Horrid Henry Sells the School

== Synopsis ==
Horrid Henry gets a chance to do the thing that he has always wanted to do: sell the school to the highest bidder.
== Plot ==
The episode starts at school, where Miss Battle-Axe is teaching her class maths. Henry, however, has fallen asleep, and when he is woken up, claims it is due to a late night the night before. Before he can be told off, Miss Oddbod walks in, saying she needs some volunteers. Miss Battle-Axe instantly calls on Henry, and he, in a confused manner, volunteers without realising what it is for. When he asks, Moody Margaret claims it is for being a bogey brain beetle bug. Miss Oddbod then explains it is to help her make a video, and instantly everyone puts their hands up, but Miss Battle-Axe explains Henry has already volunteered. Henry is happy at first, but Miss Battle-Axe says she doesn't think he can be trusted to do it on his own, and says that he should do the video with Margaret. Margaret beams while Henry screams, 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!' as the title card shows.
In Miss Oddbod's office, Miss Oddbod explains to them that they need to make a video to help sell the school. Henry is excited at this idea and asked the audience if they can believe it. Later that day, at break, Rude Ralph asks Henry what video he's making. Henry says his video is going to be bigger and better than all those combined, but Margaret comes up and asks why he is saying 'my video'. Henry says the video he’s going to make and Margaret asked what is he got to make with. Ralph says she’s right and told Henry he hasn’t got a video camera but Henry responds that Ralph has one though and he says his mum lent it to his relatives much for his dismay. Margaret says this is the video she’s going to make instead and Henry asked how are they going to play this. 
Margaret explains that she’ll be the very important director, Ralph can be the second/third/fourth AD, Peter and his friends will be best boy each, Susan the costume designer, Gruinder on makeup, Linda on hair, Soyara the singing coach but there won’t be any singing though. Brian in charge of account, Graham on catering, Al on stunts, Bert just says ‘I dunno’ but she fires William who just cries. Everyone else can be extras but she tells him not to think they’ll get credits since she’s the director and what she says goes. Mr Soggington shows up to tell Margaret he’s offering his service to be part of the video too by saying he’s a reasonably good football player, dancer abd playing the tuba but Margaret doesn’t think those won’t work for her. Mr Soggington says he can pretty mean and scares William and Josh so Margaret hires him as security. Then Margaret starts to make her speech but first she signals Mr Soggington to come over, crawl down and stands on top of him. Then Margaret tells the everyone tomorrow we’re making a movie and they cheered but she’s making this and they’re just helping her so they cheered anyway. And she makes two rhymes if pink is purple and purple is pink, they don’t blink, down is up and up is down, they’re don’t even frown then calls herself a poet and doesn’t even know it and chuckles. Everyone else just fold their arms scrawling then Margaret also tells them to laugh if she says so. They all laugh not a funny way then Margaret say that’s covers that up but Henry told her he hasn’t got a job and she makes him the first AD much to his excitement but no-one is smiling then he asked if that stands for Assistant director and they nodded. Henry asked if that’s a good thing and they shake their heads meaning No. Margaret said it is good because Henry belongs to her forever and cackles evilly then says let’s get this show rolling on gathering no muss, they’ll break down the door, blow open the windows and sell this school. 
Meanwhile watching from her office window, Miss Oddbod tells Miss Battle-Axe they haven’t done something they’re going to regret later so she makes her keep on this production. The next morning, Henry leaves the house as Margaret appears to ask where is he going and he says to school since they’re making a video but Margaret says she’s making it and he’s just helping as got her video camera. Henry asked her ‘What are you doing now, bogey brain?’ And Margaret responds with ‘I beg your pardon?!’ So Henry tries it again ‘Oh very important director’. Margaret says she is thinking about what to call her movie so Henry walks on but she reminds him that as first AD, he has to come up with a title. So Henry suggest ‘Buy this school now!’ but Margaret declined it and Henry says ‘Bogeus Maximus’ the school motto but Margaret says she knows it’s not true and Henry says the real school motto ‘Ad Solum Despereto’ much to Margaret’s interest. Then Mr Soggington shows up on his motorcycle and Margaret says he’s her driver to Henry who unimpressively says ‘Ad Solum Esperanto’.
The video begins with a school badge logo, Peter giving them a tour of Ashton primary school and the camera pans to Margaret and Miss Battle-Axe is keeping on eye on Henry (holding her director hat) like a good executive producer for a distance. Margaret then shouts ‘Turn over’ which Linda does and Peter takes the pupils watching around the school with demon dinner lady, her delicious stew, boys and girls lavatories, William comes out and runs back into one of them crying, Peter shows the classroom where pupils are not out of control which they are. Then he heads to the waiting room where Henry takes a key, locks the confiscation cupboard, puts in the fish bowl and runs off. Then Margaret takes over and says if anyone wants to buy this school, they better hurry and who wouldn’t want to buy something as lovely as this, it’s theirs if they can get her onto too cool for school then she concludes the video by saying the motto along with everyone 'Ad solum Despereto' Then she says it’s wrap then asked for her very important hat. 
At her office, Miss Oddbod tells Henry and Margaret that she didn’t think they would try to sell the school, she thought they’d sell the school to pupils who might to come her much for their misunderstanding. When Miss Oddbod asked Henry and Margaret who was responsible for making the video, they blamed each other and she fires them both. Henry and Margaret yelled ‘NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!’, then Miss Oddbod says 'Thank you and goodnight' to the audience and switches off the episode with her remote control.
== Characters==
*Horrid Henry
*Miss Battle-Axe
*Miss Oddbod
*Moody Margaret
*Rude Ralph
*Mr Soggington
*Miss Battle-Axe's Class
*Best Boys Club
*Aunty Shields (mentioned)
*Ralph's cousin (mentioned)
*New Nick (cameo)
*Greedy Graham (cameo)
*Brainy Brian (cameo)
*Singing Soraya
*Weepy William
*Aerobic Al (cameo)
*Sour Susan (cameo)
*Beefy Bert
*Unknown Students (cameo)
*Greasy Greta (cameo)
==Trivia==
*This episode's storyline and ending are seemingly both references to the BBC One reality game show The Apprentice (there is even a spin on the music), but in a more simple structure that is easier for kids to follow.
*This episode is more business-themed and task-based than most other episodes.
*This is one of the ten episodes where Henry and Margaret both lose.
*Mr. Soggington once said 'Ad solum Despereto' in Horrid Henry Takes a Shortcut.
*When Miss Oddbod asked both Henry and Margaret who was responsible for making the video of selling the school, the truth is that it was actually Margaret who was responsible for the video because she was the director of the video, she was also the one assigning roles to the other students in the school and it was her video camera that was being used to make the video. So realistically, Miss Oddbod should’ve only fired Margaret for being in charge of producing and publishing that video.
==Video==
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Category:OAS Series 3