Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
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Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman is the fifth book in the Captain Underpants
series by Dav Pilkey
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They later run into their principal, Mr Krupp, and convince him to sign a blank card, claiming it's for Ms Ribble. Later on, when Mr. Krupp catches them changing letters on a sign and finds out about their comic book that they made about Ms. Ribble, he puts them in detention. They defiantly say they won't give Ms. Ribble her card. Mr. Krupp seizes the card and says he'll give it to her personally. The boys secretly smile at how effective their use of reverse psychology
was, and Harold is ecstatic at how Ms. Ribble will react when she sees the card.
Mr. Krupp gives Ms. Ribble the card, which turns out to be have the words "Will you marry me?", and under those words is Mr. Krupp's name. Miss Anthope assumes Ms. Ribble agrees and takes care of arranging the wedding, hosting it on Saturday in the school auditorium. Mr. Krupp is too shocked by the whole wedding thing to admit that he doesn't want to marry her, is subsequently unable to say anything than "B-b-bubba-bobba-hob-hobba-hobba-wah-wah" and remains indifferent to the following chaotic school week resulting from George and Harold's version of the Friday Memo.
The next week, none of the students showed up for school on Monday, but they showed up on Tuesday in their pajamas. Wednesday was the cheerleader tryouts, but the students trying out drew mustaches on their faces, and taped egg salad sandwiches on their heads. On Thursday, the football team practiced in the teachers lounge alonside a food fight in the lunchroom. Yearbook photos were taken on Friday, but the students wore bumblebee costumes and made funny faces. At least one teacher complained to Mr Krupp each day, but he only said "B-b-bubba-bobba-hob-hobba-hobba-WAH-WAH" as every response.
At the wedding, George and Harold have no tricks planned (for once). On the altar, just before they get married, Ms. Ribble breaks up with Mr. Krupp, saying she couldn't marry him because he has a funny-looking nose (the joke is that the two of them have identical noses). Mr. Krupp is furious and says he never wanted to marry her anyway; it was just a trick of George and Harold's. Miss Ribble goes berserk and tries to attack the boys, but they luckily escape, Ms. Ribble destroying the wedding setup in the process.
When school restarts, Ms. Ribble privately tells them that she has dropped their B's and C's to F's and G's (a G is the only grade lower than an F; in Harold's opinion, there is no such thing as a G in the grading system; see below), so they have to stay back in fourth grade. George suggests they use the 3D-Hypno ring, which George had kept all along. Harold at first objects to the idea, stating it might get them into trouble like the last time they used it, but soon agrees. They use the 3-D Hypno-Ring to hypnotize Ms. Ribble into changing their grades back to normal. They try to be safe about this, giving her instructions not to do anything weird like turn into Wedgie Woman and try to take over the world. Unfortunately, it turns out that the 3-D Hypno-Ring, when used on a woman, accidentally causes her to do the opposite of what she is hypnotized to do.
Ms. Ribble declares herself to be Wedgie Woman and attacks George and Harold in their tree house. Though Ms. Ribble thinks she's Wedgie Woman, she does not have any powers, so Harold and George easily defeat her. She trips and knocks a container of super-power juice (from book 3) off the shelf, and it accidentally spills into her hair and brain, giving her super-powered intelligence and hair, forms into several tiny hands, which can extend great distances, ideal for giving someone a wedgie and holding them hostage in midair.
Wedgie Woman kidnaps the boys and brings them back to her house and uses her super-powered intelligence to build robot
copies of the two boys, Robo-George and Harold 2000. The robots are equipped with Spray Starch to take away Captain Underpants's powers, once they hear the word "Tra-la-la-la!", they will spray the spray starch. The robots pose as George and Harold, except the two of them behave perfectly. When Mr. Krupp snaps (literally) at Harold 2000, he turns himself into Captain Underpants. He thinks that the robots are the real George and Harold and ask them to help (he states that he's surprised that they are larger and can fly). He is defeated by the two robots and their spray starch. Meanwhile, George and Harold who are watching the action on Wedgie Woman's TV (built with a fish tank and an electric toothbrush. Wedgie Woman ties an axe to a rope and puts a candle under it, burning the rope, and it cuts George and Harold's ropes, and they manage to escape, while Wedgie Woman goes to see how how her plan is going .
