List of Horrid Henry characters
The following is a list of characters that appear in the British series of children's books, Horrid Henry, written by Francesca Simon. It also includes names from the CITV and Nicktoons TV series of the same name.
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Aerobic Al
Aerobic Al is an extremely athletic boy, who is often displayed engaging in various athletic endeavours. He has blond hair and is shown to be one of Henry's close friends. He is often seen with Rude Ralph, Beefy Bert and Gorgeous Gurinder. He wears a white shirt with a blue collar, blue shorts and teal keds. In some episodes, he is shown to have a crush on Moody Margaret.In the TV series, he speaks with a Brummie accent and is voiced by Wayne Forester.
Aerobic Al's dad
Aerobic Al's dad comes to some school events, mostly to see his son end up winning. In the TV series, he appeared in "Horrid Henry's Fun Run", where he had brown hair and was a referee. He doesn’t want his son to be eating sweets in Horrid Henry sports day.Anxious Andrew
Anxious Andrew is one of Henry's classmates; a nervous and meek boy, who always worries about unnecessary things. He is best friends with Weepy William and attends Ashton Primary School. He has ginger hair and wears a dark green tanktop with a green shirt and blue-grey trousersIn the TV series, he is voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols.
Allergic Alice
A minor character who appears in the book Horrid Henry's Cannibal Curse in which she is revealed to be allergic to gluten, nuts, sugar, flour and dairy.B
Bald man
A bald man appears as a minor character in 'Horrid Henry's New Shoes' when Mum opens his changing room door when trying to look for Henry.Basher
A Dog who appears in Horrid Henry and The Lost Dog, who Henry finds and part-time owns for a while. It was then revealed he was missing, after an advert passes through Henry's house door. His name appears to have been inspired by Gnasher from the Dennis the Menace stories.Beefy Bert
Beefy Bert is usually seen in the crowds of children at Henry and Peter's school, and is normally seen with Ralph and Al. Whenever anyone asks him a question, his immediate answer is "I dunno", which is actually the only line Bert ever says throughout the entire book series. He is the biggest boy in Henry's class. Both his parents and his brother also say "I dunno" as revealed when he films them for a school project in the story Horrid Henry Tells it Like it Is in the book Horrid Henry's Krazy Ketchup.In the TV series, Bert is voiced by Wayne Forester, and his voice was originally low-pitched and deep, but from the second season onwards, it was changed to a higher-pitched, squeakier one. Like with his book counterpart, the only word he says is "I dunno" but however in the Series 1 TV episode Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick, he says "Have you got any food?" and in the Series 4 episode Horrid Henry Who's Who?, after switching personalities with Brainy Brian, he gives his answers in full sentences.
Beefy Bert's dad
Beefy Bert's dad is a bus driver who appears in Horrid Henry Takes a Shortcut, Horrid Henry And The Purple Pass, Horrid Henry and the Perfect Parents and Horrid Henry Alone at Home. Like with his Son, Whenever anyone asks him a question, his immediate answer is "I dunno".Beefy Bert's mum
Beefy Bert's mum appears in Horrid Henry and the Purple Pass where she checks the tickets on the bus.In the books, she appears in Horrid Henry Tells it Like it Is, where with the rest of Bert's family, she says "I dunno".
Bob
Bob is Dad's work boss. He is very strict, and is extremely proud of his son, Bill, whom he believes is perfect. However, he discovers that this is not the case after catching Bill photocopying his bottom. He grounds Bill for a month and sends him home. His book appearance was in Horrid Henry Goes to Work and he is mentioned in "Horrid Henry's Arch Enemy".In the TV series, he is referred to as Bob or Bob Sir, and the job he runs is Tingly Toothbrushes A Dog Toothbrush company. He appeared in the adaptation of Horrid Henry Goes to Work, and has also appeared in "Horrid Henry's Heist" as the school inspector at the fancy dress party, Horrid Henry's Skipping Lesson when he was in the park on his way to an appointment with Bill's headmaster and in Horrid Henry Helps Out.
Bossy Bill
Bossy Bill is the horrible, stuck-up son of Dad's boss. His father thought he was perfect until Henry tricked him into photocopying his bottom at the office, but he still is a mischievous boy, as is evident from when he made tea, but added salt instead of sugar. In the Books, he appears in Horrid Henry Goes to Work, Horrid Henry's Arch Enemy and Horrid Henry's Horrid Weekend. In the audiobook editions read by Miranda Richardson, both Bill and his father have American accents.In the TV series, he is voiced by Murad Ahmed and has a Scouse accent. He wears the same clothes and has the same hairstyle as his father. He has appeared in the adaptation of Horrid Henry Goes to Work, Perfect Peter Pumps Up, Horrid Henry Says Goodbye, Perfect Peter’s Perfect Day, Horrid Henry's Skipping Lesson and Horrid Henry Helps Out.
