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Horrid Henry is the main fictional character in a popular series of children's books by Francesca Simon published by Orion Children's Books.
   Horrid Henry is a fictional character created by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. The first Horrid Henry book was written and published in 1993 and as of the end of 2007, there have been sixteen titles published, as well as numerous collections, activity books and joke books. The Horrid Henry stories are read on audiobook by the actress Miranda Richardson, and published by Orion Audio. The combined sales of all the Horrid Henry books and audiobooks now stands at over ten million copies. Horrid Henry is published in twenty five languages around the world. In February 2008, an exhibition, "Up to Mischief with Horrid Henry", opened at the Seven Stories Centre for Children's Books.
   Horrid Henry is also now also a hugely successful animated TV series. In May 2006 the CITV 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. The television series is the CITV channel's most successful programme and it's being launched on TV in Germany, France and Scandinavia in 2008.
   In April 2008 'Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman' won the Galaxy Children's book of the Year Award. Henry was angry that he didn't win all the awards!

Characters

Horrid Henry

Horrid Henry is the main character of the series. He is around 9 years old. Often in episodes, he contemplates what rules he'd have if he were to be ruler of the earth. His usual catchphrases are "NOOOO!", "Silence, worm" (directed at Peter),"Eureka! That's it!" and "IT'S NOT FAIIIIIIR!". His best friend (most of the time) is Rude Ralph and they belong to "The Purple Hand Gang". Henry's brother Peter is also a part of this gang but has been kicked out by Henry on numerous occasions. Henry has an obvious dislike towards his next door neighbor, Moody Margaret, and her best friend, Sour Susan. He enjoys watching TV shows such as Mutant Max, Rapper Zapper and Terminator Gladiator. He often shows great dislike to his parents, his teacher Miss Battle-Axe, and his Great Aunt Greta, who believes Henry is actually a four year old girl called Henrietta. Henry loves the band Killerboyratz.

Perfect Peter

Perfect Peter is Horrid Henry's brother who has a totally different personality. Shown to be around 6 years old, he appears to be a telltale and gullible enough to fall for Henry's tricks, the worst one so far probably being Henry's cardboard box time machine. He has a "Best Boy's Club" with his best friends, and only members can come in. Perfect Peter often smiles, unlike his brother. He plays the cello and loves school and homework. Despite his name, he tends to showoff how "good" he really is, usually by telling on Henry and getting him into trouble only to see his reaction.

Mum

Mum is Henry and Peter's mother. She has never trusted Henry to be well behaved, is extremely healthy, and always makes something with vegetables for dinner, much to Henry's disgust. She does healthy snacks for parties too. According to Henry, she's told him millions of times that he can never have another party because he's always naughty, and then she always lets him have ONE more chance every year. She always believes Peter and is best known for accusing Henry after Peter has told on Henry. She is married to dad, although in several books, she's shown to be more loving towards Henry than her husband is. And she dosent give henry a chanes to be good

Dad

Dad is the father of Henry and Peter, and the husband of Mum. He always said he hated henry peter and his wife he said one day he'd stab peter henry and his wif to death and dig a hole and dump them in it.He never liked any of them he wanted to kill people and steal and rapped older women.

Great Aunt Greta

She always says henrys a 21 year old and peter isn't born she always says she's glad henry is born and not peter

Moody Margaret

A girl who lives next door to Henry, and is also in the same class as him at school. She has a treehouse in her garden, and Henry often gains entry to her garden through a loose panel in the fence. In many ways she's shown to be a female equivalent of Henry, and they dislike each other, although on occasion they strike up temporary alliances.

Beefy Bert

Beefy Bert is usually seen in the crowds of children at Henry and Peter's school. Whenever anyone asks him a question, his immediate answer is "I dunno". He only eats beef despite his name.

Rude Ralph

Henry's best friend. He is always willing to assist Henry with his plans, and is also a member of the Purple Hand Gang. He has a tendency to be rude to people, as his name suggests, and is often seen hanging out with Henry, even though in some episodes they're enemies.

Brainy Brian

The smartest boy in Horrid Henry's class.

Aerobic Al

A sporty boy in Henry's class who likes to stay fit and healthy, he enjoys sport and keeping fit, he also eats very healthily. Although the sight of sweets can divert his attention.

Gorgeous Gurinda

A lovely lively girl in Henry's class.

Singing Soraya

A girl in Henry's class who sings a lot

Lazy Linda

The laziest girl in Henry's class, who is absolutely scruffy. She is often seen sleeping during a scene.

Weepy William

A boy in Henry's class who is the biggest cry baby known to mankind.

Anxious Andrew

A boy in Henry's class who has an extremely similar personality to William and is nervous and hesitant to do anything, he struggles to talk, is quite gullible and hates extreme activities such as bungie-jumping.

Sour Susan

Sour Susan is Margaret's minion and best friend. She always has a grumpy and sour face. Susan is mostly a parrot to Margaret, and usually says "yeah, Henry" after Margaret offends him or proves him wrong.

