Happened to me but not with my actual dad my moms boyfriend blamed me for being in car crash even though i wasnt even driving, let alone present in his car, he didnt want me to drive because he thinks in stupid even though im not.
Um actually 🤓oh god no….im sorry. However, reason they were blaming Henry was because Henry was intentionally making them late. Even then they still have moments where they blame for the littlest things.
My friend was talking about it yesterday and said "It's just bitchy parents bullying their possibly autistic and ADHD child and putting unrealistic expectations on the other one."
Horrid Henry honestly feels like a reverse Cailou in the sense that both pairs of parents are horrid for completely opposite reasons. Cailou's parents are awful because they basically cave into everything the hellspawn wants, while here, they treat the hellspawn like garbage even after trying to better himself and when most of the things he gets blamed for, aren't his fault.
Another thing about the golden child is that they are often very insecure. They know that the "love" they receive is conditional, so they develop a people-pleasing personality, forgetting who they really are and what they really want.
And that's why I'll never stop being mad at Nickelodeon for rejecting the Patakis. Seeing Olga acknowledging that and going through the journey to find herself would have been so interesting.
Pretty much the exact reason I consider Azula to be quintessential golden child in animation. That fear of losing the conditional love of her abusive father is there, to be treated like the scapegoat (Zuko) is what they fear the most. When it comes to this show, Peter would be Azula and Henry Zuko. It's disturbing how well this comparison seems to line up.
There's several instances of the effect on Peter is shown, for instance he cries outside the door after not winning a trophy, thinking his parents will be disappointed. Henry ends up giving him a trophy.
When the author of the books herself say that Henry's parents are the worse for how they treat him, you know they're at the top of list of crap parents.
Makes me wonder HOW IN THE HECK Did this book series get popular in the first place; or how it was successful enough to warrent the creation of a cartoon based on it. . .
@@New3DSLuigi364 Because British humor is VERY different from American humor. Remember, Stressed Eric was popular in the UK too, while utterly despised in the US. Although, the success of Diary of a Wimpy Kid makes me question that a little...
@@New3DSLuigi364As someone who grew up with the books, I loved them because Horrid Henry would do and say a lot of things I would never dare to do as a kid but sometimes wanted to (and sometimes some of the things he did say were pretty relatable). Also they were often written with good humor, pacing and timing.
@@New3DSLuigi364 British humour is often about the main character constantly suffering misfortunes that are made worse by their flawed personality. One Foot in the Grave, My Family, and Only Fools and Horses are good examples of this.
@@uanime1 and that's Not Funny; THAT'S JUST MEAN-SPIRITED. . . at Least Aardman's Humor ISN'T Mean-spirited!! Because It comes across as MUCH more Light-hearted than something as depressing as The Office(UK)
As bad as Buck was in Chicken Little, at the end of the movie, he at least realized that he fucked up and tried to be better. Henry's parents have no such redemption.
They seem to have their moments of clarity, but go right back to blaming Henry for everything. They're the embodiment of the meme 'am I out of touch? No, its the kids who are wrong'
Honestly "You should have gotten out of the way when Peter was watering the flowers." Says literally everything I need to know about the abusive dynamic of this household. Peter can't get in trouble for doing something wrong, and Henry can't be praised or rewarded for doing something right. He can't even be helped when he's been wrong.
Reminds me of the Patakis, honestly. You really have to give Craig Bartlett credit for giving Parental Neglect/Abuse the light it deserves to be seen in. Honestly, I can see Bob and Miriam gradually be abandoned by both of their kids until they die in cheap nursing homes.
My brother and I saw that episode when it first aired, we both agreed then and there that henrys family were bullies and probably enjoyed putting henry through everything.
I haven't seen that episode but I think i know which book it was based on. Peter was misbehaving deliberately because he was jealous of Henry's attention.
I read the books, and holy shit Henry's family was messed up. In the book of Horrid Henry's Perfect Day, the dad legit said "How did two people as nice as us have such a horrid child?" Like bro the ego is off the charts. Also, when they took Henry to school they'd walk behind him and pretend Henry was not their kid, dude that's actually messed up. The mom also always compared Henry to Peter, like bro aren't you the guys who are raising him to be like this? Even as a little kid I hated the parents as much as Henry did. The author of the books made it absolutely clear that Henry is a legit menace to society, but also make it clear that Peter is pretty much a saint, but I beg to differ. In the same book, when Henry legit was offering his dad to help with getting dinner ready, the dad just said Henry will just make a mess and chose Peter, bruh. Peter didn't like the fact that his own brother was being nice to him and not being a menace for once, so for some reason he kept provoking Henry, until Henry would snap. When Henry earned his cake, Peter threw the spaghetti at him, but Henry ducked and it went to the mom's face, and then they grounded Peter, then when Henry couldn't hold his laugh, the mom grounded Henry as well. Henry gets screwed over a bunch of times in both the books and the series, and the parents laugh at him. The sheer hypocrisy and ego is off the charts here folks.
I can see how that sort of thing could work as dark comedy, but it doesn't sound like it translated to the show very well, based on videos like this one.
I remember in one episode the magician was going to make Henry disappear, and the mom seemed overly excited to the point that the other kids looked concerned.
There was one episode where Henry ran away and the parents acted like oh no please come back like there really worried about him yet in nearly evey other episode if henry is gone they seem kinda happy
I do remember that episode , to me i feel like she just excited because its magic , and she thought the magician is expertise in it and he would bring back henry . But if that isn’t worker and she didn’t feel concerned and looked for him but yeah y’know that would have happened . In one episode were henry can’t take it anymore and ranaway and his parents and his brother is worried and ia actively looking for him .
The parents abuse is made more cleae to see in the fact that Henry genuinely tried to be better later in the series, mirroring how even when you try to better yourself, favoritism blinds these parents to that
And scenes were Peter tries to either explore his interests like rap and bling and stuff - was was made to cry because of it - as well as seeing that Henry genuinely wants to look out for his brother a lot of the time which is 😢
@@Trainlover1995Bob and Linda Belcher rank very highly. You know you’re a great father when you get into a MLP show including all the fan jargon and fanfic for the sake of your daughter, or get more into a table setting contest than your son when you son is the one doing it!
@@Animefan-ty4vt For all her many, many, many character flaws (treating her family as business useful over emotional connection, leveraging against and controlling her daughter including with a magic AirTag, neglecting her older twins, supporting Belos in expectation of power etc) she’s at least not homophobic. Still a character who should in no way be seen as a paragon of motherhood.
Keep in mind in the episode labeled Horrid Boy Henry's Parents are called out by Henry's school teacher, and they're basically told that yes while Henry IS a troublemaker, but he's not HORRID he's just a Kid and their version of the "Perfect" Child is dillusional and wrong
Fun fact: in Spain the books are called Pablo Diablo (the characters have rhyme based names instead of alliterative ones). An appropriate nickname for Henry to be literally called a “devil”
In Poland, translators have kept the alliteration by translating Horrible Henry to Koszmarny Karolek which literally means Horrible Little Charles. Pretty clever.
Yikes.. 8:43 Did the "father" really blame Henry for a traffic jam? Luckily he wasn't even in the car or I'm sure that would have scarred him. These parents make Timmy Tuner's parents and Buck Cluck seem like saints.
Timmy's parents are neglectful not because they don't love him, but because they are desperately trying to avoid middle age like the plague. Henry's recent his life.
From what I remember as a kid, I think Henry was being difficult and not cooperating at the house when the family was trying to leave for the road trip, and that delayed them so they got stuck in rush-hour traffic that they were trying to beat.
Another reason why Henry’s parents are awful is that in later episodes, they are often shown to be hypocrites, as they would be shown doing thing they often tell Henry off for, such as playing loud music, taking toys from others, acting out in public, etc.
8:42 I'm sorry, did the dad really just say that? "This is all your fault, Henry?" That's the kind of thing you'd expect to hear from a spoiled teenager to their sibling, not a grown man to his child. Really, I haven't even seen this show, and that sounds like it should have been Peter's line, not the Dad's.
Henry’s dad said that because Henry slept in, and because he wasn’t ready to go for a bit they were late and couldn’t beat the traffic so that’s why the dad said that to him. Just thought I’d clear up some confusion.
@colorfulliife Oh, I'm not confused. I saw that episode after watching this review. I'm just ticked that the father decided to say that. It's something I'd expect an immature child to say, not an adult man with a house, a job, a wife, and two kids. He should have moved past the immature era of his life, but clearly, he hasn't.
5:33 It's a running gag in the show that Henry's Great Aunt Greta is a doddering old woman out of touch with reality who may or may not be senile. In addition to thinking that Henry is a girl, she also thinks that Peter is a teenager and their cat Fluffy is a dog named Fido. There's an episode where she babysits them, and mistakes the backdoor for the door to their fridge, for instance.
The whole Horrid (don't know their last names) family is bizarre and should probably contact a doctor, I mean one of the characters has a baby who constantly vomits!
After watching my brother self-destruct, I feel sorry for the likes of Perfect Peter or Olga Pataki. You might think being the favorite means they're better off, but all it really means is that they're going to struggle with imposter syndrome for most of their probably tragically short lives.
I give Olga credit for at least recognizing that she's placed on a pedestal that casts a long & deep shadow over Helga, so she's at least aware of the damage her parents are causing to Helga, but Peter just seems to relish in that fact, meanwhile: the show wanna remind me which of these two is the horrid one, again, 'cause it's looking more like Peter's the horrid one...Pricking Peter, more like it, eh? This cast of characters literally is point-for-point what you'd see in an R/EntitledParents reddit post. :/
@@bluestreaker9242 Not to mention, Olga mentions this to Helga in the vein of "you're lucky they ignore you so you don't have to perform all the time" suggesting that she might cast that shadow intentionally to keep Helga from suffering in the same way she does.
I’m an only child and basically was spoiled by my mom most of my life. I usually require very little and keep to myself but she constantly made excuses for me (I didn’t even realize picking your nose was gross until I was in Kindergarten) And also did everything for me. I have a hard time doing stuff by myself and when I mess up just a little I feel like I broke everything involved. Now I can do simple tasks but even doing simple things I tend to freak out.
I think it’s interesting that at 5:10 you can see drawings hung on the refrigerator and in one of them it shows what is presumably a drawing of Henry’s family but the parents are only holding Peter’s hand and Henry is standing off to the side by himself
And it doesn’t even have a magnet of its own to hold it up, it’s a piece of tape which probably means Henry had to put it up himself since his parents didn’t take much interest in it or the parents didn’t want to use a magnet for his drawing. At least to me is what I think.
In another episode, Peter has a family photo of himself, Henry and his parents on his bedside cabinet. While dusting it, he scribbles out Henry’s face and kisses the photo. That is genuinely fucked up.
Sarah also doesn't act like a perfect annoying child. She acts angry and spoiled, but... at the same time.. she has to reign Ed in and so do the parents. Ed might be very nice and happy to help... but left on his own devices.. he's super chaotic and destroys things. He litterly has a bath tub of gravy... So while Ed's Parents ain't perfect..I'd say Henry's are far worst... Henry might be bad.. but that feels more like Henry reacting to how his parents treat him. With Ed's parents.... it feels more reactionary to Ed's chaos. (it ain't perfect.. but you know.. Ed is ed.)
