The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers

Super Diaper Baby #2

by Dav Pilkey, George Beard, Harold Hutchins

THE BABY IS BACK! Dav Pilkey's pint-sized powerhouse returns for another amazing adventure!

George and Harold (the co-stars of the enormously popular Captain Underpants series) are in big trouble again! Their mean principal, Mr. Krupp, has had it with their comic books. But the boys aren't giving up, and they decide to create an all-new epic novel about a subject they've never tackled before!
Dr. Dilbert Dinkle started his career as an ordinary, everyday evil genius/inventor/bank robber. But when he awakens one day transformed into a walking, talking puddle of pee, he vows to destroy every toilet in town. Will the devious Dr. Dinkle and his conniving cat, Petey, ruin restrooms for the rest of us? Or could this be a job for the death-defying duo of Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog?

Genres: Graphic Novels, Childrens, Humor, Comics, Fiction, Chapter Books, Middle Grade

192 pages, Hardcover

Published June 28, 2011

About the author

David "Dav" Pilkey (b. March 4, 1966), is a popular children's author and artist. Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants book series. He lives near Seattle, Washington with his wife, Sayuri.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog are back to fight another villain in this well-paced tale. Dr. Dilbert Dinkle has created a new and exciting device to allow him to steal tons of money. However, a freak accident turns him into a puddle of water. Working alongside his evil cat, Petey, Dr. Dinkle tries to find a way to use his new wealth, but is rebuffed. Extremely thirsty and forgetting his boss is a puddle of water, Petey consumes Dr. Dinkle and recreates him as, well, a dastardly puddle of kidney filtered liquid. It is then that Dr. Dinkle and Petey come up with the final plan, to steal all the toilets around town. Enter Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog to save the day. In the end, it will take an extremely dedicated hero to save the community from the clutches of Dinkle and Petey. Potty humour is surely one thing that kept Neo as enthralled, but it was still something that he could enjoy and find funny as well. A decent story for those of a certain age, I know Neo wants to read more Super Diaper Baby and Captain Underpants, when time permits.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 7 year old disappeared with this book for about 40 minutes and I heard nothing but non-stop giggles.

I read it to the 4 year old and he can't stop the potty jokes now (which has gotten old, trust me!)

But it was funny and my kids are reading. Can't beat that!

Update:

it's been 6 years, and the 7 and 4 year olds are now older and reading this to their 5 year old sister. The potty humor never stops LOL

[Liam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super Diaper Baby is the Cutest and Funniest Super Hero Ever

[Kerim · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Bookworm007 · Rating 1 out of 5]

What the hell, Dav Pilkey?
You messing with me? What were you playing at, advertising this book on the back cover of "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" back then in friggin 200 2 ??? Way to have gotten my hopes up. You know, if you had published this book soon, like you promised in the ad, I would have bought it and you would have earned a few bucks. But oh nooooooo, it was not meant to be. You either forgot about it, developed writer's block, or you were merely fooling me.
WOW, just wow.
So, like, WHY have you decided to go forth and publish this book? Could it be you've spent all your earnings from "Captain Underpants" and have finally decided to bring back ol' Diaper Baby so that you could earn off him? Hmmmmmm?
And to think, after all this time, Super Diaper Baby still remains a BABY.
:|

P.S. As young and inexperienced about the world as I was back in 2002, I really don't think that "Coming Soon!" was a code for "Coming Soon in 9 Years!"

P.P.S. Just so you know, I only marked this book as "to-read" so I could write a review.

[K. Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, I am fifteen, and on the inside cover it said from ages 7-10.

I admit it, I loved it. I missed Captain Underpants and Super Diaper Baby. It was as gross, and weird humor and bad spelling as it always had and it was awesome.

I can't say that it is the best book i have ever read, (who can right? I mean, its meant for 7 year old boys) but it was a good, quick, easy read that kept me laughing all through lunch.

I really loved the Flip-o-ramas.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is remarkably clever. What looks like a very simple book that would appeal only to kids and their scatological humor, is in actuality a layered book with multiple jokes and allusions that work on many levels. The book is simply *fun*. It sucks you in with cute little details and it even has a broader little framing story about a child's need to look up to their father and that father's need to be looked up to.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

A 15 year-old, but I still loved it

[Sonya Huser · Rating 1 out of 5]

The entire plot revolves around urine. I used to be all like, "If the kids like it, it's ok with me." Now I'm all like, "This is disgusting nonsense. You guys actually like this?"

