Captain Underpants serves as a general entry for the series created by Dav Pilkey. The series centers on the friendship and comic book collaboration between two fourth-grade boys, George Beard and Harold Hutchins. They use their talent for drawing and pranking to battle their mean principal, Mr. Krupp, whom they famously hypnotize into becoming their homemade superhero, Captain Underpants. The books are known for their blend of slapstick humor, easy-to-read text, comic book inserts, and a celebration of creativity, appealing especially to young and reluctant readers through their rebellious, silly nature.
