History WesternAnimation / TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants

* CanadaEh:
** At the end of one episode, Mr. Krupp has to wear the Canadian flag.
** [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench French teacher]] Ms. Yewh would love to go to Paris someday, but would also settle for [[Fr/CanadaEh French-speaking Canada]]. And at the end of the episode, we learn that the janitor she starts dating, Mr. Ree, is French Canadian.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: This is what causes [[MonsterOfTheWeek Smartsy]] [[{{Fart}} Fartsy]] to [[FaceHeelTurn turn on George and Harold]] in episode 12.

* AnAesop: The episodes usually have one, but without losing the charm of the show.

** In Episode 5 of Season 2, the boys travel back in time to pick up a dinosaur for extra credit thinking that the task will be easy. [[spoiler:It takes less than a minute for them to realize that dinosaurs are dangerous creatures who will not hesitate to eat you]].

** In the HalloweenSpecial, Erica explains that the reason that most adults don't like celebrating Halloween is because of all the work they have to do. From buying candy, setting up decorations, carving pumpkins, making/buying costumes, giving away free candy and having to deal with property damages due to unknown pranksters. For kids, Halloween is one of the greatest days in the year. For adults, it's an unnecessarily busy day for them with no proper payoff.

** And for the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:George and Harold discover at the last minute that [SuddenDownerEnding: they'll actually be going to different summer camps]]. The two boys look sadly at each other as their buses drive them away while somber music plays in the background]].

** And for the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:George and Harold discover at the last minute that [SuddenDownerEnding they'll actually be going to different summer camps]]. The two boys look sadly at each other as their buses drive them away while somber music plays in the background]].

** And for the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:George and Harold discover at the last minute that they'll actually be going to different summer camps. The two boys look sadly at each other as their buses drive them away while somber music plays in the background]].

So they got a Hypno Ring [[labelnote: Season 3]] Once they use a Hypno Ring[[/labelnote]]\\

So they got a Hypno Ring\\

* AmbiguousSituation: Why and ''how'' [[spoiler: Erica remembers [[BadFuture the timeline]] where Mr. Krupp became a CorruptCorporateExecutive, even keeping an item from it,]] is left unexplained.
** It's implied in the Season 2 finale that [[spoiler: she's been receiving guidance from her future self who was able to time travel back to ensure their successful future]].

** In Season 2, he continues this role alongside [[spoiler: his future self, Melvinborg, in the hopes of getting admitted into Eliteanati Academy at the expense of everyone else's education and happiness. But he does end up pulling a HeelFaceTurn in the season 2 finale]].

** In the [[HalloweenSpecial Hack-O-Ween special]], [[spoiler: Melvin creates a machine that transforms the giant inflatable Hack-O-Ween balloons (Doctorca, Scorponion, Frobra) into living monsters]].

* BaitAndSwitch: George and Harold become worried when it looks like Erica is going to turn into a "vimpire" like they'd portrayed her in their comic book. Turns out that [[spoiler: ''Jessica'' is the one who becomes a "vimpire"; all the symptoms Erica was displaying were faked as part of her revenge scheme against them.]]

* BreakingOldTrends: Compared to previous season finales, [[spoiler: Season 3 doesn't end on a CliffHangerEnding instead ending with the boys and Krupp enjoying themselves in a luxurious fashion]].

* TheBusCameBack: In the fourth book, Mr. Fyde has a nervous breakdown and quits his job to go live in a rest home. Episode 6 depicts his return to the school and [[spoiler: ultimately becoming the MonsterOfTheWeek]].
** In the Season 2 Finale, a majority of the villains/monsters that appeared in seasons 1 and 2 show up preparing to face off against George and Harold. [[spoiler: Subverted when it's revealed that they're all just holograms meant to stall the boys from passing the test]].
** For the Season 3 Finale, [[spoiler: Sargent Boxers, Plungerina, and several other heroes and villains]] make an appearance for the camp talent show.

** Melvin's [[spoiler: Future self being part cyborg who takes over the school]] is a reference to Book 6 with the plot point of how [[spoiler: he initially planned to turn himself into a cyborg to gain more respect and credibility at Jerome Horwitz]].

** In TheMovie, the driving conflict was Krupp threatening to place George and Harold in separate classes. [[spoiler: In the season 2 finale, a similar conflict plays out where they discover at the last minute that they'll be going to separate summer camps. And in the season 3 premiere, it's revealed that ''Krupp'' was behind their separation]].

** And for the season 2 finale, [[spoiler: George and Harold discover at the last minute that they'll actually be going to different summer camps. The two boys look sadly at each other as their buses drive them away while somber music plays in the background]].