As I said, the plot is urine, urine, urine. The bad guy gets turned into a puddle of water on accident; he meant to liquefy a bank vault door instead. Later, he falls asleep, as puddles and people often do. His cat drinks him up. The cat pees him out. Now he's no longer a puddle of water, but a puddle of urine.

Well people don't like puddles of urine. They're stinky. They don't like bad guys either. Double whammy.

To get even, bad guy steals everyone's toilets so they will all piss themselves and know what it feels like to smell like urine all the time.

Luckily, a baby is the hero of this story, so the solution becomes not getting the toilets back, but getting diapers to the masses.

All that aside, the plots aren't even what bothers me about Super Diaper Baby, Ook and Gluk, Captain Underpants, and friends. I HATE the intentional grammar and spelling mistakes. It's cute (I guess) if you know how it should look and can tell the difference. I'm afraid to say that most of the kids at my school who would check theses out probably can't. The books are supposed to look like they're narrated, written, and illustrated by kids. Do these kids have to be terrible spellers? Why can't they write a comic book with perfect spelling and use of grammar? Too fantastical? Please. The plot is urine.

[Books on Stereo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Characters: 5/5
Setting: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Plot: 5/5

Just pure fun. The inner child in me is in love with the humor in this book.

Full review to come soon!

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

George: "Maybe we SHOULD think about other things to write about besides poop."
Harold: "Like what?"
Both: "Hmmmm..."
George: "How about pee?"
Both: "AWESOME!"

Pee and poop! It's my kind of book. This is awesomely hilarious. My 7 year old and I laughed our heads off. A+++++++

[Dee Dee G · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is funny and GROSS at the same time. Kids will love it lol.

[Seoul Pham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not Pilkey's best work if I say so myself. The boy's character development really lacked here, it didn't quite hit the same. Super Diaper Baby #1 was a much more enjoyable read- not mad, just slightly disappointed of the ending

[Carebear · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was awesome.

[Anish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny book! I would read again.

[Amelia]

So funny. I loved all the jokes

[Juan Fuentes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este es el cómic que dibujan los niños protagonistas del Capitán calzoncillos, dirigido a niños más pequeños pero igual de divertido. Como el director les ha prohibido hacer historietas que hablen de caca no les queda más remedio que hacer una que hable... de pipi. Igual de divertido que el resto de la serie.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book, better than the first one. I really like how they put petey the cat in this one, he appears in the dog man comics as well. The jokes in this book are better, I would recommend this to a friend.

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has it all. I read it over and over again and I never get tired of It. I think everyone should be able to read this book. :)

[Gabe]

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[Jenny Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

The humor in this was a little more juvenile and so I did not enjoy it as much.

[Lucia Galluzzo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it, it was super funny.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son loved this - it fit with his 6/7 year old humor. However, I don’t love all the misspelled words when I’m encouraging him to read himself.

[Marcos Kopschitz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Novas aventuras fedorentas

Além de escrever doze volumes da série de enorme sucesso do Capitão Cueca, Dav Pilkey fez mais algumas coisas, incluindo aventuras paralelas, publicadas ao longo da série, como foram os dois volumes do Superbebê Fraldinha. Os livros seguem o modelo de humor do autor, já conhecido do Capitão Cueca – do tipo, digamos “escatológico”. No volume 1 o assunto predominante é cocô, enquanto neste é xixi. Mistura o formato de livro ilustrado do Capitão com os quadrinhos do Superbebê 1, e continuam presentes os “vire-o-games”. Vilões, heróis, robôs, lutas e outras coisas infalíveis também estão lá. E uma ou outra boa tirada, como a leitura de Como o Grinch roubou o Natal . Tudo em uma história mais longa que a do primeiro volume.

O texto está abarrotado de erros ortográficos, e há um desafio para encontrá-los e saber corrigi-los, o que não deixa de ser interessante.

Dav Pilkey é um autor americano que faz sucesso com várias séries para crianças, como Ricky Ricota , Capitão Cueca e Coelhos Tapados , às vezes em parceria com ilustradores.

Quem publicava o Capitão Cueca e o Superbebê por aqui era a Cosac Naify, importante casa que revolucionou o mercado editorial brasileiro. Infelizmente, anunciou o encerramento de suas atividades ao final de 2015. Então, os títulos tendem a se esgotar com o tempo e não serem reimpressos. Assim, é aconselhável adquiri-los enquanto estão disponíveis. Ao longo do último ano (março de 2017), a Amazon, que ficou com parte do estoque da editora, tem feito promoções muito boas com os livros de Dav Pilkey.

