G5 Adventures in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

As it turns out, the Mane 6's latest Unity Quest mission was in the town of Piqua, Ohio, where they met fourth-grade students and best friends Harold Hutchins, George Beard and young flying leopard Kendra, who did their usual pranks in order to annoy the worst principal in the world, Benjamin Krupp.

In a way, Zipp could see where the boys and Kendra were coming from, but the Mane 6 silently knew that if the trio went too far with so much as one prank, it could end really badly, so they not only had to find someway to make the student population at Jerome Horowitz Elementary happy again, they also had to keep their newfound friends out of hot water.

And needless to say... they knew that they would have their work cut out for them this time.

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It seemed that the day was taking forever to move through, as the Mane 6 ventured with Kendra, Harold and George from class to class, telling them stories of all of the adventures that they had gone on over the past few years, and George immediately wrote all of them down, just so that way he didn't miss any details.

I mean, anything was better than learning history in first grade when you should start learning it in fifth grade.

Luckily, Kendra and the boys had their plans for after school already made-- hanging out at their treehouse and making comic books together... something that actually brought them a lot of comfort when times got tough.

And now, they couldn't wait to share this after-school activity with their new Equestrian pals.

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The second that the school bell rang, signaling that school was over for the day, a huge herd of kids (which included humans and flying leopard cubs) cheered and rushed out the front doors to head home for a... some-what relaxing weekend.

The Mane 6, George, Harold and Kendra were some of those ready to head out, with Kendra and the boys getting out their skateboards. “Treehouse?” George asked Harold, who nodded back with a cheerful smile. “Treehouse.”

“Hold on a sec, fellas! I just need to let my siblings know I’ll be coming home later,” Kendra told her friends. “It won’t take long.”

That’s when the Mane 6, George and Harold saw three more flying leopards (two older females and a younger male) coming out of the building, the two older females talking amongst themselves.

• The first older female was named Treena, who had plant magic and had a bright green coat, bright blue eyes, a purple nose, purple spots with pink rosettes inside, purple and pink feathers on her wings and a cutie mark of three leaves being blown on the wind.
• The second older female was named Claudia, who could control dark magic and had purple fur, purple eyes, a purple nose, black spots with pinkish-colored rosettes, black feathers on her wings and a cutie mark of a dark shadow swirl.
• And lastly, the youngest male, named Heath, had speed magic and was much shorter than his older sisters. He also had an orange-brown coat, silver-gray eyes, a brown nose, black spots with darker brown rosettes, dark brown feathers on his wings and a cutie mark of a lightning bolt.

“Treena, Claudia, Heath!” Kendra called, rushing over to them. “Wait up a second!”

“Oh, hey, baby sis!” Claudia smiled, nooging Kendra on the head. “So… what number was the boring scale on today?”

“I bet it was a 10,” Treena sighed. “The thoughts of that invention convention tomorrow… ugh… makes my wings twitch just thinking about it.”

“To be honest…” Kendra began, a smile beginning to form on her face, “...the boring scale was actually about a six today.”

Heath looked at her with wide eyes. “Really? That’s the lowest I’ve ever heard it being!”

“But… what made it less boring than other days?” Claudia asked, just as Kendra gestured for George and Harold to bring the Mane 6 forward. “Because of me and the boys’ new friends. This is Sunny, Pipp, Hitch, Izzy, Zipp and Misty. They're actually on an important mission from Equestria and are gonna be in town for a few days. Guys, these are my older sisters, Claudia and Treena, and my little brother, Heath.”

Claudia held up a paw at that moment. “Hold on a sec, baby sis. Did you just say... Pipp? As in... Pipp Petals? The multi-talented pegasus icon from the world of Equestria?!”

Pipp tossed her mane a bit. “The one and only!”

“Uh... you've heard of her?” Harold asked quietly in confusion. “Claudia is a big fashion and music person too,” Heath said with a shrug. “She wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up.”

“Awww, then I am so honored that I'm your fashion icon!” Pipp said, shaking Claudia's paw. “Any friends or relatives of Kendra are friends of ours, right, ponies?”

“Right,” Sunny nodded. “I wanted to tell you guys I'll be heading over to George and Harold's treehouse for a while,” Kendra told her siblings. “Will you tell Mom and Dad when you get home?”

“Uh... sure, Icy Paws,” Treena said, shifting her gaze uncomfortably. “But... I'm not sure that Mom and Dad are gonna stop arguing long enough to listen to anything we have to say.”