Miss Battle-Axe

Miss Boudicca Battle-Axe is Henry's teacher. Out of all the children in her class, she hates Henry most. She once appeared with her mother in "Horrid Henry dines at Restaurant le Posh". She is probably the strictest teacher in the school.

Miss Lovely

Miss Lydia Lovely is Peter's teacher. As her name suggests, she's a gentle nature. She is very proud of Peter's progress and behaviour and is always saying nice things about him to his parents, except in Horrid Henry's Computer, when Henry tricks her into believing that Peter wrote a rude essay about her.

Miss Oddbod

The headmistress of the school and had no friends and is somewhat kinder to Henry than Miss Battle-Axe, she's generally good-natured but can act strange at times, for example, she was the 'time capsule thief' who dug up time capsules from the school grounds at night.

Prissy Polly

Henry's post-teen cousin who is always in a jumpy and hyper mood and is usually seen smiling. Marries Pimply Paul in Horrid Henry's Wedding and together, they've one daughter, Vomiting Vera.

Pimply Paul

A nasty, pimply-faced man who married Prissy Polly in "Horrid Henry's Wedding" and had one daughter with her, Vomiting Vera. He always refers to Henry as a "brat".

Stuck-up Steve

Steve is Henry's Stuck up Cousin. Henry calls him "Stuck up" because of how rich and spoilt Steve is compared to Henry. As on the episode Horrid Henry's Haunted House, Henry scares Aunt Ruby and Steve away from their house and Henry keeps the house and everything in it to himself. When Horrid Henry goes face to face with Steve, Henry wins by eating all his snails.

Fluffy

Fluffy is Peter's white Persian cat, who feuds with Henry's hamster, Fang (who makes dog noises). Fluffy is shown in many episodes sitting by the window sill at night and as he clicks the remote control button next to him, the scene changes to sunrise.

New Nick

He is new ... very new and he sings a lot

Marvin The Maniac

The presenter Of One Of Henry's favourite TV programmes, Gross-Out

Clever Clare

Clever Clare is the smartest girl in Henry's class, and a full on nerd. She's thought to be tell-tale which was shown in Horrid Henry's New Teacher

List of Horrid Henry Books

1. Horrid Henry-1993

Horrid Henry tries to be good, goes dancing, makes Glop with Moody Margaret and goes on holiday.

2. Horrid Henry and the Secret Club-1994

Horrid Henry has an injection, battles Moody Margaret, torments Perfect Peter and tries to make his birthday good.

3. Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy-1995

Horrid Henry tries to trick the tooth fairy, wrecks a wedding, has Moody Margaret to stay and meets his new teacher.

4. Horrid Henry's Nits-1996

Horrid Henry gets nits, terrorizes people with a Fangmangler, sabotages his school trip and his parents' dinner party.

5. Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick-1997

Henry runs away from home and bumps into Moody Margaret, cheats in sports day to win for the first time ever, sells Perfect Peter in a jumble sale, and finds a way to substitute Stuck up Steve's presents for his when Steve and Aunt Ruby stay for Christmas.

6. Horrid Henry's Haunted House-1998

Horrid Henry goes to stay at Aunt Ruby's house, where his cousin Stuck-Up Steve tries to scare him by saying that there's a ghost in the room he's sleeping in. He also fights with Peter for the living-room chair, wins a prize at the school fair and goes on tv.

7. Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse-1999

Horrid Henry fights with Peter over a gold gizmo, plays a trick on the kids at his swimming lesson, has a bad time with his spelling homework and tricks Peter into thinking that Egyptian mummies are real using a Mummy kit he has.

8. Horrid Henry's Revenge-2000

Horrid Henry gets revenge on Peter, encounters a dinner lady who takes treats off the class, visits his Dad's office and his boss' son, Bill. Then finds a way to get video games for the family's new computer, since he's not allowed PC games, only educational games.

9. Horrid Henry and the Bogey Baby Sitter-2001

Horrid Henry encounters the babysitter from hell, traumatizes his parents on a car journey, goes trick or treating at Hallowe'en, and invades Moody Margaret's Secret Club.

10. Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb-2002

Horrid Henry and Margaret steal each others' weapon idea when the traitors of each camp reveal it to them. He also 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, but leaves in the middle of the night because it's horrible.

11. Horrid Henry's Underpants-2003

Horrid Henry makes a deal with his parents about him eating vegetables, receives girls underwear for a birthday present and finds himself wearing them so his class laugh at him, pretends to be sick on the same day as Peter (to get out of going to school) and finds a way to get money by writing no thank you letters.

12. Horrid Henry Meets the Queen 2004

Horrid Henry is 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.

13. Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine-2005

Horrid Henry goes on a dreaded hike, stopping him from watching his favorite cartoon Rapper Zapper. He also 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 a posh French restaurant with Stuck-up-Steve and Rich Aunt Ruby for Mum's birthday.

14. 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 and meets Bossy Bill again.

15. Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker-2006

Horrid Henry ruins the school play, fails to buy his family and friends presents (so he gives them second hand things instead) and ambushes Father Christmas at last and creates a disaster at his Christmas party.

16. Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman-2007

Horrid Henry makes his own snowman, writes his will on a rainy day, sets up his makeover business and things go bad during Author Day.

Compilations

Horrid Henry's House Of Horrors
Horrid Henry Rules the World - 2007 - Ten favourite stories and more
Horrid Henry's Evil Enemies - 2006 - Ten favourite stories and more
Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways - 2005 - Ten favourite stories and more
Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book - 2004 - Ten favourite stories and more
A Triple Treat of Horrid Henry - Three books in one
A Giant Slice of Horrid Henry- Three books in one
A Handful of Horrid Henry - Three books in one
A Helping of Horrid Henry - Three books in one
A Hat Trick of Horrid Henry - Three books in one

Other Books

Horrid Henry's Annual 2009
Horrid Henry's Annual 2008
Horrid Henry's Joke Book
Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book
Horrid Henry's Mindbenders
Horrid Henry's Headscratchers
Horrid Henry's Brainbusters
Horrid Henry's Colouring Book
Horrid Henry's Puzzlebook
Horrid Henry's Stickerbook
Horrid Henry's Mighty Joke Book
Horrid Henry's Joke Book (Re-Issue)
Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book (Re-Issue)
Changes From Book To Book

In 'Horrid Henry & the Mummy's Curse' ('Horrid Henry's Hobby'), Peter says that his favourite vegetable is beetroot, whereas in 'Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine' ('Horrid Henry Dines at Restaurant Le Posh') he refuses to eat beetroot.
In 'Horrid Henry's Holiday', Henry likes swimming. Seven books later, he hates it.
In 'Horrid Henry's Bathtime', Henry loves baths. Whereas in 'Horrid Henry's Diary', it said he hated baths.
In 'Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter', Dad says that bedtime is 9:00, whereas in 'Horrid Henry's Bedtime', it's one hour back (8:00pm) (However, it could be argued that it was made earlier due to Henry's bad behaviour). The television episode 'Horrid Henry's Diary' also gives his bedtime as 8.00pm.
In 'Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy' Pimply Paul hates children. However, in 'Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch' he can be seen talking nicely to Henry.
Episode Guide

Seen On TV
Season 1
1: Horrid Henry's Tricks And Treats
2: Horrid Henry's Hobby
3: Horrid Henry And The Bogey Babysitter
4: Horrid Henry's Hike
5: Moody Margaret Moves In
6: Horrid Henry's Sports Day
7: Horrid Henry's School Fair
8: Horrid Henry and the Demon Dinner Lady
9: Horrid Henry Eats Out
10: Who Stole Mr. Kill?
11: Horrid Henry Goes Swimming
12: Horrid Henry And The Mega Mean Time Machine
13: Horrid Henry's Birthday
14: Horrid Henry Tricks The Tooth Fairy
15: Horrid Henry Goes To Work
16: Horrid Henry's Dinner Guests
17: Horrid Henry's Revenge
18: Perfect Peter's Revenge
19: Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
20: Horrid Henry's Diary
21: Horrid Henry and the Secret Club
22: Horrid Henry's Perfect Day
23: Perfect Peter's Horrid Day
24: Horrid Henry's Christmas
25: Horrid Henry Tidies Up
26: Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
27: Horrid Henry's Holiday
28: Horrid Henry's Time Capsule
29: Horrid Henry Runs Away
30: Horrid Henry's Heroes
31: Horrid Henry's Haunted House
32: Horrid Henry and the Injection
33: Where's Fluffy?
34: Happy Birthday Peter
DVDs
Horrid Henry's Horrid Revenge
1: Horrid Henry's Horrid Revenge
2: Moody Margaret Moves In
3: Horrid Henry Tricks The Tooth Fairy
4: Horrid Henry's Hike
5: Horrid Henry's Sports Day
6: Horrid Henry's School Fair
7: Horrid Henry And The Demon Dinner Lady Horrid Henry's Tricks And Treats
1: Horrid Henry's Tricks And Treats
2: Horrid Henry And The Football Fiend
3: Horrid Henry's Time Capsule
4: Horrid Henry's Hideo Video
5: Horrid Henry's Haunted House
6: Horrid Henry And The New Teacher Horrid Henry's Underpants
1: Horrid Henry's Underpants
2: Horrid Henry's Heroes
3: Horrid Henry's Horrid Hamster
4: Horrid Henry's Computer Whizz
5: Horrid Henry Makes Some Money
6: Horrid Henry's Christmas Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
1: Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
2: Horrid Henry And The Bogey Babysitter
3: Who Stole Mr Kill?
4: Horrid Henry And The Mega-Mean Time Machine
5: Horrid Henry's Perfect Day
6: Horrid Henry Runs Away
Special Items Included With The DVDs

Horrid Henry's Horrid Revenge : Wormy Worm
Horrid Henry Tricks And Treats : whoopee cushion
Horrid Henry's Underpants : stickers
Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick : joke cardsFurther Information
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