Horrid Henry
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Horrid Henry is the main fictional character in a popular series of children's books by Francesca Simon.
By December, 2006, Horrid Henry had terrorised his parents, teachers, friends, neighbours and even the Queen in seventeen books, most of which had also been released as hugely popular audio books read by actress Miranda Richardson and published by Orion Audio. Chivers Audiobooks released the first two books read by Julia McKenzie. Also, Zubin Varla read Horrid Henry's Holiday (Horrid Henry, chapter 4) only, as part of [[The Puffin Book of Stories for 7-year olds audiobook. As of November, 2006, more than six million Horrid Henry books and audio books in twenty languages had been sold worldwide. In May 2006 the Children's ITV Channel announced that an animated TV series based on the Horrid Henry books had been commissioned from Novel Entertainment (see also Fimbles and The Roly Mo Show). The series is shown weekdays at 3.30 on the CITV Channel.
[edit] Illustrator
The illustrator of all the books is Tony Ross
[edit] Characters
Alliterative adjectives are used to describe most characters.
[edit] Horrid Henry
Horrid Henry is the lead character in the series, he made his debut in Don't be Horrid Henry but appeared as a baby, hates school and would really like become rich (in fact, he's already rich since he's got £32.96 saved up). Henry is friends with Rude Ralph. They have been friends ever since they started school. he made Margaret blush once because of his attitude; he showed her a spoof of her, one of his famous and really nasty tricks was the Time machine which got him grounded. His favourite tv programmes are Hog House, Terminator Gladiator, Mutant Max and Rapper Zapper.
[edit] Perfect Peter
Perfect Peter is Henry's younger brother. As his name suggests, he's the complete opposite of Henry - kind, helpful and ever so polite. However, this just encourages Henry to tease and bully him every waking minute; and because of this, poor Peter is often the butt of Henry's jokes. Perfect Peter always says "Please" and "Thank you". Peter hates sweets and chocolate and loves vegetables' but not beetroot. Best known for his curly hair. He is a tell-tale and believes anything and everything Henry tells him. in the TV series,he can commonly be heard saying sentences comprised of "Mum/Dad...Henry called me/is being/said I was..." or "Keep it away/get it off" Then there's his trademark "Wah-hoo-a-hoo-a-hoo" which can be heard when he's excited. Something he can't stand above all else is his brother doing good deeds, to get out of a punishment (notably from joining funfair outings); if such an event occurs, Peter is known to sink to even below Henry's level, doing what he can to ensure his older brother stays punished. Despite his naivety he fully uses the skills he has over his brother, notably being able to manipulate others, using this to pin the blame on Henry. His favourite TV programme used to be "Manners with Maggie," before it went off the air because Henry wrecked it, to be replaced with "Mischief with Mildred". He also likes watching "Daffy and her Dancing Dasies" and "Grow and Show". He even wears "Daffy" underpants, as found out in "Horrid Henry's Underpants"!
[edit] Great Aunt Gretta
Great Aunt Gretta's appearance has been seen twice, we see her in 'Perfect Peter's horrid day' and as a flash back in 'school fair.' She mistakes Henry for a 'girl' and Peter for a 'teenager.' Henry gets the worst presents while Peter gets money.
[edit] Filthy Phil
A Hog House competitor, who didn't get through to the Hog House final.
[edit] Mouldy Myra
Another contestant for Hog House, did get throught to the Hog House final but lost.
[edit] Tornado Tariq
A fast guy who blows into his parents' tidy bedroom and makes it horrible. The Hog House winner.
[edit] Dirty Dirk
The guy who commentates on Hog House.
[edit] Rude Ralph
Henry's best pal to play, to scare and to trick everyone with. He is a member of The Purple Hand. When originally he was called Joe, but his name was changed.
[edit] Lazy Linda
Lazy Linda is mostly very lazy, as her title shows. She once joined Moody Margaret's purple hand gang when Margaret threw Susan out, but Margaret tired of her laziness. She is also a member of Impatience Tutu's dance studio.
[edit] Vain Violet
The richest and vainest girl. Not much is known about her., except that she is a member of Impatience Tutu's dance studio. She was originally called Camilla, but her name was changed for reasons unknown.
[edit] Moody Margaret
Moody Margaret is the enemy of Horrid Henry. She's a bossy, mean, selfish girl version of Henry. It is said that Moody Margaret happens to be Horrid Henry's cousin.
[edit] Angry Anna
A babysitter that used to babysit Henry.
[edit] Crabby Chris
Another babysitter, she is female despite having a name which is more often given to boys.
[edit] Sour Susan
Sour Susan who is Margaret's best friend. She's a sour, jealous, nasty girl. She is a member in Margaret's Secret Club (and occasionally betrays Moody Margaret).
[edit] Rabid Rebecca
Only appears in Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter as a mean teenaging babysitter. Her favourite TV programme is "Ballroom Dancing."