This caused the Mane 6 to look at one another in confusion, unsure of what to make of this tidbit of information.

And seeing that the Mane 6 were growing much too curious for their own good, Claudia cleared her throat and rubbed Heath on the head with her paw. “Well, we've gotta get going-- Heath needs a bath and then we have homework to do. You're lucky on that part, sis.”

“Bye, Kendra! See you at home!” Heath purred against his older sister before he, Claudia and Treena unfurled their wings and took to the sky with the Mane 6, George and Harold waving goodbye.

And once they were gone, Kendra turned back to the Mane 6 with a smile on her face. “Okay then... now that everything else is taken care of, let's take you guys to our treehouse before it gets too dark to start on our comic operation.”

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With Kendra, George and Harold riding ahead on their skateboards down the sidewalk, the Mane 6 galloped and flew after them, making sure the sidewalk was clear of any sort of hazards before they came through.

Finally, they got to the street where Harold, George and Kendra lived. But while George and Harold lived on the same side of the street, Kendra lived on the other side... in a spooky-looking house with multiple levels and a garden in the backyard.

Hitch gulped nervously as he saw it. “Are you sure this is where you live, Kendra? It looks a little, uh... spooky for someone as cute as you.”

“Heh heh heh... very funny,” Kendra giggled. “When me and my family moved to Piqua last year, we moved into this fixer upper. My dad still needs to work on the outside but the inside is as grand as a palace. My older sisters take care of a lot of the chores when they get home and when my parents are at work.”

“Kendra's mom works as a reporter for the Piqua Gazette,” George explained, “and her dad is a construction worker for a big company in the city.”

“But... Treena mentioned your parents fighting before she and your other siblings left,” Zipp argued with a hint of suspicion in her voice. “What exactly did she mean by that?”

Kendra looked nervous for a moment before she cleared her throat to clear the air. “Come on. We'll take you to our treehouse-- you guys are gonna love it in there.”

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And as it turns out, the Mane 6 were wide eyed in amazement when they saw the cozy and inviting interior the treehouse had to offer-- bean bag chairs, corners especially for art supplies for comic books, other books for them to read, posters of different varieties, and much more.

George gestured around as the Mane 6 took a good look around the place. “Welcome to the world headquarters of Treehouse Comix Inc.!”

“Yep,” Kendra nodded. “This is where the magic happens!”

Pipp paused at this remark. “I didn’t think the boys had magic powers like us ponies and you do, Kendra.”

“Ha ha! She's just kidding,” Harold chuckled nervously, putting an arm around Kendra. “Not, like, actual magic. No, we're not practicing the dark arts. No, here we just hang out and make comics and try to make each other laugh.”

“In fact,” Kendra added, ”before they met me, comic books and laughter actually sparked Harold and George's friendship.”

“Really?” Sunny asked, looking rather interested. “What do you mean?”

George then got a picture from the wall and gave it to Sunny, revealing that it was a picture of a kindergarten-aged George and Harold. And as Sunny held the picture for her friends, George pointed to his younger self. “This is me in kindergarten.”

“And this is me,” Harold said, pointing to his younger self. “And this was taken on the day that George and I first met.”

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This day took place during a lesson back in kindergarten, when the teacher was going over some names of the planets in the solar system. “The seventh planet from the sun is called… Uranus.”

This caused the young George and Harold, who sat right near each other, to laugh to themselves, but when the teacher turned her head to them, they clammed up immediately.

When the teacher had her head turned again, young Harold turned to look at young George with an amused smirk. “Your… anus!” he giggled quietly again, causing young George to nod and try not to burst out laughing. “I know!”

The teacher turned to look back again, causing them to clam up once more before she cleared her throat and turned back to the board. “...known as a gas giant.”

This caused George and Harold to laugh again, further annoying the teacher, as well as a young Melvin Sneedly, who sat between them, reading. “I don't get it. It's just science, guys.”

Once the teacher went back to the lesson, young George took the opportunity to introduce himself to his new friend. “Hey, I'm George. You wanna hang out in my treehouse after school?”

Young Harold seemed amazed with such a fact. “You have a treehouse?”

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“Okay, that does explain how you two met,” Zipp said after hearing the story, “but Mr. Krupp said that Kendra has only been at your school for a year. How did you guys meet her?”

“Well, me and my family first moved here last year when my mom got her reporter job for the gazette,” Kendra explained. “I was a bit of a book and art nerd, and I always kinda sat at the back of the class, not talking to anyone… until one day at recess, I was practicing my ice magic when I saw George and Harold laughing and having fun creating another comic book, and when I approached, we… kinda clicked.”

“And ever since then, we've created hundreds of comics in here,” George added before pointing to one of their examples that was taped on the wall. “Like the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman.”

“And who could forget… Sad Worm?” Harold said, flipping through an unfinished comic on the wall. “It was a worm who was sad, and…”

Kendra quickly cleared her throat at this, chuckling nervously. “That one, is uh… kind of a work in progress.”

“But,” George said, interrupting the awkward moment, “the all-time greatest superhero that we've ever created was... the Amazing Captain Underpants!”

“Ohhh, this was the guy in the comic you were talking about before Mr. Krupp destroyed it!” Misty said, taking one of the Captain Underpants comics off the wall. “But, uh… what made you wanna make a superhero wearing nothing but a cape and briefs?”

“We’re glad you asked, Misty Brightdawn,” Harold nudged her playfully before showing the group of ponies pictures of Captain Underpants that he drew, flipping them quickly to create a bit of animation magic. “See, most superheroes look like they're flying around in their underwear.”

“Well, this guy actually does,” Kendra giggled. “Harold, George and I have created dozens of Captain Underpants comics and gave them out to kids at school to read… at least, without Krupp realizing it.”

“Hey… guys?” Izzy whispered to Zipp and Sunny. “Is it me, or does this Captain Underpants fella kinda remind you of someone?”

“...huh. Maybe he does look a little familiar,” Sunny tilted her head, “but… I just can’t place…”

“Hey, Zipp and I actually create comic books too!” Hitch added before Zipp got one of them out to show their new friends. “They’re actually based off of our adventures on our Unity Quests.”

Harold gasped deeply, taking the comic book and flipping through it. “No way! This… this is comic book GOLD!”

“We so should have met in kindergarten,” George said with as much enthusiasm as Harold. “We could’ve made Treehouse Comix Inc. even bigger than it already is!”

“Hey, do you guys wanna help us make another Captain Underpants comic?” Kendra asked the ponies. “Then, we can work out where you guys can stay while you’re in town!”

“Aww, that would be fun! We’d love to help you make another Captain Underpants comic,” Misty smiled. “Izzy?”

“Get your pencils and crayons out, ponies!” Izzy said enthusiastically, taking out her crafty-sash and crafting glasses. “Let’s get to work!”

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And so, with George, Harold and Kendra leading the operation, the work on the newest issue of Captain Underpants began.

After getting settled, Hitch made a new idea, wrote it onto a piece of paper, and then tossed it to Izzy and Harold. “Hey, guys. See what you think of this!”

Harold unfolded the piece of paper and read the idea, a smile forming on his face when he got done. “Oh, I can’t wait to draw this.”

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Later, George put on a cape and did his Captain Underpants impersonation. “Tra-la-laaa!!”

“Don’t move, don’t move!” Izzy said with excitement as she and Harold began drawing again. “Let me and Harold sketch this out first!”

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Hours passed, and after sharing ideas, drawings and sharing a few laughs, the Captain Underpants comic, which was then called 'Captain Underpants and the Revolt of the Robot Rebellion', was finally completed.

As Sunny stapled the comic together, George gazed at their newest art piece with pride. “Mr. Hutchins, I gotta say... your drawings get better with every issue.”

“Because your words inspire greatness, Mr. Beard,” Harold added. “Plus, we had all our new friends helping out, so that made things go a lot quicker.”

“And as for your homing situation, ponies… I have an idea,” Kendra said as she fluttered over. “It may be a stretch to ask my parents, but… I might be able to convince them to let some of you stay at my house, while some of you can stay with George and some of you can stay with Harold!”

“Wow, that’s a great idea!” Zipp smiled. “So who wants to go with who?”

“Izzy and I can stay with George if you and Hitch don’t mind going with Harold,” Sunny told the white pegasus. “And that leaves Misty and Pipp going with Kendra and her family.”

“Sounds like a plan to me,” Pipp shrugged before each group began to go their separate ways. “See you tomorrow, guys-- bright and early for a Saturday like no other!”

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Kendra led Misty and Pipp across the quiet street to her family home and opened the front door… only for yelling, coming from two adult voices, to echo through the hallways. And once she heard this, Kendra sighed. “Not this again…”

“Again?” Misty looked confused. “This has happened before?”