Wedgie Woman then gives wedgies to all the police officers in town and hangs them from traffic signs, aided by her two robots, which have expanded to gigantic size. George and Harold find Captain Underpants, hung on a lamp post by Robo George and Harold 2000. He is convinced the spray starch took away his powers (it didn't) thanks to the placebo effect
(mistakenly called the placenta
effect by George and Harold). The two decide to go to the newest store to buy fabric softener...only to find out in an ironic twist of fate that the shop sold everything BUT fabric softener (in fact, the building's name is,"everything BUT fabric softener").
George and Harold then decide to make a comic book about how Captain Underpants was born in a planet called Underpanty World, and how the Wedgie Warlords sprayed the planet with spray starch. The king attempts to save them with a magic amulet, but he accidentally drops it and his baby son eats it. The king and queen save their son, stretching his underpants far behind, and lets go, sending him to earth, where he is found by two elderly people. One night, he has a dream where he sees his old parents, who tell him that he has a magic amulet inside him, and all he has to do is to say the words = "I summon the power of Underpantyworld!”, and he would be free(the story is has a large similarity to the story of Superman) Captain Underpants reads the book, says the words, and regains his powers. He then defeats the two robots. At the showdown between Captain Underpants and Wedgie Woman, George runs away, shouting to Harold that he's going to get rid of his box of extra-strength spray starch. Hearing this, Wedgie Woman steals all the bottles in the box and sprays them everywhere.
When the smoke clears, everyone is bald (except Captain Underpants, who was already bald). The box didn't contain extra-strength spray starch; it contained hair remover and George used reverse psychology to get Wedgie Woman to use it. With her hair gone, Wedgie Woman can no longer harm anyone (though Harold is really worried what will his mom say when she sees his bald head. George assures him it will grow back. But Harold says, "That's easy for you to say, your hair was only half an inch long.)
The boys hypnotize Ms. Ribble, and by using reverse reverse psychology (they tell her to do the opposite of everything they want her to do), they get her to lose her superpowers, forget everything that happened in the last few weeks, become the nicest teacher in the history of the school, and bake fresh cookies for the class every day. As a result, she becomes a lot more bearable. The story ends with Captain Underpants flying out of the school, George and Harold clinging onto his cape(mainly because when Ms. Ribble told her students the cookies were easy to snapped her fingers).
Wedgie Woman hangs Captain Underpants on a pole, but some children walk by. By using a rope, they catapult him into a pool. The children pour fabric softener into the pool, so Captain Underpants has another fight with Wedgie Woman. This time, Captain Underpants is the victor. By creating a loop underneath Wedgie Woman, which the robo-claw follows Captain Underpants, but it goes for Wedgie Woman's underpants instead. Captain Underpants takes Wedgie Woman to jail and the comic ends.
. Captain has a dream, where he meets his parents, and because he has the amulet still inside, he is invunerable to starch. All he had to do was to shout the sentence "I summon the power of Underpantyworld", and he will overcome the powers of starch. He becomes a superhero named Captain Underpants, and never became afraid of starch anymore. The comic ends and in the real world, Captain shouts out the sentence.
Captain Underpants
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey is a series of American children's books about two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, and the aptly named superhero they accidentally create by hypnotizing their principal, Mr. Benny Krupp...
series by Dav Pilkey
Dav Pilkey
David "Dav" Pilkey was born on March 4, 1966, is a popular author and illustrator of children's literature. Dav Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants book series. He also uses the pen names, George Beard and Harold Hutchins...
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Plot
George and Harold's teacher Ms. Ribble is planning on retiring at the end of the school year. She forces everyone to make happy retirement cards for her. George and Harold make a Wedgie Woman vs. Captain Underpants comic book instead, and are sent to Mr. Krupp's office. Once there, Miss Anthrope (the school secretary) makes the boys run some errands by letting them pass out the "Friday Memo" (a weekly newsletter that shows the events of the upcoming week) to the entire school while she goes out for lunch. Before that, they made their own Friday Memo by using Miss Anthrope's computer to change a few events.They later run into their principal, Mr Krupp, and convince him to sign a blank card, claiming it's for Ms Ribble. Later on, when Mr. Krupp catches them changing letters on a sign and finds out about their comic book that they made about Ms. Ribble, he puts them in detention. They defiantly say they won't give Ms. Ribble her card. Mr. Krupp seizes the card and says he'll give it to her personally. The boys secretly smile at how effective their use of reverse psychology
Reverse psychology
Reverse psychology is a technique involving the advocacy of a belief or behavior that is opposite to the one desired, with the expectation that this approach will encourage the subject of the persuasion to do what actually is desired: the opposite of what is suggested...
was, and Harold is ecstatic at how Ms. Ribble will react when she sees the card.
