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Captain Underpants #9
Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers: Color Edition
George and Harold are behind bars for a crime they didn't commit! But just as they are settling into their new life, they are pulled from prison by a time-traveling tyrant named Tippy Tinkletrousers! Now the boys are taking a trip back in time to the carefree days of kindergarten, when the scariest thing they had to face was not evil mad scientists or alien cafeteria ladies but a sixth-grade bully named Kipper Krupp, the nephew of their clueless school principal. And because George and Harold don't invent Captain Underpants until they're in fourth grade, the clever kindergartners are on their own. Can they beat the bullies with brainpower instead of Wedgie Power?
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 28, 2012
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Dav Pilkey
391 books3,242 followersDavid "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.
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February 3, 2013
I usually enjoy Captain Underpants. They're predictable, but they have that clever self-awareness. I was really uncomfortable with the gender stuff going on in this one. When our heroes get even with the bullies, they put dresses, dolls, and friendship bracelets in their lockers and they send text messages (allegedly from the bullies) about tea parties and such. I don't like insulting boys by implying they're girls or girlish.
February 8, 2017
Tra-la-laaaaaaaaaaaa! Captain Underpants returns, and he's bigger than ever, with this oh-so-epic installment cracking the 300-page threshold! (My heart sang when I saw it on the shelf at the store - my boys cackled with glee when I brought it home. Even my wife smiled, somewhat begrudgingly....) And, never fear, Pilkey Brand flip-o-rama action - also found in Ricky Rocatta's Giant Robot - returns, which, of course, as George and Harold warn, is intended "for those of us who aren't very mature" because they contain "scenes on intense brutality" (but not really).... It's especially worth slogging through all 300 pages of potty humor and sublime silliness, just for the brilliant, tightly edited, and memorable Chapter 33 - simply awesome! If you don't have kids, or if you somehow missed out on the first eight "novels" in Dav Pilkey's exquisite Captain Underpants series, which, of course, includes the oh-so-sophisticated Super Diaper Baby sagas, don't start with this book - you've got to begin at the beginning.... If the idea of phonetic mis-spelling offends you, DO NOT EMBARK on this journey! But, if you have kids (particularly boys) under the age of 16 (and, particularly, 10 and younger), I can't recommend this series highly enough. Personally, I can't wait for the tenth book.... Until then: tra-la-laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa>.....
and ... finally ... the animated movie is coming ... June 2017 ... can't wait
and ... finally ... the animated movie is coming ... June 2017 ... can't wait
October 25, 2018
Just as good as the others
But it seemed a lot to me like there was a whole second book kinda shoved into the middle though
Not bad, just not something I expected
But it seemed a lot to me like there was a whole second book kinda shoved into the middle though
Not bad, just not something I expected
September 15, 2012
The thing that makes Captain Underpants so brilliant, so funny, and so popular with so many readers is not (just) the potty humor, names like Warden Schmorden and Director Schmector, and paragraphs like:
"MY NAME IS NOT PROFESSOR POOPYPANTS!" screamed the angry villain. "That was a ridiculous name! So I changed it to Tippy Tinkletrousers!"
It's not (just) the interactive, patented FLIP-O-RAMA pages where the action scenes come to life. It's not (just) that the books often include comics by protagonists George and Harold, just the way third graders would write/draw them. Nor is it (just) the wildly inventive, stream-of-consciousness plots where anything a third-grader might imagine can happen without any concern for logical consistency.
No, the true brilliance lies in paragraphs like this one:
One brisk evening in late October, the entire prison was yawning with excitement. The prisoners had all gathered in the bleachers under a clear, moonlit sky, as the prison band played a slow, reverent, and deeply moving rendition of "Whoomp! (There It Is)". After everyone dried their eyes, Warden Gordon Bordon Schmordon stepped onto the stage to congratulate himself. He proudly bragged about his great humility, confessed his intense hatred of intolerant people, and spoke for hours about his legendary brevity.
Or the way that Pilkey constantly works in things like this description of George and Harold's mean principal's life in prison:
Poor Mr. Krupp. He had been locked up at the Piqua State Penitentiary for months, and the life of a jailbird just wasn't his thing. All day long he had people bossing him around. He ate nutritionally deficient, horrible-tasting meals in a filthy cafeteria. He got bullied constantly by a bunch of meat-headed thugs, and he spent his days doing menial "busy work" in an overcrowded, poorly ventilated sweatshop.
