History WesternAnimation / CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie

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-->'''George:''' It's almost as funny as my hair back in kindergarten! ''(to Harold)'' Remember that Afro?!
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*** The fourth is when [[spoiler:it starts raining after the Carnival spirals out of control, meaning that they can’t switch Krupp back into Captain Underpants, and are ultimately separated.]]

* AdaptationalDumbass: Melvin doesn't come close to reaching the ImpossibleGenius he was in the books. For example, in the book's version of the Invention Convention, his project was a printer that could ''print 2D images into living, sentient beings''. Here, his various inventions (along with being things that could more reasonably exist) are all stupid and impractical, like a giant binder designed to hold regular-sized binders. His {{catchphrase}} in this film is also him cluelessly stating "I don't get it."

* {{Catchphrase}}: Melvin says "I don't get it" whenever someone makes a joke.

** The [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/610ar+t7psL._SX522_.jpg soundtrack cover]] is an obvious homage/spoof of Franchise/SpiderMan's classic "hanging upside down from a strand of webbing" pose.

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Melvin Sneedly never experiences any sort of punishment or repercussions for assisting Professor Poopypants in his scheme to zombify and de-humorize his fellow students.]]

* RidiculouslyLongHold: George and Harold need to sneak past Mr. Krupp's secretary Ms. Anthrope, so they call her and pretend that she's won a contest to win a billion dollars and needs to be on hold to claim her prize, so they play the phone next to some on hold music; she spends the entire rest of of the movie listening to the phone, which must have been at least half a week. [[spoiler:TheStinger has George and Harold realize that they forgot that she's still on hold and when they talk phone again, she accidentally hangs up, which enrages her.]]

-->'''Harold:''' Separate classes leads to separate lives, which inevitably leads to ROBOTS!
-->'''George:''' Wait, what? Why are robots at the mall?
-->'''Harold:''' Cuz this is the future! The future always has robots!
-->'''George:''' (''sees the robots killing each other'') Why are the robots shooting other robots?! Aren't they supposed to be friends?!
-->'''Harold:''' I don't know! I'm the artist, you're the writer! That's why we need each other!!
--> (''Cue a gigantic version of the Tattle-Turtle bursting through the wall and shooting EyeBeams at everything in sight.'')

* DePower: [[spoiler: Subverted. George and Harold break the hypno-ring, believing that it'll stop Mr. Krupp from ever turning into Captain Underpants or using his superpowers ever again. It initially appears that way, but the end of the movie reveals Mr. Krupp still becomes Captain Underpants whenever he hears finger snapping.]]

* EmpathicEnvironment: If one were to notice [[spoiler: when George and Harold were spazzing out on sugar, there are dark clouds starting to move in and as they try to keep Captain Underpants (disguised as Krupp) out of harm's way, the blue sky gets covered with more clouds, that is until the carnival gets train-wrecked, the sky is completely covered and it starts to rain]] symbolizing the boys' situation going FromBadToWorse, with the whole scene ending as a {{Tearjerker}}.

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* HeroicSecondWind: When Captain Underpants is [[spoiler: dropped into the radioactive cafeteria leftovers within the Turbo Toilet 2000, it leaves him down for the count for a while. But upon hearing George and Harold's cries for help, it wakes him up enough to swallow some of the leftovers, which gives him the superpower boost he needs]].

* MetaTwist: The primary conflict of the film is Mr. Krupp planning to put the boys in separate classes. So, ''obviously'', the resolution is going to be them reversing it and the two friends sticking together. Not only did the plot line from the books that this conflict seems to be based upon[[note]]Book eleven when Harold fails the final exam and is told he'll have to redo the fourth grade without George [[/note]]end the same way, but that's just what happens in kids' movies. [[spoiler: Except that's not what happens here. Even though they try hard to prevent it, in the end, George and Harold actually ''are'' put into separate classes. And they're alright with that. They realize that their friendship can persist being separated, and even admit that they may have overreacted to the news a bit.]]

* NotHisSled: [[spoiler: George and Harold destroy the Hypno-Ring, seemingly removing both Captain Underpants and his superpowers. [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt Fake-outs are common in movies]], but a very similar scenario happened in the books, and Krupp actually did lose his super hero identity for good there, so one may assume that this is legitimate. But in the end, Mr. Krupp snaps his fingers and becomes Captain Underpants again, with his superpowers fully intact.]]

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/zs2SrqLum1M Trailer]].

* PeekABangs: [[http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2091256/mediaviewer/rm3201774592 Edith the lunch lady]] has them, which Captain Underpants as Mr. Krupp points out by noting her "one blue eye".

*** Also, when George jokingly asks Poopypants if his name was "Professor Privates", the entire class starts laughing, which makes Poopypants snap at George and send him and Harold (who didn't even do anything) to Krupp's office. Later on, we learn that his UnfortunateName is why he is set on eradicating laughter across the world.

*** Also, when George jokingly asks Poopypants if his name was "Professor Privates", the entire class starts laughing. Later on, we learn that his UnfortunateName is why he is set on eradicating laughter across the world.

* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Just when it looks like everything has calmed down, an army of talking toilets start attacking, and Mr. Krupp accidentally triggers his Captain Underpants persona, which was seemingly destroyed along with the hypno-ring. Heck, Harold even says it word-for-word!]] It's a ''Captain Underpants'' movie, [[OnceAnEpisode how else was it supposed to end]]?

** Also in Ms. Anthrope’s office, you see a calendar that says the date of April 28th, but it’s obvious that that calendar has not been used in some time, as the movie clearly takes place in early to mid-autumn, NOT spring.

** This is Professor Poopypants' reaction upon discovering that [[spoiler:both George and Harold's Hahaguffawchuckleleamaluses are ''five times'' the size of a normal one]].

** During the Invention Convention, George is determined to do something to end this ongoing needless boredom. But Harold, remembering Krupp's warning about how he will catch them in the act sooner rather than later, has a bad feeling about it.