It's not just the parents either. His classmates, his neighbours, his relatives - hell, even the teachers call him horrid, constantly, often times for being mildly disruptive or annoying (in other words, being a kid).
I feel bad for Henry and Peter both. Peter feels he needs to be perfect and we’ve seen the parents bad side if they catch Peter making a mistake. Henry gets mistreated and nobody in his family sees him trying to make a change and become better.
YES THANK YOUU so many people seem to take out alot of hate against Peter, when like.. they are both emotionally neglected?? peter thinking that mum was going to fucking abandon him all alone forever because he broke a vase one time in a episode?? that's not normal!!! these kids need to leave these parents ong!!
I'm guessing that Henry must have been a hyperactive child around his "Terrible Twos" or Pre-school age, and as new parents they had no idea how to handle it, thus they got into their abusive ways which in turn perpetuated Henry's horridness.
I think both Henry and Peter are both victims of some kinda parental abuse. Not physical, but more emotional/mental. Henry, as a lot of people theorize, has some kinda autism or ADHD, and his behavior stems from it. His parents/teachers don't do anything to get him on some kinda therapy or medication, and excuse it as him being 'horrid'. His parents will also just call him 'horrid' for no reason. Like one episode he literally just says 'good morning' and his mom tells him 'Don't be horrid, Henry!" (though others have said that, like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Henry could be an unreliable narrator and trying to make himself look better than he is). His parents also show clear favoritism, so Henry may just be acting out because of anger, or a need for some kind of attention. There's times where he _really_ tries to be good, only for his parents to punish him anyways. He's a lot like Helga from Hey Arnold. Peter has 'golden child syndrome' where his parents absolutely spoil and praise him. But, it causes him to have anxiety and panic when he feels like hes done wrong, in fear he'll make his parents angry. He even has an aside where he laments how his parents don't notice him,they only notice Henry-and its when he's bad. So, he decides he's going to be bad too just for some attention. Only his parents still yell at Henry though Peter will openly admit _he_ was the one who did wrong. There was even a time Peter was upset he broke a vase and Henry decided to take the blame instead of revel in the fact his little brother would be punished. He reminds me a little of Olga from HA as well- where she admits at one point Bob and Miriam put so much pressure on her to be perfect, she can't handle it sometimes The dad admittedly seems to get better later on. There's an episode where he gets tickets for himself and Henry for some show they both love. The mom immediately says no because Henry's been bad, and decides to put the tickets as a reward for Henry being good. He actually does succeed, but the mom just takes the tickets that SHE did not PAY FOR, and her HUSBAND did, and go 'oh no, we're gonna give these away to someone, we should think of others' so Henry AND his dad end up not going. Another time the Mom tells Henry she's taking his fort in the backyard down in order to put up a vegetable garden- she says 'I think- I mean, you _father_ and I think...' so she's just throwing the dad under the bus.Another episode has the parents trying to push Henry on the other to take to work with them, and the mom actively knows Henry's favorite author will be there and she refuses to tell him. The dad decides to blurt it out and you can see Henry get absolutely _Excited_ and he's pretty well behaved the entire episode
A few episodes imply that both of his parents had terrible childhoods and acted the same way Henry did, and as such, they hate him because he reminds them of their past but sadly they're doing all the same things wrong their own parents did but much worst and the sad part is they don't even realize it and might not until it's far too late.
@shipper-of-heart8898 "Henry, as a lot of people theorize, has some kinda autism or ADHD, and his behavior stems from it." Because children can't be bad anymore, they need some kind of condition to excuse it. "His parents/teachers don't do anything to get him on some kinda therapy or medication, and excuse it as him being 'horrid'." Because the show would end if Henry stopped being horrid. "His parents also show clear favoritism" I wonder why they would like the well-behaved child. "so Henry may just be acting out because of anger, or a need for some kind of attention." Or his parents are punishing him for his bad behavior and rewarding Peter for his good behavior. "Peter has 'golden child syndrome' where his parents absolutely spoil and praise him." For being well behaved. "He reminds me a little of Olga from HA as well- where she admits at one point Bob and Miriam put so much pressure on her to be perfect, she can't handle it sometimes" The problem is that in a sitcom the dynamic can't change or the show won't work anymore. Thus Olga and Peter will always be praised, while Helga is ignored and Henry is punished. Also Henry's parents have to be bad so people won't hate Henry when he does bad things to them. Gone are the days when the bad child character can bully people for no reason (Dennis the Menace and Walter the Softy spring to mind).
It seems like this show is the complete antithesis of Caliou. Whereas that series depicted the parents as too submissive and indulgent towards their bratty child, this one makes them out to be borderline slavedrivers who blame their unfavorite child for everything and should probably lose custody before they lock him in a basement.
Fun fact: there was actually an episode where both he and Peter got locked in a basement and their mum was completely oblivious to them calling for help, and Henry even saved Peter from a falling bookcase and ended up in hospital from it
Just after I've suddenly been recommended clips of this show with terrible parents I didn't know existed, Mr. Enter is talking about it. That topic is right up his alley.
9:19 As an autistic woman, this show definitely hits close to home, but I’m at least thankful that my parents weren’t as bad as Henry and Peter’s parents. My younger sister was just like Perfect Peter-a well-behaved high-achieving child who took joy in tattling on me (even for very petty things) and watching me suffer the consequences. My parents knew I was autistic, so that’s probably why they weren’t as harsh on me as Henry’s parents was to him, but they did compare me to my sister at times. I suspect that Henry is an undiagnosed neurodivergent child whose behavioral problems stem from his special needs not being met and a lack of understanding from the authority figures in his life.
Well, it's a cartoon show, so of course the theory whether he's autistic doesn't say much anything about his behaviour. He's either been emotionally neglected and his response to this is by acting out badly. Yes, Henry can be pretty erratic and immature, but if he wants to do what he loves, by wanting to be a rock-star, he'll do it anyway without his permission from his parents. On a positive note, he does a little bit of reflecting on his attitude and wants to be a better person. If he was my kid, I would be very proud of him.
I love Horrid Henry, I find the episodes quite enjoyable and fun, yeah the parents suck, but Henry is quite like justified in to be mean to his abusers. Henry is a great friend to Ralph, and he saved Peter’s life twice, and I find him to be a likeable kid that was just raised badly. Also, when Henry gets revenge on characters like Bill or Margaret, it’s satisfying and it’s easy to root for him.
He also does play with Margaret a couple of times reluctantly. It's only until she starts playing unfairly or tries to get him into deep trouble is when he gets revenge and stuff
0:37 oh yeah, that was scene in the party episode where the clown said he was going to make Henry disappear and the mom was applauding. The fact that Margaret (who is Henry’s enemy) was even weirded out by that really said something. Henry’s parents are really the worst cartoon parents almost as bad as Timmy turners parents.
Yeah I remember that scene, it was messed up. The fact that even Moody Margaret, someone who is arch enemies with Horrid Henry, looked at the mom with disgust to hear what was said spoke volumes.
Is Horrid Henry even well-known outside of the UK? Feels like a regional cartoon only popular in a select country/countries like, say, Dragon Tales in the US/Canada.
@@dragontales1999 I did see some episodes of it in my home country. Never really thought about it that much. EDIT: I just remembered that some Hindi dub actually had the mom say that she'd slap Henry for making Peter cry. I mean, those ARE your typical asian parents, but still... what the fuck.
I've actually started watching The Amazing World of Gumball, and let me tell you, that's an example of how you make a selfish brat likable. That show is great at deconstructing tropes, which Enter has pointed out before. I strongly agree.
@@boydixonentertainment The boy takes after his mother the more you think about it. If you remove the intelligence. No seriously Gumball's ego and ambition feels like a male reflection of her.
I remember me and friend watching this show on UA-cam, and while we didn't mind the animation, we didn't like the characters. Henry was either really cruel, or he was getting flak for barely any reason. Peter was such an annoying know-it-all goody two shoes we despised him. And the parents were so bland and uninteresting that their only character trait seemed to be yelling at Henry and praising Peter.
Sounds like a lot of bad cartoon writing. Things like: An episode where squidward keeps getting hurt, while he did nothing wrong. An episode where the "jerk" hasn't done anything wrong, but their punishment is deserved since they are a jerk. An episode where someone does somehting very awful normally in the show but gets away with it, but the moment the protagonist or jerk does it.. PUNISHMENT! An episode where someone does something awful to the protag, but the protag has to see it as GOOD FAITH and swallow it and never admit it's a mistake. All these kinda episodes just SUCK. And this show... basically does all of it. In comedy, we don't want to see people just get hurt for no reason. It's not funny. You gotta give a reason for them to get hurt. It's the basic laws of comedy: "Action, Reaction, Result" If squidward gets hurt.. it's only funny if he does something rude, obnoxious or is too egotistical over it. But when he's down on the dumps? What do they do with those episodes? THEY LIFT HIM UP! But when he gets big headed? Gets pulled down again. That's comedy. When a jerk or bully gets hurt for no reason.. you know what most shows do? Don't do that. He may do awful things, but you are punishing someone for nothing, wich will only cause more misery and dismay and might have the bully act up more.. or in most of these cases.. a bigger bully takes their place. It's a cliche yes, but it tells people: "No matter how bad someone is.. if you act on someone doing nothing... it just causes misery."
"Traffic is heavy. This is all your fault, Henry!.... Henry, why didn't you acknowledge me scolding you? HENRY!" Henry: Alone, forgotten by the parents who only acknowledge his existence to put him down
The clips you showed of the parents are almost beyond parody. It's like that episode of Bojack Horseman where they flashback to the 1950s to Beatrice's childhood, and her father says shit like "as a modern American man I am woefully ill-equipped to deal with women's emotions".
I watched this show growing up in the UK, and honestly, I think Henry is the way he is because of being the family scapegoat for whatever goes wrong, and also there’s a lot of family favouritism towards Henry’s younger brother, Perfect Peter. I remember an episode where at the school fair Perfect Peter won top prize on a “guess where the loot is on a treasure map” type game for a super soaker that Henry really wanted, and the winning ticket was the younger brothers age in dog years. Henry’s parents had the map previously, as Henry took a look at it in the night to find out what the winning ticket number was, so it could be coincidence or it could be deliberate. Occasionally they side with Henry very rarely, much to Peter’s annoyance, but yeah they were dreadful parents and Henry’s teacher Miss Battle Axe was sadly no better.
Loved reading the books as a child, but one cannot deny how terrible Henry's parents were. No wonder he is "Horrid". The only parents potentially worse than his are those featured in the Dhar Mann universe ha ha.
I just rember feeling sorry for Henry because it felt like he could never win with his family no matter how much he tried to be good inspite of the abuse he had to constabtly deal with.
It’s rather ironic this was posted today as earlier I was listening to L.S. Mark’s video of the worst British films and among those he listed was a live action adaptation of this show. So I went from never hearing of it to twice in one day. 😅
There is actually a small issue seen with Mr. Enter complaining about Henry’s great aunt misgendering him. It’s actually a recurring joke across the books as well, not just the show.
