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{{short description|2002 children's novel by Dav Pilkey}}
{{short description|2002 children's graphic novel by Dav Pilkey}}
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{{Infobox book
{{Infobox book
| name = The Adventures of<br> Super Diaper Baby
| name = The Adventures of<br> Super Diaper Baby
| image = superdiaperbaby.jpg
| image = superdiaperbaby.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Book cover
| author = [[Dav Pilkey]] (credited as George Beard)
| author = [[Dav Pilkey]] (credited as George Beard)
| illustrator = Dav Pilkey (credited as Harold Hutchins)
| illustrator = Dav Pilkey (credited as Harold Hutchins)
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| genre = [[Children's novel]]
| genre = [[Children's literature]]
| series = ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series
| series = ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series
| publisher = [[The Blue Sky Press|Blue Sky]] (US)<br />[[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]] (US)
| publisher = [[The Blue Sky Press|Blue Sky]] (US)<br />[[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]] (US)
| pub_date = February 5, 2002
| pub_date = February 5, 2002
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]])
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]])
| page =
| pages = 128 (Paperback)<br />144 ([[Hardcover]])
| isbn = 9780545385794|
| isbn = 9780545385794|
| followed_by = [[#Sequel|Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers]]
| followed_by = [[#Sequel|Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers]]
}}
}}

'''''The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby''''' is an American children's novel by [[Dav Pilkey]] (credited as "George Beard and Harold Hutchins"), categorized as part of the author's ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series of books as a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] to the series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pilkey|first=Dav|title=Dav's Books|url=http://www.pilkey.com/books.php|work=pilkey.com|publisher=Eyeland Studio|access-date=23 March 2012|format=Web page|year=2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403115044/http://www.pilkey.com/books.php|archive-date=3 April 2012}}</ref> It was published on February 5, 2002.
'''''The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby''''' is a 2002 children's [[graphic novel]] by American author [[Dav Pilkey]], credited on the cover as in-universe authors George Beard and Harold Hutchins. The book is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of Pilkey's ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pilkey|first=Dav|title=Dav's Books|url=http://www.pilkey.com/books.php|work=pilkey.com|publisher=Eyeland Studio|access-date=23 March 2012|format=Web page|year=2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403115044/http://www.pilkey.com/books.php|archive-date=3 April 2012}}</ref> It follows a baby named Billy who gains superpowers shortly after birth. Billy teams up with a super-powered dog, Diaper Dog, to fight Diaper Dog's former master, a sentient piece of [[feces]] named Deputy Dangerous.


==Plot==
==Plot==
===Introduction===
===Introduction===
Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins skate over [[ketchup]] packets in the school [[gym]] until their rude-spirited principal, Mr. Krupp, forces them to clean up the mess and meet him at his office. Since writing a sentence over and over wouldn't teach the boys anything, Mr. Krupp assigns them to write a 100-page essay on good citizenship, which they can't turn into a Captain Underpants story. The boys promptly make a story with a new superhero called "Super Diaper Baby", which angers Krupp to the point of making them write sentences.
Fourth-graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins skate over [[ketchup]] packets in the school [[gym]] until their mean-spirited principal, Mr. Krupp, catches them and makes them write a 100-page essay on good citizenship. The boys instead create a comic book about a superhero called "Super Diaper Baby", to Mr. Krupp's surprise.


===Main plot===
===Plot===
Expectant couple Bill and Mary Hoskins rush to the [[hospital]] while Deputy Dangerous and his talking pet dog Danger Dog drain Captain Underpants of his superpowers with Deputy's fitted ray, which then converts it to a liquid the two would consume, but Danger only drinks half of it when the police arrives, whom they both evade. Back at the hospital, Mary gives birth to a boy named Billy, whom the attending doctor accidentally throws into the power container. Billy drinks the juice, gaining the super powers and he overpowers both Deputy Dangerous and Danger Dog, both of whom are then apprehended by the police. Billy then flies back to the maternity ward.
Expectant couple Bill and Mary Hoskins rush to the [[hospital]]; meanwhile, Deputy Dangerous and his talking pet dog, Danger Dog, drain Captain Underpants of his superpowers. They convert the superpowers into juice, intending to share it to give themselves powers. Danger Dog drinks half of the juice, but the police come to arrest them before the Deputy gets a chance to drink. They run away from the police, ending up below the hospital.


