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** In “Horrid Henry and the Silly Siblings”, Fussy Uncle Francis comes over for a visit, much to Dad’s annoyance. The two are revealed to have a very strained relationship, similar to Henry and Peter’s. They two act very immature towards each other throughout the whole episode. When Francis leaves, Mum tells Dad that he and Francis don’t have to keep acting like little kids and it’s never too late to change, especially for the sake of their kids. Mum however, contradicts herself immediately when Ruby pops by.

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** In “Horrid Henry and the Silly Siblings”, Fussy Uncle Francis comes over for a visit, much to Dad’s annoyance. The two are revealed to have a very strained relationship, similar to Henry and Peter’s.Peter’s as they never got on as kids and still don’t get on today. They two act very immature towards each other throughout the whole episode. When Francis leaves, Mum tells Dad that he and Francis don’t have to keep acting like little kids and it’s never too late to change, that just because he and Francis did not get on with each other as children doesn’t mean they can’t get on well now, especially for the sake of their kids. Mum however, contradicts herself immediately when her sister Rich Aunt Ruby pops by. calls them.
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** In “Horrid Henry’s Protest”, Henry's favorite director comes to school to make a movie. He hires everyone except for Wheely Walter because he’s disabled. This is ultimately enough to convince everyone (including Henry) to quit. This is a pretty good lesson about discrimination and how shallow the world of show business can really be.

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** In “Horrid Henry’s Protest”, Henry's favorite director comes to school to make a movie. He hires everyone except for Moody Margaret, as she’s somewhat tomboyish and the director doesn’t believe she’s “girly” enough and Wheely Walter because he’s disabled. This is ultimately enough to convince everyone (including Henry) to quit. This is a pretty good lesson about discrimination and how shallow the world of show business can really be.
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** In “Horrid Henry’s Protest”, Henry's favorite director comes to school to make a movie. He hires everyone except for Mr. Walter because he’s disabled. This is ultimately enough to convince everyone (including Henry) to quit. This is a pretty good lesson about discrimination and how shallow the world of show business can really be.

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** In “Horrid Henry’s Protest”, Henry's favorite director comes to school to make a movie. He hires everyone except for Mr. Wheely Walter because he’s disabled. This is ultimately enough to convince everyone (including Henry) to quit. This is a pretty good lesson about discrimination and how shallow the world of show business can really be.

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: At least one character has a nickname like 'Sour Susan', 'Brainy Brian', etc.
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* UnnamedParents: All of the parents fall into this category, with the exception of Henry and Peter's father (Simon) and Steve's mother (Ruby).

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* UnnamedParents: UnnamedParent: All of the parents fall into this category, with the exception of Henry and Peter's father (Simon) and Steve's mother (Ruby).
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* AntiSchoolUniformPlot: * In one episode, students are made to wear blazers. Henry notices that the blazers look alike and uses it to get away with raiding the confiscation cupboard. The teachers realise this too, abolishing school uniforms to prevent similar events from happening.

