The Adventures of Captain Underpants
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 First edition cover | |
| Author | Dav Pilkey |
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| Illustrator | Dav Pilkey |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Captain Underpants |
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| Publisher | Scholastic |
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| Media type | Print ( |
| Followed by | Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets |
The Adventures of Captain Underpants is an American
.Plot summary
To escape their punishment, George orders a "3-D Hypno-Ring" from the Li'l Wiseguy Novelty Company. The boys use the ring to
The three witness two robots stealing a large
Back at school, Captain Underpants redresses as Krupp so the boys can dehypnotize him, but they have lost the ring's manual. George desperately dumps a vase of water on Captain Underpants's head, reverting him to Krupp, and Krupp leaves to give Harold's videotape to the football team. George finds the manual and discards it, failing to notice a warning that drenching a hypnotized person will cause them to return to their trance with the sound of fingers snapping. George and Harold return to their old ways, but realize they must keep Mr. Krupp from hearing fingers snapping, which turns him back into Captain Underpants.
Title change
Early printings of the book have "An Epic Novel by Dav Pilkey" instead of "The First Epic Novel by Dav Pilkey", and the "Little Apple" logo on the cover.
Development
On why he focused on underwear in the book, Pilkey stated "I think underwear is funny because you’re not supposed to laugh at it."[1]
See also
References
- ^ "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby By Dav Pilkey (Blue Sky Press, 128 pages, $4.99) George and Harold decide to invent a new superhero. A SERIOUS". The Gainesville Sun. July 21, 2002. Retrieved May 15, 2021. - Also at South Coast Today. Posted on August 17, 2002, in The Standard-Times, page C7.