| “ | You guys are so immature! | „ |
| ~ Melvin's catchphrase in the book series. |
| “ | What's so funny? I don't---I don't get it. | „ |
| ~ Melvin's catchphrase in the film. |
| “ | That rashy goon Diaperado was right. A team is the key to defeating Captain Underpants and achieving Melvindication. | „ |
| ~ Melvin talking about his plans to take over the world. |
Melvin Richard Sneedly, also temporarily known as the Bionic Booger Boy, is the secondary antagonist of the Captain Underpants franchise.
He is a child prodigy and perhaps the smartest student currently attending Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, but is also the school's biggest tattletale/sellout when he assists mean teachers for extra credits and is greatly disliked by lots of the students for this reason. He is also George and Harold's rival and "nerdy nemesis."
Portrayals[]
- In the feature film, he was voiced by Jordan Peele of MAD TV fame, who also voiced Beta Wolf in Storks and Wild in Wendell & Wild.
- In The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, he is voiced by Jorge Diaz, who also voiced his alternate timeline’s counterpart, Riles Rected and Melvinborg in the same show.
- In the scholastic audiobook series, he is voice by Len Forgione.
Personality[]
Melvin is known to be a tattletale and he is arrogant. He is sometimes selfish such as when he refused to save people unless George and Harold changed their comic about him in book 7. However, he was more than willing to save people for a full year as a superhero in book 11, being perfectly willing to help people even if the emergencies were minor and not even caring when he room was severely damaged because a lady needed help.
Unlike most students, Melvin does not have a sense of humor which is the reason why he is Professor Poopypants' henchman in the film.
Just like Mr. Krupp, Melvin hates George and Harold because they are mischievous. However, his anger towards them is justified on a few occasions, like in book 2 where he understandably broke his promise and snitched on them for ruining the science fair for the second year in a row.
However, he was more than willing to rescue George, Harold and Captain Underpants in book 10. In the TV Series, he frequently team shows up with the heroes and helps them against bigger threats, even if for usually self-serving reasons.
In the Hack-a-ween movie special Melvin briefly reforms and joins George and Harold. It's revealed he only hated Halloween due to being alone and is happy when George and Harold invite him to go with them on Hack-a-ween.
Despite his high intelligence, Melvin seems to lack common sense at times. He told George and Harold to "make up a story where I defeat Captain Underpants and become the world's greatest superhero," not realizing that such a scenario would only make him the world's greatest supervillain.
He is shown to have a tragic side as he is genuinely excited about doing the comic with George and is very disappointed when George and Harold reunite and start ignoring him. This shows that somewhere inside, Melvin is quite a lonely boy, and his tattletaling, along with trying to use Captain Underpants' superpowers for fame and power in the books, may be the result of his parents not paying him much attention at home.
Appearance[]
Melvin has pale tan skin, freckles, and light orange-brown flat hair with some of it swept upward. Melvin wears glasses, a white collared shirt, a red bow tie, a yellow vest, shorts, and brown shoes. In the movie, the frame of Melvin's glasses are green, his bowtie is a golden yellow color, and he sports a watch.
As the Bionic Booger Boy, Melvin retains his spectacles, facial features, and bow tie. However, he is covered in mucus, sports robotic limbs, and is notably taller, a result of him being fused by his Combine-O-Tron 2000 with a robot and his own mucus.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
Enemies[]
Quotes[]
Movie[]
| “ | Melvin: Well, well, well. I heard you both got into a bit of the old trouble today. George: How'd you hear that, Melvin? Harold: Did you tattletale on us? Melvin: Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. I did. |
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| ~ Melvin revealing that he tattled on George and Harold. |
| “ | Someone has to stand up for the man. | „ |
| ~ Melvin justifying being a tattletale. |
| “ | Respectfully disagree. | „ |
| ~ Melvin to George and Harold that Mr. Krupp is self-serving. |
| “ | I call him the Tattle Turtle 2000. On the outside, it's a little turtle. But on the inside, ooh. Look at this. It's a nanny cam | „ |
| ~ Melvin presenting his Tattle Turtle 2000. |
| “ | Extra credit, it feels so good! I've got extra credit. | „ |
| ~ Melvin when gaining extra credits. |
| “ | I just wanna make sure you apply the extra credit to next semester. I won't be needing it this semester, of course. | „ |
| ~ Melvin to Poopypants. |
| “ | This thing is amazing, Professor P. You could probably solve world hunger with an invention like this. | „ |
| ~ Melvin suggesting Poopypants to use his invention to solve world hunger. |
| “ | Finally! You're speaking my language! | „ |
| ~ Melvin happy after Poopypants removes everyone's sense of humor. |
| “ | George: Hey, Melvin! Take that thing off your head. We gotta stop Poopypants! Melvin: (gasps) Professor Poopypants! George and Harold are trying to stop you! Harold: (groans) You are just so annoying! |
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| ~ Melvin refusing to turn down his evil ways and his partnership with Poopypants as he tattles on George and Harold. |
| “ | Yikes. Extra credit or survival. Extra credit or survival! I CHOOSE SURVIVAL!!!!! | „ |
| ~ Melvin's defeat in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. |
Netflix Series[]
| “ | Melvin: (phone rings. Melvin drops a ray made out of glass and it breaks on the ground) Note to self: no more glass ray guns. Sneedly residence. Melvin speaking. Why, yes, my refrigerator is running. I better go catch it? What? Oh, no. Oh, no! (Melvin gasps and runs out of the house and towards the police station.) Cop: Kid, kid, kid, kid, you got pranked. "Is your refrigerator running?" Come on. Oldest one in the book. Melvin: Perhaps in your book, but my refrigerator actually-- (Melvin and the cop see the refrigerator run by the police station.) (gasps) |