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* AntiSchoolUniformPlot: * AntiSchoolUniformsPlot: In one episode, students are made to wear blazers. Henry notices that the blazers look alike and uses it to get away with raiding the confiscation cupboard. The teachers realise this too, abolishing school uniforms to prevent similar events from happening.
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* AntiSchoolUniformPlot: * In one episode, students are made to wear blazers. Henry notices that the blazers look alike and uses it to get away with raiding the confiscation cupboard. The teachers realise this too, abolishing school uniforms to prevent similar events from happening.
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* AnAesop: Despite the mean-spirited and cynical tone of the series, it can offer some good lessons every now and then.
** In “Horrid Henry and the Dinner Guest”, Mum invites Mr. and Mrs. Mossy over for dinner, and Henry tries to be horrid as usual. Throughout the episode, Mr. Mossy seems to know the several tricks Henry keeps on making and manages to outsmart Henry. At the end, Mr. Mossy then talks to Henry about how there are people who have similar traits and habits like yours, and that sooner or later there is always going to be someone who surpasses you in them. Henry however disregards this lesson when he plays a trick on Mr. Mossy that actually works.
** The episode “Horrid Henry Delivers the Milk” has the message that one shouldn’t be disrespectful towards anyone with a lousy job. This is also where Paul and Henry actually start to realise how much alike they are and Henry decides to be nicer to Paul, after seeing what he has to go through every day, resulting in Paul becoming Henry’s father-figure.
** In “Horrid Henry Grows Up”, Henry dreams of being a grown up and his parents are his kids. When he sees how reckless they are as kids and what Mum and Dad had to go through, he begins to realise that nobody has it easy.
** In “Horrid Henry, Rockstar”, Henry decides to drop out of school to fulfil his dream of becoming part of the Killer Boy Rats, a rock band he likes. Even though he nails the auditions, they still won’t let him join them. When he asks why, the band tells him they have two good reasons: He’s too young to join a rock band and despite what they say in their songs about school being bad and dropping out just to be a rockstar, they’re just songs and they don’t really mean it; staying in school helps improve his musical skills and he has to learn important ways to keep up with his career when he becomes a rockstar.
** In “King Henry the Ninth”, Peter plays a trick on Henry into thinking that he’s royalty, causing Henry to feel special and important. When Dad reveals that Peter tricked him, Henry starts to feel like he doesn’t matter. Dad then tells Henry that everyone matters in one way or another, royalty or not, which makes Henry feel a bit better.
** In “Horrid Henry’s Protest”, Henry's favorite director comes to school to make a movie. He hires everyone except for Mr. Walter because he’s disabled. This is ultimately enough to convince everyone (including Henry) to quit. This is a pretty good lesson about discrimination and how shallow the world of show business can really be.
** In “Horrid Henry and the Silly Siblings”, Fussy Uncle Francis comes over for a visit, much to Dad’s annoyance. The two are revealed to have a very strained relationship, similar to Henry and Peter’s. They two act very immature towards each other throughout the whole episode. When Francis leaves, Mum tells Dad that he and Francis don’t have to keep acting like little kids and it’s never too late to change, especially for the sake of their kids. Mum however, contradicts herself immediately when Ruby pops by.
** In “Henry the Eternal Schoolboy”, Henry imagines he is in a world where he stays a kid forever and is stuck in the same school forever, because he is afraid of getting old and growing up. When he sees his friends all grown up with well-paying jobs, homes and families, he begins to feel lonely and trapped in a rut. This shows us that staying a kid forever is not all it’s cracked up to be and being an adult is not that bad.
** In “Horrid Henry’s New Best Friend”, Henry develops a crush on the new girl, who seems to return his feelings. When he finds out that Nicola was just using him, so she could frame him for her numerous offenses. It just goes to show that sometimes your crushes aren’t what they appear to be after all. Also, while Henry is heartbroken and crushed, he knows that Ralph will always be there for him. Awwwwwwww.

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This TV show is about a child named ''[[AlliterativeName Horrid Henry]]'' who is, well, horrid of course. He also has a brother named ''Perfect Peter,'' who is just the opposite of Henry. [[NotSoDifferent Or maybe not.]] This show is known as one of CITV's most well known shows. Not to be confused with ''Literature/HorribleHarry''.

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This TV show is about a child named ''[[AlliterativeName Horrid Henry]]'' who is, well, horrid of course. He also has a brother named ''Perfect Peter,'' who is just the opposite of Henry. [[NotSoDifferent Or maybe not.]] not. This show is known as one of CITV's most well known shows. Not to be confused with ''Literature/HorribleHarry''.



* MirrorCharacter: Pimply Paul and Henry don't normally get along, but they are more alike then they think and they even develop a father-son relationship over the course of the show.
** In “Horrid Henry Goes to the Movies”, neither of them wants to see the kiddie film Polly's taking them to, so they work together to sneak into a horror movie.
** Then, there is the time that Henry was forced to work alongside Pimply Paul in the episode, ''Horrid Henry Delivers the Milk''. Paul even gives Henry ''a compliment'' of all things when Henry encourages Paul to challenge Eddie Edwards, a rival milk delivery man who had been trying to take over Paul's delivery patch. Henry even shows how to beat Eddie Edwards at his own game: go in the opposite direction that Eddie would go.
--> '''Pimply Paul''': You're not as horrid as I thought you were. (Henry smiles to that in response, and Paul amends his statement.) Okay, maybe you are, but you're certainly not stupid.