Referências

> Autor e ilustrador: Dav Pilkey (1966 –)
> Publicação
- - original: 2011, pela Scholastic Inc.
- - no Brasil: 2012, pela Cosac Naify
> Tradução: Luiza Mello Franco, do original Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers
> Formato médio, 12 x 21 cm

Ótimo site do autor, em inglês, com detalhes de todos os volumes, biografia do autor etc.
pilkey [ponto] com

A série do Superbebê Fraldinha

1. As aventuras do Superbebê Fraldinha *** R
2. As aventuras do Superbebê Fraldinha 2 *** R

Livros de Dav Pilkey

Capitão Cueca e a saga sensacional de Fedor, o Grande – série, veja a lista neste volume 12 *** R
Ricky Ricota e seu Super-Robô – também uma série, veja a lista neste volume 1 *** R
As aventuras do Superbebê Fraldinha - dois volumes, veja a lista neste volume 1 *** R
O menino entregador de jornal – livro único, ilustrado a cores pelo próprio autor *** R

*** R – Álbuns já resenhados por mim. Para ler minha resenha, role a página do livro até que ela apareça.

[Mega · Rating 3 out of 5]

After cementing itself as a staple series of books for kids all around the world to read with five consistently solid entries, the Captain Underpants franchise decided to venture into the realm of spin-off territory with the release of The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, a book about a baby that gets superpowers, and it is just as exciting as you would expect it to be. It was good for what it was, having a basic, yet still passable story, some decent characters with some purposely sloppy writing, art that was purposely amateurish to make the book work and the kind of humor that you would expect from one of these books, but it was still held back significantly by having way more juvenile poop jokes then you would expect from one of these books, along with it being an extremely simple story with not much going for it beyond seeing a baby become a superhero. Regardless of that, it did manage to get positive enough reviews and do well enough to where the series would further experiment with spin-offs later down the road, and in 2011, almost 10 years since the original book came out, The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby would finally end up getting a sequel which would be known as Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers....... again, high quality art we are working with here.

Much like with the first Super Diaper Baby, I did read this book initially back when I was a kid, even though I was 11 years old, and I was getting a liiiiiiiiittle too old for this kind of book, but I still remember really liking it either way, right alongside a lot of the other Captain Underpants books that I had read. Ever since then though, I had not read anything else from the book in he past 15 years, and honestly, I wasn't really looking forward to revisiting it whatsoever. That's not to say that I thought the book was gonna be bad, but given how boring and lackluster the original book is, I assumed that this book was more or less just gonna be the exact same, except this time, instead of having a bunch of poop jokes... it has a bunch of PEE jokes! Very revolutionary stuff that we are dealing with here, ladies and gentlemen. Regardless of that, I went ahead and read it anyways, reading it in a very short amount of time, and you know what?..... it actually did manage to be an improvement over the previous book. I still wouldn't say it is anywhere near as good as the mainline Captain Underpants books, as it does have some of the same issues that you have come to expect if you read the first book, but it still manages to improve on several aspects that the previous book had while also maintaining a lot of the..... "charm" and the things people liked about the first book in the first place, making for a pretty worthwhile sequel as a whole, even if it is still just good and nothing more.

The story is more or less what you would expect again, with it having some more interesting plotlines and sequences to be seen here or there, but it is more or less everything you have come to know from both this series and these kinds of books in general, which doesn't make it all that surprising or exciting, but it works well enough for the kind of book this is, the characters are slightly better this time around, where Super Diaper Baby himself is slightly better compared to the first book, along with other returning characters like Diaper Dog and the parents also being slightly better then before, and as for all of the new characters, they are about as basic and typical as they come, so there is nothing more to say about them aside from the fact that while they may have stale personalities, they are a talking cat teamed up with a puddle of piss, the writing is also slightly better, still being purposely amateurish to fit with the book's style that does make for some funny and clever parts and bits of dialogue here or there but it's nothing all that special, the art is still pretty good, once again being purposely bad for the sake of the kind of book that this is, and it works pretty well, but not to the point where it looks even better then the main series, and the humor is, you guessed it, also slightly better, as while there are still a lot of jokes that either fall flat or make me groan and roll my eyes, there are a decent amount of funny jokes to be found in there to where I can't say that it was a complete failure in the comedic department as a whole........ just mostly.