Brainy Brian
The smartest boy in Horrid Henry's class. He appears to be of Black descent. He has brown skin and black hair and wears a pink shirt with pens tucked into his pocket and green floral shorts along with baby-blue shoes. He is voiced by Aidan Cook.Bunny
Bunny is Peter's adorable toy rabbit. It is Peter's version of Mr. Kill. His most major roles in the TV series are in Horrid Henry and the Time Capsule, in which Henry gives Bunny to the capsule and rescues him, Horrid Henry Trapped, in which Henry has Bunny in the hospital after he was injured whilst saving Peter from a falling shelf in the cellar and Perfect Peter Pumps Up, in which Henry realises that the only way to turn Peter aggressive is to steal Bunny and make fun of him.C
Captain Push-Me Button
Captain Push-Me Button is a robot that appeared in Horrid Henry's Aquarium. He gives tickets to the Dingy Dungeon. It is thought that he wasn't put together properly as he has some technical malfunctions. Voiced by Wayne Forester.Caring Chris
Caring Chris works at the old people's home. She has a good friendship with Miss Oddbod. She only appears in Horrid Henry and the Purple Walking Stick Gang. She is voiced by Sue Eliott Nichols in the TV series.Cherry Berry
Cherry Berry is a famous pastry chef based on The Great British Bake Off judge, Mary Berry. Cherry was a judge in the street party in Horrid Henry's Bake-Off.Clever Clare
Clever Clare is the smartest girl in Horrid Henry's class. But only appears as a minor character in an Ashton Primary school photo in Horrid Henry, Nothing But The Truth in the TV series as a member of Perfect Peter's class. In Horrid Henry's Double Dare, she has to get all her spellings wrong. She also appeared in Horrid Henry, It’s All Your Fault when she was singing with Sour Susan, Gorgeous Gurinder and Singing Soraya in the musical number, Born To Be Rude. She also appears on the cover of Horrid Henry's Nits, appearing as the one who Henry is flicking nits to.Colin the Clown
Colin the Clown appears in Happy Birthday Peter!, where he appears as the clown and entertainer of Peter's birthday party and is scared of lions, whom he had a bad circus experience with. He is able to blow handkerchiefs out of his nose, make milk disappear and make a banana disappear. He has a 'Box of Bewilderment'. He also appears in the Season 3 episode, Horrid Henry Goes To The Theatre when he was helping the Penelope family find their way to the show. Voiced by Wayne Forester.Crabby Chris
Crabby Chris once babysat Horrid Henry but never came back after Henry hid her homework and spilt grapefruit juice on her jeans. She is only seen on a flashback in Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter. She was voiced by Emma Tate.Cross Colin
Cross Colin appears in Horrid Henry's Wedding as the best man and one of Pimply Paul's friends.D
Dad
Dad is the father of Henry and Peter. He is always yelling at Henry, but very rarely at Peter. He often shouts "Go to your room, now!" Like Mum, he has never trusted Henry to be well behaved. He agrees with his wife almost all the time. He is also extremely healthy, making Henry and Peter very healthy packed lunches and cooking healthy dinners, much to Henry's disgust. Peter often shows off to Dad by being well behaved while Henry misbehaves. He punishes Henry by banning the TV and/or the computer, but mostly resorts to cancellation or reduction of pocket money, for example when Henry refuses not to come on a hike he starts deducting pocket money. He shows favouritism when it comes to Henry and Peter. He tends to believe the best of Peter and the worst of Henry as even if Henry was telling the truth, he will still dismiss it as "rubbish". When Peter was horrid, he will find excuses for him. A good example was that Peter sprayed Henry with a hose deliberately, even chasing him around the garden, but he ended up telling Henry that he should have got out of the way when Peter was "watering the flowers". Although strict he appears to be more tolerant of Henry by giving him second chances. Also, he is often shown to be capable of distracting Henry enough that he behaves. He has curly brown hair and wears an orange sweater and a blue jacket. It is revealed that Gross Class Zero was his favourite show when he was a boy. At the end of Horrid Henry and the Silly Siblings it is revealed that his nickname is "Silly Simon". At the end of this episode it is also implied that Henry gets his horrid streak from him, while Peter gets his goody-goody streak from Fussy Uncle Francis. He is always on Mum's side and rarely lets Henry get his own way, however he sometimes agrees with Henry's point of view. He is voiced by Wayne Forester.Dirty Dirk
He is the Judge of the TV programme "Hog House".Dizzy Dave
Dizzy Dave is a boy in Henry's class who is always spinning around and knocking things over. He is shown to be one of Henry's close friends. His name was replaced with Rude Ralph's in Horrid Henry's Birthday Party, when Henry talks about a previous party at laser zap. A boy with brown hair, white skin, purple-ish top with orange shorts and a gleen bowl of green liquid may be him because of his sleepy face but this has not been confirmed yet.Dr. Dettoll
Dr. Dettoll is a doctor who gives injections. She only appears at the end of Horrid Henry's Injection.Doddery Donald
Great Aunt Greta's brother. He mostly says "Donald". He only appears in Horrid Henry Plays Air Guitar.E
Ed Banger
Ed Banger is a magician, dancer, ringmaster, musician and the lead singer in the Killer Boy Rats. In the episode Horrid Henry and the Killer Boy Rats Ed Banger leaves the Killer Boy Rats and begins writing and singing "nice songs", much to Henry's ire and Peter's delight. After Henry gets up on stage during a concert and sings one of his Killer Boys Rats songs, his manager phones Henry and congratulates him. Henry is then given tickets to the next Killer Boy Rats concert. While on TV Ed says he is going back to being a Killer Boy Rats member and his manager explains that it was Henry inspired him to return to the music group. Henry and his family then go to the concert where the Killer Boy Rats sing a song as a token of thanks and appreciation to Henry who is on stage with them as a drummer.Evil Eddy Edwards
Evil Eddy Edwards is a milkman who has a rivalry with Pimply Paul as seen in Horrid Henry Delivers The Milk.F
Fang the Hamster
Fang is Henry's loyal, vicious hamster. He often feuds with Fluffy the Cat, and has a helpful ear when Henry needs someone to talk to. He is an unusual hamster in which he is up in the day, he sleeps in a bed and is able to say "Yeah, yeah, yeah!". He is also useful to Henry for when he plots revenge against an enemy. Fang acts like a dog and sniffs out missing Fluffy in one episode. In another episode, Fang had a major role, when he went missing. The family presumed him as dead, and when Henry found him a day later, he dressed Fang up as a poodle, as a pose for the replacement pet for Peter. Sometimes he is mistaken for a rat which is what Moody Margaret calls him. His vocal effects are provided by Tamsin Heatley.Farty Finola
Farty Finola is the girl who appears in Horrid Henry My Weird Family. She is known as Farty Finola because she farts a lot. Peter has a crush on her as he calls her a fair lady. She then makes a cameo appearance in Horrid Henry's 3D Nightmare buying a Blue Gizmo.Fearless Phantom
Fearless Phantom is a famous superhero who Horrid Henry loves but bas a fear of spiders.Fiery Fiona
