Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets
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Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets is a children's book by Dav Pilkey, the second in the series of books with "Captain Underpants" in the titles.
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George Beard and Harold Hutchins's school is going to hold its second annual Invention Convention. George and Harold remember how at the last Invention Convention, they pulled a super-glue prank on the whole school, glueing everyone to their seats. This year, however, because the winners of the Invention Convention get to be Headteachers for a day, they decide to take it seriously.
Unfortunately, Mr Krupp wants to avoid a fiasco like last years and bans George and Harold from the Invention Convention, forcing them to stay in study hall all day. They decide to secretly sabotage everyone's inventions in revenge.
While sneaking in to sabotage the inventions, they run into Melvin Sneedley, the school brainiac. Melvin is working late on his invention, the PATSY 2000, which is a photocopier that turns two dimensional objects into three dimensional objects. To demonstrate, he puts in a photo of a mouse and out comes a real mouse.
George and Harold assume Melvin put the real mouse in earlier, and he's just trying to fool them. They promise not to sabotage Melvin's invention as long as he doesn't tell about them sabotaging the other inventions.
Thanks to the sabotage, the Invention Convention is a disaster and everyone in the school gets covered in slimy goo. Melvin Sneedley breaks his promise and tattles on George and Harold. Mr. Krupp uses this to put George and Harold in detention for the rest of the year, with the threat that they'll be suspended if they leave the detention room.
George and Harold quickly finish their detention work (writing lines on a chalkboard) thanks to a rod that holes several pieces of chalk, so several sentences get written at the same time. They then write a comic called "Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets" in which the Amazing Captain Underpants defeats zillions of evil,vicious,talking toilets and their leader, the Turbo Toilet 2000.
George and Harold sneak out to photocopy their comic book, but the teacher's lounge is where the copy machine is occupied. They decide to use the photocopier that Melvin Sneedley had, which should work because it's unsabotaged.
Unfortunately, Melvin's machine really does turn two-dimensional objects into three-dimensional objects, so the evil,vicious,talking toilets come to life and attack everyone in the school. Thanks to one of the teachers snapping her fingers at a toilet, Mr. Krupp turns into Capt. Underpants, who comes up with a plan to stop the Talking Toilets. George and Harold chase after him as Capt. Underpants takes several pairs of underwear from unsuspecting clothes lines.
Once back at the school, George, Harold and Capt. Underpants use the underwear as a sling shot to shoot food in the Talking Toilets' mouths. Since it is disgusting cafeteria food, the Talking Toilets die.
The Turbo Toilet 2000 bursts out of the school (he was turned to life like all the other Talking Toilets, but was previously unseen) and swallows Capt. Underpants whole! George and Harold sneak into the school and use Melvin Sneedley's machine to make a super-powered robot who does whatever they say.
The Incredible Robo-Plunger defeats the Turbo Toilet 2000, fixes up the school so it's back to normal, and takes all the evidence to Uranus with the command to never return. In return for fixing the school, George and Harold's suspension is cancelled and they get to be headteachers for the day. As the headteachers, they hold an all-day carnival and put the teachers (and Melvin Sneedley) in detention. But a teacher snaps her fingers, causeing George and Harold to run after Capt. Underpants again!
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| Captain Underpants | |
|---|---|
| Main series | The Adventures of... | Talking Toilets | Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space | Professor Poopypants | Wicked Wedgie Woman | Bionic Booger Boy | Purple Potty People | Tippy Tinkletrousers |
| Other | Super Diaper Baby | 2 | FrankenFart | Book o' Fun | 2 | Cartoon-O-Rama 1 |
