The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television that is based on the film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, which in turn is based on the Captain Underpants series of books by Dav Pilkey.[1][2] The series was first released via streaming on Netflix on July 13, 2018.
| The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | |
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 Season 1 promotional poster | |
| Genre | Action Adventure Comedy |
| Created by | Dav Pilkey |
| Based on | Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie by David Soren |
| Developed by | Peter Hastings Mark Banker |
| Voices of |
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| Narrated by | Sean Astin |
| Theme music composer | Peter Hastings |
| Composers | Jared Faber Fred Kron |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (+ 3 specials) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Hastings |
| Producer | Todd Grimes |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Titmouse, Inc. (animation service) Scholastic Entertainment DreamWorks Animation Television |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution Netflix |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netflix |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080p |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | July 13, 2018 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Summary
The series revolves around the adventures of pranksters and comic book artists George Beard and Harold Hutchins, and their strict principal Mr. Krupp, who was hypnotized by George & Harold to become their creation: Captain Underpants, a brief-wearing superhero.
The second season involves Melvinborg, a cyborg from the future, taking over the school and replacing Mr. Krupp, so he can get Melvin, a child genius and George and Harold's enemy, into Eliteanati Academy.
The third season involves George and Harold heading to a summer camp, with them having to deal with Mr Krupp being the camp instructor and the eventful hijinx of the camp.
The fourth season/mini-series (also known as "The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space") involves George and Harold winning a school contest in order to go to space. But after finding out that there are evil monsters called the Biglyans, they have to set off and get all the help they need. Eventually, once they defeat the Biglyans, they come back to earth, finding out Melvin Sneedly took over earth, so they decide to use the "Time Toad 2000" to go stop Melvin from ever becoming king of the world. In conclusion, the season ends on a cliffhanger when, after the boys save the present, Captain Underpants comes from the future wearing George and Harold on his arms and screaming.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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| First released | Last released | ||||
| 1 | 13 | July 13, 2018 | |||
| 2 | 13 | February 8, 2019 | |||
| 3 | 13 | July 19, 2019 | |||
| 4 | 6 | July 10, 2020 | |||
| Specials | 3 | October 8, 2019 | December 4, 2020 | ||
Cast
- Nat Faxon as Mr. Krupp and Captain Underpants
- Ramone Hamilton and Jay Gragnani as George Beard and Harold Hutchins
- David Koechner as Mr. Meaner
- Laraine Newman as Ms. Ribble
- Patty Mattson as Ms. Anthrope
- Sean Astin as Narrator
- Peter Hastings as Comic Narrator
- Jorge Diaz as Melvin Sneedly, Mr. Rected, Melvinborg, and Stanley Peet
- Erica Luttrell as Erica Wang
- Dayci Brookshire as Jessica Gordon and Dressy Killman
- Evan Kishiyama as Steve "Gooch" Yamaguchi
- Brennan Murray as Bo Hweemuth
- Trevor Devall as Smartsy Fartsy
- Nolan North as Lee Dingman
Release
The series was first released via streaming on Netflix on July 13, 2018. The second season was released on February 8, 2019,[3] and the third season was released on July 19, 2019.[4] A Halloween special titled The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-Ween was released on October 8, 2019.[5] An interactive special, called Captain Underpants: Epic Choice O' Rama, was released on Netflix on February 11, 2020. A 6-episode miniseries The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space! was released on July 10, 2020. A Christmas special titled Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas was released on December 4, 2020. A 5th season will be release in July 9th 2021.[6]
Reception
The first season has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7]
References
- Kofi Outlaw. "Netflix and DreamWorks Announce She-Ra, Trolls, Captain Underpants and More". ComicBook.com. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- "Netflix, DreamWorks Partner for Six Animated Shows in 2018, Including 'Trolls,' 'Boss Baby' Series". Variety. December 12, 2017.
- "The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Season 2 Coming to Netflix in February 2019". What's on Netflix. January 18, 2018.
- Mallenbaum, Carly. "Netflix list for July 2019: Everything new and expiring". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- Trumbore, Dave (2019-10-07). "Exclusive 'Captain Underpants' Halloween Special Clip Sees Balloon Monsters Running Amok". Collider. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/have-yourself-an-animated-xmas-with-net-netflix-specials/
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_epic_tales_of_captain_underpants/s01
External links
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants at DreamWorks
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants at IMDb
