On the day Tippy presents his robot suit to Gordon Shmorden, he reveals his work and climbs on to the suit and freezes everyone in his way (the same suit used at the very end of the eighth book). Tippy then grabs Mr. Krupp and forces him to spill the information of Captain Underpants and to give him the information of George and Harold's whereabouts. The other hot button issue in this book is the fact that when the boys travel forward 20 years in the future and meet their future selves, one of them is married to a man. I was really excited to see this in a mainstream children's book. For my kids, this was accepted with a matter of fact "of course, no big deal mom, why are you excited?" as I've made it a point to tell them from the time they were itty bitty that they could each choose to marry whatever man or woman they wanted. We've answered all the questions on how babies happen in gay marriages and what social prejudice is, and why the recent Supreme Court decision was necessary. For families who have not discussed these things, reading this book together could be the beginning of a conversation (if it was even noticed by the child or pointed out by the parent). I like the way Pilkey presented it--it just was, no big deal, just the way life is, no special mention made of it. It is introduced like this: "Soon, everyone had gathered together in Old George's studio. Old George, his wife, and their kids, Meena and Nik, sat on the couch, while Old Harold, his husband, and their twins, Owen and Kei, plopped down on the beanbag chair." There is a nicely illustrated picture of the scene. Then the story moves on. Kudos, Dav Pilkey. It was brave of you to do this, to take the stand that "this is what normal married life looks like." Parents who disagree will of course choose not to buy your book (and likely down vote this review into obscurity, but I'm okay with that, too.)

His stories are semi-autobiographical and explore universal themes that celebrate friendship, tolerance, and the triumph of the good-hearted. In 2020, ten Dog Man books (including one Cat Kid Comic Club, a spin-off) sold a total of over 3.8 million copies, 13% of the total comic book sales, as charted by BookScan. This does not include digital copies or any copy sold by Scholastic through school book fairs. [8] On March 29, 2021, Pilkey and Scholastic announced that The Adventures of Ook and Gluk would be ceasing further publication due to its use of passive stereotypes towards Asians, which Pilkey stated to be, despite unintentional, "harmful to everyone". Pilkey also announced that he would be donating all royalties from the book to organizations dedicated to stopping violence towards Asians and Asian-Americans. [16] Hiatus [ edit ]Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) [ ] American Library Association (March 26, 2013). "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020 . Retrieved May 4, 2021. Censors in the United States have been targeting the Captain Underpants series after the first book was released in 1997. [34] The Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association reported that Captain Underpants is the book series with the most complaints from libraries due to offensive content in the United States in 2012 and 2013. [35] Several parents accused the book of having language inappropriate for the book's target audience, children enrolled in elementary schools. [36] Captain Underpants has always had a very special place in my heart. I think Pilkey has crafted very amazing books, especially in helping young boys to learn to read (like myself). It is amazing reading these books as adults, there is so much hidden in there that, much like other "children" media such as Pixar movies, they are actually for "all ages".

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby • Super Diaper Baby 2: Invasion of the Potty Snatchers • Super Diaper Baby 3: Petey’s RevengeGeorge Beard and Harold Hutchins – Two mischievous best friends who are fourth-graders at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. In many occasions, the book version of Captain Underpants is shown to be smarter than his animated counterparts. Pilkey also talks about ADHD. My son has ADHD, and he said at one point during the book, "that's me!" in an excited and proud way. I like that Pilkey was able to portray ADHD as something that has its upside, too, in that lots of kids who have ADHD are more creative and energetic. Kofi Outlaw. "Netflix and Dreamworks Announce She-Ra, Trolls, Captain Underpants and More". ComicBook.com . Retrieved December 12, 2017. Mr. Riles Rected – Mr. Rected is the guidance counselor at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. He is very nasty to students, especially George and Harold, and he is often seen hanging with Mr. Krupp, Mr. Meaner, Miss Anthrope, and Ms. Ribble. His name is a pun on the word "misdirected." He is also voiced by Brian Posehn in the film and Jorge Diaz in the animated series.

