Calvin O’Keefe is a character from the 2003 movie A Wrinkle in Time and its 2018 remake.
Appearances[]
A Wrinkle in Time (2003)[]
Calvin approaches a group of bullies from Westover Community School attacking Meg just as he arrives to the commotion and tells the bullies to stop hurting her. Calvin explains to Meg if she was injured or not to which she explains that she is safe just as Calvin watches Meg and Charles Wallace leave.
The next day, Calvin arrives and encounters Meg again just as Charles introduces himself to him while asking Calvin to know what he is doing there to which he doesn't know what he is doing outside the house. Charles offers Meg to invite him for dinner, to which Meg feels unsure if she should invite him, where Charles goes into a short conversation with Calvin. As Calvin kindly greets Dana in the house, he plays with Charles while Dana continues researching the tesseract project.
That night, Calvin asks Meg's mother to know if she is a neurobiologist to which she explains that she is while Mrs. Whatsit talks to Charles again in his mind to show Calvin about his missing father. Later on, Calvin joins in with Charles and Meg under orders from Mrs. Whatsit to find Jack who and save him from being lost where the three arrive at Uriel, the third star of the planet Malik. It is then known that it was the tesseract that sent Calvin and the rest of the trio to the planet. As the trio picks up the blue flowers, Calvin and the rest board on Mrs. Whatsit in her Pegasus-like creature form and look at the distant darkness that senses a great danger to the universe if not stopped.
That night, Meg goes into discussion with Calvin after overhearing the three Mrs. Ws discussing about their curiosities with Calvin and Charles to which, just as Meg says that the three of them haven't decided to know if they would hold Meg and the rest of her group as hostages. The next day, Calvin goes into a conversation with Mrs. Whatsit, Who, and Which, who discuss about the troubles of darkness and Mr. Murry who is lost in the planet Camazotz. He then goes with Calvin to look for the Hapoy Medium, beings who would help the children on their quest to defeat the dark forces. Upon encountering the Happy Medium, he shows the three problems with the O'Keefe Residence and the Murry family house affected by the negativity caused by a mysterious being known as "The It", leading the three to travel to Camazotz by themselves to find Mr. Murry. During their journey, the three encounter glowworms which helped the three give them light just as the three find the Happy Medium who would be happy to help the three on their journey. After learning about Mrs. Murry sad for her husband's loss, it leads Meg, Charles, and Calvin to travel to the planet Camazotz to find Mr. Murry via tesseract. As Calvin asks one of them to help find Mr. Murry, he ignores him as he playing.
Upon arriving at Camazotz, Calvin and the trio get attacked by the vicious ruler known as It, who watches them at the Central Central Intelligence just as the danger silenced and the trio explores a local neighborhood to which after passing and arriving at a movie house, the three discover many merchandise related to It who rules over Camazotz at the Central Central Intelligence as a local Camazotz resident girl points the trio to It's headquarters to which after discussing with a Camazotz resident teen about It, Meg, Charles, and Calvin approach the Central Central Intelligence headquarters to face It.
Arriving at the lair, Calvin, alongside Meg and Charles, enter Room K07 without filling the forms required to access by following an agent nearby without getting caught by the security guards. Arriving there, Calvin is held hostage by two of the headquarter's guards while Meg and Charles disguise themselves as scientists to enter the lab Calvin is placed at. While being placed inside his seat where he is told that he cannot resist It, he hallucinates a dream of him being top basketball player in his mind as Meg tells him that the laboratory employees gave him a hallucination of his basketball dream, Meg and Charles find lab coats in order to enter the lab to which upon entering, Meg tells him to snap out of it as this hallucination is a trap to which Charles manages to help rescue him from this trap. Having rescued Calvin, the three continue their mission to find Meg's father to which upon noticing that they cannot escape, Meg sees an image nearby believing it is his missing father where he attempts to enter but is unable to, much to her frustrations to which Calvin tells her that her father could be anywhere. He then tells Meg to be patient and think calmly before she causes more problems by remembering what Mrs. Whatsit said to which Meg puts on Mrs. Who's glasses and is able to access the image where her father is at to which upon entering the image, it suddenly disappears, causing Charles and Calvin are unable to catch up with Meg.