Mr. Krupp gives Ms. Ribble the card, which turns out to be have the words "Will you marry me?", and under those words is Mr. Krupp's name. Miss Anthope assumes Ms. Ribble agrees and takes care of arranging the wedding, hosting it on Saturday in the school auditorium. Mr. Krupp is too shocked by the whole wedding thing to admit that he doesn't want to marry her, is subsequently unable to say anything than "B-b-bubba-bobba-hob-hobba-hobba-wah-wah" and remains indifferent to the following chaotic school week resulting from George and Harold's version of the Friday Memo.
The next week, none of the students showed up for school on Monday, but they showed up on Tuesday in their pajamas. Wednesday was the cheerleader tryouts, but the students trying out drew mustaches on their faces, and taped egg salad sandwiches on their heads. On Thursday, the football team practiced in the teachers lounge alonside a food fight in the lunchroom. Yearbook photos were taken on Friday, but the students wore bumblebee costumes and made funny faces. At least one teacher complained to Mr Krupp each day, but he only said "B-b-bubba-bobba-hob-hobba-hobba-WAH-WAH" as every response.
At the wedding, George and Harold have no tricks planned (for once). On the altar, just before they get married, Ms. Ribble breaks up with Mr. Krupp, saying she couldn't marry him because he has a funny-looking nose (the joke is that the two of them have identical noses). Mr. Krupp is furious and says he never wanted to marry her anyway; it was just a trick of George and Harold's. Miss Ribble goes berserk and tries to attack the boys, but they luckily escape, Ms. Ribble destroying the wedding setup in the process.
When school restarts, Ms. Ribble privately tells them that she has dropped their B's and C's to F's and G's (a G is the only grade lower than an F; in Harold's opinion, there is no such thing as a G in the grading system; see below), so they have to stay back in fourth grade. George suggests they use the 3D-Hypno ring, which George had kept all along. Harold at first objects to the idea, stating it might get them into trouble like the last time they used it, but soon agrees. They use the 3-D Hypno-Ring to hypnotize Ms. Ribble into changing their grades back to normal. They try to be safe about this, giving her instructions not to do anything weird like turn into Wedgie Woman and try to take over the world. Unfortunately, it turns out that the 3-D Hypno-Ring, when used on a woman, accidentally causes her to do the opposite of what she is hypnotized to do.
Ms. Ribble declares herself to be Wedgie Woman and attacks George and Harold in their tree house. Though Ms. Ribble thinks she's Wedgie Woman, she does not have any powers, so Harold and George easily defeat her. She trips and knocks a container of super-power juice (from book 3) off the shelf, and it accidentally spills into her hair and brain, giving her super-powered intelligence and hair, forms into several tiny hands, which can extend great distances, ideal for giving someone a wedgie and holding them hostage in midair.
Wedgie Woman kidnaps the boys and brings them back to her house and uses her super-powered intelligence to build robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
copies of the two boys, Robo-George and Harold 2000. The robots are equipped with Spray Starch to take away Captain Underpants's powers, once they hear the word "Tra-la-la-la!", they will spray the spray starch. The robots pose as George and Harold, except the two of them behave perfectly. When Mr. Krupp snaps (literally) at Harold 2000, he turns himself into Captain Underpants. He thinks that the robots are the real George and Harold and ask them to help (he states that he's surprised that they are larger and can fly). He is defeated by the two robots and their spray starch. Meanwhile, George and Harold who are watching the action on Wedgie Woman's TV (built with a fish tank and an electric toothbrush. Wedgie Woman ties an axe to a rope and puts a candle under it, burning the rope, and it cuts George and Harold's ropes, and they manage to escape, while Wedgie Woman goes to see how how her plan is going .
Wedgie Woman then gives wedgies to all the police officers in town and hangs them from traffic signs, aided by her two robots, which have expanded to gigantic size. George and Harold find Captain Underpants, hung on a lamp post by Robo George and Harold 2000. He is convinced the spray starch took away his powers (it didn't) thanks to the placebo effect
Placebo effect
Placebo effect may refer to:* Placebo effect, the tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work...
(mistakenly called the placenta
Placenta
The placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply. "True" placentas are a defining characteristic of eutherian or "placental" mammals, but are also found in some snakes and...
effect by George and Harold). The two decide to go to the newest store to buy fabric softener...only to find out in an ironic twist of fate that the shop sold everything BUT fabric softener (in fact, the building's name is,"everything BUT fabric softener").
