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Captain Underpants is a children's novel series 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, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. Soon after, Mr. Krupp gains superpowers by drinking alien juices. The series includes 12 books and three spin-offs.
The series had been translated into over 20 languages, with more than 70 million books sold worldwide, including over 50 million in the United States. DreamWorks Animation acquired rights to the series to make an animated feature film adaptation, which was released on June 2, 2017 to positive reviews. DreamWorks Animation also produced a television series based on the film that was streamed to Netflix. It was released on July 13, 2018.
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- Captain Underpants is the newest book series in Chronicles of Illusion, and is one of the four book universes to be represented in the series (the other three being Max & Ruby and Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch).
- Throughout the series' run, the Captain Underpants books were met with controversy, and have been banned in some schools.
- In April 4, 2006, the series won a Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Award.