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* In Book 6, Mr. Snoddy, the owner of a tissue factory, gives Melvin-who has transformed into a giant snot monster-tissue samples, which causes him to grow three times his current size, and destroy the factory while screaming his head off, and Mr. Snoddy, for his troubles, gets glued to the floor with snot.
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* ArtifactTitle: Captain Underpants, the TitleCharacter, gets much less focus in the later installments.
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* CasualInterplanetaryTravel: Book 7 has a group of astronauts about to land of Uranus, but after seeing the Robo-Plunger there, they decide to cancel the trip last minute and head back to Earth. Even ignoring the fact that humans have never been any further than the Moon, Uranus is about 1.8 billion miles away. Going off the speed of Apollo 11 [[note]]49,000 miles a day[[/note]], hypothetically getting anyone there would take 130 years. However, the trip back to Earth apparently only took the astronauts a couple of days, as the Robo-Boogers are able to arrive in time for the climax.
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* CasualInterplanetaryTravel: Book 7 has a group of astronauts about to land of on Uranus, but after seeing the Robo-Plunger there, they decide to cancel the trip last minute and head back to Earth. Even ignoring the fact that humans have never been any further than the Moon, Uranus is about 1.8 billion miles away. Going off the speed of Apollo 11 [[note]]49,000 miles a day[[/note]], hypothetically getting anyone there would take 130 years. However, the trip back to Earth apparently only took the astronauts a couple of days, as the Robo-Boogers are able to arrive in time for the climax.
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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: The Incredible Robo-Plunger and the toilets he defeated are sent to Uranus, and they land on its surface... which is impossible, as Uranus is a gaseous planet. It doesn't ''have'' a surface.
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** The Incredible Robo-Plunger and the toilets he defeated are sent to Uranus, and they land on its surface... which is impossible, as Uranus is a gaseous planet. It doesn't ''have'' a surface.
** The astronauts also ''stick their bare heads out the window of the spaceship,'' showing no ill effects or issues talking and breathing upon being exposed to outer space.
** The Incredible Robo-Plunger and the toilets he defeated are sent to Uranus, and they land on its surface... which is impossible, as Uranus is a gaseous planet. It doesn't ''have'' a surface.
** The astronauts also ''stick their bare heads out the window of the spaceship,'' showing no ill effects or issues talking and breathing upon being exposed to outer space.
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* ObliviouslySuperpowered: Played with. For the first two books, Mr. Krupp's hypnotized persona Captain Underpants believed he had superpowers even though the former was just a normal man. He does gain actual superpowers starting in the third book, but since Mr. Krupp isn't aware of his alter-ego, he's completely unaware that he actually has superpowers.
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* CasualInterplanetaryTravel: Book 7 has a group of astronauts about to land of Uranus, but after seeing the Robo-Plunger there, they decide to cancel the trip last minute and head back to Earth. Even ignoring the fact that humans have never been any further than the Moon, Uranus is about 1.8 billion miles away, and away. Going off the speed of Apollo 11 [[note]]49,000 miles a day[[/note]], hypothetically getting anyone there would probably take at least twenty 130 years. However, the trip back to Earth apparently only took the astronauts a couple of days, as the Robo-Boogers are able to arrive in time for the climax.
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Not wanting to go through with this, George and Harold order a [[HypnoRay hypnotic ring]] and use it to hypnotize Mr. Krupp into giving them the tape. Then, for laughs, they hypnotize him into believing he is their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. But as a result of [[HypnoFool their inability to handle the ring properly]] (and pouring water over his head, which they weren't supposed to do), Mr. Krupp now transforms into Captain Underpants whenever he hears the sound of fingers snapping, and only turns back with water poured onto his head. George and Harold now have the responsibility to keep Mr. Krupp/Captain Underpants in-line as any snap sends him off performing very dangerous and destructive "superheroics".
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Not wanting to go through with this, George and Harold order a [[HypnoRay hypnotic ring]] and use it to hypnotize Mr. Krupp into giving them the tape. Then, for laughs, they hypnotize him into believing he is their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. But as a result of [[HypnoFool their inability to handle the ring properly]] (and pouring water over his head, which they weren't supposed to do), Mr. Krupp now transforms into Captain Underpants whenever he hears the sound of fingers snapping, and only turns back with water poured onto his head. George and Harold now have the responsibility to keep Mr. Krupp/Captain Underpants in-line as any snap [[IdiotHero sends him off performing very dangerous and destructive "superheroics"."superheroics"]].
