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It’s a series based on Captain Underpants. “Laffs” are to be expected.


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  • Much like the books, George and Harold's sign-changing habits are coming back.
    • Season 1:
      • Episode 1: The sign at the beginning "Know My Rule: Please Stay Off The Dirt" becomes "Smell Your Own Stinky Feet".
      • Episode 2: "Enchanted Waiting Room Dance DJ Auditions" becomes "Watch Our Dancing Snot".
      • Episode 3: "Melvin's Secret Time Toad Room. All Unauthorized Personnel Keep Out!" becomes "This Room Smells Like Pee!"
      • Episode 4: "All Hail Conformity" becomes "Cool Fart Mall".
      • In Episode 5, they encounter a sign that reads "Caution: T.U.R.D.S. Slippery When Wet", which they refuse to change because it's already funny.
      • Episode 6: "For Lunch Today: None Of Your Beeswax" becomes "Be Warned: We Fart So Loud".
      • Episode 7: "Don't Think. Just Obey" becomes "Do Butts Think?"
      • Episode 8: Meatloaf For Lunch, Now With Zesty Meat!" becomes "Smelly Meat Farts Win Money!"
      • Episode 9: Taco Tuesday Today. Very Spicy Taco. Olé!" becomes "Spicy Toot Load Today".
      • Episode 10: "Today's Lunch. We Forgot, You're On Your Own" becomes "We Farted On Your Lunch".
      • Episode 11: "You Don't Deserve Our Products, You Don't Deserve Us." becomes "Our Products R Doo Doo". When Melvin gets hit by the sign later in the episode, it then becomes "U R Doo Doo".
        Melvin: I R NOT doo doo!
      • Episode 12: "Just Because You Read This, Doesn't Mean You Should" becomes "U Should Toot On Me". Instead of George and Harold, Smartsy Fartsy is changing the sign.
      • Episode 13: "Vil Endenemys" becomes "Smelly Dive" then "Evil Enemy", and finally becomes "Melvin Sneedly".
    • Season 2:
      • Episode 1: "Melvin Sneedly Elementary. Snooty Latin Motto Coming Soon." becomes "Melvin Sneedly Lamementary. It's Now Cool To Toot."
      • Episode 2: "Hairani Memories: Buy Your Favorites Here!" becomes "Buy Rare Hyena Farts Here!"
      • Episode 3: "Welcome Back To School, Mr. Krupp" becomes "Welcome Back, Mr. Poop".
      • Episode 4: "If You Are Not Melvin, You Will Never Succeed" becomes "Fart On Melvin To Succeed".
      • Episode 5: "Employees Must Wash Hands" becomes "Wash Tushy Here".
      • Episode 6: "The People VS Captain Underpants" becomes "Sit On A Leprechaun".
      • Episode 7: "Reach For The Sky And You'll Always Fall" becomes "Yell Like A Funky Toad".
      • Episode 8: "Take The Plunger After You Buy It!" becomes "Fat Pug Luau!"
      • Episode 10: "Kneel Before Julius Ceasar" Becomes "Fire Emperor Jerk Nose".
      • Episode 11: "Local Dump. open Seven Days A Week. Parties Forbidden." becomes "Come Smell Our Stinky Diapers".
      • Episode 12: "This Toilet Brought To You By Piquasaurus Pizza" becomes "Buy Our Butt Pizza".
      • Episode 13: "Wait From This Point Is Approximately 45 Minutes" becomes "Wait for Pointy Toilet Paper is 45 Minutes".
    • Season 3:
      • Episode 1: "Camp Director Krupp's Office No Fun Allowed" becomes " Fart In Krupp's Office Now".
      • Episode 2: "Beware Of Animals. Particularly Cruel, Heartless Possums." becomes "Animals Burp Loud".
      • Episode 3: "Plummet Peak: No Mountain Guards On Duty. Climb At Your Own Risk." becomes "Poopy Peak: Smell At Your Own Risk."
      • Episode 4: "Use Machine At Your Own Risk. Not Responsible For Loss Or Damage." becomes "Win A Boneless Ham Message."
      • Episode 5: "Welcome To The Dream Dimension, Where Dreams Are Reality" becomes "Cow Toots Are Real Windy."
      • Episode 6: "Please Bring Oversized Package To Window" becomes "Please Bring Deep Rage To Kiss Window".
      • Episode 7: "Please Keep Out Bathroom Is Flooded" becomes "Krupp Smells Of Bad Feet".
      • Episode 8: "No Eating, Drinking Or Telemarketing On The Bus." becomes "Red Alert: Giant Mooing Butts".
      • Episode 9: "Campfire Story Tellathon Tonight. Starring Mr. Krupp. Bring Extra Pants." becomes "Park Your Fart Car In The Toilet, Then Sing, Bro."
      • Episode 10: "Lake Summer Camp Ropes Course. Together We Fail" becomes "Krupp Is A Hot Fart Casserole".
      • Episode 11: "Pollution Pond For Looking, Not Swimming, Because It's Polluted" becomes "Tooting Frogs Poop And Tinkle In Pond".
      • Episode 12: "Danger: Quicksand As Seen On Tv, But Real" becomes "Danger: Buttquake Area Close"
      • Episode 13: "Lake Summer Camp Salt Mine" becomes "Make Me Smell An Armpit".
    • Season 4:
      • Episode 1: "Space Bathroom. Please Wash Hands After Use" becomes "Use Wormhole To Stash Peas And Burps."
      • Episode 2: "Hang Up Your Own Spacesuit-Space Is Not A Hotel" becomes "Grownups Can't Eat Cheese N' Poop."
      • Episode 3: "Space Bathroom. Please Keep Gravity On During Use Or Run For It." becomes "Krupps Go To Bathroom In Pants."
      • Episode 4: "Remember, Adults Must Be Supervised By Children At All Times." becomes "Remember, Adults Are Dumb And Must Eat Beehives", then "Adults Are Dumber Than Rude Babies."
      • Episode 5: "Welcome To Biglyan Planet. Go Big Or Go Home. No Parking." becomes "Big Booger Plant. No Picking Or Yoga."
      • Episode 6: "Steam Room. Steam For Relaxing, Not Cooking." becomes "Cook Moose Meat In Toilet."
    • Interactive Story: "Welcome To Teacherville. Teachers Only No Kids Allowed" becomes "Teachers Are Totally Doodie Clowns."
      • Later, it becomes "Teach Art, Not Old Lies."

