The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Season 1 promotional poster
Genre	Action Adventure Comedy
Based on	Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie by David Soren
Developed by	Peter Hastings Mark Banker
Voices of	Nat Faxon Ramone Hamilton Jay Gragnani Jorge Diaz Peter Hastings
Narrated by	Sean Astin
Theme music composer	Peter Hastings
Composers	Jared Faber Fred Kron
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	45 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Peter Hastings
Producers	Todd Grimes (supervising) Peter McCown (line producer)
Running time	21 minutes
Production companies	DreamWorks Animation Television Scholastic Entertainment
Release
Original network	Netflix
Picture format	HDTV 1080p
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) – December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. It is based on the film, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, which is based on the Captain Underpants book series by Dav Pilkey.^[1][2]

The show's first season was released on Netflix on July 13, 2018. Its second season was released on February 8, 2019, and the third season released on July 19, 2019. The fourth season , titled The Epic Adventures of Captain Underpants in Space!, was released on July 10, 2020, though it was classified by Netflix as its own show rather than being part of the series. Three specials were made as well, with the first being released in 2019, and the other two debuting on the service the following year.

Premise

Season 1

The series revolves around the adventures of pranksters and comic book artists George Beard and Harold Hutchins, and their strict principal Mr. Krupp, who was hypnotized by George & Harold to become their creation: Captain Underpants, a brief-wearing superhero in a red cape and underpants.

Captain Underpants turns back into Krupp after getting hit with water at the end of almost every episode/adventure.

Season 2

The second season involves Melvinborg, a cyborg 20 years from the future, who was disguised as Dr. Vil Endenemys, eventually taking over the school and replacing Mr. Krupp, so he can get Melvin, a child genius and George and Harold's enemy, into Eliteanati Academy.

Season 3

The third season involves George and Harold heading to a summer camp, with them having to deal with Mr. Krupp being the camp instructor and the eventful hijinx of the camp owned by the Federation of United National Camps (AKA the F.U.N.C.).

In Space!

George and Harold are recruited for a mysterious mission in space, but by the second episode, Melvin, George and Harold's enemy, gets captured by Biglyans.

Episodes

Cast

• Nat Faxon as Benjamin Krupp/Captain Underpants
• Ramone Hamilton as George Beard
• Jay Gragnani as Harold Hutchins
• David Koechner as Mr. Meaner
• Laraine Newman as Ms. Ribble
• Patty Mattson as Ms. Anthrope
• Sean Astin as Narrator
• Peter Hastings as Comic Narrator
• Jorge Diaz as Melvin Sneedly, Mr. Rected, Melvinborg, and Stanley Peet
• Erica Luttrell as Erica Wang
• Dayci Brookshire as Jessica Gordon and Dressy Killman
• Evan Kishiyama as Steve "Gooch" Yamaguchi
• Brennan Murray as Bo Hweemuth
• Trevor Devall as Smartsy Fartsy and new Smartsy Fartsy (who was eaten by Smartsy)
• Nolan North as Lee Dingman, Cash Networth, Jet Wingman, and Dr. Shifty Fitzgibbons
• Secunda Wood as Moxie Swaggerman and Haily Comett
• Gavin C Robinson as Mr. Hand

Production

On December 12, 2017, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television announced that there would be an animated series to follow-up the film, entitled The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants.^[3][4] It premiered on the streaming service on July 13, 2018,^[5] and was executive-produced by Peter Hastings. A second season was announced and to be released on February 8, 2019. The third season was announced to be released on July 19, 2019. A new series, which contained six episodes, was announced to be released on July 10, 2020.

In October 2019, Netflix released a 46-minute Halloween special of the series titled The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-Ween.^[6] In February 2020, an interactive special titled Captain Underpants: Epic Choice O' Rama was released. In December 2020, a 46-minute Christmas special titled Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas was released.^[7]

Release

The series was first released on Netflix on July 13, 2018. The second season was released on February 8, 2019,^[8] and the third season was released on July 19, 2019. The series also aired in the UK on CITV.^[9]