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* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was teased at the end of this book, but after it was pulled from the market in the wake of Asian-American racist attacks, the follow-up naturally never saw the light of the day.
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* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was teased at the end of this book, but due to apparent DevelopmentHell for over 10 years and after it the first book was pulled from the market in the wake of Asian-American racist attacks, the follow-up naturally never saw the light of the day.day. However, Ook, Gluk, and Lily had an appearance in a comic in ''Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers''.
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* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was teased at the end of this book, but after it was pulled from the market in the wake of Asian-American racist attacks, the follow-up naturally never saw the light of the day.
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* BuryYourArt: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having "harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery" against Asians and had the book pulled from print.
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* OldShame: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having "harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery" against Asians and had the book pulled from print.
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* DevelopmentHell: The end of the book teased a sequel called ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space'', which was supposed to be "Coming Soon-ish!!!" This may, however, have been a LampshadeHanging of the earlier two instances of Development Hell for the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series.
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* DevelopmentHell: The end of the book teased a sequel called ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space'', which was supposed to be "Coming Soon-ish!!!" This may, however, have been a LampshadeHanging of the earlier two instances of Development Hell for the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series. And considering that the original was eventually pulled off the shelves due to controversy, a sequel is pretty much impossible.
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Fixing grammar. Removed speculative troping.
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* DevelopmentHell: The end of the book teased a sequel called ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space'', which was supposed to be "Coming Soon-ish!!!" This may, however, have been a LampshadeHanging of the earlier two instances of Development Hell for the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series. Given that the original book was pulled from publication in 2021, it's safe to assume that no sequels will ever be written.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This book has received this status when it was removed from the market and libraries in 2021 for depictions of offensive Asian stereotypes, with now the only legal way to obtain it is to seek used copies.
* OldShame: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having “harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery” against Asians and had the book pulled from print.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This book has received this status when it was removed from the market and libraries in 2021 for depictions of offensive Asian stereotypes, with now the only legal way to obtain it is to seek used copies.
* OldShame: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having “harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery” against Asians and had the book pulled from print.
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* DevelopmentHell: The end of the book teased a sequel called ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space'', which was supposed to be "Coming Soon-ish!!!" This may, however, have been a LampshadeHanging of the earlier two instances of Development Hell for the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series. Given that the original book was pulled from publication in 2021, it's safe to assume that no sequels will ever be written.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This bookhas received this status when it was removed from the market and some libraries in 2021 2021, for depictions of offensive Asian stereotypes, with now the only legal way to obtain it is now being to seek out used copies.
* OldShame: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having“harmful "harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery” imagery" against Asians and had the book pulled from print.
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* OldShame: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This book has received this status when it was removed from the market and libraries in 2021 for depictions of offensive Asian stereotypes, with now the only legal way to obtain it is to buy seek used copies.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This book has received this status when it was removed from the market and libraries in 2021 for depictions of offensive Asian stereotypes.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This book has received this status when it was removed from the market and libraries in 2021 for depictions of offensive Asian stereotypes.stereotypes, with now the only legal way to obtain it is to buy used copies.
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I remember reading this book as a child and I wasn't aware how of stereotypical the Asian characters looked.
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The YMMV page sums them up, so it feels disingenuous to claim they were there on one page and deny them in another.
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* OldShame: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having “harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery” against Asians and had the book pulled from print. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment It is debatable whether or not there really were any passive racial stereotypes to speak of.]]
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* DevelopmentHell: The end of ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' teased a sequel called ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space'', which was supposed to be "Coming Soon-ish!!!" This may, however, have been a LampshadeHanging of the above two instances. Given that the original book was pulled from publication in 2021, it's safe to assume that no sequels will ever be written.
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* DevelopmentHell: The end of ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' book teased a sequel called ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space'', which was supposed to be "Coming Soon-ish!!!" This may, however, have been a LampshadeHanging of the above earlier two instances.instances of Development Hell for the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series. Given that the original book was pulled from publication in 2021, it's safe to assume that no sequels will ever be written.
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moved from Trivia.Captain Underpants
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* DevelopmentHell: The end of ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' teased a sequel called ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Jr.: Kung-Fu Cavekids in Outer Space'', which was supposed to be "Coming Soon-ish!!!" This may, however, have been a LampshadeHanging of the above two instances. Given that the original book was pulled from publication in 2021, it's safe to assume that no sequels will ever be written.
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* OldShame: In the wake of an increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in 2021, Pilkey expressed regret towards ''The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future'' for having “harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery” against Asians and had the book pulled from print. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment It is debatable whether or not there really were any passive racial stereotypes to speak of.]]
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