    Season 1 

The Frenzied Farts of Flabby Flabulous

  • This bit:
    Mr. Krupp: (to George and Harold) Do you two wanna be in more trouble?!
    Mr. Meaner: (furiously bursts into Krupp’s office) YOU TWO ARE IN MORE TROUBLE, YEA-YEA-YEA-YEA-YEA!
    Mr. Krupp: Protocol, Mr. Meaner.
    Mr. Meaner: (completely calm) Oh, right. Okay, sorry. (Leaves and shuts door behind him)
    Ms. Anthrope: (opens door again) Mr. Meaner is here to see you.
    Mr. Krupp: Send him in.
    Mr. Meaner: (comes in the exact same way he did the first time) YOU TWO ARE IN MORE TROUBLE, YEA-YEA-YEA-YEA-YEA!
  • Mr. Krupp and Mr. Meaner trying to show each other up about who's madder. Mr. Meaner begins stomping his cap into the floor while Mr. Krupp begins shaking a metal cabinet and yelling at the top of his lungs.

The Dreadful Debacle of DJ Drowsy Drawers

  • When the teachers are setting up for the school dance, Mr. Krupp keeps going out of his way to ensure that there is zero fun, and explains his “reason” why.
    Mr. Krupp: Fun leads to the Robo-pocalypse! This chart proves it! See? If kids see colors, they have fun. Fun leads to joy, and joy leads to a rainbow unicorn stampede that transforms into a robot horde that enslaves us all! …ANY QUESTIONS?!
    (Literally every teacher the room looks at Krupp like he's crazy, and raise their hands at the same time)
    Mr. Krupp: I DIDN'T THINK SO!
    • Also, the so-called "chart" Krupp uses to prove his point is just a crude crayon drawing that he most likely made himself.
  • Captain Underpants rapping. What else needs to be said?
  • The various tryouts for the position of the school dance DJ:
    • Jessica and her friends only have one song in their playlist: "Don't You Daar Touch My Haar, I Swaar" by the Flaar Baars. Without the accent 
      Mr. Krupp: Is she speaking English?
    • Dressy pulls out some sort of New-Age Retro Hippie song, complete with an appropriate dance.
    • Gooch is unable to log into his computer and play his songs, leading him to Rage Quit. Mr. Krupp declares this "performance" his favorite.
    • Melvin descends in his Raisetheroofotron 2000 with him hidden from view at first, causing Krupp to freak out and bow down to the machine. Then Melvin pops out and starts playing upbeat retraux music (or "retro-future mini music", as he calls it), causing Krupp to cut to the next audition, much to Melvin's shock.
    • George and Harold are stopped before they even start, with Krupp telling them "Hold it, fellas! I'm afraid you're just too darn loud!

The Horrible Hostilities of the Homework Hydra

  • The kids (especially George and Harold) are eager for the school day to end, literally counting down the seconds on the clock… only for Melvin to speak up at the very last second to remind Ms. Ribble that she forgot to assign homework. Cue every kid in the room shooting him a Death Glare.
    Melvin:What?
    Ms. Ribble: Thank you, Melvin! This is why everyone likes you.
    (All the other kids growl furiously at him)
  • This little gem when George and Harold travel back in time to a school in Ancient Egypt, where (it was claimed that) homework was invented.
    Harold: Is it weird that all these kids look like our classmates?
    George: Not on our show’s budget.
  • When the boys discover that by erasing homework from existence, they also inadvertently erased comic books from existence, George Screams Like a Little Girl.

The Vexing Villainy of the Vile Vimpire

The Terrifying Perilous Misfortune of the T.P. Mummy

