History Characters / HorridHenry

* {{BrilliantButLazy}}: Henry doesn’t pay much attention in class, and never does his homework, and as such Miss Battle-Axe, his parents and many of his classmates assume he is simply stupid. However, Henry actually can do some of the work. When Peter fell asleep and had not completed all the homework Henry had tricked him into doing for his new business, Henry’s Uber Homework, Henry completed the rest of the homework himself and he seems to know a bit about Science, when he knew that his Dungeon Drinks Kit would change the colour and state of the water and he blew up the Science Lab at one point with an unknown substance, that probably had something to do with combustion.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Henry is the Foolish sibling To Peter’s Responsible Sibling, as Henry often neglects his chores and homework, whereas Peter is diligent and always gets things done.

%%* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Henry's Cain.
* CampStraight: He’s effeminate, but also has a crush on Miss. Lovely.

* SuperOCD: They don’t call her “prissy” for nothing.

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Peter is a neat freak, always makes sure things are organized the way he left it, is very bright for his age, and panics when Henry touches his things.
** He also craves attention and praise for literally everything he does and has a grandiose sense of self.

** "Horrid Henry's Dance Class": In the book, he's kicked out of Miss Tutu's class for spoiling the performance which to him wasn't really a [[{{Unishment}} punishment]] because it meant he could to Karate Class but in the TV show, he ends up having to go to dance class twice a week.

Henry's younger brother and main foil. In stark contrast to Henry, he is organised, polite and well-behaved, bordering on obsequious. However, in spite of his name, he can be a bit 'horrid' himself - he is something of a tattletale who takes pleasure in seeing Henry being punished.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Peter doesn't like anything sugary in contrast to [[SweetTooth Henry]].

** That being said, he could be the Foolish sibling to Henry’s Responsible sibling. Henry know’s when he’s being messed with, is street smart and knows how to defend himself, while Peter (however intelligent he might be) is naive, often believes his brothers far-fetched stories, and let’s himself be walked all over by people like Bossy Bill.

* AdaptedOut: The only major characters to not appear in the show.

* AdaptationalUgliness: Susan is made to be more pruney and ugly in the cartoon just to match her sour personality. The books had her look normal and plain.

* {{Heterosexual Life Partners}}: Margaret and Susan.

[[folder:Moody Margaret]]
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Henry and his families next door neighbour and Henry’s arch nemesis. As well as Henry living next door to Henry, she is in his class as well. She is very vain and is spoiled by her parents who she treats like slaves.
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* AbusiveOffspring: Margaret is vile to her parents. She treats them like slaves, verbally abuses them and belittles them to get her way. They have only been shown to discipline their daughter once, and that was when Margaret had been naughty to Henry’s parents and they thought she was so bad that they sent an Email to complain about her (in reality it was Henry) and after that they never punish her again. The bad thing is that Margaret’s parents are both kind, easy-going, lenient, friendly and insecure, and they spoil their daughter anyway, yet Margaret still bullies them.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Margaret's hair colour changes depending on the medium. In the books, Tony Ross's full colour illustrations depict her as having brown hair like Henry. In the television series, however, her hair is auburn, and in the live-action Horrid Henry movie, she is ginger.
* {{Alpha Bitch}}: Margaret is very popular with the girls in her class, being a star football player at Ashton Primary, having access to pretty much anything with her wealth, and having lots in common with most of the girls in her class. However, at times to her friends she’s {{The Friend Nobody Likes}}, and especially to Henry’s family, who even admit Henry is easier-going than her.
* CatchPhrase: "I'll get you Henryyyy!!!"
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite her dislike of Henry, even she looked disgusted when Henry's Mum cheered at the idea of Henry disappearing in "Happy Birthday, Peter."
* EvilIsPetty: She bullies and bosses around her parents and Susan for no reason at all!
%%* EvilRedhead: In the cartoon.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even moreso than Henry. Henry’s family even makes it perfectly clear that they are better off with Henry instead of Margaret.
%%* FullNameUltimatum: In "Horrid Henry, Rockstar".
%%** This eventually became a running gag around the character whenever someone asks for her name.
* {{Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak}}: Margaret may be vain and feminine, but she is as tough as nails and loves playing football.
* HateSink: Believe it or not, she is even more horrid than Henry, with good examples being "Horrid Henry's Unhappy Day", where she stole a comic book from him that he had been wanting to buy and then uploads a humiliating picture of him online and "Horrid Henry's Hideo Video" where she records the embarrassing advert for Ring-A-Ding-Pizzas that Henry took part in and the ending implies that she's going to take it to school so Henry can be humiliated even further. There’s also the time where she actually started spreading lies about Henry and ruined his reputation for no reason. She’s also extremely abusive to her alleged best friend, Susan and treats her parents like slaves.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Her resentment towards Henry is somewhat justified since he does torment her most of the time.
* KarmaHoudini: Most of the time, she will get away with tormenting Henry. Only on several occasions her actions will be called out on.
* KickTheDog: Horrid Henry's Unhappy Day. Starting with her snatching a comic book Henry had wanted before moving into making him work as a slave for her in exchange for the comic and then to top it all off, she doesn't give him the comic book and uploads a humiliating picture of him on social media.
* NoIndoorVoice: She tends to yell a lot.
* PetTheDog: She'll help those around her in their hour of needs, even Henry. An example of this would be in "Horrid Henry and the Big Dig", where she helped Henry save his fort from being taken down (all without double-crossing him).
* {{Rich Bitch}}: Margaret is very popular with the girls in her class but belittles many of her peers. Maragret is also very spoiled.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Surprisingly moreso than Stuck-Up Steve.
%%* SpoiledBrat: Big time, mostly in later episodes.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Whilst she was never the nicest person to begin with and always had a nasty streak towards those around her, her behaviour was ''sometimes'' justified when it came to how Henry would treat her. Nowadays, she's an ungrateful, spoiled brat who will bully those around her (even her own friends and family) just because she can and knows that she will get away with it. She will bully Henry constantly, even when unprovoked.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Margaret doesn’t even consider Susan her friend and openly calls her a slave.
* UngratefulBastard: Thanking isn’t something that she’s familiar with. Just ask her poor, long-suffering parents.
* {{Vanity is Feminine}}: Margaret is often very vain and also enjoys being conventionally feminine.

