History WesternAnimation / HorridHenry

''Horrid Henry'' is a British animated television series based on the book series by Francesca Simon produced by Creator/NovelEntertainment and Creator/{{Nelvana}} Limited (series 1 only), broadcast from late 2006 on Creator/{{CITV}} in the UK. The show has 5 series so far and has at least ''[[LongRunners 220 episodes]]'' so far, making it one of the most popular CITV shows.

''Horrid Henry'' is a British animated television series based on the book series by Francesca Simon produced by Creator/NovelEntertainment and Creator/{{Nelvana}} Limited (series 1 only), broadcast from late 2006 on 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.

* {{Vanity is feminine}}: Gurinder is a vain girl who also is obsessed with her looks and this is mainly what she concentrates on. If she concentrated half as much on her schoolwork she might be just as clever as Brian. Margaret is very vain as well, and wears makeup a lot as well, however she is also quite tomboyish.

* {{PassionateSportsGirl}}: Margaret is very good at football, possibly more than Al.

* AntiHero: Guess who!
** However, Henry inverts this trope in some episodes.
* AntiRoleModel: Horrid Henry, Rude Ralph and Moody Margaret.

* ArtEvolution: The animation seems to improve in series 3.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't '''ever''' take Peter's Bunny and tease him with it.

* BirthdayEpisode: Four of them; two for Henry, one for Peter, and henry's cousin Steve had one too.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Almost every character has a nickname like 'Sour Susan', 'Brainy Brian', etc.
%%* {{Alpha Bitch}}: Margaret.

* 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 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.
** 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 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 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 calls them.
** 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 his friends will always be there for him.

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

** Again in ''Horrid Henry's Injection''

* YankTheDogsChain: Happens to Henry at the end of most episodes.

''Horrid Henry'' is a British animated television series based on the book series by Francesca Simon produced by Novel Entertainment and Creator/{{Nelvana}} Limited (series 1 only), broadcast from late 2006 on 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.

* OffModel: Most old episodes in Series 1 are like this, just take a look at the swimming episode.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: '2Cool4School' is an example.

** Athletic Al says "cool" a lot.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Henry, due to being well...horrid.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Perfect Peter.

* BigEater: Greedy Graham.

* SpoiledBrat:
** Stuck-up Steve, of course.
** Moody Margaret as well.

A website for the In-Universe show ''Gross Class Zero'' can currently be found on the Novel Entertainment page, implying a Defictionalization of the show is in development following the special ''Horrid Henry's Gross Day Out''.

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

* {{Alpha Bitch}}: Margaret.

* BrickJoke: In ''Horrid Henry's Sick Day'', he was told to leave the taps on in the bathroom. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:the father opened the door for the bathroom, and then the house got flooded.]]

* FaintInShock: Henry, out of the fear of [[AfraidOfNeedles injections]], faints from his brother Perfect Peter's explanation of said injections.

** He's also very kind to his best (and only) friend, Rude Ralph and helps him win an air guitar competition which gives Ralph confidence in himself.

** 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.