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Hobbes is canonically a stuffed tiger that only comes to life on Calvin's head smh these people don't know the lore
That's absolutely not canon.
When an interviewer talked about Hobbes being a creation of Calvin's imagination, he said:
"That’s the assumption that adults make because nobody else sees him, sees Hobbes, in the way that Calvin does".
He specifically dodges the question of whether or not Hobbes is a stuffed animal or not.
Isn't there also an instance of a kid, maybe Cindy, playing along with Hobbes like he's real? Am I making that up? I don't think we see him as a real tiger with her though.
He was having a tea party with Susie. They do show him as real, but only when Susie has her back turned. Just perfect with his keeping it ambiguous.
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/05/31