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* BraveTheRidePlot: Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom is about him showing fear for a dropping ride.

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* ArtEvolution: Remkiewicz's art as the series went on got more proportional. By the final volumes Wummer's art showed the kids being shorter and younger looking.

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** On the book covers, Song Lee is initially depicted with a yellowish skin tone. Starting with ''Horrible Harry Moves Up To Third Grade'', her skin tone is changed to peach.
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* {{Expy}}: The Drop of Doom from "Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom" is clearly a expy of "Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror" from the Ride/DisneyParks.

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* GirlsHaveCooties: Pops up from time to time. One of the horrible things he does is force him to say that he likes girls, twice,

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* GirlsHaveCooties: Pops up from time to time. One of the horrible things he Harry does is force him Sidney to say that he likes loves girls, twice,twice.
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* {{Expy}}: The Drop of Doom from "Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom" is clearly a expy of "Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror" from the DisneyParks.

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* {{Expy}}: The Drop of Doom from "Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom" is clearly a expy of "Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror" from the DisneyParks.Ride/DisneyParks.
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* {{Expy}}: The Drop of Doom from "Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom" is clearly a expy of "The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror" from Disney Hollywood Studios, Disney California Adventure, and Disneyland Paris.

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* {{Expy}}: The Drop of Doom from "Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom" is clearly a expy of "The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror" "Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror" from Disney Hollywood Studios, Disney California Adventure, and Disneyland Paris.the DisneyParks.
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''Horrible Harry'' is a book series by Suzy Kline for young kids about the adventures of a typical second-grader named Harry who likes gross things and causing trouble. The books also follow the antics of Harry's fellow second-graders, including his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend,]] Doug; his [[PuppyLove crush]], Song Lee; his arch-rival, Sidney, and their teacher, Miss Mackle.

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''Horrible Harry'' is a long-running children's book series by Suzy Kline for young kids about the adventures of a typical second-grader named Harry who likes gross things and causing trouble. The books also follow the antics of Harry's fellow second-graders, including his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend,]] Doug; his [[PuppyLove crush]], Song Lee; his arch-rival, Sidney, and their teacher, Miss Mackle.
Mackle. Most of the series was illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz, but later volumes included art from Amy Wummer.

A short-lived spinoff focusing on Song Lee was published, also by Suzy Kline. The series only lasted four volumes.



If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[Franchise/HarryPotter here]]. Not to be confused with Literature/HorridHenry.

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If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[Franchise/HarryPotter here]]. Not to be confused with Literature/HorridHenry.
''Literature/HorridHenry''.



* BookDumb: Harry.

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* ArtEvolution: Remkiewicz's art as the series went on got more proportional. By the final volumes Wummer's art showed the kids being shorter and younger looking.
* BookDumb: Harry. He can't even spell "sea" correctly!


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* GirlsHaveCooties: Pops up from time to time. One of the horrible things he does is force him to say that he likes girls, twice,
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* LongRunningBookSeries: Ran for thirty one years from 1988 to 2019 for a total of thirty seven books (plus four spin-off books starring Song Lee).
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* {{Not So Different}}: Sidney and Harry.
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* PaddingThePaper: Ida ends an essay with a page and a half's worth of "very"s to describe how fun the subject matter was. The teacher gently explains to her that one "very" is enough.
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* BraveTheRidePlot: Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom is about him showing fear for a dropping ride.
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* FollowTheLeader: This series takes several cues from ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'' and ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus''.
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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It have To Be Elevators]]: Harry is terrified of elevators because of an incident in a department store (IIRC) that happened when he was three.

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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It have To Be Elevators]]: Harry is terrified of elevators because of an incident getting stuck in one in a department store (IIRC) that happened when he was three.

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* {{Our Dragons Are Different}}: In ''Horrible Harry and the Dragon War'', Harry and Song Lee get into an argument about Asian and European dragons.

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* {{Our Dragons Are Different}}: In ''Horrible Harry and the Dragon War'', Harry and Song Lee get into an argument about Asian and European dragons. There is a fierce rivalry about which type is better, but they end up concluding both types of dragon are good.


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* SupportingProtagonist: Harry is the protagonist, yet the first-person narrator is his friend Doug.
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* [[ArchEnemy Arch Enemies]]: Sidney and Harry.
* {{Book Dumb}}: Harry.
* [[strike:{{Cool Teacher}}]] [[CoolTeacher Cool Principal]]: Mr. Cardini. He let Doug spike his hair.