* NotSoDifferent: Pimply Paul and Henry don't normally get along, but they are more alike then they think and they even develop a father-son relationship over the course of the show.
** In “Horrid Henry Goes to the Movies”, neither of them wants to see the kiddie film Polly's taking them to, so they work together to sneak into a horror movie.
** Then, there is the time that Henry was forced to work alongside Pimply Paul in the episode, ''Horrid Henry Delivers the Milk''. Paul even gives Henry ''a compliment'' of all things when Henry encourages Paul to challenge Eddie Edwards, a rival milk delivery man who had been trying to take over Paul's delivery patch. Henry even shows how to beat Eddie Edwards at his own game: go in the opposite direction that Eddie would go.
--> '''Pimply Paul''': You're not as horrid as I thought you were. (Henry smiles to that in response, and Paul amends his statement.) Okay, maybe you are, but you're certainly not stupid.
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''Horrid Henry'' is a British animated television series based on the book series by Francesca Simon produced by Novel Entertainment and Nelvana Limited (series 1 only), broadcast from late 2006 on CITV in the UK. The show has 5 series so far and has at least ''[[LongRunners 220 episodes]]'' so far, making one of the most popular CITV shows.

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''Horrid Henry'' is a British animated television series based on the book series by Francesca Simon produced by Novel Entertainment and Nelvana Creator/{{Nelvana}} Limited (series 1 only), broadcast from late 2006 on CITV Creator/{{CITV}} in the UK. The show has 5 series so far and has at least ''[[LongRunners 220 episodes]]'' so far, making one of the most popular CITV shows.
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* FaintInShock: Henry, out of the fear of [[AfraidOfNeedles injections]], faints from his brother Perfect Peter's explanation of said injections.
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* UnnamedParents: Almost all of the parents fall into this category, with the exception of Henry and Peter's father [[note]] Simon [[note]] and Steve's mother [[note]] Ruby [[note]].

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* UnnamedParents: Almost all All of the parents fall into this category, with the exception of Henry and Peter's father [[note]] Simon [[note]] (Simon) and Steve's mother [[note]] Ruby [[note]].(Ruby).
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* BigNO!: Henry at the start, or end of every episode if something goes wrong. It would show him shouting "No!" and then it would [[EatTheCamera zoom into his mouth]], and then the title card appears. Besides Henry, Peter and some of the characters did this as well.

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* BigNO!: BigNO: Henry at the start, or end of every episode if something goes wrong. It would show him shouting "No!" and then it would [[EatTheCamera zoom into his mouth]], and then the title card appears. Besides Henry, Peter and some of the characters did this as well.
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** The winning tickets in ''The School Fair'' are both [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 42]].

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-->-- '''The series' new theme song.'''

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* PyrrhicVictory: In "Horrid Henry Tidies Up", [[spoiler:Henry and Peter are having a competition to see who has the most cleanest bedroom and whoever wins gets to go to their favourite restaurant (Henry: Gobble and Go & Peter: Virtuous Veggie). Henry does win the competition only find out that Gobble and Go changed hands and is now onwed by Virtuous Veggie, so basically, Peter does win after all.]]

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* TakeYourChildToWorkDayPlot: "Henry Goes to Work" revolves around Henry's dad taking him to his work at the toothpaste factory and forcing him to work with his boss' son.



* UnnamedParents: Almost all of the parents fall into this catergory, with the exception of Henry and Peter's father [[note]] Simon [[note]] and Steve's mother [[note]] Ruby [[note]].

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* UnnamedParents: Almost all of the parents fall into this catergory, category, with the exception of Henry and Peter's father [[note]] Simon [[note]] and Steve's mother [[note]] Ruby [[note]].
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* UnnamedParents: Almost all of the parents fall into this catergory, with the exception of Henry and Peter's father [[note]] Simon [[note]] and Steve's mother [[note]] Ruby [[note]].
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* AdaptationalHappyEnding: In “Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend”, while it follows the original story’s plot of having Miss Battle-Axe claim the tickets and adds on a new ending where Henry receives one of the tickets from Mrs. Battle-Axe, who he had helped earlier.
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* AbusiveParents: Horrid Henry's Mother and Father are like this to Henry and while he can be a 'horrid boy' he also just a kid. Henry gets punished harshly for accidents and things that are beyond his control. He's the Unfavorite in the household and sad thing is that Henry knows it.

