Informative Information
Hello there! You can call me Ms. Givings. I’ve been helping the boys run their little website from behind the scenes! If you wanted to know a little more about them before you send them anything, you’ve come to the right page!
So who are these kids?
Only the protagonists of the Captain Underpants book series by Dav Pilkey! If you don’t know what those are, I can’t really help you… but perhaps Wikipedia can!
At what point in the books does this thing take place?
This blog “takes place” somewhere between Book 5 and Book 6 - that is, after The Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman and before The Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy. This is to keep things nice and simple!
Certain revelations from the later seven books will be taken into account, but you should be good as long as you’ve read the first five!
After the who and before the what now? Sorry, it’s been, like, a decade since I read those…
That’s okay! If you’d like a refresher and don’t want to be seen in your bookstore’s kids corner, someone put all 12 books in this neat little YouTube playlist! I’m not completely sure if it’s legal, though, so read responsibly!
Edit: Turns out it wasn’t very legal after all... If the series gets uploaded in any other form, I’ll add a new link here!
What about the movie [Edit: or the Netflix series]?
I decided to stick with the books’ canon and sprinkle in little things from the movie (ex. Harold loving dolphins). I used some of the movie’s major changes (Mr. Krupp tried to separate the boys instead of blackmailing them) and left the rest in limbo until someone asked about them - Schrodinger’s continuity, if you will!
Edit: This blog was created, run, and retired a year before the Netflix series began, so you won’t see any trace of it here. Sorry to disappoint!
What’s with all the retro reblogs and talk about dial-up? What year are these kids living in??
Well, the first five books were written from 1997 to 2001…
Wait, do they know that they’re running a blog on Tumblr and not their own website?
Nope! You shouldn’t try to tell them, either - Windows 98 doesn’t take that kind of time paradox very well.
Edit: Case in point!
So these aren’t the same George and Harold that held that AMA about Uranus?
Reddit wasn’t founded until 2005, so nope. That AMA is totally half the reason I made this blog, though!
If they don’t know they’re on Tumblr, how come they can reblog stuff?
Long answer: From their perspective, they’re just reposting pictures they like from other websites.
Short answer: Just ‘cause!
Is Harold gay here too?
Yep - he just doesn’t know it yet! See, he’s still at that age where boys think crushes are gross and a waste of time. You can ask him about it, but don’t expect to get a straight answer! ;)
Will any other characters be available to talk to?
Maybe! For now, though, this blog is the exclusive property of George, Harold, and yours truly! (Not that they know I exist, mind you.)
Edit: Captain Underpants himself stopped by to chat a few times! You can read all his posts in chronological order here!
Edit 2: Melvin once stole the blog from the boys and tried to pass it off as his own. (Nobody fell for it.) All of his posts are right here!
Can I send you private messages?
You can use PM’s to talk to me, but not to George and Harold. Sorry, but their “mailbox” only has two slots!
Can I use any of your icons? I’ll credit you if you like!
The sources I used to make them are gone now, so you can go on ahead! And thanks, but I actually don’t mind whether you credit me or not!
How can I read these posts in the order they came out?
Go to the Table of Contents and click on Chapter 1! Alternatively, choose a tag and add “/chrono” to its URL! (Make sure you’re using a browser and not the official Tumblr app!)
How come the chrono thing doesn’t work in the app?
No clue :(
When was this blog active? Will you ever bring it back?
I ran this blog from April to August of 2017. The reason I retired it is covered in my final post.
As for bringing it back… I don’t have the time to right now, but you know what they say: nothing is set in stone ;)
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This page was last updated on December 3rd, 2020!
- Ms. Givings
