| “ | Don't laugh too hard, kiddies. You all have to change your names, too, or I'll shrink you again. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants threatening to shrink kids in the book if don't change their names. |
| “ | Hiya, class! I'm your cool new teacher, not some scary guy with a secret evil agenda. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants' most famous quote as he introduces himself to the class, foreshadowing his true identity in the film. |
| “ | Oh, I hope you enjoyed your years of laughter and merriment. Because they're about to come to an end. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants to George and Harold before getting rid of their Hahaguffachuckleamulus. |
Tippy Tinkletrousers II, formerly known as Professor Pippy Pee-Pee Poopypants, or simply Professor Poopypants, or just Poopypants, is the main antagonist of the Captain Underpants franchise.
He is a scientist from the country of New Swissland who once created a variety of inventions to benefit humanity, only for him to be mocked and shunned by the scientific community due to his ridiculous name. After taking up a job as the new science teacher for Jerome Horowitz Elementary School and being humiliated by George Beard and Harold Hutchins and the rest of the students, he decides to take over the world and force everyone to change their names to be as ridiculous as his own. He is the arch-nemesis of Captain Underpants.
In the film, he retains the same motivation behind his turn to villany, but has a new plan of eradicating the laughter out of every person in the world so that people wouldn’t laugh at him anymore.
In the 2017 computer-animated film adaptation, he was voiced by Nick Kroll, who also played Douche in Sausage Party and Sergei in The Secret Life of Pets 2. In the Scholastic audiobook series, he is voiced by Len Forgione.
Appearance[]
Poopypants is a elderly man with white hair and mustache. Before his villain arc in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, he wore a brown vest and pants with yellow buttons and a dark maroon bow tie. He also wore black shoes and extremely dark purple glasses. His book and villain form, he wears a blue bowtie and a magenta vest with a light blue undershirt. He also has on a pair of dark purple pants, a pair of purple glasses and still keeps his black shoes.
Personality[]
| “ | Professor Poopypants is an evil scientist turned elementary school teacher. He decided that George and Harold's school is the perfect place to enact his evil plan, and the only chance in the world for Captain Underpants to take action. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants' description in the film. |
Prior to his path of villainy, Poopypants was a calm-minded and intelligent scientist/inventor, determined to achieve his goal of presenting his inventions to the world that could solve world problems.
However, because of his silly name, nobody ever took him seriously, leading to him building anger and frustration, and get his revenge on everyone. Poopypants eventually snapped and became an insane madman, whose goal was world domination and the destruction of Captain Underpants.
He once believed that kids were sweet and innocent, hence his reasoning for applying for a job as a science teacher at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. However, when even the children laughed at his name, this further built up his rage even more.
Quotes[]
Books[]
| “ | You haven’t seen the last of me! | „ |
| ~ Tippy escaping Captain Underpants by going back in time 5 years ago. |
Movie[]
| “ | Professor Poopypants: (shocked) Why are you laughing? I've invented a shrinking and enlarging ray! I should be famous! I should be dating models twice my size... and doing the talk show circuit! I should be protecting baby seals as a cause... that I say I care about, but not really! Attendee: (while laughing) This guy is too much! Professor Poopypants: (angrily) Stop! Stop laughing! No, stop it! Nobel Moderator: (calms down from laughing) Okay. Phew! Oh... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Here. Take the award. It's really fun to say Poopypants. Professor Poopypants: (angrily) You keep your stupid award! I don't want it anymore. Oh, and one more thing... (He shrinks down the moderator in retaliation.) Nobel Moderator: (while shrunken) On behalf of the Nobel Prize committee, please accept our apology. And could you change me back now please? Professor Poopypants: (angrily) Why don't you go on and invent your own shrinking and enlarging ray... if you think you're so smart? |
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| ~ Poopypants being laughed at by the attendees, causing him to descend into villainy. |
| “ | A science teacher? The perfect cover! | „ |