  • The boys commenting on Erica’s latest Stealth Hi/Bye.
    Harold: She’s like Batman!
    George: Without the angry grumbling.
  • Mr. Ree’s introduction.
    Narrator: This is Mr. Ree, the school janitor. He's a dedicated employee, and definitely doesn't have a secret past. Oooh, I've said too much
    • Mr. Ree is also quick to figure out why Mr. Krupp ordered 500 rolls of rather pricey French toilet paper.
      Mr Ree: (inspecting the toilet paper) 3-ply quilted plush weave. Not the usual sandpaper you order. What's the occasion?
      Mr. Krupp: We have a new French teacher, and I want her to have the best.
      Mr. Ree: So, you got a crush on the "Ooh-La-La"?
      Mr. Krupp: What? That’s ridiculous! (proceeds to swoon a little) It’s not like I want to take long walks at the movies, trading… butterfly kisses… or-or anything!
      Mr. Ree: Whatever floats your boat, chief.
      Mr. Krupp: My boat floats fine!
      Mr. Ree: (smirking) …Liar.
      Mr. Krupp: WHAT?!
      Mr. Ree: Yeah, you heard me.
  • During French class, George and Harold attempt to go to the bathroom to get toilet paper so they can T.P. the school. However, their new French teacher, Ms. Yewh, wants everyone in her class to only speak French. You can probably see where this is going.
    George: Uh, excuse me? We gotta go to the bathroom.
    Harold: Yeah, me too!
    Ms. Yewh: In French.
    George: You want us to go to the bathroom in French?
    Ms. Yewh: Oui-Oui.
    (George and Harold burst out laughing)
    (Cut to a picture of a croissant, with a moustache and wearing a beret, in front of a French flag, frowning and shrugging)
    Narrator: We apologize for using a joke that is over 280 years old.
    • And then later:
      Mr. Krupp: That toilet paper is for Ms. Yewh, and Ms. Yewh only!
      George: She must go to the bathroom a lot.
      Harold: Yeah, that’s a lot of “Oui-Oui”!
      (Cut to the same croissant picture from before)
      Narrator: Oooh, we're sorry again!
  • Mr. Krupp's attempts at flirting with Ms. Yewh. Especially with the outfit he wears while doing it.
    Mr. Krupp: I just wanted to make sure you’re settling in, and to see if you had any questions...
    George: I have a question! Why are you wearing skinny jeans?
  • After an unsuccessful attempt to T.P. the entire school, Mr. Krupp makes George and Harold clean up all the toilet paper they used, leading to this Memetic Mutation:
    Krupp: And after you clean up this mess, you’re gonna mow the entire football field!
    Krupp: WITH YOUR TEETH!
    Harold: WHAT?! How do we do that?!
    Krupp: WITH YOUR TEETH!
    George: But how do we do that?!
    Krupp: With… WITH YOUR TEETH!!
  • When the boys are cleaning up, they decide to “work smarter, not harder” by simply flushing it all down the school toilets, but since they had used 500 rolls of toilet paper in that prank attempt, naturally the toilets get clogged. Luckily, George finds some extra-strength clog remover. Unfortunately, they ignore the instructions to use only one drop of the stuff, which leads to this:
    Mr. Ree: (sees what the boys have done) The whole jug? You’ve doomed us all. That stuff’s experimental! Unpredictable! And kinda pricey!
  • The scene where Mr. Ree explains his Dark and Troubled Past.
    Mr. Ree: In the late 1990s, the government hired me to make T.E.R.D.S.; this huge, massive toilet to eliminate the most serious threats on Earth; poisonous chemicals, weapons of mass destruction, envelopes
    George: Envelopes?
    Mr. Ree: Ever gotten a paper cut from one of those bad boys?

