Line #14 Trivia/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie


1	!Trivia tropes for ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie''
2	!!Trivia With Their Own Pages
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4	* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie What Could Have Been]]
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7	* ApprovalOfGod: Despite receiving an executive producer credit, Creator/DavPilkey was decidedly hands-off with the production and only gave direct approval of the first draft of the script. In his words, he wanted to "experience ''Captain Underpants'' as a fan" (not to mention he didn't want to call the shots in a medium he had no experience in). He would go on to give the movie [[http://i.imgur.com/PsE4sZn.png glowing praise]], particularly to Mr. Krupp's CharacterDevelopment.
8	* AscendedFanon: Considering that WordOfGod revealed the [[SignificantBirthDate Significant Birth Dates]] that some of the characters have (i.e. both Mr. Krupp and Professor Poopypants' birthdays being AprilFoolsDay, and Melvin's being Christmas), a fan on Tumblr came up with the headcanon that [[CanonForeigner Edith the Lunch Lady]]'s birthday should be February 14; Valentine's Day. So imagine that fan's surprise when [[http://jackie-sugarskull.tumblr.com/post/169306260136/jackie-sugarskull-since-a-few-of-the-cu Dav Pilkey himself actually made it canon]]!
9	* BillingDisplacement: Thomas Middleditch is credited fourth despite fellow lead actor Kevin Hart being credited first. This is extra strange not only due to crediting Middleditch strangely late for a main protagonist, but also because he is not billed directly next to the other protagonist.
10	* DawsonCasting: George, Harold, and Melvin are all voiced by adults.
11	* DubNameChange: This caused the film's release to be postponed in Spanish-speaking Latin America. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbZOqB7_R8 In early trailers]], the character names are left in English (except Captain Underpants). In the movie itself, the Spanish book translations are used after [=DreamWorks=] received complaints from fans.
12	* DuelingMovies: ''Captain Underpants'' was set to go up against ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', a "real" superhero movie, on the same day. Regardless, both films did well in terms of reception and several moviegoers have jokingly combined the two into "Captain Wonderpants."
13	* FakeAmerican: Thomas Middleditch, who is Canadian, voices Harold, who lives in Ohio.
14	* FandomNod: In the Flip-O-Rama segment, Harold accidentally rips the paper after flipping the pages too quickly. This was based off of many readers reporting themselves doing this same thing.
15	* MilestoneCelebration: The film was released very close to the twentieth anniversary of the first book's publication.
16	* NoBudget: The film had a budget of $38 million, which is generally pretty low for an animated movie. It's especially low for a major studio like [=DreamWorks=], making it their second cheapest film after ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''. This is lampshaded by George and Harold when they mention showing the film's final battle would make it go overbudget, so they present it in Flip-O-Rama instead. It's also why most of the cast from the book are AdaptedOut in favor of only five main speaking roles.
17	* TheOtherDarrin:
18	** None of the cast returned for ''The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants''; George and Harold were voiced by [[ChildrenVoicingChildren actual child actors]].
19	** In Japan, [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros since the dub of the TV series went first before the movie]], the film replaced the entire dub cast, with the sole exception of Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto as the titular hero.
20	* PlayingAgainstType: ''Creator/KristenSchaal'', who is known for voicing {{Genki Girl}}s like [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Mabel]] and [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Louise]], voices ShrinkingViolet Edith.
21	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film had been in development since 2012--the release date had been relocated a couple of times, Rob Letterman stepping down as director with [[WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} David Soren]] replacing him, and [=DreamWorks=]' issues in the last few years probably haven't helped. Thankfully, the film was finally released on June 2, 2017, and most agree that you can't even tell watching it that there was any sort of troubled production.
22	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Kevin Hart has stated that his son being a fan of the book series is one of the factors that drew him into voicing for the film.
23	* StillbornFranchise: The film is called the "''First'' Epic Movie", but there doesn't seem to be any plans for another epic (i.e. theatrical) movie. However it did help spawn a Netflix series.
24	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie Has it's own page]].

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