At the hospital, Mary gives birth to a boy named Billy. The attending doctor gives Billy a "spank of life", accidentally sending him out of the window. He lands in Deputy Dangerous' container of juice and drinks it, gaining superpowers and becoming Super Diaper Baby. Billy then overpowers Deputy Dangerous and Danger Dog, who are arrested.
Danger Dog and Deputy Dangerous escape prison to their secret lab, where the latter invents a crib device connected by satellite that they deliver to the Hoskins under euphemistic pseudonyms, "Deputy Un-Dangerous" and "Safety Dog". Billy poops before midnight, and Mary gives him a very nice bath just as the "Heat-Seeking Dish" turns on. The device transits the poop, turning Deputy Dangerous into a small piece of turd. The next morning, Deputy Dangerous invents the "Robo-Ant 2000" so he can take over the world, but Danger Dog coins the name "Deputy Doo-Doo", then changes signs around. Billy fights the robot, but is taken by Deputy Doo-Doo to a nuclear power plant. Danger Dog saves Billy, while the Ant falls into the power plant instead. Bill and Mary want to keep "Safety Dog", but the Landlord worries that Danger Dog might stain the carpet, but changes his mind when they put a diaper on him and rename him Diaper Dog.


Danger Dog and Deputy Dangerous break out of jail and escape to their secret lab, where the Deputy invents a crib device that would transmit Billy's powers to him at midnight. They deliver it to the Hoskins under pseudonyms, "Deputy Un-Dangerous" and "Safety Dog". Billy poops before midnight, and Mary takes him out of the crib as the device turns on. It transmits the poop, turning Deputy Dangerous into a small piece of feces. The next morning, Deputy Dangerous invents a robotic ant [[Mecha|mecha-suit]] and intends to use it to destroy the city as an act of revenge. Danger Dog does not take the Deputy's efforts seriously, calling him "Deputy Doo-Doo" and choosing to cause mischief instead of destruction.
Meanwhile, back at the power plant, [[radioactivity]] causes Deputy Doo-Doo to grow into a giant and he resumes rampaging through the city. Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog fly out to stop him, but since Deputy Doo-Doo's now radioactive, they can't touch him. They instead trick him into attacking himself and wrap him up in a giant toilet roll, sending him to [[Uranus]]. On the way back to Earth, at a "[[Starbucks|Starbutts]]" on [[Mars]], they decide to take some Super Power Juice back to Earth and go to the laundromat where Captain Underpants is held captive. They restore his powers, and the world is a better place.

Billy's father sees the ant suit, scaring him, and Billy leaves his home to defeat it. Billy fights the Deputy, who captures him and throws him into a nearby nuclear power [[cooling tower]]. Danger Dog flies into the tower, saving Billy. Deputy Danger falls into the tower and the radiation makes him grow larger. Meanwhile, Billy's family adopts Danger Dog and renames him to Diaper Dog.

Deputy Danger continues his destruction of the city and Billy and Diaper Dog seek to stop him. They trick him into attacking himself and wrap him up in a giant roll of [[toilet paper]] before flying him to [[Uranus]]. Billy and Diaper Dog order superpower juice at a restaurant on Uranus and give it to Captain Underpants, restoring his powers.


==Characters==
==Characters==
*Billy Hoskins/Super Diaper Baby – the book's [[protagonist]]; he is a newborn baby who gains Captain Underpants' powers.
*Billy Hoskins/Super Diaper Baby – the book's [[protagonist]], a newborn baby who gains Captain Underpants' powers.
*Danger/Diaper Dog – the Hoskins' pet [[puggle]] and Super Diaper Baby's sidekick. He was once allied with Deputy Dangerous, but only because the villain gave him ample "kibbles". He gained superpowers by drinking half of the liquid produced by Deputy Dangerous' power-draining ray.
*Danger/Diaper Dog – the Hoskins' pet dog and Super Diaper Baby's sidekick. He was once allied with Deputy Dangerous because the villain fed him ample "kibbles". He gained superpowers by drinking half of the liquid produced by Deputy Dangerous' power-draining ray.
*Deputy Dangerous/Doo-Doo – the main [[antagonist]] of Book 1. He becomes a piece of poop due to a mishap in one of his attempts to steal Super Diaper Baby's powers and grows huge when he gets dumped in radioactive waste. Billy and Diaper Dog wrap him with a giant toilet paper from Bob's Toilet Paper Store and take him to [[Uranus]], never to be heard from again.
*Deputy Dangerous/Doo-Doo – the main [[antagonist]] of the first book. He becomes a piece of feces during one of his attempts to steal Super Diaper Baby's powers and grows huge when he is exposed to [[nuclear radiation]]. Billy and Diaper Dog wrap him with toilet paper take him to [[Uranus]].
*Dr. Dilbert Dinkle/Rip Van Tinkle – the main antagonist of ''Super Diaper Baby 2''. He once was a criminal/inventor, now shunned everywhere due to his stench, as simple water-turned-urine. [[Dav Pilkey]] originally planned to name Tinkle "Pee Pee Longstockings". While attacking a giant pee-formed Dr. Dinkle, Billy and Diaper Dog push the [[Earth]] far away from the sun, making it snow and Dr. Dinkle freezes solid.
*Dr. Dilbert Dinkle/Rip Van Tinkle – the main antagonist of ''Super Diaper Baby 2''. Once a criminal and inventor, he is shunned due to his smell, as simple water-turned-urine. [[Dav Pilkey]] originally planned to name Tinkle "Pee Pee Longstockings". While attacking a giant pee-formed Dr. Dinkle, Billy and Diaper Dog push the [[Earth]] away from the sun, making it snow and Dr. Dinkle freeze solid.
*Petey – a grumpy [[tabby cat]]. Petey dislikes Rip Van Tinkle's attitude and bad breath. He is the controller of the Robo Kitty and Supa - Mecha Kitty 3000. He appeared in Book 2, as well as the Dog Man novels. Petey is not to be confused with [[Pete (Disney)|Pete]], a character who is also called Petey. Petey also appears in the ''[[Zootopia]]'' franchise, when he was first seen in the original Zootopia film, where he was singing “[[Mississippi Mud]]”.
*Petey – a grumpy [[tabby cat]]. Petey dislikes Rip Van Tinkle's attitude and bad breath. He is the controller of the Robo Kitty and Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000. He appears in the second book and the Dog Man graphic novels.