Mr. Krupp was told when to eat, when to read, and when to exercise. He even had to ask permission to go to the bathroom! He was constantly bombarded with pointless rules, ridiculous discipline, random searches, metal detectors, security cameras, and pharmaceuticals designed to make everyone compliant and docile. It was a lot like being a student at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, except that the prison had better funding.
Along with the running gags and the way he works in subtle layers of humor, like the newspaper article in this image, which is an actual article with itty bitty print:
A couple of the paragraphs in the middle of the article read:
. . . This guilty verdict ended the sensational scandal that stunned the world, received massive coverage in all of the news outlets, and interrupted the narrative flow of this book with a poorly drawn newspaper that contained a bunch of really tiny words.
Dr. Kent. C. Toogood, president of Doctors United Movement to Banish Tiny Words in the Story (D.U.M.B. T.W.I.T.S.) warned that illustrations containing small words can cause eye strain, which could lead to headaches, nausea, and ridiculous acronyms. . . .
As I said in my review of The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future, "No one does stupid humor as intelligently as Dav Pilkey."
It's been six years since the last Captain Underpants book, though, and Pilkey seems to know his old audience has aged. This "Ninth Epic Novel" is significantly longer and denser than the previous ones, and is certainly not a beginning chapter book like the others. There is even a shift in tone and topic after the first part, with the large middle section of the book being less slapstick and fantastical, more grounded in the reality of its readers. I'm curious to know how those readers react to it; I, for one, obviously enjoyed it.
To say more about the convoluted time-travel plot that takes us to George and Harold's origin story gets into spoiler territory, so I won't.
"MY NAME IS NOT PROFESSOR POOPYPANTS!" screamed the angry villain. "That was a ridiculous name! So I changed it to Tippy Tinkletrousers!"
It's not (just) the interactive, patented FLIP-O-RAMA pages where the action scenes come to life. It's not (just) that the books often include comics by protagonists George and Harold, just the way third graders would write/draw them. Nor is it (just) the wildly inventive, stream-of-consciousness plots where anything a third-grader might imagine can happen without any concern for logical consistency.
No, the true brilliance lies in paragraphs like this one:
One brisk evening in late October, the entire prison was yawning with excitement. The prisoners had all gathered in the bleachers under a clear, moonlit sky, as the prison band played a slow, reverent, and deeply moving rendition of "Whoomp! (There It Is)". After everyone dried their eyes, Warden Gordon Bordon Schmordon stepped onto the stage to congratulate himself. He proudly bragged about his great humility, confessed his intense hatred of intolerant people, and spoke for hours about his legendary brevity.
Or the way that Pilkey constantly works in things like this description of George and Harold's mean principal's life in prison:
Poor Mr. Krupp. He had been locked up at the Piqua State Penitentiary for months, and the life of a jailbird just wasn't his thing. All day long he had people bossing him around. He ate nutritionally deficient, horrible-tasting meals in a filthy cafeteria. He got bullied constantly by a bunch of meat-headed thugs, and he spent his days doing menial "busy work" in an overcrowded, poorly ventilated sweatshop.
Mr. Krupp was told when to eat, when to read, and when to exercise. He even had to ask permission to go to the bathroom! He was constantly bombarded with pointless rules, ridiculous discipline, random searches, metal detectors, security cameras, and pharmaceuticals designed to make everyone compliant and docile. It was a lot like being a student at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, except that the prison had better funding.
Along with the running gags and the way he works in subtle layers of humor, like the newspaper article in this image, which is an actual article with itty bitty print:
A couple of the paragraphs in the middle of the article read:
. . . This guilty verdict ended the sensational scandal that stunned the world, received massive coverage in all of the news outlets, and interrupted the narrative flow of this book with a poorly drawn newspaper that contained a bunch of really tiny words.
Dr. Kent. C. Toogood, president of Doctors United Movement to Banish Tiny Words in the Story (D.U.M.B. T.W.I.T.S.) warned that illustrations containing small words can cause eye strain, which could lead to headaches, nausea, and ridiculous acronyms. . . .
As I said in my review of The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future, "No one does stupid humor as intelligently as Dav Pilkey."
