In this chapter, another enemy of Captain Underpants shall return.
Chapter 5: A Perilous Wicked Plot
Jenny noted that it was lucky that she didn't accidentally hypnotize Edith to become a supervillain, even if she did hypnotize her into becoming a superhero due to the hypno ring working in reverse for ladies.
Truth be told, she didn't do so because she didn't imagine shy Edith ever becoming evil. She could imagine Mr. Krupp becoming a supervillain though. Luckily, the hypno ring worked the way George and Harold intended...though his transformations could be difficult to control.
Wait...didn't Bikini Woman not actually wear a bikini? Perhaps that was an oversight on her part.
Eh, her swimsuit was close enough. Bikini Woman sounded better anyway in her opinion.
She noticed that George and Harold were looking at the hypno-ring.
"I'm starting to think we should throw the hypno-ring away..." noted George.
"Yeah..." nodded Harold. It was causing them trouble. Jenny had been more responsible with the Hypno-Ring that they did, thank goodness. But she ended up causing a problem anyway.
They decided to approach the trash can.
For some strange reason, Jenny sensed something evil from it.
She wasn't quite sure why.
"Are you sure you should be throwing that away?" asked Jenny.
"Why?" inquired George.
"For some strange reason I feel like someone's hiding inside that trash can..." noted the girl.
"Who would be small enough to fit inside that?" inquired Harold.
The boys did have a point...though she wasn't completely convinced.
Still, perhaps they should throw away the Hypno-Ring.
They decided to do so.
A few moments after they had left, Professor Poopypants emerged from the trash can. Now that George and Harold were gone, the coast was clear.
However, he seemed to recall them mentioning something about a Hypno Ring. That intrigued him.
Suddenly, he noticed the ring inside the trash can.
Could it be that was how they created Captain Underpants?
Now that he thought of it...Mr. Krupp did resemble Captain Underpants.
They were totally different in personality though.
He decided to try it out.
There was a child nearby.
"You there! Do the chicken dance!" exclaimed Professor Poopypants.
The young boy began to do the chicken dance.
Poopypants smirked. Why would the children even discard the ring? It seemed like fun to play with.
Oh wait, they wanted it not to fall in the wrong hands. The cruel irony.
He decided to use it again.
"Pull that other kid's pants down!" exclaimed Professor Poopypants.
The kid nodded and did so.
"Hey!" exclaimed the other kid.
He kept doing so for a while. Luckily, none of the teachers did so. And even they did, the teachers weren't noteworthy for being helpful to the students.
However, something strange happened when he tried hypnotizing a girl.
When he told her to reach for the sky, she reached for the ground instead.
Likewise, when he told her to insult another girl, she complimented her instead.
"I like your looks!" exclaimed the brunette girl.
"Thank you!" shouted the blonde girl.
What was going on?
It worked just fine on the boys, but the girls were doing the exact opposite of what he was telling her to.
Wait, maybe he could test that out?
"Say "I'm an annoying doofus!" commanded the professor.
"I'm not an annoying doofus!" exclaimed the girl.
"Give me a high five on my right hand!" ordered Professor Poopypants.
The girl gave the professor a high five on his left hand.
"Now say that you hate me!" bellowed the professor.
"I love you!" shouted the girl.
Professor Poopypants realized that the Hypno Ring did indeed have opposite effects if the hypnotized in question were female.
It seemed that the Hypno-Ring was flawed that way.
No matter. He could work around that fairly easily.
He would just have to remember that when hypnotizing someone.
The professor figured he could most likely use the Hypno-Ring against the heroes...but he didn't think that would be enough to defeat Captain Underpants alone.
The scientist then noticed George and Harold were selling comics again...like the one that was making fun of him.
He was tempted to use the Hypno-Ring to brainwash them into beating each other up...but he didn't want to risk getting caught.
So, he decided to follow them to see where they kept their comics.
The professor then discovered their treehouse.
He hid in the bushes and waited for them to leave.
Sure enough, they were planning to do so.
"Want to play some video games?" asked George.
"Sure!" nodded Harold.
The two of them went to do so, unaware that there was a supervillain right around the corner.
As soon as they were gone, Professor Poopypants entered the treehouse.
He searched around to see if there was anything useful he could use.
Tippy Tinkletrousers discovered the Shrinky-Pig 2000 and Goosy-Grow 4000, much to his pleasant surprise. He had wondered what had happened to his inventions following his defeat at Captain Underpants and his two sidekicks' hands.
Perhaps he could use those.
However, if he tried using them against George, Harold, and Captain Underpants, it wouldn't catch them by surprise. They likely knew how they worked by now.
He needed to come up with something that would catch them by surprise if he wanted to ensure his victory.
Since there were so many villains that George and Harold had created for their book series, Professor Poopypants decided to investigate. Perhaps there were evil plans that he could use as ideas.