@@fairlyoddenginecreations Agreed. If anything, that just makes it worse, almost as if her great aunt hates that Henry apparently transitioned to being male.
@@daveodonnell434 I know dementia can have a big effect on some people, but if someone keeps calling someone a girl/woman even though they tell you that they don't identify as one & it happens EVERYTIME, then perhaps dementia isn't the only thing going on.
I never thought I'd see more oblivious parents than the Reed family, but here we are. At least the Reed family never punishes Arthur unjustly.... most of the time. Congratulations on making William Afton from Five Nights at Freddy’s the second worst British parent I know. How is the child murderer who's two parenting modes are neglective and helicopter dad {with no in between} better than Henry's parents?
I remember this show quite vividly, looking back on it, Henry’s parents were massive assholes. Half the time, Henry was just doing regular kid stuff/not really doing anything worthy of being yelled at. Where’s Cps when you need them?
British media seems to involve people getting in a lot of pain in general from what ive seen mixed with raw blunt humor. When done well it can be genuinely really funny. If done POORLY you get stuff like stressed eric and. Well. This.
I remember reading somewhere that British media uses a lot of self-deprecating humor that doesn't go for an uplifting tone. And from another article I vaguely remember reading, British parents are not as encouraging as American parents. The article literally said, "American parents tell their kids they can be the president one day. British parents tell their kids, 'this will never be you'." I don't know how true either article is being, but if there's even a sliver of truth in there, it would explain how we get shows like Stressed Eric or Horrid Henry.
The best British humor has a self-absorbed asshole getting beaten down by life constantly and never learning a thing. Darkness runs in our blood, The Young Ones ended with the entire main cast dying in a violent bus crash as they were heading to an event they wanted to go to. They make a point of having them stay cocky after the bus tumbles off a cliff, with the protagonist’s last words being “Phew, that was close!” Before the bus explodes.
I shouldn't have watched this while making pasta. Henry's abusive parents pissed me off so much that I burned my hand while straining it. I never do that normally. Now my Burst Gauge is full. I need to blow off steam with Musou before I can eat.
Wow. These fictional characters are legit terrible people. Interesting how you justifiably compare this family to the Patakis. Difference there is Olga is shown to also be a victim of Big Bob's expectations and doesn't hate Helga. She's the favorite and honestly hates it because she feels she has to be perfect. I know at least one person IRL who had a similar situation to Henry, except replace the abuse with neglect.
@@Agidyne99 doesn't mean a kid's show can't tell a deep story, the reason why most of us see it so realistically is because the abuse in horrid Henry is disturbingly realistic
Hearing Mr Enter being this mad was quite humorous, NGL. I personally only watched one episode and didn't think too much of it obviously. So when he's now talking about this show, I was thinking, he think it's bad, but not his old ways mad. Anyways that's all I had to add into this.
While this show is bad, I did have a sibling who grew up with it and sadly, had a best friend who has a sibling in a similar situation as Henry, it is 100% on the parents. And tbh, while Henry isn't pleasant, I would argue that the reason he is that way is because of everyone else around him, they treat him like hellspawn, make him fully transparent of that fact and even various times of the show does Henry actually address the fact his parents view him this way and he doesn't like them. Especially when his brother is shown to be worse than him as when he's not "perfect" toward his parents, he's shown to be an actively controlling individual when it comes to his own friends. When it comes to Henry, at least that's the point of the character, it's in the title, he's SUPPOSED to be an asshole. I actually find characters who are assholes by tragedy to be better than asshole for the lols, which is what everyone on this show aside from Henry himself is. I also do believe there's implied closeted LGBT tension with Henry and his best friend too. Perhaps I miss the days when we had characters who were rough around the edges, but honest, it just made for more interesting at times compared to a boring goody goody or one who's prided on being good but is bad. At least Henry is honest about being bad (he even has a low opinion of himself). For me though, I find the DAD the worst of them all since it is actually implied (and I believe stated at one point) that the reason the dad hates Henry so much is because he channels his own childhood demeanor through Henry, which to me makes an even WORSE parent. I find Henry in a way is a strange allegory for parents who raise kids with obvious behavior problems, because I find too many either respond by giving them the same negative attitude, isolate them, and create an environment where their behavior ,manifests, or overly coddle them to the point it hinders their ability to grow later in life and all their decisions to coddle them fall back to consequence on said child when they get older, basically suffering consequences because things were determined for them. This is common for kids like Henry or people with any kind of condition, it needs to stop TBH. I honestly didn't think there were parents worse than Buck Cluck, Mr. and Mrs. Reed or Miriam and Bob Pataki.
For people saying this is intentional, doesn't make it good. Wings of Fire is a Book Series where the first 5 books at its core was about kids (Dragonets) going through the trauma of child abuse and is a far more emotionally moving story that doesn't make you hate everyone. Self awareness and proper focus is important for stuff like this.
As someone who grew up with this show, sees it as a guilty pleasure but is aware of some of these problems, props for going off on the parents like that. It would have been so easy to label only Henry as horrid, which I’ve seen too many people do. But yeah, these parents are legit awful, and the lack of awareness honestly makes it worse. So for me, it’s not all that hard to see why Henry acts the way he does.
Believe or Not, The Books are way, WAY worse: Horrid Henry was a Lot more... Well, Horrid in those Books Including Genuinely Hating his own Family, Trying to KILL Peter since his birth, Destroyed Countless Houses so Ferocious that a Restraining order was needed at one point to stop going to his friend Ralph's House, and most of all is Fantasying about Ruling the Rule with Iron Fist. Basically, Think a Male Version of Vendetta from "Making Fiends" and you Get the Idea. Really, Reading those Books makes Henry's Parents from the TV Series look like Complete Saints by comparison.
Get's stuck in a traffic jam, blames their 8 year old son...I'm sorry but how is the child responsible for a congested traffic? Also WTH? You didn't notice your missing child until you went to go blame him for nothing?
I'm sure you don't care, but I feel like sharing. The reason Henry's dad blames him for traffic is that Henry was faffing about when it was time to go; so instead of leaving when before traffic piles up as planned, they get stuck in the usual traffic jam. As a child if my inability to be ready when we were supposed to leave led to the family being late, my older sister would straight out blame it on me, but my parents wouldn't say anything unless I complained about how long the car ride was taking. I feel like that was the healthier way of reinforcing that my actions had consequences. But this show wasn't about healthy parenting, it was about a mischievous little boys perspective on his life.
I honestly don't hate Henry's behavior purely because if I were in his shoes. Where his Parents destroyed his property. Micromanaged his life to the point of where he couldn't even choose a toy on his own to put in his own time capsule. And blame him for literally ***everything*** that goes wrong. To the point to where his parents put so much negative attention on him that his brother gets jealous of the attention he's getting. His mother literally locked him and his brother in the basement so she can blast her music while gardening as her children are literally screaming as loud as they can for help pounding on the door. They put Peter on a pedestal but they still give *all* their attention to screaming at Henry and blaming him for every little thing. All that with the strong implications that Henry might be Autistic...... Yeaaaaaaah. I can't exactly bring myself to blame and hate Henry for doing what he does with Parents like that. Not necessarily excusing what he does it is still awful... But I don't think you *can* entirely put it all on Henry with stuff like that.
Wait his mother WHAT?! Even locked Peter in even though he's supposed to be the perfect one?! Damn that's more than just their belittling that's abuse.
@@Cacowninja she didn't intentionally lock them in there. But she ***didn't*** come to see anything until after Henry was LITERALLY CRUSHED UNDER A FALLING SHELF.
As someone who was physically, mentally, and emotionally bullied/abused by their mother and golden child youngest brother (I’m the oldest of 4), I can definitely say Henry’s parents are EXACTLY how you raise a kid that’ll grow to hate you, never call you, and then dump you in a nursing home once you reach that point. That scene where Henry got wet and blamed, and still scolded for “not moving out of the way” will forever piss me off (our mother used to say “he only does those things because he learned them from you” or “Well that’s what you wanted,” and then STILL had the audacity to act ignorant as to why “everyone blamed her baby”). I no longer talk to my mom or even care what becomes of her. Last I heard she was losing plenty of teeth because she refused to put down the freaking bottle (that’s a whole ‘nother story for another time).
I grew up watching this show, and honestly one of those shows you can only enjoy if you grew up with it AND you grew up in the UK (it definitely won't resonate with an American audience). It's not a show to connect with characters or deeper meaning, just one to turn my brain off and watch for shits and giggles. I actually went on a nostalgia binge of it a few years back, it's quite fun
The main reason I hate this show is because it's a huge waste of British voice talent. The voice actors and actresses in this show also voiced characters in the Fable and Xenoblade Chronicles series, which are two of my favorite video game series of all time.
Actually, from what I remember, Great Aunt Greta is a recurring character in the show and the books (she's even in the movie) and they always do the exact same joke with her.
I honestly would love to hear you rant about these parents (if you can even call them parents) for over an hour. You ranting at them would make my stress disintegrate.
Honestly from the few episodes I’ve seen: part of me thinks Henry is ADHD coded. The issue is this show absolutely doesn’t understand how to parent an attention deficit kid. I also was treated as “horrid” growing up because I didn’t sit still, do my homework or keep my voice down, while my sister could. The way the parents treat Henry is infuriating because they invalidate him all of the time: something that is incredibly damaging to neurodivergent people. (Also a tangent but I genuinely love both theme songs, they capture that feeling of rebelling against your parents and everyone perfectly.)
@@TheMistermastermario See the thing is most neurodivergent kids don’t understand why they behave how they do: mostly because they’re too young to understand. When parents or teachers constantly invalidate them or insist that they’re “horrid” it creates a self hatred complex where these kids feel as if they’re “broken.” This in turn, leads to acting out behaviors or in this case, being “horrid.”
The Horrid Henry books were popular when I was a primary school student in the ‘90s. They always felt like a blander and less well-written version of the Just William stories, about a rebellious child called William whose adventures were actually believable.
I don’t know, did Henry’s father shoot him on a drunken rampage and then admit that he was glad he shot him? Cause if not, then I’m gonna say that Clay is worse. 😂
At least the show is aware that Clay and Bloberta are awful parents and people. This show seems to be playing their shtick straight without any examination.
I do think the show is self aware to a certain extent. There was an episode where there was an observational study done on the kids in school and the parents got a note saying they “need to learn how to be better parents.” The show seems to know the parents are bad but it doesn’t suggest it as openly as the other examples you mentioned.
I do agree however the lightheartedness in which the toxicity is portrayed does come off as unsettling. A lot of times if toxicity is portrayed in a comedic sense, it’s done so in an exaggerated manner but horrid Henry is quite realistic in its portrayal. I don’t know if the books portray the toxic family dynamic to the same extent or if it was just like the “bad David” books but the show certainly took it to the next level.