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Not wanting to go through with this, George and Harold order a [[HypnoRay hypnotic ring]] and use it to hypnotize Mr. Krupp into giving them the tape. Then, for laughs, they hypnotize him into believing he is their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. But as a result of [[HypnoFool their inability to handle the ring properly]] (and pouring water over his head, which they weren't supposed to do), Mr. Krupp now transforms into Captain Underpants whenever he hears the sound of fingers snapping.
Initially, Mr. Krupp as Captain Underpants was powerless (aside from being a mean shot with underwear), as opposed to his comic incarnation, who was a classic FlyingBrick. However, as of the third book, he has acquired superpowers.
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Not wanting to go through with this, George and Harold order a [[HypnoRay hypnotic ring]] and use it to hypnotize Mr. Krupp into giving them the tape. Then, for laughs, they hypnotize him into believing he is their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. But as a result of [[HypnoFool their inability to handle the ring properly]] (and pouring water over his head, which they weren't supposed to do), Mr. Krupp now transforms into Captain Underpants whenever he hears the sound of fingers snapping.
snapping, and only turns back with water poured onto his head. George and Harold now have the responsibility to keep Mr. Krupp/Captain Underpants in-line as any snap sends him off performing very dangerous and destructive "superheroics".
Initially, Mr. Krupp as Captain Underpants was powerless (aside from being a mean shot with underwear), as opposed to his comic incarnation, who was a classic FlyingBrick. However, as of the third book, hehas acquired superpowers.
ends up gaining legitimate superpowers, [[FromBadToWorse making George and Harold's job of watching over him even harder]].
Initially, Mr. Krupp as Captain Underpants was powerless (aside from being a mean shot with underwear), as opposed to his comic incarnation, who was a classic FlyingBrick. However, as of the third book, he
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* RecurringExtra: In books 3-5, Melvin has no plot relevance whatsoever, but he's featured as a background character in all those books.
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* YouJustHadToSayIt: At the end of ''The Proposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People'' Harold claims everything worked out well nicely.
-->'''George:''' Haven't you paid attention in these books? Whenever someone says something like that, a bunch of bad stuff happens!\\
'''Harold:''' But what could possibly go wrong now?\\
''[the police show up]''\\
'''Police:''' Freeze! You guys are under arrest for robbing the bank![[note]]It was actually robbed by George and Harold's doppelgängers from another world. [[/note]] Looks like you're going to jail for the rest of your lives!\\
'''George:''' You gotta stop saying stuff like that.
-->'''George:''' Haven't you paid attention in these books? Whenever someone says something like that, a bunch of bad stuff happens!\\
'''Harold:''' But what could possibly go wrong now?\\
''[the police show up]''\\
'''Police:''' Freeze! You guys are under arrest for robbing the bank![[note]]It was actually robbed by George and Harold's doppelgängers from another world. [[/note]] Looks like you're going to jail for the rest of your lives!\\
'''George:''' You gotta stop saying stuff like that.
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* DangledByAGiant: In "The Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People", George and Harold tricked their evil alternate selves by using the Shrinky Pig backwards and got shrunken. Harold picks them up by their shirts by his finger and thumb, while George spanks their evil selves with his index finger
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!!The Captain Underpants SpinOff titles contain examples of:
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* CatsAreMean: Petey in ''The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The origin of ''Super Diaper Baby 2.'' After reading the first Super Diaper Baby comic book, Mr. Krupp yells at George and Harold for writing too many comic books about poop, and gives them a copy of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (with the last 7 pages ripped out) to give them more ideas. George and Harold agree with him, surprisingly, and decide to write about something else other than poop. They end up writing a comic book about pee.
* EpicFail: When Super Diaper Baby is born, the doctor's attempt to give him the "spank of life" somehow ends with him accidentally ''throwing the baby out the window.''
-->'''Mr. Hoskins:''' Look what you did!\\
'''Mrs. Hoskins:''' ''My baby!''\\
'''Doctor:''' Hey, I said I was sorry. Jeez!
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Diaper Dog objects to Deputy Doo-Doo tossing Super Diaper Baby into a nuclear plant.
