And us Melvinborg simps are NEVER listening to you people who say he did.

MELVINBORG SIMPS UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!

Based on patterns in the show, both across the seasons as a whole and the odd numbered seasons specifically. This is also just speculation and at this point it’s more likely that there won’t be a fifth season at all.

ROUGH PREDICTIONS

• The season will be seven episodes long. Seasons one and two, with their 13 episodes each, make up a 26-episode block used for international syndication. With S3’s 13 episodes and S4’s six, and not counting the hour long specials or the interactive “episode”, the series will need seven more episodes to get another 26-episode block for 52 total episodes. Since so many DreamWorks cartoons end at 52 episodes (Home, Trollhunters, Spirit, She-Ra, VeggieTales in the House), it is likely this will be the final season.

• Following the cliffhanger at the end of season 4 (the space one), the gimmick of this season will be time travel. The first episode will follow up on said cliffhanger, showing us a thoroughly messed up future.

• On this note, the futuristic version of Captain Underpants and the lump versions of George and Harold on his arms will play a role in at least the first episode, if not the entire season. Either when the initial bad future is ended in episode 1 or when the future is for sure saved in the finale, future CU, like Melvinborg, will be erased from time and vanish into the ether.

• There won’t be a proper “season villain” like the second and fourth seasons, but the present day versions of Krupp and Melvin will be recurring antagonists. In this case, they get suspicious of George and Harold’s sudden access to time travel and attempt to investigate.

• In addition, Melvin once again is the usual cause of the episodic villains’ creations, and usually by accident. If it’s not Melvin, it’s the boys.

• Krupp and the boys will have a moment where they get along in the final episode of the season.

• Mr. Meaner will be an episodic villain. Again.

• Episode Four will center around Erica, and will involve some feminist issue that Erica represents (such as representation in media in season one, mansplaining in season three). It will also be the worst episode of the season. Alternatively, the issue touched upon will revolve around some other social justice aspect, like racism or trans rights or something. Oh dear…

• Keeping the transition of Dayci Brookshire-voiced character focus from Jessica to Dressy, as well as the pattern of Dayci-voiced character episodes in general (2 Jessica in S1, 1 Jessica in S2, 1 Jessica and 1 Dressy in S3, 1 Dressy), Dressy will have roles in two episodes, one as an antagonist (but not as one of the episodic villains). For the episode where Dressy is an antagonist, the main villain could be music themed, and attempt to force everyone into singing and dancing forever. Dressy would be on the villain’s side because while singing and dancing forever would be torment for everyone else, it would be positively heavenly for her.

• There will be an episode dealing with Mr. Ree’s past, uncovering another mysterious secret. Given the theme of this season, it’s likely that George and Harold travel back in time to this event, and possibly attempt to change it.

• At least one of the big five classic monsters (mummies, werewolves, Frankenstein’s monster, vampires, and ghosts) will be a theme for one of the villains. (Vampires and mummies were used in S1, ghosts were used in S3, this leaves werewolves and Frankenstein’s monster as the remaining two.)

• One villain will be plant/vegetable themed (like Avocadwoe in S1 and Combotato in S2).

• TWO villains will be based around classical mythology and/or legends (like the Homework Hydra and Claylossus in S1 and the Barflilisk and Melviathan in S3).

• One villain will cause people to sleep or fall unconscious in some way (like DJ Drowsy Drawers in S1 or Blah Borelock in S3)

• TWO villains will be robots or otherwise mechanical (like DJ Drowsy Drawers and the Homework Hydra in S1 and the Water Warmongers and Sugamechanger in S3)

• Mr. Meaner and Harold’s relationship could possibly be explored after implying that Meaner and Harold’s mom were in a relationship in the Halloween special. Then again, six episodes, an interactive special and a Christmas special later, nothing. So I don’t know. If they do touch on that, that episode could be the episode where Dressy plays a role but ISN’T the antagonist, since one of her mothers is Misty Meaner, Mr. Meaner’s sister, so if Mr. Meaner and Harold’s mom get married, Harold and Dressy would become cousins.

• Gooch will finally get an episode where he plays a major role. Huzzah!

• Other Sophie will finally get a break at the end of the season/series.

• Much is the seasonal tradition at this point (the Egyptian kids in S1, the other school in S2, the rich doppelgangers in S3, and the Utopiquans in S4), one episode will feature duplicates of the kids.

