Henry der Schreckliche

I am only on here because my 4 year old daughter discovered this show through Netflix. So maybe I needed to read these books first, or discover this show when I was younger, as these other reviews seem so good???

My opinion on this show: Henry's behavior is indeed horrid. Peter is a spoiled brat, treated as a favorite of his parents. His parents are horrible parents. Everyone on the show could be called HORRID.

One quote I heard the mom say once is "Henry, why can't you be more like Peter?" Maybe you should love all your kids equally even though they are all different with different personality traits and all that? Maybe when you say things like that it makes the kids behavior even more awful? Maybe it makes him feel like he will never be good enough for his parents??? The whole concept of this show makes me shudder. The introduction of "Perfect Peter" makes it all the more worse for me.

I don't know, but this show hit a nerve because I normally don't bother reviewing kids shows, but I would give it ZERO starts if I was able to, sort of like the episode my daughter just finished watching where Henry got zero stars for cleaning his room!!!

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

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.

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.

No doubt this show has been faithful to the original books it's based on. It's also one of the few animated shows on Citv that's popular. Most other series on that network tend to be broadcast ed but get no attention what-so-ever. It's like there there to fill out Citv's time slot on the condition they get no popularity at all. Horrid henry is different. Probably cause It's based on a book and stuff. Heck it even got a Movie! This show's got a lot of stuff for kid's to enjoy, however there is lot of empty space there that could have been used to interest Adult viewers or viewers of my age (I'm 15). The shows cute and realistic and all however nowadays I yearn more for the surrealism of Regular Show, The Destructivness of Ed,Edd n Eddy and the politically- Incorectness of South Park.

It's a decent show for kids though and It used to be one of my childhood favourites!