It's been six years since the last Captain Underpants book, though, and Pilkey seems to know his old audience has aged. This "Ninth Epic Novel" is significantly longer and denser than the previous ones, and is certainly not a beginning chapter book like the others. There is even a shift in tone and topic after the first part, with the large middle section of the book being less slapstick and fantastical, more grounded in the reality of its readers. I'm curious to know how those readers react to it; I, for one, obviously enjoyed it.
To say more about the convoluted time-travel plot that takes us to George and Harold's origin story gets into spoiler territory, so I won't.
February 17, 2020
This was by far the best book in the series. It was also the longest book so far at 304 pages. Normally I'm able to read this book out loud to my kids in an hour. This book took two. So why am I giving this particular book 5 stars compared to the others? Well it's got more meat in it.
This book has two stories going on. First, there is the continuation of what is going to happen to George and Harold from book 8. They are getting arrested for something they didn't do and we need to find out how they are going to get out of it. Just as we are going to find out, We get hit with the second story. A time warp from Professor Poopy Pants, who now calls himself Tippy Tinkletrousers. Back in book 4 I believe, (too lazy to look it up just now) Professor Poopy Pants is arrested and sent to prison. While in prison he gets on the good side of the warden and builds what the warden thinks is a statue of... said warden. But in truth... it's a robot to help him escape! Nice plot twist. Once we learn the story of how Professor Poopy Pants has been spending his days in prison while George, Harold and Captain Underpants are fighting crime and saving the day, the two story lines merge together. The Tippy Tinkletrousers story was so engrossing that I literally forgot I was reading a different story at the beginning and was excited and confused at the change of main characters. It finished with a great ending and I have to say I'm going to miss reading these books to my kids. Only 4 more left in the series.
This book has two stories going on. First, there is the continuation of what is going to happen to George and Harold from book 8. They are getting arrested for something they didn't do and we need to find out how they are going to get out of it. Just as we are going to find out, We get hit with the second story. A time warp from Professor Poopy Pants, who now calls himself Tippy Tinkletrousers. Back in book 4 I believe, (too lazy to look it up just now) Professor Poopy Pants is arrested and sent to prison. While in prison he gets on the good side of the warden and builds what the warden thinks is a statue of... said warden. But in truth... it's a robot to help him escape! Nice plot twist. Once we learn the story of how Professor Poopy Pants has been spending his days in prison while George, Harold and Captain Underpants are fighting crime and saving the day, the two story lines merge together. The Tippy Tinkletrousers story was so engrossing that I literally forgot I was reading a different story at the beginning and was excited and confused at the change of main characters. It finished with a great ending and I have to say I'm going to miss reading these books to my kids. Only 4 more left in the series.
May 28, 2018
Captain Underpants is one of those books that I never thought I'd enjoy. Geez was I totally wrong.
An adult wearing his underwear and fighting crime, amazing.
This one we travel back in time... before Harold and George became best friends and took down a school full of bullies. But changing the past will definitely alter the future. Is this really the end of tr la laaa?
An adult wearing his underwear and fighting crime, amazing.
This one we travel back in time... before Harold and George became best friends and took down a school full of bullies. But changing the past will definitely alter the future. Is this really the end of tr la laaa?
October 31, 2014
Surprisingly good. Once I realized he started publishing again, I was both excited and worried, expecting more of the same. Most of the books have followed a very similar and repetitive story pattern. While this one has a bit of that, for familiarity, it very quickly expands the story style in its own fun way.
In particular, I worried about how this book includes a past villian, I was worried it would be a repetitive retread with no new ideas. Luckily, I was wrong. While I don't fully remember what happened in the previous book (it was nearly ten years ago), I was drawn in enough that it didn't really matter.
Most what I didn't like was that the pranks against some bullies were feminine-focused, as if friendship bracelets and other 'girly' things are insulting. I disagree with this style of prank and satire, and preferred instead the more haunted sense of ghostliness which came from the other, more interesting pranks (like putting spiders in their lockers). I also skipped quite a bit of the bullying scenes because of personal experiences. I got the idea, and I don't agree that it be necessary to portray the issue in such a repetitive and extreme manner.
On the good side of things, I was very surprised at the maturation of the author's humour. While past books go into how many teachers are insulting to children, and abuse their power over these children, this book did that and so much more. What he said about prison seemed very much the kind of things anti-authoritarian prison abolitionists would say. He also mocks the concept of 'zero tolerance', a harmful policy which specifically targets working-class kids and kids of colour.