| ~ Poopypants' first line in the film, ironic for George and Harold had just told Captain Underpants there were no bad guys around. |
| “ | I was just admiring your broken window, which is in the shape of a man. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants talking about Krupp’s broken window at Captain Underpants jump though. |
| “ | MAD… genius inventor, but yes. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants as he slams a mace on Mr. Krupp's desk. |
| “ | Their smiles brighten my heart and fill me with a joy-adjacent feeling. As long as they are controlled and do not laugh nor smile nor play nor laugh. Children must never laugh! | „ |
| ~ Poopypants to Captain Underpants (disguised as Mr. Krupp). |
| “ | Excellent! Also, I'm going to need Mondays off, along with every Tuesday through Thursday for my evil experiments. Hope that's not a problem, okay, bye-bye! | „ |
| ~ Poopypants reveals his true nature, though George and Harold already figured it out, and Captain Underpants doesn't realize it. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: (to the students) Hiya, class! I'm your cool, new teacher! Not some scary guy with a secret evil agenda. Anyway, I'm just going to dive right in here. If there was one thing about this world that you could change... (spins the globe) what would it be? Girl: (raises her hand) Ooh! Ooh! Peace on Earth. Professor Poopypants: (walks by) Unattainable. Anyone else? George: (whispers) Pacific Ocean into chocolate. Harold: (whispers) Atlantic into nacho cheese. George: (smiling) It's like we're the same person and yet so, so different. I love it. Professor Poopypants: (to the students) But more importantly... if I had to change one thing about the world... it would be to get rid of... laughter. George: (confused) Get rid of laughter? Harold: (confused) What kind of person wants to do that? Melvin: (raises his hand) Oh, oh! Ah! Ah! Sir, sir. Professor Poopypants: (to Melvin) Yes? Melvin: (happily) I love it. Professor Poopypants: (to the students) Oh, look at this. We got a grade A suck-up. Good to know, good to know. Anyway. (gets out a chart out of his briefcase) This is the brain of an average child. Right here is the "thinking about candy" lopalus. The "fear of what's under the bed" lobe. This is the "only thing I'll eat is pizza, chicken nuggets, or buttered noodles" lobe. Right here is the "as soon as someone else has a toy, I want that toy" anterior lobe. And this... This is the Hahaguffawchuckleamalus. This funny little purple part holds our entire capacity for laughter. For years, I've tried to shrink it or cut it out entirely... but frustratingly, our survival seems dependent upon it. George: (worried) I don't like this. I mean, I don't really understand it. But the stuff I am understanding seems genuinely bad to me. Harold: (worried) Yeah, same. (raises his hand) Um... Excuse me, Professor P? Why are you trying to get rid of laughter? Isn't laughter the best medicine? Professor Poopypants: (shouts) Medicine is the best medicine! So... Harold: (unnerved) Yeesh. Professor Poopypants: (sees George raising his hand) What? George: (quizzically) What does the P stand for? Professor Poopypants: (confused) Excuse me? George: (quizzically) The P. In your name. What does it stand for? Professor Poopypants: (frowns) Oh, it's private. George: (quizzically) So that means your name is Professor Privates? (Everyone starts laughing at the joke. Well, except for Melvin.) Melvin: (confused) What's so funny? I don't get it. (The mad short man got onto George’s desk.) Professor Poopypants: (angrily) Principal's office, now! (to Harold) You too! George: (shocked) Why him? Professor Poopypants: (angrily) Because your friendship and shared sense of humor irritates me... and must be destroyed! |
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| ~ Poopypants telling the kids about his goal of getting rid of laughter and George calling him Professor Privates. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: (to two girls) Hey there, kiddo. First day for Professor P. Can you tell me where the lunch is consumed? (The two girls start to giggle.) What's going on with your face? Are you choking? Do you need to sneeze? (The girls start laughing.) I see, I see. Got a case of the giggles, huh? That's fun. Well, I've got just the remedy for that. (His briefcase opens and pops out a cage which makes the girls shriek.) In the cage. Now! Girl: (confused) Why? Professor Poopypants: (angrily) Because I hate laughter and children and I've got a cage in a briefcase! (He put the girls in the cage and locked it up.) Okay, well, have a nice day. |
