History Literature / MrMen

* HereWeGoAgain: The title character in ''Mr. Fussy'' has his life thrown into chaos in every sense of the phrase by a visit from his long-lost (but not long enough in Mr. Fussy's eyes) cousin [[TheKlutz Mr. Clumsy]], who leaves his [[SuperOCD normally immaculate house]] a wreck. At the end of the book, after Mr. Clumsy has departed, Mr. Fussy has only just restored order in his house when there is a knock at the door... [[spoiler:revealing that now the similarly accident-prone Mr. Bump has arrived for a few days' visit]].

*** In his first appearance in ''Mr. Fussy'' as the title character's long lost cousin,[[note]] Mr. Clumsy is essentially Mr. Fussy with a rounder body, permanently unkempt hair and moustache, and untied shoes.[[/note]] he drops and/or trips over so many things that he leaves his SuperOCD relative's house a complete wreck.[[note]] Things proceed to get worse for Mr. Fussy when Mr. Bump [[HereWeGoAgain comes for a visit]].[[/note]]

* SuperOCD: Mr. Fussy spends endless hours straightening every last blade of grass in his garden, making sure the flowers are growing in perfectly straight rows, and picking the bits of orange rind out of an entire jar of marmalade. Needless to say, he does not react well when first Mr. Clumsy, then Mr. Bump show up at his house for a few days' visit.
--> "It was very nice to see you," said Mr. Fussy politely. But what he was thinking was "it's very nice to see you going".

A third one in 2021: [[https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/publishing/news-updates/3FKfIitvPHpN51vitGaWlE/assassins-creed-meets-mister-men-and-little-miss a line based on]] ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed''.

* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: The series has many of these.

Once upon a time, there was a man called Roger Hargreaves. In 1971, his son Adam asked him the question, "What does a tickle look like?" He answered it by creating a book about a long-armed creature called Mr. Tickle. And this book became the first in a series of books about the Mr. Men and Little Misses.

* GrumpyBear: Mr. Grumpy is rude and abrasive to everyone he meets, and regularly tears all of the pages out of a book in fits of unprovoked anger. The fact that he lives in Happyland, and is therefore the grumpiest person in town, does nothing to improve his mood (although it does bring him in contact with Mr. Happy, setting the events of his story in motion).

Once upon a time, there was a man called Roger Hargreaves. In 1971, his son Adam asked him the question, "What does a tickle look like?" He answered it by creating Mr. Tickle. This became the first in a series of books about the ''Mr. Men'' and ''Little Misses''.

The titular Mr. Men and Little Misses are a group of abstract human beings (a.k.a. [[LivingPolyhedron talking shapes]]) who're essentially the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of the many character traits everyday people have. Every Mr. Man and Little Miss has a distinct characteristic that defines their entire being, and are named after that characteristic (Mr. Forgetful, Little Miss Trouble, Mr. Wrong, Little Miss Wise, etc.) Each of the original books stars one of the characters, who has a brief adventure revolving around their character trait. [[TheFaceOfTheSun And the sun has a face on some occasions.]]

** While dozing in a chair in the garden, Mr Lazy is wakened by two humans, Mr Busy[[note]] not the title character of a later ''Mr. Men'' book[[/note]] and Mr Bustle, who subject him to a gruelling routine of housework, a very long walk, to be followed by a run. When one of the men blows a whistle to make his start running, the whistle turns out to be the whistling kettle boiling in the kitchen (which takes two hours in Sleepyland). It had all been a terrible dream!

* NiceHat: Most of them have one. In Mr. Chatterbox's book, someone slips him a magic hat that grows if he talks too much, usually covering him completely by the time he decides to clam up; by the end of the book, he gets the hint.

* NiceHat: Any character who has one of these in ''Who'' canon (First, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eleventh Doctors, plus Susan, Jamie, Captain Jack Harkness, and Missy) has them in these books. Dr. Ninth considers buying one of these at the start of his book, but shopgirl Rose doesn't think the one he wants (actually Four's fedora) suits him. Dr. Tenth gets a Santa hat in ''Christmas Surprise!''

