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The Adventures of
Super Diaper Baby

Author	Dav Pilkey (credited as George Beard)
Illustrator	Dav Pilkey (credited as Harold Hutchins)
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Captain Underpants series
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	Blue Sky (US) Scholastic (US)
Publication date	February 5, 2002
Media type	Print (Paperback)
ISBN	9780545385794
Followed by	Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby is an American children's novel by Dav Pilkey (credited as "George Beard and Harold Hutchins"), categorized as part of the author's Captain Underpants series of books as a spin-off to the series. It was published on February 5, 2002.

Plot

Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins skate over ketchup packets in the school gym until their rude-spirited principal, Mr. Krupp, forces them to clean up the mess and meet him at his office. Since writing a sentence over and over wouldn't teach the boys anything, Mr. Krupp assigns them to write a 100-page essay on good citizenship, which they can't turn it into a Captain Underpants story. The boys promptly make a story with a new superhero called "Super Diaper Baby", which angers Krupp to the point of making them write sentences.

Characters

• Billy Hoskins/Super Diaper Baby – the book's protagonist; he is a newborn baby who gains Captain Underpants' powers.
• Danger/Diaper Dog – the Hoskins' pet puggle and Super Diaper Baby's sidekick. He was once allied with Deputy Dangerous, but only because the villain gave him ample "kibbles". He gained superpowers by drinking half of the liquid produced by Deputy Dangerous' power-draining ray.
• Deputy Dangerous/Doo-Doo – the main antagonist of the book. He becomes a piece of poop due to a mishap in one of his attempts to steal Super Diaper Baby's powers and grows huge when he gets dumped in radioactive waste.
• Dr. Dilbert Dinkle/Rip Van Tinkle – the main antagonist of Super Diaper Baby 2. He once was a criminal/inventor, now shunned everywhere. Dav Pilkey originally planned to name Tinkle "Pee Pee Longstockings".
• Petey – a grumpy tabby cat. Petey dislikes Rip Van Tinkle's attitude and bad breath. He is the controller of the Robo Kitty and Supa - Mecha Kitty 3000. He appeared in this book as well as the Dog Man novels.

Additional characters

• Bill and Mary Hoskins - Billy's parents.
• Captain Underpants - George and Harold's Waistband Warrior.
• Starbutts Giraffe - A three-eyed giraffe who works at Starbutts.
• George Beard - The author of this comic book (only appeared in the foreword and the About the author and illustrator page).
• Harold Hutchins - The illustrator of this comic book (only appeared in the foreword and the About the author and illustrator page).
• Mr. Krupp - The principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School (Only appeared in the foreword).

Sequel

On the last page of the first book, an advertisement for a sequel titled Super Diaper Baby 2: Invasion of the Potty Snatchers can be found. However, the sequel took longer than the anticipated release due to Dav Pilkey taking care of his terminally ill father, who died in 2008. On the back page there was a picture of the book with the words The Third Epic Novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins underneath. The long-awaited book was finally published on June 28, 2011, named The Third Graphic Novel.

Plot summary

After Mr. Krupp reads the "Super Diaper Baby" comic, he is furious and yells at the boys, suggesting that they try and write about something more appropriate. He gives them the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as an example and states that it was his favorite book during his childhood (with the last seven pages torn out). The book inspires the boys and they decide to make a sequel, which eventually angers Mr. Krupp even more.