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How I would rewrite: Bowser Junior’s Mom

Recently I watched the SML episode Junior’s mom and even though I enjoyed it, I felt it had a lot of untapped potential and would benefit from some reworking. So I thought it would be fun to express how I would go about rewriting this episode (Alpha Jay show style) and maybe a few other episodes in the future.

Key Points: Chef Pee Pee genuinely believes he cooked and ate Junior’s mom and feels extremely remorseful while Junior genuinely believes that his mom ran off again and is depressed.

The beginning would be similar, just shortened. I found Cody yelling at Junior for mixing the Lego’s pretty funny, so I would keep the joke, but condense it to about a minute until the topic of their mom’s come up. Cody and Joseph pick on Junior for not having a mom and Junior is so upset that he tells Cody and Joseph to just leave before asking his dad who his mom is. The episode continues as normal until near the end.

Junior doesn’t believe Chef Pee Pee when he confesses to him that he cooked his mom and thinks this is Chef Pee Pee’s way of comforting him about his mom leaving. He tells Chef Pee Pee he doesn’t have to make stuff up and Chef Pee Pee tries to convince him that he really did what he said. Junior asks why he would feed them turtle soup in the first place considering they’re turtles, which makes Chef Pee Pee feel even more guilty and he breaks down crying again. Junior tries to comfort him but Chef Pee Pee yells at him for not believing him, asking him if he didn’t cook Shelby, what’s in the soup? Junior says he doesn’t know but it was good and tells Chef Pee Pee he must have been dreaming and needs to go back to sleep (a callback to earlier on when Chef Pee Pee told Junior he doesn’t have a mom and must be dreaming.) Chef Pee Pee doesn’t argue with him any more, and takes his advice. After that, the episode ends with Junior sighing sadly, then also going to bed.

I think this would be a more interesting ending to see how the two interact when the roles are reversed and it’s Chef Pee Pee who royally fucked up this time. I know it would be disturbing, but it’s a way to end the episode which doesn’t leave so many plot holes and gives it a more emotional ending which doesn’t get retconned in the future. Afterwards, there could even be some mild character development with Chef Pee Pee being nicer to Junior out of guilt, and Junior making less jokes about Cody’s mom because he understands how much a mother can mean to a boy.

But those are just my ideas, how about yours?

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Jthm truth

Was Johnny brutally abused as a child?

It seems kinda obvious given that most serial killers were indeed abused in their youths but today I’m writing a short theory to explain this in more depth and provide evidence for my favorite Jhonen Vanquez theory of all time: Johnny is Squee from the future. He went back in time to prevent some of the worse abuses he went through to keep himself from becoming a míserable maniac. However, he forgot why he was there and instead continued killing. The only times he saved Squee was from his Dad and from a pedophile.

There are mounds of evidence, meaning there may not be many individual pieces, but those pieces are powerful and nearly indisputable.

1- the cracks in his head, the permanent ones: they are never explained and prominent.

2- amnesia- most likely from the shock therapy and parental abuse

3- his depression, suicidal tendencies, and dim outlook on life- all symptoms of mental and physical abuse in ones past, circumstancal though. The neglect and damage caused by his parents are enough to drive anyone insane especially a six year old kid.

4- Johnny used to be an artist, Squee is also seen drawing frequently, an outlet for his bad luck

5- Johnny cares for Squee. Like really cares. He never hurts him, all his threats towards him are done jokingly, he takes the time to check on him and talk to him, even in the mental ward. He cares for him even more than Devi.

So the real question is: HOW DID HE TIME TRAVEL.

Considering that Johnny is a character who literally had a killing spree in heaven, it doesn’t seem far fetched to think he can time travel

The last damning piece of evidence: in the cell, Squee draws several demented looking things but amoung these is, believe it or not, a sketchy drawing of Zim andddd happy noodle boi.

Do this is all I have for now. Soon I will be posting more Cu theories and explore the lore of Invader Zim. Love y’all byeee 🖤

LOOK AT THE POOR BEBE

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My top questions about Invader Zim for future theories: (keep in mind I’ve not read the comics yet)

Do they live in a post apocalyptic world?