“Sort of,” Kendra shrugged before heavily sighing to herself. “Come on… let’s go see what Mom and Dad are bickering about this time.”

Misty and Pipp quickly followed Kendra inside the house and into the living room, where they found Kendra’s siblings hiding behind the couch, with Heath looking terribly frightened and their paws on their ears, trying to cover up the yelling coming from Avarsi and Evander.

Being the male leader of the family, Evander is the most muscled, having gray fur with black spots and light green rosettes, grayish-brown eyes, a black nose, dark gray feathers on his wings and a cutie mark of a barbell, representing his strength magic.

Avarsi, on the other hand, was a bit shorter than her mate, and had beautiful pink fur, blue eyes, gray and black spots on her body, gray feathers on her wings and a cutie mark of a flashlight, representing her light magic.

Kendra approached Claudia with concern on her face. “What’s going on now?”

“Dad yelled at us for not having dinner ready by the time Mom got home from work, saying it was required and forced onto us,” Claudia said, “and Mom said that we weren’t required to do anything if we had a good reason, and we did.”

“We had to have Heath ready for a bath and we had to do our homework that’s due tomorrow,” Treena said. “And then, everything went completely bonkers.”

Heath whimpered softly with his paws over his ears. “I don’t like their fighting, Kendra… make it stop…”

Kendra sighed and put a paw to her mouth before letting out a shrill whistle, stopping the fighting and getting her parents’ attention. “Oh, Kendra! It’s good to see you, baby,” Avarsi said to her cub with a smile before turning to look at Pipp and Misty. “And you’ve brought guests.”

“Oh, great…” Evander muttered in sarcasm. “More mouths to feed and no dinner on the table.”

“Uh… Mom? Dad? This is Pipp and Misty. They’re some… transfer students that are at school for a little while, and while their friends are staying with George and Harold, I told Misty and Pipp they could stay here for a little bit. So… can they? Please?”

“Absolutely not,” Evander said without question. “You know we don’t have company over on school nights.”

“Unless it’s for a good reason, Evander,” Avarsi interrupted sternly. “And I believe having transfer students might be good for the kids.”

“For Heath, maybe,” Evander scoffed. “The girls will probably bombard them with talks of boys and makeup and all that other ridiculous stuff.”

“Evander, stop! This isn’t helping our case,” Avarsi snapped at her mate before regaining her composure and turning to Pipp and Misty. “Welcome to Piqua, girls. How are you finding our little community so far?”

“It’s really charming, to say the least,” Pipp nodded. “Although, the principal could be a bit nicer. Did you know he called Kendra, George and Harold to his office, accusing them of rearranging letters on the school sign?”

“Kendra!” Evander snapped, frightening his youngest daughter. “Is this true?!”

“Dad, come on! Give Kendra and the boys a break,” Treena said to her father calmly. “Mr. Krupp is always thrashing on them for all sorts of reasons. He probably just wanted to get them in trouble again.”

Evander scoffed. “Are you kidding? That principal is the best thing that ever happened to that school and he shouldn’t be disrespected and treated as the bad guy.”

“...follow me, girls,” Avarsi said kindly to Misty and Pipp. “I’ll show you to the back bedroom, where you can stay while you’re in town.”

“Just… a forewarning, girls,” Evander said, his eyes gleaming with something dangerous. “In this town… you have to be careful who you trust.”

This caused Pipp, Misty, Kendra and her siblings to look at each other before Pipp and Misty followed Avarsi away.

One question seemed to echo in their minds though... was Krupp going to be the only villain in this story? Or what about Evander? His negative attitude sure seemed to put a damper on things.

Well... they each have a small part to play, that's definitely for certain, but there could be another villain working their way through our tale.

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Little did anyone else know it, but a winged leopard-like figure was watching that street with his light red eyes gleaming maliciously, a sinister smile glimmering in the evening light. “Well, well… it seems those little ponies are making new friends in this putrid little town,” said the winged leopard, who was indeed Allura's twin brother Alterro, free from his otherworldly imprisonment. But as he continued to stare down at the neighborhood, a wicked scowl graced Alterro's muzzle. “I’m going to make those insolent little fools pay for turning my sister against the ways of Leopardia, and ensure that one way or another… Equestria will belong to me.”

And with that being said, Alterro spread his wings and took off into the night sky, ready to put his plan into action, effective immediately.