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| “ | HEY, BUBS! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp's most famous quote in the books. |
| “ | WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?!! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp's usual response to finding himself dressed as Captain Underpants. |
| “ | I'm gonna get you two one day. One day, very, VERY soon. | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp telling George and Harold he will get them one day in the film. |
| “ | I am simply glad that this office visit gives you a few visits to getting expelled. That's punishment enough! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp in the Netflix Series. |
Principal Benjamin "Benny" Krupp, better known as Mr. Krupp or Krupp, and his alter-ego, Captain Underpants, is the titular deuteragonist of the Captain Underpants franchise.
He’s the overweight, middle-aged, grouchy principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementary and the alter-ego of the superhero, Captain Underpants. He’s widely known as the Worst Principal in the World.
In the film adaptation, he was voiced by Ed Helms, who also played Andy Bernard in The Office, the Once-Ler in the 2012 film adaptation of The Lorax, Number Two in Meet Dave and Brad Gurdlinger in We're the Millers.
In The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, he is voiced by Nat Faxon, who also voiced his alternate timeline counterpart and Captain Pandernuts in the same show.
In the Japanese dub of the film adaption, he was voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto, who also voiced Double in Mega Man X4.
In the scholastic audiobook series, he’s voiced by Len Forgione.
Personality[]
Mr. Krupp is a very mean, sour, grouchy, harsh, bad-tempered, strict, sadistic, selfish, aggressive, evil, angry and bossy principal who hates children, especially George Beard and Harold Hutchins, because of their constant pranks and rebellious behavior. He has Melvin Sneedly as his snitch as well giving him extra credits for his efforts of caught footage of Harold and George's antics. According to Harold, Mr. Krupp hates all sources of fun like comic books, recess, Christmas, carnivals and even (allegedly) kittens. He has a secret crush on the school's lunch lady, Edith.
However, his personality is completely polar as Captain Underpants. He's kind, jolly, loyal yet dimwitted. Still he saves the day and is loyal to his sidekicks George and Harold.
Appearance[]
As Mr. Krupp, he wears a white short-sleeved buttoned up shirt with a brown necktie, green slacks and black leather shoes, along with a toupee, though in the books, the colors of his necktie and pants are reversed. Once he becomes Captain Underpants, he strips down to his underpants and removes his toupee and dons a red cape.
History[]
Role in the books[]
Mr. Krupp vowing he will get George and Harold.
Mr. Krupp is incredibly hot-tempered and an extraordinary principal. The narrator describes Mr. Krupp as the meanest and most sour old principal in the history of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. He hated laughing and singing, in fact he hated all children together, as book 8 shows, he punishes children for minor offenses, like smiling and smelling funny, for his own satisfaction. He especially despised George and Harold. Mr. Krupp hates them, their pranks and especially the Captain Underpants comics. He vows to get them one day ("one day very, very soon" he claims).
The next day, after George and Harold ruined a big football game, they were reported to Mr. Krupp's office the next day. Mr. Krupp showed them their pranks on tape and wanted to find out who was responsible for the fiasco. George and Harold pleaded that they didn’t want to be killed for the rest of their lives, so Mr. Krupp (who put up with them for years) blackmailed the two boys to do his chores and not smile or he will threaten to give the tape to the football team, essentially using them for child labor. He even sadistically asked their teachers to give them extra homework.
After enduring Mr. Krupp's punishments, George ordered a 3D Hypno-Ring which is delivered 4–6 weeks later after he and Harold suffered the brutal and intense punishment by Mr. Krupp. He and Harold then used it on Krupp to get him to forget about their punishments, such as giving the tape of George and Harold to George and Harold themselves and replaced it with Harold's little sister's video tape of Boomer the Purple Dragon (a parody of Barney & Friends) sing-a long videos.
Mr. Krupp as Captain Underpants.
They proceeded to get Mr. Krupp to do ridiculous acts, culminating in making him believe he was their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. After pursuing Captain Underpants throughout the city and helping him defeat the villain Dr. Diaper, George and Harold managed to revert Mr. Krupp to normal by pouring water on his head before Mr. Krupp angrily tells the boys that he is going to give the tape to the football team. However, this had the side-effect of Mr. Krupp always transforming into Captain Underpants every time he hears someone snap their fingers.
Mr. Krupp turns into Captain Underpants several times after this, going on many adventurers and obtaining real superpowers. He battles various foes, such as Professor Poopypants, Wedgie Woman, the Turbo Toilet 2000, Zorx, Klax & Jennifer, Captain Blunderpants, Evil George Beard, Evil Harold Hutchins, Melvin Sneedly and Sir Stinks-A-Lot.
Despite the frequency of transformations, Mr. Krupp never figures out that he is Captain Underpants.
Role in the movie[]
Mr. Krupp pointing his finger.
In the film, Mr. Krupp is bent on busting George and Harold of their multiple pranks they had done to him and the other staff, though he finds it upsetting that he hasn't gotten any evidence to have them punished. He also hates their Captain Underpants comics as he forbids them from creating any in the school grounds, even tearing up their latest one detailing the origins of the superhero, much to their horror.
Mr. Krupp as Captain Underpants.
George and Harold's pranks come to an apparent end after they tamper with a toilet invention called the Turbo Toilet 2000 made by the school's snitch Melvin Sneedly. With that in mind, Mr. Krupp happily decides to place George and Harold in separate classes in order to stop their friendship and their pranks. But before Mr. Krupp could fill out the paperwork to make it happen, George hypnotizes Mr. Krupp with a 3D Hypno-Ring he got out of a cereal box; the boys see that Mr. Krupp bears a resemblance to Captain Underpants without his toupee and command him to be Captain Underpants. However, this quickly backfires when Captain Underpants begins causing some problems around Piqua, thinking he’s a real superhero with superpowers.
The boys discover that they can turn Captain Underpants back into Mr. Krupp by splashing water on him and can turn him back by snapping their fingers. Believing that Mr. Krupp will continue with his plan to separate them, they decide to settle with Captain Underpants but insist that he be dressed up as Mr. Krupp under the pretense of a secret identity, to which Captain Underpants agrees. His sudden personality change even manages to attract the attention and affection of the school's shy lunch lady Edith.
Mr. Krupp’s fury.
The boys even learn (after exploring his house) that Mr. Krupp might not be as evil as they thought, but has rather been lonely for most of his life. Eventually, Mr. Krupp turns back into himself after a rainstorm occurred, learning that George and Harold have started a fair at the school without his knowledge. Having enough of their antics, Mr. Krupp angrily sentences the two boys to separate classes, much to their dismay. Despite being satisfied that he finally punished the boys as promised, Mr. Krupp finds himself moping in boredom after looking at the casserole that Edith made for him, feeling so depressed that he never even got a chance to ask her out on a date.
During the fight against Professor Poopypants and the Turbo Toilet 2000, the boys change Mr. Krupp into Captain Underpants to help them fight off the villains. Unfortunately, Poopypants gets the Turbo Toilet 2000 to swallow Captain Underpants whole before taking George and Harold as hostages. However the boys' sense of comedy managed to help crash the Turbo Toilet's system, allowing Captain Underpants to escape after consuming the rotten leftovers inside.
Captain Underpants with superpowers.
The leftovers also allowed Captain Underpants to obtain superpowers to finally defeat Poopypants, becoming a true hero to the public. However, George and Harold destroy the 3D Hypno-Ring in an attempt to permanently change him back into Mr. Krupp, as they know that they can't control Captain Underpants. Feeling sorry for Mr. Krupp because he has no friends, the boys set him and the lovestruck Edith up on a date. This made Mr. Krupp have a change of heart, even returning the comics he took away from George and Harold while admitting that they are funny.
However, the toxic waste from the Turbo Toilet 2000 transforms all the toilets into an army of Talking Toilets which attack the restaurant at which Mr. Krupp and Edith are dining. Upon snapping his fingers while calling for a check after seeing a toilet eating up a citizen in horror, Mr. Krupp once again becomes Captain Underpants, carrying George and Harold away to help him fight the Talking Toilets, which confuses George, as he thought destroying the ring would destroy the hypnotism.
Role in the Netflix series[]
Mr. Krupp in the TV Series.
Mr. Krupp, alongside his superhero alter ago, Captain Underpants, where he serves the deuteragonist of the series once again, where he is now portrayed as incredibly stupid and mean. He has also developed a love for guacamole and salami, though he developed salami intolerance due to eating it too fast. Mr. Krupp's shown to be not very bright, even as a principal, and has always been a bully. He often joins forces with Melvin to either get revenge on George and Harold or to fulfill his own evil plans. He is shown to take sadistic joy in torturing kids such as using air raid sirens at recess, frozen toilet seats and shock lockers. However, there are still times where he is somewhat decent, though it's usually because it would benefit him, such as when he allowed the students and faculty of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to go to space so he could have a chance to outshine his high school rival. On a few occasions, he was forced to team up with George and Harold, such as he joined the M.I.S.F.A.R.T.S to rescue Melvin form the Bigylans in "The Confusing Crisis of the Conniving Captive".
In "The Soggy Salvation of the Swirling Sweatnami," it’s revealed his childhood was terrible. His mother, Bernice Krupp, verbally abused him and only saw him as a disappointment. When Mr. Krupp entered the school talent show and tried to perform as a rapper, Bernice humiliated him and encouraged his peers to do the same. This incident led Benjamin to become the spiteful principal he is today.
As a teenager, he was under the impression he competed with Moxie Swaggerman, despite her barely being aware of his existence. When Mr. Krupp meets Moxie again in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space!, he attempts to serve as the Schoolship's leader but fails horribly, even sending the School Spaceship to a planet called Utopiqua and their crash landing which would got everyone almost killed.
After Melvinborg takes over the school in Season 2, Mr. Krupp ends up becoming the new vice principal and is subjected to a series of difficult and humiliating chores to keep his job. This ranges from trivial things like mowing the lawn despite his allergies to messed up territory like performing on stage while dressed as a rabbit in front of his former peers to be laughed at.
In "The Costly Conundrum of the Calamitous Claylossus", Mr. Krupp enlists Melvin Sneedly's assistance in terrorizing the kids by making rumorous student Bo Hweemuth his shark in exchange for keeping them straight with the promise of getting Melvin into his dream school.
He’ll hire anybody to be a teacher, even a baby, as shown in "The Jarring Jerkiness of Judge J.O.R.T.S.". He even wanted absolute power as in "The Crazy Caustic Spray of the Contagious Cruelius Sneezer", when he pretended to become an emperor on a field trip to Rome. He even abandon George, Harold and their friends and Mr. Meaner in the woods in “ The Bad Beat of the Blah Borelock” to get rid of them.
Mr. Krupp grining evilly.
In the interactive special, he even try to destroy George and Harold’s treehouse once all for all, which would be bad for the environment and is also a waste of money and shelter. In the Halloween special, he tried to help Melvin to cancel Halloween and later made it illegal, so he have peace and quiet. In the same special, he stole a bunch of avocados to make a relaxing guacamole bath and later wanted to turn George and Harold in for Hack-O-Ween. In the Christmas special, he has George and Harold to directed the Christmas play so he won’t have to, which the boys to switch the play's focus to Blissmas. After the show is over, the parents are upset and lash out at Mr. Krupp. Mr. Krupp then forces George and Harold to perform manual labor by cleaning up the toilets for punishment.
Whenever he transforms back from Captain Underpants, he doesn't seem to know why he’s in his underwear after being soaked in water.
A brainwashed supervillain alter-ago of Captain Underpants called "Captain NanoPants" was created after being taken over by the Nanobots who only appears in "The Taxing Trauma of the Treacherous Tattle Trials". A dream version of Captain Underpants called "Captain Ultrapants" who only appears in "The Monstrous Mayhem of the Massive Melviathan".
Differences[]
- In the books, Mr. Krupp didn’t reform and he remained being grouchy, mean and antagonistic unlike in films where he had a change of heart near the end of the film, becoming less cranky in the film. In the book series, despite his horrible behavior, he receives no karmic punishment throughout the book series.
- The film gives Mr. Krupp redeeming qualities that are absent in the books: Here, he has a secret crush on Edith the lunch lady, his antagonistic traits are arguably a façade to hide his loneliness, and is amused by the boys' comic about Captain Underpants more than he admitted hence his near-exact impression of his heroic alter-ego while hypnotized. In the first book, he blackmails them into essentially becoming his slaves, complete with forced personality changes. In the movie, he simply attempted put them in separate classes, though the motivation and sadism he took while doing so remain same considering how close the two are and therefore make it difficult for him to break them into the pathetic drones he tries to make all of his students.
Trivia[]
- Mr. Krupp transforms into Captain Underpants whenever he hears someone snap their fingers, and reverts back to normal when someone pours water on his head.
- This even extends to being showered with kisses from Ms. Anthrope, as seen in the sixth book.
- As seen in the eighth book, as long as water is on his head, he cannot transform into Captain Underpants.
- Mr. Krupp in the film can instantly transform back into Captain Underpants with the snap of a finger, even if he has just gotten soaked. In the film, the only exception to this rule is if it is currently raining.
- Mr. Krupp is said to have been inspired by Dav Pilkey’s high school principal, who would reprimand Dav for drawing cartoons in class by telling him, “Artists are a dime of dozen, and you will never make a living as an artist, David.”
- Despite his cruelty, Mr. Krupp does have a soft spot for his nephew Kipper, as he punishes anyone who seemingly bullies him, despite it being obvious that Kipper is the bully.
- His full name, Benny Krupp, is a pun on the word "bankrupt."
- Mr. Krupp is occasionally fair to George and Harold. For example, in Invasion of the Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space, he refused to punish them because the lunch ladies didn't have enough evidence to prove of their pranks, though he would change his mind and reprimanded them later on. Also, in Attack of the Talking Toilets, Mr. Krupp fears of losing his job due to the attack of the talking toilets, but George and Harold manage to get their robot to repair the school's damages, and Krupp cancels their suspension and places them as temporary principals for the day as a reward (although this could be attributed to desperation, since he would be held responsible for the damages.)
- In Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot, Mr. Krupp lost his ability to turn into Captain Underpants. The book stated that there are two possible reasons for this: the electromagnetic explosion that resulted from feeding Sir Stinks-A-Lot soda, Mentos, and pop rocks had erased the hypnotic spell from Mr. Krupp's brain, or Sir Stinks-A-Lot's Super-Power-Juice-ectonomy took away Mr. Krupp's superpowers.
- Due to this, it's unknown how his elderly counterpart 30 years into the future could still change into Captain Underpants in Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers.
- Despite Mr. Krupp disapproving of the Captain Underpants comics, he knows exactly how Captain Underpants behaves, as evidenced by his near-exact impression of the hero while hypnotized. In the film, Mr. Krupp reveals that he has read the comics, which may be how he knows everything about Captain Underpants.
- Dav Pilkey, the author of the book series, greatly approved Mr. Krupp's character development into a more likable character in the film that he wished to give the character the same development in his books back then.
- His personality is very similar to Professor Pamplemousse from Sidekick and Mr. Wilter from ChalkZone.
- In The Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman, Mr. Krupp is shown to be Jewish, but in TV Series, he celebrates Christmas with no reference of Jewish rituals. Many fans were furious, believing it was demeaning to Jewish readers and the book series itself.
- During his wedding with Miss Ribble, George tells the rabbi marrying them "Silly Rabbi, tricks are for kids!" in reference to the famous advertisement for Trix cereal. There is a chance that Pilkey made Krupp Jewish just so he can make that joke.
- His hatred towards Geroge and Harold reach’s the point where he tried to get rid of them (or almost getting them killed), for example in The Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000, he revealed Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold's location to the Turbo Toilet 2000. Which led the boys to being almost killed by the Turbo Toilet 2000, if it were not for Tony, Orlando, and Dawn.
- Mr. Krupp would tried to separate George and Harold in anyway somehow.
- In book 11, When George and Harold flunked their tests, Mr. Krupp was greatly overjoyed that Harold flunked the fourth grade, because he and George would no longer be in the same grade. By sabotaging them from making up their grades with no make-up tests and canceling the final exams.
- In the movie, he had George and Harold in separated classes in an attempt to get rid of their friendship.
- In the TV Series, he put a fence in between George and Harold to turn the boys against each other.
- Mr. Krupp had a habit of making up rules and writing them in the rulebook, which ultimately led to his dismissal from the program. When Melvinborg expelled George and Harold for violating the rules in the same book, he was struck by bureaucracy due to the fact that the rules that were broken were unofficial and, therefore, the students did nothing wrong.
- Mr. Krupp overeats avocado, guacamole, salami, cheese, and goat milk in the TV Series.
- He uses the phrase "B-B-Bubba bobba hob-hobba-hobba wah-wah" when he is at a loss for words.
- Interestingly, his nephew Kipper says the same phrase in the ninth Captain Underpants book after he and his companions went insane after seeing Tippy Tinkletrousers and his enormous pants.
- He has inadvertently transformed himself three times into Captain Underpants. Once in Book 5, twice in The Heartbreaking Havoc of the Haunted Hack-A-Halloween, and once at the conclusion of the movie.
- Nevertheless, it is conceivable that he added two and two together and intentionally snapped.
- He, Captain Underpants, George, and Harold are the only characters to appear in every episode of The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants.
- As shown in the TV Series, he has no drivers license, however in the film, he does.
- Even though he is ignorant that he is Captain Underpants, he is splashed with water multiple times during a combat with an opponent. When this happens, Mr. Krupp gets angry and confused as to what is going on, where he is, and why he is out in public wearing his own curtains around his neck and in his underwear.
Quotes[]
Movie[]
| “ | I told you two a thousand times not to draw these idiotic comics! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp to George and Harold when tearing their comic book. |
| “ | In my office. NOW! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp to George and Harold. |
| “ | George: Wow. That's an expensive door. Mr. Krupp: It was a choice between the magnetic, automatic door closer... and the music and arts program. |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp to George and Harold after closing the door. |
| “ | This mornings school-sign is supposed to read "Sewage plant field trips are today", so can either of you explain why it now reads... "COME SEE MY HAIRY ARMPITS"! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp to George and Harold about the School-Sign. |
| “ | Yes. Yes. Well done, Melvin. Extra credit granted | „ |
| ~ Krupp to Melvin for helping him caught George and Harold. |
| “ | Your parents are obviously total failures. | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp to George and Harold about their parents' inability to punish them. |
| “ | I have a much more effective punishment in mind. Because I'm going to have you two placed in separate... classes. | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp telling the boys his evil plan to end their friendship. |
| “ | Where is the respect? I am your principal! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp yelling at George and Harold. |
| “ | What is this, a carnival? I hate carnivals! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp’s breakdown. |
| “ | You........ You two. Your friendship......... is....... NO... more! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp's fury at George and Harold for their friendship - his most famous quote in the film. |
| “ | What are you two doing together?!!? | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp after seeing George and Harold in the bathroom during Professor Poppypants's reign of terror. |
| “ | George: Big plans tonight, Mr. Krupp? Mr. Krupp: No! What? That's none of your business! But, if you must know... yeah, I actually do. By the way, I was tidying up my office... and I believe these belong to you... Harold: Our comics? George: Did you just pull that out of the garbage can? Mr. Krupp: Well, I read them... and considering they're completely implausible, juvenile... and filled with the lowest form of wit... potty humor... they're actually pretty funny. See ya later! Harold: Well, how about that... |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp's redemption. |
Netflix Series[]
| “ | Ms. Anthrope: Did you call me? Mr. Krupp: No. Ms. Anthrope: Well, 'cause I thought I heard-- Mr. Krupp: No! Ms. Anthrope: Your mother called. Mr. Krupp: I'm in a meeting! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp yelling at Ms. Anthrope. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: So, in my office two times in one day. That's-- George: Average? Mr. Krupp: Fantastic! If you hit 500 visits in one school year, I can send you to a work farm where you milk goats. Now what do you have to say? George: Um, that was gross. Mr. Krupp: That's enough out of you! Just like in a court of law, you're guilty until proven innocent. Harold: Um, I think it's actually the other way-- Mr. Krupp: No thinking! This is school. Now, without passing P.E., indefinite Saturday detentions! George: Please. Harold: No! George: Can't we do something else? Mr. Krupp: Sure. You could do a lap… around the Earth! And bring me a flag from every country! (laughing evilly) Harold: That's 29,000 miles! George: And 196 flags. Mr. Krupp: Stop pretending you've learned things here. Do you want to be in more trouble? |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp laughing at George and Harold. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: And after you clean up this mess, you're going to mow the entire football field!... George: That doesn't sound so bad. Mr. Krupp: With your TEETH! Harold: WHAT?! How do we do that?! Mr. Krupp: With your TEETH! George: But… how do we do that?! Mr. Krupp: With… WITH YOUR TEETH!! Ugh!!! |
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| ~ His most (in)famous and memeable quote. |
| “ | I want everyone to get their pits and grow, grow, grow! And if you're thinking it's because I want you kids to grow a bunch of avocados to make me a whole lot of free guacamole because guacamole is made from avocados and I love guacamole so much, I DREAM ABOUT IT EVERY NIGHT AND WANT TO TAKE IT ON A VACATION TO MAUI…(inhales deeply) You're dead wrong. | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp accidentally revealing he loves guacamole. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: So, when people visit Romeinaday, I hear you make one of them emperor for the day. Keithicus: Uh, yeah, we pick one of the kids. Mr. Krupp: Not tomorrow. Tomorrow, you're gonna pick me. Keithicus: What? Why? All the emperor gets is, like, a free small frozen yogurt. Mr. Krupp: Yes, but they also get to taste absolute power! Oh, yeah. Keithicus: Uh, no absolute power. Just the yogurt. Mr. Krupp: Do you want your car to start again? Keithicus: I-I mean, yeah. Mr. Krupp: Then we have a deal. Keithicus: What? Hey, you gotta put my battery back, man! Mr. Krupp: I'm a breaker, not a fixer! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp’s plan to be a emperor. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: Overdue electric bill. Extreme Mayo, Wigs Quarterly, "You're under arrest"? Oh, no! (We cut to The Krupp Brain Council) Paranoid Krupp: They're coming for us, just like I said they would! Mr. Krupp: Ah! Ah! Aah! (Mr. Krupp flushed everything down the toilet) Must destroy all evidence. Ms. Anthrope: Evidence of what? Mr. Krupp: (gasps) What are you doing here? Ms. Anthrope: I've been here all summer. (Mr. Krupp flush Ms. Anthrope down the toilet) Oh! --Eh - George: Mr. Krupp? Can we play paintball? Mr. Krupp: No! Harold: Come on, it's free. Mr. Krupp: Nothing's free! It's a trap, just like everything else. Ms. Anthrope: I'm okay. Mr. Krupp: That's why the cops are on their way to railroad me into the hoosegow. George: The what? Mr. Krupp: The slammer! George: The what? Mr. Krupp: The pokey. George: The what? Mr. Krupp: The clink. George: The what? Mr. Krupp: The stony lonesome. Harold: You mean jail? Mr. Krupp: Yes! George: "You're under arrest by the pizza police"? Harold: This is just a pizza coupon. |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp to George and Harold after clogging every toilet in the camp. |
| “ | Now that I dumped Meaner and the kids in the woods, it's just gonna be me, Chef Pets on a loop, and a big, fat drool steak. | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp after evilly dumping the kids and Mr. Meaner in the woods. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: Oh, hello, laser losers. I'm on my way to a breakfast meeting with the FUNC at the Waffle Hovel so I can give them the fake surveys in my briefcase and secure my job as camp director next summer. Narrator: Those are narrator lines! Why are you doing my job? Mr. Krupp: And you? Enjoying yourselves? George: Are we enjoying laser prison? No! Harold: Why would we enjoy this? Mr. Krupp: Because next summer will make this look like a bowling party! I'll give your regards to the FUNC. |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp planning to give the FUNC fake surveys to make him the camp director for next summer. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: And don't forget to show up tonight for the meeting at city hall on the future of Halloween. Or should I say "Hall-No-Ween"? (laughs evilly and stop at a stop sign.) Hey, where did that stop sign come from? Melvin: You're a menace. Your license should be revoked. Mr. Krupp: Joke's on you. I don't have a license. (Mr. Krupp crash into the stop sign and drives off) George: You thinking what I'm thinking? Harold: Never get in a car with Krupp? |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp planning to cancel Halloween and telling Melvin that he doesn’t have a driver’s license in the Halloween special. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: Grrr… ugh! These comics are infuriating! But, I know how to stop them. By getting rid of this! George: The Tree House Comix logo? Harold: That won't work. Mr. Krupp: No, not the logo. What's in the logo: your treehouse! George: Our treehouse? That's where magic happens! Harold: It's like our creative mother ship! Mr. Krupp: And creativity is just a gateway to independent thinking, and imaginative problem solving! No! More! That's why I'm going to destroy it. No treehouse, no comics! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp planning to destroy George and Harold's treehouse in the interactive special. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: Hey... you like to wreck fun. Help me get rid of that treehouse. Melvin: Destroy George and Harold's beloved tree house? Their favorite place on Earth? They'll be devastated and they'll never recover! I've never been more in! (laughs evilly and shows Krupp his device) Behold: the Graviseize 2000, a machine that allows me to manipulate gravity. (projects a hologram of a sinkhole) I can use it to create a sinkhole under the tree house. Mr. Krupp: (chuckles) Sinkhole goose bumps. Melvin: (projects a hologram of a meteor) Or… I can pull a small meteor down from space… to smash it! Mr. Krupp: (laughs) Oh, meteor. Me likey. Melvin: (projects a hologram of a book of zoning laws) Or we can scour the local zoning laws for possible infractions. Mr. Krupp: Boring, and requires scouring. Melvin: Yes, but it also has the lowest risk and greatest chance for success— Mr. Krupp: Boring!!! Melvin: Oh, it's not boring if you study the linguistics of the bylaws— Mr. Krupp: Boring. Hard pass. |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp letting Melvin help him destroy George and Harold's treehouse with either a sinkhole, a meteor, or zoning laws. |