Fiery Fiona is a girl in Henry's class, who appears a few times in the books but never in the TV series. She is shown to have a fiery temper.Fifi
Fifi is a female, black kitten who appears in Horrid Henry and the Name Game. She appeared on Henry's doorstep and he and Peter didn't know what to call her. She finally got her name at Margaret's house when she went to live with her.Fluffy the Cat
Fluffy is the family's grey cat, who feuds with Henry's hamster, Fang. Fluffy is shown in most episodes sitting by the sitting room window sill at night and as she clicks the TV remote control button next to her in the first three series and swipes the tablet computer in the fourth series the scene changes to sunrise. Fluffy also gets dressed up as a mummy in the tale Horrid Henry and the Mummy. Like Peter, she seems to have a vindictive streak towards Henry as she once framed him for eating several packets of a snack that Mum likes. Despite being female she is sometimes referred to as a "he". Peter is completely devoted to her, and never believes she does anything wrong, even though she started chasing Fang in one episode, and Peter said Fang started the fight.Frosty Freeze Man
He works at Frosty Freeze. He appears in Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman and Horrid Henry and the Big Freeze Wheeze.Frosty Steve
Frosty Steve works at Frosty Freeze. He only appears in Horrid Henry and the Ice Cream Dream.Fussy Uncle Francis
Henry's uncle and Dad's younger brother. Voiced by Aidan Cook. He has curly blonde hair which is similar to Peter's, just as Dad's hair is brown, like Henry's, although Dad also has curly hair. He wears a green jacket and orange tie and he only appears so far in Horrid Henry and the Silly Siblings. He is shown not to get on with Dad, as they argue often and this is also where a slightly childish aspect of Dad's personality is revealed. He is said to be fussy, as when he visits he inspects the staircase for dust when he comes in. At the end of Horrid Henry and the Silly Siblings, he calls Dad "Silly Simon", which is presumably what he was called when he was a kid. At the end of this episode it is also implied that Peter gets his goody-goody streak from him, while Henry gets his horrid streak from Dad.G
Goody-Goody Gordon
Gordon is one of Peter's best friends. He is a member of the Best Boys Club and is friends with Tidy Ted and Spotless Sam. He often speaks with a lisp. He is voiced by Joanna Ruiz. Gordon has black hair and dark skin. He wears a mustard-yellow jumper, white undershirt, and blue grey pants.Gorgeous Gurinder
Gorgeous Gurinder is a beautiful and gorgeous girl who appears to be best friends with Singing Soraya and Lazy Linda. They are both members of the Secret Club. She has brown skin, purple-black hair, and wears a white shirt with periwinkle flower prints, pink trousers, and beautiful white ballet pumps. In the later episodes, She also good knowledge of makeup products as she is seen teaching Henry how to put on handcream.Grandma
She is Henry and Peter's grandmother, and Mum's mother. She always gives nice presents to Henry and Peter. She only appears in the books.Granny
She is Henry and Peter's grandmother, and Dad's mother. She only appears in Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch, and she is shown to be quite bossy.Grandpa
He is Henry and Peter's grandfather, and Dad's father. He only appears in Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker when he visits Henry's family for Christmas lunch on Christmas Day.Greasy Greta
Greasy Greta is the lady from the counter in the school cafeteria who was in charge of the packed lunch room. She first appears in Horrid Henry and the Demon Dinner Lady. She was sent to look after the kids in the lunch room because they were always playing with their food. She always took the children's treats and ate them, but she ran away after she ate hot chili biscuits Henry brought in. However, in the TV series, she ate far too many treats and was wheeled out of the school on a trolley, by Soggy Sid. She is voiced by Sue Elliot-Nichols. She returns in Horrid Henry and the Revenge of the Demon Dinner Lady from the Book, Horrid Henry's Nightmare. This time she inspects lunch boxes to promote healthy eating. She has maroon-colored hair and crimson-pink skin. She is fired on the spot when Miss Oddbod catches her in the cupboard eating the confiscated sweets that were supposed to be donated to charity.Great Aunt Greta
Voiced by Tamsin Heatley, Great Aunt Greta is the great aunt of Horrid Henry. She thinks that Henry is a little girl called Henrietta, and that Peter is a teenager. This is reflected in the presents that she sends to the boys. Although Henry's Mum and Dad have told her countless times that Henry is a boy and that Peter is six, Greta refuses to believe this, and usually doesn't hear, most likely due to her dementia. Her dementia is such that she once cooked cat food for the boys and believed that Fluffy is a dog named Fido. She also mistook it to be the middle of the night when in fact it was only half past five in the afternoon. She wears a light pink sweater, a gold button studded in her white blouse, dark pink skirt, lavender shoes and a walking stick.Greedy Graham
Greedy Graham is a brown-haired obese boy who is always hungry and is often seen eating carrots and junk food in the earlier episodes. He is shown to be one of Henry's close friends. Voiced by Wayne Forester. He wears an orange shirt with blue outlines, blue sweatpants and red sneakers. He has a Cockney accent in some early episodes and a Cornish accent for the majority of his appearances. It is stated by Aerobic Al that he ate his gross class zero comic in Horrid Henry's Unhappy Day.H
Horrid Henry
Henry is the main character of the series and is portrayed as a determined and relentless young boy. He believes that life is unfair as the rest of the world is against him, so he fights "against the tyranny of adults". He is resistant to defeat as teachers, relatives and babysitters in the series try their best to avoid him. Even his parents argue over whose turn it is to look after him.Henry is very selfish, inconsiderate, stubborn, and rarely learns from his mistakes. He can also be bluntly honest, as seen when he tells his mother's boss what she calls her at work behind her back and is unafraid of telling people how much he hates them right to their faces. However, he is willing to act nice and collude with Margaret and even Peter, but only if it means he will get to have his own way. Most likely because of his young age, Henry can get frightened by talk of ghosts or monsters, and in one episode, is revealed to have a fear of needles. He is very imaginative, as he indulges in fantasies, usually transforming into terrifying creatures and attacking the source of his frustrations, and often has "Eureka moments" when the stories mention what he thinks is a "spectacularly wonderful idea". In every story, there is something Henry has to get or do and the ensuing chaos is the consequence of this overriding desire.
Whenever Henry thinks of a plan it is simply to get his own way, never to make trouble purely for its own sake. He is more often than not seen taking life very seriously and he sincerely believes in what he is doing, making him something of a complex character as well. It has also been further hinted that deep down, Henry never really means to be horrid, and only acts that way as a wanting to get attention and needing to feel important, especially when dealing with his younger brother Peter, implying he has low self-esteem.
Henry is the leader or Lord High Excellent Majesty of the Purple Hand Gang. The gang includes him, Ralph, Al, Bert, Brian, Graham, William and Andrew. Like Margaret, he tries to be a non-stopable but mostly doesn't get away with it. It shows that he quite likes purple but he seriously hates pink although Margaret's heart is pink she loves pink so much she may paint the world pink. Henry and the gang have meeting in an old, purple fort. In "Horrid Henry and the Big Dig", the fort almost got knocked down as Mum had plans to increase her vegitable pat. She didn't do it in the end as Henry's fort stayed and looked excactly the same. Despite really hating pink, Margaret sometimes makes him wear a Pink Tutu.
Helpful Hari
She is invited to Peter's party in Perfect Peter's Pirate Party and is in Peter's class.I
Inky Ian
Inky Ian is a pupil who isn't very much in Henry's classroom who is only seen in the book version Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend.J
Jazzy Jim
Jazzy Jim is a minor character in Henry's class who likes music. He only appears in Horrid Henry's Arch Enemy, Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend and Horrid Henry's Bake Off.Jolly Josh
Jolly Josh is a boy in Henry's class who is always playing and joking. He's shown to be friends with Henry in Horrid Henry Tidies Up. he has a darker skin tone but still lighter than goody-goody gorden,brainy brian and the mossies.Jolly Josh's father
Jolly Josh's father only appears in Horrid Henry's Nits when he complains about the letter sent home.Jumping Jeffrey
Jeffrey is a boy who loves jumping like a kangaroo at Henry's karate class.K
Killer Boy Rats
Horrid Henry's favourite band. The lead singer is Ed Banger, Henry's idol.Kind Kasim
Kind Kasim is a minor character in Henry's class. He doesn't appear in the picture of Henry's class.Kind Kelly
Kind Kelly is a girl in Peter's class who once let Henry borrow her mobile phone and is so kind. She is mentioned in Horrid Henry and the King Of Bling and appears in a photo in Horrid Henry, Nothing But the Truth. Voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols.Kung-Fu Kate
Kung-Fu Kate is a girl in Henry's class who is always doing Kung-Fu. She is also friends with Margaret.L
Lazy Linda
The laziest girl in Henry's class. She is often seen sleeping. She doesn't talk very often, but when she does, she uses the word "like" quite a lot and has a cockney accent. She is a member of the Secret Club, which she initially joined as a replacement for Susan. At some point, Margaret fired her and Susan returned, however at some point Linda returned as well. She and Susan are foes and sometimes friends. Linda wears a light green shirt, red overall dress and green sneakers. She is voiced by Emma Tate.Lisping Lily
Lisping Lily is New Nick's younger sister; a toddler, who is largely infatuated with Henry and is known for her noticeable lisp. Her common catchphrases in the book are "I love you, Henwy." and "Will you mawwy with me, Henwy?". She wears a blue tunic with a ribbon, and dark blue overalls and she also has a doll that squirts Henry in the face from its mouth/nose.Little girl
A little girl appears as a minor character in Horrid Henry's New Shoes when she is buying trousers at the same time as Henry and Mum.M
Mad Martin
Martin is a teenager who babysat henry once.it is currently unknown who he is voiced by.Maggie
The presenter of one of Peter's favourite TV programmes, "Manners with Maggie" which was one of Henry's least favourite programmes. The show stopped airing after Maggie was dragged off the set screaming following her reaction to Henry's terrible manners.Marvin the Maniac
The presenter of one of Henry's favourite TV programmes, Gross-Out. He invites Henry to appear on the show after he wrote to him. He eventually appeared on underpants separate to Henry's old Gross-Out pants.Magic Rabbit
The rabbit who appears in Happy Birthday Peter.Magic Martha
Martha is a girl who does magic tricks In Henry's class.Milksop Miles
The author of Peter's favourite book, "The Happy Nappy". He is Henry's least favourite writer and only appears in "Horrid Henry's Author Visit".Mini Minnie
She is invited to Peter's party in Perfect Peter's Pirate Party and is in Peter's class.Mischievous Mike
He is one of Horrid Henry's friends who loves planes. He is voiced by Aidan Cook.Miss Battle-Axe
Miss Boudicca Battle-Axe is a strict, sadistic schoolteacher who talks with a Scottish accent. She teaches Horrid Henry, and many of his classmates such as Rude Ralph, Moody Margaret and Sour Susan. She seems to have a particular disliking towards Henry, which would be because it is usually his horrid behaviour which disrupts her class. She once said that Henry's class was the worst she ever taught. In very few episodes, her mother, Mrs Battle-Axe, has appeared, who appears to discipline her daughter greatly. She wears pointy glasses and has gray hair. She also wears a green cardigan, pale chartreuse top, brown skirt, and brownish stockings. In Horrid Henry Delivers a Message, it is shown that Miss Battle-Axe secretly has a crush on Soggy Sid. Miss Battle-Axe is voiced by Aidan Cook and portrayed by Anjelica Huston.Despite hating Henry's class it is apparent that Miss Battle-Axe is tough enough to survive teaching it, as it has been mentioned that all of Henry's teachers prior to her had quit because of him.
In the season 4 episode Horrid Henry's Movie Moments it is revealed she has an identical twin sister who is also called Miss Battle-Axe but is Headmistress of Our Lady Giddiantus and talks with a posh voice. However in the film the Headmistress of Our Lady Giddiantus is named as "Miss Dinesta Clutterbuck" on the sign outside.
