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The Bad Guys #11
The Bad Guys in Dawn of the Underlord
"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man
They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants
The Bad Guys - sorry, Shadow Squad-G - have finally saved the world from butt-handed evil. And now it's time to celebrate! But when one member of the team makes a shocking discovery, the party might be over sooner than everyone thinks...
They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants
The Bad Guys - sorry, Shadow Squad-G - have finally saved the world from butt-handed evil. And now it's time to celebrate! But when one member of the team makes a shocking discovery, the party might be over sooner than everyone thinks...
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 7, 2020
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About the author
Aaron Blabey
245 books863 followersAaron is an Australian author of children's books and artist who until the mid-2000s was also an actor. His award winning picture books include Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon and the best-selling Pig the Pug.
In the field of acting, he is probably best known for his lead roles in two television dramedies, 1994's The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award, and 2003's CrashBurn, before retiring from performance in 2005.
In the field of acting, he is probably best known for his lead roles in two television dramedies, 1994's The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award, and 2003's CrashBurn, before retiring from performance in 2005.
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May 21, 2020
Like all of the Bad Guys books I found this one entertaining but I’m not sure the series needed to carry on. I’ll keep reading the series as Aaron Blabey writes them but they’ll never be as good as the first 3 books in the series.
July 9, 2020
I laugh out loud every single time. And this one was no exception.
Absolutely love how they referenced the first 10 “episodes“ in the story!
Absolutely love how they referenced the first 10 “episodes“ in the story!
February 23, 2022
With Marmalade now gone back into space in disgrace, the Shadow Squad G (our two hero teams now one) have all gone on to become loved heroes and have new successful lives, but Snake has been closing himself away from the group and has recently been listening to a mysterious voice in his mind. His crew comes to check on him and they’re all get a taste of the voice’s powerful force and find a strange door. It turns out it’s one of Marmalade’s powers he left with them. A (100%/Outstanding)
July 25, 2025
Daughter enjoyed reading this with her grandparents as our weekly long distance book read.
This story focuses more on building up for the next book and the plot relies on a Bad Guys version of MTV’s Cribs to get the ball rolling. Nothing really happens here except the promise of impending chaos in a following title.
This story focuses more on building up for the next book and the plot relies on a Bad Guys version of MTV’s Cribs to get the ball rolling. Nothing really happens here except the promise of impending chaos in a following title.
March 23, 2021
Son read aloud
June 27, 2022
🐺🦈🐍🐠🕷🐙🐺🐱🐷🐧
“There just aren’t as many wrongs to right these days. The world seem pretty chill, so I have decided to chill out for a bit, too.
For a change.”
- Agent Fox
“There just aren’t as many wrongs to right these days. The world seem pretty chill, so I have decided to chill out for a bit, too.
For a change.”
- Agent Fox
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December 26, 2025best one of the series
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May 14, 2020How do you read the book?!?!?!?!!?
April 10, 2020
it cool
June 7, 2022
The Bad Guys feel kind of weird right now, like they're building up to something HUGE I have no idea what's going to happen, but I'm here for it.
This reeaally feels like it's the third arc in this series and things are going downhill for our boys and girls.
I love our growing gang, everyone involved is so nice. We were in such a good place keeping everyone happy and nice and then this book happens to poor Mr. Snake. I'm excited to see who's he's been talking to, and who owns the other mysterious voices.
I hope Nathan joins the gang. Him and Milton would be my favourite
This reeaally feels like it's the third arc in this series and things are going downhill for our boys and girls.
I love our growing gang, everyone involved is so nice. We were in such a good place keeping everyone happy and nice and then this book happens to poor Mr. Snake. I'm excited to see who's he's been talking to, and who owns the other mysterious voices.
I hope Nathan joins the gang. Him and Milton would be my favourite
October 17, 2022
THE GOOD… I mean.. THE SHADOW SQUAD-G
have saved the world from DANGER
and now its time to PARTY!
But Mr. Snake doesn't feel like partying. Ohhh, no.
He’s WAY too powerful for that. Mr. Snake Would rather
mess with things that could rip open a deorway
into a whole new world of horror, mayhem, and…
BLOOD-CURDLING BADNESS
BETTER PUT YOUR
PARTY PANTS ON ICE.
the BAD GUYS
ARE BACK, BABY!
have saved the world from DANGER
and now its time to PARTY!
But Mr. Snake doesn't feel like partying. Ohhh, no.
He’s WAY too powerful for that. Mr. Snake Would rather
mess with things that could rip open a deorway
into a whole new world of horror, mayhem, and…
BLOOD-CURDLING BADNESS
BETTER PUT YOUR
PARTY PANTS ON ICE.
the BAD GUYS
ARE BACK, BABY!
September 14, 2022
Oh wow! So The Shadow Squad G has defeated evil and is now partying in the pool! Except Snake, he hasn’t left his home in over a year. Something is up…can the gang help him?