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| ~ Poppypants locking two girls in a cage. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: Fascinating. Computer, scan. I don't believe it. You know, I suspected something smaller than normal, but this... Melvin: What? What is it? Professor Poopypants: I can't find it. Your Hahaguffawchuckleamalus! You don't have one! (laughs bewildering) Melvin: I don't get it. Professor Poopypants: Exactly! You have no sense of humor like a chair or supermodel. Melvin, with your brain and my brain together, we can finally wipe out laughter for once and for all! So George and Harold want a supervillain? Well, ask and ye shall receive. |
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| ~ Professor Poopypants to Melvin as the former realizes the latter has no Hahaguffawchuckleamalus conducting his plan with him. |
| “ | Melvin: This thing is amazing, Professor P. You could solve world hunger with an invention like this! Professor Poopypants: Ugh, pass! More importantly... how do I look?? Melvin: Just like you do in this comic! Professor Poopypants: Good! Now, hands off the merchandise, and fetch your little toilet, okay? |
„ |
| ~ Poopypants showing off his villain outfit to Melvin. |
| “ | Melvin: I call it "The Turbo Toilet-" Professor Poopypants: Yeah, yeah, couple gold stars for you, kiddo. Let the Poopageddon begin!!! |
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| ~ Poopypants using the Sizerator on the Turbo Toilet 2000. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: What? Oh, you've gotta be joking me! Poopypants has no gas! You can't write this stuff. Where would a burgeoning villain find unlimited power? Melvin: True power comes from within. Professor Poopypants: No, it doesn't, Melvin! That's on stupid posters! It comes from enormous energy sources! A nuclear waste dump... Melvin: I see where you're going. Professor Poopypants: A poisonous chemical factory... Melvin: Or, perhaps a place even more toxic! |
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| ~ Poopypants and Melvin setting out to Jerome Horwitz Elementary for fuel of the Turbo Toilet 2000's massive size. |
| “ | Back in business, baby! | „ |
| ~ Poopypants beginning his plan. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: Students and faculty of Jerome Horwitz Elementary... The world as you know it is about to go extinct! And a new world order is about to rise. One that is, you know, pretty similar to the old world order, except for one tiny detail... George: Melvin? Melvin: Comin' atcha! Professor Poopypants: Powered by Melvin's unique neurology, I will successfully disable the Hahaguffawchuckleamalus of every single child at Jerome Horwitz Elementary. For I, Professor Poopypants..... (all the children laugh) Yeah, it's a funny name. It just makes you laugh and laugh, RIGHT? |
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| ~ Professor Poopypants as he wipes out laughter. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: Still giving you the chuckles now? Poopypants! Students: (monotonous) I don't get it. Why is that funny? Professor Poopypants: Perfect! Melvin: Finally! You're speaking my language! |
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| ~ Professor Poopypants successfully disabling the Hahaguffawchucklealmaluses of Jerome Horwitz Elementary. |
| “ | And would the creators of this absolutely hilarious comic book please come out, come out wherever you are! You're next. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants begins his search for George and Harold. |
| “ | Are you in there? Oh... Maybe you're hiding here. Oh, sorry. Are you stuck on hold? (Miss Anthrope nods.) Ugh, totally hate when that happens. Well, good luck with that. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants accidentally stumbling upon Ms. Anthrope on hold. |
| “ | I bet he thought that was going to be cooler. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants seeing Captain Underpants' flubbed dramatic entrance. |
| “ | Interesting use fast-food analogies, you giant baby with a cape on! Let's do this. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants beginning the final battle with Captain Underpants. |
| “ | So, you two little numbskulls thought you could distract me with this idiotic, naked man, am I right? (Captain Underpants: I'm not naked!) Any final words before this whole revenge thing goes down? | „ |
| ~ Poopypants to George and Harold before finishing them and Captain Underpants. |
| “ | Yeah, sure, you're a knight. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants to Harold calling himself "Sir Cheeseball Wafflefanny". |
| “ | Yeah, those are all real silly names, but there's nothing funny about Professor Pee-Pee Diarrheastein Poopypants, Esquire! | „ |
| ~ Poopypants lashing out at George and Harold for coming up with their own silly names. |
| “ | George: Come on! Listen, your problem isn't that people laugh at you. Your problem is that you can't laugh at yourself. Professor Poopypants: (angrily) Oh, really, Oprah? Is that my problem? Well, your problem is this... |