@@AJ_the_Dragon I remember hearing that apperently this stuff is canon. Henry literally does superpowers and the funniest thing is that it's considered a mild inconvenience at most
If you want an example of the whole "parents having to deal with a demon hell-spawn child" thing done right, take a look at Calvin and Hobbes. Even though Calvin's parents are clearly stressed out by his constant antics, they still clearly love him and want the best for him. Plus, it's just legitimately funnier.
It's done better. But I think Calvin might possibly have autism or adhd himself but the characters around him don't realize this. Maybe thats why because of problems I had with my autism, I sympathized with Calvin on a difficult level. And even though Calvin's dad annoyed me at times with some stupid stuff he's said before and his wife calling him out on this, otherwise, both parents are still better parents than Henry's parent's by a longshot.
Man thats more evedence that henry and peters parents are horrid like thanks to them peter thinks that thinking about your birthday is selfish like its not selfish and in one episode they ground henry from being horrid so they dont go to a meeting were someone tells them how to be better parents so they take the paper that henry was suppose to work on and weight lies about henry on talking about how great he is that he dosent watch tv ,never eats sweets and all ways does home work and there were other things but those were the only ones i could remember but they still end up going because what henrys parents belive is the perfect child is considered bad parenting
Well at least the show unlocked the achievement, "Worse Parents than Chicken Little's." That is hard to achieve and still have a show that has more than one episode.
Bring Henry's Parents to the Union of Bad Parenting right Next to The Turners, The Griffins, Gabriel Agreste, and The Shredder. I heard that they are serving Buck Cluck for Dinner.
6:48 I mean, Marge has kicked Bart out of the house for reasons beyond his control (at least twice, in fact), and actions _do_ speak louder than words...
But at the end of the day,she usually forgives Bart or realizes she did wrong and apologize, right? Like when she began to ignore him after he stole a video game, she does acknowledge him at the end (asking if he wanted to spray the Christmas cookies) and teared up when she saw his christmas gift to her (and that it was paid for instead of stolen)
Would Henry still be horrid if he was an only child? Is he the way he is because his parents raised him poorly and he has the urge to get back at them I mean they favor and compare him to his goodie two shoes brother so it's hard to tell which parent is his favorite? It's not like his parents were perfect when they were his age
One episode I always remember is the Christmas one. It starts with the fanily going to the mall on December 24th to visit Father Christmas in his grotto. Henry starts by listing all the things he wants from Father Christmas (a bike, swimming pool, million pounds etc). Okay so its a little bratty but he's a kid on Christmas, its nothing too far out of the norm. His mother blanks him and says "What do you want Peter?" Peter replies that he is still choosing. To this, Henry simply replies that "its Christmas Eve, Peter better hurry." This causes Peter to cry and Henrys parents to scold him. For what? Making a genuinely valid poiint that Peter doesnt have a lot of time left to find out what he wants? Henry didnt even say it in a mean way. More like someone pointing out that the bins have to be taken out today. But no, he's Henry and so has to be punished.
And some people complained that Kenny’s parents from South Park were bad. At least they cared for their kids, whenever they have a Kenny focused episode, unlike Butters’ parents who ground him for very petty reasons. And some people say that Kirk from the Simpsons is bad too. But hey, at least he tries to be a better father to Milhouse, unlike his wife Luanne whose good at only 2 things, whoring around with a guy way hotter then him and finding any reason to insult and belittle Kirk.
Little history lesson Horrid Henry is a product of Britain's outdated comicbook industry that consistently featured prominent trouble makers like UK Dennis the Menace and the St Trinians inspired Bash Street Kids, in fact it was pretty common place to depict playground fighting and that's only the mild stuff, in fact Horrid Henry actually persuaded the UK comics industry to clean up as the series effectively called them out on it.
@@MichaelBlaneWalkertook me a sec to realize who you were referring too. Stopped watching that show partly because I was getting annoyed at how much of a pushover the parents are
@@ntfoperative9432 I agree. I stopped watching the show because it kept angering me about it and the live action movie wasn’t any good at all. I even dreamt that it gave me anger issues! This show just gets people angry, and not only because of how it’s becoming a pride show (I’m for the LGBTQ), but also a wrath show for the sisters misbehaving a LOT even towards their dates!! And somehow, we don’t see the comments saying that the misbehavior wouldn’t fly by in their household!
Yeah, I assume that for the most part cartoons like Horrid Henry are only really entertaining for kids, I mean I can remember liking the books and the theme tune is seared into my memory but likely if I watched it now it'd be a hard watch. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
As a kid I was a massive fan of the books and tv show. But now looking at it as an adult I am willing to admit its flaws but still look at it for nostalgic sentiment.❤
I thought the cartoon was somewhat trying to imply that Henry's, Peter and their parents are actually not that different and that the kids have inherited and learned behavior from them. One can aeguw that Henry can easily become his dad.
As a child I thought that Peter got treated badly and Henry was a dickhead. Now as a British teen who is approximately 15 I think the opposite and I now think the show is mid for that despite the nostalgic memeories
I kinda get what they were going for...Basically Dennis the Menace meets Goofus and Gallant...but it only works on paper...ya can't expect a show concept like this without basically making an origin story for a serial killer
I use to watch this show when I was younger thinking that Peter is the one who is loved more and Henry is the bad kid but I didn’t know about all of this
I love how the Dad blamed Henry for the traffic jam, even though he wasn't even in the damn car.
before yelling at him for not being in the car, kid just can't win
Even if Henry was in the car, (which is what was supposed to happen) how on earth is getting stuck in a traffic 🚥 jam *his fault?!?!*
Happened to me but not with my actual dad my moms boyfriend blamed me for being in car crash even though i wasnt even driving, let alone present in his car, he didnt want me to drive because he thinks in stupid even though im not.
My stepdad blamed me for his computer being broken once even though I hadn't gone to his house in _weeks._ Some parents really are just that stupid.
Um actually 🤓oh god no….im sorry. However, reason they were blaming Henry was because Henry was intentionally making them late. Even then they still have moments where they blame for the littlest things.
My friend was talking about it yesterday and said "It's just bitchy parents bullying their possibly autistic and ADHD child and putting unrealistic expectations on the other one."
Your friend was correct
@@queentamer9095Without a doubt
Horrid Henry is like a fever dream for me, I can't comprehend people still discussing his "legacy" these days
As a person who had undiagnosed mental problems as a child and having parents who acted in a similar way this hits way too close to home
@@AWasteOfYourTime8205 As someone with autism and ADHD and a sister who rubs her success in my face I can relate too
Horrid Henry honestly feels like a reverse Cailou in the sense that both pairs of parents are horrid for completely opposite reasons. Cailou's parents are awful because they basically cave into everything the hellspawn wants, while here, they treat the hellspawn like garbage even after trying to better himself and when most of the things he gets blamed for, aren't his fault.
Hot take:
Horrid Henry > Caillou
now I want to see them fight.
And then there's Crayon Shin Chan from Japan
That's not a hot take that's just a fact, fuck Cailou@@RyanMcKennaGosling
But he is not a hellspawn, he is a human. Why does everyone keep calling bratty kids creatures they are not?
Another thing about the golden child is that they are often very insecure. They know that the "love" they receive is conditional, so they develop a people-pleasing personality, forgetting who they really are and what they really want.
there are scenes of that where peter is terrified of messing up
Maybe the reason why Peter is so childish for his age is because he's scared of getting older and being saddled with even more expectations.
And that's why I'll never stop being mad at Nickelodeon for rejecting the Patakis. Seeing Olga acknowledging that and going through the journey to find herself would have been so interesting.
Pretty much the exact reason I consider Azula to be quintessential golden child in animation. That fear of losing the conditional love of her abusive father is there, to be treated like the scapegoat (Zuko) is what they fear the most. When it comes to this show, Peter would be Azula and Henry Zuko. It's disturbing how well this comparison seems to line up.
There's several instances of the effect on Peter is shown, for instance he cries outside the door after not winning a trophy, thinking his parents will be disappointed. Henry ends up giving him a trophy.
When the author of the books herself say that Henry's parents are the worse for how they treat him, you know they're at the top of list of crap parents.
Makes me wonder HOW IN THE HECK Did this book series get popular in the first place; or how it was successful enough to warrent the creation of a cartoon based on it. . .
@@New3DSLuigi364 Because British humor is VERY different from American humor. Remember, Stressed Eric was popular in the UK too, while utterly despised in the US. Although, the success of Diary of a Wimpy Kid makes me question that a little...
@@New3DSLuigi364As someone who grew up with the books, I loved them because Horrid Henry would do and say a lot of things I would never dare to do as a kid but sometimes wanted to (and sometimes some of the things he did say were pretty relatable). Also they were often written with good humor, pacing and timing.
@@New3DSLuigi364
British humour is often about the main character constantly suffering misfortunes that are made worse by their flawed personality. One Foot in the Grave, My Family, and Only Fools and Horses are good examples of this.
@@uanime1 and that's Not Funny; THAT'S JUST MEAN-SPIRITED. . .
at Least Aardman's Humor ISN'T Mean-spirited!! Because It comes across as MUCH more Light-hearted than something as depressing as The Office(UK)
As bad as Buck was in Chicken Little, at the end of the movie, he at least realized that he fucked up and tried to be better. Henry's parents have no such redemption.
They seem to have their moments of clarity, but go right back to blaming Henry for everything. They're the embodiment of the meme 'am I out of touch? No, its the kids who are wrong'
Buck wasn't even trying at all, what are you talking about 😂
Also in deleted scenes of chicken Little he does at least try to be a good dad
Buck was way better than Butters dad
In a long form medium as well, so they keep doing the same things over and over again whereas Buck is limited to the one storyline.
Honestly "You should have gotten out of the way when Peter was watering the flowers." Says literally everything I need to know about the abusive dynamic of this household. Peter can't get in trouble for doing something wrong, and Henry can't be praised or rewarded for doing something right. He can't even be helped when he's been wrong.
Reminds me of the Patakis, honestly. You really have to give Craig Bartlett credit for giving Parental Neglect/Abuse the light it deserves to be seen in. Honestly, I can see Bob and Miriam gradually be abandoned by both of their kids until they die in cheap nursing homes.
@@JustCoryIsBack69420 8:52 Anyone know what song this is? I swear I heard it before.
My brother and I saw that episode when it first aired, we both agreed then and there that henrys family were bullies and probably enjoyed putting henry through everything.
I haven't seen that episode but I think i know which book it was based on. Peter was misbehaving deliberately because he was jealous of Henry's attention.
I read the books, and holy shit Henry's family was messed up.
In the book of Horrid Henry's Perfect Day, the dad legit said "How did two people as nice as us have such a horrid child?" Like bro the ego is off the charts. Also, when they took Henry to school they'd walk behind him and pretend Henry was not their kid, dude that's actually messed up. The mom also always compared Henry to Peter, like bro aren't you the guys who are raising him to be like this? Even as a little kid I hated the parents as much as Henry did. The author of the books made it absolutely clear that Henry is a legit menace to society, but also make it clear that Peter is pretty much a saint, but I beg to differ.
