Captain Stupendous

Captain Stupendous is a 2020 animated comedy adventure film.

Plot
Derrick is a vivid imaginative kid who likes to draw and make stories for fun. The problem is that in his new school while most of the school's faculty are nice and kind, the principal is a harsh micromanager who despises imagination and hates change. As such, the school he now goes to has become boring and monotone. Determined to bring joy and laughter to the school, Derrick begins to pull one prank after another to get everyone smiling again.

Helping him with his pranks are six teenagers who are the descendants of the Dragon Riders of Berk; Henry, Ashley, Smitty, Finn, Teddy, and Rita, popular grade-A students who are also in a rock band. Together, they are the Glendale Dragon Six. One day, Derrick and his group of new friends play a prank on school bully and intelligent snitch Melvin Evolent during a science convention by replacing one of his inventions with an ordinary boom box. Unfortunately, Krump gets wise about it after looking over the security footage before the presentation and decides to separate them all.

Panicking, Derrick impulsively uses a hypnotizing watch to stop Krump from separating them. After messing around with him for a bit, Derrick hypnotizes Krump into thinking he is Captain Stupendous, one of his comic characters, and he shortly escapes, forcing him and his friends to go after him before he causes trouble.

After getting him back to his clubhouse, Derrick finds out that Krump can be broken from the hypnosis if any liquid was doused on him and reappear as Captain Stupendous when someone snaps their fingers. They take him back to his house after knocking him out where they discover that he is lonely and envious of people having friends, hence why he acts so mean.

The next day, they decide, much to Henry, Ashley and Derrick's reluctance, to keep Mr. Krump as Captain Stupendous to avoid being separated, convincing the amateur superhero that he has a secret identity to maintain to avoid suspicion. Just when they thought their troubles were over, a strange man with a foreign accent and unusual behavior visits the school, wanting to take the science teacher job after Mr. Krump decided to relieve the old science teacher from his job so he could spend time with his family.

The man introduces himself as Dr. D, a man from a foreign country called New Switzerville, Germany. When Captain Stupendous, as Mr. Krump, interviews him, he begins to show some strange behavior, must notably his desire to make humans suffer and his occupation as revenge-seeker and mad genius. Nevertheless, Captain Stupendous, being clueless as he is, hires him on the spot.

The next hour, Dr. D shows some weird ideas that relate to the destruction of mankind during a science lesson, making Derrick and his friends suspicious of the new teacher. It turns out that he is really a douchebag who became sentient after being thrown into a chemical compound in the dump and wants revenge in humans for throwing him away. He recruits Melvin into his world domination scheme after reading his private notes about becoming a super villain and plans to steal the same chemical compound that granted him sapience, something that Melvin wholeheartedly agrees with. They also create a device that lowers a person's intelligence.

Meanwhile, Mr. Krump's sudden personality change begins to affect the school in a positive way. Even though everyone seems happier with this Mr. Krump, Derrick still thinks that they should change him back, with Henry, Ashley and Finn agreeing, putting them at odds with Smitty and the Twins who want to keep him as Captain Stupendous.

When Captain Stupendous makes a little carnival outside the school yard and lets all the kids and staff do whatever they want, Derrick decides that enough is enough and tries to get him doused with water to revert him back to Mr. Krump, while Smitty and the Twins keep snapping their fingers to keep him as Captain Stupendous.

And so, a little war begins as Derrick, Henry, Ashley and Finn douse Mr. Krump with water while Smitty and the Twins keep snapping their fingers at him. After a while, Mr. Krump turns back to normal and, angered by the sight of the carnival and of Derrick and his friends in the middle of it, immediately separates them all. Derrick, feeling responsible for all that has happened, accepts his fate. A few days pass and Derrick has become depressed about what has happened, his friends were not doing any better and even Mr. Krump begins to feel guilty about separating the group of friends.