[edit] Weepy William
He cries all the time and quite hesitating, similar to Anxious Andrew, who is his best friend.
[edit] Miss Impatience Tutu
The teacher that used to teach Henry dance. She hated it though because 'she never smiles'.
[edit] Anxious Andrew
He s quite like Weepy William, but is scared all the time.
[edit] Jolly Josh
Very little information is revealed about this character. All we know is that he is jolly (from the name) and that he is a member of Miss Tutu's dance class.
[edit] Tough Toby
He's the boy who in Henry's class is rough and tough.
[edit] Clever Clare
Probably the most intelligent girl in Henry's class. She was the first person to call Henry a baby and lived to regret it when Henry viciously kicked her as hard as he could.
[edit] Aunt Ruby
The mother of stuck up Steve. Aunt Ruby is the richest person in Henry's family.
[edit] Greedy Graham
Graham is very obese. This is because he's selfish and eats nothing but chocolate, sweets, crisps, fizzy drinks, pies, ice-cream, cakes, doughnuts and other unhealthy foods.
[edit] Babbling Bob
Babbling Bob only appears in ""Horrid Henry's Birthday Party", as a party guest.
[edit] Beefy Bert
He's the oldest boy in Henry's class, but also the dumbest. He only ever says 'I dunno?'(or "Uh..." in the animated series).
[edit] Stuck up Steve
Steve is henry's horrible stuck-up cousin, his mother, Aunt Ruby, is Henry's mother's rich older sister. Steve only appeared three times in the popular books of Horrid Henry, his first appearance was in Horrid Henry's Christmas" and his next was ''Horrid Henry's Haunted House", and his last appearance was in "Horrid Henry Dines at Restaurant Le Posh." In the TV series; He only appears in Horrid Henry's Christmas and Horrid Henry Dines at Restaurant Le Posh".
[edit] Aerobic Al
Al is the fastest and most sporty boy in Henry's class, although he has a weakness when training: sweets.
[edit] Brainy Brian
Probably the most intelligent boy in Henry's class.
[edit] Gorgeous Gurinder
A beautiful girl in Henrys class but is rude and arrogant.
[edit] Pimply Paul
Paul is an angry man who is married to Henry's screaming horrible cousin Prissy Polly. He hates children.
[edit] Fiery Fiona
The girl in Henry's class with a fiery temper.
[edit] Kind Kazim
A kind person in Henry's class.
[edit] Vomiting Vera
She's the vomiting baby of Pimply Paul and Prissy Polly.
[edit] Tidy Ted
A tidy friend of Perfect Peter.
[edit] Spotless Sam
A spotless friend of Perfect Peter.
[edit] Goody-Goody Gordan
A goody-goody friend of Perfect Peter.
[edit] Bossy Bill
the horrible stuck-up son of dad's boss. he gets henry into trouble. Only in 'Horrid Henry Goes To Work' and 'Horrid Henry's Arch Enemy'.
[edit] New Nick
A new boy in Henry's class. Henry had a sleepover at Nick's, but phoned his parents early in the morning, telling them he needed to get away from Nick's because it was horrible there.
[edit] Lisping Lilly
New Nick's younger sister. She wanted to marry Henry, which made Henry terrified of her.
[edit] Magic Martha
The girl in Henry's class who makes magic spells.
[edit] Miss Battle-Axe
Boudicca Battle-Axe is Henry's evil teacher who never smiles at her class, her actual name was found out in one of the books when she wrote Henry's parents a letter saying how bad he had been. She always gives Henry the bad school reports. In an episode on the tv series she appears in a restuarant with her mother who keeps saying to Henry how naughty (like Henry) Mrs Battle-Axe was when she was a kid.
[edit] Mrs Oddbod
Mrs Oddbod is the Headteacher at Henry's School.
[edit] Miss Lovely
Miss Lovely is a teacher at Henry's School, she's the teacher of Perfect Peter. Peter thinks she is lovely, but Henry does not agree.
[edit] Changes from book to book
- In Horrid Henry & the Mummy's Curse (Horrid Henry's Hobby), Peter says that his favourite vegetable is beetroot.
- In Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine (Horrid Henry Dines at Restaurant Le posh) Perfect Peter refuses to eat beetroot.
[edit] List of Horrid Henry Books
[edit] 1. Don't be Horrid, Henry!-2001
A Preschool picture book of Horrid Henry as a baby.
[edit] 2. Horrid Henry-1994
In this book Henry is dragged to a dancing class against his will, vies with Moody Margaret to make the yuckiest glop, goes camping in France and tries to be good like Peter, but not for long...
[edit] 3. Horrid Henry and the Secret Club-1995
Henry gets an injection (or does he?), The Secret Club rages war against the Purple Hand Gang to see who is the best, Peter tries to be horrid but he only gets in trouble in the end and it is Henry's parents worst time of the year... Henry's birthday.