In the same book, when Henry legit was offering his dad to help with getting dinner ready, the dad just said Henry will just make a mess and chose Peter, bruh. Peter didn't like the fact that his own brother was being nice to him and not being a menace for once, so for some reason he kept provoking Henry, until Henry would snap. When Henry earned his cake, Peter threw the spaghetti at him, but Henry ducked and it went to the mom's face, and then they grounded Peter, then when Henry couldn't hold his laugh, the mom grounded Henry as well.
Henry gets screwed over a bunch of times in both the books and the series, and the parents laugh at him. The sheer hypocrisy and ego is off the charts here folks.
Jeez just when you think it can't get worse. The kids would need therapy for life for all the mental strain and abuse
Actually, in a interview with Michael Rosen, she did clarify that Henry's parents were meant to be bad on purpose.
This is terrible & it was made for children to read?! This is straight-up domestic abuse.
I can see how that sort of thing could work as dark comedy, but it doesn't sound like it translated to the show very well, based on videos like this one.
@@SpellboundWolfIt's clearly not meant to portray the characters as role models or normalize that behaviour. Even kids can pick up on that.
I remember in one episode the magician was going to make Henry disappear, and the mom seemed overly excited to the point that the other kids looked concerned.
…oh my God that’s insane.
Even Margaret, his arch-nemesis
There was one episode where Henry ran away and the parents acted like oh no please come back like there really worried about him yet in nearly evey other episode if henry is gone they seem kinda happy
I do remember that episode , to me i feel like she just excited because its magic , and she thought the magician is expertise in it and he would bring back henry . But if that isn’t worker and she didn’t feel concerned and looked for him but yeah y’know that would have happened . In one episode were henry can’t take it anymore and ranaway and his parents and his brother is worried and ia actively looking for him .
@@pauloctober-gray6397ohhh i thought that too !.
I find it very disturbing yet darkly comedic how Henry has the same backstory as Jeffrey Dahmer.
Wait what fr?!
No that isn't true
Elaborate
The creator said he was actually inspired by the Dahmer case when creating the character
Pics or it didn’t happen
The parents abuse is made more cleae to see in the fact that Henry genuinely tried to be better later in the series, mirroring how even when you try to better yourself, favoritism blinds these parents to that
And scenes were Peter tries to either explore his interests like rap and bling and stuff - was was made to cry because of it - as well as seeing that Henry genuinely wants to look out for his brother a lot of the time which is 😢
I bet money that the author of the books wanted to give Henry the most crappy parents she could think of...
Terrible parents in animation make me appreciate the actual good parents in animation even more. (Bluey, Gumball, Owl House, Bob’s Burgers)
It is sad when gumball the sitcom parody , has better parents than most other shows
Bandit and Chilli are the best parents in animation.
Change my mind.
@@Trainlover1995Bob and Linda Belcher rank very highly. You know you’re a great father when you get into a MLP show including all the fan jargon and fanfic for the sake of your daughter, or get more into a table setting contest than your son when you son is the one doing it!
Eda is a great mother. So are Luz's parents. The blight mother is not
@@Animefan-ty4vt For all her many, many, many character flaws (treating her family as business useful over emotional connection, leveraging against and controlling her daughter including with a magic AirTag, neglecting her older twins, supporting Belos in expectation of power etc) she’s at least not homophobic. Still a character who should in no way be seen as a paragon of motherhood.
Keep in mind in the episode labeled Horrid Boy Henry's Parents are called out by Henry's school teacher, and they're basically told that yes while Henry IS a troublemaker, but he's not HORRID he's just a Kid and their version of the "Perfect" Child is dillusional and wrong
Which episode is that?
This might be the most satisfing episode in TV history
@@train4292They mention it in the comment
That’s good to know that the teachers finally defended Henry against his parents means of thinking.
@@AwesomeHyperSonic547 You know it's bad when even the teachers who Hate Henry think his parents are delusional
Fun fact: in Spain the books are called Pablo Diablo (the characters have rhyme based names instead of alliterative ones). An appropriate nickname for Henry to be literally called a “devil”
that's a really cute way to translate his name actually, i kinda dig that
Spain also hates english, so there is that,
@@AoiUsagiOtoko At least its better than the french version, Lucas la cata ( litterally "Lucas The Catastrophe"), and even has quite the metal vibe.
In Poland, translators have kept the alliteration by translating Horrible Henry to Koszmarny Karolek which literally means Horrible Little Charles. Pretty clever.
esta bien el nombre
Yikes.. 8:43 Did the "father" really blame Henry for a traffic jam? Luckily he wasn't even in the car or I'm sure that would have scarred him. These parents make Timmy Tuner's parents and Buck Cluck seem like saints.
Timmy's parents are neglectful not because they don't love him, but because they are desperately trying to avoid middle age like the plague. Henry's recent his life.
Honestly that's pretty similar to how my dad is
I saw the episode and Henry just slept in late
@WeirdTale yep. And unlike Lindana, afew episodes make them not remember Timmy's name. I'd hire Candace over Vicky as a babysitter any given day
From what I remember as a kid, I think Henry was being difficult and not cooperating at the house when the family was trying to leave for the road trip, and that delayed them so they got stuck in rush-hour traffic that they were trying to beat.
Another reason why Henry’s parents are awful is that in later episodes, they are often shown to be hypocrites, as they would be shown doing thing they often tell Henry off for, such as playing loud music, taking toys from others, acting out in public, etc.
which you know... is normal child behaviour
Sounds like the show might’ve gone through a bit of seasonal rot then
Huh.
@@dustyrose192Thank you for your observation, you now helped me realise that not only are Henry’s parents hypocrites, but childish one’s at that!
Makes sense that the parents are manchildren considering how they yell at Henry.
8:42 I'm sorry, did the dad really just say that? "This is all your fault, Henry?" That's the kind of thing you'd expect to hear from a spoiled teenager to their sibling, not a grown man to his child.
Really, I haven't even seen this show, and that sounds like it should have been Peter's line, not the Dad's.
Well I mean, the parents DO sound & look like manchildren, so...
Exactly
Henry’s dad said that because Henry slept in, and because he wasn’t ready to go for a bit they were late and couldn’t beat the traffic so that’s why the dad said that to him. Just thought I’d clear up some confusion.
Peter isn't perfect. He's just a whiny bitch
@colorfulliife Oh, I'm not confused. I saw that episode after watching this review. I'm just ticked that the father decided to say that. It's something I'd expect an immature child to say, not an adult man with a house, a job, a wife, and two kids. He should have moved past the immature era of his life, but clearly, he hasn't.
5:33 It's a running gag in the show that Henry's Great Aunt Greta is a doddering old woman out of touch with reality who may or may not be senile. In addition to thinking that Henry is a girl, she also thinks that Peter is a teenager and their cat Fluffy is a dog named Fido. There's an episode where she babysits them, and mistakes the backdoor for the door to their fridge, for instance.
So she's got dementia ?
She's the best character. Just a completely senile out of touch old woman
Abe Simpson keeps a better grasp on his marbles! And he’s the doddering old man stereotype of that show.
Even when reading the books as a kid I was surprised she hadn't already died of dementia.
The whole Horrid (don't know their last names) family is bizarre and should probably contact a doctor, I mean one of the characters has a baby who constantly vomits!
After watching my brother self-destruct, I feel sorry for the likes of Perfect Peter or Olga Pataki. You might think being the favorite means they're better off, but all it really means is that they're going to struggle with imposter syndrome for most of their probably tragically short lives.
I give Olga credit for at least recognizing that she's placed on a pedestal that casts a long & deep shadow over Helga, so she's at least aware of the damage her parents are causing to Helga, but Peter just seems to relish in that fact, meanwhile: the show wanna remind me which of these two is the horrid one, again, 'cause it's looking more like Peter's the horrid one...Pricking Peter, more like it, eh? This cast of characters literally is point-for-point what you'd see in an R/EntitledParents reddit post. :/
Thank God for Encanto showing just how destructive playing favorites with your children is for everyone.
@@bluestreaker9242 Not to mention, Olga mentions this to Helga in the vein of "you're lucky they ignore you so you don't have to perform all the time" suggesting that she might cast that shadow intentionally to keep Helga from suffering in the same way she does.
I’m an only child and basically was spoiled by my mom most of my life. I usually require very little and keep to myself but she constantly made excuses for me (I didn’t even realize picking your nose was gross until I was in Kindergarten) And also did everything for me. I have a hard time doing stuff by myself and when I mess up just a little I feel like I broke everything involved. Now I can do simple tasks but even doing simple things I tend to freak out.
See also Azula.
I think it’s interesting that at 5:10 you can see drawings hung on the refrigerator and in one of them it shows what is presumably a drawing of Henry’s family but the parents are only holding Peter’s hand and Henry is standing off to the side by himself
And it doesn’t even have a magnet of its own to hold it up, it’s a piece of tape which probably means Henry had to put it up himself since his parents didn’t take much interest in it or the parents didn’t want to use a magnet for his drawing. At least to me is what I think.
That's very sad :`( but was that picture actually *done* by Henry?
In another episode, Peter has a family photo of himself, Henry and his parents on his bedside cabinet. While dusting it, he scribbles out Henry’s face and kisses the photo. That is genuinely fucked up.
@@Warzulu77 THAT IS SO FUCKED WHAT😭
@@superchicken5095 maybe, maybe not. Still sad to think of though
Let’s give ourselves a reminder never to give Henry’s parents the ‘Parents of the Year’ award.
No. Give them the “Worst Parents Award” if there was one.
is that even a real thing?
@@reptile1687 No, but if it was-
They aren’t even worthy of a “Parents of the Second” award.
why would we... ....
Not gonna lie a Horrid Henry video is something Mr. Enter would have done back with his 2014-2016 Animated Atrocities era.
I'd rather not look back on it. Too cynical.
It even feels like an older video with the amount of clips replayed over and over
@@cordyceps7531 Oh boy, here we go again with the Enter going back to his angry reviewer phase
I enjoyed that tbh
@@nevaehhamilton3493 what are you on about, that was Mr Enter at his peak
It’s the parents I despise with a passion not the main character! They reminded me of Ed’s parents how they treat him in comparison to Sarah!
Yep. "Horrid" Henry is really just a regular kid. It's his parents that are crazy.
@@dork7546 Yeah I feel that. Really feels like someone that'd improve pretty fast if looked after by decent parents but they're just... the worst.
It's like if you made Eddy and Jimmy brothers, but gave Jimmy crippling OCD/anxiety and Eddy was just untreated Autism/ADHD with no scams for money
AHEM you forgot about Odalia Blight from Owl House
Sarah also doesn't act like a perfect annoying child. She acts angry and spoiled, but... at the same time.. she has to reign Ed in and so do the parents.
Ed might be very nice and happy to help... but left on his own devices.. he's super chaotic and destroys things. He litterly has a bath tub of gravy...
So while Ed's Parents ain't perfect..I'd say Henry's are far worst... Henry might be bad.. but that feels more like Henry reacting to how his parents treat him.
With Ed's parents.... it feels more reactionary to Ed's chaos. (it ain't perfect.. but you know.. Ed is ed.)
It's not just the parents either. His classmates, his neighbours, his relatives - hell, even the teachers call him horrid, constantly, often times for being mildly disruptive or annoying (in other words, being a kid).
