#cu analysis

[jackie-gremlin-ghost]

I’ve been rewatching the Captain Underpants movie lately and I thought, what the hell, I’m bored, let’s figure out the timeline for the movie. 😂

(I was mainly inspired by @biolizardboils’s headcanon post regarding the books’ timeline)

First off, I’m gonna humor the idea that due to the significant lack of modern technology (i.e. smartphones, iPods, laptops etc.), the movie takes place in 1997, the year the first book was released.

Second, I’m gonna disregard the calendar outside of Mr. Krupp’s office.

While yes, it says April 28th, it obviously hasn’t been used in some time, seeing as how it’s obviously still early to mid autumn, which helps narrow things down.

Judging from what I’ve looked up online, the official start of the School Year for students in 1997-98 was August 11th.

So, taking that into account, along with the tallies we see in this girl’s locker at the start of the movie, which shows about 9 and a half weeks into the school year…

Adding all those up (not counting weekends) I can conclude that the events of the movie start on October 16th, 1997.

And this actually lines up with Mr. Fyde’s comment about the upcoming Invention Convention on Saturday being the third one that month.

[jackie-gremlin-ghost]

Thinking back across the Captain Underpants franchise, I’ve seen quite a few theories about the possibility of George and Harold having dormant superpowers of their own in some shape or form; be it shared telepathy between them or Harold being surprisingly strong for a boy his age, both of which are shown in the movie and series.

And I honestly agree with it, and I can actually think of a plausible source of how their untapped potential, along with something much deeper, was unlocked… and how it truly connects them with their greatest creation.

That source being the 3-D Hypno-Ring itself.

Before the Hypno Ring came into their lives, George and Harold just came across as your average (albeit incredibly creative and smart), mischievous, but still good-hearted pair of kids. But once they used that ring on Mr. Krupp, everything changed. Not just in him, but the two of them as well.

In the movie, it isn’t until after they use the Hypno Ring that the above mentioned out-of-the-ordinary occurrences with their physical and mental abilities happen.

And let’s not forget the heavy implication of clairvoyance on their part.

No matter what the continuity, there’s a solid constant; from the moment they hypnotized Mr. Krupp and turned him into Captain Underpants, every single comic they’ve made involving him since that day has somehow become a reality.

Basically what I’m trying to say is this; the Hypno-Ring is much more powerful than George and Harold ever realized. Because not only did it unlock Mr. Krupp’s “kernel of goodness” (and was powerful enough to let the Captain Underpants persona remain even after the ring was destroyed in the movie), it awoke some latent powers within the two of them that makes them the perfect team in more ways than one.

[jackie-gremlin-ghost]

Looking back on the scene in the Captain Underpants movie where George and Harold take Krupp home and snoop around his place, I can’t help but think of the large imprint on Krupp’s bed in his body shape.

While yes, it’s another glimpse of evidence towards his incredibly lonely life, it brought to mind an old phrase I’ve heard growing up in regards to anyone in a bad mood.

"Looks like somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed."

And considering Krupp’s near-perpetual bad mood…

He didn’t just wake up on the wrong side of the bed, he’s practically imbedded in it!