What happened to Dib and Gaz’s mother if they even had one?

We know Zim was brutally experimented on but how does that impact his thoughts about humans and irkens?

Wtf does Gir eat a baby?

And finally CAN WE PLEASW GET MORE OF THIS AWESOME SHOW AHHHHHHHHHH

Fkkkk wrong blog shit

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Ramblings about the Captain Underpants score.

So I took a listen to the track ‘Prank for good’ for Captain Underpants and I noticed something. During the beginning, the ‘Friend like you’ leitmotif plays, but then CU’s theme is woven into it (around the 0:06 mark). Likewise at the very end (aka the ending of the movie) CU’s theme plays but then ‘Friend like you’ is woven in (around the 5:29 mark).

The end result? They both sound as if they were meant to be together, as if to further connect George and Harold to CU. The composer is very clever with his use of music in his film.

Actually speaking of the composer, I like how in the moment before Krupp gets hypnotized, the music blends this magical sounding music into the hypo-ring’s music, as if to signify ‘the moment you’ve been waiting for is at hand and/or something magical is about to go down.’ The filmmakers knew how important that scene was going to be and they went all out with everything including the music. :)

On a side note, has anyone noticed that CU’s theme barrows a few notes from the song that Weird Al Yankovic did for the film? Specifically when you hear the word ‘Underpants?’

ALSO on a side note: Is it me or does the music for Krupp have variations of CU’s theme in it? I mean it’s more obvious when CU accidentally reverts himself back into Krupp with the water gun, but also there’s one part of the score (it’s during the moment he sees the casserole in his office) and if you listen closely, it almost sounds like CU’s theme. There’s the first note, then the next two notes. And then that first note plays again, but then it stops as if it’s… incomplete and unsatisfying. And of course it’s a quiet but melancholic version.

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So far, in my quest to solve all of the tiniest mysteries spread through the Captian Underpants cartoon, I have thouroughly dissected the characters of Mr Krupp and Melvin, my two favorite characters. But this character is my best boy, for a reason, a reason I must not overthink. I’m getting sweaty, let’s cut to the chase, shall we? Melvin-borg.  His debut in the next to last episode of the first season was a twist that even I did not see coming, and is a huge part of why I adore the writing of this show so much. It should’ve seen it coming, all the clues where dangling in front of me, and yet it went just over my smol brain. Speaking of brains, Melvin-borg’s brain is much different than Melvin’s, so much I canonically consider him a separate character of his own. An alternate universe version of Melvin if you will, since Melvin consciously decided not to become him. His brain is also, a bit different in other ways. Idid diagnos Melvin with Asperger’s Syndrome (ASD1?) and I most definitely believe Melvin-borg shares the diagnosis nonetheless, but there’s so many small differences between him and Melvin. Most notably, he is much more compulsive and driven by emotions than Melvin. Multiple times he and Melvin had to suffer the consequences of his half-baked ideas, including the invention of the bees which later caused him to wreck, and require his robotic side to be formed. We can assume the wreck completely disabled the right side of his body, as well as the right side of his brain. Similar to Inspector Gadget or Gizmo Duck, his brain is basically a motherboard for the computer of his robot body, an organic battery for his inorganic functions. If the writers are keeping in mind that the right brain, stereotypically, controls logic and reason more strongly, meaning that his robotic side is now controlling their functions. This singlehandedly explains the more compulsive nature of Melvin-borg, but it takes a bit of explaining. Anyone familiar with robotics or technology in general has heard of algorithms. Now I can take this chance to complain about some certain online algorithms especially on this website, but I don’t really feel like it, why don’t you ask me later? Anyway, there are different types of algorithms, and you can watch Techocracy from Mr Enter to learn more, but for now I want to focus on learning algorithms.   Learning algorithms are exactly what they sound like they are: They are a type of algorithm that is always learning new information. In light of this, it seems that Melvin Borg functions exactly like a learning algorithm, throwing ideas out at the wall and seeing if they stick. This is the opposite than Melvin’s technique, of intensely examining a situation before jumping into things. (basically Melvin is an INTJ while Borg is an ENTP, according to the Myers Briggs personality test.):

Another example of his half-brained antics is his lack of humanity. This was the biggest thing that made him and Melvin fundamentally different. Melvin borg was willing to betray George and Harold while Melvin was not quoting “I am not a monster” (In the final episode of season three he also states, clearly, that he is only human, to George’s surprise further proving my point here.)

Melvin may be selfish, easily triggered, and hyperfocused on his own goals, but deep down he adores George and Harold (esp George 😏) and would never betray them so coldly as Melvin borg did.

Now for some diagnosis!

Let’s see, definitely psycopathic, without a doubt. Possible PTSD from the car crash and killing George and Harold when he was 9 (courtesy of Blast-Processing on Amino). Narcissistic personality, check.

Just to analyze the character, we know he’s bitter over not making it into Elitenati Academy, secretly enjoys country music, and appearance still wears the same outfit as his younger self.

In conclusion Melvinborg shares a diagnosis with Melvin with the huge exception that he is an alternative timeline version of him and uses a learning algorithm to make up for his disabled right side as well as dealing with multiple traumas.

Also he’s bloody hot imo.

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Melvin and the Silent Diagnosis for a Brilliantly Broken Psyche

Hypothetical Diagnosis Insecurity masked with narcissistic tendencies characterized with compulsive obsessions driven by blatant autism, and no that is not an immature insult I test extremely highly for Asperger’s myself Here’s the Evidence: (I will state before hand that Melvin-borg is a completely separate character in my mind, and thus will not be included in this particular theory.  Melvin decided not to turn out like him, so they are canonically separate characters) He is obviously and frequently inspired by George and Harold, but his deeply embedded fear of rejection makes him dangerously bitter, and it doesn’t help that everytime he breaks out of this protective shell, he is rejected or betrayed once again. It’s important to note that while he may be high-functioning (aka: Aspergers) he is still Autistic. That’s because Asperger’s is not a form of autism- it is autism. Period. And any kind of autism or mental attypicality left untreated can develop in to many, many other severe mental disorders, or, in general, make life a metric heck ton harder and complicated than it already is. I also need to confess that I test highly positively for autism myself as well as being an INTP female (Myers-Briggs Personality Test). Not to brag, but all that combined with my naturally creative nature makes me rare af, but it also means I can’t communicate or handle stress #liketheothergirls, so that has lead me to being/feeling bullied and ostracized.  I also have anxiety and depression issue which run in my family, and mild insomnia, and may or may not be relapsing into an eating disorder. Paired with psychical problems like acid reflux and severe neck tension, health, whether psychical or mental is of uttermost importance to me.  It suffices to say, autism is not easy to deal with and if not taken care for properly a person, especially if not made at least aware of what autism truly is, it can truly ruin their life. Combined with the neglectful nature of his parents (at least in the books) I and many others in this fandom truly believe Melvin is at least autistically coded. Not only does this fit the archetype of his character but it also fits the theme of the books to a TEE. At its core, CU, of all things, is a children’s book series, about living your best life despite not being “normal.” Even characters like the teachers or Mr Krupp who strive for “normality” are shown to actually have deeply repressed creativity, or, in some cases, deep trauma from their own childhoods. It suffices to say that I resonate deeply with Melvin. Say what you want about him or me, I was able to relate to him the second he spoke his first line in the second book. Sorry to turn this into a long vent, but I feel it is best to use myself to support this theory as well as harder evidence, even if it is mostly a means of self-therapy. To start, we both are obsessed with school even to a detrimental degree. Ever since head-start (Pre-K but a million times better), these “book-smarts” were the first thing I ever truly excelled at. When the other kids bullied (or as I now know as teasing) me, I would lose myself in a stack of homework or a book 2-3 grades past my grade level (this is before I drew or wrote as a main hobby). Similarly, Melvin is rarely seen without a book or gadget, just like me. We both over analyze things and hide our feelings. We both have intense crushes on others but are terrified to dare express them, or do but to nothing but awkwardness. We were both science kids, and fascinated by words and/or numbers alone (I still am just in a more artistic way). We both struggle to communicate and relate to others. We both have a unusual sense of humor and are highly observant of surroundings all the while missing what’s in front of our noses. We both have interests that quickly spiral into obsessions and dropping the obsession only when sick of it. We both practice similar forms of stimming. We both not only thrive but crave control and structure with the world around us, even to the point of being “control freaks” and creating odd habits, routines, and rituals regardless of whether they are necessary or make sense. We both have an intense fear of intimacy and rejection to the point of practicing self-isolation and in some cases self harm or other unhealthy coping methods (seen with Melvin over eating sweets or over working himself. For me it’s disordered eating or self flagellation, something I have all but completely dropped but still) We also both tend to see ourselves as inferior to others and attempt to mask those feelings with a superiority complex (I feel bad for my siblings but I didn’t know what I was doing, and no it was not abusive just sibling rivalry and I’m the oldest anyway, and we are country kids and understand “rough-housing” =/= using each other as a punching bag, but accidents happen I’m sorry) We both seem to become easily overstimulated and have explosive mental and emotional breakdowns when things just … become too much However the harsh divide between male and female and fictional and nonfictional means we both present certain traits differently. Whereas he presents a more linear line of thinking my mind is overwhelmingly sporadic. Also, I have over sensitivities to touch and light (and sometimes certain noises, but not anything not normal? Wfk.) But maybe he does have oversensitivity but I can’t think of an example off the top of my head. Enough about me however. I know Melvin and autism has been done to death.  Hell, I just did it to death.  My actual theory is more on the inner mechanisms of his mind and predicting how he will develop should the series allow for full character development. Also, similar to my Krupp theory, I will be listing his crimes out and give him a proper sentence for his age and maturity level (which will be light as I am sympathetic to his plight).   This is already getting too long, so Imma try to finally get to the point.  Characters with autism are honestly a mixed bag, sometimes there as standardized as my mystery Daddy Sherlock Holmes and other times they are as subtle as Pearl or Peridot from Steven Universe (has Rebbaca Sugar confirmed this? sorry). Honestly, it does distress me that autism is almost always used to have an evil genius character or some weird side character for brownie/ diversity points. (this makes me a bit hypocritical I guess, considering my own stories. I guess tropes are tropes for a reason) And while Dav Pilky May not be subtle with his scholastic politics or humor his one spectacular tool in his writing books has always been, when it comes to his characters, showing instead of telling. This is something I latched on to even as a kid, and I was already thinking up theories on the characters before I even knew character theories were a thing.  Like what happened to Harold’s Dad (hint, hint).  Why was Harold’s sister rarely used?  Does Mr Krupp actually like their comics (a now accepted theory, but not just min? And many many others I’m probably never gonna write.  It took until how long in the books to reveal George and Harold have ADHD? Before that they were simply described as being as smart as Melvin but just in different ways. Personally I feel that autism is inverted ADHD. This is an opinion I’ve recently formed so if I’m wrong bloody attack me in the comments. Anyway, Melvin presenting autism makes him the perfect foil to George and Harolds’ more sporadic antics. The only true difference between autistic folks and ADHD folks is that those with autism tend to crave a structured environment full of rules, and set goals to achieve, while such an environment is HELL to children with ADHD (aka:George and Harold). (Even though if with adults they can trust, children with ADHD thrive in structured environments if they are surrounded by adults or authority figures they can trust.)  I know some will tell me ADHD is on the spectrum, but I just learned this like actually the other day and don’t fully understand it.  My prediction is that Melvin will eventually and naturally mellow out if just because staying so high strung all the time is a huge waste of mental energy.  I know good as hell I had to.  Also, he mellowed our in the books and went from a screeching revenge exacting lil narcissistic white boi prick to a person who simply wants to pursue his interests and even helping George and Harold (selfishly, but help nonetheless). He even went from enjoying the fame and attention of hero-ing to realizing it did not fufill him. Indeed quite the opposite.  His true passion lay in solving world problems through science, and I don’t think the ending for him in the books could have been any more perfect considering his character.   In the Netflix show, similar to how I think Krupp’s personalities are merging, I believe that Melvin will eventually become more like his Broski alter ego (which I calmly demand more of).  Overall, given that this show needs to go back to the status quo more often than not, I don’t think his core character will ever change, and it doesn’t need to.  Multiple times throughout the series he’s been shown to crave friendship from George and Harold, despite audibly hating him . Textbook Tsundere, I know.  He will form a friendly rivalry with George and Harold, I have almost no doubt about that, taking the season 1 finale, season 2 finale, season 3 first episode, and halloween special into consideration. (Yeah, if someone will send me clips I will give them my eternal gratefulness) To conclude, because by god this is long, Melvin is, SHOCKER, just a little kid.  A little kid who likes muffins and dolls and has big hopes and dreams.  A little kid whose love for science and unrecognized creativity is channeled into making inventions that are even more impressive than those of Professor P (sorry P).  But he is a little kid with his own needs and stuggles which at this point remain unmet.  His parents are canonically neglectful, I cannot repeat that enough times.  The effects of neglect are a hell-hole of its own regardless of growing up with undiagnosed autism.  But that’s just a theory- Alright, that was a banger, I guess next up is Melvin-borg since writing this has given me some interesting ideas for him.  Let’s see how long this hyperfocus train will go!

