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Captain Underpants · Book 9

Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers

by Dav Pilkey

Published
28 August 2012
ISBN-13
9780545488709
Type
novel

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About this book

Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers is the ninth novel in the Captain Underpants series, published in 2012 -- a six-year gap after Purple Potty People, the longest gap between any two entries -- continuing the escalating cycle of absurd villains that defines the series.

Its place in Captain Underpants

Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers is book 9 in the Captain Underpants series. It follows Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People. It is followed by Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers. 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…

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