Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants
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| Author | Dav Pilkey |
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| Illustrator | Dav Pilkey |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Captain Underpants series |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher |
Blue Sky (US), Scholastic (US) |
Publication date | July 29, 2000 (black & white), January 1, 2016 (color edition) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) |
| Followed by | Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman |
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants is the fourth book in the Captain Underpants series written by Dav Pilkey.
Plot
A scientist from the fictitious country of New Swissland called Professor Pippy P. Poopypants goes to the United States to demonstrate how his striking Shrinky-Pig and Goosy-Grow can help the world, but everyone laughs at Poopypants' name, because he comes from a foreign culture where it is traditional for everyone to have a silly name.
Meanwhile, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School is going to a restaurant-arcade called The Piqua Pizza Palace, but when George and Harold rearrange the lunch sign, Mr. Krupp demands they clean the teachers' lounge, making them lose their chance of going to the Piqua Pizza Palace with everyone else. However, the boys get their revenge by modifying things around in the teachers' lounge and after the field trip, the teachers get largely covered in glue and foam pellets before Ms. Ribble makes it even worse. They chase the boys around the school and after seeing the teachers looking like abominable snowmen, Mr. Fyde retires, thinking he's going insane. Meanwhile, Professor Poopypants sees an ad to teach and applies for the job, thinking children to be kind and sweet-hearted, but only gets them interested by building a robot that makes gerbils jog along with them. Some time later, Ms. Ribble reads the Pied Piper of Hamelin, which inspires George and Harold to make a comic about the Professor trying to take over the world, which destroys the last of Professor Poopypants' sanity. He makes the gerbil machine as large as a tall building, then shrinks the school and holds them hostage to turn their names sillier, with a system of 3 alphabetical name charts based on the first/last letter of each part of a first and last name. George and Harold's names are changed to "Fluffy" and "Cheeseball" respectively. They get Captain Underpants to steal Professor Poopypants' enlarging machine, but he and the machine are shrunk in the process. The two of them try to enlarge the school back to normal size, but get flicked off the school. Harold makes a paper airplane that George enlarges and after many dangers, Underpants rescues them. George enlarges Underpants to the gerbil's size, then he defeats Professor Poopypants and everyone's names revert. The boys use the machines to bring the school and Captain Underpants back to normal size. Captain Underpants is soaked with water, turning him back into Mr. Krupp. Professor Poopypants is hauled off and from George and Harold, he changes his name to his grandfather's, Tippy Tinkletrousers, that which makes the prisoners ridicule him even more.
Characters
- George Beard/Fluffy Toiletnose
- Harold Hutchins/Cheeseball Wafflefanny
- Mr. Benjamin Krupp/Mr. Lumpy Pottybiscuits
- Captain Underpants/Buttercup Chickenfanny
- Chuckles Jingleberry McMonkeyburger, Jr.
- Stinky McMonkeyburger
- Jiggles T. Chunkyskunks
- Tipper Q. Zipperdripper
- Professor Pippy P. Poopypants/Tippy Tinkletrousers
- Porkbelly Funkyskunk
- Connor Mancini/Buttercup Bananalips
- Aaron Mancini/Stinky Bananalips
- Ingrid Ashley/Chim-Chim Diaperbrains
- Larry Zarrow/Booger Stinkersquirt
- Stephanie Yarkoff/Snotty Gorillabreath
- Robbie Staenberg/Loopy Pizzapants
- Janet Warwick/Poopsie Chucklebutt
- Melvin Sneedly/Pinky Pizzabrains
- Ivana Godadebafroom/Chim-Chim Lizardtushie
- Mr. Rected/Mr. Gizzardnose
- Miss Labler (mentioned)/ Miss Liverbuns (mentioned)
- Ms. Ribble/Ms. Gizzardtush
- Mr. Meaner/Mr. Bananabuns
- Miss Anthrope/Miss Diapertush
- Ms. Guided/ Ms. Lizardnose
- Mr. Fyde/Mr. Barftush
- Dr. Diaper (cameo)/ Gidget Bubblebuns (cameo)
Authors:
- Cynthia Rylant/Buttercup Gizzardsniffer
- Dav Pilkey/Gidget Hamsterbrains
- Dan Santat/Gidget Pizzasniffer
- Jose Garibaldi/Poopsie Lizardlips
- Martin Ontiveros/Pinky Burgerfanny
See also
Following Book
The book that followed this was The Wicked Wedgie Woman (2001).
Reception
The Book received mainly positive reviews from critics, making the villain, Professor Poopypants, appear in later Books of the series as both a recurring character, or even the main villain.
The book was removed from an elementary school in Page, North Dakota due to parental complaints.[1]
References
- ↑ ITALIE, HILLEL. "Captain Underpants to return". Associated Press. Retrieved 30 September 2012.