Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman facts for kids
First edition 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 29, 2001 (black-and-white), December 26, 2017 (color edition) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor PoopypantsWhere jerome horwitz loses science |
| Followed by | Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets |
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman is the fifth book in the popular Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. It was first published on August 29, 2001. This exciting story follows the adventures of best friends George Beard and Harold Hutchins. They face their mean teacher, Ms. Ribble, who turns into a supervillain called the Wicked Wedgie Woman! Can Captain Underpants save the day from her tricky plans?
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Plot
Ms. Ribble, a very strict teacher, announces her retirement. She makes all the students create happy retirement cards for her. But George and Harold have other ideas. They draw a funny comic book instead. In their comic, Ms. Ribble becomes "The Wicked Wedgie Woman." The boys also change the school's "Friday Memo" to make it silly.
Their principal, Mr. Krupp, finds out about the comic. He gives George and Harold detention. Harold then plays a trick on Mr. Krupp. He makes it look like Mr. Krupp is proposing marriage to Ms. Ribble! Mr. Krupp is so shocked he can't do anything for a whole week. During this time, the school becomes super chaotic. Kids wear pajamas, pick their noses, and even have food fights.
At the wedding, Ms. Ribble breaks up with Mr. Krupp. She says his nose looks funny, even though it looks just like hers! When George and Harold are blamed, they quickly escape.
Ms. Ribble changes their good grades to F's and G's. This means they might have to repeat the fourth grade! Harold decides to use the 3-D Hypno Ring on Ms. Ribble. This ring was used to hypnotize Mr. Krupp into Captain Underpants.
A news report then reveals a problem with the Hypno-Rings. When used on women, the rings make them do the opposite of what they are told. George and Harold quickly tell Ms. Ribble she will be the nicest teacher ever. They also tell her not to become the mean Wicked Wedgie Woman.
That night, Ms. Ribble arrives as the Wicked Wedgie Woman! She accidentally spills super power juice on her hair. This makes tiny hands grow from her head. She kidnaps George and Harold and takes them to her house. There, she builds robot copies of them.
When Mr. Krupp yells at one of the robot copies, he turns into Captain Underpants. He asks the robots for help. But the robots use Spray Starch to defeat him! Meanwhile, the Wicked Wedgie Woman ties the real George and Harold to chairs. She plans to hurt them with a hatchet. But the hatchet just cuts their ropes, setting them free.
George and Harold find Captain Underpants, who is stuck with a wedgie. He thinks he has lost his powers. The boys need fabric softener to help him. They can't find any, so they draw a comic about Captain Underpants' origin. He reads it and says some special words. This helps him defeat the robots.
Captain Underpants and the Wicked Wedgie Woman then fight. George yells to Harold that he will get rid of his extra-strength starch. The Wicked Wedgie Woman hears this and steals all the starch bottles. She sprays them at Captain Underpants. But the starch is actually hair remover! Everyone, including Captain Underpants, becomes bald.
Captain Underpants turns back into Mr. Krupp. George and Harold quickly hypnotize Ms. Ribble again. They tell her to remember the last two weeks and not become the nicest teacher. Because of the ring's opposite effect, she becomes the nicest teacher ever! All the kids are very happy.
Comics
Comic 1: Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
In this comic, Ms. Ribble gives students 41 book reports for holiday homework. The book reports fall on her after the holiday, nearly hurting her. She goes to the hospital. Doctors rebuild her into a robot with a special wedgie robo-claw. Captain Underpants appears to fight her. But he loses because she uses spray starch. She hangs him on a pole. Some children help Captain Underpants by catapulting him into a pool with fabric softener. Captain Underpants then tricks the robo-claw. It follows the Wicked Wedgie Woman instead of him. George and Harold then hypnotize Ms. Ribble to get better grades.
Comic 2: The Origin of Captain Underpants
This comic starts in Underpantyworld, Captain Underpants' home planet. The Wedgie Warlords arrive in their Starch Ship Enterprize. They spray starch all over Underpantyworld. The leader, "Big Daddy Long Johns," creates a special amulet. It protects the planet from starch. But his son, "Little Baby Underpants" (who later becomes Captain Underpants), accidentally swallows it. This dooms the planet.
Big Daddy Long Johns and his wife, "Princess Pantyhose," must save their son. They stretch some underwear and catapult Little Baby Underpants to Earth. Underpantyworld is destroyed. Two old people adopt Little Baby Underpants. They name him "Captain" after their favorite cereal. As he grows up, Captain feels different because he only wears underwear.
Captain has a dream where he meets his real parents. He learns that because he swallowed the amulet, he is safe from starch. All he has to do is shout, "I summon the power of Undyworld!" Then he can beat the power of starch. He becomes a superhero called Captain Underpants. He is never afraid of starch again. The comic ends, and in the real world, Captain Underpants shouts the special sentence.
Characters
- George Beard – A student at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and Harold’s best friend.
- Harold Hutchins – A student at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and George's best friend.
- Mr. Krupp/Captain Underpants – The mean principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and the world's superhero.
- Ms. Ribble/Wedgie Woman – The formerly mean teacher of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and an evil villain.
- Miss Anthrope – The school secretary.
- Mr. Meaner – The gym teacher at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
- Mr. Rected – The school's guidance counselor.
- Ms. Guided – A teacher at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
- Miss Fitt – Another teacher at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
- Mr. Rustworthy – The music teacher.
- Ms. Dayken – Another teacher at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
- Melvin Sneedly – George and Harold's rival and the school's nerd and tattletale.
- Ingrid Ashley – A newscaster from Channel 4 Eyewitness News.
- Larry Zarrow – A reporter from Channel 4 Eyewitness News.
- Aaron Mancini – A student at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
- Stephanie Yarkoff – A student at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
- Police Officer – A police man who is hung up by Wedgie Woman.
- Syd Macaroni – The lead policeman.