===Additional characters===
===Additional characters===
*Bill and Mary Hoskins - Billy's parents.
*Bill and Mary Hoskins - Billy's parents.
*Captain Underpants - George and Harold's Waistband Warrior. In Book 1, he made a special appearance, where he enters Deputy Dangerous's trap, designed as an underwear cleaner, and the Deputy zaps his powers, turning them into a juice.
*[[Captain Underpants]] - In the first book, he enters a trap in which Deputy Danger, disguised as an underwear cleaner, zaps his powers, turning them into a juice.
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*The Doctor - After Billy's birth, he attempts to give Billy the "spank of life", sending him out the window. Upon returning to the birthing room, Billy, with his superpowers, spanks the doctor.
*Starbutts Giraffe - A three-eyed giraffe who works at Starbutts.
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*The Doctor - During the time of Billy's birth, he attempts to give him the "spank of life", only to send him flying out the window. Upon returning to the birthing room, Billy, with his super powers, pays back the doctor by spanking.


===Foreword characters===
===Foreword characters===
*George Beard - The author of this comic book.
*George Beard - The in-universe author of the book.
*Harold Hutchins - The illustrator of this comic book.
*Harold Hutchins - The in-universe illustrator of the book.
*Mr. Krupp - The principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, who finds both books in the ''Super Diaper Baby'' series offensive.
*Mr. Krupp - The principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, who finds the books in the ''Super Diaper Baby'' series offensive.


==''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''==
==Sequel==
{{Infobox book|
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| name = Super Diaper Baby 2:<br> Invasion of the Potty Snatchers
| name = Super Diaper Baby 2:<br> The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers
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| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| genre = [[Children's novel]]
| genre = [[Children's literature]]
| series = ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series
| series = ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series
| publisher = [[The Blue Sky Press|Blue Sky]] (US)<br />[[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]] (US)
| publisher = [[The Blue Sky Press|Blue Sky]] (US)<br />[[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]] (US)
| pub_date = June 28, 2011
| pub_date = June 28, 2011
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| page =
| pages = 192
| isbn = 9780545175326
| isbn = 9780545175326
| preceded_by = The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
| preceded_by = The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
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On the last page of the first book, an advertisement for a [[sequel]] titled '''''Super Diaper Baby 2: Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''''' can be found. However, the sequel took longer than the anticipated release due to Dav Pilkey taking care of his terminally ill father, who died in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staskiewicz |first1=Keith |title='Captain Underpants' returns: Creator and potty humor maestro Dav Pilkey gives us the scoop |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/08/24/captain-underpants-returns-dav-pilkey/ |website=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Macpherson |first1=Karen |title=Super Diaper Baby is back in all his powder and glory |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/super-diaper-baby-is-back-in-all-his-powder-and-glory/ |website=The Seattle Times |access-date=10 April 2019 |date=22 July 2011}}</ref> On the back page there was a picture of the book with the words ''The Third Epic Novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins'' underneath. The long-awaited book was finally published on June 28, 2011, named ''The Third Graphic Novel''.


