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{{infobox Book | <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] -->
| name = Mr. Messy
| image = [[Image:Mr. Messy.jpg|200px]]
| image_caption = Cover of Mr. Messy
| author = [[Roger Hargreaves]]
| illustrator = Roger Hargreaves
| cover_artist =
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series = [[Mr. Men]]
| genre = [[Children's literature]]
| publisher = [[Fabbri]]
| pub_date = August, [[1972]]
| pages = 40 pp
| isbn = ISBN 978-0853960171
| preceded_by = [[Mr. Snow]]
| followed_by = [[Mr. Topsy-Turvy]]
}}

'''''Mr. Messy''''' is the eighth book in the ''[[Mr. Men]]'' series by [[Roger Hargreaves]].

==Story==
Mr. Neat and Mr. Tidy turned Mr. Messy’s life around and made him neat and tidy!
The two men “brushed, swept, polished and scrubbed” his house until it sparkled. And after they’d turned their attention to Mr. Messy, and bathed him, he looked in the mirror and remarked: “I’m going to have to change my name!”

==International publications & translations==
This is a list of alternate titles for this book being published internationally.
* ''Monsieur Sale'' (French)
* ''Don Lioso'' (Spanish)
* ''Meneer Knoeipot''/''Meneertje Sloddervos'' (Dutch)
* Ο Κύριος Τσαπατσούλης (Greek)
* 邋遢先生 (Taiwan)
* 너절씨 (Korean)
* ''Mr. Anniben'' (Welsh)
* ''Unser Herr Schlampig'' (German)
* ''Bay Daðýnýk'' (Turkish)
* ''Fætter Sjusk'' (Danish)
* מר שלומפר (Hebrew)
* ''Herra Subbi'' (Icelandic).

==List of characters==
This is a list of ''Mr. Men'', ''Little Miss'' and other special characters that appear in this book.
*Mr. Tidy
*Mr. Neat

==''The Mr. Men Show''==
In the 2008 TV series ''[[The Mr. Men Show]]'', Mr. Messy is given blue and white sneakers (similar to [[Little Miss Chatterbox]]'s, only with patches of dirt on the toes, and one of them with untied laces), and his limbs are also made solid, instead of scribbled like they were originally. Also, his house is no longer by itself in a messy field. He lives right next door to Mr. Persnickety (U.S.) / Mr. Pernickety (UK) (originally named Mr. Fussy in the book series) in a duplex-styled house. His catchphrase: "Messy, not Dressy!". He also owns a pizzeria. Mr. Messy's accent in the UK is [[Liverpool|Liverpudlian]], and [[African-American]] in the U.S.. In the US and UK Versions, he is voiced by series art director [[Peter Rida Michail]] and [[Rob Rackstraw]].

==Title character other appearances==
This is a list of other books that the title character has appeared in.
*[[Mr. Brave]]
*[[Little Miss Brainy]]
*[[Little Miss Wise]]
*[[Little Miss Selfish]]

==See also==
*[[Mr. Men]]
*[[Roger Hargreaves]]
*[[Adam Hargreaves]]

==External links==
*[http://www.mrmen.com/ Official Mr. Men website]

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