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'''''Allosaurus''''' is a genus (for the purposes of this article, a species) of large carnivorous dinosaurs from the Jurassic. It appeared in four Sunday strips and a story arc.
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'''''Allosaurus''''' is a species of large carnivorous dinosaurs from the Jurassic. It appeared in four [[Sunday comics|Sunday strips]] and a [[Story arcs|story arc]].
==''Ultrasauros'' escape==
 
   
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In the [[Calvin]] and [[Hobbes]] universe, it can either refer to:
==6/27 through 7/7 1990 story arc==
 
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* [[Allosaurus (story arc)]] - an allosaurus appearing in a [[Time Machine|time travelling story arc]],
[[File:Allosaurus_story_arc.png|thumb]]''Allosaurus'' also appeared in this 1990 story arc. In it, Calvin and Hobbes had traveled back in time 140 million years on a photo safari. They came across ''Diplodocus'', ''Stegosarus'', and an ''Allosaurs'' – all of which had actually died out by 140 Ma BC. The ''Allosaurus'' was hostile to the time travelers, who only narrowly managed to escape.
 
==Calvin the Allosaur==
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* [[Calvin the Allosaur]] - a minor alter ego of [[Calvin]]'s
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[[Category:Dinosaurs]]
''Allosaurus'' was also a minor recurring alter ego of Calvin's. It appeared as such in three Sunday strips.
 
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[[Category:Alter egos of Calvin]]
===Calvin the Allosaur===
 
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[[Category:Minor characters]]
[[File:Allosaurus_Calvin_the_Awful_Allosaur.png|thumb]]Calvin the Allosaur (identified as "Calvin, The Awful Allosaur") is a minor alter ego of Calvin's. It appeared in a single Sunday strip. In it, Calvin somehow transformed into an ''Allosaurus'' in his room and went outside to enter a Jurassic environment. There, it hunted a passing ''Diplodocus'' by means of ambush, as an analogy to Calvin scaring his mother by hiding in a closet and, upon her opening it, jumping out while making a hideous grimace.
 
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[[Category:Characters]]
===Ultrasauros attack===
 
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[[Category:Animals]]
[[File:Allosaurus_Ultrasaurus.png|thumb|left]]''Allosaurus'' appeared once more as a minor alter ego of Calvin's in a Sunday strip. In it, a ''Supersaurus'' (identified as an ultrasaur, in reference to ''[[Ultrasauros]]'') took in a drink at a waterhole; the ''Allosaurus'', also thirsty, tried to confront it for access to the water. However, as it approached its competitor, the Allosaurus realized it had no chance of bringing down the ''Supersaurus''. Allosaurus was here analogous to Calvin waiting in line at a school water fountain to avoid being hit by Moe.
 
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[[Category:Calvin's imagination]]
===Brontosaurus attack===
 
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[[Category:Characters in Calvin's imagination]]
Allosaurus made one more appearance in a Sunday strip as a minor alter ego of Calvin's. In it,
 
[[Category:Alter Egos]]
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[[Category:Prehistoric reptiles]]

Latest revision as of 04:52, 13 July 2022

Allosaurus is a species of large carnivorous dinosaurs from the Jurassic. It appeared in four Sunday strips and a story arc.

In the Calvin and Hobbes universe, it can either refer to: