(CNN) -- Here's what you need to know about Captain Underpants, in brief: He's a pudgy comic superhero in a red cape and white undies, who flies through the pages of a series of children's books ...

The top spot on the American Library Association's annual list of most challenged books goes to The Adventures of Captain Underpants — for the second year in a row.

Thankfully, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie breaks this mold. This film is stupid. ... The longest-running gag in the film is that the villain’s name is Professor Poopypants, ...

Transcript of e-mail interview with Dav Pilkey, author, 'Captain Underpants' series. July 11, 2000 Web posted at: 1:56 p.m. EDT (1756 GMT) By Beth Nissen ...

Film Review: ‘Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie’ An animated version of Dav Pilkey's children's novel is aimed at your inner 5-year-old. But it's real 5-year-olds who will dig it.

Captain Underpants is not one of them. Indeed, in the world of Harold and George, the books’ heroes, and that of many of the series’ readers, English teachers are the enemy.

The bestselling author of the ribald kids’ series “Captain Underpants,” Pilkey is a huge hit among the elementary school set — or those who parent, teach or otherwise come into contact ...

Chaos ensues, as Mr. Krupp/Captain Underpants takes on adventures like “The Attack of the Talking Toilets,” and faces villains like Professor Poopypants and the Wicked Wedgie Woman. Hogwarts ...

Unless you have fond memories of Dav Pilkey’s series of books, it’s entirely possible that Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie has tra-la-laaa’d its way into cinemas under your radar ...