Miss Impatience Tutu
Miss Impatience Tutu is a dance teacher who first appeared in Horrid Henry's Dance Class. In the TV series, she is referred to as Madame Tutu and speaks with a French accent when talking to her class, but speaks with an English accent when talking to Henry individually. She seems to be a lot nicer in the TV series than in the books. She has blonde hair in a bun and wears a black leotard over a pale pink jumpsuit.she organised the show "I hear thunder" in the episode horrid henrys dance class. she is Voiced by Emma Tate.Miss Lovely
Miss Lydia Lovely is Peter's teacher. As her name suggests, she has a gentle nature. She is very proud of Peter's progress and behaviour and is always saying nice things about him to his parents. However, on odd occasions she had lost her temper. She is often seen in the library, on library duty when she's in the reading area. During early seasons, she spoke with an Indian accent, which fitted considering she appears to be Asian, however, later on in the series, she speaks with a Welsh accent. She is voiced by Joanna Ruiz.Miss Thumper
Miss Thumper only appears in Horrid Henry's Dance Class, where she works.Moody Margaret
Moody Margaret is a moody girl who is always fussing and wanting to get her own way. She is portrayed as the secondary main antagonist in the Horrid Henry franchise and serves as Horrid Henry's archenemy. She lives next door to Horrid Henry and her best friend is Sour Susan. She has magenta hair in a spiky ponytail.Henry and Margaret are enemies; Margaret has a secret club and Henry has the Purple Hand Gang. She has an ability of screaming and always competes with Henry. She might have a crush on Henry, because in Perfect Peter's Revenge, she is happy when Peter sends her a forged letter that said Henry loves and wants to marry Margaret. This is also seen in other episodes. She wears a violet tank top with white stripes, green cardigan and a bottle-green skirt. Margaret, however, occasionally assists Henry in his plans, as seen in Horrid Henry's Horrid Revenge and Horrid Henry and the Big Dig, though under the word of being the leader of the Purple Hand Gang for a day or a month or even a whole year you will never know how long it will be maybe a week or even every month/year/day/second/minute. She is voiced by Sue Elliot-Nichols. In the episode Horrid Henry Rockstar it is suggested that her full name is Margaret Millicent Maudita Smythe which she also uses in subsequent episodes. However she denies this when Rude Ralph asks her if this is true.
As the primary antagonist of the series, Moody Margaret is the most prominent arch-enemy of the series' protagonist, Horrid Henry. When Francesca Simon was in the process of creating this character, she suggested a boy called Moody Martin. However, her husband did not approve of the idea as it would be too much like Horrid Henry the main character. Thus, Martin became a female called Margaret. Margaret is depicted as being a self-absorbed, grumpy, spiteful, and cantankerous girl who shares an intense rivalry with Henry, and their opposing neighborhood clubs continuously develop practical jokes or conspiracies against one another. They have resorted to each other's companionship when left with no other options, but nonetheless detest one another and continuously plot against one another, especially in an attempt to soil each other's reputations. Margaret has a tendency to gloat about her various accomplishments in a ridiculously narcissistic fashion, looking down on others and domineering her friends and peers. True to this, she is resented by her best friend Sour Susan because of her rudeness, but Susan seems to have no other choice than to reluctantly obey Margaret's constant commands. Margaret viciously domineers the Secret Club in various plots formulated against Henry's corresponding Purple Hang Gang, and the two opposing sides share a mutual animosity. She is used to having her own way and is capable of releasing violent, piercing screeches when her demands remain unfulfilled.
She is super girly and really loves pink. As seen in Horrid Henry and the Name Game, when Henry and Peter had Fifi, she had a orange collar but when Margaret has her, she has a pink bow. This shows how much Margaret loves pink and how girly she is. This is also shown in more episodes. In Moody Margaret Moves In, she turns Henry's room into Girlyland. Her bedroom is entirely pink and is sometimes seen wearing a Pink Tutu which she is the only person who has worn it with a pink skirt. This shows that Margaret's heart is pink.
Live-action
- Scarlet Stitt portrays Moody Margaret in the 2011 movie, . At the beginning of the movie, She, Sour Susan and Singing Soraya are in the Secret Club tree house eating biscuits and arguing. Henry disguises himself as a spy, steals the biscuits and runs away but Margaret has also stolen his mighty magnet yoyo. Later, on his way home from school, Henry dodges a water balloon thrown by Margaret. He ducks behind a lamppost, waits for Margaret to walk past, throws a balloon filled with water that hovers over her head and finally, flicks a yoyo at the balloon which bursts and soaks Margaret. Margaret shrieks and throws another balloon at Henry but he ducks and it hits Perfect Peter instead.
The girls in the school attack Henry for being a boy and try to attack Margaret too for being with Henry. The two of them escape and form an alliance to save their school. They do this by making Henry sneak into the talent contest and win it so he would be so famous but the plan fails. They try another plan which involves Henry going onto a game show to win the big cash prize so he can give it to Miss Oddbod so she can give it to the school inspectors to bribe them away as they were the ones trying to get the school closed down under the order of the head of a boys' school called Vic Van Wrinkle. However, although Henry wins, the Best Boy's Club, Miss Lovely and Miss Oddbod had got Vic and the inspectors arrested so she lets Henry keep the money. At the very end, Margaret is seen in a fairy costume at Henry's party.
Animation
- In 2006's Horrid Henry TV series, Moody Margaret is voiced by Sue Elliot-Nichols and is the series' most recurring villain. Margaret is represented just like she is in the books and seen as Henry's rival. However she is shown to be smarter. It has been hinted in some episodes, especially in series 4, that she may in fact admire Henry and wants to be his friend. She has shown a very keen interest in wanting to join The Purple Hand Gang. She might have a crush on Henry, e.g. in "Perfect Peter's Revenge", she was happy when Peter send her a forged letter that said Henry loves and wants to marry Margaret. On Henry's side he pictures himself marrying Margaret when he imagines himself in the future in the episodes Horrid Henry Gets Married and Horrid Henry's Birthday Bonanza although he does not know why this is. From the Series 3 episode Horrid Henry Rockstar she names herself as Margaret Millicent Maudita Smythe. However she denies this when Rude Ralph asks her if this is true in the first instance. Her shouting is able to break glass. This is seen in "Moody Margaret Moves In"
Moody Margaret's parents
Mouldy Myra
She is a contestant in Hog House.Mr and Mrs Mossy
Mr and Mrs Mossy are characters who first appeared in Horrid Henry and the Dinner Guests.Mr Mossy is Mum's boss, although sometimes Mrs Mossy is shown to be Mum's boss. Mr Mossy also appears in TV series Horrid Henry Changes a Nappy. At the start of Horrid Henry and the Dinner Guests Mr Mossy sabotages all of the tricks of Henry. The Mossys appear to be of black descent and it is revealed at the end of Horrid Henry and the Dinner Guests that Mr Mossy's first name is Timothy in the TV series, although it is given as Reginald in the book. When Mr Mossy was a child he was called "Terrible Timothy". Mr. Mossy is voiced by Aidan Cook and Mrs. Mossy is voiced by Joanna Ruiz.
