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Calvin and Hobbes III:Double Trouble is the third movie in the Calvin and Hobbes Movie saga. It follows Calvin and Hobbes as they get kidnapped while Rupert and Earl take over the world.

Cast

Jackson Kelley as Calvin
- Nathan Fillion as Spaceman Spiff/Stupendous Man/Tracer Bullet
Taika Waititi as Hobbes
Bill Hader as Dad
Elizabeth Banks as Mom
Kevin Smith as Socrates
Griffin Gluck as Andy
Ty Burrell as Sherman
Ben Schwartz as MTM
Jim Carrey as Chill
Bryan Cranston as Rupert
Seth Rogen as Earl
Danny McBride as John Chill
Jay Baruchel as Nick
Hank Azaria as Dr. Brainstorm
Tom Cruise as Jack
Jake Gyllenhaal as Uncle Max
Elizabeth Olsen as Aunt Sydney
Julian Hillard as Terry
Jett Klyne as Mark
Annette Bening as Mother Brainstorm
Zoey Deutch as Sheila Brainstorm
Naomi Watts as Jacqueline
Kurt Russell as Captain Rumple

Plot

The movie opens with John Chill (Danny McBride) reading a book in the Iran desert. His cohort, Nick (Jay Baruchel) comes and delivers mail to him. Rupert Chill (Jim Carrey) runs over angrily and demands to know who put eggs in his helmet. Nick has a talk with him about how he's too patriotic and Chill runs off. Elsewhere, Mom (Elizabeth Banks) calls Calvin (Jackson Kelley) to go to the museum. He teleports Andy (Griffin Gluck), Socrates (Ryan Stiles), and Sherman (Ty Burrell) into the car. Calvin reveals he has a big announcement but will reveal it later. Socrates desperately wants to know, but Calvin won't tell him. After a day at the museum, in the gift shop, Calvin reveals he will be celebrating his first birthday in 34 years, to which Socrates immediately wants to do party planning. On Planet Zok, Rupert (Bryan Cranston) concocts a plan to destroy Calvin.

Socrates is planning for Calvin's party, but Calvin denies all his plans and decides to stick with his parents plans, until Socrates reveals he put up posters across the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Dr. Brainstorm (Tom Cruise) and Jack (Taylor Lautner) look at one of Brainstorm's new inventions, to control the people through music, when their fan club arrives. Dr. Brainstorm decides to give them a tour of the lab. Later, Socrates has collected all the posters he put up for Calvin's party. But he forgets to take down one, leaving a man to find it, and he drives off. Socrates conks out on Calvin's bed. Then Mom comes in and tells Calvin to interact with the guests. Calvin is overjoyed when he hears Uncle Max's (Jake Gyllenhaal) voice downstairs. Then Aunt Sydney (Elizabeth Olsen) visits with her two boys, Terry (Julian Hillard) and Mark (Jett Klyne), who berate and tease Calvin. Calvin and Hobbes leave the house to get away from the family, and head to the general store, but then are countered by the man from earlier who kidnaps them.

Mom, worried about Calvin, calls Andy and asks if he is at his house. Andy says no, and he and Sherman call MTM, who informs them Calvin and Hobbes are not at home. Meanwhile, Calvin and Hobbes sit in the backseat of the man's car, terrified. Calvin says it's likely Andy and Sherman will get the MTM when a burger wrapper teleports away. It is MTM, who has a little bit of teleporter trouble. the man's car pulls up to an abandoned shack. MTM transports a padlock away. In the shack, the man puts Calvin and Hobbes in a metal box. When Andy and Sherman give up, they teleport Socrates over to use his security cameras all over town to see what happened. When they see Calvin has been kidnapped, they don’t know what to do and decide to get the police. In the shack, the man introduces himself as Nick to Calvin and Hobbes.