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An advertisement for a [[sequel]] titled '''''Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers''''' is found on the last page of the first book. Its release took longer than Dav Pilkey, who took care of his terminally ill father, initially anticipated; his father died in 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Staskiewicz |first1=Keith |title='Captain Underpants' returns: Creator and potty humor maestro Dav Pilkey gives us the scoop |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/08/24/captain-underpants-returns-dav-pilkey/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Macpherson |first1=Karen |title=Super Diaper Baby is back in all his powder and glory |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/super-diaper-baby-is-back-in-all-his-powder-and-glory/ |website=The Seattle Times |access-date=10 April 2019 |date=22 July 2011}}</ref> On the back page, there was a picture of the sequel with the words ''The Third Epic Novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins'' underneath. It was published on June 28, 2011, named ''The Third Graphic Novel''.
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=== Plot summary ===

====Introduction====
=== Introduction ===
After Mr. Krupp reads the "Super Diaper Baby" comic, he is furious and yells at the boys for creating such a rude and offensive comic, suggesting that they try and write about something more appropriate. He gives them the book ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]'' as an example and states that it was his favorite book during his childhood (with the last seven pages torn out). The book inspires the boys and they decide to make a sequel, about pee, which only angers Mr. Krupp even more.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Pamela |title=Children's Books - Super Diaper Baby 2 - By Dav Pilkey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/books/review/childrens-books-super-diaper-baby-2-by-dav-pilkey.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=11 April 2019 |date=29 June 2011}}</ref>
The book begins after the end of the first book's introduction. Mr. Krupp becomes furious at the comic George and Harold turned in as their 100-page essay. When the boys struggle to think of something to write that does not involve poop, Krupp shows them a book from his childhood, ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]'' with the last seven page torn out, which he believes is more realistic that way. Upon reading it, George and Harold are inspired create something without poop and decide to make their sequel about pee. Offended by their new book, Krupp send them to detention.

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=== Plot ===
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The Hoskins and Diaper Dog set up a picnic in the park where Billy ends up over a tree, but he and Diaper Dog force a doll back from a bully, get a ball out of a portable toilet, and get a toe-broken kid to the hospital in a few seconds. That night, Mr. Hoskins feels depressed, but after a reminder by his wife, he decides to read ''Mechafrog and Robotoad are Enemies'' to Billy. Billy can now read it to him, instead, due to the powers he gained. Meanwhile, two criminals called Dr. Dilbert Dinkle and Petey the Cat sneak into Jim's Bank, but before Dr. Dinkle can measure for his invention, Petey accidentally pushes a lever, and Dr. Dinkle turns into water. Petey accidentally destroys the invention, leaving Dr. Dinkle made out of water permanently. Dr. Dinkle likes being made out of water when he is able to turn into a puddle, sneak into the vault, and steal the money. Back at his home, Dr. Dinkle finds out he will never pay the water bill and his supply is cut off after two weeks. Petey complains he needs water for drinking, but Dr. Dinkle goes to sleep. Petey drinks him in revenge. The next morning, Dr. Dinkle yells to be let out, right when Petey needs to urinate and the cat leaps into his litter box. Dr. Dinkle discovers that he is now made out of urine, and Petey coins the name "Rip Van Tinkle", much to Dinkle's dismay. Petey makes jokes at his expense and makes him go to multiple places, all of which kick him out for his smell.

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The following night, Rip Van Tinkle puts Petey in the Robo Kitty 3000, before he evaporates and rains pee on people. Soon, the pee drops break into houses to steal toilets for the Robo Kitty 3000 to destroy. One drop gets caught by Billy, so it tricks him into thinking that it will repair the toilet, gives him a juice box in bed, then the Kitty destroys the toilet. The next day, Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins are in pain, and they put on diapers, while the mayor decides to drain the pool. The pee drops unite to recreate Rip Van Tinkle, while Petey steals diapers to sell to the people who were robbed of toilets. Rip Van Tinkle takes Petey's money, and the cat soaks him up with toilet paper. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog arrive, only for Petey to evolve the Robo Kitty 3000 into the Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000. Super Diaper Baby flies to buy catnip and pour it inside the control seat. Petey goes crazy after smelling the catnip, bounces around, and detaches the Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000's head. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog grab Petey and carry him to jail.


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A drop of pee gets flicked up and lands in the Mayor's pool, where it grows into an enlarged Rip Van Tinkle, whom the duo finds wreaking havoc at the train tracks. Rip Van Tinkle uses the train as [[nunchucks]] and hits both of them. Rip Van Tinkle overpowers the two and smashes a building on top of them. Super Diaper Baby remembers that a week before, he put his juice box in the freezer and it froze solid, giving Diaper Dog the idea to push down on the Earth. It works and makes the Earth move farther from the Sun. Rip Van Tinkle freezes, and Diaper Dog and Super Diaper Baby carry Rip Van Tinkle, while Super Diaper Baby gets an idea of how to cheer up his father.
====Main plot====
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The Hoskins and Diaper Dog set up a picnic in the park where Billy ends up over a tree, but then he and Diaper Dog force a doll back from a bully, get a ball out of a portable toilet and get a toe-broken kid to the hospital in a few seconds. That night, Mr. Hoskins feels depressed, but after a reminder by his wife, he decides to read "Mechafrog and Robotoad are Enemies" to Billy, but he can now read it to him, instead, due to the powers he gained. Meanwhile, two criminals called Dr. Dilbert Dinkle and Petey the Cat sneak into Jim's Bank, but before Dr. Dinkle can measure for his invention, careless Petey accidentally pushes the lever and Dr. Dinkle turns into water, then Petey accidentally destroys the invention, meaning that Dr. Dinkle is made out of water permanently, but Dr. Dinkle thinks that he actually likes being made out of water when he is able to turn into a puddle and sneak into the vault to get the money. Back at his home, Dr. Dinkle finds out he will never pay the water bill, but his supply is cut off after two weeks. Petey complains he needs water for drinking, but Dr. Dinkle goes to sleep and Petey drinks him in revenge. The next morning, Dr. Dinkle yells in surprise to be let out, right when Petey needs to urinate and the cat leaps into his litter box. Dr. Dinkle discovers that he is now made out of urine as Petey coins the name "Rip Van Tinkle", much to his dismay, and makes jokes at his expense, making him go to multiple places, all of which kick him out for smelling horrible.