On Friday, the school heads to the Sewage Plantation for a field trip, where they meet the managers Moe Acular and his daughter Harriet. The father-daughter duo give out a tour of the plantation, before showing the school the secret room full of newly-discovered and extremely dangerous chemical compounds, including the highly volatile Element 100956X. Moe explains that the compound can turn inanimate objects into living beings and that should a human come into contact with it, the effects could be disastrous.

At this moment, Dr. D and Melvin reveal themselves and demand that the Aculars hand over the vat of Element 100956X to them. Dr. D then reveals his plan to construct a super weapon of Element 100956X and launch it into space, detonating it and cover all of Earth in it, allowing all grocery products and other inanimate objects to rise up and take over. Just as soon as he finishes explaining his evil plan and backstory, Melvin double-crosses him by pushing him into the vat, seemingly killing him. Melvin than declares himself nobody's servant and smugly proclaims himself a super villain.

However, it turns out Dr. D has not died and instead mutated into a humongous monster, which was actually the final part of his plan. Despite being betrayed by Melvin, the newly dubbed Mega-Douche carries no grudge against him and instead lets him live before destroying the plantation. He soon goes on a rampage in the city before capturing the Glendale Dragon Six.

Derrick, realizing the world needs a hero, snaps his fingers to summon Captain Stupendous, but it doesn't work. Desperate, Derrick then tells Mr. Krump that he is the bravest man who has ever lived and that he knows what it is like to be in his shoes. These words of encouragement and the realization that he played a superhero without even knowing it gives Mr. Krump the motivation to become Captain Stupendous again. He goes to fight Mega-Douche, but because he has no superpowers, he is instead captured and eaten by him.

With fate of humanity resting on his shoulders now, Derrick takes it upon himself to stop the evil feminine hygiene product and save the world. Giving out an inspirational speech to all the school members, Derrick persuades them to fight back while he taunts Mega-Douche into chasing him into a construction site. When he is cornered by him, Captain Stupendous bursts out of the diabolical grocery item's teeth, having absorbed the Element 100956X and gaining superpowers.

Using his imagination, Derrick constructs a humongous mecha made out of construction vehicles to combat Mega-Douche. An epic brawl breaks out between man and hygiene product, with the school faculty and students helping him out. After Derrick strikes Mega-Douche down, he then proceeds to hurl him into the sun, destroying the mad genius hygiene product for good.

After the battle, Mr. Krump apologizes to Derrick for all the misery he caused and allows him to be in the same classes with the Glendale Dragon Six. Because of what has happened the last few days, the two reach to a better understanding of each other. Derrick, deciding that it is too dangerous to use and wanting to fix his mistakes, locks up the hypnotizing watch to make sure it can never be used again.

A few weeks later, Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Krump have started dating after Derrick and his friends had found out about the secretary's secret crush on the principal. However, while walking home one day, the remains of the Element 100956X chemical rains inside a grocery store, turning all the food and other products into living beings. What's worse is that the chemical still contained some of Dr. D's memories, making them all hellbent on getting revenge on humanity. Seeing the seven friends pass by makes them go savage, forcing them to run as fast as they can.

Chased by living groceries bent on revenge, Derrick and the Glendale Dragon Six run pass by the restaurant Mr. Krump and Mrs. Wilson were having their date at, with the said people witnessing the scene happening. Springing into action again, Mr. Krump turns into Captain Stupendous once again much to his date/secretary's surprise and joy. Grabbing the seven friends and defeating the living food, Captain Stupendous flies through the night with his newfound powers, ready to help anyone in need.

Voice Cast
Max Charles as Derrick Jones

Jay Baruchel as Henry Haddock

America Ferrera as Ashley Hofferson

Jonah Hill as Smitty Jorgenson

Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Finn Ingerman

T.J. Miller as Teddy Thorston

Kristen Wiig as Rita Thorston

Ed Helms as Mr. Krump/Captain Stupendous

Nick Kroll as Dr. D

Kristen Schaal as Mrs. Wilson

Andy Samberg as Melvin/Mel Evolent

Jesse Eisenberg as Jackson Jones

Anne Hathaway as Amelia Jones

Adam Sandler as Moe Acular

Selena Gomez as Harriet Acular