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Thoughts on the Choice-o-Rama

As hyped as I am for some choice-or-rama, I really don’t like what role it seems Melvin’s character is going to play.  It’s possible it’s Gelvin? from that Big Brain gym teacher episode (refer to the last 5 minutes?) but if it is canon Melvin I am extremely annoyed that he has to go through this villanous story arc for the 45th time already!  Krupp I can understand, despite the ending of season 3, where he and the boys are on good terms, but Melvin, I just don’t know. The Halloween Special, despite me, loving it so much it actually pulled me into the cartoon, it puts any hope of forming a cohesive timeline into a high powered blender. Don’t get me wrong, Choice-O-Rama looks FUN, and I and hyped for it even more than my 9 year old sister (maybe, lol). And considering the sneak peeks it does seem the school board will be involved (as someone who went to school under an arguably shitty school board, this will be interesting to me personally).  I am willing give them a chance to let them blow me away, just like the Halloween Special did (with Melvin’s character), but it is going to take good writing unlike anything I’ve seen in a very long time. Rant over. 

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CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE SOUL-KILLING CRIMINAL INSANITY OF MR.KRUPP PART 2

More moments in which he wants to befriend George and Harold, giving them a Fresh Start TM is in the alternate dimension episode. He more or less admits he enjoys their antics when he states that he thought the school was boring, but switches and goes back to wanting to yell at children.  Again, he can switch personalities on a dime.  

In the episode where George and Harold ask to get suspended (the first episode where we see his inner personalities) we get to see that his paranoid personality and cranky personality are the most at conflict, and that the cranky krupp usually get the final decision. It does stand out to me that Smiley Krupp is one of the main personalities at the round table, and keep it noted that Smiley Krupp is always being insulted and suppressed by his other personalities. 

He comes to them first when he needs advice on what to add to the camp, and knows exactly what will convince them to stay with him, designing tree houses.  When they agree to stay, he forces his head underwater (oddly enough) to muffle his excited screams. One could say he was happy to serve his own self-interest, but if that was the case they could have just wrote an evil laugh. No, he was thrilled to the point of screaming because George and Harold specifically decided to stay. I’m shocked I left these moments out of the first part considering that the first moment atleast was a huge factor into what lead me to write this theory. I will also point out that each iteration of Mr. Krupp is supirisingly kind and lenient compared to the other teachers and even teacher’s that I’ve had.  He gives them multiple warnings, and is always willing to talk to them about what they did.  He is never shown doing that to every other kid, whom he hands detention slips out to for looking at him funny.  Actually, looking back at the books, the worse thing he did in the name of discipline was having George and Harold trim to his every whim. Sure, George and Harold may be the “problem students” but the difference in how he treats George and Harold compared to even Melvin (when Melvin makes him mad) almost seems preferencial, even if it is a preference born of hatred. Speaking of lenience, I’ve seen children suspended or even expelled for greatly smaller infractions than George and Harold.  Don’t get me wrong, my teachers and principals were all good people, but they didn’t allow students to run over him they way the children in Jerome Hortwitz does. I’d even go so far as to say that if Mr. Krupp wasn’t so cruel in his forms of punishment, that he’d actually be a fair principal. George and Harold have behavioral problems partly due to having a Pre-school teacher that let them do anything short of pissing their pants, and when they met Mr. Krupp, they tried to treat him as a pushover, and, as a result, pushing him over the edge. All this ties into my own theory that the “Captian Underpants” personality is his intitial personality, and that his abusive personality is a front his childlike self-hides under for his own emotional protection due to the abuse he suffered when he is was their age.  To make this clear as I am confusing myself, I believe most aspects of his CU personality is his true personality, maybe a tad less stupid. Just before the special and season 4 drops, I’m also going to make some predictions: We will get more of Krupp’s backstory, as well as see his future self in the special.  Perhaps the reason he wants to destroy their treehouse is connected to an event in his childhood. Or maybe he was just born mean. He is either going to find out he is Captian Underpants, or the Captian Underpants personality will take over. Additonally, it is possible that we may get an episode where Cap and Krupp become “unfused” and interact with each other (which makes my favorite fan-fictions tbh) by the end of season 4. I do think he’ll have a better relationship with his students by the end of the series. He’ll always be their principal, and sometimes principals have to do “mean” things, but I think once he works things out with his Mom, he’ll finally try to be a good person. It would actually be interesting to get a sort of story arc where he tries to be nice but ends up snapping due to stress, and George and Harold decide to help him somehow. Maybe they’ll end up being better students. This is a rough draft so I’m open for anything you want to throw at it.   Next theory will be on none other than Melvin Sneedly (my fave character don’t @ me) and I do want to expand on this Krupp theory some more, I just need to find more evidence and clues in the special and season 4.

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I’m going through the tedious process of posting all these theories on my new blog. Wish me luck.

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE SOUL-KILLING CRIMINAL INSANITY OF MR.KRUPP

Dav Pilky he might hide under the guise of being a children’s writer, but don’t let him fool you. He is a creative genius, and he the universe he set up in his Captian Underpants books, movie, and show (where he made sure he was part of the writing) is one of the most intriguing my INTP Brain has ever come across. I know that I shouldn’t overthink these things, but my Asperger’s wont let me, so over this next however how long, I will be putting out theories on each of the main characters of this silly, potty-humor riddled franchises in order to expose ALL the dark implications Dav Pilky left in his strokes of imaginative brilliance.

Mr Benjamin “Benny” Krupp, the main antagonist.  The cruel, cold-hearted principal deadset on expelling the thorns in his side, George and Harold. However, at least in the Netflix show, he is one of the most complex yet unhinged characters I’ve ever seen in children’s animation. Having had his creativity and childlike purity sucked out of him as a child by his emotionally (and possibly physically abusive) mother, who willing brought produce to throw at him.  This fiasco at the 4th grade talent show broke him, and made him the cruel principal we all know and loathe. 

However, since he still turned mean, it is entirely possible he was just born mean. 

Just like inside out he has multiple Krupp’s in his head, and while George and Harold ( I will get to this!) also do this, Krupp seems to have even more splits, again, on top of being split between cu and krupp. While I don’t want to copy and paste the theorizer’s partrick theory (watching his video will probably help you understand what I’m saying better), there’s no telling how many personalities are inside of him. Each of his personalities seem to be paired with one of his obsessions.  What I’m most interested in is his underlying psychology and the constant switching between the personalities.