* ExactWords: The in-universe origin of the Super Diaper Baby comic books. One day, Mr. Krupp, realizing how ineffective WritingLines had been as a punishment, decided to punish George and Harold for making mischief by making them write a 100-page essay on "good citizenship", and specifically told them not to turn it into a 100-page Captain Underpants comic book. He did not say anything about not writing a 100-page comic book about a new superhero, which led to the two creating Super Diaper Baby.
** Likewise, the reason that the sequel exists is that Mr. Krupp told George and Harold for writing too much about poop, but not pee.
* ExcusePlot: The in-universe reason why George and Harold wrote such a long comic book that wasn't about Captain Underpants is because Mr. Krupp ordered them to write a 100 page essay about being a good citizen, and specifically told them that they couldn't make a 100 page comic book about Captain Underpants. However, after the prologue this plot point is never brought up again.
* FlyingBrick: Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog.
* HarmlessLiquefaction: In ''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers'', Petey accidentally turns Dr. Dinkle into a being made out of water after he inadvertently leans on the lever of the [[AdvancedTech2000 Liquidater 2000]]. Later, Dr. Dinkle turns into [[ToiletHumor sentient urine]] after Petey drinks him and pees him out.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Super Diaper Baby'', Danger Dog changes sides after seeing Deputy Doo-Doo try to murder the titular infant.
* HeyYou: Billy never refers to Diaper Dog by name and instead refers to him as "doggy".
%%* HighOnCatnip: Occurs in ''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''.
* IllKillYou: After Deputy Dangerous gets turned into a talking piece of poop, he yells, "I'LL KEEEEEEEL YOU!" at Diaper Dog for making too many poop jokes, ending with asking the Deputy to read him ''Literature/WinnieThePooh''.
* MeaningfulName: Three guesses as to what Super Diaper Baby, Diaper Dog, and Deputy Doo-Doo are.
* MergingMistake: Deputy Dangerous tries to suck Billy's superpowers out of his body and give them to himself, but Billy poos and is removed from the crib, so Deputy gets fused with that instead.
* MythologyGag: Piqua Pizza Palace appears in both books in the ''Super Diaper Baby'' series, which was first mentioned in ''Captain Underpants''.
* OlderSidekick: Diaper Dog to Super Diaper Baby.
* PowersAsPrograms: In ''Super Diaper Baby'', Deputy Dangerous steals Captain Underpants' powers and distills them into a liquid, which gets transferred to Danger Dog and Billy when they drink it. The Captain regains his powers later when Super Diaper Baby buys a [[PowerUpFood carton of Super Power Juice]] from Mars.
* PunchClockVillain: Danger Dog, Deputy Dangerous' sidekick in ''Super Diaper Baby'', admits at the beginning that he's not actually evil, but rather just with the Deputy for the Kibbles. Later, the Deputy's attempt to kill Super Diaper Baby causes Danger Dog to have a HeelFaceTurn and save the baby.
* RipVanTinkle: The BigBad of ''Invasion of the Potty Snatchers'' is named "Rip Van Tinkle".
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Petey the cat started as the sidekick of a villain in ''Super Diaper Baby 2''. He has since shown up as the main villain of the ''Dog Man'' series.
* ShoutOut: All three books so far contain a line referencing the song "Billy, Don't Be a Hero".
** Pilkey has noted on his website that he named the main character of ''Super Diaper Baby'' Billy [[OverlyPrepreparedGag for the sole purpose of referencing the song.]]
** In ''Super Diaper Baby 2'', Mr. Hoskins attempts to read ''[[Literature/FrogAndToad Mechafrog and Robotoad are Enemies]]'' to Billy.
** The elementary school George and Harold attend is named after Jerome Horowitz, more famously known by the StageName [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly Howard]].
* SidingWithTheSuffering: In "Super Diaper Baby", Danger Dog is really more of a PunchClockVillain, but he sticks by Deputy Dangerous's side to get food. That is, until Deputy Dangerous [[WouldHurtAChild tosses baby Billy into a nuclear power plant]], then Danger Dog flies in to catch Billy. He becomes Billy's best friend and [[MeaningfulRename changes his name to Diaper Dog]].
* TalkingAnimal: Diaper Dog, even before he gets superpowers.
* TalkingPoo: Deputy Dangerous tries to use an invention called the Danger-Crib 2000™ to transfer Super Diaper Baby's powers to him, but Super Diaper Baby's mom pulls him out of the crib at the last second, leaving only a poop-filled diaper in it when Deputy Dangerous activates the machine, accidentally turning himself into "Deputy Doo-Doo".