Be fair he is troublemaker one at first but yes it is his parents fault.
You can’t accuse them of false advertising at least.
LOL.
Damn right.
I feel bad for Henry and Peter both. Peter feels he needs to be perfect and we’ve seen the parents bad side if they catch Peter making a mistake. Henry gets mistreated and nobody in his family sees him trying to make a change and become better.
YES THANK YOUU
so many people seem to take out alot of hate against Peter, when like.. they are both emotionally neglected??
peter thinking that mum was going to fucking abandon him all alone forever because he broke a vase one time in a episode?? that's not normal!!! these kids need to leave these parents ong!!
I'm guessing that Henry must have been a hyperactive child around his "Terrible Twos" or Pre-school age, and as new parents they had no idea how to handle it, thus they got into their abusive ways which in turn perpetuated Henry's horridness.
I think both Henry and Peter are both victims of some kinda parental abuse. Not physical, but more emotional/mental.
Henry, as a lot of people theorize, has some kinda autism or ADHD, and his behavior stems from it. His parents/teachers don't do anything to get him on some kinda therapy or medication, and excuse it as him being 'horrid'. His parents will also just call him 'horrid' for no reason. Like one episode he literally just says 'good morning' and his mom tells him 'Don't be horrid, Henry!" (though others have said that, like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Henry could be an unreliable narrator and trying to make himself look better than he is). His parents also show clear favoritism, so Henry may just be acting out because of anger, or a need for some kind of attention. There's times where he _really_ tries to be good, only for his parents to punish him anyways. He's a lot like Helga from Hey Arnold.
Peter has 'golden child syndrome' where his parents absolutely spoil and praise him. But, it causes him to have anxiety and panic when he feels like hes done wrong, in fear he'll make his parents angry. He even has an aside where he laments how his parents don't notice him,they only notice Henry-and its when he's bad. So, he decides he's going to be bad too just for some attention. Only his parents still yell at Henry though Peter will openly admit _he_ was the one who did wrong. There was even a time Peter was upset he broke a vase and Henry decided to take the blame instead of revel in the fact his little brother would be punished. He reminds me a little of Olga from HA as well- where she admits at one point Bob and Miriam put so much pressure on her to be perfect, she can't handle it sometimes
The dad admittedly seems to get better later on. There's an episode where he gets tickets for himself and Henry for some show they both love. The mom immediately says no because Henry's been bad, and decides to put the tickets as a reward for Henry being good. He actually does succeed, but the mom just takes the tickets that SHE did not PAY FOR, and her HUSBAND did, and go 'oh no, we're gonna give these away to someone, we should think of others' so Henry AND his dad end up not going. Another time the Mom tells Henry she's taking his fort in the backyard down in order to put up a vegetable garden- she says 'I think- I mean, you _father_ and I think...' so she's just throwing the dad under the bus.Another episode has the parents trying to push Henry on the other to take to work with them, and the mom actively knows Henry's favorite author will be there and she refuses to tell him. The dad decides to blurt it out and you can see Henry get absolutely _Excited_ and he's pretty well behaved the entire episode
Oh my God, you’re right.
A few episodes imply that both of his parents had terrible childhoods and acted the same way Henry did, and as such, they hate him because he reminds them of their past but sadly they're doing all the same things wrong their own parents did but much worst and the sad part is they don't even realize it and might not until it's far too late.
@@Geomaster97 But if your kid acts like you did wouldn't you want to give them the childhood you didn't get to have?
@@NeyamAndyStar Not if you're these two ypu dont
@shipper-of-heart8898
"Henry, as a lot of people theorize, has some kinda autism or ADHD, and his behavior stems from it."
Because children can't be bad anymore, they need some kind of condition to excuse it.
"His parents/teachers don't do anything to get him on some kinda therapy or medication, and excuse it as him being 'horrid'."
Because the show would end if Henry stopped being horrid.
"His parents also show clear favoritism"
I wonder why they would like the well-behaved child.
"so Henry may just be acting out because of anger, or a need for some kind of attention."
Or his parents are punishing him for his bad behavior and rewarding Peter for his good behavior.
"Peter has 'golden child syndrome' where his parents absolutely spoil and praise him."
For being well behaved.
"He reminds me a little of Olga from HA as well- where she admits at one point Bob and Miriam put so much pressure on her to be perfect, she can't handle it sometimes"
The problem is that in a sitcom the dynamic can't change or the show won't work anymore. Thus Olga and Peter will always be praised, while Helga is ignored and Henry is punished.
Also Henry's parents have to be bad so people won't hate Henry when he does bad things to them. Gone are the days when the bad child character can bully people for no reason (Dennis the Menace and Walter the Softy spring to mind).
It seems like this show is the complete antithesis of Caliou. Whereas that series depicted the parents as too submissive and indulgent towards their bratty child, this one makes them out to be borderline slavedrivers who blame their unfavorite child for everything and should probably lose custody before they lock him in a basement.
Fun fact: there was actually an episode where both he and Peter got locked in a basement and their mum was completely oblivious to them calling for help, and Henry even saved Peter from a falling bookcase and ended up in hospital from it
Just after I've suddenly been recommended clips of this show with terrible parents I didn't know existed, Mr. Enter is talking about it. That topic is right up his alley.
He truly is.
Holy crap same here. It was some compliation of him being Henry being horrid and his parents being pretty unfair to him.
9:19 As an autistic woman, this show definitely hits close to home, but I’m at least thankful that my parents weren’t as bad as Henry and Peter’s parents.
My younger sister was just like Perfect Peter-a well-behaved high-achieving child who took joy in tattling on me (even for very petty things) and watching me suffer the consequences. My parents knew I was autistic, so that’s probably why they weren’t as harsh on me as Henry’s parents was to him, but they did compare me to my sister at times.
I suspect that Henry is an undiagnosed neurodivergent child whose behavioral problems stem from his special needs not being met and a lack of understanding from the authority figures in his life.
Well, it's a cartoon show, so of course the theory whether he's autistic doesn't say much anything about his behaviour. He's either been emotionally neglected and his response to this is by acting out badly. Yes, Henry can be pretty erratic and immature, but if he wants to do what he loves, by wanting to be a rock-star, he'll do it anyway without his permission from his parents. On a positive note, he does a little bit of reflecting on his attitude and wants to be a better person. If he was my kid, I would be very proud of him.
I love Horrid Henry, I find the episodes quite enjoyable and fun, yeah the parents suck, but Henry is quite like justified in to be mean to his abusers. Henry is a great friend to Ralph, and he saved Peter’s life twice, and I find him to be a likeable kid that was just raised badly. Also, when Henry gets revenge on characters like Bill or Margaret, it’s satisfying and it’s easy to root for him.
He also does play with Margaret a couple of times reluctantly. It's only until she starts playing unfairly or tries to get him into deep trouble is when he gets revenge and stuff
0:37 oh yeah, that was scene in the party episode where the clown said he was going to make Henry disappear and the mom was applauding. The fact that Margaret (who is Henry’s enemy) was even weirded out by that really said something. Henry’s parents are really the worst cartoon parents almost as bad as Timmy turners parents.
Yeah I remember that scene, it was messed up. The fact that even Moody Margaret, someone who is arch enemies with Horrid Henry, looked at the mom with disgust to hear what was said spoke volumes.
I certainly wasn’t expecting Horrid Henry of all things to be all the talk of Twitter near the end of last year, and I genuinely don’t know why .
Is Horrid Henry even well-known outside of the UK? Feels like a regional cartoon only popular in a select country/countries like, say, Dragon Tales in the US/Canada.
@@dragontales1999 i remember watching some episodes in germany. so it was shown here at least
@@dragontales1999 I did see some episodes of it in my home country. Never really thought about it that much.
EDIT: I just remembered that some Hindi dub actually had the mom say that she'd slap Henry for making Peter cry.
I mean, those ARE your typical asian parents, but still... what the fuck.
@@Leader7353 it was nowhere near as popular as it was in America. It wasn't really popular outside of the US and Canada.
@@dragontales1999 im from the us and loved horrid henry growing up lol
I've actually started watching The Amazing World of Gumball, and let me tell you, that's an example of how you make a selfish brat likable. That show is great at deconstructing tropes, which Enter has pointed out before. I strongly agree.
I’m not sure I’d call Gumball a selfish brat.
@@ShenDoodlesSelfish could be debated, but he definitely has an ego.
@@boydixonentertainment The boy takes after his mother the more you think about it. If you remove the intelligence. No seriously Gumball's ego and ambition feels like a male reflection of her.
@@ShenDoodles Well, my 13 yr old brother thinks he is as well. XD But hey, it's all opinion.
Yeah, Gumball can really be spoiled sometimes.
I remember me and friend watching this show on UA-cam, and while we didn't mind the animation, we didn't like the characters. Henry was either really cruel, or he was getting flak for barely any reason. Peter was such an annoying know-it-all goody two shoes we despised him. And the parents were so bland and uninteresting that their only character trait seemed to be yelling at Henry and praising Peter.
Judging by your pic you yourself haven't grown up with a father figure in life. Poor you. Hope the surgery went well.
@@Puxi What the actual hell?
At least the books are adapted well and Henry was meant to be unlikable at times.
Sounds like a lot of bad cartoon writing.
Things like: An episode where squidward keeps getting hurt, while he did nothing wrong.
An episode where the "jerk" hasn't done anything wrong, but their punishment is deserved since they are a jerk.
An episode where someone does somehting very awful normally in the show but gets away with it, but the moment the protagonist or jerk does it.. PUNISHMENT!
An episode where someone does something awful to the protag, but the protag has to see it as GOOD FAITH and swallow it and never admit it's a mistake.
All these kinda episodes just SUCK. And this show... basically does all of it.
In comedy, we don't want to see people just get hurt for no reason. It's not funny. You gotta give a reason for them to get hurt. It's the basic laws of comedy: "Action, Reaction, Result"
If squidward gets hurt.. it's only funny if he does something rude, obnoxious or is too egotistical over it. But when he's down on the dumps? What do they do with those episodes? THEY LIFT HIM UP! But when he gets big headed? Gets pulled down again. That's comedy.
When a jerk or bully gets hurt for no reason.. you know what most shows do? Don't do that. He may do awful things, but you are punishing someone for nothing, wich will only cause more misery and dismay and might have the bully act up more.. or in most of these cases.. a bigger bully takes their place. It's a cliche yes, but it tells people: "No matter how bad someone is.. if you act on someone doing nothing... it just causes misery."
Yeah, the show really couldn't decide whether or not it wanted you to root for Henry.
"Traffic is heavy. This is all your fault, Henry!.... Henry, why didn't you acknowledge me scolding you? HENRY!"
Henry: Alone, forgotten by the parents who only acknowledge his existence to put him down
The clips you showed of the parents are almost beyond parody. It's like that episode of Bojack Horseman where they flashback to the 1950s to Beatrice's childhood, and her father says shit like "as a modern American man I am woefully ill-equipped to deal with women's emotions".