* UpToEleven: What every Mr. Man and Little Miss is: a personification of a human character or personality trait taken to its LogicalExtreme.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The Little Misses usually have a bow in their hair, to show they are female. An interesting example is Little Miss Bossy, who lacks a bow: it seems that her feminine feature is not the flower in her hat (Mr. Funny has one too), but the rounded brim on her hat, unlike the Mr Men's more abstract hat brims.

* SinisterScapingSound: In the ''Mr. Men Annual No. 3'', Mr. Jelly is terrified by a scraping sound in the park, and thinks it is a giant centipede sharpening its claws to tear him to pieces. But it is only Mr. Slow, the gardener, slowly raking the soil.

* LotsAndLotsOfCharacters:
** There have been a total of at least ''90'' Mr. Men and Little Misses in the series, including non-canon characters.
** Because it's adapting a long-running TV show that invokes this trope, the ''Series/DoctorWho'' mashup line qualifies on its own, with all twelve Doctors, Susan Foreman, Sarah Jane Smith, River Song, and a bevy of villains in the first four books alone.

* SpotOfTea: The various Mr. Men often drink tea, usually with their breakfast. Mr. Rush makes his tea with cold water, Mr. Muddle pours his on his bread, Mr. Silly has marmalade in his coffee. As for Mr. Bounce, he bounces through the doctor's window, and ends up... in Dr. Makeyouwell's mid-morning cup of coffee.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And this is only about half of the cast.]][[note]] (All names from left to right.) Top row: Mr Strong, Mr Bump, Mr Happy, Mr Tickle, Mr Birthday, Mr Bounce, Mr Brave. Second row: Mr Busy, Mr Chatterbox, Mr Cheerful, Mr Christmas, Mr Clever, Mr Wrong, Mr Worry, Mr Tall. Third row: Mr Clumsy, Mr Daydream, Mr Dizzy, Mr Forgetful, Mr Funny, Mr Fussy, Mr Snooty. Fourth row: Mr Skinny, Mr Good, Mr Greedy, Mr Grumble, Mr Grumpy, Mr Impossible, Mr Jelly, Mr Topsy-Turvy. Fifth row: Mr Lazy, Mr Mean, Mr Messy, Mr Mischief, Mr Muddle, Mr Nobody, Mr Cool. Sixth row: Mr Noisy, Mr Nonsense, Mr Nosey, Mr Perfect, Mr Quiet, Mr Rude, Mr Snow. Bottom row: Mr Rush, Mr Silly, Mr Slow, Mr Small, Mr Sneeze.[[/note]]]]

* IAteWhat: In Mr. Mischief's book, Mr. Greedy ends up eating a cake made of toothpaste, mud and cotton, courtesy of Mr. Mischief.

* OurHumansAreDifferent: Done in a strange way with the Mr. Men and Little Misses. Despite the fact they're [[LivingPolyhedron talking shapes with arms and legs]] they apparently are human beings. This is strange because they live among characters who're unmistakably human beings. And yet, the Mr. Men and Little Misses are somehow the same species.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Mr. Men and Little Misses are visually a fantastic race of colorful [[LivingPolyhedron Living Polyhedrons]], but they apparently ''are'' human beings. If anything, they look like actual human beings in-universe, but look like talking shapes to us since they're meant to be [[AnthropomorphicPersonification representations of the virtues and vices anyone in real life can have]].
** The only one who averts this is Mr. Snow, who's simply a snowman built and brought to life by Father Christmas.

The titular Mr. Men and Little Misses are a race of [[LivingPolyhedron talking shapes]] who're essentially the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of the many character traits everyday people have. Every Mr. Man and Little Miss has a distinct characteristic that defines their entire being, and are named after that characteristic (Mr. Forgetful, Little Miss Trouble, Mr. Wrong, Little Miss Wise, etc.) Each of the original books stars one of the characters, who has a brief adventure revolving around their character trait. [[TheFaceOfTheSun And the sun has a face on some occasions.]]