Horrid Henry

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 in 1993 and published in 1994 and by the end of 2007, there will 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", will open at the Seven Stories Centre for Children's Books. Horrid Henry is 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 is 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

Perfect Peter

Henry's wormy little brother who always shouts for his mum and dad

Horrid Henry

Horrid Henry thinks that he should be ruler of earth. He's most likely to say to Peter "Out of my way worm". His best friend is Rude Ralph (most of the time) and they belong to "The Purple Hand Gang", and absouloutly hates his next door neighbor Moody Margaret and her best friend Sour Susan. He's most likely to watch Mutant Max, Rapper Zapper and Terminator Gladiator. Even Miss Battle-Axe hates him and he hates his cousin Stuck-Up Steve, and he hates his Great-Aunt Greta because she thinks Henry's a girl and calls him Henrietta.

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. She does healthy snacks for parties too. According to Henry, she has told him millions of times that he can never have another party because he is 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 and is married to dad.

Dad

Dad is the father of Henry and Peter, he is a loving and caring man, he hate Henry but not Peter.

Great Aunt Greta

Great Aunt Greta is only seen in the episode perfect Peters horrid day , all that is known about her is that she confuses Henry for a 4-year old girl and Peter for a teenage boy called Pete. She always gives Henry gifts aimed at young girls and Peter gifts aimed at older boys.

Moody Margaret

Moody Margaret is like the girl version of Henry she is a moody girl with talent ,she loves showing off and playing tricks with sour Susan . Moody Margaret is the leader of The Secret Club and always wants her own way she is not afraid to be herself and dreams to defeat Henry

Beefy Bert

Everytime people ask him something his answer is "I dunno". He likes CHCIKEN!!

Rude Ralph

Probably Henry's best friend who is always willing to assist Henry with his plans, he 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 are enemies.

Brainy Brian

The boy in Horrid Henry's class who knows everything. In the episode "Horrid Henry's Heroes" Henry asks Brian. "Who gave Lazy Linda the answers in last weeks maths test for a return of a big bag of sweets?". But Brian didn't know!

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 and she's absouloutly scruffy.

Anxious Andrew

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

Weepy William

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

Sour Susan

Sour Susan is Margret's minion and best friend, she always has a grumpy and sour face. Sour Susan is mostly a parrot on Margaret acting like a dummy, and mostly says 'Yeah, Henry,' after Margaret.

Miss Battle-Axe

Miss Boudica 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". Probably the strictest teacher in the school.

Miss Lovely

Peter's teacher who is of a gentle nature and is very proud of Peter's progress and behaviour and is always saying nice things about him to his parents.

Mrs Oddbod

The headmistress of the school and had no friends and is somewhat kinder to Henry than Miss Battle-Axe, she is 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.

Pimply Paul

A nasty, pimply-faced man who married Prissy Polly in "Horrid Henry's Wedding". He always refers to Henry as a "brat".

Stuck-up Steve

Steve is Henry's Stuck up Cousin. Henry calls him so "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 grey pet cat, who feuds with Henry's hamster, Fang (who makes dog noises). Fluffy is often 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.

Clever Clare

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

List of Horrid Henry Books

1. Horrid Henry-1994

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

2. Horrid Henry and the Secret Club-1995

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-1996

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-1997

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

5. Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick-1998

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-1999

Horrid Henry goes to stay at Aunt Ruby's house, where his cousin Stuck-Up Steve tries to scare him by saying that there is a ghost in the room he is 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-2000

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-2001

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 not allowed PC games, only educational games.

9. Horrid Henry and the Bogey Baby Sitter-2002

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 is 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 Jolliest Joke Book

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 is one hour back (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's Time Machine 13: Horrid Henry's Birthday 14: Horrid Henry and the Tooth Fairy 15: Horrid Henry Goes To Work 16: Horrid Henry's Dinner Guests 17: Horrid Henry's Horrid 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?

DVD's

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 And The Haunted House 6: Horrid Henry And The New Teacher

Horrid Henry's Underpants 1: Horrid Henry's Underpants 2: Horrid Henry's Horrid 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 Gets Rich Quick 2: Horrid Henry And The Bogey Babysitter 3: Who Stole Mr Kill 4: Horrid Henry's Time Machine 5: Horrid Henry's Perfect Day 6: Horrid Henry Runs Away

External links

• Official Site

• Game Web 1
• Game Web 2
• CITV Official Page

Each book cotains four stories