I watched this show growing up in the UK, and honestly, I think Henry is the way he is because of being the family scapegoat for whatever goes wrong, and also there’s a lot of family favouritism towards Henry’s younger brother, Perfect Peter.
I remember an episode where at the school fair Perfect Peter won top prize on a “guess where the loot is on a treasure map” type game for a super soaker that Henry really wanted, and the winning ticket was the younger brothers age in dog years. Henry’s parents had the map previously, as Henry took a look at it in the night to find out what the winning ticket number was, so it could be coincidence or it could be deliberate. Occasionally they side with Henry very rarely, much to Peter’s annoyance, but yeah they were dreadful parents and Henry’s teacher Miss Battle Axe was sadly no better.
Loved reading the books as a child, but one cannot deny how terrible Henry's parents were. No wonder he is "Horrid". The only parents potentially worse than his are those featured in the Dhar Mann universe ha ha.
Or _Malcolm In The Middle._
Or the emperor of mankind in Warhammer 40K.
The DM parents are just dumb.
"This is all your fault. Henry!"
Henry: not even there.
I just rember feeling sorry for Henry because it felt like he could never win with his family no matter how much he tried to be good inspite of the abuse he had to constabtly deal with.
It’s rather ironic this was posted today as earlier I was listening to L.S. Mark’s video of the worst British films and among those he listed was a live action adaptation of this show. So I went from never hearing of it to twice in one day. 😅
I seen that video too
I noticed that video too.
Henry's parents are the type to wonder why their child never calls or visits them when they grow up and leave
There is actually a small issue seen with Mr. Enter complaining about Henry’s great aunt misgendering him. It’s actually a recurring joke across the books as well, not just the show.
Doesn't make better though.
@@fairlyoddenginecreations True.
@@fairlyoddenginecreations Agreed. If anything, that just makes it worse, almost as if her great aunt hates that Henry apparently transitioned to being male.
@ExtremeWreck I think she’s supposed to have some sort of dementia
@@daveodonnell434 I know dementia can have a big effect on some people, but if someone keeps calling someone a girl/woman even though they tell you that they don't identify as one & it happens EVERYTIME, then perhaps dementia isn't the only thing going on.
I never thought I'd see more oblivious parents than the Reed family, but here we are. At least the Reed family never punishes Arthur unjustly.... most of the time. Congratulations on making William Afton from Five Nights at Freddy’s the second worst British parent I know. How is the child murderer who's two parenting modes are neglective and helicopter dad {with no in between} better than Henry's parents?
Afton is the reason why his kids are dead, and yet he's a better parent
@@masked_undead539 IKR?! Insane to think about.
I remember one time Henry said "good morning!" back to Peter without any ulterior motive and the mother scolded him for it.
I remember this show quite vividly, looking back on it, Henry’s parents were massive assholes. Half the time, Henry was just doing regular kid stuff/not really doing anything worthy of being yelled at. Where’s Cps when you need them?
You know Enter means business when he makes a new video where he sounds almost as angry as he did in his 2013 videos.
means business = get hype?
British media seems to involve people getting in a lot of pain in general from what ive seen mixed with raw blunt humor. When done well it can be genuinely really funny. If done POORLY you get stuff like stressed eric and. Well. This.
I remember reading somewhere that British media uses a lot of self-deprecating humor that doesn't go for an uplifting tone. And from another article I vaguely remember reading, British parents are not as encouraging as American parents. The article literally said, "American parents tell their kids they can be the president one day. British parents tell their kids, 'this will never be you'."
I don't know how true either article is being, but if there's even a sliver of truth in there, it would explain how we get shows like Stressed Eric or Horrid Henry.
Bottom was the best example of this. It's basically Looney Tunes set in a shitty London apartment.
That's a good way to explain Bottom.
@@frankielovejoy9928a lot of our humour is definitely cringe in the original sense. UK office and Inbetweeners are good examples.
The best British humor has a self-absorbed asshole getting beaten down by life constantly and never learning a thing. Darkness runs in our blood, The Young Ones ended with the entire main cast dying in a violent bus crash as they were heading to an event they wanted to go to. They make a point of having them stay cocky after the bus tumbles off a cliff, with the protagonist’s last words being “Phew, that was close!” Before the bus explodes.
I shouldn't have watched this while making pasta. Henry's abusive parents pissed me off so much that I burned my hand while straining it. I never do that normally. Now my Burst Gauge is full. I need to blow off steam with Musou before I can eat.
Wow. These fictional characters are legit terrible people. Interesting how you justifiably compare this family to the Patakis. Difference there is Olga is shown to also be a victim of Big Bob's expectations and doesn't hate Helga. She's the favorite and honestly hates it because she feels she has to be perfect.
I know at least one person IRL who had a similar situation to Henry, except replace the abuse with neglect.
Does helga also face similar levels of neglect/abuse to Henry here?
@@Agidyne99 doesn't mean a kid's show can't tell a deep story, the reason why most of us see it so realistically is because the abuse in horrid Henry is disturbingly realistic
Hearing Mr Enter being this mad was quite humorous, NGL. I personally only watched one episode and didn't think too much of it obviously.
So when he's now talking about this show, I was thinking, he think it's bad, but not his old ways mad.
Anyways that's all I had to add into this.
While this show is bad, I did have a sibling who grew up with it and sadly, had a best friend who has a sibling in a similar situation as Henry, it is 100% on the parents. And tbh, while Henry isn't pleasant, I would argue that the reason he is that way is because of everyone else around him, they treat him like hellspawn, make him fully transparent of that fact and even various times of the show does Henry actually address the fact his parents view him this way and he doesn't like them. Especially when his brother is shown to be worse than him as when he's not "perfect" toward his parents, he's shown to be an actively controlling individual when it comes to his own friends. When it comes to Henry, at least that's the point of the character, it's in the title, he's SUPPOSED to be an asshole. I actually find characters who are assholes by tragedy to be better than asshole for the lols, which is what everyone on this show aside from Henry himself is. I also do believe there's implied closeted LGBT tension with Henry and his best friend too. Perhaps I miss the days when we had characters who were rough around the edges, but honest, it just made for more interesting at times compared to a boring goody goody or one who's prided on being good but is bad. At least Henry is honest about being bad (he even has a low opinion of himself). For me though, I find the DAD the worst of them all since it is actually implied (and I believe stated at one point) that the reason the dad hates Henry so much is because he channels his own childhood demeanor through Henry, which to me makes an even WORSE parent.
I find Henry in a way is a strange allegory for parents who raise kids with obvious behavior problems, because I find too many either respond by giving them the same negative attitude, isolate them, and create an environment where their behavior ,manifests, or overly coddle them to the point it hinders their ability to grow later in life and all their decisions to coddle them fall back to consequence on said child when they get older, basically suffering consequences because things were determined for them. This is common for kids like Henry or people with any kind of condition, it needs to stop TBH. I honestly didn't think there were parents worse than Buck Cluck, Mr. and Mrs. Reed or Miriam and Bob Pataki.
For people saying this is intentional, doesn't make it good.
Wings of Fire is a Book Series where the first 5 books at its core was about kids (Dragonets) going through the trauma of child abuse and is a far more emotionally moving story that doesn't make you hate everyone.
Self awareness and proper focus is important for stuff like this.
As someone who grew up with this show, sees it as a guilty pleasure but is aware of some of these problems, props for going off on the parents like that. It would have been so easy to label only Henry as horrid, which I’ve seen too many people do. But yeah, these parents are legit awful, and the lack of awareness honestly makes it worse. So for me, it’s not all that hard to see why Henry acts the way he does.
Wow, you have to really write horridly to dethrone Chicken Little’s dad in terms of god awful parenting.
Believe or Not, The Books are way, WAY worse: Horrid Henry was a Lot more... Well, Horrid in those Books Including Genuinely Hating his own Family, Trying to KILL Peter since his birth, Destroyed Countless Houses so Ferocious that a Restraining order was needed at one point to stop going to his friend Ralph's House, and most of all is Fantasying about Ruling the Rule with Iron Fist. Basically, Think a Male Version of Vendetta from "Making Fiends" and you Get the Idea. Really, Reading those Books makes Henry's Parents from the TV Series look like Complete Saints by comparison.
The books ironically made him more sympathetic & likeable as a person.
The books were more self-aware and funnier. One of those "everyone is an asshole" types of series, but for kids.
My biggest surprise is the fact that MrEnter actually knows this show
Get's stuck in a traffic jam, blames their 8 year old son...I'm sorry but how is the child responsible for a congested traffic? Also WTH? You didn't notice your missing child until you went to go blame him for nothing?
I'm sure you don't care, but I feel like sharing. The reason Henry's dad blames him for traffic is that Henry was faffing about when it was time to go; so instead of leaving when before traffic piles up as planned, they get stuck in the usual traffic jam.
As a child if my inability to be ready when we were supposed to leave led to the family being late, my older sister would straight out blame it on me, but my parents wouldn't say anything unless I complained about how long the car ride was taking. I feel like that was the healthier way of reinforcing that my actions had consequences. But this show wasn't about healthy parenting, it was about a mischievous little boys perspective on his life.
I honestly don't hate Henry's behavior purely because if I were in his shoes.
Where his Parents destroyed his property.
Micromanaged his life to the point of where he couldn't even choose a toy on his own to put in his own time capsule.
And blame him for literally ***everything*** that goes wrong.
To the point to where his parents put so much negative attention on him that his brother gets jealous of the attention he's getting.
His mother literally locked him and his brother in the basement so she can blast her music while gardening as her children are literally screaming as loud as they can for help pounding on the door.
They put Peter on a pedestal but they still give *all* their attention to screaming at Henry and blaming him for every little thing.
All that with the strong implications that Henry might be Autistic...... Yeaaaaaaah.
I can't exactly bring myself to blame and hate Henry for doing what he does with Parents like that.
Not necessarily excusing what he does it is still awful... But I don't think you *can* entirely put it all on Henry with stuff like that.
Wait his mother WHAT?! Even locked Peter in even though he's supposed to be the perfect one?!
Damn that's more than just their belittling that's abuse.
@@Cacowninja she didn't intentionally lock them in there.
But she ***didn't*** come to see anything until after Henry was LITERALLY CRUSHED UNDER A FALLING SHELF.
Okay now I've gotta see if some child psychologists and/or CPS type social workers have done commentary on this show...
That would be very interesting. I would like to see a psychologist commentate or analyze this show at some point.
I see why this could hit a bit uncomfortably close to home for some people.
As someone who was physically, mentally, and emotionally bullied/abused by their mother and golden child youngest brother (I’m the oldest of 4), I can definitely say Henry’s parents are EXACTLY how you raise a kid that’ll grow to hate you, never call you, and then dump you in a nursing home once you reach that point. That scene where Henry got wet and blamed, and still scolded for “not moving out of the way” will forever piss me off (our mother used to say “he only does those things because he learned them from you” or “Well that’s what you wanted,” and then STILL had the audacity to act ignorant as to why “everyone blamed her baby”).
I no longer talk to my mom or even care what becomes of her. Last I heard she was losing plenty of teeth because she refused to put down the freaking bottle (that’s a whole ‘nother story for another time).
