Horrid Henry

Very good show, but the word horrid doesn't actually fit with him. His parents are the worst and don't treat there children equally, but this is a kids show, so it still deserves a high rating.

Now THIS is how you make a cartoon, I really enjoy the humor, the show is really funny with hilarious jokes, but some of them really rely on gross out humor, the biggest and worst example of this is in Horrid Henry Changes a nappy, where Henry has to change his baby cousin Vomiting Vera's diaper, she throws up everywhere and on everyone, and there's a scene where Vera flings her diaper around and poop gets everywhere in Henry's room, absolutely disgusting! But other then that, it's really funny, it's always great to see whatever antics Henry gets up to and all the situations he finds himself in, now for the characters, Henry, as you can expect, is really horrid, but in a funny way and not in an annoying way, but do you know what are annoying? Perfect Peter, his brother, he's usually annoying and snitches on Henry for the smallest things sometimes, but in the rare occasions where they work together, oh man is it a treat, but what are more annoying are his parents, they clearly show favoritism towards Peter and punish Henry for extremely petty reasons. The first 3 seasons are great, but please avoid seasons 4 and 5, the show loses basically almost all of it's charm, and becomes more of a slice of life series, Henry stops being horrid, and yet everybody still treats him like menace he used to be, and that's when the show gets bad, however, season 5 is the better of the 2 due to having a couple standout episodes, I just really wish they kept multiple writers and didn't leave the executive producer to write these seasons herself, but the first 2 are really something special, season 3 is almost as good as season 2 in my opinion, and I recommend watching them!

Season 1: 8/10

Season 2: 9/10

Season 3: 7/10

Season 4: 4/10

Season 5: 6/10

Overall: 9/10

So what are you waiting for? Go watch the show! And remember to stay horrid!

Hoo, hoo, hoo, ha, ha! As soon as I so much as glance at this show I'm in hysterics - IT IS SO FUNNY!!! Horrid Henry (aged about 12) has got the most hilarious and horrid voice that's, if I'm to tell a lie, so, so soothing and done by a WOMAN (Lizzie Waterworth). The things he gets up to are unbelievable and so bad they're fabulous. I know he's nasty to his little brother Perfect Peter (aged about 7) and sometimes attacks him but, to be fair to the star, he completely brings it on himself provoking his big brother and being boastful. I don't know why Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret don't see eye to eye! They're so much alike and I think when it suits them they're work quite well together - a gruesome twosome! Despite all his dirty-work to cover up his actions everything always goes wrong for Horrid Henry; The Birthday episode sees him having a party for the BIRDS and no Lazor-Zap, just when he "Gets Rich Quick" by stealing his mother's perfume and his father's tennis racket and selling Peter he ends up buying all of them back and loses the money, when he plays hookie he ends up nursing his sick mother and Peter and keeping the house clean instead of playing computer games. I suppose that's his comeuppance for being horrid! I love it when at the end of an episode his horrid plans fail and he screams "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - it's so funny!

I actually used to like this show when was 8. I always thought Henry was horrible and his parents were decent parents.

However, looking back I feel like Henry's reason behind his behaviour is the way his parents treat him. His mother is the worst parent in this case.

For example, in one episode, Peter said "good morning" to Henry. Then Henry said "Morning" (he was saying it respectfully btw) then his mother said "Don't be Horrid Henry". Like seriously, he just said morning to Peter without being Disrespectful and his mother was being mean. Oh and another example is that in another episode, his mother forces him to be in ballet while Henry wants to be in Karate. Keep in mind he doesn't like dancing. Like just why?

As for Silly Simon (Henry's Dad), he is way better than the mother because at least he doesn't force Henry to do stuff. However, Silly Simon is also bad at time.

For example, when Henry was in the toilet, Simon said "Henry you come out of the toilet now or I'll give all your toys away and you won't have any pocket money until your 94 and a half." But despite this, he is way better than the mother.

I still like this show but his mother is just disgraceful and trust me there are videos about this as well.

Francessca Simon's books are a real pleasure to me. When I am feeling stressed and need someone to uplift or amuse me, I always read one of the Horrid Henry books and I feel so much better already. In fact the books are so good with hilarious situations and dialogue and a naughty but still endearing titular character, that when I occasionally work at my mum's school and there's nothing for me to do the Horrid Henry books are something I love to read.

When I first heard of this series, I wasn't so sure whether it would work. The books are so good and wholly deserving of a series, but I was worried it would perhaps turn it into some moralistic programme with little of the humour that helped make the books so engrossing. Actually, it wasn't that. In spirit, this respects the books very nicely and it is a wonderful and very funny series on its own.

The animation is very nice. The characters in general are drawn very well, and the background and colours are plentiful and easy on the eyes. The music is good too, the background music doesn't intrude too much while the main theme is zany. The stories are a lot of fun, with lots of hilarious situations, the pace is fast and crisp, and the writing often makes me laugh.

The characters are engaging too, Henry is everything his counterpart in the books is, and all the other characters show great personalities and are endearing in their own way. The voice acting is excellent with no weak links but also nobody who outclasses everybody else.

Overall, this is a wonderful and very funny series. 9/10 Bethany Cox