Captain Underpants And The Terrifying Return Of Tippy Tinkletrousers (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
This is an interesting book but has awesome illustrations. Its interesting how short a period of time it takes Dav Pilkey to write and illustrate each book. Dav Pilkey wrote what seems to be another hilarious story in the ninth Captain Underpants novel. In a hilarious journey the boys have no choice but to face Kipper Krupp, the big bully, on their own. Tormented by Kipper in the past, the boys create a clever plan to defeat the bully, and this plan is filled with many unexpected upcoming events to finally seek revenge. Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers will have a little child laughing throughout the story. This is a hilarious series and enjoyable read. I would recommend this book to young readers. Dav Pilkey is an interesting author with a unique sense of humor but has a way of connecting a message. Children will enjoy reading Pilkey’s series. Surprisingly good. Once I realized he started publishing again, I was both excited and worried, expecting more of the same. Most of the books have followed a very similar and repetitive story pattern. While this one has a bit of that, for familiarity, it very quickly expands the story style in its own fun way.In particular, I worried about how this book includes a past villian, I was worried it would be a repetitive retread with no new ideas. Luckily, I was wrong. While I don't fully remember what happened in the previous book (it was nearly ten years ago), I was drawn in enough that it didn't really matter.Most what I didn't like was that the pranks against some bullies were feminine-focused, as if friendship bracelets and other 'girly' things are insulting. I disagree with this style of prank and satire, and preferred instead the more haunted sense of ghostliness which came from the other, more interesting pranks (like putting spiders in their lockers). I also skipped quite a bit of the bullying scenes because of personal experiences. I got the idea, and I don't agree that it be necessary to portray the issue in such a repetitive and extreme manner.On the good side of things, I was very surprised at the maturation of the author's humour. While past books go into how many teachers are insulting to children, and abuse their power over these children, this book did that and so much more. What he said about prison seemed very much the kind of things anti-authoritarian prison abolitionists would say. He also mocks the concept of 'zero tolerance', a harmful policy which specifically targets working-class kids and kids of colour.He refers to the worker conditions in prison as 'poorly ventilated sweatshop(s)', and how the people in the penal system are 'constantly bombarded with pointless rules, ridiculous discipline, random searches, metal detectors, security cameras, and pharmaceuticals designed to make everyone compliant and docile.' He says it was a lot like being in an elementary school, 'except that the prison had better funding.' -Wow! This is definitely a step in the right direction in the evolution of his work. I do wonder how he evolved his views this way, as it was very surprising and strange that a popular children's fiction writer would even know about these issues and further, to write about them in an interesting and educating way.The book ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and thankfully I have its sequel with me now, to read right after this one. I dislike cliffhangers. But reading this was good, and I'm glad to read more.
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