(while I’m editing this, I was re-watching episode 11, and realized he references beatniks, which could help when establishing the time periods he or his mother lived in)

Gluttony- guacamole (and other various high-calorie food)  George and Harold being expelled- Cranky Krupp Etc. But one thing is VERY clear, Mr Krupp in the books is an absolute SOCIOPATH, even doing or allowing things to inadvertantly get George and Harold KILLED.  As a matter the fact, I speculate that the only reason he didn’t directly kill them himself was because it would expel him from his position as principal and get him in prison- and prison is the one thing he hates more than George and Harold. 

In some instances, he can come up with master plans to expel George and Harold and other times he’s too dumb to know where his keys are even when they are in his hands. However, I don’t think this version of Krupp is a sociopath, simply a hurt and deeply lonely person who, still inexcusably, wants to hurt others, in an attempt to understand his own traumas and gain a sense of control that was stripped away from him. However, there are multiple moments where it almost, ALMOST seems like he wants to be friends with George and Harold. (Beause seriously, who wouldn’t want to be friends with them, their tree house has grape soda dispensers and CABLE.)  Let’s face it, he not only reads but STANS their comics and their pranks. He obsesses over them nearly nonstop, whether out of intense hatred or fufilling his role as a principal. Speaking of which, I thoroughly believe that him being the principal, for better or for worse, is, inevitably the one roll he will always come crawling back to. If he’s ever done something truly intellegent, it’s when he basically said, that the is the hot hair for their water ballon.  It gets to a point to when Future Melvin and Melvin fire him, he completely loses it and ends up in the middle of the woods screaming at two gerbils, absolutely believing they are George and Harold.  His sanity hinges on George and Harold’s presence, without them he has no one.  He absolutely adores their freedom, individuality, and creativity, How a neglectful and phycologically abusive man like him is able to continually gain George and Harold’s sympathy is, quite frankly, disgusting and a textbook example of manipulation, but since season 3 ends with them on okay terms. Based on his past behavior and trailers for the Choice-o-rama, I doubt that will last for long, and I am forced to believe his maniac behavior in the choice-o-rama trailers was due to a personality switches. In the episode where he traveled off to find the fountain of hair, he recognizes only George and Harold by name, strange.  He takes the entire group with him and doesn’t show a hint of his usual cranky self.  Afterall, he was no longer in a position of power anymore and- that’s it. Power is the key here. Whenever he’s not in a position of power, he becomes unhinged and even more compulsive, spending his entire life savings just to get his hair back.  Speaking of his hairloss it’s obviously due to stress but it is just another example of his obsessive personality. In season 3, there is a moment where he is taking to a toilet plunger with his toupee on it like it’s his therapist. While this served both as a joke and an attempt to keep his backstory relevant, it is yet another moment of a schitzophrenic breakdown on the his part. ALso don’t forget, the moment when he snapped his own fingers and didn’t transform. This could be one of three things: a mistake, proof that he can’t turn him self-into CU unlike his other iterations, or that he does, indeed, have some sort of subconscious free will of when he turns into CU. This all feeds into the theory that Krupp not only reads but enjoys the CU comics, so much so that he wanted to be Captain Underpants, thus allowing himself to fall prey to George and Harold’s hypnotism.  How else would he be able to mimic him so perfectly, his catch phrases, his behavior, his inflections, all nailed to a tee.  One rule of hypnotism is that you can’t hypnotize someone who is not willing to be hypnotized, and you can’t hypnotize someone to mimic something they are unfamiliar with. There are reasons to believe their personalities are merging, that there is a possibility that one of the personalities inside of his head, who is, indeed the personality of CU, is trying to break free and take control.  However, that should be a separate theory on his own. Summary: His crimes (throughout all three franchises) Child abuse, child neglect Harassment Blackmailing Unlawful discipline Stalking Purposeful Endangerment of children Animal cruelty (implied) Arson (implied; all as Mr. Krupp) Indirect assault (as Captain Underpants)

What’s my diagnosis? Disassociative Multiple Personality disorder spawned by abuse, suplemented with multiple obsessive compusions and moments of PTSD induced schitzophrenia.   Since this is a rough draft, I am open to suggestions, edits, and examples.