** Episode 2 references the [[ShowWithinAShow Advancimals]] including [[spoiler: George and Harold creating their own versions of the Advancimals to defeat the out of control animals]].

* {{Expy}}: The [[spoiler: symbiotic cloak of alien origin that ultimately takes the form of Captain Underpants]] is a shout-out to Marvel's own ComicBook/{{Venom}}.

* FutureMeScaresMe: Melvin at first likes his future half-robot self, but eventually came to saw him as incompetent and created as many problems as he solved, opting to [[spoiler: erase him from existence by changing the timeline]].

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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: In the second half of the Season 2 finale, [[spoiler: George, Harold and the Melvins travel inside Captain Underpants' brain to save him from out of control nanobots that are corrupting his mind for their nefarious purposes]].

* LameRhymeDodge: In "Preposterous Pulverizing of the Pestering Poopacabra" When Melvin and [[spoiler: Melvin-Borg]] force Mr. Krupp to carry a huge heavy box into the school, then hammers a huge panel on the hallway wall.
-->'''[[spoiler: Melvin-Borg]]''': Manual labor suits you [[spoiler: vice]] Principal Krupp. By that, I mean you have opposable thumbs and a beating heart!\\

** The same thing happens in the Season 2 finale. [[spoiler: The boys finally succeed in defeating Melvinborg and are able to go to summer camp like they always wanted! There's just one problem. They're actually going to ''separate'' summer camps. The finale ends with the two boys sitting in separate buses while sad music plays in the background, leaving them along with the audience to wonder how they're going to resolve this problem]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mr. Krupp says it nearly word for word after [[spoiler: making Laserlightmare destroy the camp]].
-->'''Krupp''': [[spoiler: Ah! What have I done?! [[TemptingFate How can things get any]] ''[[TemptingFate worse?!]]'' ([[BrickJoke Escaped rhinosaurus runs into him]])]]

* {{Nanomachines}}: Season 2 episode 12 and 13 has them play a major part in the story. [[spoiler: The first of which where Melvinborg injects his child self with them in order for the latter to win the Tattle Trials, which eventually cause him to [[Main/AttackOfThe50FtWhatever grow into a gigantic version of himself]] after the machines are turned all the way up. In the next episode, the nanobots take over the doom dome, and eventually cause the same to happen with Captain Underpants, and [[Main/BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing him]], as the icing on the cake]].

* PaintBallEpisode: Season 3’ “The Cunning Combat of the Covert Camoflush” revolves [[spoiler: Mr. Ree’s younger brother]] Major Messy coming to camp for a free paintball game, and eventually becoming the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monster of the week]] and turning the campers into his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy rebellious, rule-hating minions]].

* PunnyName: As usual, especially among the teachers. Also, the new characters teaching at Jerome Horwitz, such as Ms. Yewh being a play on the French way to say "mister", "Monsieur" (as well as “miss you”), Bo Hweemuth being a play on the word "behemoth", Señor Citizen being a pun on "senior citizen", Mr. Ree being a pun on "mystery" [[spoiler: (with his [[EmbarassingFirstName full name being a pun on "toiletry,)]]]] Miss Anthrope's name being a pun on the term "misanthrope," Lee Dingman being a pun on "leading man" and [[spoiler:Superintendent Vil Endenemys being a pun on Villain and Enemies]].

* TrashTheSet: [[spoiler: In Episode 11 of season 3, Krupp programs Melvin's security system, Laser Lightmare, to ruin everyone's fun which results in the complete annihilation of the summer camp]].

* WhamLine: At the end of Season 1, when George and Harold give Krupp his rule book back to him and apologize, Krupp is so touched by this that he can’t bring himself to expel them and pulls a HeelFaceTurn, [[spoiler: until he opens the book and finds something very odd…]]
-->'''Krupp:''' [[spoiler: Wait a minute, this isn’t the rule book, (shows the pages, revealing that…) it’s a cookbook! ''A COOKBOOK!!'']]

* FranchiseZombie: Discussed InUniverse at the end of season 3. George and Harold wonder if the show is going to become one since [[spoiler:the season ended on a high note and could easily be a series finale]], then react positively to the idea of becoming this trope when they learn they're getting another season.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Keeping in touch with the books, each of the episode's titles have [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal alliterative naming]], and the name of the villain that episode was centered on, as taken from George and Harold's comic books, usually to create the {{overly long|Title}} structure [[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Captain Underpants and the [alliterative noun here] of the [alliteratively-named villain here].]]