* ToiletHumor: Heavily used in ''Super Diaper Baby'', especially with the BigBad, Deputy Doo-Doo.
* UpgradeArtifact: Deputy Dangerous tries to use a power-sapping crib to steal Super Diaper Baby's powers. [[spoiler:He ends up zapping a bowel movement instead, and turns into Deputy Doo-Doo]].
* UranusIsShowing: Both Deputy Doo-Doo and Rip Van Tinkle get deposited on Uranus. 'nuff said.
-->"Welcome to Uranus (Please don't make fun of our name)"
* WholePlotReference: A chapter in the sequel is a nigh-verbatim parody of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Diaper Dog draws the line at Deputy Dangerous throwing baby Billy into a nuclear power plant.
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* CatsAreMean: Petey in ''The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The origin of ''Super Diaper Baby 2.'' After reading the first Super Diaper Baby comic book, Mr. Krupp yells at George and Harold for writing too many comic books about poop, and gives them a copy of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (with the last 7 pages ripped out) to give them more ideas. George and Harold agree with him, surprisingly, and decide to write about something else other than poop. They end up writing a comic book about pee.
* EpicFail: When Super Diaper Baby is born, the doctor's attempt to give him the "spank of life" somehow ends with him accidentally ''throwing the baby out the window.''
-->'''Mr. Hoskins:''' Look what you did!\\
'''Mrs. Hoskins:''' ''My baby!''\\
'''Doctor:''' Hey, I said I was sorry. Jeez!
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Diaper Dog objects to Deputy Doo-Doo tossing Super Diaper Baby into a nuclear plant.
* ExactWords: The in-universe origin of the Super Diaper Baby comic books. One day, Mr. Krupp, realizing how ineffective WritingLines had been as a punishment, decided to punish George and Harold for making mischief by making them write a 100-page essay on "good citizenship", and specifically told them not to turn it into a 100-page Captain Underpants comic book. He did not say anything about not writing a 100-page comic book about a new superhero, which led to the two creating Super Diaper Baby.
** Likewise, the reason that the sequel exists is that Mr. Krupp told George and Harold for writing too much about poop, but not pee.
* ExcusePlot: The in-universe reason why George and Harold wrote such a long comic book that wasn't about Captain Underpants is because Mr. Krupp ordered them to write a 100 page essay about being a good citizen, and specifically told them that they couldn't make a 100 page comic book about Captain Underpants. However, after the prologue this plot point is never brought up again.
* FlyingBrick: Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog.
* HarmlessLiquefaction: In ''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers'', Petey accidentally turns Dr. Dinkle into a being made out of water after he inadvertently leans on the lever of the [[AdvancedTech2000 Liquidater 2000]]. Later, Dr. Dinkle turns into [[ToiletHumor sentient urine]] after Petey drinks him and pees him out.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Super Diaper Baby'', Danger Dog changes sides after seeing Deputy Doo-Doo try to murder the titular infant.
* HeyYou: Billy never refers to Diaper Dog by name and instead refers to him as "doggy".
%%* HighOnCatnip: Occurs in ''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''.
* IllKillYou: After Deputy Dangerous gets turned into a talking piece of poop, he yells, "I'LL KEEEEEEEL YOU!" at Diaper Dog for making too many poop jokes, ending with asking the Deputy to read him ''Literature/WinnieThePooh''.
* MeaningfulName: Three guesses as to what Super Diaper Baby, Diaper Dog, and Deputy Doo-Doo are.
* MergingMistake: Deputy Dangerous tries to suck Billy's superpowers out of his body and give them to himself, but Billy poos and is removed from the crib, so Deputy gets fused with that instead.
* MythologyGag: Piqua Pizza Palace appears in both books in the ''Super Diaper Baby'' series, which was first mentioned in ''Captain Underpants''.
* OlderSidekick: Diaper Dog to Super Diaper Baby.
* PowersAsPrograms: In ''Super Diaper Baby'', Deputy Dangerous steals Captain Underpants' powers and distills them into a liquid, which gets transferred to Danger Dog and Billy when they drink it. The Captain regains his powers later when Super Diaper Baby buys a [[PowerUpFood carton of Super Power Juice]] from Mars.
