In this chapter, Jenny is going to make a superheroine. Completely unintentionally. George and Harold did create a superhero intentionally but they didn't think of the consequences.
At least she's not making a supervillain. George and Harold have done that by accident before.
Chapter 4: Bikini Woman
Jenny was selling comic books at her school.
They were about the superheroine Bikini Woman.
"She's more powerful than a bikini, she's faster than a surfboard, and stronger than a volley ball!" exclaimed Jenny.
The students noted that it did sound like a catchy tagline.
They seemed to enjoy her comics, because there was a line of children trying to get them.
George and Harold approached her.
"You're making your own comic book series?" asked George.
"I looked at you for inspiration." noted Jenny.
Harold noticed that Jenny seemed to have made a superheroine.
She was known as Bikini Woman.
"Did you base her off of Captain Underpants?" asked George.
"Yes and no. Instead of having her wear underwear, I figured I would have her wear a swimsuit. Some superheroines do look like they're wearing one-piece bathing suits." noted Jenny.
"So you're having her wear a one-piece bathing suit?" inquired Harold. She was wearing a strapless swimsuit so she looked rather...pretty.
"Exactly. I figured she'd be a bit more modest than Captain Underpants." noted the girl.
"What are her origins? Did you come up with that?" asked George.
"As a kid, she liked to play with clay. But unfortunately, due to a mishap, some of it got mixed up with nuclear waste." explained Jenny.
"So she touched it?" asked Harold.
Jenny nodded.
"Why does she wear a swimsuit though?" inquired George.
"Oh, that...she likes to go to the beach?" asked the girl.
George and Harold shrugged.
"Does she wear a cape?" inquired George.
"Actually, no. She finds them cumbersome to wear." noted Jenny. She figured she would distinguish Bikini Woman from Captain Underpants to an extent. Though admittedly Bikini Woman was inspired by Captain Underpants, she didn't want it to be a copy of her friends' works. That wouldn't be original.
George and Harold shrugged again.
They decided to read through it.
Bikini Woman was shown fighting a monster that sucked the imagination out of people.
It also sat on the gym teacher.
It wasn't unlike Mr. Krupp.
"It's terrible! There's a monster attacking the city! He destroyed the statue of our city's founder, is making everyone dull and empty of inspiration, and he sat on the gym teacher!" exclaimed the student.
"For some strange reason nobody seems to care about what happens to the gym teacher except you." remarked the principal of the Coolopolis Elementary School.
"Yeah. Maybe I shouldn't." nodded the boy.
Fortunately, the heroine managed to save the day.
Eventually, it was time for the students to go to class.
And so they did.
However, one of the students left their comic behind.
Edith noticed that one of the students had done so.
She was going to tell them about it, but they had already left.
She decided to read it for herself.
"I wish I could be like her..." noted Edith.
The more she thought about Edith's shyness, the more she figured she should do something about it.
She then remembered George and Harold had used the Hypno-Ring to deal with Mr. Krupp's meanness by turning him into a superhero.
She didn't intend to go that far, though she did figure she could help out with the shyness.
"Excuse me, could you lend me your Hypno-Ring?" asked Jenny.
George nodded.
Jenny accepted the Hypno-Ring.
She then went to see Edith.
"Excuse me, could you come here for a moment?" asked Jenny.
Edith nodded. "Um, sure."
Jenny used the Hypno-Ring.
"When I snap my fingers, you'll stop being shy and be more bold. Not too bold...but you won't be shy." said Jenny. If she was too bold, that would simply create another problem.
Edith nodded.
"In addition, you won't become a superheroine. We already have to babysit a certain superhero who flies around in his underpants." noted the girl. She wasn't sure if she could handle two of them.
Edith nodded again.
Jenny didn't think that she would become a superheroine, but just in case, she added an extra precuation.
"And in the event you somehow do become a superheroine, you won't drink the power juice carton that's in George and Harold's treehouse. Otherwise, things will get a lot worse than they would be if you didn't have any powers." said Jenny.
Edith nodded for the third time.
Jenny snapped her fingers.
However, Edith didn't seem to have changed.
She was just as shy as ever.
"Um, could you move a few feet away from me?" asked Edith.
"I guess this hypno-ring must be a dud." noted Jenny.
Jenny stepped backwards.
At least she had tried to help.
She decided to tell George and Harold the bad news.
They noticed the disappointed look on her face.
"What's wrong?" asked George.
"I tried using the hypno-ring but it didn't work!" exclaimed Jenny.
'What did you use it for?" inquired Harold.