Jack is sitting bored, and then Mother Brainstorm (Annette Bening) shows up with Sheila (Zoey Deutch) and Jacqueline (Naomi Watts). Dr. Brainstorm is giving his fans a tour. Mother Brainstorm crashes the tour and embarasses Dr. Brainstorm. Meanwhile, a policewoman is questioning Mom and Dad. Andy, Sherman, and Socrates spy on them, and decide to help the police and find their friends until they hear screaming. Then they see an alien spaceship. It is revealed it is Rupert's. Andy, Sherman, MTM and Socrates are teleported into Rupert's ship. Rupert shoves the four into a spaceship and then they fly to Zok, theorizing Rupert had something to do with Calvin’s kidnapping.

In another war flashback, John and Nick tease Chill about his patriotism and John tells Nick about how the war is bringing something out in Chill. Meanwhile, in the shack, the man brings Calvin and Hobbes some food after he talks to himself about how he hates the job. Father Brainstorm arrives in the Brainstorm lab to see his wife floating above them and Brainstorm’s fan club fooling with his inventions. Brainstorm gains control of the fan club when Jack and Jacqueline notice the Zokian cruiser above Calvin’s neighborhood. As Calvin’s parents and Uncle Max hide Lenny (Brendon Urie) and Carl (Tyler Joseph) trick them into letting them in, knowing they found Calvin’s house. Lenny says that the three adults have to give up their free will to Rupert, and then they depart, not before asking for food.

Production

After Calvin and Hobbes II:Lost at Sea's great success,Adam McKay left the saga,leaving Greg Mottola from Superbad to take over the director's chair. The first casting was when Jackson Kelley confirmed he was returning as Calvin, and then the rest of the cast was announced. Danny McBride announced he was reprising his role as John Chill, and Jim Carrey joined the cast as an antihero.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, Calvin and Hobbes III: Double Trouble has a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus being "Calvin and Hobbes III: Double Trouble is not as good as the previous installments, but its all-star cast, amazing plot, and hilarious comedy makes it a good watch.