He refers to the worker conditions in prison as 'poorly ventilated sweatshop(s)', and how the people in the penal system are 'constantly bombarded with pointless rules, ridiculous discipline, random searches, metal detectors, security cameras, and pharmaceuticals designed to make everyone compliant and docile.' He says it was a lot like being in an elementary school, 'except that the prison had better funding.' -Wow! This is definitely a step in the right direction in the evolution of his work. I do wonder how he evolved his views this way, as it was very surprising and strange that a popular children's fiction writer would even know about these issues and further, to write about them in an interesting and educating way.
The book ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and thankfully I have its sequel with me now, to read right after this one. I dislike cliffhangers. But reading this was good, and I'm glad to read more.
In particular, I worried about how this book includes a past villian, I was worried it would be a repetitive retread with no new ideas. Luckily, I was wrong. While I don't fully remember what happened in the previous book (it was nearly ten years ago), I was drawn in enough that it didn't really matter.
Most what I didn't like was that the pranks against some bullies were feminine-focused, as if friendship bracelets and other 'girly' things are insulting. I disagree with this style of prank and satire, and preferred instead the more haunted sense of ghostliness which came from the other, more interesting pranks (like putting spiders in their lockers). I also skipped quite a bit of the bullying scenes because of personal experiences. I got the idea, and I don't agree that it be necessary to portray the issue in such a repetitive and extreme manner.
On the good side of things, I was very surprised at the maturation of the author's humour. While past books go into how many teachers are insulting to children, and abuse their power over these children, this book did that and so much more. What he said about prison seemed very much the kind of things anti-authoritarian prison abolitionists would say. He also mocks the concept of 'zero tolerance', a harmful policy which specifically targets working-class kids and kids of colour.
He refers to the worker conditions in prison as 'poorly ventilated sweatshop(s)', and how the people in the penal system are 'constantly bombarded with pointless rules, ridiculous discipline, random searches, metal detectors, security cameras, and pharmaceuticals designed to make everyone compliant and docile.' He says it was a lot like being in an elementary school, 'except that the prison had better funding.' -Wow! This is definitely a step in the right direction in the evolution of his work. I do wonder how he evolved his views this way, as it was very surprising and strange that a popular children's fiction writer would even know about these issues and further, to write about them in an interesting and educating way.
The book ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and thankfully I have its sequel with me now, to read right after this one. I dislike cliffhangers. But reading this was good, and I'm glad to read more.
September 21, 2017
The Kiddo and I read the first volume of this series and skipped directly to this one (the ninth), which was probably not the best way to approach this. This book relies fairly heavily on what has come earlier in the series to set things up.
Also, there is time travel involved. Complete with full-on time travel paradoxes that would make the X-Men universe proud. On top of that, this book serves as an origin-story for George and Harold.
And finally, the ending is pretty wild. That's all I'm going to say as far as that goes.
Unfortunately, the "origin" portion drags a bit, making the middle of this book something of a slog (to the extent that a middle-grade mixed-prose-and-sequential book can qualify as a slog).
More unfortunately, a major subplot involves some very sexist tropes in which the bullies are repeatedly humiliated with things that get the rest of the school to perceive them as feminine. I'd really like to be past this sort of thing, but here it is again.
The Kiddo did laugh at most of the jokes, and the time travel stuff got him thinking a bit, but there was enough negative here that I'm not particularly eager to check out #2-8.
Also, there is time travel involved. Complete with full-on time travel paradoxes that would make the X-Men universe proud. On top of that, this book serves as an origin-story for George and Harold.
And finally, the ending is pretty wild. That's all I'm going to say as far as that goes.
Unfortunately, the "origin" portion drags a bit, making the middle of this book something of a slog (to the extent that a middle-grade mixed-prose-and-sequential book can qualify as a slog).
More unfortunately, a major subplot involves some very sexist tropes in which the bullies are repeatedly humiliated with things that get the rest of the school to perceive them as feminine. I'd really like to be past this sort of thing, but here it is again.
The Kiddo did laugh at most of the jokes, and the time travel stuff got him thinking a bit, but there was enough negative here that I'm not particularly eager to check out #2-8.
