Lynn Painter’s novel, Betting on You, is a sweet, fluffy, 2000s romcom in a book. Charlie and Bailey meet at the airport as the two are moving from Alaska to Nebraska. At first, they couldn't stand each other. Bailey is annoyed with Charlie’s outward obnoxious manner, while Charlie can barely tolerate Bailey’s uptightness. The two are forced to sit together on their plane ride. After this, they depart and never see each other again- or so they think.
In David Frankel’s 2006 film, The Devil Wears Prada, main character Andy (Anne Hathaway) is a fresh graduate from Northeastern University and aspires to be a journalist in New York City. As Andy waits to fulfill her dream job, she settles on working as an assistant for the editor of Runway magazine- the biggest fashion magazine around. However, she isn’t just working for any assistant- she’s working for highly acclaimed editor-in-chief, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep).
In the summer of 1962, a group of young friends discovers the joys of baseball and the magic of teamwork in the beloved coming-of-age film The Sandlot. The story centers around Scotty Smalls, a shy and awkward newcomer to the neighborhood who deeply hopes to make friends. He meets Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, a charming leader of a group of local kids who gather to play baseball at the sandlot.
Clueless is about a teenage girl named Cher, who is trying to find some form of romance in her high school years. She soon makes friends with a new girl named Tai, who Cher tries to set up with someone to show off her skills. Tai later gets set up with Cher’s ex-stepbrother Josh. As time moves on, we see how she begins to have issues, with friends, Josh, and deciding what she really wants.
Mean Girls is a film about a teenage girl named Cady, who had just moved to America from Africa. She is attending high school for the first time, as she had always been home-schooled before. At the beginning, she meets two true friends, Janice and Damian. These friends help her to understand the groupings that are set up in high school, and they warn her to not go near the “Plastics”, a group of popular girls at the school.
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby is a spin-off featuring George and Harold’s own comic creation, Super Diaper Baby. In this book, Super Diaper Baby battles the evil Deputy Dangerous, who has turned into a giant piece of poop.
In Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot, the twelfth book in the series, George and Harold face their smelliest villain yet. Sir Stinks-A-Lot, a gym teacher turned evil, devises a plan to mind-control students into becoming well-behaved robots, and only Captain Underpants can stop him.
In the eleventh book, Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000, one of George and Harold’s oldest foes, the Turbo Toilet 2000, makes a comeback. After being accidentally reanimated, the Turbo Toilet 2000 seeks revenge, leading to a chaotic battle between it and Captain Underpants.
The tenth book, Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers, continues the time-traveling chaos. After Tippy Tinkletrousers’ latest scheme, George and Harold find themselves traveling through time, from the Ice Age to the dinosaur era, as they try to stop him from changing history.
Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers is the ninth book in Dav Pilkey’s series, bringing back the fan-favorite villain, Tippy Tinkletrousers. This time, Tippy’s time-traveling antics lead to an epic adventure where George and Harold face school bullies and even go back in time to kindergarten.