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 *Kurt Russell as Captain Rumple
 ==Plot==
-The movie opens with John Chill (Danny McBride) reading a book in the Iran desert. His cohort, Nick (Jay Baruchel) comes and delivers mail to him. Chill (Jim Carrey) runs over angrily and demands to know who put eggs in his helmet. Nick has a talk with him about how he's too patriotic and Chill runs off. Elsewhere, Mom (Elizabeth Banks) calls Calvin (Jackson Kelley) to go to the museum. He teleports Andy (Griffin Gluck), Socrates (Ryan Stiles), and Sherman (Ty Burrell) into the car. Calvin reveals he has a big announcement but will reveal it later. Socrates desperately wants to know, but Calvin won't tell him. After a day at the museum, in the gift shop, Calvin reveals he will be celebrating his first birthday in 34 years, to which Socrates immediately wants to do party planning. On Planet Zok, Rupert (Bryan Cranston) concocts a plan to destroy Calvin.
+The movie opens with John Chill (Danny McBride) reading a book in the Iran desert. His cohort, Nick (Jay Baruchel) comes and delivers mail to him. Rupert Chill (Jim Carrey) runs over angrily and demands to know who put eggs in his helmet. Nick has a talk with him about how he's too patriotic and Chill runs off. Elsewhere, Mom (Elizabeth Banks) calls Calvin (Jackson Kelley) to go to the museum. He teleports Andy (Griffin Gluck), Socrates (Ryan Stiles), and Sherman (Ty Burrell) into the car. Calvin reveals he has a big announcement but will reveal it later. Socrates desperately wants to know, but Calvin won't tell him. After a day at the museum, in the gift shop, Calvin reveals he will be celebrating his first birthday in 34 years, to which Socrates immediately wants to do party planning. On Planet Zok, Rupert (Bryan Cranston) concocts a plan to destroy Calvin.
 Socrates is planning for Calvin's party, but Calvin denies all his plans and decides to stick with his parents plans, until Socrates reveals he put up posters across the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Dr. Brainstorm (Tom Cruise) and Jack (Taylor Lautner) look at one of Brainstorm's new inventions, to control the people through music, when their fan club arrives. Dr. Brainstorm decides to give them a tour of the lab. Later, Socrates has collected all the posters he put up for Calvin's party. But he forgets to take down one, leaving a man to find it, and he drives off. Socrates conks out on Calvin's bed. Then Mom comes in and tells Calvin to interact with the guests. Calvin is overjoyed when he hears Uncle Max's (Jake Gyllenhaal) voice downstairs. Then Aunt Sydney (Elizabeth Olsen) visits with her two boys, Terry (Julian Hillard) and Mark (Jett Klyne), who berate and tease Calvin. Calvin and Hobbes leave the house to get away from the family, and head to the general store, but then are countered by the man from earlier who kidnaps them.
-Mom, worried about Calvin, calls Andy and asks if he is at his house. Andy says no, and he and Sherman call MTM, who informs them Calvin and Hobbes are not at home. Meanwhile, Calvin and Hobbes sit in the backseat of the man's car, terrified. Calvin says it's likely Andy and Sherman will get the MTM when a burger wrapper teleports away. It is MTM, who has a little bit of teleporter trouble. the man's car pulls up to an abandoned shack. MTM transports a padlock away. In the shack, the man puts Calvin and Hobbes in a metal box.
+Mom, worried about Calvin, calls Andy and asks if he is at his house. Andy says no, and he and Sherman call MTM, who informs them Calvin and Hobbes are not at home. Meanwhile, Calvin and Hobbes sit in the backseat of the man's car, terrified. Calvin says it's likely Andy and Sherman will get the MTM when a burger wrapper teleports away. It is MTM, who has a little bit of teleporter trouble. the man's car pulls up to an abandoned shack. MTM transports a padlock away. In the shack, the man puts Calvin and Hobbes in a metal box. When Andy and Sherman give up, they teleport Socrates over to use his security cameras all over town to see what happened. When they see Calvin has been kidnapped, they don’t know what to do and decide to get the police. In the shack, the man introduces himself as Nick to Calvin and Hobbes.
-Jack is sitting bored, and then Mother Brainstorm (Olivia Munn) shows up with Sheila (Zoey Deutch) and Jacqueline (Naomi Watts). Dr. Brainstorm is giving his fans a tour. Mother Brainstorm crashes the tour and embarasses Dr. Brainstorm. Meanwhile, a policewoman is questioning Mom and Dad. Andy, Sherman, and Socrates spy on them, and decide to help the police. Then they see an alien spaceship. It is revealed it is Rupert's. Andy, Sherman, and Socrates are teleported into Rupert's ship, and then they go to Zok.
+Jack is sitting bored, and then Mother Brainstorm (Annette Bening) shows up with Sheila (Zoey Deutch) and Jacqueline (Naomi Watts). Dr. Brainstorm is giving his fans a tour. Mother Brainstorm crashes the tour and embarasses Dr. Brainstorm. Meanwhile, a policewoman is questioning Mom and Dad. Andy, Sherman, and Socrates spy on them, and decide to help the police and find their friends until they hear screaming. Then they see an alien spaceship. It is revealed it is Rupert's. Andy, Sherman, MTM and Socrates are teleported into Rupert's ship. Rupert shoves the four into a spaceship and then they fly to Zok, theorizing Rupert had something to do with Calvin’s kidnapping.
+In another war flashback, John and Nick tease Chill about his patriotism and John tells Nick about how the war is bringing something out in Chill. Meanwhile, in the shack, the man brings Calvin and Hobbes some food after he talks to himself about how he hates the job. Father Brainstorm arrives in the Brainstorm lab to see his wife floating above them and Brainstorm’s fan club fooling with his inventions. Brainstorm gains control of the fan club when Jack and Jacqueline notice the Zokian cruiser above Calvin’s neighborhood. As Calvin’s parents and Uncle Max hide Lenny (Brendon Urie) and Carl (Tyler Joseph) trick them into letting them in, knowing they found Calvin’s house. Lenny says that the three adults have to give up their free will to Rupert, and then they depart, not before asking for food.
 ==Production==
 After Calvin and Hobbes II:Lost at Sea's great success,Adam McKay left the saga,leaving Greg Mottola from Superbad to take over the director's chair. The first casting was when Jackson Kelley confirmed he was returning as Calvin, and then the rest of the cast was announced. Danny McBride announced he was reprising his role as John Chill, and Jim Carrey joined the cast as an antihero.