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Captain Underpants
''Captain Underpants'' is an American illustrated children's novel series and multimedia franchise by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. From the third book onwards, Mr. Krupp also possesses superhuman strength, durability and flight as a result of drinking alien "Extra-Strength Super Power Juice". Currently, the series includes 12 books, two activity books, colored versions, and 15 spin-offs. As of 2014, the series has been translated into more than 20 languages, with more than 80 million books sold worldwide, including over 50 million in the United States. DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the series to make an animated feature film adapta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Captain Underpants
''The Adventures of Captain Underpants'' is an American children's literature, children's novel by Dav Pilkey, and the inaugural novel of the ''Captain Underpants'' series. It was published in September 1997, becoming a hit with children around the world. In the novel, George Beard and Harold Hutchins turn their principal, Mr. Krupp, into the "greatest superhero of all time", Captain Underpants (character), The Amazing Captain Underpants. ''The Adventures of Captain Underpants'' spawned a Captain Underpants, multimedia franchise, including eleven sequels, Super Diaper Baby, four The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, spinoff Dog Man, novel Cat Kid Comic Club, series, a Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, CGI-animated film adaptation, a The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, flash-animated TV series, and a Dog Man (film), CGI-animated spinoff film. Plot George Beard and Harold Hutchins are two mischievous fourth-graders who attend Jerome Horwitz Elementary School in Piqua, Ohio, Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multimedia Franchise
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game. Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, defined the word ''franchise'' as "something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time." Transmedia franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom, which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The All-New Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O' Fun 2
''Captain Underpants'' is an American illustrated children's novel series and multimedia franchise by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. From the third book onwards, Mr. Krupp also possesses superhuman strength, durability and flight as a result of drinking alien "Extra-Strength Super Power Juice". Currently, the series includes 12 books, two activity books, colored versions, and 15 spin-offs. As of 2014, the series has been translated into more than 20 languages, with more than 80 million books sold worldwide, including over 50 million in the United States. DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the series to make an animated feature film adaptatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Underpants And The Terrifying Return Of Tippy Tinkletrousers
''Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers'' is a 2012 American children's novel and the ninth book in the ''Captain Underpants'' series by Dav Pilkey. It was published on August 28, 2012, six years after the publication of the previous book. Tippy Tinkletrousers is actually Professor Poopypants, from '' Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants'' as revealed in the previous book. (''Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People'') This book explains how Tippy Tinkletrousers arrived at the end of the eighth book, as well as a prequel story of George and Harold in kindergarten explaining how their friendship began and setting the page for their life before Captain Underpants. Plot In the last book just before George and Harold get arrested, Tippy Tinkletrousers appears in a time machine/pants robot, and freezes the two cops about to arrest them with a freeze ray built into the robot called the Freezy-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliffhanger
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious situation, facing a difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction or before a commercial break in a television programme. A cliffhanger is intended to incentivize the audience to return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma. Some serials end with the caveat, "To Be Continued" or "The End?" In serial films and Television show, television series, the following episode sometimes begins with a recap sequence. Cliffhangers were used as literary devices in several works of the Middle Ages with ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ending on a cliffhanger each night. Cliffhangers appeared as an element of the Victorian era serial novel that emerged in the 1840s, with many associating the form with Charles Dickens, a pioneer of the serial publication of narrative fiction.Grossman, Jonathan H. (2012). ''Charles Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Man (film)
''Dog Man'' is a 2025 American animated superhero comedy film based on Dav Pilkey's children's graphic novel series ''Dog Man'', produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is a spin-off and story within a story of '' Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' (2017) and the second film in the ''Captain Underpants'' franchise. The film was written and directed by Peter Hastings, and stars the voices of Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Lucas Hopkins Calderon in his film debut, and Ricky Gervais, with Hastings providing vocal effects for the titular character. The film loosely adapts the first, third, and seventh ''Dog Man'' books. DreamWorks Animation announced a film adaptation of ''Dog Man'' in December 2020, with Hastings set as director after his experience with Pilkey's works from ''The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants'' (2018–20). Karen Foster joined as a producer in January 2024, and the cast was announced that September. ''Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Man
''Dog Man'' is a children's graphic novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. A spinoff and story within a story of Pilkey's ''Captain Underpants'' series, ''Dog Man'' revolves around the adventures of the titular character, a half-man, half-dog hybrid who works as a police officer. As of 2025, there are 13 books in the series. The latest book, ''Dog Man: Big Jim Begins'', was released on December 3, 2024. A 14th book titled ''Dog Man: Big Jim Believes'' has been announced and is set to release on November 11, 2025. The ''Dog Man'' series has been hugely popular, selling a total of over 3.8 million copies, 13% of all total comic book sales, as charted by BookScan, not including digital copies or any copy sold by Scholastic through school book fairs. Starting in 2020, the series received its own spin-off focusing on Dog Man's sidekick Cat Kid (Li'l Petey's superhero form), entitled '' Cat Kid Comic Club''. The series has been adapted into two stage musicals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Epic Tales Of Captain Underpants
''The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants'' is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. Developed for television by Peter Hastings and Mark Banker, it is a standalone sequel to the 2017 feature film '' Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'', based on the ''Captain Underpants'' book series by Dav Pilkey. The show's first season was released on Netflix on July 13, 2018, its second season releasing on February 8, 2019, its third season, ''Camp'', releasing on July 19, 2019, and its fourth season, ''The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space!'', releasing on July 10, 2020. In 2023, Hastings confirmed that no further seasons were planned, with the next installment in the franchise being the 2025 feature film ''Dog Man''.Peter Hastings peterhastings(September 6, 2023)"Hi Glad you like the show, we had fun making it. Currently there are no plans for more episodes, so unfortunately I think that's it! The next thing related to Dav Pilkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Epic Movie
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DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Studios. The studio has produced List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Feature films, 51 feature films. Its first film, ''Antz'', was released on October 2, 1998, and its latest film, How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film), the live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'', was released on June 13, 2025. Their upcoming slate of films includes ''The Bad Guys 2'' on August 1, 2025, ''Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie'' on September 26, 2025, ''Forgotten Island'' on September 25, 2026, ''Shrek 5'' on December 23, 2026, the How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)#Sequel, live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' on June 11, 2027, ''Cocomelon: The Movie'' in 2027, and an untitled film on September 22, 2028. Formed as a division of DreamWor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