"I wanted to see if it would make Edith not so shy...but nothing happened." spoke the female student.
Perhaps the Hypno-Ring was too good to be true.
However, as it turned out, there was another explanation.
"About that..." said Harold.
"Huh?" asked Jenny.
"When you use the Hypno-Ring on a woman, it has the opposite effect!" exclaimed George.
"How come?" asked the smart girl.
"I think it was a design flaw..." noted Harold. They happened to know from experience...a somewhat traumatic one. Thankfully, they found out how to reverse it.
"Oh no..." said Jenny.
"What's wrong?" asked George.
"I wished that Edith wouldn't become a superheroine..." noted Jenny. Since the Hypno-Ring had the opposite effect, well...
"Well, at least you didn't create someone like the Wicked Wedgie Woman. That's one person who should stay in the realm of fiction." remarked George. She had actually come up with a pretty efficient plan to defeat Captain Underpants, though it probably wouldn't have been successful if Captain Underpants didn't believe starch made him powerless.
It would probably be best if he stayed away from starch anyways though. It would make him underwear seriously uncomfortable and would make it difficult for him to fight.
"It's alright. She won't turn into a superheroine without some sort of signal." noted Harold.
Suddenly, they heard the sound of someone snapping their fingers.
George and Harold gasped.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
"I guess we avoided getting a subatomic wedgie." noted George.
Jenny nodded. Perhaps they had nothing to worry about.
For a second there she thought a powder keg was waiting to go off.
However, as it turned out, there was a way to get Edith to become a superheroine. It just worked differently than Captain Underpants's hypnosis.
"Help!" exclaimed one of the students.
"What's wrong?" asked Ms. Anthrope.
"I broke a nail!" shouted the female student.
"Is that it?" inquired the teacher.
"I've broken my nails before, and I haven't whined like that..." noted Jenny.
Suddenly, she noticed that Edith was acting strange.
"Did someone call for help?" asked Edith.
She suddenly bolted out the door.
"Oh no..." said Jenny.
Apparently, if Edith heard someone call for help, she would turn into a superheroine.
"Strange, snapping fingers didn't work..." noted Jenny. And yet, this did.
"Perhaps the trigger varies from person to person?" asked George.
"It could also be that's because it's what she does in the comics..." nodded the girl. The moment someone cries for help, she's on the scene.
"It's alright. We've handled one superhero, we can handle this one!" exclaimed Harold.
"Um, we might have two on our hands..." said Jenny.
At that very moment, another student came by snapping his fingers.
"This is fun!" exclaimed the student.
Mr. Krupp arrived on the scene.
"You're having fun?! How dare y-"
Sure enough, Mr. Krupp became Captain Underpants.
He went out the door as well.
"Oh nooo!" exclaimed George.
"Here we go again!" shouted Harold.
"Some things never change!" bellowed Jenny. Since George and Harold kept saying that, she decided she would join in.
A few minutes later...
Fortunately, they managed to find Edith.
Jenny realized that she was wearing a strapless one-piece black swimsuit and her hair was not in front of her face, and realized what was going on.
She had become the superheroine of her comic.
"Strange, I didn't specify what superhero she should become...wait." noted Jenny.
"Huh?" asked George.
"Maybe she wished she could be like her? That would explain why she became Bikini Woman." remarked the girl. Perhaps she had discovered one of the comics she had made.
Harold noted that made sense.
Currently, she was helping a lady get a cat out from a tree. The lady kept warning her cat the dangers of climbing up tall trees but she never listened to her.
"Thank you!" exclaimed the lady.
"You're welcome!" shouted Bikini Woman.
"I have to admit, Edith sure is rather attractive now that her hair is out of her face..." noted George.
"Just like Captain Underpants is handsome?" asked Jenny. He didn't have hair on his head, but he was still handsome anyways.
"I know. It's weird." remarked Harold.
"I'm glad we managed to find her, but how do we change her back?" asked Jenny.
"Well, we know how to change Captain Underpants back." said George.
George pulled out a squirt gun.
"Why didn't I think of carrying one of these before?" asked the boy. Even if Mr. Krupp wasn't turning into a superhero, it was still fun to play with. And he could always reload it using one of the drinking fountains.
Sure enough, Captain Underpants was helping a girl find her doll.
He succeeded, not least due to his super vision.
"Thank you!" shouted the girl.
"You're welcome!" exclaimed Captain Underpants.
George squirted him with the gun.
Captain Underpants turned back to normal.
"Where am I? I need to make children miserable!" shouted Mr. Krupp. He hated seeing them smile.
Mr. Krupp went to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
However, he stopped when he noticed he was in his underpants.