| “ | Melvin: Alright, meteor it is! I'll just use the Graviseize to project a concentrated beam of gravity at a meteor, pulling it towards the Earth until it makes an impact, destroying the treehouse! And possibly the entire planet. Mr. Krupp: Oh!! (laughs then realizes something) Wait, what? (The meteor smashes Earth and destroys it, then the words 'The End' appear, but it's revealed it was just a hologram) Melvin: And that would pretty much end Earth, the fragile planet. Mr. Krupp: Well, nice demo there. Anyway… (chuckles nervously) Melvin: (displays pictures of a sinkhole and a zoning laws book separately) Yes, let's give it another try. Mr. Krupp: Okay. You know what they say: "When Grandma tells a lie, give another try, sailor boy". Melvin: That makes no sense. Mr. Krupp: (chuckles) Kids! (chuckles) What's next? Melvin: No, really, it makes no sense. Mr. Krupp: You make no sense! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp watching a projection on what will happen if Melvin uses a meteor to destroy the treehouse. |
| “ | Melvin: Sinkhole it is! I'll just use the Graviseize to realign Earth's gravity, and focus it on a specific point, ie, eg, aka, the treehouse, and a sinkhole will open to consume all matter above it, including the treehouse, and possibly the entire planet. Mr. Krupp: Wait, what? (A sinkhole sucks up the houses in the neighbourhood. We pan out and the Earth sinks into itself and disappears, then words appear saying "The End", but it's revealed it was just a hologram) Melvin: And that would be the end of all life as we know it. Mr. Krupp: Hmm, lucky it was just a hologram then. Melvin: (displays pictures of a meteor and a zoning laws book separately) Yes, so it's time for a new choice. Mr. Krupp: Or an old choice. You know what they say: "Fool me once, fool me twice. Roll the dice, (snaps fingers) paradise". Melvin: No one says that. Mr. Krupp: Not to you. And that's enough talking. You snooze, you choose. Melvin: And that's just gibberish! Mr. Krupp: You're just gibberish! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp watching a projection on what will happen if Melvin uses a sinkhole to destroy the treehouse. |
| “ | Melvin: Ah, zoning laws. A panoply of bureaucratic minutia. As you can see on this map, delineating property boundaries, George and Harold's treehouse is engaged in topiary infringement. Mr. Krupp: Oh! I know those are words, I'm ju- I'm just not sure what they mean. Melvin: It means the tree house we want to eliminate hangs 13 inches over the neighbor's property. Mr. Krupp: Ooh, so he has to move? Melvin: (stares at Krupp with a weird look for a couple seconds) It means he owns the tree house too! It means he can sell it, to us! Mr. Krupp: Aha! And then we'll turn it into a bagel shop! Melvin: Uhh... we'll tear it down! Mr. Krupp: Oh-ho-ho-ho! That's even better. So what's this neighbor's name? |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp and Melvin learning that George and Harold's neighbor also owns the treehouse and finding out how he can sell it to them so they can destroy it. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: Look, Mr. Hammerface… Mr. Cleveland: Cleveland. Mr. Krupp: Same, difference. Melvin: The point is we're here because that treehouse is in your yard, and we'd like to... Mr. Krupp: We wanna tear it down! So what's it gonna take? Mr. Cleveland: I don't wanna tear it down. I've lived here my whole life, and that tree and I... Mr. Krupp: Agh! Old-guy story. Can you just skip to the end? Mr. Cleveland: No. (This made Krupp more mad) That tree and I go way back. |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp and Melvin visiting Mr. Cleveland's house to work out a deal with him. |
| “ | Mr. Cleveland: And this is the tire swing that hung from that tree. That swing meant everything to me. I played with it every day. It made me who I am. The end. Mr. Krupp: Uh-huh, great story, but let's talk turkey. How much for your house so I can tear down that treehouse? Mr. Cleveland: One million dollars. Melvin: What? You'd be lucky to get half that in this market! Mr. Cleveland: It's not on the market. Mr. Krupp: All right. Righ-Righ-Righ-Right. So one mill... (stumbles) One millio... (stumbles again while writing and coughs nervously) One mi... (stumbles and coughs nervously yet again while messing up his writing) Uh-huh, okay. Hey, how about… just that 13 inches that hangs over your yard? How much for that? (This makes George and Harold, who are listening to all this, look very worried) Mr. Cleveland: Million and one. Mr. Krupp: Okay, then. One mi... (groans and stumbles once more as his eyes contorts) One mi... One mi... One mi... (exhales) One mill… uh.. (toots like a train, groans, and groans more as he writes on the check as his eyes water. He finally stops as he groans one more time) Melvin: Deal! Here's your money! (Hands Mr. Cleveland the check) Mr. Cleveland: Very well. Once the check clears, the house is yours. Mr. Krupp: (laughs nervously) Oh! It'll clear all right, because I have that kind of money in the bank! (panicked as he and Melvin enter his car) I don't have that kind of money in the bank! Melvin: So think of a way to make a million dollars and fast! Mr. Krupp: Got it! Autospoon 1000. It's a spoon that does the work of a spoon! Also, I've got a line on some buried treasure, so... Melvin: (As he and Krupp drive off) Absurd, you shaved buffalo! Keep thinking! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp and Melvin working out a deal with Mr. Cleveland so they can buy his house and destroy George and Harold's treehouse. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: (testing out his Autospoon 1000; chuckles, but stops after the spoon misses his mouth several times, getting tomato soup all over his face) Agh! Why does the Autospoon 1000 keep missing my mouth?! Melvin: 'Cause it's a dumb idea? Mr. Krupp: Wrong! It's gonna make millions to buy that treehouse so we can tear it down! Now soup me, Autospoon. (the spoon successfully gets in his mouth this time and Krupp starts enjoying his soup, until the spoon goes haywire and launches Krupp off of his chair) |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp testing out his Autospoon 1000 in the "create a show" route. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: Going again. This is it. Ooh, ok, it's heading for my mouth. Ok, here comes the soup, baby! (Suddenly, the power goes out) No!! It's a spoon-out! Ms. Anthrope: Did you call me? Mr. Krupp: No! (After staring at her for a couple seconds, Anthrope leaves) Ugh, you fix that spoon, while I fix the power. |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp testing out his Autospoon again only for the power to go out. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: (on a high-lift vehicle) Ok, I can do this. I use electricity everyday. (Lifts himself up, but the lever malfunctions and keeps going up and down until it eventually gets jammed all the way up) No! Stuck! Ok, Krupp, come on, keep it together. Someone will find… HELP!!!!!!! Narrator: Three days later… Mr. Krupp: (still stuck on the vehicle, his face now messed up and his toupee crooked) Stay back! I already gave you my wallet! What more do you want?! (It turns out he was just talking to a bird who just squawks at him, and after a couple seconds, he passes out) |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp trying to fix the power, only to get stuck on the lifting vehicle for 3 days and ending up going insane. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: (in Ms. Anthrope's arms after finally being rescued) I was stuck up there for three days, and I still don't know what's wrong with the school's power! Ms. Anthrope: It was a power spike in the AV room. Mr. Krupp: What? Well then take me to the AV room! Ms. Anthrope: But… you can walk now. Mr. Krupp: (angrily) TAKE ME! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp being rescued by Ms. Anthrope who tells him how the power went out 3 days ago. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: (angrily) AHA! So YOU drained the power and SABOTAGED the Autospoon 1000! Harold: The what? Mr. Krupp: The electric spoon that's gonna make me rich and change everything, especially soup. Harold: That's the worst idea ever. Mr. Krupp: You're not our target demographic. George: Wait, that's our show! Mr. Krupp: (excitedly) The Autospoon Show? George: Captain Underpants! We'll make a Captain Underpants TV show! Mr. Krupp: (confused) Wait, what's… (George and Harold snap their fingers, turning Krupp into Captain Underpants) |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp finding out that George and Harold made the power go out before they turn him into Captain Underpants. |
| “ | Captain Underpants: Snow angel! (Jumps onto the melted snow, turning him back into Krupp) Mr. Krupp: Ugh, why am I wet? Where are my pants? And why is my head throbbing? Ugh… (passes out) |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp passing out shortly after turning back to normal. |
| “ | Harold: (rewatching the show with George, but in slow motion) This looks way better than it did live. George: Yeah, slow mo makes everything better. And people love it. The Lookeelevel is climbing like a possum escaping prison. Harold: Lookeeloo's gonna give us a million dollars! George: And then we'll save our tree house! Mr. Krupp: (fully conscious again) Not on my watch! Harold: Mr. Krupp, you're awake! George: You were really out. Mr. Krupp: And now you're out... of luck because I'm canceling your show! George: No! We're almost there! Mr. Krupp: Now what button does that? Harold: Well, first you go to settings, and in the pull-down menu you click on "uploads". Mr. Krupp: A pull-down? Is that like a pull-up? Melvin: (enters the room) Never mind! I'm canceling your show! (deletes the show with his phone) George and Harold: NO!!!!!! Mr. Krupp: Yes! And you can cry about it in detention! Melvin: And you can… put on some pants! (Leaves the room) |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp canceling George and Harold's show with Melvin's help and giving them detention, thus ending the "create a show" route. |
| “ | Harold: (he and George spot the Golden Dump statue in the cave's distance) The Golden Dump! It's… Mr. Krupp: (above them) It's mine!! (Falls into the tunnel, creating a hole on the ceiling) George: Mr. Krupp? What are you doing?! Mr. Krupp: I'm taking that Golden Dump, and then I'm gonna sell it for a million dollars and put it in my bank account so my check to Mr. Cleveland doesn't bounce and then his house will be mine and your tree house will be history! Narrator: That was even more thorough than I would have been. Harold: Yep, checks all the boxes. Mr. Krupp: Now, where's the elevator? (gasps as he sees the roof crumbling, and backs up just in time as the rocks fall down, thus blocking the tunnel to the Golden Dump) Krupp, George, and Harold: NO!!!!!! Mr. Krupp: Oh! Now the Golden Dump is gone forever! And it's all your fault! Harold: Actually, it's your fault. Mr. Krupp: (growls furiously) DETENTION!! NOW!! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp beating George and Harold to the Golden Dump, only to cause a cave in which causes them to lose the statue, and sends them both to detention in the "find buried treasure + fish bone" route. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: Welcome to detention. George: Why are we in your office? Harold: And not the detention dungeon? Mr. Krupp: Because, the dungeon's being used to test the Autospoon 1000. Mr. Meaner: (in the detention dungeon with Ms. Anthrope, wearing a helmet and sitting in a wheelchair) What does this have to do with yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah spoons? Ms. Anthrope: I don't know. (Pulls a lever, which makes Meaner crash into the wall) Mr. Krupp: And, as soon as the kinks are worked out, the Autospoon is gonna make me the million dollars I need before midnight to pay for Mr. Cleveland's house! George: Wait, you don't already have a million dollars? Mr. Krupp: Did you not hear me? The Autospoon is money in the bank! As soon as people give me money to put it in the bank. (pause) And then Melvin will demolish your tree house. Harold: Melvin? He can't even lift a hammer. Mr. Krupp: Yeah, he's weak as a baby! (laughs) But, he used his Rejuvigator to turn old construction vehicles into Kungstruction Fu Kolossas! George: From our comic? How did you get our comic? Mr. Krupp: Because, Mr. Cleveland threw it at me when I went back there to renegotiate for 45 cents and 11 buttons. And now, Melvin's going to destroy your idea cave… with your idea! (laughs) Or he will as soon as he learns how to drive it. Melvin: (At the dump, trying to drive the Kungstruction Fu Kolossas) Ah, why are there so many buttons? (presses a button which makes the mech's arm move…) Yes! (…only to fall shortly after) Agh!! Stupid piece of junk! Harold: Really? I feel like Melvin's made a ton of robots before right? George: And he knew how to drive those. Mr. Krupp: The point is I win because you're stuck in here, and there's no escape! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to eat my lunch. (Leaves his office and sets off the office's security system (which looks a lot different from the one in the First Epic Movie), but realizes he forgot something) Oh! I left my lunch in there! Eh, don't eat my lunch! |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp boasting about how he's won to George and Harold in his office after he tells him about what Melvin's been up to. |
| “ | Mr Krupp: Hi there. Spoons, they're hard. Am I right? I mean, how many times have you been eating soup and said "My arm hurts. I need a break."? Do you get pudding pain? I do. Oatmeal elbow? Got that too. Well, the spoons are to blame! And it's time to show them the floor! (Knocks all the spoons that were on the table on the floor) Welcome! I'm... (hears all the spoons scattering all over the floor and chuckles) Welco... (still hears the spoons) Okay. Welcome... (hears the spoons once more and starts getting impatient) Mm. Welcome... Oh! What? How many spoons were there? Welcome to the spoonolution, because this… (places his Autospoon on the table) is Autospoon 1000! And now, to demonstrate, please welcome its genius inventor, Benjamin Krupp! (Claps and goes offscreen to the left) (high pitched tone) Aw, thanks, Benny, it is a pleasure to work with someone so handsome and charming and single! (Goes back onscreen) (normal tone) Oh-ho-ho, no you didn't! You're so handsome and charming and single! (Laughs and goes offscreen again) (high pitched tone) No, you are! (Goes back onscreen again) (normal tone) You? Stop it! I am not as charming and single as you are! (George and Harold are seen watching this back and forth exchange on the TV's security camera in his office with bewildered looks on their faces) (high pitched tone) What? You are!! (Normal tone) No, you! You! (High pitched tone) You! (Normal tone) Ok, we both are. (High pitched tone) Why don't we dig in? (Normal tone) Great idea. Spoon appetite! (Turns the Autospoon on after placing some beans into it) (Laughs) Get in my mouth. (The spoon ends up going haywire and ends up getting beans all over his mouth) UGH, ENOUGH! (The spoon keeps going and stops, but after a couple seconds, it's about to go off again) Oh no! (The spoon goes even more crazy and ends up launching Krupp off and he ends up flying across the room) OH, MY SOUL!! | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp's failed attempt at making his Autospoon show in the AV room. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: (fully recovered from his Autospoon incident, enters his office after turning off his security system) Hey, where is my desk? (Sees his desk flipped over after George and Harold used it as a bobsled) Wha?! And how did that bobsled get in here?! George: Perfect timing. Harold: Yep. (He and George snap their fingers, turning Krupp into Captain Underpants again) |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp coming back into his office only for George and Harold to turn him into Captain Underpants. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: (getting water sprayed on him after Captain Underpants turns back into him) Ah! Ugh! Why am I wet? Where are my pants? (Gets up and walks furiously towards a beaten up Melvin) And WHY is the treehouse STILL THERE, MELVIN?! Ugh, never mind! I'LL get rid of it MYSELF! (Walks over to the treehouse, but is stopped by Mr. Cleveland/Viper Chai who pinches his neck) Oh, no! Lights going out… Ugh… (falls unconscious) | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp's villainous breakdown and last words in one of the endings of the interactive special as he tries to destroy the treehouse, only to get knocked out by Mr. Cleveland/Viper Chai. |
| “ | Mr. Krupp: (After Captain Underpants falls into a cooler, turning him back into Krupp) Ugh! Why am I wet? Where are my pants? (Calm) And why do I feel so relaxed? | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp after Captain Underpants turns back into him in another one of the endings of the interactive special. |
| “ | Harold: I guess this is a happy ending after all. Everybody wins! Mr. Krupp: Wrong! I win, and YOU lose! Because I'M gonna fire the gator thingy at your treehouse thingy and then something bad thingy will happen! (Laughs) Probably. I hope. (Prepares to shoot at the treehouse mech, only for Mr. Cleveland/Viper Chai to kick the Rejuvigator out of his hands) |
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| ~ Mr. Krupp's last words in another one of the endings in the interactive special as he almost destroys George and Harold's treehouse mech, only to be stopped by Mr. Cleveland/Viper Chai. |
| “ | Why did you change the pageant? Everybody loved that old sap-fest! And you ruined it! Now the parents are furious and they're taking it out on me! So I'm going to take it out on you.Get ready for some ho-ho-hard labor. | „ |
| ~ Mr. Krupp telling George and Harold he is putting them in hard labor in the Christmas special/series finale. |
External Links[]
- Captain Underpants on the Heroes Wiki
- Mr. Krupp on the DreamWorks Animation Wiki
- Captain Underpants on the DreamWorks Animation Wiki
- Mr. Krupp on the Captain Underpants Wiki
- Captain Underpants on the Captain Underpants Wiki
- Mr. Krupp on the Dog Man Wiki
- Captain Underpants on the Dog Man Wiki
