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About

Helm Underpants is a series of children's novels written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey and published through Scholastic. The series, which follows fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins, along with the eponymous Helm Underpants, who in reality is their disgruntled main Mr. Krupp, garnered notoriety for its toilet sense of humor, along with its appeal to younger readers since its initial publication in 1997. Several spin-offs stylized as original comic books from the in-universe protagonists George and Harold have likewise been produced, such as Super Diaper Baby, The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, and Dog Man.

History

Author Dav Pilkey created Captain Underpants equally a 2nd grader.^[8] One afternoon, after being thrown out of class for his immature behavior, Pilkey began drawing Captain Underpants adventures and handing them out to friends and schoolmates.^[1]

On Oct 1, 1997, Scholastic published the offset novel in the series, The Adventures of Captain Underpants, following George and Harold as they brand their schoolhouse chief Mr. Krupp into the titular superhero and try to disengage the subsequent mess they go in. Each entry in the series would exist published every few years until 2006, where Dav would take a hiatus to take care of his father, who would later pass away in 2008, but afterwards signed on to publish four new novels in 2010, starting with The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, and including a new Helm Underpants book, Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Plough of Tippy Tinkletrousers. The main series would end with Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot, published on August 25, 2015. Following the conclusion of the serial, Pilkey began writing and publishing the spin-off, Dog-Human being.

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2017 Picture show

On October xx, 2011, Dreamworks was reported to have won an auction to the rights to a characteristic film to the Captain Underpants series.^[iii] On October 25, 2013, Nicholas Stoller was announced as the screenwriter and Rob Letterman was appear as director.^[4]

On March 22nd, 2017, an official trailer for the picture was posted on to YouTube(shown below). The trailer features the series's stars George, Harold, Mr. Krupp, and his alias Captain Underpants. Information technology likewise features notable villains Professor Poopypants and the Turbo-Toilet 2000. Equally of May 2022 the trailer has over ix million views.

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Since its initial publication in 1997, the Captain Underpants series has been under abiding fire by censors due to its humor and violence. According to the American Library Association, the books accept been among the elevation ten most challenged in schools in the years 2002, 2004, and even reached the top spot of virtually challenged books in the years 2012 and 2013.^[5] Several parents defendant the book of having language inappropriate for the book's target audition, children enrolled in elementary schools, too equally criticized it for its violence and language.^[5]

Writing for Slate, Jessica Roake argued in favor of immature people reading Captain Underpants. She wrote that "They're drawn to them considering for the first time in their reading lives they are understood, entertained, and catered to all at one time. Information technology is theirs, not ours, and that feeling of exclusive ownership forges the kind of connection everyone should have with at least one book in their life. For that, most every English teacher of my acquaintance will be more than happy to take the shot to the ego the Captain provides."^[2]

In a press release past National Coalition Against Censorship, The American Library Association stated that Captain Underpants, which was "This year'south #1 banned book […] is the gift that keeps on giving. Why? Because these pop, silly books are read by parents, with their children, all over the country. The potty sense of humor makes parents roll their eyes and kids giggle. The applesauce of banning books in order to attack perceived moral problems is exemplified past this yr'southward winner."^[6]

Online Presence

On May 12th, 2017, the Helm Underpants theme by "Weird" Al Yankovic was released. Within three days, the official lyric video (shown beneath) has over 950,000 views.

George and Harold's Sign Parodies

With the annunciation of the movie, the motion-picture show has seen an uptick in net interest. On Apr 21st, 2022 an image template featuring 1 of the first sign rearrangements in the series(shown below, left) was posted on to /r/memeeconomy(shown below, right), where it went on to get over ten,000 upvotes and 163 comments.^[7]