After Meg rescues her father through the power of tesseract through Mrs. Who's glasses, Calvin approaches Meg's father alongside Charles Wallace who is happy to see his father back before the moment is interrupted when the Man with Red Eyes appears in front of the four. He then separates the platforms between Charles Wallace's allies and Charles himself. Upon noticing Meg being held midair by Charles who is being controlled by the Man with Red Eyes, Calvin devises a plan with Meg's father to use Mrs. Who's glasses to save Meg from the hands of It to which while grabbing Meg to help her escape, Meg's father uses Mrs. Who's pair of glasses to help him and Meg escape, but during the tesseract, Meg could not hold on Calvin's hand longer, separating her from the two.
Calvin and Meg's father end up in the planet Ixchel where he attempts to find Meg across the snowy environment. Upon seeing some residential Ixchel aliens, he thinks the aliens are hostile to him while trying to look for Meg to which one of them kindly tells Calvin not to fear them because they are friendly aliens. Calvin later sees Meg who feels a lot better after being rescued to which she discusses with him fearing that she would lose Charles Wallace to which while discussing, Calvin explains to Meg that according to Aunt Beast, the darkness from Camazotz stalked Meg while she was in the tesseract while she was vulnerable to which Aunt Beast arrives towards the two discussing with each other about a plan to rescue Charles, telling Meg to discover anything that is unseen.
After a talk with Mrs. Which, Calvin shares his experience with Meg who discusses with him about losing Charles to which while talking with him, she explains to her friend that there is something he is afraid of to which Calvin shares his fear of not being like Meg to which Meg explains to her friend that she is afraid of not trying to rescue Charles Wallace, which is the fear Meg is experiencing. Later, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who appear in front of the Calvin, alongside Meg and her father, where they discuss with the three about the possibility of reuniting Charles back to his family to which it is explained that grace could be the only way to fulfill their mission in defeating It and his powerful forces. After Meg listens to Mrs. Whatsit's advice, Meg happily reunites with Calvin just before approaching Aunt Beast.
Later when Meg returns to Camazotz to rescue Charles Wallace and faces the Man with Red Eyes in a plan to free him, Meg then counts the number of elements from one to thirteen shown on the periodic table to stall It's plans to which a vision of Calvin playing basketball suddenly appears where he tells Meg that Charles is Meg's only hope to which after the image of Calvin suddenly disappears just before Meg and Charles return back to the real world (actually an illusion as part of the It's tricks).
Later after Meg rescues Charles Wallace with the Man with Red Eyes (and It, the being itself) defeated for good, Meg and Charles Wallace return to the real world via tesseract with Calvin returning, along with Meg and Charles Wallace's father. When the three Mrs. Ws appear, Calvin listens to the three praising Meg for rescuing Charles Wallace and defeating It and all of his evil forces, just as Mrs. Who bids Calvin a farewell. After the three Mrs. Ws leave, Calvin approaches Meg who explains to her about what she did to save Charles Wallace to which Meg couldn't explain about what she did to save Charles to which she explains to him that love was the one which saved Charles as she and Calvin calmly observe a quiet, starry night.
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)[]
Calvin first appears during recess time at the James Baldwin Middle School during recess time with the other students to which he and the other students notice Meg hitting Veronica with a ball, much to the other students' shock of what Meg did to her due to the fact that Veronica was making a negative comment about Meg's father.
The next day while Meg and Calvin are walking across the neighborhood, Calvin approaches Meg and Charles As Meg encounters him, Calvin explains to her while doing his homework, he had a weird feeling that he went to the neighborhood. Later during a conversation, Charles Wallace offers Calvin to go to the Murry family's home to which he agrees just before Charles decides to introduce the two of them to Mrs. Who. As the three encounter Mrs. Who at a study room, she offers Meg and Calvin to sit next to her to which after saying the quotes to Charles and Meg, the three leave and arrive at the Murry family's home. During a conversation, Charles discusses with Calvin about Mr. Murry's work to which Meg's mother discusses with Calvin that she is interested in atoms, particles, and unseeable energies. After the conversation, Calvin and Meg walk across the garden explains to Meg that her mother is kind and caring just as Meg's neighbor Veronica spies on the two just as Meg feels embarrassed to continue talking with Calvin about Veronica spying on the two to which Calvin tells Meg to ignore this. Suddenly, while at the backyard, Calvin approaches the three Mrs. Ws who are helping Meg trying to find her missing father to which as Meg accepts the deal from them, Calvin is sent to another dimension via tesseract alongside Meg and Charles Wallace.
