Fan Casting Hobbes in Calvin and Hobbes

From Calvin's point of view, Hobbes is an anthropomorphic tiger much larger than Calvin and full of independent attitudes and ideas. When the scene includes any other human, they see merely a stuffed animal, usually seated at an off-kilter angle and blankly staring into space. The true nature of the character is never resolved, instead as Watterson describes, a 'grown-up' version of reality is juxtaposed against Calvin's, with the reader left to "decide which is truer". He is named after the 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who held what Watterson describes as "a dim view of human nature,” suiting the character’s own views.