Eventually, he found one of their comic books that reminded him of an incident he had seen on TV.
Apparently, the Wicked Wedgie Woman had terrorized Ohio and had given people wedgies. Lots of them.
He got the feeling that George and Harold had used the hypno ring to attempt to prevent a woman from turning to supervillainy, which due to the inverted effects the Hypno-Ring had on women had horribly backfired.
Fortunately, he tested the Hypno-Ring out on girls before doing so, so he didn't have to worry about the ring backfiring on him in this regard.
Suddenly, he had an idea.
What if he made an alliance with the Wicked Wedgie Woman? She seemed to come up with some pretty effective schemes to deal with Captain Underpants. For example, she had created robotic duplicates of George and Harold.
If he combined his technology with hers, they could do all sorts of evil things.
Besides, she reminded him of himself. Perhaps she would be convinced.
Curious, he noticed that there was a woman who quite resembled the wicked lady nearby, though her hair of course didn't grab onto people and give them wedgies.
He didn't suppose that that woman was the woman that George and Harold had hypnotized, would it?
The resemblance was uncanny.
He could tell that she wasn't doing anything evil, but perhaps George and Harold had cleaned up after themselves.
Perhaps if he hypnotized her, she would regain her memories of being the evil woman.
Hopefully he wouldn't receive a wedgie for his trouble. He already suffered enough humiliation in his lifetime. More than enough, in fact.
Professor Poopypants approached her.
Ms. Ribble gasped in surprise.
"Professor Poopypants? I thought they locked you away!" exclaimed Ms. Ribble. Shouldn't he be doing hard time?
"I escaped." answered the professor.
"I remember what you did! You shrank everyone the school I teach at!" shouted the teacher.
"Well, your students drove me insane. I snapped like a twig!" exclaimed Poopypants.
"Now that I think of it...I've been teased a lot myself in my younger years. People say that I looked like the Bride of Frankenstein." stated Ms. Ribble.
"Hmm?" asked the professor.
"It got really annoying really quickly..." noted the teacher. Eventually, it made her become bitter...and act much like Mr. Krupp did.
However, she hadn't acted like that lately. Something had changed about her.
Perhaps she and Poopypants were alike...though she wouldn't take things quite as far as he did.
"Could you look at this ring for a moment?" asked Professor Poopypants.
"Are you going to threaten me with the Shrinky-Pig if I refuse?" asked Ms. Ribble.
Professor Poopypants put the Shrinky-Pig away, which was reassuring to her.
The ring didn't look dangerous...yet it also looked familiar.
She decided to take a quick look at it...
...which was all the professor needed.
Professor Poopypants hypnotized Ms. Ribble.
Familiar swirls appeared in her eyes.
"When I snap my fingers, you will NOT become the Wicked Wedgie Woman!" exclaimed the professor.
"Yes..." said the teacher.
"You will NOT give George and Harold a wedgie!" shouted Poopypants.
"Yes..." nodded Ms. Ribble.
"You will NOT trounce Captain Underpants!" exclaimed Professor Poopypants.
Ms. Ribble nodded.
"You will NOT help me with world domination!" shouted the professor.
Professor Poopypants snapped his fingers, and Ms. Ribble was hypnotized.
She let out a wicked laugh.
"Yes! I'm back! I've returned! Now to get my revenge on Captain Underpants!" exclaimed the Wicked Wedgie Woman.
Poopypants smirked. However, he forgot to hypnotize Ms. Ribble into not making fun of him.
"You're Professor Poopypants, correct?" asked the Wicked Wedgie Woman. Ms. Ribble had seen the last one they had made before they wrote about her being evil instead.
"Yes..." nodded the professor. Technically, his name was now Tippi Tinkletrousers, but Professor Poopypants sounded more evil.
Fortunately, it turned out he didn't have anything to worry about.
"People sure enjoy ridiculing others these days..." noted the Wicked Wedgie Woman. George and Harold did it all the time, it seemed.
Professor Poopypants sighed in relief. It looked as if he didn't need to worry after all.
"So let me get this straight...Captain Underpants defeated you, just like he defeated me. Now you're requesting an alliance so that we can both pulverize him..." noted the Wicked Wedgie Woman.
Professor Poopypants nodded.
"That would give us an advantage...but I'm afraid I can't help you at the moment. That stupid half-naked man made me lose all my hair...and unfortunately, I no longer have the power to give people atomic wedgies!" exclaimed WWW.
The mad scientist had an idea.
He went into the treehouse and grabbed the power juice carton.
Professor Poopypants then poured some of the juice on her hair.
Once more, hands began to sprout her from her hair.
Wicked Wedgie Woman laughed wickedly. She was now officially back in action.
"So do we have a deal?" asked Professor Poopypants.
"Don't say that I'm ungrateful." answered the WWW, shaking Professor Poopypants' hand with one of the hands made out of her hair.