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* [[ArchEnemy Arch Enemies]]: ArchEnemy: Sidney and Harry.
* {{Book Dumb}}: BookDumb: Harry.
* [[strike:{{Cool Teacher}}]] [[CoolTeacher CoolTeacher: Cool Principal]]: Principal: Mr. Cardini. He let Doug spike his hair.



* {{Follow the Leader}}: This series takes several cues from ''Literature/{{Ramona Quimby}}'' and ''{{The Magic School Bus}}''.

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* {{Follow the Leader}}: FollowTheLeader: This series takes several cues from ''Literature/{{Ramona Quimby}}'' ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'' and ''{{The Magic School Bus}}''.''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus''.
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* {{Follow the Leader}}: This series takes several cues from ''{{Ramona Quimby}}'' and ''{{The Magic School Bus}}''.

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* {{Follow the Leader}}: This series takes several cues from ''{{Ramona ''Literature/{{Ramona Quimby}}'' and ''{{The Magic School Bus}}''.
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* NightmareRetardant: InUniverse. In the first book, Harry crafts "stud people" and calls them the scariest things in the world. [[spoiler:Actually, none of his victims were scared. Song Lee plays with the stud people and Miss Mackle calls them cute.]]

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* NightmareRetardant: InUniverse. In the first book, Harry crafts "stud people" stud people and calls them the "the scariest things creatures in the world. [[spoiler:Actually, world". On the day before Halloween, he releases them into his classroom and expects doom. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, none of his victims were scared. Song Lee plays with the stud people people, Sydney, Ida, and Mary never notice them, and Miss Mackle calls them cute.]]



* OnlyOneName: Averted. Everyone's last name is mentioned at some point; Harry (Spooger), Doug (Hurtuk), Song Lee (Park), Sidney (La Fleur), Dexter (Sanchez), Mary (Berg), Ida (Burrell), and Yousef "[=ZuZu=]" (Hadad).

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* OnlyOneName: Averted.Mostly played straight but sometimes averted. Everyone's last name is mentioned at some point; Harry (Spooger), Doug (Hurtuk), Song Lee (Park), Sidney (La Fleur), Dexter (Sanchez), Mary (Berg), Ida (Burrell), and Yousef "[=ZuZu=]" (Hadad).
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* NightmareRetardant: InUniverse. In the first book, Harry crafts "stud people" and calls them the scariest things in the world. [[spoiler:Actually, none of his victims were scared. Song Lee plays with the stud people and Miss Mackle calls them cute.]]



* {{Token Minority}}: Averted. There's Song Lee (who's Korean), Mary (who is Jewish), [=ZuZu=] (who's Lebanese), Ida (who's black and has an ancestor from India), Dexter (who is Hispanic or Latin-American) and possibly Sidney (who's probably French because his last name is La Fleur).

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* {{Token Minority}}: Averted. There's Song Lee (who's Korean), Mary (who is Jewish), [=ZuZu=] (who's Lebanese), Ida (who's black and has an ancestor from India), Dexter (who is Hispanic or Latin-American) and possibly Sidney (who's probably French because his last name is La Fleur).

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* DisappearedDad: Sidney's father is absent without explanation. His mother remarries in one of the books.



* [[NoNameGiven No (Full) Name Given]]: Averted. Everyone's last name is mentioned at some point; Harry (Spooger), Doug (Hurtuk), Song Lee (Park), Sidney (La Fleur), Dexter (Sanchez), Mary (Berg), Ida (Burrell), and Yousef "[=ZuZu=]" (Hadad).


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* OnlyOneName: Averted. Everyone's last name is mentioned at some point; Harry (Spooger), Doug (Hurtuk), Song Lee (Park), Sidney (La Fleur), Dexter (Sanchez), Mary (Berg), Ida (Burrell), and Yousef "[=ZuZu=]" (Hadad).
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* {{Blondes Are Evil}}: Mary.
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* {{Token Minority}}: Averted. There's Song Lee (who's Korean), Mary (who is Jewish), [=ZuZu=] (who's Lebanese), Ida (who's black), Dexter (who is Hispanic or Latin-American) and possibly Sidney (who's probably French because his last name is La Fleur).