* PunchClockVillain: Danger Dog, Deputy Dangerous' sidekick in ''Super Diaper Baby'', admits at the beginning that he's not actually evil, but rather just with the Deputy for the Kibbles. Later, the Deputy's attempt to kill Super Diaper Baby causes Danger Dog to have a HeelFaceTurn and save the baby.
* RipVanTinkle: The BigBad of ''Invasion of the Potty Snatchers'' is named "Rip Van Tinkle".
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Petey the cat started as the sidekick of a villain in ''Super Diaper Baby 2''. He has since shown up as the main villain of the ''Dog Man'' series.
* ShoutOut: All three books so far contain a line referencing the song "Billy, Don't Be a Hero".
** Pilkey has noted on his website that he named the main character of ''Super Diaper Baby'' Billy [[OverlyPrepreparedGag for the sole purpose of referencing the song.]]
** In ''Super Diaper Baby 2'', Mr. Hoskins attempts to read ''[[Literature/FrogAndToad Mechafrog and Robotoad are Enemies]]'' to Billy.
** The elementary school George and Harold attend is named after Jerome Horowitz, more famously known by the StageName [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly Howard]].
* SidingWithTheSuffering: In "Super Diaper Baby", Danger Dog is really more of a PunchClockVillain, but he sticks by Deputy Dangerous's side to get food. That is, until Deputy Dangerous [[WouldHurtAChild tosses baby Billy into a nuclear power plant]], then Danger Dog flies in to catch Billy. He becomes Billy's best friend and [[MeaningfulRename changes his name to Diaper Dog]].
* TalkingAnimal: Diaper Dog, even before he gets superpowers.
* TalkingPoo: Deputy Dangerous tries to use an invention called the Danger-Crib 2000™ to transfer Super Diaper Baby's powers to him, but Super Diaper Baby's mom pulls him out of the crib at the last second, leaving only a poop-filled diaper in it when Deputy Dangerous activates the machine, accidentally turning himself into "Deputy Doo-Doo".
* ToiletHumor: Heavily used in ''Super Diaper Baby'', especially with the BigBad, Deputy Doo-Doo.
* UpgradeArtifact: Deputy Dangerous tries to use a power-sapping crib to steal Super Diaper Baby's powers. [[spoiler:He ends up zapping a bowel movement instead, and turns into Deputy Doo-Doo]].
* UranusIsShowing: Both Deputy Doo-Doo and Rip Van Tinkle get deposited on Uranus. 'nuff said.
-->"Welcome to Uranus (Please don't make fun of our name)"
* WholePlotReference: A chapter in the sequel is a nigh-verbatim parody of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Diaper Dog draws the line at Deputy Dangerous throwing baby Billy into a nuclear power plant.
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* CatsAreMean: Petey in ''The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The origin of ''Super Diaper Baby 2.'' After reading the first Super Diaper Baby comic book, Mr. Krupp yells at George and Harold for writing too many comic books about poop, and gives them a copy of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (with the last 7 pages ripped out) to give them more ideas. George and Harold agree with him, surprisingly, and decide to write about something else other than poop. They end up writing a comic book about pee.
* EpicFail: When Super Diaper Baby is born, the doctor's attempt to give him the "spank of life" somehow ends with him accidentally ''throwing the baby out the window.''
-->'''Mr. Hoskins:''' Look what you did!\\
'''Mrs. Hoskins:''' ''My baby!''\\
'''Doctor:''' Hey, I said I was sorry. Jeez!
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Diaper Dog objects to Deputy Doo-Doo tossing Super Diaper Baby into a nuclear plant.
* ExactWords: The in-universe origin of the Super Diaper Baby comic books. One day, Mr. Krupp, realizing how ineffective WritingLines had been as a punishment, decided to punish George and Harold for making mischief by making them write a 100-page essay on "good citizenship", and specifically told them not to turn it into a 100-page Captain Underpants comic book. He did not say anything about not writing a 100-page comic book about a new superhero, which led to the two creating Super Diaper Baby.
** Likewise, the reason that the sequel exists is that Mr. Krupp told George and Harold for writing too much about poop, but not pee.
* ExcusePlot: The in-universe reason why George and Harold wrote such a long comic book that wasn't about Captain Underpants is because Mr. Krupp ordered them to write a 100 page essay about being a good citizen, and specifically told them that they couldn't make a 100 page comic book about Captain Underpants. However, after the prologue this plot point is never brought up again.
