"Scientific progress goes "Boink?" " --Hobbes The Duplicator was yet another one of Calvin's Cardboard box inventions. Calvin tipped over the Transmogrifier, and made it into a machine that makes a duplicate of anything, using the combined technology of a Transmogrifier and a photocopier. As with his other inventions, the Duplicator didn't go as planned. It was featured in a 3-week long story line that featured in the book, Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"
Uses
The Duplicator has only been used twice. The first time it was used, Calvin made a duplicate of himself to clean his room while he went outside. The clone objected, and went to play outside. After the clone left, Hobbes remarked,"He's a duplicate of you, all right," to which Calvin replied, "Are you kidding? What a jerk!". Calvin's mom ushered the clone back inside, asking him why he wasn't cleaning his room, as the real Calvin and Hobbes went outside. Calvin's mom went outside again, and said to the real Calvin, "Didn't I just send you to clean your room?" When Calvin returned upstairs, he found the clone had made 4 more duplicates. Hobbes said, "Your machine is a big success." One of the duplicates replied, "Are you kidding? It burned out after the fifth of us!" The clones alternated days of going to school. This got the real Calvin in trouble, and he tricked them into the box, and changed it back to a Transmogrifier. He changed them into worms, and buried them outside. The second time, Calvin added an Ethicator to perfect his Duplicator, making a manifestation of his good side. He sent the duplicate to school, and to do chores. People often said "If you're a manifestation of his good side, you'd be a lot smaller." He offered to carry Susie's books, but she said no, claiming he'd just throw them in mud. He wrote her a Valentine, but she just thought he was being sarcastic. When the real Calvin found mout he and the duplicate got in a fight. When the clone had an evil thought, he disappeared. The Duplicator was never used again, Calvin having learned his lesson.