The film takes most of its plot lines from the second (“Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets”) and fourth (“Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor ...

Dav Pilkey finds toilets very funny, and so do the young readers of his “Captain Underpants” series ... we forbid them from talking about potties and what goes into them ever again.

we will read Captain Underpants. Hearing my son’s belly laughs at the idea of a talking toilet kind of (almost) makes the book palatable. The graphic-novel style and short chapters are good ...

Over the course of nine books, the boys and the Captain have battled talking toilets, aliens disguised ... loved Captain Underpants. The plots are fast-paced, action-packed, and gleefully absurd.

“Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000” will be published ... the series will be reissued with new color illustrations by Dan Santat.