• Edith makes cameos throughout the season, but does not play a major role.

• Heidi will not appear. Sorry.

• The MISFARTS will appear in an episode, possibly the finale.

• The finale will be only a single part, but plot points from the previous episode will continue into the finale. Said finale will feature returning villains (like how Smartsy Fartsy returned in S1’s finale, and the Poopetrators were made up of returning villains in S3’s finale).

• There will be no cliffhanger ending.

POSSIBLE EPISODE LIST (with a ton of less-than-founded assumptions and guesswork)

• Episode 1 - The season premiere. Following up on the cliffhanger of season 4, this episode features the boys following the future Captain Underpants to the dystopian near-future in which he originates. At the end, he is erased from time due to the timeline being prevented, but he leaves the boys with one of the Time Toads. The main villain is a rogue AI of some kind, likely invented by Melvin.

• Episode 2 - This is a musical episode, and another episode set mainly in the future, though a different one than last time. The boys find themselves in a future even more terrifying than the last- mainly because disco is back in fashion! The world is ruled by a monster named Funkenstein and his human enforcer Dressy, and the law of the land is you either sing and dance (preferably through disco), or you die. Funkenstein was actually created by Melvin back in the present, and Dressy quickly bonded with him. Dressy used Funkenstein to force everyone into her own song-and-dance filled utopia, while Funkenstein in turn manipulated Dressy into bringing disco back- permanently! George and Harold eventually manage to convince Dressy that singing and dancing is more fun if people are allowed to choose when to do it and in what manner, and the boys, Dressy, and Captain Underpants defeat Funkenstein with the power of rock and roll. Then George and Harold go back to the present to destroy Funkenstein before he’s created, making Melvin suspicious…

• Episode 3 - The boys go back in time to Mr. Ree's past, uncovering yet another mysterious secret. The villain for this episode will be vegetable-based, with the ability to make people fall asleep.

• Episode 4 - This is the long-awaited Gooch episode. This episode will also feature Erica in a major role, and the featured issue will be… (drumroll please) racism. Let’s set it in ancient Japan, mayyybe include a werewolf and move on because this episode is a trainwreck waiting to happen.

• Episode 5 - This episode revolves around Harold’s mom and Mr. Meaner getting married. In some Melvin-related way, Mr. Meaner is transformed into the Meaner-taur and goes on a rampage, and it’s up to Harold (and to some extent his new cousin Dressy) to stop him. To tie it into the time travel motif, it’ll probably begin with a jaunt into the future where everything is a gym-class style dystopia. The end of the episode, after Mr. Meaner is back to normal, will feature the wedding.

• Episode 6 - George and Harold go back to ancient Greece, and get in a tussle with the ancient gods! For some reason, they all like the students and teachers. At the end of the episode, the Time Toad begins to spark, then shift and change, much to our heroes’ horror.

• Episode 7 - The season- and series- finale. Following up on the cliffhanger from the last episode, the Time Toad grows unstable from overuse, and comes to life! It also turns into a giant-ish monster, and summons all the monsters/villains from past episodes, even reformed villains (like Smartsy Fartsy and Laser Lightmare), villains that were turned back to normal (such as the Vimpire or Cloggernaut), multiple instances of the same person (Flabby Flabulous, Blah Borelock, and the Meanertaur as examples), and even villains who were erased from the timestream (like Funkenstein. the Space villains, and Melvinborg)! Fortunately, the future Captain Underpants, the Cosmicops, Grace Wain, the Littlites, and other temporal allies from previous episodes are also brought back! Now, it’s up to George, Harold, the MISFARTS, Mr. Ree, Sergeant Boxers, the returning allies, and even Melvin to stop the villains and deactivate the Time Toad! (During the battle, students and allies who were previously turned into, related to, or the basis of monsters fight the monster counterpart, Other Sophie quickly puts the Crocobats in their place, Erica saves Jessica from the Vimpire, Sergeant Boxers fights the Meaner-Monsters while protecting Harold, etc.) At the end, the Sophies finally get a break, and the boys befriend Melvin and even have a nice moment with Mr. Krupp, before destroying the Time Toad once and for all. Harold is ready to create another Captain Underpants comic, but George (noticing that every time they create a CU comic, the monster comes to life) suggests they make a Dog Man comic instead, foreshadowing the Dog Man movie.