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Nah nah nah nah nah!
~ Horrid Henry in the intro.
When I'm King...
~ Horrid Henry's running joke throughout the series.
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
~ Horrid Henry's Catchphrase.

Horrid Henry is the titular main protagonist of the franchise of the same name.

He was voiced by Lizzie Waterworth-Santo in the animated TV series adaptation and portrayed by Theo Stevenson in the 2011 live action film adaptation who also voiced Owen in Dodo.

Personality[]

As his alliterative nickname implies, Henry is very horrid. He is a selfish, rude, sometimes evil, bratty, ill-tempered and greedy child who thinks that the whole world is out to get him. He is cruel and physically abusive towards his kid brother (in the books), Perfect Peter, and attacks him whenever Peter does something that he gets on his nerves. Other things that he usually does include (but are not limited to) beating up Weepy William and Anxious Andrew for pleasure or talking back to authority figures.

However, he has to arguably act in this manner due to the fact his parents are bad and blame everything that goes wrong on him and he constantly gets stitched on by his younger brother for the most petty reasons. Despite these negative traits, Henry isn’t really evil, he can be a helpful and kind boy in some episodes such as helping to get rid of the very important director for treating his friends and fang badly and getting rid of Slimy Sammy for trying to steal Peter's stamp collection, meaning he is not entirely bad and can be even considered a hero in some episodes.

As a baby, he screamed day and night, threw things around constantly, actually attempted to kill Peter as soon as he was born, and never, ever went to sleep. His enemies are Moody Margaret, Sour Susan, Perfect Peter, Stuck-Up Steve, Bossy Bill, Miss Battle-Axe, Mr. Nerdon, and Rabid Rebecca. He hates bedtime, getting out of bed, vegetables, school, injections, and people in general. His friends are Rude Ralph, Aerobic Al, Beefy Bert, and Brainy Brian.

Unlike his younger brother, Horrid Henry's appetite includes mainly junk food, such as French fries, hot dogs, burgers, chocolate, sweets, pizza and chips/fries. Henry seems to have a strong rejection to vegetables, fruits, and school lunches. Henry prefers watching TV and playing computer games, as opposed to playing outside with the other kids. His favorite genres of music are heavy metal, hard rock and rock n' roll. He especially loves the Killer Boy Rats. Henry also has an obsession with money, which he spends it all on sweets and comics.

Henry often refuses to get into bed at bedtime, but hates getting up in the morning. Henry's main fear is injections. His hobbies include eating ice cream, watching television, farting and he also has a main ambition to become "King Henry the Horrible", ruling the world as a tyrannical dictator with an iron fist. His favorite restaurant is Gobble and Go which was converted into a vegetable restaurant, The Virtuous Veggie, much to Henry's disgust.

In later seasons of the show however, particularly in seasons 4 and 5, his horrid behavior seems to have been toned down, as he is only occasionally badly behaved and consistently does nice things for others, whereas in the first two seasons and in the books, his kind moments are few and far in between. However, in the book "Horrid Henry: Up, Up, and Away!", he gained his original personality back.

Appearance[]

Henry has nappy brownish-orange hair and is usually seen wearing a horizontally yellow striped blue shirt, with blue jeans and the usual green/white trainers. His preferred pajamas are blue, with vertical white strips.

Relationships[]

Family[]

As a result of his horrid behavior, Henry's relationship with his family and relatives is pretty strained and their family is dysfunctional overall, it is however implied that Henry's family is abusive to him which may very well have be the reason why he is the way he is. Henry's polar opposite and most well-known enemy is his kid brother, Perfect Peter. While Peter is an angel, Henry is a textbook demon child. However, Peter can be just as horrid as Henry, and even blames Henry for things that he doesn't even do. Another enemy of his is his cousin, Stuck-Up Steve, who is even worse then Henry. Steven is super rich and lives the life of luxury that Henry dreams of having, while Henry is a lower class citizen. The boys openly insult each other and Steve always tries to get Henry punished for his own crimes and looks down on poor people and loves showing off his luxurious lifestyle to Henry.

Henry's other relatives are his other cousin, Prissy Polly, her husband Pimply Paul, and their little baby, Vomiting Vera. Henry ruined their wedding, their anniversary dinner, and just plain ruins everything for them in general. Vera loves Henry, but Henry hates her because she always throws up on him. Polly hates Henry because he ruins everything for her and Henry hates Polly because she expects everything to be her way, all the time, even to the discomfort of others (even her own family). Henry hates Paul because he always ruins Henry's perfect moments and Paul hates Henry for the same reasons. Eventually though, Paul and Henry discover how much they have in common and develop a father-son relationship.

Henry's mother and father, have never trusted Henry to be well behaved, are extremely healthy, and always make something with vegetables for dinner, much to Henry's disgust. They also make healthy snacks for parties. Dad agrees with Mum almost all the time, but there are times when he actually agrees with Henry on certain things and they try to do something together. They often yell at Henry, punishing him by banning him from watching TV and/or from using the computer, but mostly resort to cancellation or downward re-assession of pocket money, giving it to Peter. Peter on the other hand, rarely gets into trouble, and whilst Henry misbehaves, Peter shows off to their parents.

According to Henry, they have told him "millions of times" that he can never have another birthday party, but then agree to give him one more chance each year. The vast majority of the time, Mum and Dad believe Peter rather than Henry, being best known for disciplining Henry, particularly with the phrase: "Don't be horrid, Henry!". They often force Henry to locations such as his room, if he is not well behaved, or they simply say "GO TO YOUR ROOM NOW, HENRY!".

Trivia[]

  • Its been pointed out that the reason for Henry's behavior is due to the fact that his parents and extended family are abusive and neglectful to him, influencing him to act out in "horrid" ways,[1] and the envy from his brother Peter who receives better treatment and approval from their parents which probably led Henry to dislike him so much, including the fact that he is also likely secretly very sensitive as his brother tends to get lots more affection than him, such as how his mother calls Peter honey bun, or bunny kins, and the fact that people do not trust or listen to him.
  • Its also been theorized that he has ADHD, dyslexia or is on the autism spectrum, although this is completely unconfirmed.
  • In the television series, Henry is noticeably more tame and human, particularly after series 2, whereas in the books, he is much more horrid and appears to have almost no redeeming qualities, often displaying some sociopathic traits.
  • Henry is still in primary school despite being 12 years of age, strangely enough.
  • However, in both the book and TV series he is in Miss Battle-Axe's class, even though he is a few years younger in the books, being about 7-8 years of age.
  • His transformations are coincidentally similar to Katie Ka-Boom's transformations, since both of them are transformations of hideous monsters/animals that represent their anger.
  • Henry is the singular character who has appeared in every single episode of the entire series.
  • He interacts with the viewers in almost every episode, comically breaking the fourth wall.

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Horrid Henry | Perfect Peter | Moody Margaret

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