Captain Underpants

*Captain Underpants*
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	The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997); The Attack of the Talking Toilets (1999); The Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) (1999); The Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (2000); The Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman (2001); The Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets (2003); The Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers (2003); The Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People (2006); The Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers (2012); The Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers (2013); The Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 (2014); The Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015);
Author	Dav Pilkey
Illustrator	Dav Pilkey
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature; Superhero fiction; Comedy;
Publisher	Scholastic
Published	September 1, 1997 – August 25, 2015 (main series); February 5, 2002 – present (spin-offs);
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)

Captain Underpants is an illustrated children's graphic novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. From the third book onwards, Mr. Krupp also possesses superhuman strength, durability and flight as a result of drinking Alien "Extra-Strength Super Power Juice". Currently, the series includes 12 books, two activity books, colored versions, 15 spin-offs, and won a Kids' Choice Award on April 4, 2006. As of 2014, the series has been translated into more than 20 languages,^[1] with more than 80 million books sold worldwide,^[1] including over 50 million in the United States.^[2] DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the series to make an animated feature film adaptation, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, which was released on June 2, 2017, to positive reviews, followed by a television series, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, which aired on Netflix from July 13, 2018 to December 4, 2020, also to positive reviews.

After the main series concluded with the twelfth novel, Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot, in 2016, a spin-off series titled Dog Man was released the following year.^[3] The spin-off series has 12 books so far.

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^ Lee Yandoli, Krystie (March 2, 2016). "Here's A Look Inside The New "Captain Underpants" Spin-Off Story". BuzzFeed. Retrieved December 20, 2016.

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[3] Lee Yandoli, Krystie (March 2, 2016). "Here's A Look Inside The New "Captain Underpants" Spin-Off Story". BuzzFeed. Retrieved December 20, 2016.

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Logo of the series
The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997) The Attack of the Talking Toilets (1999) The Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) (1999) The Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (2000) The Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman (2001) The Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets (2003) The Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers (2003) The Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People (2006) The Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers (2012) The Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers (2013) The Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 (2014) The Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (2015)
Author	Dav Pilkey
Illustrator	Dav Pilkey
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature Superhero fiction Comedy
Publisher	Scholastic
Published	September 1, 1997 – August 25, 2015 (main series) February 5, 2002 – present (spin-offs)
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)