[edit] 4. Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy-1996
Henry is a page boy at his cousin's wedding, The tooth fairy is in town... but Henry doesn't have a tooth for her, Henry breaks the meanest teacher in school and Margaret comes to stay (but for how long?)
[edit] 5. Horrid Henry's Nits-1997
Horrid Henry tries to pass nits onto people in his class, scares Peter and his friends with a fake monster to earn money for a pair of toys, goes on a school trip and ruins his parent's dinner party.
[edit] 6. Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick-1998
In this book Henry runs away from home and bumps into Moody Margaret, tries to find a way to win at sports day, sells himself to Peter for 50 pence and finds a way to get nice presents when Rich Aunt Ruby and Stuck- Up Steve come for Christmas.
[edit] 7. Horrid Henry's Haunted House-1999
In this book, Horrid Henry goes to stay at his Aunt Ruby's house, and his cousin Stuck-Up Steve tries to scare him by saying that there is a ghost in the room he is sleeping in. Also, he fights wth Peter for the living-room chair, wins a prize at his school fair and goes on radio.
[edit] 8. Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse-2000
Henry fights with Peter over a golden gizmo, plays a trick on the kids at his swimming lesson, has to do his homework and tricks Peter into thinking that Egyptian mummies are real with a Mummy kit he has.
[edit] 9. Horrid Henry's Revenge-2001
Henry tells Peter there are fairies in the garden for revenge, messes up his parent's computer, goes to work with his Dad and tries to stop an evil dinner lady at his school.
[edit] 10. Horrid Henry and the Bogey Baby Sitter-2002
Henry meets the worst baby sitter, annoys his parents to no end on a car journey, is banned from going trick or treating on Halloween (however gets treats in a devious way) and sabotages his school project on the Greeks.
[edit] 11. Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb-2002
Henry and Margaret steal each other's weapon idea when the traitors of each camp reveal it to them, gets Miss Battle-axe in trouble with the head, tries to win a reading competition for tickets to a theme park and goes for a sleepover at new Nick's house.
[edit] 12. Horrid Henry's Underpants-2003
Henry makes a deal with his parents about him eating vegetables, receives girls underwear for a birthday present and finds himself wearing them, is sick on the same day as Peter and finds a way to get money writing thank you letters for cash.
[edit] 13. Horrid Henry Meets the Queen 2004
Henry in forced to do his chores, attempts to hypnotise Moody Margaret, insists on having a bath by himself and ruins the day when the Queen comes to school.
[edit] 14. Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine-2005
Henry goes on the dreaded hike, stopping him from watching his favorite cartoon Rapper Zapper", tricks Peter into thinking that time machines are real in a truly fantastic plot, so Peter plots revenge against Henry and finally, Henry goes to an elegant French restaurant with Stuck-up-Steve and Rich Aunt Ruby for Mum's birthday.
[edit] 15. Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend-2006
Henry looks at Peter's diary, plays a game of football at school, goes shopping for new clothes (but he didn't like it) and meets Bossy Bill again.
[edit] 16. Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker-2006
Horrid Henry ruins the school play, and doesn't buy any presents for his family so he gives them second hand things.
[edit] 17. Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman-2007
This is a book which is due for release in 2007.
[edit] Compilations
Horrid Henry's Evil Enemies-2006
Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways-2005
Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book-2004
A Tripple Treat of Horrid Henry
A Giant Slice of Horrid Henry
A Handful of Horrid Henry
A Helping of Horrid Henry
[edit] Other books
Horrid Henry's Joke Book - 2004
Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book - 2007
Don't be Horrid Henry (picture book)- 2001
Horrid Henry's Mindbenders - 2006
Horrid Henry's Headscratchers - 2006
Horrid Henry's Brainbusters - 2006
Horrid Henry's Colouring book - 2007
Horrid Henry's Puzzlebook - 2007
Horrid Henry's Stickerbook - 2007
[edit] TV Show - Episode Guide
- Series 1:
- 1: Tricks and Treats
- 2: Hobby
- 3: The Bogey Babysitter
- 4: Moody Margret Moves in
- 5: Sports Day
- 6: School Fair
- 7: The Demon Dinner Lady
- 8: Horid Henry Eats Out
- 9: Who Stole Mr Kill?
- 10: Swimming
- 11: Hike
- 12: Time Machine
- 13: Birthday
- 14: Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy
- 15: Horrid Henry Goes to Work
- 16: Horrid Henry and the Dinner Guests
- 17: Horrid Henrys Revenge
- 18: Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
- 19: Horrid Henry and the Secret Club
- 20: Horrid Henrys Perfect Day
- 21: Perfect Peters Horrid Day
- 22: Horrid Henrys Christmas Cracker
[edit] Trivia
In The Episode 'Hike', when Henry refuses to get into the car the rear end of the car is visible. The car looks like a Ford Mondeo.