George and Harold then decide to make a comic book about how Captain Underpants was born in a planet called Underpanty World, and how the Wedgie Warlords sprayed the planet with spray starch. The king attempts to save them with a magic amulet, but he accidentally drops it and his baby son eats it. The king and queen save their son, stretching his underpants far behind, and lets go, sending him to earth, where he is found by two elderly people. One night, he has a dream where he sees his old parents, who tell him that he has a magic amulet inside him, and all he has to do is to say the words = "I summon the power of Underpantyworld!”, and he would be free(the story is has a large similarity to the story of Superman) Captain Underpants reads the book, says the words, and regains his powers. He then defeats the two robots. At the showdown between Captain Underpants and Wedgie Woman, George runs away, shouting to Harold that he's going to get rid of his box of extra-strength spray starch. Hearing this, Wedgie Woman steals all the bottles in the box and sprays them everywhere.
When the smoke clears, everyone is bald (except Captain Underpants, who was already bald). The box didn't contain extra-strength spray starch; it contained hair remover and George used reverse psychology to get Wedgie Woman to use it. With her hair gone, Wedgie Woman can no longer harm anyone (though Harold is really worried what will his mom say when she sees his bald head. George assures him it will grow back. But Harold says, "That's easy for you to say, your hair was only half an inch long.)
The boys hypnotize Ms. Ribble, and by using reverse reverse psychology (they tell her to do the opposite of everything they want her to do), they get her to lose her superpowers, forget everything that happened in the last few weeks, become the nicest teacher in the history of the school, and bake fresh cookies for the class every day. As a result, she becomes a lot more bearable. The story ends with Captain Underpants flying out of the school, George and Harold clinging onto his cape(mainly because when Ms. Ribble told her students the cookies were easy to snapped her fingers).
Trivia
- This is the last book with Captain Underpants flying out the window. Since book 6, Captain Underpants books end with a cliffhangerCliffhangerA cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction...
and resolved in the next book, only to end in another cliffhanger. These cliffhangers have something to do with earlier in the book or series.
Comic 1: Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
The first comic in the book starts with an introduction on Ms. Ribble. After the introduction, it tells of how she gave the students each 41 book reports as a holiday homework. After the holiday, the of book reports fall on top of her, killing her. She is transported to a hospital, where they rebuild her into a robot which is able to open up her hair, revealing a wedgie robo-claw. She starts attacking the streets. Captain Underpants appears and fights Wedgie Woman, but loses because Wedgie Woman arms herself with spray starch.Wedgie Woman hangs Captain Underpants on a pole, but some children walk by. By using a rope, they catapult him into a pool. The children pour fabric softener into the pool, so Captain Underpants has another fight with Wedgie Woman. This time, Captain Underpants is the victor. By creating a loop underneath Wedgie Woman, which the robo-claw follows Captain Underpants, but it goes for Wedgie Woman's underpants instead. Captain Underpants takes Wedgie Woman to jail and the comic ends.
Comic 2: The Origin of Captain Underpants
The second comic in the book starts with an introduction about Underpantyworld, Captain Underpants' fictional home world. Suddenly, the Wedgie Warlords appear and spray starch on Underpantyworld. However, the leader, "Big Daddy Long Johns", creates an amulet that is able to protect the entire planet from the starch. However, it drops into his son, "Little Baby Underpants" (a.k.a. Captain Underpants), so the entire planet becomes doomed. Big Daddy Long Johns and his wife, "Princess Pantyhose", are forced to save their son, and not the planet. By stretching the underwear, Big Daddy Long Johns and Princess Pantyhose catapult Little Baby Underpants towards Earth, while Underpantyworld is destroyed. Little Baby Underpants is adopted by two old people, who name him "Captain", after their favorite cerealCap'n Crunch
Cap'n Crunch is a product line of sweetened corn and oat breakfast cereals introduced in 1963 and manufactured by Quaker Oats Company. Quaker Oats has been a division of PepsiCo since 2001. The product line is heralded by a cartoon mascot named Cap'n Crunch, a sea captain .-Development:Pamela Low,...
. Captain has a dream, where he meets his parents, and because he has the amulet still inside, he is invunerable to starch. All he had to do was to shout the sentence "I summon the power of Underpantyworld", and he will overcome the powers of starch. He becomes a superhero named Captain Underpants, and never became afraid of starch anymore. The comic ends and in the real world, Captain shouts out the sentence.