Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy
Part 1 cover
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| Author | Dav Pilkey |
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| Illustrator | Dav Pilkey |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Captain Underpants series |
| Genre | Children's novel, Humor, Science fiction |
| Publisher |
Blue Sky (US), Scholastic (US) |
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Publication date
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August 1, 2003 (part 1) (black and white) September 30, 2003 (part 2) (black and white) May 22, 2018 (color edition for Part 1) December 12, 2018 (color edition for Part 2) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman |
| Followed by | Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People |
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy are the sixth and seventh books in the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. The first part was published on August 1, 2003, and the second part was published on September 30, 2003. The duology features the debut of George and Harold's new pets Sulu (a hamster with a bionic endoskeleton) and Crackers (a Quetzalcoatlus) who first appeared in the first and second parts respectively. The second part also features the debut of time travel in the series, which would become a core theme of the series later on. The full color covers will be for Part 1's color called Purple and Blue. but Part 2's color called, Yellow and White.
At demonstration speech day for their fourth grade class, George Beard and Harold Hutchins show off a new prank of theirs, the "Squishy". The idea is to place two ketchup packets under a toilet seat so the next person who sits on the toilets gets ketchup sprayed all over the back of their legs (or the front, if they push down the toilet seat while standing in front of it). Everyone wants to try it out, but before they can do so, Melvin Sneedly, the class tattletale and nerd, forces everyone to watch his demonstration before they leave, which is a machine that combines objects called the Combine-o-Tron 2000. Using his hamster, Sulu, and a robotic hamster body that he built, Melvin combines the two, making Sulu a bionic hamster. Melvin tries to order Sulu to do some tricks for the class, but Sulu refuses to obey Melvin, acting like a normal hamster. Melvin threatens to physically punish Sulu with a ping pong paddle. The hamster uses his new bionic abilities to spank Melvin himself. Although Sulu had not spanked him hard, Melvin starts wailing and blubbering as a result. Melvin yells that he does not want Sulu anymore and runs off crying. Everyone, excited to try out the new prank, including the teacher, Ms. Ribble, runs behind shouting "Squishies!" After noticing the scene, George and Harold adopt Sulu, who happily joins the two.
Meanwhile, Ms. Ribble uses a Squishy on an already grumpy Principal Krupp, who believes that George and Harold are responsible. While going to confront the duo, Mr. Krupp notices that most of the students have already fallen victim to the prank. When Mr. Krupp finds them in the lunchroom, Melvin almost immediately tattles on George and Harold, informing Mr. Krupp that although George and Harold did not perform the prank, they taught the fourth graders the prank. Mr. Krupp sends George and Harold into detention, which makes the two boys furious. They decide to get revenge on Melvin by making a slanderous Captain Underpants comic book starring him.
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