it fails, as Calvin put another one around the whole island. Socrates finally makes peace with the two, but the mountain lion interrupts their movie. Calvin throws Socrates out to do it, and he finds a tan tail. In his attempt to prank it, he finds out it was the lion, who starts mauling him. His efforts to reason and evade it prove unsuccessful, and soon Calvin ends up involved as well. The latter eventually uses the hypercube to capture him, and he shortly uses it to get Dad to end the trip early.

Transcript
It Will Build Character Transcript

Trivia

 * This is the seventh episode of Season 2 and the 41st episode overall of Calvin and Hobbes the Series.