Mrs Battle-Axe
Mrs Battle-Axe is Miss Boudicca Battle Axe's mother. She disciplines her daughter greatly and is a nice, old woman who likes Henry, in a sharp contrast to her daughter's meanness and dislike of Henry.Mrs Crunch
Mrs Crunch is the guide at Our Town Museum, runs Camp Sunshine and the Happiest Family competition. She has an upper-class English accent and is also able to transformMrs/Miss Oddbod
The head teacher/principal of Ashton Primary School. Her name is revealed as Mrs Oddbod in the story Horrid Henry's School Project in the book Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb. However she is addressed as "Miss" rather than "Mrs" Oddbod in the TV series and the film. Despite her title as head teacher, she 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. Her first name is Cynthia. This was revealed in the episode Horrid Henry, Horrid Headmaster. She and Chris, the woman who works at the old people's home, have a good friendship, as seen in Horrid Henry and the Purple Walking Stick Gang. She is voiced by Emma Tate in the series. She has ginger hair in a ponytail and wears round glasses, a lavender dress, with a beige collar and button, and a violet hairband in the TV series.Mum
Mum is the mother of Henry and Peter, the wife of Dad and the younger sister of Rich Aunt Ruby. Mum is usually almost never angry with Peter usually referring to him as "Sweetie Pie" and "Bunny Hop" etc. Henry on the other hand is usually getting yelled at by his parents, and when he does something horrid, Mum will say "Go to your room now, Henry!" or "No TV, sweets or pocket money for a week!" or simply "Don't be horrid, Henry!" Despite the fact that Peter's perfect behavior leads to Mum being proud of him in the episode "The Fairy Dance" Mum finally yells at Peter which of course makes Henry happy. Mum also yells at Peter, for being horrid and chucking food at her, in Horrid Henry's Perfect Day. She wears a purple cardigan with a pinkish shirt under. She has blonde hair and wears glasses. Mum also wears blue jeans and pink ballet shoes. It is known that she has a sister named Ruby, a brother-in-law named Fussy Francis. Her mother is Henry and Peter's grandmother, but it's unknown who her father is. She is currently voiced by Tamsin Heatley, and Siobhan Hayes played her role in the Horrid Henry Movie as well.N
Nasty Nicola
Nasty Nicola joins Henry's class in Horrid Henry and the New Best Friend and appears nice to begin with but turns out to be nasty and vicious. She has light red hair in braided pigtails and wears a teal sweatshirt. Voiced by Wayne Forester.Needy Neil
Needy Neil is Weepy William's younger brother. He is in Miss Lovely's class.New Nick
Nick is a boy who joined Henry's class as a "new" boy. He makes friends with Henry soon after he joins Henry's class and invites him to stay all night at his house. When Henry arrives, he has a thoroughly miserable evening. Voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols.New Nick's parents
They have two dogs and run a karaoke club of Scandinavian folk songs. They're very loud and only appear in Horrid Henry's Sleepover and Horrid Henry's Skipping Lesson. They are voiced by Emma Tate and Aidan Cook.Ninius Nerdon
Mr Nerdon was a teacher first featured in the story Horrid Henry's New Teacher. After a prank pulled by Henry involving Peter, he collapsed and Miss Battle-Axe took over the class.In the TV series, he was the substitute teacher for Henry's class when Miss Battle-Axe got the flu, although a prank involving frogs made him run away screaming from the class. He is voiced by Wayne Forester. He appears in the adaptation of Horrid Henry's New Teacher and later appears in Season 5 for the Brainbox of the Year contest.
Norwegian Norris
Norris is a Norwegian boy in Henry's class making his first appearance in Horrid Henry and the Revenge of the Demon Dinner Lady from the book Horrid Henry's Nightmare. When there is a practice in the school he does not like, such as the lunchbox inspections and taking names out of the hat to see who should look after the class chicken, he wails that it wouldn't happen in Norway.Nudie Foodie
Mr Nudie Foodie is a celebrity chef based on Jamie Oliver. In Horrid Henry and the Nudie Foodie, he visits the school to improve school dinners. He is sent away after Henry adds extra ingredients to his pasta sauce to make it taste bad. His name is a parody on the BBC programme The Naked Chef.Nurse Needle
Nurse Needle is a nurse who appears in Horrid Henry's Injection. She tried to give Henry an injection, but Henry pretended to be sick and was sent home. She then returns in Horrid Henry and the Germy Germ.P
Parky
Parky works in the park and employs Henry in Horrid Henry Gets A Job. Voiced by Wayne Forester.Pasty Patsy
Pasty Patsy is the daughter of Greasy Greta and appears in Horrid Henry and the Revenge of the Demon Dinner Lady from the book Horrid Henry's Nightmare. When Henry asked her why she didn't get her lunchbox inspected, she replied that she is Greta's daughter and she could have what she wanted, much to Henry's surprise. She then opened her lunchbox and ate a handful of sweets and treats, while Henry's mouth watered.Patrolling Patrick and Vigilant Vincent
In some stories and episodes of Horrid Henry, there are some security guards that appear. Their names are Patrolling Patrick and Vigilant Vincent. They are voiced by Wayne Forester and Aidan Cook.Perfect Peter
Perfect Peter is Henry's perfect younger brother. He is often referred to as a "worm" by Henry. Peter has a very effeminate attitude, liking flowers much like Walter the Softy in the Dennis the Menace comic strips and cartoon series, believes in fairy tales, and is known to always do as he is told and treat others with respect. On several occasions, however, he has revealed that he is in reality, very whiny and spoiled. It is obvious that Peter likes to get back at Henry with the help of his parents, and he always emotionally bribes them, resulting in his parents favouring him. Aside from being spoiled, he shows aspects of being sort of like Moody Margaret, except that instead of using a bossy tone, he adopts a crying and sorrowful look to get what he wants.Often, Henry gets into trouble as a result of Peter telling Mum or Dad when he has done something wrong, usually with the phrases "Mum/Dad! Henry's being horrid/mean!" or "Mum/Dad! Henry called me a worm/a toad/told me to shut up!", and he even blames Henry for the most minor offences. He has been known to blame Henry for things Henry doesn't do. He is also similar to his friends as he hates dirt, is always tidy and always does as he is told, unlike Henry. He also expects praise for even the most minor things, such as "being normal", using his fork and knife, and also shows off how good he is, especially when Henry is being reprimanded. This, and the fact that he always asks them politely.