* FlyingBrick: Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog.
* HarmlessLiquefaction: In ''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers'', Petey accidentally turns Dr. Dinkle into a being made out of water after he inadvertently leans on the lever of the [[AdvancedTech2000 Liquidater 2000]]. Later, Dr. Dinkle turns into [[ToiletHumor sentient urine]] after Petey drinks him and pees him out.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Super Diaper Baby'', Danger Dog changes sides after seeing Deputy Doo-Doo try to murder the titular infant.
* HeyYou: Billy never refers to Diaper Dog by name and instead refers to him as "doggy".
%%* HighOnCatnip: Occurs in ''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''.
* IllKillYou: After Deputy Dangerous gets turned into a talking piece of poop, he yells, "I'LL KEEEEEEEL YOU!" at Diaper Dog for making too many poop jokes, ending with asking the Deputy to read him ''Literature/WinnieThePooh''.
* MeaningfulName: Three guesses as to what Super Diaper Baby, Diaper Dog, and Deputy Doo-Doo are.
* MergingMistake: Deputy Dangerous tries to suck Billy's superpowers out of his body and give them to himself, but Billy poos and is removed from the crib, so Deputy gets fused with that instead.
* MythologyGag: Piqua Pizza Palace appears in both books in the ''Super Diaper Baby'' series, which was first mentioned in ''Captain Underpants''.
* OlderSidekick: Diaper Dog to Super Diaper Baby.
* PowersAsPrograms: In ''Super Diaper Baby'', Deputy Dangerous steals Captain Underpants' powers and distills them into a liquid, which gets transferred to Danger Dog and Billy when they drink it. The Captain regains his powers later when Super Diaper Baby buys a [[PowerUpFood carton of Super Power Juice]] from Mars.
* PunchClockVillain: Danger Dog, Deputy Dangerous' sidekick in ''Super Diaper Baby'', admits at the beginning that he's not actually evil, but rather just with the Deputy for the Kibbles. Later, the Deputy's attempt to kill Super Diaper Baby causes Danger Dog to have a HeelFaceTurn and save the baby.
* RipVanTinkle: The BigBad of ''Invasion of the Potty Snatchers'' is named "Rip Van Tinkle".
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Petey the cat started as the sidekick of a villain in ''Super Diaper Baby 2''. He has since shown up as the main villain of the ''Dog Man'' series.
* ShoutOut: All three books so far contain a line referencing the song "Billy, Don't Be a Hero".
** Pilkey has noted on his website that he named the main character of ''Super Diaper Baby'' Billy [[OverlyPrepreparedGag for the sole purpose of referencing the song.]]
** In ''Super Diaper Baby 2'', Mr. Hoskins attempts to read ''[[Literature/FrogAndToad Mechafrog and Robotoad are Enemies]]'' to Billy.
** The elementary school George and Harold attend is named after Jerome Horowitz, more famously known by the StageName [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly Howard]].
* SidingWithTheSuffering: In "Super Diaper Baby", Danger Dog is really more of a PunchClockVillain, but he sticks by Deputy Dangerous's side to get food. That is, until Deputy Dangerous [[WouldHurtAChild tosses baby Billy into a nuclear power plant]], then Danger Dog flies in to catch Billy. He becomes Billy's best friend and [[MeaningfulRename changes his name to Diaper Dog]].
* TalkingAnimal: Diaper Dog, even before he gets superpowers.
* TalkingPoo: Deputy Dangerous tries to use an invention called the Danger-Crib 2000™ to transfer Super Diaper Baby's powers to him, but Super Diaper Baby's mom pulls him out of the crib at the last second, leaving only a poop-filled diaper in it when Deputy Dangerous activates the machine, accidentally turning himself into "Deputy Doo-Doo".
* ToiletHumor: Heavily used in ''Super Diaper Baby'', especially with the BigBad, Deputy Doo-Doo.
* UpgradeArtifact: Deputy Dangerous tries to use a power-sapping crib to steal Super Diaper Baby's powers. [[spoiler:He ends up zapping a bowel movement instead, and turns into Deputy Doo-Doo]].
* UranusIsShowing: Both Deputy Doo-Doo and Rip Van Tinkle get deposited on Uranus. 'nuff said.