The Squishy Predicament of Stanley Peet’s Stinky Pits

  • Due to his nervous breakdown, Mr. Fyde has a very low tolerance for noise. Unfortunately for him, elementary schools are practically built on noise.
    Mr. Fyde: PLEASE! BE! QUIET!!!
    (Beat as everyone in the room looks at him in shock or confusion)
    Mr. Krupp: Whoa. You are a ticking time bomb!
  • Mr. Krupp’s rather... bizarre love for guacamole.
    Mr. Krupp: And if you’re thinking it’s because I want you kids to grow a bunch of avocados to make me a whole lot of free guacamole, because guacamole is made from avocados, and I love guacamole so much, I DREAM ABOUT IT EVERY NIGHT AND WANT TO TAKE IT ON A VACATION TO MAUI! (deep breath) …You’re dead wrong.
    Narrator: Actually...
    (Cut to an Imagine Spot of Krupp doing just that)
    Mr. Krupp: So happy...
  • The “calming musical interlude”, which is puppets of George and Harold dancing/head-banging to heavy metal music with the lyrics "I LIKE SPAGHETTI!"
    Narrator: So soothing. Now back to our story.
    Harold: So… you got all that, right?
    Captain Underpants: Nope! I was enjoying the music! I LIKE SPAGHETTI! Flies off
  • The "Incredibly Graphic Violence Chapter" for this episode is presented in "Paint-O-Rama", specifically a Bob Ross parody. Followed immediately by a quick acknowledgement of the Parental Bonus for the kids.
    Barefoot Farmer: "Don't worry kids, I didn't get that one either."
  • This scene shortly after:
    Captain Underpants: Alrighy, guacamole. Let's dip! TRA-LA-LAAA-
    Smash Cut to the next chapter card
    Narrator: Chapter 8: So Who Won? Take one guess.
    (Captain Underpants gets sent soaring)

