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The Adventures of Captain Underpants
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Captain Underpants: Book 1

The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997) (edit title/settings)

by Dav Pilkey (Author) (edit contributors)

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When naughty George and Harold hypnotise their headteacher, they accidentally create the greatest superhero in the history of their school - Captain Underpants! His true identity is so secret that even he doesn't know who he is...but he's fighting for truth, justice, and all things pre-shrunk... read more

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Censorship derives from the idea of deleting or even supervising the manner or morality of certain things in today’s society. Our society has been built upon the idea of not letting our kids grow up too fast and therefore censorship came about. There must be a bridging gap between what is... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Censorship derives from the idea of deleting or even supervising the manner or morality of certain things in today’s society. Our society has been built upon the idea of not letting our kids grow up too fast and therefore censorship came about. There must be a bridging gap between what is okay and what is not okay to put on today’s media, whether it is TV, books, magazines, or movies. Captain Underpants was no exception to censorship in the form of children’s literature. Kids were exposed to a level of immaturity that is not okay in schools. In this book there are too many inappropriate actions done by two kids, Harold and George, which sets a bad influence on our youth. Captain Underpants is the number 10 book on the most frequently challenged books from 2000-2007. We see an increased number of parents and teachers that do not believe in putting this book into their school curriculum, mostly based on what the book truly teaches you.

Another reason that Captain Underpants may have been banned was due to the rude pranks and overall rudeness towards Mr. Krupp. Harold and George acted with immaturity and dedicated themselves to fooling around. Our children today cannot be exposed to such activities and may ultimately think that it is okay for them to act just in that way. Captain Underpants talks a lot about rebellion and how these two boys succeeded at rebellious pranks in the end. Many parental complaints may arrive if this book were to be in schools. Our parents in today’s world want their children to be reading appropriate books that will teach them about things and not bring down their levels of knowledge. Another reason that I found on the internet for this book to be banned is where Harold and George publish their comic books with many misspelled words and phrases. Captain Underpants may become more of a distraction to children than a knowledge based book in schools across the country.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Captain underpants: Captain underpants is the care-free herp of the story he is secretly Mr. Krupp. His costume consists of underpants and a red polka-dot curtain as his cape.
  • George: Add a description of this character.
  • Mr. Krupp: Mr. Krupp is the principal of the Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. He is quite a strict principal especially towards George and Harold.
  • Dr. Diaper: Dr. Diaper is the evil villain of this story. He creates inventions such as "The Laser-matic 2000" to blow up the moon.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"And the best part is we only have to wait four-to-six weeks for delivery!"”
    Harold Hutchins

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First Sentence edit see section history

Meet George Beard and Harold Hutchins.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. George and Harold
2. Tree House Comix/ Inc.
3. The Adventures of Captain Underpants
4. Mean Old Mr.Krupp
5. One Day Very,Very Soom
6. Busted
7. A Little Blackmail
8. Crime and Punishment
9. Four-to-Six Weeks Later
10. The 3-D Hypno-Ring
11. Fun with Hypnosis
12. Out the Window
13. Bank Robbers
14. The Big Bang
15. Dr.Diaper
16. The Extremely Graphic Violence Chapter (In Flip-O-Rama)
17.The Escape
18. To Make a Long Story Short
19. Back to School
20. The End?

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 11 in Captain Underpants. (standard series)

Followed by Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets.

This is book 19 of 215 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Little Yellow Digger (Read by Reading Series).

This is book 13 of 98 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. (authoritative list)

Preceded by It's Perfectly Normal, and followed by Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Dav Pilkey (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Apple
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0590846280
Page Count: 121

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

funny for younger kids, uses kiddish humor

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