At times, Peter can be desperate for praise and attention; he gets his toys out just to tidy them again in the episode "Horrid Henry And The Best Boys Club". In the same episode, it is hinted he sees the other members of "The Best Boys Club" as underlings rather than actual friends as he immediately refuses Gordon's suggestion of taking turns to decide things. This suggests that he only acts perfect because he gets praised. At times, he tries to take credit for Henry's rare good deeds, as shown in Horrid Henry's Perfect Day, and in Horrid Henry Horrid Headmaster, when he recorded what Henry said when Henry discovered he had to fill end of term reports, then modified it into "No holiday!", causing the students to rebel. He seldom defies orders or complains about said orders, though it has been revealed that his sweet-natured personality is soiled with narcissism; he has indeed defied adults or rules in revenge against Henry or while attempting to frame him, and he derives pleasure from Henry's suffering and punishments for poor behavior, implying that he may actually not be much better than his brother. Despite all this, Henry will still help Peter out on occasion, such as rescuing him from a falling shelf in the cellar in Horrid Henry Trapped.
Live-action
- In 2011's , Perfect Peter is shown as a pure goody-goody and never shows his bad side. He is one of the very few people who help save the school from Vic Van Wrinkle.
Animation
- In 2006's Horrid Henry TV series, Perfect Peter is the most recurring character apart from Henry.
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Pimply Paul
The husband of Prissy Polly, who is a milkman and lives in a world of self pity and misery. He and Henry have a mutual hatred for each other, because Henry’s a brat and Paul’s a sour puss. He is a fan of Rugby, as revealed in Horrid Henry Cooks a Meal. He and Henry eventually develop a father-son relationship and start seeing each other eye-to-eye when Henry helps him with his route. Voiced by Wayne Forester.Prissy Polly
Henry's fussy, childish, ditzy, and uptight cousin who is usually seen smiling, until she reaches her breaking point. She marries Pimply Paul in Horrid Henry's Wedding and together, they had a daughter, Vera. Polly and Henry hate each other, and she wants everything to be her way, all the time. She is voiced by Tamsin Heatley. She mostly wears a pink top, blue jeans, with a cyan blue sash-belt has curly blonde hair and wears beautiful pink high heel pumps. But in the film, she had her in a side braid with a yellow ribbon on the top of her head and she wore a cream dress with yellow and gold roses on it and a gold bracelet.R
Rabid Rebecca
Rabid Rebecca is the toughest teenager in town, and is very strict. She once babysat Henry and Peter. Henry had a tough job getting rid of her, eventually succeeding after discovering that she was scared of spiders. She has very large teeth and these are always visible even when her mouth is shut. She is introduced in Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter and makes a reappearance in Revenge of the Bogey Babysitter in the books. In the TV series she also appears in Horrid Henry's Smelly Stuff, Horrid Henry's Haircut, Horrid Henry and the Terrible Teacher, and Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend in the audience at the match. She makes a cameo appearance in Horrid Henry and the Killer Boy Rats, when she is shocked and is seen when Henry sings, "Slimy, slimy, slimy!" and Dad says, "Don't be horrid, Henry!" in the audience. Voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols. She appears as Miss Rancid, the substitute teacher in Horrid Henry and the Terrible Teacher and she is fired when Miss Oddbod sees her chasing Peter. She is training to become a hairdresser as announced at the end of Horrid Henry's Haircut.Razor Ron
Razor Ron is a barber who hates children. He cuts Henry's hair in Horrid Henry's Haircut.Rich Aunt Ruby
Henry's wealthy aunt, Mum's sister and Stuck-Up Steve's mother. She is shown to be a very posh lady and she's dressed very fashionable, and she speaks with a posh-sounding accent and she was first seen in Horrid Henry's Christmas, where she buys Steve loads of great presents and Henry "somehow" managed to help himself to a few of them by switching the labels, she was next seen in the episode Horrid Henry's Haunted House, where Henry scares her and Steve away from their house and gets to play with all Steve's toys. She has previously been seen in Horrid Henry Dines at Restaurant Le Posh, where she took Steve and Henry's family to a fancy French restaurant, and orders Mum, Dad and Peter the things they don't want. She also spoils Steve greatly and buys him anything and everything he wants and she and Steve live in a very large house. She has burgundy-purple hair, like Steve. Voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols.Rude Ralph
Rude Ralph is Horrid Henry's best friend, who lives the life of luxury that Henry dreams of having. He gladly assists Henry in many of his plans, including plots to raid Moody Margaret's Secret Club, with him being a member of Henry's "Purple Hand Gang". Contrary to his alliterative nickname, he is actually much more friendly, laid-back, and sensible than Henry. Unlike Henry, he doesn’t mind eating healthy food or hanging out with girls, and he even befriends Peter in a few episodes. He wears a red hoodie and white capri pants. Besides Henry, he is often seen with Al and Bert. He is voiced by Aidan Cook.Rude Ralph's dad
Rude Ralph's dad first appears in Horrid Henry and the Go-Kart, Horrid Henry and the Purple Pass and makes a cameo in Horrid Henry and the Demon Dentist''.Rude Ralph's mum
Rude Ralph's mum picks Ralph up from Henry's in Horrid Henry's Fairy Dance and is seen calling Henry's Dad on Horrid Henry's Sleepover. She was also seen in Horrid Henry Gets The Message, Horrid Henry and the Purple Pass and Horrid Henry's Perfect Panto where she was seeing her son performing in the school panto. She is voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols.S
Singing Soraya
An Indian girl in Henry's class who loves singing. She even sounds like she's singing when she's talking normally. Soraya wears a yellow blouse with blue pants and orange keds. Voiced by Joanna Ruiz.Slimy Sammy