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| ~ Melvin getting a call form George and Harold about his refrigerator is running and trying to tell the cops about it. |
| “ | Hello, powerless humans! I'm here to ensure your friend will never be the hero you want him to be, thanks to my Wrathrobe 2000! (laughs evilly) | „ |
| ~ Melvin as a supervillain. |
| “ | Fear is the ultimate fun killer. Crocodiles are terrifying. Bats are horrific. So I'll use my You Choose You Fuse 2000 to make croc-o-bats, the perfect enforcers! | „ |
| ~ Melvin inventing one of his evil machines. |
| “ | Harold: Why are you still upset, Melvin? George: Rome is the man! These bars are even thicker than the TV ones! Melvin: No, Rome is awful! And we're stuck here because you tricked me into activating the TimeTanic without warming it up! That made the laser fuel cell crack in half! Harold: Just make a new laser whatever-you-said-a-ma-bob. That's your jam. Melvin: How? There aren't any lasers here. Only the sun has that kind of power, and I need a multifaceted gemstone of a reddish hue to harness its power. You've doomed us all! |
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| ~ Melvin's villainous breakdown. |
| “ | Melvin: Nice garbage boat. Fits you like a lost, ripped, stained glove. Harold: Thanks. What kind of garbage did you guys use? A rusted sewer pipe? Melvin: The Atomic Ava is a classic, a one-of-a-kind, like the '83 Deelia Mustache. We're going to race circles around your floating dumpster, and then all the lake's secrets will be mine. Wha-- More oil! |
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| ~ Mevin taking about his submarine. |
| “ | Hello, laser lessers. Hope your evening was unpleasant. Mine wasn't. I was busy redesigning this armpit of a camp into something glorious. Goodbye, tennis courts. Hello, Melvarium! | „ |
| ~ Melvin planing to take over the camp. |
| “ | Melvin: There is no script. The show is over, you costumed crab apples. Harold: Is that a waffle iron? Melvin: No, you misaligned tire! It's the Switcheroobicon 2000! And I used it to turn your costumed comrades into authentic adversaries. But it does also make waffles. And now you and your bumbling, be-briefed baboon have beaten me for the last time. For the last time! Because Captain Underpants is no match for a team of real super villains! |
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| ~ Melvin thinking he finally defeat Captain Underpants, George and Harold with his team. |
| “ | 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! | „ |
| ~ Melvin joining forces with Krupp to destroy George and Harold's treehouse. |
Trivia[]
- Melvin is allergic to cats, as when his cat, Danderella, enters his room, he sneezes before he shoos it away.
- Cindy and Gaylord still keep Danderella because they've had her before Melvin was even born and couldn't bear to get rid of her when Melvin's allergies were discovered. Of course, they couldn't have known that this decision would inadvertently lead to Robo-boogers terrorizing the planet.
- He is also allergic to chocolate and gets a rash if he eats anything with MSG (monosodium glutamate).
- Melvin doesn't have a sense of humor in the movie, as he doesn't laugh at all. However, in the series and books he does laugh, though in a mocking manner rather than when responding to humorous situations.
- Melvin is depicted to have created the Turbo Toilet 2000 in the movie as originally a technologically advanced toilet before turning into a giant evil robot suit, whereas in the books George and Harold created it as a villain in their comics, even though they used something Melvin invented.
- In book 8, in a universe where good and evil are swapped, Melvin is a dumb kid who does not invent. Despite this, the Turbo Toilet 2000 and Robo-Boogers are there.
- He is mentioned in a newspaper that was about George, Harold, and Mr. Krupp's trial in book 9. It said that he laughed at them when the three are found guilty.
- Despite being the smartest kid in school, he failed to notice that Mr. Krupp is wearing a toupee to hide his baldness problem.
- While in the book series, Melvin found out Mr. Krupp is Captain Underpants, in the Netflix Series and the 2017 movie, he never found out Mr. Krupp is Captain Underpants.
- Melvin is infatuated with hamnog, a fictitious drink inspired by eggnog, in The Xtreme Xploits of the Xplosive Xmas.
- It is demonstrated in The Frenzied Farts of Flabby Flabulous that Melvin was able to construct robots even as a young child.
- He is modeled after a tattletale child that Pilkey knew from school, who has been given the alias "Michael Sneedman" to conceal his identity.
- Unlike in the books, Melvin does not refer to the other children as being immature in the TV series. Instead, he employs distinctive epithets (such as "You unbaked bananas!") that change based on the episode.
- The only episode of the TV show where Melvin is absent is “The Disturbing Dilemma of the Dysfunctional Doppelgangers”.
- In both “The Terrifying Perilous Misfortune of the T.P. Mummy” and “The Cunning Combat of the Covert Camoflush”, he make cameo roles.
- He has a theme song in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, suitably called "The Melvin Song."
- In The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space!, he exhibits periods of stupidity despite having a high IQ, such as the fact that he consistently falls for the Biglyans' traps even while George and Harold don't.
- In the TV show, his refrigerator actually starts up by itself. When Melvin informs the police that he always pursues it, they don't believe him.
- It can be implied Melvin still has some of Captain Underpants' powers in the books, as there is no indication he gave them up and isn't seen outside of a few cameos after bringing George, Harold, Captain Underpants, and Sulu and Crackers' eggs back home.
External Links[]
- Melvin Sneedly on the Heroes Wiki.
- Melvin Sneedly on the DreamWorks Animation Wiki.
- Melvin Sneedly on the Captain Underpants Wiki.
- Melvin Sneedly on the Dog Man Wiki.
- Melvin Sneedly on the Captain Underpants Villains Wiki