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Back at the Hoskins' house, Billy tells Mr. Hoskins that there was an ice monster outside and that he was brave enough to stand up to it. Diaper Dog, hiding behind and making a voice for Rip Van Tinkle, talks to Mr. Hoskins. The "ice monster" is "scared" of Mr. Hoskins' talking and leaves Earth. While someone asks for Mr. Hoskins' autograph, Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog take Rip Van Tinkle to [[Uranus]], only for Deputy Doo-Doo to say "''The Baby again''." They return to Earth, and take a picture with Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins with a news reporter and put out a newspaper saying, "Diaper Clad Dad Saves The Earth!".
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The following night, Rip Van Tinkle puts Petey in the Robo Kitty 3000, before he evaporates and rains pee on people. Soon the pee drops break into houses to steal toilets for the Robo Kitty 3000 to destroy. [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!|One drop gets caught by Billy, so it tricks him into thinking that it will repair the toilet, gives him a juice box in bed, then the Kitty destroys the toilet.]] The next day, Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins are in pain, but put on diapers, while the mayor decides to drain the pool. The pee drops unite to create Rip Van Tinkle, while Petey steals diapers to sell to the people who were robbed of toilets, but Rip Van Tinkle takes Petey's money and the cat soaks him up with toilet paper. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog arrive, only for Petey to evolve the Robo Kitty 3000 into the Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000. Super Diaper Baby flies to buy catnip and pour it inside the control seat. Petey goes crazy after having the slightest sniff of the catnip, bounces around, and detaches the Supa - Mecha Kitty 3000's head. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog grab Petey and carry him off to jail.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vollmer |first1=Patricia |title=Super Diaper Baby 2: Review and Book Gift Set Giveaway |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/07/super-diaper-baby-2-review-and-book-gift-set-giveaway/ |website=Wired |access-date=11 April 2019 |date=5 July 2011}}</ref>


== Reception ==
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A drop of pee gets flicked up and lands in the Mayor's pool, where it grows into an enlarged Rip Van Tinkle, whom the duo finds wreaking havoc at the train tracks. Rip Van Tinkle uses the train as [[nunchucks]] and hits both of them. Rip Van Tinkle overpowers the two, and smashes a building right on top of them. However, Super Diaper Baby remembers that a week before, he put his juice box in the freezer and it froze solid, giving Diaper Dog the idea to push down on the Earth. It works, making the Earth go farther and farther from the Sun. Rip Van Tinkle freezes and Diaper Dog and Super Diaper Baby carry Rip Van Tinkle while Super Diaper Baby gets an idea of how to cheer up his father.
''Super Diaper Baby'' series received positive reviews from book critics.


Barbara Schultz of ''[[Common Sense Media]]'' gave the first book three stars out of five, calling it "really pretty hilarious." She praised the art as "adorable." However, she also noticed the humor involved with "almost all the bathroom variety, and it is so funny to kids that they will read it and talk about it many more times than adults might want."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schultz |first=Barbara |date=July 12, 2017 |title=The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Book Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/the-adventures-of-super-diaper-baby |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Common Sense Media |language=en}}</ref>
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Back at the Hoskins' house, Billy tells Mr. Hoskins that there was an ice monster outside (Rip Van Tinkle) and tells his dad he's brave enough to stand up to him. Diaper Dog, hiding behind and making a voice for Rip Van Tinkle, talks to Mr. Hoskins. The "ice monster" is "scared" of Mr. Hoskins' talking and leaves Earth. While someone asks for Mr. Hoskins' autograph, Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog take Rip Van Tinkle to [[Uranus]], only for Deputy Doo Doo to say ''The Baby again.''. They come back, and take a picture with Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins with a news reporter and put on a newspaper saying "Diaper Clad Dad Saves The Earth!".


