Then Harold foolishly uttered the fateful words "What could be worse than going to jail for the rest of our lives?" Captain Underpants is an illustrated children's novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. Just send me a couple of tickets to the premiere. Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas 2020 TV-Y7 46m TV Shows Based on Books Christmas gets weird — really weird — after George and Harold go back in time to … Each epic a… The plot follows two imaginative elementary school pranksters named George Beard and Harold Hutchins who hypnotize their cold-hearted principal, Mr. Krupp, into thinking he is Captain Underpants, a superhero who fights crime while wearing only underwear and a cape, thinking he has superpowers. He wears a dark vest over a dress shirt with a tie and pair of thick-rimmed glasses. Captain Underpants, Kevin Hart as George Beard, Thomas Middleditch as Harold Hutchins, Nick Kroll as the "insidious villain" Professor Poopypants, and Jordan Peele as George and Harold's "nerdy nemesis" Melvin Sneedly. Mr Rustworthy, the school's music teacher. By Meredith Rusu. Realizing that Mr. Krupp will continue trying to separate them, they decide to settle with Captain Underpants yet insist that he be dressed up as Mr. Krupp under the pretense of a "secret identity", to which Captain Underpants agrees. Harold's father had recently gotten divorced and moved to Nevada almost six months ago, none of which had been easy for Harold. Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot He appeared briefly alongside the rest of George and Harold's future families when being introduced to the George and Harold who had traveled there from the past. "[9] Soren also said that he took inspiration from John Hughes films. [27], In Norway, the movie went to number-one at its box office for a week and made $1.8 million in total, from its run. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [17] An 11-track soundtrack album was released digitally on June 2, 2017, by Virgin Records and Deep Well Records.[18]. To persuade him, DreamWorks gave Pilkey a tour around the studio with everyone wearing underpants over their trousers, which made him laugh. In the twelfth book of the series officially titled Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot, George and Harold meet their future selves. They have two children named Owen and Kei. [30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Diaper's Robots - … Billy with his family Meanwhile, Poopypants recruits Melvin into his plan, as he has no sense of humor and doesn’t find his name funny. Best friends George and Harold scheme together a number of pranks at school involving their principal, whose alter ego is a superhero they created called Captain Underpants. With Nat Faxon, Jay Gragnani, Ramone Hamilton, Sean Astin. As it turns out, Poopypants is seeking to get rid of laughter altogether due to the fact that people never took him seriously for years due to his name, and also him having a form of post-traumatic stress from when he was almost given a Nobel award, but the committee laughed at him for his silly name. Description. Captain Underpants (real name Mr. Benjamin "Benny" Krupp) is the titular character of the movie Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. He was very happy to see his husband once the group returned from their adventure. Tra-La-Laaa! All it takes is a snap of the fingers to let this caped crusader loose upon a world of talking toilets, lunchroom zombies, and other outrageous villains. Beard, George's mother. 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Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants. It was directed by David Soren from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, and stars the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch and Nick Kroll. However, a rainstorm occurs and Captain Underpants turns back into Mr. Krupp, who finally finishes the paperwork to put George and Harold into separate classes. This page was last edited on 21 January 2021, at 22:11. [12] Following DreamWorks Animation's reorganization in early 2015, the studio announced that the film would be produced outside of the studio's pipeline at a significantly lower cost. Although Seitz pointed out that the film is hampered by "a rushed, jumbled quality" and has "tiresome" features that he says are common to DreamWorks, such as "frenetic action scenes ... and the use of workhorse pop songs", he emphasized that "[t]hey've approached this compendium of elemental slapstick and unabashed childishness with the reverence that the Coen brothers brought to No Country for Old Men."