Suddenly, Calvin finds himself in the planet Uriel alongside Meg and Charles Wallace where Calvin happily explores the landscape around him, holding Mrs. Who's hand. Later, Mrs. Whatsit transforms into a mystical creature in a plan to take Calvin, Meg, and Charles to find Meg's father. Later, upon seeing a patch of darkness in the sky, Calvin begins to fall off, but is saved by the flowers who suddenly rescue him from falling off, landing safely. In a plan to help Meg find her father, Mrs. Which helps Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit take Calvin, Charles, and Meg to the Happy Medium's lair, reminding Mrs. Whatsit of a seer who would assist them.
Arriving at the planet Orion, Calvin and Charles arrive at the Happy Medium's lair where they meet the seer Mrs. Whatsit was talking about. As they encounter the Happy Medium inside his cave, Calvin and the others stand on one foot while closing their eyes. During a montage of the It's negativity, a flashback shows Calvin's father holding a report card, where he is very furious with his son for not being a perfectionist like him. Back in the present, Meg devises a plan to find her missing father, but the Mrs. Ws instead decide to send her back to safety; Meg re-directs the tessering act to Camazotz rather than Earth, leading her, Calvin, and Charles to end up in Camazotz.
Calvin, Meg, and Charles find themselves at Camazotz where the Mrs. Ws are weakening due to the negativity caused by the It. Just as the three of them leave, Calvin and Meg are having trouble finding Charles Wallace who disappeared while a tornado approaches. Seeing no other place to escape, Calvin and Meg hide into a hollow tree where they are lifted by the tornado just before being flung onto an edge of the wall. Happy that they survived the tornado which dissipated, Calvin and Meg find themselves at a stream where Calvin approaches Meg who becomes self-conscious where Calvin compliments on her hair just as the two finally encounter Charles Wallace who is safe after all just as the three stroll across the neighborhood of Camazotz.
As the three stroll across the Camazotz neighborhood, they encounter various children bouncing rubber balls in sync just as Meg, Charles, and Calvin approach a local woman offering them dinner, which Meg warns them to avoid trusting any resident, fearing that it could be a trap. Calvin, Meg, and Charles find themselves at a deserted beach where Charles finds out that Camazotz changes sceneries throughout their adventures. They encounter a beach packed with a large crowd of people and amongst the crowd is a man with red eyes who approaches the three.
As they approach the Man who reveals himself as Red, Calvin, Meg, and Charles sit down while Red offers them a plate of sandwiches (which turn out to be made of sand and are not real food) not before Charles Wallace becomes the It's servant. Calvin and Meg go after the Man with Red Eyes as they attempt to stop Charles Wallace from trusting the It as the two find themselves in a building known as "Central Central Intelligence" where Calvin and Meg confront the It for turning Charles Wallace into his servant just before Meg uses Mrs. Who's glasses to find her missing father and later reunites with her father. Calvin becomes intrigued upon staring at Meg, much to the It feeling furious about this.
After Meg exits the hidden room with her father, Calvin emotionally reacts to Meg who finally found her father, much to the It who is furious that Meg saved him. The It later drags Calvin across a dark corridor, alongside Meg and her father as Meg attempts to resist the It and prevent him from destroying Calvin and Meg's father. However, Meg uses an act of love to save Charles Wallace to destroy the It and undo all his negativity.
After Meg returns home, she finds Calvin standing next to her father who emotionally reunites with his daughter. Calvin later introduces Meg's mother to her husband whom she never saw a long time ago while recapping about who Meg saved him from the It and all of the negativity. Meg and Charles both approach Calvin who is planning to return home and have a talk with his father, just before he leaves while Charles and Meg both bid a farewell to him.
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