Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

Captain Underpants #2

by Dav Pilkey

The second book in Dav Pilkey's mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series. Now with super-cool foil covers! Shiny! Fun!George and Harold are usually responsible kids...whenever anything bad happens, George and Harold are usually responsible! And it looks like they're up to their old tricks again! First, they ruined the school's science fair with a series of silly pranks. Then, they accidentally created an army of evil, vicious, talking toilets, intent on taking over the world. Who will stop the carnivorous commodes?!!!? This looks like a job for Captain Underpants!

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Humor, Graphic Novels, Comics, Chapter Books, Middle Grade

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 1999

About the author

David "Dav" Pilkey (b. March 4, 1966), is a popular children's author and artist. Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants book series. He lives near Seattle, Washington with his wife, Sayuri.

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

You know, I almost don’t want to admit it, but I enjoyed Captain Underpants. Not to the point that I feel like I need to read another one, but certainly more than I expected. George and Harold are two bright yet… precocious young men who write their own comic books about a character they call Captain Underpants. Due to some accident that occurs in the first Captain Underpants book, their principal is occasionally hypnotized to believe he is Captain Underpants, during which time he sheds his clothes and his toupee and runs around the school in his tightie-whities with a curtain tied around his neck. The books have lots of drawings, including a few pages of George and Harold’s actual comic book, as well a “flip pages” where the action is entirely in pictures. However, I found the text to have some challenging vocabulary (when reading with my Reading Buddy, Bradley, we looked up “defiantly” and “gullible” in the dictionary, and I defined “toupee”), some important concepts (we talked about the difference between one dimensional, two dimensional, and three dimensional), and even irony. Yes, it’s primarily third-grade boy humor, like making the talking toilets throw up by stuffing them with creamed chipped beef from the school cafeteria, but it’s also quite fun.

[Kimmylongtime · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom saw me reading this yesterday and laughed. I was a huge fan growing up and I kept reading these religiously. I thought they were soo funny. But as an adult I am picking up on way more shenanigans and it’s 10x funnier than I ever realized.

Happy reading everyone 🥰😂

[Shai · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this second installment in this graphic novel series. I find it less funny than the first one but nevertheless, readers will still laugh with the 'potty' adventures of George, Harold and Captain Underpants.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decidedly less funny than the first Captain Underpants book. I'm not expecting high humor, here, but the kids didn't even really laugh at this one. Although they did engage in a lively debate about why toilets would even need to wear underwear. Who knows, maybe they're budding debate club members. Honestly, do our politicians even have debates much above this level?

[Sooraya Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first Captain Underpants book and I loved it!
Jokes and gags were well thought and effectively executed.
The scene where the boys switched the letters from 'Come in and see our pretty armchairs' to 'Come in and see out hairy armpits' had me in stitches :)
Oh, and the collection of flip-o-ramas during action sequences add wonders.

[Melissa Chung · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I promised my kids I'd read them the entire series....or whatever we have so far. Incredibly I'm finding myself laughing with my kids. Now let me talk about the age of my children. My 12 year old has been reading these books for a few years now and even my high school, big boy of 14 asked me to read the entire series or whatever we had lying around in the house....saying it will be super funny.

I have to agree. It is super funny the mischief both Harold and George get themselves into.

As a parent do I recommend these books? Yes. They are silly fun books with great vocabulary and some endearing 4th grade boys with aspirations of fun and art. I mean how many kids do you know make comic books with their best friends for fun? The antics are wild and over the top, but this is fiction, so who cares.

I am looking forward to reading more of the books in the series. We are actually taking turns with the Dog Man books so I guess I'll be reading Book 1 from that spin off series tomorrow.

[Jess Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets opens with a comic strip giving a premise of the book- telling the true story of how they hypnotized their principal. Two boys, Harold and George transform their principal into Captain Underpants whenever they snap their fingers. To stay out of trouble, the boys receive detention but instead find themselves in a world of trouble. They stumble on a super copier that breathes life into 2-D illustrations. Harold and Greg copied their newest comic strip about talking toilets that indeed attack. This ridiculous read is perfect for young children who love nonsense books with fun rhyme, cartoon artwork, and silly jokes. The pictures really make the reader feel as though they are reading a comic strip when they are actually reading a book. These fourth-grade boys and their crazy antics appeal to many children, boys and girls, throughout the elementary levels of readers.

[Kira Simion · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know. I know. >.>
Don't judge me.
I read comics and go to the younger book section when I'm stressed. V-V

[Kristy · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Shadyside Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never a dull moment! Day Pilkey’s imagination is incredible. This silly, zany, and reckless book was a pure delight to read! I can see why some school libraries have banned this series, these kids are quite savage!

[Briar's Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Captain Underpants was big when I was a kid, but I thought it was the lamest possible book premise on the planet. A man in his underwear fighting toilets? YUCK!

I was a very young girl, what can you expect?

So as an adult, I was like... Let's read some of the books I either wanted to and didn't get the chance, or outright wouldn't as a kid. Why not? And dude, it's been so fun! It's like reliving my childhood.

Now, I want to read this whole series. This was the goofiest book and an absolute delight. If I wasn't such a stubborn child (thinking this was a yucky boy's book), then I would have loved it.

It's a great middle grade book with lots of goofs and hilarity. Definitely what I expect middle grade readers to enjoy for comedy. Silly, fantastic.

Four out of five stars.

