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The Calvin And Hobbes Factor

posted 8 years ago by mrzeebub
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Did anyone else notice the Calvin and Hobbes elements?

Early on, it's mentioned the family is estranged from a neighbor over "the noodle incident," something the dad asks about, but it's never explained to him. During the course of the Calvin And Hobbes comic strips, several references are made to "the noodle incident" but that is never explained either.
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/candh/images/e/e6/The_Noodle_Incident.png/revision/latest?cb=20120813011950

In Krampus the first scary-looking snowman is revealed. Then more and more show up, and they seem to move around. Calvin regularly makes "Monster Snow Goons" (the title of one of the C&H compilation books is "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons") and the ones in this movie look right out of the pages of Calvin And Hobbes.
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/candh/images/1/1b/SnowGoonsInTheYard.png/revision/latest?cb=20121026175449

Were there any more that I missed?

[–] cgrill8 8 years ago

I knew about the 'noodle incident' reference... but I forgot about the Monster Snow Goons!!! Ohmygosh! Cool! Nice C&H reference! Miss good comics... Calvin & Hobbs, Far Side, Garfield (before latest look), Andy Capp, Beetle Bailey, Hagar the Horrible... Shoe... I still have many clipped out when the nephew went in the army? and played tuba! Hilarious! A bird playing tuba in the middle of all those people... HARCH!

3rd generation American from a long line of Gottscheers... it was Drandul, dude!