I grew up watching this show, and honestly one of those shows you can only enjoy if you grew up with it AND you grew up in the UK (it definitely won't resonate with an American audience). It's not a show to connect with characters or deeper meaning, just one to turn my brain off and watch for shits and giggles. I actually went on a nostalgia binge of it a few years back, it's quite fun
The main reason I hate this show is because it's a huge waste of British voice talent. The voice actors and actresses in this show also voiced characters in the Fable and Xenoblade Chronicles series, which are two of my favorite video game series of all time.
Nuthin like fucking multiple variations of horrid henry's dad after finding daddy pig's gay son a lover XD
@@mollymoonfan5939 context
Keep in mind that during teacher night, the parents keep Peter’s teacher from discussing Peter’s achievements in favor of ranting about Henry
Actually, from what I remember, Great Aunt Greta is a recurring character in the show and the books (she's even in the movie) and they always do the exact same joke with her.
Yeah and the joke isn't just that she thinks Henry is a girl, she also thinks Peter is a teenager and (if I remember correctly) the cat is a dog.
Give the show this. Both of its theme songs are bangers
I honestly would love to hear you rant about these parents (if you can even call them parents) for over an hour. You ranting at them would make my stress disintegrate.
Honestly from the few episodes I’ve seen: part of me thinks Henry is ADHD coded. The issue is this show absolutely doesn’t understand how to parent an attention deficit kid. I also was treated as “horrid” growing up because I didn’t sit still, do my homework or keep my voice down, while my sister could. The way the parents treat Henry is infuriating because they invalidate him all of the time: something that is incredibly damaging to neurodivergent people.
(Also a tangent but I genuinely love both theme songs, they capture that feeling of rebelling against your parents and everyone perfectly.)
As a fellow neurodivergent, I understand that feeling too.
well, probably incredibly damaging to... anyone in general tbh not just neurodivergent people
@@TheMistermastermario See the thing is most neurodivergent kids don’t understand why they behave how they do: mostly because they’re too young to understand. When parents or teachers constantly invalidate them or insist that they’re “horrid” it creates a self hatred complex where these kids feel as if they’re “broken.” This in turn, leads to acting out behaviors or in this case, being “horrid.”
The Horrid Henry books were popular when I was a primary school student in the ‘90s. They always felt like a blander and less well-written version of the Just William stories, about a rebellious child called William whose adventures were actually believable.
I don’t know, did Henry’s father shoot him on a drunken rampage and then admit that he was glad he shot him? Cause if not, then I’m gonna say that Clay is worse. 😂
At least the show is aware that Clay and Bloberta are awful parents and people. This show seems to be playing their shtick straight without any examination.
@@BigAmericanGirlFan That’s true. In that case they are pretty terrible. But I’d say that’s on the writers.
Or fuse him with a dog!
What bugged me is that henry's parents would yell dont be horrid henry! when Henry is just sitting there doing nothing,
I do think the show is self aware to a certain extent. There was an episode where there was an observational study done on the kids in school and the parents got a note saying they “need to learn how to be better parents.”
The show seems to know the parents are bad but it doesn’t suggest it as openly as the other examples you mentioned.
I do agree however the lightheartedness in which the toxicity is portrayed does come off as unsettling. A lot of times if toxicity is portrayed in a comedic sense, it’s done so in an exaggerated manner but horrid Henry is quite realistic in its portrayal.
I don’t know if the books portray the toxic family dynamic to the same extent or if it was just like the “bad David” books but the show certainly took it to the next level.
"Horrid Henry is a Horrid Show"
I mean, it's in the name.
Miraheze be like: Why it’s a horrid show.
@@joshuaW5621 Miraheze is run by emotionally stunted college kids.
Does Henry have shapeshifting powers or something? He keeps turning into animals.
Maybe he's Beast Boy in this universe.
its his fantasy. he gets anoyed at something and day dreams hes a big monster as an excuse to trash stuff
@@AJ_the_Dragon
I remember hearing that apperently this stuff is canon. Henry literally does superpowers and the funniest thing is that it's considered a mild inconvenience at most
If you want an example of the whole "parents having to deal with a demon hell-spawn child" thing done right, take a look at Calvin and Hobbes. Even though Calvin's parents are clearly stressed out by his constant antics, they still clearly love him and want the best for him. Plus, it's just legitimately funnier.
It's done better. But I think Calvin might possibly have autism or adhd himself but the characters around him don't realize this. Maybe thats why because of problems I had with my autism, I sympathized with Calvin on a difficult level. And even though Calvin's dad annoyed me at times with some stupid stuff he's said before and his wife calling him out on this, otherwise, both parents are still better parents than Henry's parent's by a longshot.
An actual quote from Peter "I thought about my birthday for a few moments and that is selfish"
Man thats more evedence that henry and peters parents are horrid like thanks to them peter thinks that thinking about your birthday is selfish like its not selfish and in one episode they ground henry from being horrid so they dont go to a meeting were someone tells them how to be better parents so they take the paper that henry was suppose to work on and weight lies about henry on talking about how great he is that he dosent watch tv ,never eats sweets and all ways does home work and there were other things but those were the only ones i could remember but they still end up going because what henrys parents belive is the perfect child is considered bad parenting
I saw “British” in the thumbnail and realized this was gonna be lit
Well at least the show unlocked the achievement, "Worse Parents than Chicken Little's." That is hard to achieve and still have a show that has more than one episode.
Bring Henry's Parents to the Union of Bad Parenting right Next to The Turners, The Griffins, Gabriel Agreste, and The Shredder. I heard that they are serving Buck Cluck for Dinner.
6:48 I mean, Marge has kicked Bart out of the house for reasons beyond his control (at least twice, in fact), and actions _do_ speak louder than words...
But at the end of the day,she usually forgives Bart or realizes she did wrong and apologize, right? Like when she began to ignore him after he stole a video game, she does acknowledge him at the end (asking if he wanted to spray the Christmas cookies) and teared up when she saw his christmas gift to her (and that it was paid for instead of stolen)
Would Henry still be horrid if he was an only child? Is he the way he is because his parents raised him poorly and he has the urge to get back at them I mean they favor and compare him to his goodie two shoes brother so it's hard to tell which parent is his favorite? It's not like his parents were perfect when they were his age
One episode I always remember is the Christmas one.
It starts with the fanily going to the mall on December 24th to visit Father Christmas in his grotto.
Henry starts by listing all the things he wants from Father Christmas (a bike, swimming pool, million pounds etc). Okay so its a little bratty but he's a kid on Christmas, its nothing too far out of the norm.
His mother blanks him and says "What do you want Peter?"
Peter replies that he is still choosing. To this, Henry simply replies that "its Christmas Eve, Peter better hurry."
This causes Peter to cry and Henrys parents to scold him. For what? Making a genuinely valid poiint that Peter doesnt have a lot of time left to find out what he wants?
Henry didnt even say it in a mean way. More like someone pointing out that the bins have to be taken out today. But no, he's Henry and so has to be punished.
And some people complained that Kenny’s parents from South Park were bad. At least they cared for their kids, whenever they have a Kenny focused episode, unlike Butters’ parents who ground him for very petty reasons. And some people say that Kirk from the Simpsons is bad too. But hey, at least he tries to be a better father to Milhouse, unlike his wife Luanne whose good at only 2 things, whoring around with a guy way hotter then him and finding any reason to insult and belittle Kirk.
The Show that gives the origin of a potential true crime drama.
Little history lesson
Horrid Henry is a product of Britain's outdated comicbook industry that consistently featured prominent trouble makers like UK Dennis the Menace and the St Trinians inspired Bash Street Kids, in fact it was pretty common place to depict playground fighting and that's only the mild stuff, in fact Horrid Henry actually persuaded the UK comics industry to clean up as the series effectively called them out on it.
Yeah, Dennis the Menace used to literally beat kids up for being effeminate, and he was supposed to be the good guy.
Is that true? I'm pretty certain the Beano is still going.
@@cosmiquealiene6168 Considering what the Beano got away with in the past, I'm willing to bet there are some things it changed because of Horrid Henry
@@g-chanthesage79 You're probably right!
You know a show is horrid when it has horrid in its title.
Bro, you're washing a guy who is mid 40 washing animes and cartoons. Judging by the loox it's kinda susbishis.
@@Puxigotta keep them shows clean now
@@PuxiYour autocorrect overcompensated
@@Puxi Wow, Squidward, maybe Santa will bring me a dictionary so I can figure out what you just said.
The show knows what it is.
Wow. Those two awful excuses of parents put Arthur and Dora Winifred’s, and Helga’s parents to shame.
What about Rita and Lynn Spineless
@@MichaelBlaneWalker Oh yeah, forgot how awful those parents are.
@@MichaelBlaneWalkertook me a sec to realize who you were referring too. Stopped watching that show partly because I was getting annoyed at how much of a pushover the parents are
@@ntfoperative9432 I agree. I stopped watching the show because it kept angering me about it and the live action movie wasn’t any good at all.
I even dreamt that it gave me anger issues! This show just gets people angry, and not only because of how it’s becoming a pride show (I’m for the LGBTQ), but also a wrath show for the sisters misbehaving a LOT even towards their dates!! And somehow, we don’t see the comments saying that the misbehavior wouldn’t fly by in their household!
i loved the horrid henry books as a kid and even went to a live author reading of one of the books, never saw the show tho
Yeah, I assume that for the most part cartoons like Horrid Henry are only really entertaining for kids, I mean I can remember liking the books and the theme tune is seared into my memory but likely if I watched it now it'd be a hard watch. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
I refuse to believe this show was still around in 2018. It still looks like the digitally colored slop it did in 2006.
Trust me it did. I remember seeing it on.
My childhood show
As a kid I was a massive fan of the books and tv show. But now looking at it as an adult I am willing to admit its flaws but still look at it for nostalgic sentiment.❤
I thought the cartoon was somewhat trying to imply that Henry's, Peter and their parents are actually not that different and that the kids have inherited and learned behavior from them. One can aeguw that Henry can easily become his dad.
Maybe Henry's Dad was an asshole in the past, since I think he does have a blonde haired brother
4:58 That’s the character's whole joke in the entire show (I've watched EVERY episode)
Isn't it also she thinks "Henrietta' is a well behaved girl as well?
@@shipper-of-heart8898and a teenager, and that the cat is a dog. I’m pretty sure she’s meant to be senile or have dementia
@@ntfoperative9432She thinks Peter's a teenager
As a child I thought that Peter got treated badly and Henry was a dickhead. Now as a British teen who is approximately 15 I think the opposite and I now think the show is mid for that despite the nostalgic memeories
It’s bad for that, worse than “mid”
I kinda get what they were going for...Basically Dennis the Menace meets Goofus and Gallant...but it only works on paper...ya can't expect a show concept like this without basically making an origin story for a serial killer
I use to watch this show when I was younger thinking that Peter is the one who is loved more and Henry is the bad kid but I didn’t know about all of this
Now that I'm looking back on this show; Henry screams "future serial killer" to me. That dude is a future amber alert waiting to happen
Oh boy that comment 💀