The Costly Conundrum of the Calamitous Claylossus

  • The Bad Vibrations at the start of the episode comes from Melvin's Faker-Quaker 2000, which Krupp praises him for due to his belief that scared children are good children.
    Mr. Krupp: Scared children are good children! (Background turns fiery as Krupp's voice turns demonic) fear is our friend! (Krupp gains Scary Teeth) AND FRIGHT MAKES RIGHT!
    (The screen zooms out to reveal puppets of George and Harold watching the scene on the TV of their treehouse)
    George: I mean, that is just-
    Harold: So wrong.
    George: Can't even.
    Harold: Yeah.
  • The Lie-Detecting Crow.
    Melvin: You'll write my recommendation letter [to Eliteanati Academy]?
    Mr. Krupp: Nothing would make me happier.
    Crow: LIE! LIE! LIAR! HE'LL NEVER LET YOU GO! YOUR TEST SCORES KEEP THE SCHOOL AFLOAT!
  • The fact that Krupp literally has a shark in his aquarium which it barely fits in.
    • And speaking of which…
      Ms. Anthrope: ...Your Shark is gone.
      (Krupp sees that his aquarium is empty)
      Mr. Krupp: Oh, no... close the beach.
      Ms. Anthrope: What bea—?
      Mr. Krupp: CLOSE THE BEACH!!!
  • The reason why he has that shark? Well…
    Krupp: Son, I'm a bit of an aquarium expert.
    Melvin: Oh? Spell "Aquarium".
    Krupp: Uh… A… K… uh… GAAH! I don't need to spell! I run a school! The point is, every aquarium needs a shark to scare the other fish in the line.
    Melvin: That is demonstrably untrue, evidenced by the state of your aquarium and its occupants.
    Cut to the shark thrashing around in its tank
  • The progressively cheaper claymation. While it starts rather impressive, it eventually degrades into all of the cast becoming handless, misshapen blobs being moved by visible hands.
  • The ending, which teases a battle between a shark, a Bigfoot, and a chupacabra which becomes an Offscreen Moment of Awesome due to running out of budget.

The Jarring Jerkiness of Judge J.O.R.T.S.

  • The boys’ new Spanish teacher, Jerry Citizen, admits that he can’t even speak Spanish, and only took the job because Mr. Krupp will hire anyone to be a teacher. It then cuts to Mr. Krupp hiring a literal toddler!
  • This episode reveals that Mr. Krupp has a LOT more wigs than just his trademark Dodgy Toupee. He wears a different one in every scene and spends each time fishing for compliments on his "new haircut", but of course, he's met with confused silence.
    • One of said wigs is a mullet.

The Strange Strife of the Smelly Socktopus

The Flustering Mindless Woe of the Flushable Memory Wipes

  • When the boys are undercover and trying to figure out what Murdsly's deal is, we get this exchange:
    George: Why does Murdsly care if a bunch of kids think he's cool? So desperate to be liked.
    Harold: Maybe something traumatic happened when he was a kid, so he's replacing negative childhood associations with positive experiences. (George gives him a "what are you talking about" look) Sorry, my mom watches Doctor Blame.
    (Cut to a flashback of Harold watching Doctor Blame)
    Doctor Blame: (on tv) I'm Doctor Blame, and it's all your fault and you should be ashamed!
    (cut back to the present)
    George: (unconvinced) Your mom. Sure.
  • The Running Gag/Subplot of Jessica and her friends going on a Save the Whales campaign.
  • At one point, Captain Underpants picks a dandelion and shoves it in his mouth. At least they're edible?

The Soggy Salvation of the Swirling Sweatnami

The Sickening Fumes of Smartsy Fartsy

  • The main villain of the episode is a sentient fart. I dare you to say that without at least cracking a smile.

The Troublesome Treachery of the Thieving Toot Fairy

    Season 2 
The Tenuous Takedown of the Tyrannical Teachertrons

The Frantic Fury of the Fearsome Furcules

The Harmfull Horrors of the Harrowing Hiveschool

  • Just after Krupp's monologue about how he is going to betray George and Harold to get a new office, this happens:
    Ms. Anthrope: …Are you talking to me?
    Mr. Krupp: No, I'm talking to me! (laughs evilly) Yes! (Snatches the onion that Ms. Anthrope was eating and takes a bite, causing him to go wide-eyed with disgust) That was a mistake. (vomits off-screen)
The Preposterous Pulverizing of the Pestering Poopacabra