Sammy first appeared in the episode Perfect Peter's Pen Pal. He stays at Peter's house and attempts to steal his stamp collection, as well as getting Henry into trouble. Despite the fact he appears to be French and speaks French, he talks with a German-sounding accent. Peter first calls him Super Sammy. He is voiced by Aidan Cook.Snappy Croc
Snappy Croc is a toy crocodile who was first seen in Horrid Henry's Bathtime.Soggy Sid
Soggy Sid is Horrid Henry's swimming teacher and the school's sport coach. He also appears in some episodes as the caretaker of the school. In one episode, his name is revealed to be Sidmouth Soggington. He is voiced by Aidan Cook.Sour Susan
Sour Susan is the best friend of Moody Margaret. She always has a sour look on her face and often says "Yeah, Henry." when Margaret offends or annoys him. She acts as a budgie and sidekick to Moody Margaret, but often has fallouts with her. She has a baby sister called Vicious Vicky. In TV Series, she has orange hair and wears a lime dress with dark green effects. In Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb, she joins the Purple Hand Gang, and warns Henry about Margaret's stinkbomb. She is voiced by Joanna Ruiz and portrayed by Helena Barlow.Spotless Sam
Spotless Sam is one of Peter's friends and a member of the Best Boys Club. He is voiced by Emma Tate. He has black hair and wears a white shirt with blue stripes, and blue capri pants.Stuck-Up Steve
Steve is Henry's Stuck up Cousin. Henry calls him "Stuck-Up" because of how rich, greedy and spoiled he is compared to him. Once Steve got a taste of his own medicine in Horrid Henry and The Perfect Plane when the park keeper caught him flying his toy plane in the park and he takes it away from Steve and gives it to Mike. In the series 5 episode Horrid Henry’s Class Action, he faces Henry in the School Council election, also In Horrid Henry Eats Out, Henry wins by eating all his snails. Steve is hated by Henry for a particular reason - because he is spoiled and refuses to share with his cousin, Henry. Henry always knows that Steve does not look forward to seeing him, as in Horrid Henry's Christmas, he switched the labels on his and Steve's presents, allowing him to help himself to some presents intended for Steve while Steve gets presents, such as socks, intended for Henry, and in Horrid Henry's Haunted House, he convinced Steve that there was a monster under his bed. In the television series, he speaks with what is seemingly an upper class London accent and has reddish-purple hair. The turtleneck jumper he wears also appears to change colour between episodes - it is light green in most episodes, but is purple in Horrid Henry's Haunted House. He is voiced by Joanna Ruiz in the TV series.Super Sally
Super Sally is a character in Manners with Maggie in "Horrid Henry Minds His Manners". She works at the TV station.T
T.J. Fizz
She is Henry's favourite author and Peter's least favourite, because he says "her books are too scary". She has only been seen in Horrid Henry's Author Visit. Miss Battle-axe sent him off from his to Peter's class because of his horridness and was stuck with Peter's favourite author. In the TV Series, she is known as "B.B. Silver".Tell-Tale Tim
He is one of Peter's friends.Tetchy Tess
Tetchy Tess is one of Horrid Henry's babysitters. After Henry floods the bathroom, she refuses to come back. She appears in Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter and Horrid Henry Goes to the Park. She is voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols.Tidy Ted
Tidy Ted is one of Peter's friends and is a member of the Best Boys Club. He is always tidy, hence his name. He is voiced by Tamsin Heatley. He has ginger-colored hair, wears a periwinkle sweater, cyan neck-tie, white shirt, with blue trousers, and brown shoes. His hairstyle and voice often mistake some for thinking he is a girl.Tiddles
Tiddles is Mrs Oddbod's cat. It appeared in Horrid Henry on Trial, Horrid Henry: It's All Your Fault! and Horrid Henry and the Terrible Teacher.Toddler Tom
He is a toddler who is mentioned in several episodes.Tornado Tariq
He is mentioned in Horrid Henry's Household Chores and is a contestant in Hog House.Tough Toby
Tough Toby is a boy in Henry's class who is tough. He invited Henry to his party at Lazer Zap in Horrid Henry's Birthday Party.V
Vain Violet
She appears in several of the books and is friends with Margaret. She takes a lot of pride in her appearance, and she enjoys makeovers. She never appeared in the TV series.Vicious Vicky
Vicious Vicky first appears in Horrid Henry The Movie and in the TV Series 3 episode Horrid Henry Bogus Babysitter. She is Sour Susan's younger sister. In the Series 2 episode Horrid Henry Changes a Nappy Susan mentions a baby sister whom she has to change her nappies explaining her experience. However, Vicky is seen as a toddler or possibly an infant at Ashton Primary.Vicious Vicky is voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols and played by Kia Pegg. In The Movie she bites people. In the TV series after being thrown out by Moody Margaret, Vicky finds her way into Henry's house and raids the kitchen. She then steals Margaret's cutlass and uses it to frame her. Henry is impressed by this after initially being afraid of her. However in her next appearance in It's All Your Fault she scares Henry away from the climbing frame in the school playground and also intimidates Wheely Walter.
Vic Van Wrinkle
Vic Van Wrinkle is the strict, fiery-tempered headmaster of "Brickhouse School" and the main antagonist in Horrid Henry The Movie. He tries to shut down Ashton Primary school and send all the students to Brickhouse School so he can make lots of money to shut down all the schools in Ashton.Vomiting Vera
Henry and Peter's baby first cousin once removed who is always vomiting, much to the annoyance of others. Henry will refuse to see her unless she is older and behind bars. She has blonde hair, wears a pink long-sleeved undershirt, light pink tank top with vertical magenta stripes, pink skirt, an orange hair ribbon, and dark pink stockings. She likes to watch Happy Hippos. Her parents call her 'Vera Wera'.W
Weepy William
A boy in Henry's class who is often seen crying at the slightest things. His best friend is Anxious Andrew. William has a younger brother called Needy Neil. He is voiced by Emma TateNeedy Neil is in Miss Lovely's class. He wears a purple sweatshirt, pale green undershirt with beige-trousers and brown shoes. He is voiced by Sue Elliott-Nichols.