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| ~ Professor Poopypants lashing out at George and Harold for trying to reason with him and also rejecting their offer of redemption before spitefully throwing Captain Underpants into the Turbo Toilet 2000. |
| “ | Oh, I hope you enjoyed your years of laughter and merriment, because they're about to come to an end. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants finishing off George and Harold. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: Do you find anything funy about me now? George: You mean, other than your name? (laughs) Professor Poopypants: Agh! YES, OTHER THAN THAT!! |
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| ~ Poopypants attempting to disable George and Harold's Hahaguffawchuckleamaluses, only for minimum power to not work. |
| “ | Harold: And your hair? (George laughs) Professor Poopypants: What?! My hair's cool, I thought! George: Are you kidding me? That's almost as funny as my hair back in kindygarden! Remember that afro? (The boys laugh even more.) |
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| ~ Poopypants offended by George and Harold laughing about his hair, compared to George's hair in the past. |
| “ | No! No, this can't be happening! Computer, activate brain scan. (The computer analyzes George and Harold's brains.) Let's see: The frontal lobes look big and healthy, the Hahaguffawchuckleamalus looks all shrimpy, so what gives? (He turns the scan to a side view and sees how huge they are.) AAH! It can't be! Their Hahaguffawchuckleamaluses... they're ENORMOUS!!! I need more power. | „ |
| ~ Poopypants' shocking results of the size of George and Harold's Hahaguffawchuckleamaluses. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: Anything strike you as funny now? George: I'm sure... we can think of something!! Harold: George... I can't... smile anymore... George: No! Harold! (Harold was now zombified...) Professor Poopypants: Ha, ha. One down, und one to go. George: Harold... (...and now George was zombified.) |
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| ~ Poopypants successfully draining George and Harold's laughter. |
| “ | Professor Poopypants: Attention, everyone: Poopypants here with a little update on the Poopageddon. Due to the success of my plans thus far, I've decided to wipe laughter on the entire planet! After that, you know, I think I'll move on to other planets... Jupiter, Mars... can't forget Uranus! George: Wait, did he just say... (The boys remember the joke when they first met. Harold: "Your anus." (snickers) George: I know! (snickers) The boys then burst out into laughter.) George: Uranus! Professor Poopypants: Yeah, and once I'm done with the gas giants, I figure I'll go after the other galaxies- WHAT?! George: It feels so good to laugh! (Their laughter pushed back the power!) Professor Poopypants: No, stop it! Stop laughing! You're ruining everything!!! |
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| ~ Poopypants announcing of ridding laughter across the cosmos, only to unintentionally by giving George and Harold's laughter back by mentioning Uranus, the planet's name that brought the two together. |
| “ | Uh-oh! | „ |
| ~ Poopypants accidentally starting the song "Think" on crashing into the Turbo Toilet 2000's soundtrack. |
| “ | Oh, we'll see who's laughing once I shrink you down... where you will live in my pocket forever... amongst my cherry-flavored lip balm... my butterscotch-flavored lip balm ...my mint-flavored lip balm... my extra-moisturized SPF lip balm... and all of my lip balms! | „ |
| ~ Professor Poopypants’ villainous breakdown in the movie. |
| “ | Ooh, I hope you can find tiny enough pens to make your small little comic books with, because you're about to get small-ified! | „ |
| ~ Poopypants about to shrink George and Harold before Captain Underpants intervenes. |
| “ | I'm free!!! | „ |
| ~ Professor Poopypants' defeat. |
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Porkbelly Funkyskun (assistant)
- Supa-Mega Tippy Tinkletrousers (formerly)
- Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy Tinkletrousers (formerly)
- Melvin Sneedly
- Turbo Toilet 2000
Enemies[]
- Benjamin Krupp/Captain Underpants (arch-nemesis)
- George Beard
- Harold Hutchins
- Jerome Horwitz Elementary School Staff
- Jerome Horwitz Students
- Sulu
- Crackers
- Supa-Mega Tippy Tinkletrousers
- Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy Tinkletrousers
- Zombie Nerd George Beard and Zombie Nerd Harold Hutchins
- Warden Gordon Bordon Schmorden
- Ingrid Ashley
- Officer Wiggly and the Police Chief
- Nobel Moderator
Trivia[]
- He is most likely based off the real-world Albert Einstein due to his scientific role, German-related nationality alongside his design.