Again, none of this matters too much, since the story is primarily a vehicle for the nonstop jokes, most of which are still pretty good. And I doubt that young readers will care too much about my criticism. If they liked the prior books, they will most likely like this one, too. And since it feels like the end of the series, it's worth getting. Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold decided to move on without Captain Underpants by making a new comic about Dog Man at the end, but it's unknown if they know that Mr. Krupp is no longer Captain Underpants himself.The Lunch Ladies – The Lunch Ladies are the three women who run the cafeteria. They are notorious for cooking horrible, inedible, and possibly lethal food. They quit in the third book when Mr. Krupp says he cannot punish George and Harold for their antics without proof, though they are possibly rehired after the replacements are revealed to be aliens. Two of the Lunch Ladies are named, Miss Creant, the head lunch lady, and Mrs. DePoint, the cook. The revealed names are puns on the word "Miscreant" and the phrase "Misses the point". In the Treehouse Comix's version, it is revealed in Book 5 that he is from a planet called Underpanty World. Since the Planet was ending due to the Wedgie Warlords using the giant can of spray starch, his parents named Daddy Long Johns and Princess Pantyhose sent him to earth before the people on the planet perished by the spray starch.

The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future • The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space To me, that is very sad. I mean, yeah, they'll get to have all kinds of adventures, but what kind of sociopaths must they be? I guess at this point it should be obvious that they must be sociopaths or something to do the things they do and apparently feel glee rather than guilt over, though I do understand the author's need to keep things light and silly. In the book series continuity, Captain Underpants no longer exists in Mr. Krupp's body, as Sir Stinks-a-Lot wiped his superpowers and the 3D Hypno-Ring's effect from his brain. This was thought to create a plot hole because when Tippy Tinkletrousers tries to kill Captain Underpants 30 years in the future George and Harold are able to snap their fingers to turn Future Mr. Krupp into Captain Underpants, but it was debunked as he transformed in an alternate univirse. The series has grown increasingly self-aware, most notably of the fact that it’s so sprawling, indulgent, and reliant on past ideas. While this works, Captain Underpants‘s brand of self-deprecation has contributed to another feeling: inevitability. The evil principal Mr. Krupp was always going to hear those fateful finger snaps, and he was always going to transform into his kind-hearted, super-powered, tightie-whities-wearing alter ego. We were always going to hear George yell, “Oh no!” and his buddy Harold finish with, “Here we go again!” as they chase after our titular hero and his triumphant shouts of “Tra-la-laaaa!” As long as the Waistband Warrior could keep laughing at himself (laughing with us, that is), the books were going to keep coming. Captain Underpants' concept is a play on how most superheroes look like they are flying around in their underwear.

I think I laughed a bit too much with this book. I am, after all, an adult. An old person. I read this book for this year's banned/challenged books week. This particular book in the series features something so awful and horrendous that most kids can't handle it. I'm talking about someone who is *whispers* g-a-y. OMG!!!! No!!! Mr. Benjamin "Benny" Krupp – The cruel and mean-spirited principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and the antihero of the series (usually when no real dangers are happening). He is usually depicted as an overweight man. Mr. Krupp has a deep hatred of children and also tries to protect the students at Jerome Horwitz Elementary from George and Harold's pranks. Why he is so mean to children, in general, is unknown, but it is hinted that it is because of his own troubled and dysfunctional past. Mr. Krupp's birthday is on April 1, 1951; he has a younger brother named Jasper (Kipper's father), and his parents are named John and Bernice. When Mr. Krupp was little, he performed an awful hip-hop dance at a talent show, his mother passed out fruits and vegetables to the audience so they could throw them at him because he did not watch the cows from his family farm. This leads him to become mean, cold-hearted and vow to make all kids feel just as bad as he did. His last name is a pun of the word "corrupt". When he goes by his full name, it is a pun on "bankrupt" [ citation needed]. Mr. Krupp was based on Mr. Crutch, and was supposed to be named Mr. Crutch. He was named after Mr. Crutch from Shrimps for a Day. In the film, it is revealed that he read George and Harold's comics when he confiscated them and felt they were a little funny, which explains how he knows what Captain Underpants acts like when he is hypnotized. In the film, he is voiced by Ed Helms and in the series, he is voiced by Nat Faxon. The piece of the Zygo-Gogozizzle 24 bonds with Mr Meaner's body's insides making him more intelligent and being able to speak larger than 3 syllable words. He became so smart that he use his words of advice to confuse them. It had the two doctors in an confused argument that they couldn't stop him from leaving the asylum as well as his fellow teachers and staff. Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets (2018)