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[[folder: Miss Battle-Axe]]
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Henry’s quirky and strict teacher. She appears to be Scottish, due to speaking with a Scottish accent and playing the bagpipes.

* TheUnfavorite: Henry’s parents even go so far as to pretend Henry isn’t their son.

[[folder:Moody Margaret]]
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Henry and his families next door neighbour and Henry’s arch nemesis. As well as Henry living next door to Henry, she is in his class as well. She is very vain and is spoiled by her parents who she treats like slaves.

* AbusiveOffspring: Margaret is vile to her parents. She treats them like slaves, verbally abuses them and belittles them to get her way. They have only been shown to discipline their daughter once, and that was when Margaret had been naughty to Henry’s parents and they thought she was so bad that they sent an Email to complain about her (in reality it was Henry) and after that they never punish her again. The bad thing is that Margaret’s parents are both kind, easy-going, lenient, friendly and insecure, and they spoil their daughter anyway, yet Margaret still bullies them.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Margaret's hair colour changes depending on the medium. In the books, Tony Ross's full colour illustrations depict her as having brown hair like Henry. In the television series, however, her hair is auburn, and in the live-action Horrid Henry movie, she is ginger.
* {{Alpha Bitch}}: Margaret is very popular with the girls in her class, being a star football player at Ashton Primary, having access to pretty much anything with her wealth, and having lots in common with most of the girls in her class. However, at times to her friends she’s {{The Friend Nobody Likes}}, and especially to Henry’s family, who even admit Henry is easier-going than her.
* CatchPhrase: "I'll get you Henryyyy!!!"
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite her dislike of Henry, even she looked disgusted when Henry's Mum cheered at the idea of Henry disappearing in "Happy Birthday, Peter."
* EvilIsPetty: She bullies and bosses around her parents and Susan for no reason at all!
%%* EvilRedhead: In the cartoon.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even moreso than Henry. Henry’s family even makes it perfectly clear that they are better off with Henry instead of Margaret.
%%* FullNameUltimatum: In "Horrid Henry, Rockstar".
%%** This eventually became a running gag around the character whenever someone asks for her name.
* {{Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak}}: Margaret may be vain and feminine, but she is as tough as nails and loves playing football.
* HateSink: Believe it or not, she is even more horrid than Henry, with good examples being "Horrid Henry's Unhappy Day", where she stole a comic book from him that he had been wanting to buy and then uploads a humiliating picture of him online and "Horrid Henry's Hideo Video" where she records the embarrassing advert for Ring-A-Ding-Pizzas that Henry took part in and the ending implies that she's going to take it to school so Henry can be humiliated even further. There’s also the time where she actually started spreading lies about Henry and ruined his reputation for no reason. She’s also extremely abusive to her alleged best friend, Susan and treats her parents like slaves.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Her resentment towards Henry is somewhat justified since he does torment her most of the time.
* KarmaHoudini: Most of the time, she will get away with tormenting Henry. Only on several occasions her actions will be called out on.
* KickTheDog: Horrid Henry's Unhappy Day. Starting with her snatching a comic book Henry had wanted before moving into making him work as a slave for her in exchange for the comic and then to top it all off, she doesn't give him the comic book and uploads a humiliating picture of him on social media.
* NoIndoorVoice: She tends to yell a lot.
* PetTheDog: She'll help those around her in their hour of needs, even Henry. An example of this would be in "Horrid Henry and the Big Dig", where she helped Henry save his fort from being taken down (all without double-crossing him).
* {{Rich Bitch}}: Margaret is very popular with the girls in her class but belittles many of her peers. Maragret is also very spoiled.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Surprisingly moreso than Stuck-Up Steve.
%%* SpoiledBrat: Big time, mostly in later episodes.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Whilst she was never the nicest person to begin with and always had a nasty streak towards those around her, her behaviour was ''sometimes'' justified when it came to how Henry would treat her. Nowadays, she's an ungrateful, spoiled brat who will bully those around her (even her own friends and family) just because she can and knows that she will get away with it. She will bully Henry constantly, even when unprovoked.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Margaret doesn’t even consider Susan her friend and openly calls her a slave.
* UngratefulBastard: Thanking isn’t something that she’s familiar with. Just ask her poor, long-suffering parents.
* {{Vanity is Feminine}}: Margaret is often very vain and also enjoys being conventionally feminine.

