The Epic Adventures of Captain Underpants

Into the Multiverse (Part 1 of 3)

Meet George Beard and Harold Hutchins. George is the kid on the left in the mechanical tentacle with a tie and flat top. Harold is the kid on the right with the T-shirt and the bad haircut inside a time-traveling squid-frog suit. Remember that now. They are currently whizzing through spacetime in an incredible display of colors.

"Where to next," George asked, "Harold?"

"I'm not too sure," Harold answered, "But that last adventure with that Albert guy sure was crazy!"

"Yeah," George said, "I wonder if he took my advice on writing down those weird ideas about relativity."

"Maybe we can visit other versions of us," Harold suggested, "Of the not-evil variety preferably."

"Oh yeah," George answered, "Let's do that!"

Harold focused his mind, and soon, they were in a backyard with a tree house.

"Hey," George noted, "This looks a lot like my backyard back home."

"Yeah," Harold agreed as he came out of the squid-frog suit and pulled out a button. He pressed it, and it made a noise like a car locking itself before vanishing.

"It's a good thing that Albert guy agreed to help us," George quipped, "so we can cloak this thing."

"Yeah," Harold agreed, "I don't think we want the suit to end up in the wrong hands again."

They went over to the tree house and peeked inside. There were other versions of George and Harold, standing in the treehouse with hats on, seeming to be deep in thought.

Other George broke the silence, "Got any ideas?"

"Nope," Other Harold answered, "My mind is completely blank."

"Darn it," Other George snarled, "We're never going to come up with a new Captain Underpants comic idea before bedtime."

George looked at the sky and murmured, "It is getting pretty dark out."

"I thought we were over Captain Underpants," Harold quietly whined.

"Remember Harold," George replied in a low voice, "This is an alternate timeline. These poor fools probably haven't been through the wringer as much as we have."

"There has to be something new we can do," Other Harold said, "We've been through a dangerous jungle, the far reaches of outer space, and even traveled through time. We can't have just run out of ideas."

"Your right," Other George answered, "There has to be something we haven't done yet."

"Okay," George whispered, "Maybe they have been through a lot."

"I'm kinda worried," Harold murmured.

"There's no time for that now," George replied quietly, "Like it or not, we need to help these guys."

"That's what I was worried about," Harold sighed.

George and Harold pulled themselves up into the treehouse, getting the attention of the Other George and Harold.

"Oh hey," Other George greeted them rather casually, then he asked, "Are you us from the future to warn us about something?"

"Or from the past," Other Harold asked, "Here to see your future?"

"Neither," Harold answered, "We're you from another timeline."

"It's a bit complicated," George admitted, "But we couldn't help but overhear you were talking about Captain Underpants."

"Which I thought we agreed to forget about," Harold muttered.

"Why would you want to," Other Harold asked, "Isn't he the coolest superhero you two ever made?"

"Well," Harold replied, "He was for a while, but then..."

"We grew out of him," George quickly interrupted, "Better ideas came, and we haven't written a single story about him since."

"Bummer," Other George said and then asked, "So what do you want to help us with?"

"The comic book," George replied, "We've grown out of him, but that shouldn't stop you two from having new ideas about the Amazing Captain Underpants."

"Speaking of which," Harold asked, "May we read a comic to get a good idea of what sort of hero your Captain Underpants is?"

"Certainly," Other George said, handing Harold a copy of Captain Underpants and the Toiletastics vs. Diaperado and the Poopeterators.

The two boys gave it a once-over, and they were confused.

"So wait," George asked, "The Toiletastics just won because the Poopeterators gave up after barfing?"

"Pretty much," Other George answered.

"Why is Sargent Boxers dressed like that," Harold asked, "Is he some kind of a sports mascot?"

"Yeah," Other Harold chirped, "Life-like isn't it?"

"What did Diperado do exactly," George asked, "Did he try to rob a bank or something?"

"We like to leave a few things for our audience to guess," Other Harold replied.

"This isn't too bad," George said, "But your Captain Underpants doesn't seem all that cool."

"Yeah," Harold said, "It seems like the Toiletastics are doing most of the heavy lifting for him."

"That's just," Other Harold said, "How it happens most days."

"In our imagination," Other George said nervously.

"Right," Other Harold said, catching on, "That's how it always goes down in our imagination."

George and Harold were surprised and exchanged worried looks. Then they turned back to their counterparts.

"Tell me you didn't do it," George pleaded, "Please."

"It was the worst idea for a prank we ever had," Harold said with a bit of panic.

Other George and Harold were startled.

"Wait," Other George asked, "You mean it happened in your timeline too?"

"Oh no," George cried.

"Here we go again," Harold growled, "Why is this, of all things, a constant in this multiverse?"

"Because we just never seem to learn," George answered.

"This is awful," Harold whined.

"Did something," Other George asked, "Bad happen with your Captain Underpants?"

"Yes," Harold said, "You have no idea how exhausting that guy was in real life."

George asked, "Where do we even start?"

"How about the time we had to stop Dr. Diaper from destroying the moon," Harold answered.

"Or," George replied, "The times we had to save his butt from the Turbo Toilet 2000 twice?"

"To be fair," Harold admitted, "that one is on us."

"True," George said, "But I'm pretty sure getting into that spaceship was you-know-who's idea."

"Not helped by that dandelion that tried to eat us," Harold agreed, "After we blew the spaceship up naturally."

"Wow," Other George said, "You guys went through all that?"

"That was just in the first month," George sighed, "But yeah."

"You know," Other Harold said, "Your story would make for a great Captain Underpants comic."

"Oh yeah," Other George replied, "Why don't you tell us all about it?"

"Okay," Harold said, then asked, "What's the worst that could happen?"

"I hate it when you say things like that," George said.

Into the Multiverse (Part 2 of 3)

The next day, Other George and Harold were passing out new comics. And one nosy tattle tale wearing a bow tie and glasses got himself a copy.

Melvin Sneedly was practically foaming at the mouth with rage as he followed George and Harold through spacetime in a copy of the time-traveling squid-frog machine. Melvin hopped out of the squid-frog suit and practically pounced onto Other Melvin. Melvin held Other Melvin by the collar. He landed near the school, which immediately caught his double's attention.

Melvin growled, "Where are George and Harold?"

"Uhh," Other Melvin said, "Passing out their comic."

Melvin dropped his double and said, "I'm going to tear them apart!"

"Woah, Woah," Other Melvin said, stepping in front of Melvin, "Woah, woah, woah! Stop!"

Melvin stopped.

"Take a deep breath," Other Melvin said.

Melvin inhaled and exhaled slowly.

Other Melvin asked, "What the heck, man? Why do you want to hurt George and Harold?"

"They stole my invention," Melvin answered, "And spread lies about who I am."

Other Melvin was baffled and asked, "And? Is that really it?"

Melvin thought about it and said, "Yeah, it angered me beyond reason."

"Clearly," Other Melvin said.