This book was so great! Action packed but filled with friendship and loyalty!
This book was so great! Action packed but filled with friendship and loyalty!
July 12, 2020
I love this series so much. Every new entry delivers loads of laugh out loud moments.
January 8, 2021
I continue to love these quick reads about a band of unlikely hero’s. I can’t wait for the next one to come out!
January 18, 2021
Cute! My 5 year old loves this series.
September 16, 2025
No fart jokes and an existential crisis.
December 26, 2020
Omg this book was so good!
March 13, 2025
Some laugh out loud moments, but not near the peak of the early books
September 3, 2020
Ever since the Bad Guys triumphed over the aliens in the last book Snake has been spending WAY too much time alone. The others are worried about him. And they should be, because the alien parents have just revealed some disturbing information to their wayward son. Something about the powers that were never supposed to be unleashed or the universe would be doomed.
Those who were paying attention to the foreshadowing in the last book saw this coming. This book is basically a build up to the next book in which I suspect there will be some resolution. Snake is having quite the moral and personal dilemma in this one, and it has dire consequences. But Snake isn't the only one. If you pay close attention, several of the heroes seem to have been letting success and the taste of power get to their heads. Perhaps they all need a lesson. There are also some rather interesting abilities hiding in Ms Fox and Piranha hinted at. This will have readers begging for the next book in the series to come out NOW.
Notes on content: 1 darn and 1 heck that some parents will want to know about. No sexual content. There's intense psychological moral battles going on, but no real physical violence. Know the kid you hand this to and whether they can handle the moral conflict. The font style is kind of creepy looking and that may influence how some readers take this.
Those who were paying attention to the foreshadowing in the last book saw this coming. This book is basically a build up to the next book in which I suspect there will be some resolution. Snake is having quite the moral and personal dilemma in this one, and it has dire consequences. But Snake isn't the only one. If you pay close attention, several of the heroes seem to have been letting success and the taste of power get to their heads. Perhaps they all need a lesson. There are also some rather interesting abilities hiding in Ms Fox and Piranha hinted at. This will have readers begging for the next book in the series to come out NOW.
Notes on content: 1 darn and 1 heck that some parents will want to know about. No sexual content. There's intense psychological moral battles going on, but no real physical violence. Know the kid you hand this to and whether they can handle the moral conflict. The font style is kind of creepy looking and that may influence how some readers take this.
February 20, 2021
AKA The Star Wars edition
March 4, 2026
It was a 5/10 it didn't really have a clear villain, and it didn't really have that much suspense either.It did have a good plot, and was really funny.
It was basically about, a reporter doing special coverage, she was allowed access inside the bad guys now good guys headquarters. The good guys had more money and they had different personalities. Mr snake had gained psychic powers that let him see anywhere on earth. Then while he was looking around the building, a strange voice tells him to look deeper in space. He looks deep in space and finds a door. A voice tells him if he opens the door, it will give a world where he rules, and he is powerful and rich. He hesitates but opens the door, the gang is looking for Mr snake and they find him. He is evil and more powerful. He persuades his other friends to join him, but one doesn't it is Mr piranha. The voice says to Mr piranha he has an hour to decide to join his friends and be rich and powerful, or life boring life trying to be good. Mr piranha fights back and gets his friends out of the evil trance. except for Mr snake. Mr snake unleashes a giant three headed snake, on his friends the end to be continued.
It was basically about, a reporter doing special coverage, she was allowed access inside the bad guys now good guys headquarters. The good guys had more money and they had different personalities. Mr snake had gained psychic powers that let him see anywhere on earth. Then while he was looking around the building, a strange voice tells him to look deeper in space. He looks deep in space and finds a door. A voice tells him if he opens the door, it will give a world where he rules, and he is powerful and rich. He hesitates but opens the door, the gang is looking for Mr snake and they find him. He is evil and more powerful. He persuades his other friends to join him, but one doesn't it is Mr piranha. The voice says to Mr piranha he has an hour to decide to join his friends and be rich and powerful, or life boring life trying to be good. Mr piranha fights back and gets his friends out of the evil trance. except for Mr snake. Mr snake unleashes a giant three headed snake, on his friends the end to be continued.
May 22, 2022
I enjoyed Snake's return in the previous book, and this one is an absolute ride. The book begins by showing what everyone is doing now that they have defeated the villain from the previous ten books, but Snake's new, overwhelming powers come with great temptation from a voice out in the universe. His internal struggle is both realistic and wonderfully campy, and this takes the series in a fascinating new direction.
Readers who got tired of The Bad Guys and were waiting for the central conflict to resolve will want to move on after Book 10, because this story introduces a variety of new problems and directions for the story to take. However, this is perfect for the kids and childish adults who want all the Bad Guys content they can get.