April 22, 2019
This one caters a little more to modern culture, with kids having phones and such. There are some pretty scathing remarks on school and prison here, as well as bullying. The end of the last book was explained, so that was good. This one is still funny, but it deals with real life issues and there is no Captain Underpants at all, which while ok, makes this a different beast than the other books. I love how smart George is with getting back at the bullies, and the comment about how it's hard for kids to do any thing about unfairness is so true. This one is geared more towards the older side of those who have been reading them, and almost seams like an attempt to grow with them. Only 3 more left in this series, and all are shorter than this.
I feel like this was a nice break, but would like to see more of the silliness of the first 5 or 6, or even the rather cleverly hidden comments from 8, and hopefully no more side tracks like this, though I did enjoy seeing how George and Harold met.
I feel like this was a nice break, but would like to see more of the silliness of the first 5 or 6, or even the rather cleverly hidden comments from 8, and hopefully no more side tracks like this, though I did enjoy seeing how George and Harold met.
June 27, 2018
Review by my son Austin: Captain Underpants is a great series to entertain kids because the author writes potty humor/funny words, and I loved the part where George and Harold kept tricking Kipper. George and Harold are the kids who are the main characters and they love to do pranks. Kipper is a mean kid, and he is the son of the principal at the school. His father is also mean. His name is Mr. Krupp. This book is to teach people not to be mean, but that you could also be funny by trying to stop the mean kid from being mean. The overall plot of the book though is that George and Harold meet up again with Tippy Tinkletrousers aka Professor Diarrhea PeePee Esq. PoopyPants (it’s how you say some kind of name in Latin). Naturally, they try to recruit Captain Underpants to defeat this villain. This is a perfect book for kids who love to be funny.
October 16, 2013
The first Captain Underpants in years and years!
The beginning is rather slow and boring (uh-oh) and I began to fear that this would turn out to be Captain Underpants' contractual obligation album. Hang in there, dear readers! Once we go back in time and George and Harold take over the story line, phew! Laffs! Action! Fans of the series will be rewarded. I even laughed OUT LOUD in chapter 32.
The beginning is rather slow and boring (uh-oh) and I began to fear that this would turn out to be Captain Underpants' contractual obligation album. Hang in there, dear readers! Once we go back in time and George and Harold take over the story line, phew! Laffs! Action! Fans of the series will be rewarded. I even laughed OUT LOUD in chapter 32.
August 30, 2017
There's a lot of unfortunate sexism in this story. It's a shame because the early Captain Underpants stories were so wonderful. The bullies are humiliated and bested by comparing them to girls; the shame of playing with dolls and weaing a dress. And as in all the other stories, there are one again zero female characters.
Like many reviewers, I agree that CU is a fantastic series for young boys - they deserve better than this portrayal of women.
Like many reviewers, I agree that CU is a fantastic series for young boys - they deserve better than this portrayal of women.
March 19, 2024
Words cannot do justice the sheer exquisiteness of this American classic. The Underpants saga truly peaked with its 9th entry. Despite being the longest in the series, I didn’t want it to end. When I had finished the book, I was overwhelmed with profound grief and sadness as if a chapter in my own life had ended. Everything from the plot, the action, the jokes, the romance (just kidding), was at its finest here. While it may seem like another silly Underpants book, there are in fact many complex themes and ideas which are presented here. The ideas of bravery, loyalty, friendship, and the overcoming of great adversity in the face of impossible odds are important messages for children around the world to read. Dav Pilkey has truly revolutionized not just children’s literature but the entire literary canon as a whole. This is a novel that will be passed down from generation to generation and I couldn’t think of another book more deserving of such a cultural impact.
February 4, 2023
"5 stars but if there was a 100 stars choice I would choose that. This book made me laugh because George and Harold scared the bullies into giving the kindergarteners back their money. There could have been more Captain Underpants parts but it was still so good." -Conley, age 7
August 8, 2023
Wow, that end of the world stuff was pretty cool, but pretty inaccurate. I mean like there's no dead toilets and Kentucky is not a broken down city.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 28, 2016
Do you like time travel? After you read this book you will change you change your mind. This book about captain underpants is a fantasy book. In my opinion this book is really great to read. People who are bored should read this book because it is both funny and interesting.