The Dastardly Deed of the Devious Diddlysaurus

The Shadowy Syndrome of the Sinister Splotch

The Bizarre Blitzkrieg of the Bothersome Butt-erflies

  • Melvinborg winds up locked in his panic room with Krupp. Hilarity Ensues.
    • George, Harold and Melvin later enter the panic room to find Melvinborg and Krupp dancing to country music together.
      • The lyrics to said country music:
        It's lonely a the top of the school
        To keep the peace you got to be cruel
        Making kids tow the line
        Takes a rock-hard

The Problematic Pandemonium of the Punishing Plungerina

The Bombastic Blathering of Brainy Blabulous

The Crazy Caustic Spray of the Contagious Cruelius Sneezer

The Trashy Tale of the Tumultuous Tubbadump

The Taxing Trauma of the Treacherous Tattle Trials Part 1

The Taxing Trauma of the Treacherous Tattle Trials Part 2

  • Melvinborg’s multiple Oh, Crap! moments upon remembering each of the inventions he added to make the Tattle Trials more difficult for George and Harold, that are going haywire thanks to his nanobots now controlling them. This leads to him receiving a lot of What Were You Thinking? from George, Harold, and even Melvin.

    Season 3 
The Worrisome Wedge of the Water Warmongers

The Angry Abnormal Atrocities of the Astute Animal Aggressors

  • How Erica scares off the Meaners:
    Erica Wang: Heads up! (Slides down a rope) The FBI is coming to check your jump rope licenses.
    Mr. Meaner: Is that a thing?
    Misty Meaner: I don't know, but I don't yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah got one.
    (Beat before both of the Meaners run away screaming through the wall)
    Erica Wang: Wow, too easy.

The Abysmal Altercation of the Abominable Altitooth

The Bizarre Bout of the Beastly Barfilisk

The Monstrous Mayhem of the Massive Melviathan

The Savage Spite of the Slimy Salamangler

The Cunning Combat of the Covert Camoflush

  • The double reveal of not only Major Messy/Camoflush being Mr. Ree's younger brother, but also Mr. Ree's Embarrassing First Name, which leads to Erica Lampshade Hanging about both of their Punny Names.
    Camoflush: Toilette?
    Mr. Ree: Lavator? Is that you?
    Erica: You guys know each other, Mr. Ree?
    Mr. Ree: Yes. He's my brother.
    Erica: Hold on. His name is "Lavator Ree", and your name is "Toilet Ree"?!
    Mr. Ree: It's pronounced "Toilette", and yes, our parents were French-Canadian. (Beat) They loved bathrooms.
The Bad Beat of the Blah Borelock

  • Sneakier Krupp suggesting that Krupp should erase the kids' identities and ship them to Buenos Aires.
The Ghastly Danger of the Ghost Dentist

The Confounding Concoction of the Crooked Combotato

  • While collecting DNA of the other kids so he can create clones of them as his loyal slaves, Melvin comes across Jessica's hairbrush… which has several long hairs sticking out of it.
    Melvin: Oh. My. Haar! How is Jessica not as bald as Mr. Krupp?!
The Ludicrous Lunacy of the Loopy Laserlightmare

The Shocking Showdown of the Staggering Sugamechanger

The Polarizing Plight of the Pitiless Poopetrators

    The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-A-Ween 
  • Harold's Mom painting a portrait of Mr. Meaner, much to Harold's disgust? Funny. Her doing it again, this time at his house, and revealing that she's painted several portraits of him before? Hilarious. The look on poor Harold's face when he realizes that his mom just might have a crush on his gym teacher? PRICELESS.

    Season 4 (aka "The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space") 
The Disturbing Dilemma of the Dysfunctional Doppelgängers
  • Captain Pandernuts' Establishing Character Moment, showing he's just as dumb as his human counterpart:
    Captain Pandernuts: Evil is game because evil is my name!
    Harold: You said your name was Captain Pandernuts!
    Captain Pandernuts: Oh. Can I start over?
    Captain Underpants: It's okay, buddy! I forget my name all the time, because I'm… Dennis?
    Captain Pandernuts: Let's just fight.


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