Now, regardless of anything that I have just said, this is still Super Diaper Baby, after all, and despite how this book may be an improvement over the first in just about every way, this one still has a lot of the same problems that the first one had. First of all, not only is the story still incredibly generic and typical for this kind of book, but it also just feels like a rehash of what came before it as well: it follows an evil man getting turned into piss by his cat, and he goes on a rampage trying to murder everyone, with Super Diaper Baby being the one that needs to stop it, which is almost the exact same premise that the last book too. Sure, there are some other unique plot elements here, such as with SDB's dad feeling unimportant due to his own son being able to do more and help out more around the city then he can, but that is only given very little attention compared to everything else, which is more of the same shit (except not shit, but piss, because this is the piss book), so if you are one who didn't like the first book because of that, you probably wouldn't like that either. Not only that, but once again, there are a hell of a lot of juvenile pissing jokes to be found in this book, dare I say even moreso then the of the original, which I know I shouldn't be surprised at, considering this is Captain Underpants and all that, but still, it does end up feeling like too much at times. Mix all of this with the sheer abundance of Flip-o-Rama's here, and we have a book that yet again fails to live up to the legacy of the main series, even if that isn't really much of a problem for this series at this point.

Overall, despite having yet another pretty typical story, not that many changes in-between installments and all the juvenile jokes you wouldn't want, Super Diaper Baby 2, for what it's worth, does end up being better then the first book by just a smidge, with it doing what all good sequels do by retaining all of the great elements that the first book had while adding onto it even further, even if all of that isn't anything all that good in this book at all, making for a book that I had an ok time with, what with its incredibly basic and predictable, yet still fun enough story, a set of decent characters paired up with some decent writing, art that is purposely bad, but enough to fit with the theme that it does make it appealing, and humor that DEFINITELY doesn't always land, but when it does, it doesn't end up being all that bad. I would recommend it for those that LOVED the first Super Diaper Baby book, as well as for those that are huge fans of both Captain Underpants and these kinds of books in general, as while it will never end up being nearly as good as the main series, it still has enough charm and heart to it (in a disgusting way, admittedly) to where it does end up being worth checking out at least once, which is all anyone can ask from it at the end of the day. And hey, even if this book didn't end up being the best thing in the world, at least there weren't anymore Super Diaper Baby books that came out after this, and thank god for that! Now I can go back to finally focusing on the main series and nothing more, with there being no more side series or anything like that to distract me........... what the hell is a Dog Man?

Book #43

[Afiqah · Rating 4 out of 5]

One word - hysterical!
Secara keseluruhannya, aku suka buku ni sebab aku akan ketawa secara berterusan. Kenapa? Kerana lawaknya sangat di luar kotak fikiran aku. Entahlah kalau aku yang bodoh dalam soal lawak, tapi lawak yang dipamerkan memang sangat tak aku jangka. Dan lebih menarik, ada beberapa muka surat 'flip-o-rama' diselitkan. Konsep 'flip-o-rama' ni kalau dalam ayat yang paling mudah, seperti kita buat animasi secara tradisional - kipas-kipas kertas untuk nampak pergerakan.
Dari segi watak, aku lebih tertarik dengan watak antagonisnya: Saintis Jahat (selalu berubah nama sebab selalu berubah bentuk dengan tak sengaja) dan kucingnya, Petey. Bagi aku, idea jahat yang dia orang rancang memang sangat 'budak' tapi tak terfikir dek fikiran dewasa kita. Bagi aku, ia sangat bagus sebab rancangan-rancangan jahat yang dirancang kebanyakannya berkonsepkan Sains. Cara yang sangat mudah untuk budak-budak faham fasal Sains secara umumnya. Dan mungkin juga bagi budak-budak yang belum belajar Sains, dah tentu dia orang tak akan perasan tentang konsep Sains yang ditekankan dalam buku ni.
Tapi pada pendapat peribadi aku, kalau aku ada anak, aku tak rekomen buku ni. Untuk bacaan kanak-kanak sangatlah tak sesuai. Satu, tentu-tentu ejaan bahasa Inggerisnya lintang-pukang. Kalau di Malaysia, selalu terjadi ejaan lintang-pukang dalam buku remaja kalau tak silap pembacaan aku. Dua, objek-objek yang digunakan dalam cerita ni agak tak senonoh - contoh terbaik, tahi dan kencing. Sebagai bakal ibu yang penyayang, aku tak boleh biarkan anak-anak aku yang bakal bijak baca sebab budak-budak memang cepat tangkap dan mudah terikut. Tapi untuk bacaan orang dewasa berfikiran budak (muda mungkin), sangat entertaining dan menarik! Untuk orang dewasa yang dah biasa atau cintakan novel-novel berat, mungkin akan rasa buku ni mengarut tahap infiniti dan terus pergi bakar. Jadi, baik jangan beli mahupun baca.

