Horrid Henry and the Groovy Grandma

Horrid Henry and the Groovy Grandma is a Horrid Henry short film that was produced for the Great Ormond Street Hospital's "Power of Play" entertainment hub. It was released in November 2021.
==Synopsis==
When Horrid Henry finds his Mum looking through her memory box, it leads to a conversation which not only helps them to express and understand their feelings about the loss of Horrid Henry’s grandmother but also to explore the power of play as a way of being together.
==Plot==
The story begins when Henry heads into the kitchen, seeing Mum, who is trying to find something. Henry says that is a regular thing for him, saying he always loses his homework, and also when he lost his Lucky Thing, Fang, Rude Ralph, which Mum says she remembers those. Henry asks her what she's looking for, and she says she is looking for a button, and not any kind of button. Henry then finds it, and uses the mop to get it for her (abit accidently tipping the bin over in the process).
When Mum sees the mess, Henry says she doesn't always need to be cross, and Mum says he doesn't always need to be Horrid, but they then agree they don't always have to be like that most of the time. Mum sadly continues on, saying she is sometimes tired, in a rush, or doesn't know where she is, which Henry understands.
Henry questions about the button, and Mum tells him that the button belonged to his Grandma. Henry gets confused and asks if it was Great-Aunt Greta's sister, and Mum says it is, showing a photo of Grandma and Great-Aunt Greta together. Henry questions why Great-Aunt Greta is still around, and Grandma isn't, and Mum tells him that Grandma had passed on when Henry was very young, and says that it felt more of a long time to him than to her.
Henry then asks what Grandma was like, and Mum mentions that she was funny, Fun, and made up words like "Scrumpulicious!" and "Hehiles", referring her love for High Heels, with Henry saying that she must have been a Groovy Grandma. She also loved playing the ukelee, quite badly.
Mum then starts to tear up, and Henry questions why she is crying if she's sad or happy, with Mum saying she is crying for both. Henry asks if she would have loved her fort, and Mum said she would have, and been a member of the Purple Hand Gang if she was still alive. Henry says that she is a girl, but Mum says that it wouldn't stop her from joining anyway.
Henry says that Brainy Brian has told him that parents tend to forget to play when they grow-up. He suggests that he and Mum should go out to play at some point, and she admits that is a very good idea. When she notices the time, she puts the pictures back in her Memory Box and asks Henry to put the Memory Box back in her room, in her special hiding place. Henry then says that certainly shows that he learns something new every day and bids ‘Toodle-oo’ to the audience.
At the end, Henry promotes the Great Ormond Street Hospital's "Power of Play" entertainment hub, saying they are good experts on play. At the night, Henry begins making his own Memory Box, and Peter asks him if he can make his own as well, although Henry says nothing. Whilst Peter explains to Henry what he would like in his memory box, the camera slowly moves up to the stars, with a couple of shooting stars flying by. After telling Henry all the things he wants to put in, he asks Henry what he is going to put in his, and Henry says he is going to put Slime in his box, which follows a slime firework to go off in the stars.
The short ends with Henry promoting the Great Ormond Street Hospital's "Power of Play" entertainment hub on the website for GOSH.
==Characters==
* Horrid Henry
* Mum
* Perfect Peter (voice only)
* Grandma (in images/fantasy)
* Great Aunt Greta (mentioned/in an image)
* Rude Ralph (mentioned/fantasy)
* Aerobic Al (fantasy)
* Brainy Brian (mentioned/fantasy)
* Beefy Bert (fantasy)
* Weepy William (fantasy)
== Transcript==
The transcript can be found here.
Status of Transcript: Missing
==Trivia==
*The photo of the Purple Hand Gang references a behind the scenes photo of the Horrid Henry: The Movie cast, mirroring the photo in animation.
*The short contains references to "Horrid Henry and the Zombie Hamster", "Horrid Henry Loses Rude Ralph" and "Horrid Henry and the Lucky Thing".
*Like Horrid Henry and the Big Freeze Wheeze, this is very rare to find.
==Gallery==
File:HH3.jpg|Original behind the scenes photo
File:2021-12-16 18 36 08-Horrid Henry and the Groovy Grandma - YouTube.png|Remake
==Video==
thumb|330x330px
Category:TV Specials