Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
- Published
- 15 August 2006
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN-13
- 9780439376143
- Type
- novel
About this book
Written by Dav Pilkey, Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People appeared in 2006 -- a three-year gap after the Bionic Booger Boy duology -- continuing the series' pattern of absurd villains and George and Harold's Flip-O-Rama comics-within-the-book. It runs 176 pages.
Key facts about Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People is a novel by Dav Pilkey. Readers have had it since 15 August 2006. It runs to 176 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780439376143 to find the main one.
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People is book 8 of 12 in the Captain Underpants series. The series has 12 published books. However, the series starts with The Adventures of Captain Underpants (1997). Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 25 August 2015.
Additionally, Dav Pilkey writes Dragon, Big Dog and Little Dog and Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot, plus 2 more series. Those series sit on our humor and graphic novel shelves. Meanwhile, Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time is the latest published Dav Pilkey book on file, from 3 November 2026.
About Dav Pilkey
Dav Pilkey is an American author and illustrator best known for creating Captain Underpants, an irreverent, wildly popular children's graphic-novel series about two fourth-graders who hypnotize their principal into believing he is a superhero in his underwear. See every Dav Pilkey book in order.
Its place in Captain Underpants
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People is book 8 in the Captain Underpants series. It follows Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers. It is followed by Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers. See the full Captain Underpants reading order.
Fourth-graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins are the class prankster duo and comic-book creators of their own hero, Captain Underpants -- so when they hypnotize their tyrannical principal, Mr. Krupp, into actually believing he is Captain Underpants, chaos (and a very literal superhero in tighty-whities) is unleashed on their school. Each book pits the accidentally-real Captain Underpants against an increasingly absurd villain -- alien cafeteria ladies, a mutant plant-fertilizer monster, a time-traveling toilet…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781407192215
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780439948463
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781407103600