Captain Underpants tries to stop them, but due to having no actual superpowers, is effortlessly defeated and thrown into the toxic pool.
Soon, Poopypants tries to take over the town with a giant version of Melvin's Turbo Toilet 2000, fueled by the school cafeteria's toxic leftovers left out by Edith and uses Melvin's brain as the power source to a zombie-ray to turn the children into glum, humorless zombies. Meanwhile, Poopypants recruits Melvin into his plan, as he has no sense of humor and does not find his name funny. Krupp, who finally finishes the paperwork to put George and Harold into separate classes. However, a rainstorm occurs and Captain Underpants turns back into Mr. With Captain Underpants as principal, the school is a more lively place, with a fair being set up in the yard. As it turns out, Poopypants is seeking to get rid of laughter altogether due to the fact that people never took him seriously for years due to his name, as explained in a traumatic flashback when he was almost given a Nobel award before the committee laughed at him for his silly name. Krupp) hires to be the new science teacher, but George and Harold are suspicious due to his short-tempered and violent behavior. visits Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, whom Captain Underpants (still disguised as Mr. Just when George and Harold believe that their troubles have ended, an odd and German-accented scientist named Professor Pee-Pee Diarrheastein Poopypants Esq. His sudden personality change even manages to attract the attention and affection of the school's shy lunch lady, Edith. Krupp under the pretense of a "secret identity", to which Captain Underpants agrees. Krupp will continue trying to separate them, they decide to settle with Captain Underpants yet insist that he be dressed up as Mr. Krupp by splashing water on him and back into Captain Underpants by snapping their fingers. There, they discover that they can turn Captain Underpants back into Mr. The boys soon learn the severity of this when Captain Underpants begins causing trouble around Piqua and thus decide to take him to their treehouse. Krupp bears a resemblance to Captain Underpants without his toupee and command him to be so. Krupp with a "3-D Hypno-Ring" he received out of a cereal box the boys notice that Mr. Krupp a chance to put the boys in separate classes, thinking that he can destroy their friendship with it.
George and Harold's pranks come to an apparent end when they are caught tampering with a toilet invention, the Turbo Toilet 2000, made by the school's resident intellectual and snitch, Melvin Sneedly. They sell these to their schoolmates through a comic company called Treehouse Comix Inc., located in their treehouse. The duo also creates comic books about a superhero named Captain Underpants, a character who has superpowers yet merely wears underwear and a cape.
Benjamin "Benny" Krupp, which puts them at odds with him. In Piqua, Ohio, George Beard and Harold Hutchins are two fourth-grade friends and next-door neighbors who often bring joy to their school, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, by excessively pranking the mean staff at the school, especially their cruel principal, Mr. A Netflix television series, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants was released on July 13, 2018, and aired for 4 seasons with 45 episodes and 3 specials. It grossed $125 million worldwide against a budget of $38 million, the lowest budget for a DreamWorks Animation feature film until Spirit Untamed was released in 2021 at a budget of $30 million. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the animation, humor, faithfulness and references to its source material, and voice acting, particularly from Helms.
Krupp, into thinking he is the titular "Captain Underpants", a superhero who fights crime while wearing only underwear and a cape, thinking he has superpowers.Ĭaptain Underpants: The First Epic Movie premiered on May 21, 2017, at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, and was released in the United States on June 2, in 3D and 2D formats. In the film, two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins accidentally hypnotize their mean principal, Mr. The film marked the 20th anniversary of the Captain Underpants series. It was directed by David Soren from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, and stars the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch and Nick Kroll.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (also known as Captain Underpants, Captain Underpants: The Movie, or The Captain Underpants Movie) is a 2017 American computer-animated superhero comedy film based on Dav Pilkey's children's novel series of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the final DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by the latter.