- His homecountry New Swissland which is a country that doesn't exist in reality, is parody of Switzerland as it's name implies.
- While he has a German accent in the 2017 film, he speaks in a slight upper-class British accent in the Go Poopypants! song.
- Professor Poopypants was voiced by Nick Kroll, who also voices another animated villain, Douche from Sausage Party. Ironically, both Poopypants and Douche proclaim themselves as revenge seekers.
- Professor Poopypants is notable for being the first villain in the series who had a motivation to turn evil and take over the world; previous antagonists such as Dr. Diaper, the Turbo Toilet 2000 and Zorx, Klax & Jennifer just came out of nowhere and wanted to commit world domination for no particular given reason.
- Interestingly, in the film, Poopypants uses the Turbo Toilet 2000 as a weapon.
- In the film, Poopypants is already a villain from the start, as opposed to being a well-meaning scientist who jumped off the slippery slope upon being mocked. His backstory reveals he had already snapped when the presenters at the World's Greatest Inventor award ceremony were too busy laughing at his name to give him his well-deserved award. The school's mockery just further angers him, and he quickly takes the school hostage. However, in the film he is less homicidal and evil than in the book.
- His movie counterpart serves as a dark side to Mr. Krupp.
- According to his resume in the film:
- He was born on April 1, 1953 (making him 64 years old, assuming the film is set after April 1, 2017).
- He lives on 3.14 Smarty Pants Boulevard.
- He has no phone.
- He once worked in a very dark place, where his job was a revenge seeker.
- His email is Supergeniusdude220@newswissland.com.
- His qualifications include being a genius, super smart, intelligent, über smart, not great with children, and holding grudges.
- Curiously, despite his full name in the film being Pee Pee Diarrheastein Poopypants Esquire, the resume still lists his full name as Pippy P. Poopypants. However, this could be because the filmmakers were originally going to use his book name, but changed it to make his full name as atrocious as possible.
- In the books, Poopypants was wrong about children even before he started teaching as a boy was seen pouring salt into his coffee.
- Dav Pilkey remarked that he felt Tippy's death was also a sad scene given his long run in the series.
- He is the second villainous character to be voiced by Nick Kroll.
- In an alternate universe where good and evil are swapped (home of Captain Blunderpants), he is a nice firefighter with Zorx, Klax & Jennifer.
- He is the second villain in the books to replace someone at Jerome Horwitz Elementary, the first were Zorx, Klax & Jennifer, who replaced the three cafeteria ladies.
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants is the only part of the franchise to not featured him, despite being the main antagonist of the franchise.
- In the books, only Tippy, Supa Mega Tippy, and Silghty Younger Tiny Tippy are the only human villains to be killed in a violent manner; as all the other human villains, including Mr. Krupp, Melvin, Ms. Ribble, Evil George, Evil Harold, Captain Blunderpants, Kipper Krupp, his gang, and Mr. Meaner were dealt with in non-lethal ways.
External Links[]
- Tippy Tinkletrousers on the DreamWorks Animation Wiki
- Tippy Tinkletrousers on the Captain Underpants Wiki
- Tippy Tinkletrousers on the Captain Underpants Villains Wiki
- Tippy TinkleTrousers on the Pure Evil Wiki