"Darn it! Not again!" exclaimed Mr. Krupp. Perhaps he should wear a coat in case he somehow lost his shirt and pants again.
He also seemed to have misplaced his toupee...but that wasn't nearly a concern to him as being in his underpants.
Sure enough, someone was laughing at him.
"Hahahaha!" laughed a boy.
Mr. Krupp clenched his fist.
Curious, Harold decided to squirt Bikini Woman with his squirt gun.
However, much to his surprise, nothing happened.
"What's going on?" asked Harold.
"Oh no...Bikini Woman loves to swim...I don't think water would turn her back at all!" exclaimed Jenny.
"Then how do we change her back?" inquired George.
"I don't know!" exclaimed Harold.
Jenny thought about what to do.
"Well, Edith won't have to serve cafeteria food until tomorrow. Maybe we can hold off until then?" asked George.
"Sure! Want to see me eat rock candy and drink soda at the same time?" inquired Harold.
"Of course!" exclaimed the brunette boy.
Harold put rock candy and soda in his mouth.
He let out a tremendously loud noise.
"Whoa! That was totally wicked!" exclaimed George.
"I know!" nodded Harold.
"Um, shouldn't we be focused on turning Edith ba-"
However, she then noticed that Edith once again had her hair in front of her right eye.
"Where am I? And why am I in a swimsuit? I don't even visit the beach that much!" exclaimed Edith.
"Wait a minute...I think loud noises turn Edith back to normal!" shouted Jenny.
That was rather convenient.
Well, now they had dealt with both superheroes.
Now they had nothing to worry about for now.
However, she got the feeling that what Harold had done was only a temporary solution.
They would need to check on Edith every now and then, just like Mr. Krupp.
Well, hopefully this wouldn't be too much of a hassle for them.
A few seconds later...
"Well, it looks like we managed to save Mr. Krupp and Edith before they did anything foolish." remarked Jenny.
She wasn't sure how to undo the brainwashing...but there might be a time where the city needed a hero...just like in the comics she made. Perhaps she shouldn't try to undo it.
It would be a hassle to stop them whenever the hypnosis took effect when there wasn't a crisis occurring in the city, but still.
"It's a good thing there aren't any villains for her to fight..." noted George. Someone would inevitably call for help, and she would endanger herself to save them.
"Yeah...otherwise, our lunch lady could get hurt...in addition, we would have empty stomachs!" exclaimed Harold.
"I actually like her cooking." remarked the boy.
"Something tells me that things aren't going to stay that way..." said Jenny.
She could smell evil from a distance away.
At the city prison...
Two guards were examining a pipe.
They knew that some of the prisoners would inevitably try to break out of prison (and if they did so, they could potentially endanger innocents), so they needed to check to see if there were any potential escape routes that they could use.
"You think someone would use this sewer pipe to escape the prison?" asked one of the guards.
"Nonsense! Nobody is small enough to fit through that!" exclaimed another guard.
Unbeknownst to the two guards, someone was crawling through the pipe.
it was Professor Poopypants. Technically, he had changed his name to Tippy Tinkletrousers...but he was better known as the former.
After a while of moving about, he was able to reach the end of the sewer pipe.
At last, he was free!
"Yes, I'm finally free! And in the process I lived up to my name. How ironic." noted Professor Poopypants.
Speaking of which, he would make sure that people would fear him instead of laugh at him. He was tired of the latter.
However, he actually didn't want to get revenge on Captain Underpants just yet.
It would be better if he spied on him first. If he knew his enemy, he would stand a better chance against him the next time.
The problem was...he didn't know Captain Underpants' secret identity. He assumed that he had one since all superheroes seemed to live a double life.
However, he knew where his friends were. They were still at an elementary school.
Perhaps they were the ones who summoned Captain Underpants? If so, he wanted to study them.
If he studied them, he just might find out Captain Underpants's weakness.
So he would stalk them.
Professor Poopypants smirked to himself. He was so brilliant! And yet the only thing people seemed to notice about him was how goofy his name was.
He would have his revenge sooner or later.
He laughed wickedly.
In the next chapter, Professor Poopypants is going to get his hands on the Hypno-Ring! Oh no!
I figured I would make Edith's trigger different. They're different superheroes so I figured they would have different strengths and weaknesses. I didn't base her off of Supergirl, to be honest. Though she does have a few similarities to her, I suppose. Edith and Mr. Krupp have different personalities as well...though they both seem rather agoraphobic.
And yes, I lampshaded how short Professor Poopypants was. At least they're not making fun of him for being short.