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* AbusiveParents: Horrid Henry's Mother and Father are like this to Henry and while he can be a 'horrid boy' he he's also just a kid. Henry gets punished harshly for accidents and things that are beyond his control. He's the Unfavorite in the household and sad thing is that Henry knows it.
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It's so not fair, cos the Killer Boy Rat stars\\

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It's so not fair, cos the Killer Boy Rat stars\\Rats knows\\



-->-- '''One of the theme songs of the series.'''

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-->-- '''One of the '''The series' new theme songs of the series.song.'''

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* SuddenlyVoiced: Fang in "Horrid Henry and the Snotslimer Redemption." Although he's always muttered "yeah, yeah, yeah", in this episode he speaks full sentences when surrounded by other hamsters.

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* SuddenlyVoiced: SuddenlySpeaking: Fang in "Horrid Henry and the Snotslimer Redemption." Although he's always muttered "yeah, yeah, yeah", in this episode he speaks full sentences when surrounded by other hamsters.
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* AdaptationalHappyEnding: In “Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend”, while it follows the original story’s plot of having Miss Battle-Axe claim the tickets and adds on a new ending where Henry receives one of the tickets from Mrs. Battle-Axe, who he had helped earlier.
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** After Henry manages to get all the events cancelled at a sports day, he picks up all the leftover trophies and gives one to Peter.

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* CrapsackWorld: The whole setting is filled to the brim with unlikable characters, cynicism and mean-spirited undertones.



** Even Peter himself has one of these moments. For example, in an episode known as ''Horrid Henry, Nothing but the Truth'' Peter says the very phrase that Henry is known for saying after having an idea to expose Henry for his obviously horrid character.

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** Even Peter himself has one of these moments. For example, in an episode known as ''Horrid Henry, Nothing but the Truth'' Peter says the very phrase that Henry is known for saying after having an idea to expose Henry for his obviously horrid character.character traits.
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* CrapsackWorld: The whole setting is filled to the brim with unlikable characters, cynicism and mean-spirited undertones.


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** If you’re sweet and friendly, you’re bound to get tormented by either Henry, Margaret, or some nasty adult.
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* ProneToVomiting: Baby Vera throws up randomly and often, to the point where her nickname is "Vomiting Vera".

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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Henry may be horrid, but his family is pretty awful too.



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* PetTheDog:PetTheDog: Sometimes, Henry is shown to not be as bad as he makes himself out to be.



** See also some episodes where Henry actually looks out for Perfect Peter.
** He's also a good friend, helping his best (and only) friend Rude Ralph win an air guitar competition which gives Ralph confidence in himself.
** Wheely Walter is paralyzed from the waist down and is one of the few teachers Henry actually gets along with and likes.

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** See also some other episodes where Henry actually looks out for Perfect Peter.
** He's also a good friend, helping very kind to his best (and only) friend friend, Rude Ralph and helps him win an air guitar competition which gives Ralph confidence in himself.
** Wheely Walter is paralyzed from the waist down and is one of the few teachers Henry actually gets along with and likes. That’s mainly because he doesn’t make Henry a scapegoat and is actually pretty competent at his job, unlike most of the other teachers.

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%% * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The show and the books are actually pretty mean spirited and cynical, despite being aimed at kids.

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%% * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The show and the books are actually pretty mean spirited and cynical, despite being aimed at kids.kids.
** The protagonist is a disgusting ill-mannered brat who likes to make everyone’s life a living hell. His family and peers are no better either.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Rapper Zapper, Happy Hippos, Laugh 'till it Hurts, etc.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The show and the books are actually pretty mean spirited and cynical, despite being aimed at kids.

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* ShowWithinAShow: Rapper Zapper, Happy Hippos, Laugh 'till it Hurts, etc.
There is an endless amount of shows which often get mentioned in several episodes, and the two most notable ones are ''Gross Class Zero'' and ''Happy Hippos''.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The show and the books are actually pretty mean spirited and cynical, despite being aimed at kids.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The show and the books are actually pretty mean spirited and cynical, despite being aimed at kids.

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