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* {{Token Minority}}: Averted. There's Song Lee (who's Korean), Mary (who is Jewish), [=ZuZu=] (who's Lebanese), Ida (who's black), black and has an ancestor from India), Dexter (who is Hispanic or Latin-American) and possibly Sidney (who's probably French because his last name is La Fleur).
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If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[Franchise/HarryPotter here]]. Not to be confused with [[Literature/HorridHenry]].

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If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[Franchise/HarryPotter here]]. Not to be confused with [[Literature/HorridHenry]].
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If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[Franchise/HarryPotter here]].

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If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[Franchise/HarryPotter here]].
here]]. Not to be confused with [[Literature/HorridHenry]].
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If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[HarryPotter here]].

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Sidney and Harry at times.
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''Horrible Harry'' is a book series by Suzy Kline for young kids about the adventures of a typical second-grader named Harry who likes gross things and causing trouble. The books also follow the antics of Harry's fellow second-graders, including his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend,]] Doug; his [[PuppyLove crush]], Song Lee; his arch-rival, Sidney, and their teacher, Miss Mackle.

{{Needs a Better Description}}.

If you were looking for the other Harry that has a scar and glasses, go [[HarryPotter here]].

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* [[ArchEnemy Arch Enemies]]: Sidney and Harry.
* {{Blondes Are Evil}}: Mary.
* {{Book Dumb}}: Harry.
* [[strike:{{Cool Teacher}}]] [[CoolTeacher Cool Principal]]: Mr. Cardini. He let Doug spike his hair.
* {{Expy}}: The Drop of Doom from "Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom" is clearly a expy of "The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror" from Disney Hollywood Studios, Disney California Adventure, and Disneyland Paris.
* {{Fanboy}}: Dexter's main shtick is being an Elvis fanboy.
* FeudEpisode: Three times.
* {{Follow the Leader}}: This series takes several cues from ''{{Ramona Quimby}}'' and ''{{The Magic School Bus}}''.
* {{Girlish Pigtails}}: Mary.
* {{Hair Color Dissonance}}: Is Harry's hair black or dark red?
* {{Heroic BSOD}}: Harry gets one in ''Horrible Harry and the Holidaze'' after his great-grandfather has to be sent to a nursing home because of a stroke.
* {{Heterosexual Life Partners}}: Doug and Harry; Mary and Ida.
* {{In Series Nickname}}: Harry and Sidney constantly refer to each other as "Sid the Squid" and "Harry the Canary."
* {{Jerk Ass}}: Sidney, Harry and Mary all have their moments, but Sidney takes it [[KickTheDog a step too far]] in ''Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion'' when he kills a fish in the class fish tank so he can frame Harry.
* [[strike:[[EvilRedhead Evil]]]] [[EvilRedhead Jerk Ass Redhead]]: Sidney.
* {{Limited Wardrobe}}
* NewYearSameClass
* [[NoNameGiven No (Full) Name Given]]: Averted. Everyone's last name is mentioned at some point; Harry (Spooger), Doug (Hurtuk), Song Lee (Park), Sidney (La Fleur), Dexter (Sanchez), Mary (Berg), Ida (Burrell), and Yousef "[=ZuZu=]" (Hadad).
* {{Not Allowed to Grow Up}}: Averted. The class and their teacher carry on into third grade.
* {{Not So Different}}: Sidney and Harry.
* {{Our Dragons Are Different}}: In ''Horrible Harry and the Dragon War'', Harry and Song Lee get into an argument about Asian and European dragons.
* {{Sassy Black Woman}}: Ida is an aversion. (Well, she's only seven or eight years old, so yeah.)
* {{Shown Their Work}}: All of the depictions of winter holidays from around the world in ''Horrible Harry and the Holidaze'' are certified 100% accurate.
* {{Tear Jerker}}: In-universe - when Miss Mackle is reading the part of ''[[Literature/CharlottesWeb Charlotte's Web]]'' where [[spoiler:Charlotte]] dies, Harry and Song Lee cry.
* {{Token Minority}}: Averted. There's Song Lee (who's Korean), Mary (who is Jewish), [=ZuZu=] (who's Lebanese), Ida (who's black), Dexter (who is Hispanic or Latin-American) and possibly Sidney (who's probably French because his last name is La Fleur).
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It have To Be Elevators]]: Harry is terrified of elevators because of an incident in a department store (IIRC) that happened when he was three.
* {{Yamato Nadeshiko}}: Song Lee, although she's Korean, not Japanese.
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