Horrid Henry Meets the Queen (episode)

== Synopsis ==
The Queen is coming to Henry's school. The real-life Queen - at last Henry will get to ask her how many televisions she's got! But Peter is asked to meet the Queen and present her with a bouquet, but Henry and Peter have to be VERY careful not to get sent to the tower of London.
== Plot ==
The episode begins with Henry running to school late, saying to the audience that it’s not like he's not going to miss anything and everyone came bursting out with excitement. After Henry asked what was going on, Gorgeous Gurinder says, 'We're going to be on telly!', Greedy Graham says, 'We're going to get chocolate.', and Lazy Linda says: 'We're gonna get a whole month's holiday, I hope.'. Then Moody Margaret said to Henry 'The Queen's coming to school, stupid.' and Sour Susan says: 'Yeah, stupid!'. Henry asked Rude Ralph, 'Why is the Queen coming to school? Doesn't she know everything already?' and imagines her in his class, but Ralph calls him an idiot and tells him that she's coming on a royal visit not to learn.
Henry is very excited. He wondered he could ask the queen how many TVs she's got and while he was telling Ralph the reason, they listen to Miss Oddbod saying that the person that will greet the Queen and give her flowers will be Peter because he's got more gold stars than anyone else. With that, Henry shouts, 'It's not fair!', opening the title card.
Peter says to his Bunny wearing a crown, 'Welcome to our school, Your Majesty. My name is...', and Henry replies with, 'Worm!', but Peter says his name, and does the following things: bow, bouquet, answer a question, walk away. Henry yawns and imagines himself getting a visit with everyone bowing down as he walks over them. Then Peter gives Henry his Bunny, but the only thing Henry says is, 'So little boy, why are you so smelly?', which made Peter cry. Henry gives back Peter's bunny and goes out of the living room. Henry goes in the kitchen and ask Mum how many TVs has the Queen got but she shrugs and talks on the phone. Henry then enters outside and meets Margaret, who says, 'I'd die in embarrassment if my dad put up a flagpole in front of our house, Henry.', and Henry says it's not a flagpole, it's a pole. Dad tells him to get the Union Jack from the cellar, proves Margaret's point, because they're going to have a proper flag raising ceremony to celebrate Peter meeting the Queen. Henry says that it's so embarrassing, and Dad tells him to get the flag now.
Henry comes back in the sitting room and tells Peter he's doing it all wrong. Peter says that he isn't - until Henry tells him to make a fool of himself! Peter tells Henry, 'Are you sure this is how you greet the Queen?', and Henry replies with 'Yes. And, if you get it wrong, they'll lock you up in the tower.'. Peter says, 'No!' but Henry says, 'And then they'll sharpen their huge axe, and...'. Peter yells for Mum and tells her Henry says that he's going to get his head chopped off. Mum tells Henry not to be horrid, and then Dad asks him where's his flag. While Henry went to get the flag, Peter asks Dad is it true that they chop off people's heads in the tower. Dad tells him it is, because that's why they call it 'The Bloody Tower' but then Peter faints onto the floor. Henry goes in the cellar to get the flag under the laundry basket full of clothes then gets an idea.
Outside, Henry attaches the union flag to the pole but when Dad raises the flag, the family see three underpants tied up much of their embarrassment. Margaret laughs hysterically as Henry salutes and tells Dad he told him it would be embarrassing to raise the flag.
Back at school, Miss Battle-Axe then gives everyone in the class pictures of heirs to draw. She looks at the class's drawings but asks Henry why he drew himself as a king. He convinces Miss Battle-Axe that he's born of royal-blood, additionally saying Mum and Dad aren't his actual parents and that Peter isn't his real brother, Margaret and Susan thinks he just followed them from the zoo but Miss Battle-Axe then tells Henry that he is overlooking one small fact: there were no children born in the same year as him. Henry says he’ll never find out how many TVs the Queen’s got.
Mum told Peter that the Queen wants to meet him not send to the tower while tucking his shirt in his trousers and cover his sweater over it. But then Peter saw Henry behind Mum's back wiggling his finger and pretends to choke giving him a scare. During the visit, Henry tries to ask the Queen his question about TV sets, but Miss Battle-Axe covers his mouth and Peter gives her the flowers in the face and everyone were shocked. Then he wiggles his finger at her and begs her not to send him to the tower and chop his head off then Miss Oddbod quickly suggests they see their Tudor Display. Next, Henry and his classmates sing modern times, but Henry pushes them out the way despite Miss Battle-Axe telling him to stay in line and he sings 'How many TVs do you owe?'. Then Miss Battle-Axe grabs him and splashes the Queen and her Guard in mud.