==Controversy==
=== Controversy ===
''Super Diaper Baby'' has frequently been banned and challenged, landing the 47th spot on the [[American Library Association]]'s "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books" between 2000 and 2009,<ref>{{cite web|date=26 March 2013|title=Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009|url=http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009|website=Banned & Challenged Books|publisher=[[American Library Association]]|language=en|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref> as the 41st spot of the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019."<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2020-09-09|title=Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019|url=https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-12|website=American Library Association|language=en}}</ref>
''Super Diaper Baby'' has frequently been banned and challenged and was on the [[American Library Association]]'s lists of the 100 most banned and challenged books between 2000 and 2009, at 47th place,<ref>{{cite web|date=26 March 2013|title=Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009|url=http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009|website=Banned & Challenged Books|publisher=[[American Library Association]]|language=en|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref> and between 2010 and 2019, at 41st place."<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2020-09-09|title=Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019|url=https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019|access-date=2021-06-12|website=American Library Association|language=en}}</ref>


''Super Diaper Baby'' was [[Book censorship in the United States|challenged]] in the [[Riverside Unified School District]] for being inappropriate for children with its excessive [[toilet humor]], and also faced criticism for its intentionally misspelled words, but a committee voted 5–2 to reject its removal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sauerwein |first1=Kristina |title=Super Diaper Baby Survives |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-13-me-diaper13-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 April 2019 |date=13 June 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sauerwein |first1=Kristina |title=Panel Torn Over Fate of 'Super Diaper Baby' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-05-me-diaper5-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 April 2019 |date=5 June 2003}}</ref>
''Super Diaper Baby'' was [[Book censorship in the United States|challenged]] in the [[Riverside Unified School District]] for being inappropriate for children due to its excessive [[toilet humor]] and intentionally misspelled words. A committee voted 5–2 to reject its removal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sauerwein |first1=Kristina |title=Super Diaper Baby Survives |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-13-me-diaper13-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 April 2019 |date=13 June 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sauerwein |first1=Kristina |title=Panel Torn Over Fate of 'Super Diaper Baby' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-05-me-diaper5-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 April 2019 |date=5 June 2003}}</ref>


The book was removed at the [[Channelview Independent School District]] after an elementary student was suspended for a day after calling another student a "poo poo head".<ref>{{cite web |title=Channelview ISD removes 'poo poo' book from elementary school library |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/channelview-isd-removes-poo-poo-book-from-elementary-school-library/285-413143272 |website=[[KHOU]] |access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>
The book was removed at the [[Channelview Independent School District]] after an elementary student was suspended for a day after calling another student a "poo poo head."<ref>{{cite web |title=Channelview ISD removes 'poo poo' book from elementary school library |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/channelview-isd-removes-poo-poo-book-from-elementary-school-library/285-413143272 |website=[[KHOU]] |date=15 July 2011 |access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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The Adventures of
Super Diaper Baby
Book cover
AuthorDav Pilkey (credited as George Beard)
IllustratorDav Pilkey (credited as Harold Hutchins)
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCaptain Underpants series
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherBlue Sky (US)
Scholastic (US)
Publication date
February 5, 2002
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages128 (Paperback)
144 (Hardcover)
ISBN9780545385794
Followed bySuper Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers 

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby is a 2002 children's graphic novel by American author Dav Pilkey, credited on the cover as in-universe authors George Beard and Harold Hutchins. The book is a spin-off of Pilkey's Captain Underpants series.[1] It follows a baby named Billy who gains superpowers shortly after birth. Billy teams up with a super-powered dog, Diaper Dog, to fight Diaper Dog's former master, a sentient piece of feces named Deputy Dangerous.

Plot

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Introduction

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Fourth-graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins skate over ketchup packets in the school gym until their mean-spirited principal, Mr. Krupp, catches them and makes them write a 100-page essay on good citizenship. The boys instead create a comic book about a superhero called "Super Diaper Baby", to Mr. Krupp's surprise.

Plot

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Expectant couple Bill and Mary Hoskins rush to the hospital; meanwhile, Deputy Dangerous and his talking pet dog, Danger Dog, drain Captain Underpants of his superpowers. They convert the superpowers into juice, intending to share it to give themselves powers. Danger Dog drinks half of the juice, but the police come to arrest them before the Deputy gets a chance to drink. They run away from the police, ending up below the hospital.

At the hospital, Mary gives birth to a boy named Billy. The attending doctor gives Billy a "spank of life", accidentally sending him out of the window. He lands in Deputy Dangerous' container of juice and drinks it, gaining superpowers and becoming Super Diaper Baby. Billy then overpowers Deputy Dangerous and Danger Dog, who are arrested.