[ⓢ✯ⓘ✯ⓔ✯ⓡ✯ⓡ✯ⓐ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captain Underpants is an amazing childrens' series. I wish I would've read them when I was little. I regret that I haven't. But now I am, and I'm having a good time!
"Captain Underpants" is an enjoyable and funny read. I like the pictures too. I find it impressive that the author writes and draws. Usually childrens' authors hire illustrators, but not this one. I'm looking forward to reading more of Dav Pilke's books.

[Kieran Cobb · Rating 4 out of 5]

George and Harold see a sign on there way to school it says "second annual invention convention"
then suddenly Mr.Krupp there principal jumps out of the bushes behind the sign and says they cant go but George and Harold are prepared they sneek into the gym and find melvin they make a deal with him that they wont mess up his invention if he says they were never here, he agrees then they sbotage all the other inventions and get to work then melvin changes his mind and tells Mr.Krupp.


I would recommend this book to a second grader.

[Capri’sBookIsland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lolo forgot about the fliporamas
Brought back great memories and I laughed the whole time lol

[Annalise Nakoneczny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Literally I read this for homework. What a life I lead. Blessings on Dav Pilkey

[Josef Komensky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heel erg grappig
Dit was onze alle eerste ontmoeting met de waanzinnige trio Sjors Harold en Meneer Krupp alias Kapitein Onderbroek.

[William Dawes · Rating 3 out of 5]

A hilarious, gross, entertaining, imaginative, wonderful middle-grade series that left me in stitches. this is one of the best book that Dav picky has every written in this life time I have to say!.

[Pam G · Rating 3 out of 5]

this one was a thinker...

[Alivia Brown]

Tell me you have a 7 year old, without telling me…

[Katherine 黄爱芬 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kali ini sekolah & guru² diserang toilet² cerewet. Toilet² ini keluar tercipta krn dikopi oleh duo nakal ini, Harold & George dgn menggunakan mesin fotokopi 3D.

Duo nakal ini bekerjasama dgn Kapten Kolor bertekad utk membasmi toilet² serakah ini yg melahap segala sesuatu dan semua org. Bahkan duo ini menggunakan segala cara utk melenyapkan kekacauan yg mrk ciptakan.

Well, novel kedua ini masih kocak sih. Kreativitas dan fantasi anarki duo nakal ini msh mengundang tawa saya. Lanjut buku ke-3.

[Mama ant dviračio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Viena daugiausiai sykių skaityta knyga. Džordžas ir Haroldas vėl prisidirbo :) Mums visiems (man, penkiametei ir aštuonmečiui) ji labai patinka, nors pikti ir susiraukę žmonės (kaip ponas Krupas) tikriausiai raukysis ir sakys, kad čia ne literatūra, ne menas, ir humoras apie mokytojus ryjančius kalbančius klozetus-monstrus ir nevalgomą mokyklos valgyklos maistą yra visiškai nejuokingas.
Bet mes juokiamės!

[Kristīne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ja pārguruša bērnudārznieka kliedzieni pirms negribēta miega būtu grāmata, tā būtu šī.

[Mike Reiff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack’s review: “watch out for the talking toilets! Go to the bathroom in the REAL toilets!”

[Quinn Gibby · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book was funny flip o Rama is the best.

[Shan Rich · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved these growing up, maybe that’s why I’m gross

[DEEJAY · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this book , its really cool to reading and a very chill/funny book.At the beginning of the book they introduces the two main characters and i can relate to both of them . Like the way they act and play around , not causing the world to be messed up or my school to be messed up but I relate to how they play tricks on people.One tricked they played was during a fair a school , they put glue in everyone's seat but at first they was only trying to play a trick on the teachers but they just went head and put glue in everyone seat. That is something i could never do at school. George and Harold was the 2 best friends that always got into trouble and the principle do not like them and is always punishing them after they do something they get into trouble for.

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 5 out of 5]

With the second book in the series, Pilkey picks up steam and presents a totally hilarious story. Following the same formula as the first book, this one ups the fun factor with a couple of comic sections and two Flip-o-ramas. Funnily enough toilet humour is limited to the presence of toilets and there were laugh out loud moments even for me! Book one was just OK however with the second outing for Captain Underpants Pilkey doesn't hold back and we get to see that he's fully capable of: making kids laugh, with outrageous silliness and humour of a kind that kids and adults will get on different levels. These books really helped my learning disabled reluctant reader become interested in reading and while not Newbery Medal material, this is what kids, and some adults, actually enjoy reading! Fun! I hope the next one continues on this level.

[Reyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hace unos meses el pequeñajo me enseño un video de unos dibujos en los que unos retretes psicópatas luchaban contrata titanes con cámaras por cabeza (si tienes críos de esta edad seguro que estas cantando la cancioncilla en tu cabeza) y recuerdo haber pensado, "a quién le se habra ocurrido esto??". Pues resulta que se le había ocurrido ya a Dav Pilkey, muchos, muchos años antes, menos la parte de los titanes cámara, y, como era de esperar, el libro es mucho, MUCHO mejor. Ya estamos con el tercero.

[Storm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not too bad for a sequel. The little pamphlet at the beginning is cute. I love when they break the fourth wall in these books. The stories and art work work well together.

I know why there are misspellings in their comics within the comics, but that is probably my least favorite part. I struggle with spelling anyways and it's a little hard to read there (and that font can be hard to read too).

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really my cup of tea, but read with my son to encourage him to read more books and become a more confident reader (he has dyslexia). Amusing and silly story with lots of gimmicky things to keep the reluctant reader turning the pages.