In the beginning of this book the 2 main characters George and Harold were running from one of their villains Tippy TinkleTrousers from the events of the last book. He was not supposed to be there he actually traveled from to the past from later events in the book. The 2 kids had went to juvie and their principal Mr. Krupp went to jail because they were accused of robbing a bank. So then Tippy was there and build a robot to escape then Krupp turned into Captain Underpants and had a battle with him and he won so then Tippy went to the past. The book then shows us George and Harold when they were more younger and how bullies had terrorized them. So then they made up a ghost which scared the bullies which then tippy appears with his time machine and the bullies think he is the ghost and they go crazy. Mr. Krupp is fired for everyone thinking he was responsible for that. Tippy goes to the future and finds the world destroyed, he later he found out what happened. Since Krupp was fired the 2 kids never turned Krupp into Captain Underpants. If he didn't exist he never saved the world and so it was destroyed. Tippy was going to fix this mess but soon a giant monster squashed him. But luckly a sequel was going to come out.
This book is Third person because it uses other characters names. A major event that changed the character was when he found that the world was destroyed. The title relates to the book by showing how Tippy returned as the main villain. The setting of mostly the whole of the book is George and Harold's school. A major symbol in the book is the time machine because it causes chaos.
I was surprised when the whole world was destroyed because of that event. My favorite part was when the 2 kids played pranks on the bullies and the bullies thought it was a real ghost. The kids' actions were not believable when they were scaring the bullies. I liked the way the author explained all of the backstory. I was satisfied when I found out there was going to be a sequel.
I would rate this book 5 stars because it is interesting and it explains how George and Harold met in kindergarden. I would recommend this book for anyone who would like to laugh or have nothing to do. Would you like to time travel after reading this book?
In the beginning of this book the 2 main characters George and Harold were running from one of their villains Tippy TinkleTrousers from the events of the last book. He was not supposed to be there he actually traveled from to the past from later events in the book. The 2 kids had went to juvie and their principal Mr. Krupp went to jail because they were accused of robbing a bank. So then Tippy was there and build a robot to escape then Krupp turned into Captain Underpants and had a battle with him and he won so then Tippy went to the past. The book then shows us George and Harold when they were more younger and how bullies had terrorized them. So then they made up a ghost which scared the bullies which then tippy appears with his time machine and the bullies think he is the ghost and they go crazy. Mr. Krupp is fired for everyone thinking he was responsible for that. Tippy goes to the future and finds the world destroyed, he later he found out what happened. Since Krupp was fired the 2 kids never turned Krupp into Captain Underpants. If he didn't exist he never saved the world and so it was destroyed. Tippy was going to fix this mess but soon a giant monster squashed him. But luckly a sequel was going to come out.
This book is Third person because it uses other characters names. A major event that changed the character was when he found that the world was destroyed. The title relates to the book by showing how Tippy returned as the main villain. The setting of mostly the whole of the book is George and Harold's school. A major symbol in the book is the time machine because it causes chaos.
I was surprised when the whole world was destroyed because of that event. My favorite part was when the 2 kids played pranks on the bullies and the bullies thought it was a real ghost. The kids' actions were not believable when they were scaring the bullies. I liked the way the author explained all of the backstory. I was satisfied when I found out there was going to be a sequel.
I would rate this book 5 stars because it is interesting and it explains how George and Harold met in kindergarden. I would recommend this book for anyone who would like to laugh or have nothing to do. Would you like to time travel after reading this book?