Danger Dog and Deputy Dangerous break out of jail and escape to their secret lab, where the Deputy invents a crib device that would transmit Billy's powers to him at midnight. They deliver it to the Hoskins under pseudonyms, "Deputy Un-Dangerous" and "Safety Dog". Billy poops before midnight, and Mary takes him out of the crib as the device turns on. It transmits the poop, turning Deputy Dangerous into a small piece of feces. The next morning, Deputy Dangerous invents a robotic ant mecha-suit and intends to use it to destroy the city as an act of revenge. Danger Dog does not take the Deputy's efforts seriously, calling him "Deputy Doo-Doo" and choosing to cause mischief instead of destruction.

Billy's father sees the ant suit, scaring him, and Billy leaves his home to defeat it. Billy fights the Deputy, who captures him and throws him into a nearby nuclear power cooling tower. Danger Dog flies into the tower, saving Billy. Deputy Danger falls into the tower and the radiation makes him grow larger. Meanwhile, Billy's family adopts Danger Dog and renames him to Diaper Dog.

Deputy Danger continues his destruction of the city and Billy and Diaper Dog seek to stop him. They trick him into attacking himself and wrap him up in a giant roll of toilet paper before flying him to Uranus. Billy and Diaper Dog order superpower juice at a restaurant on Uranus and give it to Captain Underpants, restoring his powers.

Characters

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  • Billy Hoskins/Super Diaper Baby – the book's protagonist, a newborn baby who gains Captain Underpants' powers.
  • Danger/Diaper Dog – the Hoskins' pet dog and Super Diaper Baby's sidekick. He was once allied with Deputy Dangerous because the villain fed him ample "kibbles". He gained superpowers by drinking half of the liquid produced by Deputy Dangerous' power-draining ray.
  • Deputy Dangerous/Doo-Doo – the main antagonist of the first book. He becomes a piece of feces during one of his attempts to steal Super Diaper Baby's powers and grows huge when he is exposed to nuclear radiation. Billy and Diaper Dog wrap him with toilet paper take him to Uranus.
  • Dr. Dilbert Dinkle/Rip Van Tinkle – the main antagonist of Super Diaper Baby 2. Once a criminal and inventor, he is shunned due to his smell, as simple water-turned-urine. Dav Pilkey originally planned to name Tinkle "Pee Pee Longstockings". While attacking a giant pee-formed Dr. Dinkle, Billy and Diaper Dog push the Earth away from the sun, making it snow and Dr. Dinkle freeze solid.
  • Petey – a grumpy tabby cat. Petey dislikes Rip Van Tinkle's attitude and bad breath. He is the controller of the Robo Kitty and Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000. He appears in the second book and the Dog Man graphic novels.

Additional characters

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  • Bill and Mary Hoskins - Billy's parents.
  • Captain Underpants - In the first book, he enters a trap in which Deputy Danger, disguised as an underwear cleaner, zaps his powers, turning them into a juice.
  • The Doctor - After Billy's birth, he attempts to give Billy the "spank of life", sending him out the window. Upon returning to the birthing room, Billy, with his superpowers, spanks the doctor.

Foreword characters

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  • George Beard - The in-universe author of the book.
  • Harold Hutchins - The in-universe illustrator of the book.
  • Mr. Krupp - The principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, who finds the books in the Super Diaper Baby series offensive.

Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers

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Super Diaper Baby 2:
The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers
AuthorDav Pilkey (credited as George Beard)
IllustratorDav Pilkey (credited as Harold Hutchins)
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCaptain Underpants series
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherBlue Sky (US)
Scholastic (US)
Publication date
June 28, 2011
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages192
ISBN9780545175326
Preceded byThe Adventures of Super Diaper Baby 

An advertisement for a sequel titled Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers is found on the last page of the first book. Its release took longer than Dav Pilkey, who took care of his terminally ill father, initially anticipated; his father died in 2008.[2][3] On the back page, there was a picture of the sequel with the words The Third Epic Novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins underneath. It was published on June 28, 2011, named The Third Graphic Novel.

Introduction

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The book begins after the end of the first book's introduction. Mr. Krupp becomes furious at the comic George and Harold turned in as their 100-page essay. When the boys struggle to think of something to write that does not involve poop, Krupp shows them a book from his childhood, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! with the last seven page torn out, which he believes is more realistic that way. Upon reading it, George and Harold are inspired create something without poop and decide to make their sequel about pee. Offended by their new book, Krupp send them to detention.