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[[folder: Miss Battle-Axe]]
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Henry’s quirky and strict teacher. She appears to be Scottish, due to speaking with a Scottish accent and playing the bagpipes.
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* {{Jerkass with a Heart of Gold}}: Although Mrs Oddbod is quite a strict teacher, she is fair and does not generally dislike her students like Miss Battle-Axe and Soggy Sid. She can be kind to her students sometimes as well.

[[folder: Gorgeous Gurinder and Singing Soraya]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: They seem to have crushes on Ralph and Henry.
* {{Ambiguously Bi}}: Although Gurinder and Soraya do show friendships with the boys and maybe even crushes on Henry and Ralph, they are obviously very close with each other. They are comfortable sleeping in the same bed as shown at Moody Margaret’s sleepover and at ballet once when Henry was causing trouble, they just stopped and stared at one another.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: What else do you expect from someone called, “Singing Soraya”?
%%* BrainlessBeauty: They both have their moments, but Gurinder is most likely.
* TheCutie: They’re sweet and innocent.
* GeniusDitz: In spite of her ditziness, Soraya is a real math whiz.
* GenkiGirl: They’re cheerful and energetic.
* NiceGirl: The kindest girls in the whole class.
* SingleMindedTwins: In their smaller roles.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are never seen apart.
* TokenGoodTeammate: They’re easily the only members of the Secret Club who are actually kind and respectful towards others.
* {{Vanity is Feminine}}: Gurinder is vain and unconventionally feminine. She frequently fusses over her hair, her clothes, her makeup, basically anything to do with her beauty. Soraya is a less obvious version of this, but she is also rather vain and enjoys being admired.
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[[folder: Brainy Brian]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Brian’s intellect, social awkwardness and lisp seem to have a story to them.
* BlackAndNerdy: They don’t call him, “Brainy” for nothing.
* MadScientist: In his more comical moments.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Clever Clare.
* TokenMinority: The only non-white member in the Purple Hand Gang.
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* EvilBrit: Inverted. He and his dad are the only characters that are given American accents in the audiotapes.

* GrumpyBear: It’s a rare occasion when Paul is in a good mood. Given the CrapsackWorld the show is set in, we can’t honestly blame him.

* TokenGoodTeammate: The nicest member of Henry’s very dysfunctional family, which mainly consists of jerkasses and morons.

* LonelyRichKid: Averted in the books where he does have a recurring friend, but in the show, he’s never seen with any friends at all until series 5, and the two friends he has are quite stupid and copy everything Steve says. Makes you wonder why he and his mother invite their relatives over so often.

* RaceLift: She's portrayed as an Indian in the cartoons, and speaks with a Welsh accent.

** That being said, he could be the Foolish sibling to Henry’s Responsible sibling. Henry now’s when he’s being messed with, is street smart and knows how to defend himself, while Peter (however intelligent he might be) is naive, often believes his brothers far-fetched stories, and let’s himself be walked all over by people like Bossy Bill.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Henry often neglects his chores and homework, whereas Peter is diligent and always gets things done.

** This changes a bit in later seasons; as he becomes nicer, the other members of the Purple Hand Gang are genuinely friendly to him.

* CryCute: His crying is just plain adorable.

** In "Happy Birthday, Peter" she [[MoralEventHorizon actually cheers at the idea of Henry disappearing forever...in front of everyone.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Many people think that Henry is the way he is because he might be undiagnosed on the autism spectrum, or that he may have ADHD. His illiteracy and his failures to pay attention in class could suggest he might have a learning disability like Dyslexia as well.

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* {{Abusive Offspring}}: Margaret is vile to her parents. She treats them like slaves, verbally abuses them and belittles them to get her way. They have only been shown to discipline their daughter once, and that was when Margaret had been naughty to Henry’s parents and they thought she was so bad that they sent an Email to complain about her (in reality it was Henry) and after that they never punish her again. The bad thing is that Margaret’s parents are both kind, easy-going, lenient, friendly and insecure, and they spoil their daughter anyway, yet Margaret still bullies them.

* Foil: To Peter, as he is horrid and Peter is perfect.

* AbusiveOffspring: He tends to verbally abuse his mum and dad in the books, telling them he hates them whenever they don't let him have something that he wants.