The Adventures of Captain Underpants
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants is a humorous children's novel by Dav Pilkey that introduces the underwear-clad superhero alter ego of grumpy school principal Benjamin Krupp.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | children's novel ⓘ |
| author | Dav Pilkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original characters created by Dav Pilkey ⓘ |
| centralConflict | students vs. strict school principal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| educationalUse | encouraging reluctant readers ⓘ |
| featuresAlterEgo | Captain Underpants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ superhero fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Captain Underpants film adaptations
ⓘ
Captain Underpants television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Melvin Sneedly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
school principal ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Dav Pilkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuperheroIdentityOf | Benjamin Krupp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | cartoonish black-and-white drawings ⓘ |
| includes |
comic-book-style sequences
ⓘ
flip-o-rama pages ⓘ |
| intendedUse | independent reading for children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Benjamin Krupp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Beard NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Hutchins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversy in some schools and libraries
ⓘ
toilet humor ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 120–150 pages ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Captain Underpants franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| protagonistType | elementary school students ⓘ |
| publisher | Scholastic Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Captain Underpants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Jerome Horwitz Elementary School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superheroName | Captain Underpants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAgeRange | elementary school readers ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship
ⓘ
imagination ⓘ rebellion against authority ⓘ |
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