Readers who got tired of The Bad Guys and were waiting for the central conflict to resolve will want to move on after Book 10, because this story introduces a variety of new problems and directions for the story to take. However, this is perfect for the kids and childish adults who want all the Bad Guys content they can get.
March 8, 2026
Sometimes you feel that a whole book that is foreshadowing the upcoming arc is a bit much...and depending on how you feel about what I just stated will decide if you enjoyed this volume or found yourself awaiting what is to come! Aaron Blabey is on a mission, and I feel that while one can critique each volume, you cannot deny the series and the way it's been put together. I hope this series is talked about decades later because it is fun and it does cover a pretty broad age group in my humble opinion. This definitely gave me an entire MTV cribs moment and what is funny is with MTV all but gone, those reading it won't know the source material. But then again, some of the Star Wars jokes may live on forever. Another solid and fun volume.
February 16, 2025
In my Quest to Finish Series I Left Off Without Reason, I’m going back to the Bad Guys.
Now, I don’t remember much about books 1-10 but kind of pieced together some things: filler still happens. Lots of filler. So. Much. Filler.
The Bad Guys and their female counterparts are now a team living the high life. Snake has powers. And then stuff happens. And they introduce the premise for the next book in a way like we the reader are supposed to know about, because why not?
As pointless as most of the book is, I’m already committed because I like Mr. Wolf and Fox, and Snake and the emo bird whose name escapes me. It’s too late to turn back on the Bad Guys.
Now, I don’t remember much about books 1-10 but kind of pieced together some things: filler still happens. Lots of filler. So. Much. Filler.
The Bad Guys and their female counterparts are now a team living the high life. Snake has powers. And then stuff happens. And they introduce the premise for the next book in a way like we the reader are supposed to know about, because why not?
As pointless as most of the book is, I’m already committed because I like Mr. Wolf and Fox, and Snake and the emo bird whose name escapes me. It’s too late to turn back on the Bad Guys.
August 25, 2020
Wolf has finally achieved his dream of becoming a hero, but worries about snake, and soon discovers that his job is not yet finished.
Snake wrestles with using his powers for good or for evil, and succumbs to the evil. A good message for us all to choose what to do with what we are given.
To be continued...
I kind of wonder if the series should have ended at ten. This one does seem to take a dark turn. I do think piranha's lifestyle of the rich and famous is rather entertaining. It is nice to see everyone have a break.
Snake wrestles with using his powers for good or for evil, and succumbs to the evil. A good message for us all to choose what to do with what we are given.
To be continued...
I kind of wonder if the series should have ended at ten. This one does seem to take a dark turn. I do think piranha's lifestyle of the rich and famous is rather entertaining. It is nice to see everyone have a break.
January 22, 2021
Review from a 5-year old
“Hi. So... do you want to toot or read this?
This story was good. I liked it because it’s almost the weekend, and I wanted to say that my favorite part was when everybody was partying.
And I really liked when they showed me Mr. Wolf. He is nice because he was the one who planned the Good Guys Club.
Superbad. Bad, bad. Really bad. Sad bad. Nervous bad. Toots bad. Hahahahaha I like all of those bad words.
Okay... the last thing I want to say is: ‘bye bye!’”
“Hi. So... do you want to toot or read this?
This story was good. I liked it because it’s almost the weekend, and I wanted to say that my favorite part was when everybody was partying.
And I really liked when they showed me Mr. Wolf. He is nice because he was the one who planned the Good Guys Club.
Superbad. Bad, bad. Really bad. Sad bad. Nervous bad. Toots bad. Hahahahaha I like all of those bad words.
Okay... the last thing I want to say is: ‘bye bye!’”
February 19, 2024
A sense of anticipation builds, thick and palpable. They seem to be on the verge of something monumental, and I can't help but wonder what it could be. This is truly the third act in the series, and the stakes have never been higher for our group. Each member has grown and developed in their own way, but my heart belongs to Mr. Snake - his cunning wit and sharp tongue always keep me on edge. However, it seems that he may soon face some daunting obstacles. My curiosity piqued, I wonder who he's been secretly communicating with and whose voices echo in his head.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 15, 2020
In this eleventh book,
The Bad Guys: Dawn of the Underlord
, Aaron Blabey continues where the characters left off; however they are much more relaxed and into party mode. The story pretty much is a prologue to what will be happening in the next few books of the series. It's a good start, but I can't say it was the best I've read out of Blabey's books.
That said, I am looking forward to what the Underlord brings us as the books continue.
That said, I am looking forward to what the Underlord brings us as the books continue.
February 3, 2021
This one has definitely taken a dark turn. Snake is getting summoned from afar. A dark force wants him to go through a cosmic door and embrace his dark, evil side. Snake is conflicted and does not want to hurt or control his friends, but the power is very enticing. The illustrations range from funny to super dark/Darth Vaderish...but fans will enjoy seeing the struggle. Recommended for Grades 4-5.
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