Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (Captain Underpants #4) (4) - Hardcover

Pilkey, Dav

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0439049970 ISBN 13: 9780439049979

Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 2000

Synopsis

George and Harold are fourth-grade buddies with a penchant for practical jokes. When the boys' latest prank drives their science teacher over the edge, their clueless principal, Mr. Krupp, quickly hires a replacement: Professor Pippy P. Poopypants. Of course, George and Harold can't resist making fun of the Professor's silly name. But then the Professor retaliates by forcing everyone in town to change their own names to be equally silly, with colossal consequences!

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Review:

In the fourth "epic novel" by the wildly popular Dav Pilkey, young troublemakers George and Harold are back with Mr. Krupp, the Jerome Horowitz Elementary principal they previously transformed into the superhero Captain Underpants with their 3-D hypno ring. This comic adventure begins in New Swissland, where everyone has a silly name. ("Just ask their president, the Honorable Chuckles Jingleberry McMonkeyburger Jr. or his lovely wife, Stinky.") New Swissland, just southeast of Greenland, is the home of the inventor of the Shrinky-Pig 2000 and the Goosy-Grow 4000--Professor Pippy P. Poopypants. When the professor decides to pitch his inventions in the United States, he is laughed out of every institution of higher learning because of his unusual name. Frustrated, he decides to become an elementary school science teacher where the innocent children will, he assumes, be accepting and loving.

This is where his world collides with George and Harold's, who are not accepting of his funny name, but instead explode with laughter and promptly craft a new comic book called "Captain Underpants and the Pied Pooper of Piqua." This hilarious book will crack Pilkey fans up with tiny toilets of truth, evil gerbils, and even Cher's greatest hits. (The children--not notoriously good spellers--note: "All animal cruelty was simulated. No actual girbles were forsed to listen to Cher.") And what becomes of Professor Poopypants? He gets even, devising a method to convert all names into silly names. He creates a chart in which everyone has to use letters from their own first and last names to create a madcap moniker. In the end, George and Harold learn that it's not nice to make fun of people: "'Wow,' said Harold. 'I think this is the first time one of our stories ever had a moral!' 'Probably the last time, too,' said George. 'Let's hope so,' said Harold." --Flunky Pizza Chunks (Ages 8 to 12)

From the Back Cover:

He defeated the diabolical Dr. Diaper....He terminated the terrible talking toilets....He saved the world from three massive, tentacled space aliens disguised as cafeteria ladies....Now he's in for the fight of his life. Can Captain Underpants and his drawers hold up under the pressure of the perilous plot of Professor Pippy P. Poopypants? It's time to probe a little further and find out in this all-new, wedgier adventure of Captain Underpants!

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0439049970
• ISBN 13: 9780439049979
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: Pilkey Dav