In the process, she lifted him up a few feet in the air. It was a bit scary.
Meanwhile...
George and Harold returned to the treehouse. However, they realized that something was wrong.
Both the Shrinky-Pig and the Goosy-Grow were missing!
"Who took Professor Poopypants's old inventions?" asked Harold.
"Someone must have broken in!" exclaimed the boy.
Unfortunately, they hadn't designed a deluxe security system to keep people out. In fact, they didn't have one at all.
In addition, they realized that someone had apparently been sipping the power juice.
"This is bad! Someone used up the power juice we got from the spaceship!" exclaimed George.
"Why do we have so much of that?" asked Harold.
George shrugged. Perhaps they should pour it down the sink.
"You think it's the same person who took the inventions?" asked the blonde boy.
"Something tells me it was!" exclaimed George.
But who would want the power juice AND the two inventions?
Suddenly, George's father approached them.
"Are you three alright up there?" asked Goorge's father.
George nodded.
"Good. I just wanted to let you know that a dangerous psychopath escaped from prison. His name was...Tippy Tinkletrousers, I believe?" asked George's dad.
He let out a small chuckle. Why exactly was he named that?
"Wait, I shouldn't be laughing. I should stay off the streets at night! You should leave the treehouse soon and come indoors. We're going to lock the door so that nobody can get in." said Mr. Beard.
Mr. Beard left.
George gasped in surprise.
"Professor Poopypants is back?!" exclaimed George.
"Technically, he's going by Tippy Tinkletrousers now." answered Harold.
"Professor Poopypants sounds more evil though." noted the boy with a tie.
"You've got a good point." nodded George's BFF. Professor Poopypants sounded evil and not just silly.
Something told him that he was responsible for using the juice.
What had he used it on? Had he used it on himself? Or did he use it for something else?
Either way, they were in trouble.
"You know him?" asked Jenny.
"He tried to force us all to change our names...perhaps he wanted us to experience the pain he felt?" asked Harold. It seemed like a while since that nasty incident.
"I see..." nodded the girl. Perhaps he was dangerous...though she did have to admit his name was silly.
"He took the Shrinky-Pig and Goosy Grow too!" exclaimed George. He must have came to the treehouse to take back what was his!
Things were even worse.
They had to get Captain Underpants immediately!
"We desperately need his help!" exclaimed George. It was only a matter of time before Professor Poopypants attempted to humiliate everyone to get back at them for mocking him in front of his face.
Unfortunately, Edith happened to be nearby.
George covered his mouth. He realized his mistake.
Sure enough, she went inside the treehouse to investigate.
Bikini Woman then noticed that there was a power juice carton nearby.
Jenny remembered something important, and gasped.
"This sure is refreshing." noted Bikini Woman.
"Oh no..." said Jenny. Now Bikini Woman had superpowers too!
How were they going to keep her under control now?
Bikini Woman flew away.
"I'll go turn Edith back to normal, you get Captain Underpants!" exclaimed Jenny.
George and Harold nodded.
The two of them went to fetch Mr. Krupp.
"Is it you, Mr. Psychopath Who Broke Out Of Prison? I have a belt and I'm not afraid to use it!" shouted Mr. Krupp.
He answered the door.
"Oh, wait. You're not the escaped criminal. You're just two kids that SHOULD be locked up." noted the principal.
George snapped his fingers.
Once again, Mr. Krupp became Captain Underpants.
"Hello, my loyal sidekicks! Did you need something?" asked Captain Underpants.
"We need your assistance! Professor Poopypants, err, Tippy Tinkletrousers...er, you know who has escaped from prison!" exclaimed George.
"What? He has! Oh no! He's no doubt going to be engaging in naughty activities!" shouted Captain Underpants.
"Exactly! We have to do something!" nodded Harold.
"No worries! My supervision will find him in a snap!" exclaimed the captain.
"Funny you should say that..." noted George.
Captain Underpants used his super vision to locate Professor Poopypants.
He discovered that he was at Ms. Ribble's house.
"Oh no! He's attacking an innocent lady! We have to head to that lady's house immediately!" exclaimed Captain Underpants.
"Who is it?" asked George.
Captain Underpants grabbed George and Harold and flew to Ms. Ribble's house.
"He's attacking Ms. Ribble?" asked George. If she got hurt, who was going to teach them?
However, something was off. There was no sign of a struggle. And they didn't hear Ms. Ribble screaming at all.
"Are you sure this is where he is?" asked George.
"Of course I'm sure!" exclaimed Captain Underpants.
Harold shrugged. Hopefully he was right.
The three of them entered the house.
Oh no! Professor Poopypants and the Wicked Wedgie Woman have teamed up! This does not bode well for our heroes. And yes, the two of them are similar since both of them know their way around technology. I'm not sure if the WWW was based off a particular Superman villain though. Then again, there is a lot of them that Dav Pilkey could look for inspiration.