July 18, 2018
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleWhat in the world did I just read? I never thought I would see the day when I didn't enjoy a Captain Underpants book. I am honestly questioning reality right now.I'll start by saying I have enjoyed the Captain Underpants series since I was a child. I read and reread my beat up paperback copies many, many times. I only had the first five or six, so (as a grown up) when I saw there were more in the series, I reread my copies (again) and then started on the new ones. I have enjoyed all of the books so far. Then there was this one.I think anytime a series deals with time travel, it is tricky business. The various timelines and stories often get confusing and disjointed. This story is no exception. What starts as Tippy Tinkletrousers' revenge story suddenly turns into a complete backstory of George and Harold's blooming friendship which takes up most of the book. More on that later. Then the last few chapters jump back to Tippy's storyline and the book ends in such a ridiculously dumb way. (I can only imagine that what we are supposed to think happened did not actually happen although the ending was still gross even if it was misdirection.)Onto George and Harold's friendship. Are you kidding me, Dav Pilkey? What the f was that? I am all about half-naked superheroes and talking toilets. I like wedgie humor and hilariously awkward names. I even think squishies are kind of funny in a mean way. But to suggest that the way to deal with bullies is to a) not tell adults b) bully them back with tons of pranks and c) make others question their masculinity by planting "feminine" items in their possession, is just ridiculous. A kid actually pees himself in response to George and Harold's actions and we are supposed to cheer them on? Come on, Pilkey, what are you doing? I know you don't take your work seriously and it's all in good fun, but come on, man, get it together. Not only was this book harmful, it was also just confusing. Not well told at all. Even the randomness that is characteristic of the other Captain Underpants books just didn't work in this one. I am so disappointed in this book. I have the next few books in the series so I will continue to read it but I am really hoping that they get better than this. Don't let me down (again), Pilkey.
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February 25, 2020This is what happens when goodreads links to your ebooks from the library. That said i was in fact part of the reading and know way too much about c.u.
January 9, 2013
Captain Underpants, book #9.
Thanks to a time machine built by Tippy Tinkletrousers (aka Professor Poopypants), we travel back in time to before Harold and George met and discover how they became friends, and, well, see the end of the world. It's the last book...until the last book comes out!
Another silly, smarter-than-it-seems installment in the hilarious Captain Underpants series. Highly recommended to kids of all ages.
Thanks to a time machine built by Tippy Tinkletrousers (aka Professor Poopypants), we travel back in time to before Harold and George met and discover how they became friends, and, well, see the end of the world. It's the last book...until the last book comes out!
Another silly, smarter-than-it-seems installment in the hilarious Captain Underpants series. Highly recommended to kids of all ages.
March 16, 2015
This book is about two boys, Harold and George, who are chased by a time travelling, old foe. The story goes back to their childhood. They were pranksters with lots of time on their hands.
I picked this book up because I loved reading the series as a child and I thought I should continue the series.
I finished the book because the story was so compelling.
I would recommend this book to Clark because he needs to learn how to prank.
I picked this book up because I loved reading the series as a child and I thought I should continue the series.
I finished the book because the story was so compelling.
I would recommend this book to Clark because he needs to learn how to prank.
September 23, 2017
What was this? It started out with Tippy Trousers' revenge, then went into complete backstory. It showed how George and Harold became friends and got into writing comics, but is confusing overall as the book completely goes into left field with this turn. At least until the main bad guy is finally remembered just before a violently gory outcome. And this is a kid's book? I won't mention the sexist-ness of this one, as I'll just be censored.
January 31, 2019
I don't usually review the books I read with my kids but a moment to say boy I hated this one. This series has generally been mostly clever and fun with humor that kids universally love. This one however is 300 pages that spends most of the time in extreme detail describing horrifically bullying behaviors. George and Harold are victims but also perpetrators. There are no heroes and then everyone dies at the end. Yep, seriously.
February 28, 2018
This is all time hands down best series of books ever. This is my favorite because George and Harold talk about how they were as kids. They would mix letters on a sign so it said something funny stuff like that. I love the flip-a-rama. It is so cool when you turn the pages fast so it looks animated. You should read this book. It is the best.
December 24, 2012
Action! Pranks! Laffs!
I was introduced to my first Captain Underpants book sometime around the time I was eight years old. And after having aged by nearly thirteen years, the latest in the series still manages to put a smile to my face. :)
I was introduced to my first Captain Underpants book sometime around the time I was eight years old. And after having aged by nearly thirteen years, the latest in the series still manages to put a smile to my face. :)
December 16, 2016
This book was hilarious. Almost every page made me laugh. It's about boys being bullied ,the boys names were George and Harold ,So they pulled pranks on the bullies. But somebody goes back in time
and changes the future
and changes the future
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 12, 2018
Time to hop in the way back machine of the imagination to revisit George and Harold's first adventure together, along with a fine Anti-bullging PSA, banana cream pies, and an entirely unambiguous Stooge reference. Oh and the most frustrating cliffhanger in all of children's literature.
June 18, 2012
Been a long time since I read a Captain Underpants. Were they always this sophisticated?
November 23, 2017
Really weird
January 24, 2020
don't do something without knowing what might happen.
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