-->"Welcome to Uranus (Please don't make fun of our name)"
* WholePlotReference: A chapter in the sequel is a nigh-verbatim parody of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Diaper Dog draws the line at Deputy Dangerous throwing baby Billy into a nuclear power plant.
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* DisappearedDad: Implied to be the case with Harold in book 8; his and George's families meet up for dinner, and Harold's sister, mom, and grandfather are there, yet his dad is absent with no explanation. This is confirmed in the next book, where it's revealed Harold's parents divorced when he was in kindergarten and his dad ditched them to live in Nevada.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: In Book 3, after discovering the wonders of baking soda and vinegar volcanos, George and Harold get an idea for a new prank: send a letter to the lunch ladies, claiming to be from Mr. Krupp, saying that the latter's birthday is coming up, and he'd like cupcakes for the school to be made, with a recipe that contains baking soda and vinegar. Unfortunately, they never considered that, due to how many students there are, the lunch ladies might multiply the recipe, resulting in a bigger mess than they intended.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: In Book 3, after discovering the wonders of baking soda and vinegar volcanos, George and Harold get an idea for a new prank: send a letter to the lunch ladies, claiming to be from Mr. Krupp, saying that the latter's birthday is coming up, and he'd like cupcakes for the school to be made, with a recipe that contains baking soda and vinegar. Unfortunately, they never considered that, due to how many students there are, the lunch ladies might multiply the recipe, [[ImpossibleLeavening resulting in a bigger mess than they intended.intended]].
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* PersonAsVerb: In Book 9, George saved Harold from the bullies by taking off his tie and proceeding to "Franchise/IndianaJones" them (i.e. [[WhipItGood whip their butts]]).
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* PersonAsVerb: In Book 9, George saved Harold from the bullies by taking off his tie and proceeding to "Franchise/IndianaJones" them (i.e. [[WhipItGood whip their butts]]).butts).
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* MayItNeverHappenAgain: George and Harold made a ton of Captain Underpants comics which some of them made fun of their teachers and a classmate named Melvin Sneedly. It also made the boys to hypnotize their mean principal into Captain Underpants and were forced to help him out. At the end of "The Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot", George and Harold quit making Captain Underpants comics due to the fact that the character has caused them enough trouble already. So they created [=DogMan=] comics instead.
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* IllKillYou: After Deputy Dangerous gets turned into a talking piece of poop, he yells, "I'LL KEEEEEEEL YOU!" at Diaper Dog for making too many poop jokes, ending with asking the Deputy to read him ''Literature/WinnieThePooh''.
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* OnlySaneMan: George, occasionally. And Harold is a bit more sensible than George, due that he is a year older than him.
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* OnlySaneMan: George, occasionally. And OutOfCharacterAlert: When George and Harold are replaced by robots, Mr. Krupp suspects something is a bit more sensible than George, due wrong solely because the boys ''aren't'' misbehaving. He says he knows they are up to something and that he is a year older than him.if they don't stop following all the rules at once they will be in big trouble.
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** In the fourth book, When Professor Poopypants tests the Shrinky Pig 2000 on a pile of garbage, among said garbage is a copy of ''Literature/LoveYouForever''.
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** The 12th book, Sir-Stinks-A-lot can be considered this. On the one hand, [[spoiler:Krupp appears to have been depowered and unhypnotized for good while Yesterday George and Harold retire the Captain Underpants series and we know they will grow up to become successful and good adults.]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler:the original George and Harold now have a time machine and are intended to try to rescue Crackers and Sulu leaving the series open-ended for a sequel.]] For now, however, it is actually the series finale.
** There's also this message from Dav Pilkey:
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** The 12th book, Sir-Stinks-A-lot can Although this turned out to not be considered this. On the one hand, [[spoiler:Krupp appears to have been depowered and unhypnotized for good while Yesterday George and Harold retire the Captain Underpants series and we know they will grow up to become successful and good adults.]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler:the original George and Harold now have a time machine and are intended to try to rescue Crackers and Sulu leaving the series open-ended for a sequel.]] For now, however, it is actually the series finale.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In book 11, George and Harold figure out a way that they can achieve the common childhood dream of skipping school without anyone noticing. The first night, it works out great, with them enjoying food delivery and staying up and sleeping late. Except, when they wake up, they realize the impractical consequences of not going to school. Firstly, both their moms work from home, and since they believe their sons are at school, the boys have essentially imprisoned themselves inside their treehouse, not being able to leave to even use the bathroom. They figure out they can pee in soda bottles and dump the urine out the window, but, with a surprising amount of common sense, they both understand that that isn't really a good long-term solution. Also, since they're fourth graders, that one delivery already cost them all their money and they don't have any food left. Skipping school causes so many problems they actually have to go back there, albeit briefly to get more money by selling a comic book.