Later at home, Mum comforts a very upset Peter while Dad scolds to Henry for disgracing the entire family and making his brother look like a complete idiot. Henry tries to explain all this when they see white limo outside and the Queen's Guard comes out. Henry was relief but Peter was worried that he'll get his head chopped off. The Queen Guard told the family that the Queen of England was asked thousands of questions, but never before TV sets and he told them there are 82. Henry was surprised, and he asked if she has a spare one for his bedroom, but the Guard told him not to push it. He then gives Henry and Peter two royal passes to the Tower of London for making her visit to the school. Henry and Peter then scream, 'NOOOOOOO!!!' while holding their necks with their hands, ending the episode.
== Characters ==
* Horrid Henry
* Perfect Peter
* Mum
* Dad
* Miss Battle-Axe
* Miss Oddbod
* Tidy Ted (cameo)
* Singing Soraya (cameo)
* Anxious Andrew (cameo)
* Goody-Goody Gordon (cameo)
* Weepy William (cameo)
* Jolly Josh (cameo)
* Brainy Brian (cameo)
* Aerobic Al (cameo)
* Gorgeous Gurinder
* Mr Soggington (cameo)
* Beefy Bert (cameo)
* Margaret's Dad (cameo)
* Margaret's Mum (cameo)
* Rude Ralph
* Greedy Graham
* Lazy Linda
* Miss Lovely
* Moody Margaret
* Sour Susan
* Queen
* Security Guard (first appearance)
* Security Guard Woman (first appearance)
* Mr Mossy (cameo)
* Gordon's Dad (cameo)
* Gordon's Mum (cameo, first appearance)
*Unnamed Girl (first appearance)
* Jolly Joe (first appearance)
*Bunny
*Unknown Students
*Unnamed Female Dinner Guest (cameo)
== Locations ==
* Henry's House
* Ashton Primary School
== Trivia ==
* This is the second time Peter yells, 'Noooo!!!'.
* When Henry imagines switching places to a different baby trolley by accident, that other baby looks like Beefy Bert as a baby.
* Jolly Josh and Lazy Linda were seen in the background but didn't take part in Henry and classmates' singing.
* When Henry pushed William, he didn't cry.
* This is the Queen's first major appearance in the show. She previously appeared in Henry's imagination in "Horrid Henry's Sports Day" and "Horrid Henry's Hobby".
**The Queen is obviously based on Queen Elizabeth II, the real life Monarch of Great Britain at the time of airing. She unfortunately passed away on 8th September 2022.
* Henry and Peter clutch their necks when they scream, 'Noooo!!!', in fear that they're having their heads cut off.
*It is unlikely the royal family are aware of this episode.
*The music that Dad plays when raising the flags (and underpants) is Sir Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1 in D Major".
*One man shares a resemblance to the Unnamed Male Dinner Guest.
*The Queen's Guard says she has 82 TV sets, in reality however, she only had one, this is either a joke or exaggeration the Guard made, or it is simply different in the show's universe.
*The episode is one of the very few to feature an animated version of a real life person, namely Queen Elizabeth II, who was head of state at the time of airing.
==Differences from the Story==
* The beginning is different from both versions, the book version already begins at the part where Peter is pretending to present flowers to the Queen while Henry is watching. The TV version sees Henry coming in late and finding out through his friends that the Queen is coming.
* The reasoning for the Queen's visit is different. In the TV version, she's coming on a royal visit while in the book, she is coming to see the tudor walls the school built.
* When Henry pretends to be the Queen and saying "Why are you so smelly?", Peter cries in the TV version, but he reacts in shock in the book version before eventually telling Mum and crying.
* There are three scenes added in the TV version:
** When Dad tells Peter that what Henry said is correct about the tower which causes Peter to faint.
** When Henry is asked to bring the union jack flag and also brings a pair of underwear.
** When Henry is drawing a picture of King Henry the Horrible in School.
* Peter is wearing his best party clothes when presenting the flowers in the book version, but in the TV version he's wearing his regular clothes but with a bow tie.
* The mud splashing scene is different in both versions:
** In the book, Henry splashes so hard to the point that Miss Battle-Axe, Miss Oddbod and the Queen are all covered, with Miss Oddbod eventually fainting.
** In the TV version, It's Miss Battle-Axe who splashes the Queen and her Butler after she tries to go for Henry and misses.
* It is unknown if Henry got any punishment for ruining the ceremony in the book version, while in the TV version he does get punished in a sequence not seen in the original story.
== Errors ==
* When the children were singing, Ralph was with them singing, but when Miss Battle-Axe grabs Henry and splashes mud all around, Ralph wasn't seen.
* When Miss Oddbod said, 'Hip Hip Hooray!' the last time, the people in the background behind them are not waving their flags.
* When Dad says, 'Get the Union Jack from the cellar please, Henry.', it looks like there are two poles.
*When Miss Oddbod and Peter walk to the queen, Peter's bowtie is missing.
*When Peter begs the Queen not to send him to the tower, his bowtie is missing.
== Videos ==
File:Horrid Henry Meets The Queen
File:Tudor Display song - Horrid Henry
Category:OAS Series 1