Plot

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The Hoskins and Diaper Dog set up a picnic in the park where Billy ends up over a tree, but he and Diaper Dog force a doll back from a bully, get a ball out of a portable toilet, and get a toe-broken kid to the hospital in a few seconds. That night, Mr. Hoskins feels depressed, but after a reminder by his wife, he decides to read Mechafrog and Robotoad are Enemies to Billy. Billy can now read it to him, instead, due to the powers he gained. Meanwhile, two criminals called Dr. Dilbert Dinkle and Petey the Cat sneak into Jim's Bank, but before Dr. Dinkle can measure for his invention, Petey accidentally pushes a lever, and Dr. Dinkle turns into water. Petey accidentally destroys the invention, leaving Dr. Dinkle made out of water permanently. Dr. Dinkle likes being made out of water when he is able to turn into a puddle, sneak into the vault, and steal the money. Back at his home, Dr. Dinkle finds out he will never pay the water bill and his supply is cut off after two weeks. Petey complains he needs water for drinking, but Dr. Dinkle goes to sleep. Petey drinks him in revenge. The next morning, Dr. Dinkle yells to be let out, right when Petey needs to urinate and the cat leaps into his litter box. Dr. Dinkle discovers that he is now made out of urine, and Petey coins the name "Rip Van Tinkle", much to Dinkle's dismay. Petey makes jokes at his expense and makes him go to multiple places, all of which kick him out for his smell.

The following night, Rip Van Tinkle puts Petey in the Robo Kitty 3000, before he evaporates and rains pee on people. Soon, the pee drops break into houses to steal toilets for the Robo Kitty 3000 to destroy. One drop gets caught by Billy, so it tricks him into thinking that it will repair the toilet, gives him a juice box in bed, then the Kitty destroys the toilet. The next day, Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins are in pain, and they put on diapers, while the mayor decides to drain the pool. The pee drops unite to recreate Rip Van Tinkle, while Petey steals diapers to sell to the people who were robbed of toilets. Rip Van Tinkle takes Petey's money, and the cat soaks him up with toilet paper. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog arrive, only for Petey to evolve the Robo Kitty 3000 into the Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000. Super Diaper Baby flies to buy catnip and pour it inside the control seat. Petey goes crazy after smelling the catnip, bounces around, and detaches the Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000's head. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog grab Petey and carry him to jail.

A drop of pee gets flicked up and lands in the Mayor's pool, where it grows into an enlarged Rip Van Tinkle, whom the duo finds wreaking havoc at the train tracks. Rip Van Tinkle uses the train as nunchucks and hits both of them. Rip Van Tinkle overpowers the two and smashes a building on top of them. Super Diaper Baby remembers that a week before, he put his juice box in the freezer and it froze solid, giving Diaper Dog the idea to push down on the Earth. It works and makes the Earth move farther from the Sun. Rip Van Tinkle freezes, and Diaper Dog and Super Diaper Baby carry Rip Van Tinkle, while Super Diaper Baby gets an idea of how to cheer up his father.

Back at the Hoskins' house, Billy tells Mr. Hoskins that there was an ice monster outside and that he was brave enough to stand up to it. Diaper Dog, hiding behind and making a voice for Rip Van Tinkle, talks to Mr. Hoskins. The "ice monster" is "scared" of Mr. Hoskins' talking and leaves Earth. While someone asks for Mr. Hoskins' autograph, Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog take Rip Van Tinkle to Uranus, only for Deputy Doo-Doo to say "The Baby again." They return to Earth, and take a picture with Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins with a news reporter and put out a newspaper saying, "Diaper Clad Dad Saves The Earth!".

Reception

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Super Diaper Baby series received positive reviews from book critics.

Barbara Schultz of Common Sense Media gave the first book three stars out of five, calling it "really pretty hilarious." She praised the art as "adorable." However, she also noticed the humor involved with "almost all the bathroom variety, and it is so funny to kids that they will read it and talk about it many more times than adults might want."[4]

Controversy

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Super Diaper Baby has frequently been banned and challenged and was on the American Library Association's lists of the 100 most banned and challenged books between 2000 and 2009, at 47th place,[5] and between 2010 and 2019, at 41st place."[6]

Super Diaper Baby was challenged in the Riverside Unified School District for being inappropriate for children due to its excessive toilet humor and intentionally misspelled words. A committee voted 5–2 to reject its removal.[7][8]

The book was removed at the Channelview Independent School District after an elementary student was suspended for a day after calling another student a "poo poo head."[9]

References

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  1. ^ Pilkey, Dav (2003). "Dav's Books". pilkey.com. Eyeland Studio. Archived from the original (Web page) on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. ^ Staskiewicz, Keith. "'Captain Underpants' returns: Creator and potty humor maestro Dav Pilkey gives us the scoop". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. ^ Macpherson, Karen (22 July 2011). "Super Diaper Baby is back in all his powder and glory". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ Schultz, Barbara (July 12, 2017). "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Book Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009". Banned & Challenged Books. American Library Association. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019". American Library Association. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  7. ^ Sauerwein, Kristina (13 June 2003). "Super Diaper Baby Survives". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  8. ^ Sauerwein, Kristina (5 June 2003). "Panel Torn Over Fate of 'Super Diaper Baby'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Channelview ISD removes 'poo poo' book from elementary school library". KHOU. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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