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* TemptingFate: Harold asks "What could be worse than going to jail for the rest of our lives?". Then Tippy Tinkletrousers returns for {{revenge}} against the world again.
** Not to mention the following chapter is called [[LampshadeHanging The Thing That's Worse Than Going To Jail For The Rest Of Their Lives]].
** Not to mention the following chapter is called [[LampshadeHanging The Thing That's Worse Than Going To Jail For The Rest Of Their Lives]].
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** This is what kicks off the initial conflict in the very first book. After they prank the school football game, Harold worries that they might get caught, to which George replies, "Don't worry. We covered our tracks really well. There's ''no way'' we'll get busted!" The title of the very next chapter? "Busted".
** At the end of Book 8, Harold asks "What could be worse than going to jail for the rest of our lives?". Then Tippy Tinkletrousers returns for {{revenge}} against the world again.
** *** Not to mention the following chapter is called [[LampshadeHanging The Thing That's Worse Than Going To Jail For The Rest Of Their Lives]].
** This is what kicks off the initial conflict in the very first book. After they prank the school football game, Harold worries that they might get caught, to which George replies, "Don't worry. We covered our tracks really well. There's ''no way'' we'll get busted!" The title of the very next chapter? "Busted".
** At the end of Book 8, Harold asks "What could be worse than going to jail for the rest of our lives?". Then Tippy Tinkletrousers returns for {{revenge}} against the world again.
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* ExcusePlot: The in-universe reason why George and Harold wrote such a long comic book that wasn't about Captain Underpants is because Mr. Krupp ordered them to write a 100 page essay about being a good citizen, and specifically told them that they couldn't make a 100 page comic book about Captain Underpants. However, after the prologue this plot point is never brought up again.
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* PrisonerPerformance: In the Piqua State Penitentiary, on the night of the unveiling of Warden Schmorden's giant statue, the prison band plays a deeply moving rendition of "Whoomp! (There It Is)".
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* DroppedInTheToilet: In "Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000", when Melvin becomes a superhero called Big Melvin, the townspeople begin to take advantage of his help and ask him to do menial tasks for them. One guy even asks him to fish his wallet out of a toilet.
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* CanonImmigrant: Petey the Cat first appeared in the spinoff book "Super Diaper Baby 2", but he appeared in the series proper in book 9 in George and Harold's Dog Man comic book.
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** The field trip to the pizza place (Piqua Pizza Palace) in book 4 actually first appeared in book 2 (it was one of the stands at the carnival).
*** Piqua Pizza Palace makes several more appearances in the series after that, appearing in both book 9 and 11.
*** Piqua Pizza Palace makes several more appearances in the series after that, appearing in both book 9 and 11.
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* MergingMistake: Deputy Dangerous tries to suck Billy's superpowers out of his body and give them to himself, but Billy poos and is removed from the crib, so Deputy gets fused with that instead.
* MythologyGag: Piqua Pizza Palace appears in both books in the ''Super Diaper Baby'' series, which was first mentioned in ''Captain Underpants''.
* MythologyGag: Piqua Pizza Palace appears in both books in the ''Super Diaper Baby'' series, which was first mentioned in ''Captain Underpants''.
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* RealEventFictionalCause: Several examples in book 10.
** The dinosuars went extinct when Tippy Tinkletrousers was plummented to the Yucatan Peninsula.
** The Ice Age was caused when Tippy's freeze ray gun malfunctioned.
** The Big Bang occurred because Crackers and Sulu transported Tippy's ginormous bomb 13.7 billion years into the past, and when it exploded it caused the universe to form.
** The dinosuars went extinct when Tippy Tinkletrousers was plummented to the Yucatan Peninsula.
** The Ice Age was caused when Tippy's freeze ray gun malfunctioned.
** The Big Bang occurred because Crackers and Sulu transported Tippy's ginormous bomb 13.7 billion years into the past, and when it exploded it caused the universe to form.
