Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy - Dav Pilkey

Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy by Dav Pilkey is actually a two‑part adventure in the Captain Underpants series, published in 2003. It’s the sixth and seventh books, packed with Pilkey’s trademark mix of slapstick humour, comic panels, and outrageous villains.

📚 Book Details

• Author/Illustrator: Dav Pilkey

• Series: Captain Underpants (Books 6 & 7)

• Titles:

  • Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets (released August 1, 2003)

  • Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo‑Boogers (released September 30, 2003)

• Publisher: Scholastic / Blue Sky Press

• Genre: Children’s humour, science fiction parody

• Full‑colour editions: Reissued in 2018

🦸 Plot Summary

• George and Harold, the prank‑loving duo, target school brainiac Melvin Sneedley with one of their tricks.

• Melvin tries to get revenge by turning himself into a super‑powered cyborg.

• A sneeze gone wrong transforms him into the disgusting Bionic Booger Boy.

• Captain Underpants must face this snotty menace, while George and Harold’s pets—Sulu the bionic hamster and Crackers the Quetzalcoatlus—make their debut.

🌟 Why Kids Love It

• Gross‑out humour: Pilkey leans into slime, snot, and silliness.

• Flip‑O‑Rama: Interactive comic panels where readers “flip” pages to animate fight scenes.

• Relatable mischief: George and Harold’s antics mirror playground humour.

• Collectible appeal: These books are fan favourites, often bundled in Captain Underpants box sets.