(:

[Jennifer Rayment · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jake's Review: Give it to me I want to read it now! Ok, Ok, please may I read the book now my lovely mother. This book rocks you have to totally read it. It is full of potty jokes and gross stuff that all boys my age like. I don't think girls will like it, other than you mom, you are not a real girl, because of all the gross pee and poo stuff. It makes me laugh though, I can't wait to bring it to school tomorrow to show my buddies. This is one of the books that Brian will actually read. I like that there are lots of flip o rama's and it was a book I could read in one night before going to bed. This is just like all the rest of the Captain Underpants books -- funny and a book that even if you don't like reading, you will like!
Jake's Rating: 11/10

Mom's Review: Ok, I know I am a 40 yr old Mom and really shouldn't enjoy these books as much as I do -- but I will not lie, I totally LMAO everytime I read them. This book has all of the usual Pilkey innocent and fun potty humour. The artwork is delightful and the storyline perfectly engaging for the typical 7 -12 yr old kid (and dorky mom's who never grew up). I think these are fantastic books for the reluctant reader and a must have for all libraries. Don't tell kids but there are some hidden morals in the story and some very wise truths that they won't even realize they are picking up. Urine (come on you know I couldn't help myself from putting that in) for a real treat with this one!
Mom's Rating: 10/10

We received this from Scholastic in exchange for an honest review. Thanks Nikole -- Jake thinks I am totally cool for bringing him home this one to review!

[Matt Venneman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary: Two boys create a story about a baby and a dog that have super powers. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog must save the town from evil Rip Van Tinkle and his evil cat before they destroy the town.

Characteristics That Support This Genre: This book can be placed in the graphic novel category because it contains text and illustrations that present the story. In addition, it contains panels, dialog balloons, thought balloons, and captions.

Writing Traits:
Conventions - The story within this book is purposefully written with improper grammar and with misspelled words to reflect who is writing the story.
Sentence Fluency - This piece contains a variety of sentence types and uses fragmented sentences to add style.
Presentation - The writer of this book includes pages that the reader can interact with, creating mini flipbooks at various moments throughout the story. In addition, certain words throughout the story are in a different font size and in all upper-case letters for emphasis.
Voice – The writer expresses the story in a unique way creating an original piece.

Classroom Integration: This book could be shared with students who struggle being interested in reading and writing. It is a great way for students to engage their imagination from what they read to creating a simple story on their own.

Other Suggestions: This book is at a 2.2 reading level. This book could also be used when discussing different ways that an author has their story interact with the reader.

[Elagabalus · Rating 2 out of 5]

I waited twelve years for this one. Not actively, of course. But here and there I'd think back to that comic-type book I held as a favourite among the bunch of pilkey's books I had, all of which I read through again and again. Thought 'When WILL that one book come out which references a scifi movie I like?'

Well, while that was twelve years ago, and I've (thankfully) changed a lot since then, I nonetheless hold criticism toward how little the story has changed. It's essentially the same exact story but involves urine. Ugh.

But, there were a few funny jokes, puns, for example. And the rhyming chapter satirising how the grinch stole christmas, that was especially funny. Anyway, despite what few chuckles I might have gotten out of it, this one was way off my fairly-rational decade-plus-two expectations.

I've gotten into reading his books again, now that he's publishing again. While this one was a bummer, another I'm reading has already exceeded my expectations in a great way, and I'm only about a fourth through!

My conclusion is that perhaps this book was an old script he left to rot for a while, from an earlier time in his (admittedly highly-repetitive) series-writing. Whereas the others seem a bit more up-to-date in their humour. Well, moving on.

[Edward Creter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super Diaper Baby is back like the diaper rash it has spawned with conservatives who can't seem to see the forest for the trees...or the trees for the trees for that matter! this sequel takes us to Little Billy, nearing his terribly cuddly twos and his dad doubting his status as a man in a family wherein two superheroes now dominate his world and his life. Just as Baby Billy and his dog friend try to come up with a plan to give Dad his belief in himself back, who should pop but the number one villain they must beat--a professor who accidentally becomes just that--a mountain of NUMBER ONE, a pee monster! You thought the T-100 from T2 was a watery baddie, this guy does that film's villain made of liquid metal one better--he's made into a vengeful tidalwave of PEE! Now when not pissed off at his cat henchman Petey, he's PISSING ON the nearby town with raindrops of pee, turning it into a wasteland! (Emphasis on the word "waste!") Can our dymanic duo thwart this hideously smelly pisspot before the world (and our conservative fears) are flushed down the toilet FOREVER??? Put it this way: URINE for a wild ride of nonstop action and fun! Just remember to GO before you read! It sucks when you have the urge just as you're enjoying a book!