Horrid Henry's Petsitting Service

==Synopsis==
Henry's new service to the community - 'petsitting' - comes unstuck when he gets over-ambitious.
==Plot==
Henry is watching the TV when an advert for the new Bubble Blaster gun comes on. Remembering it's pocket money day, both he and Peter are given 50p from Mum; while Peter is pleased and saves it for a rainy day, Henry claims it's not enough, pointing out that it's not enough and that Ralph gets £5.00 per week. 
After being told he'll have to save up, Henry turns to stomp up the stairs when he accidentally trips. As a result, he drops the 50p, which then bounces down the stairs and out of the open door, which Dad has just walked through, and down a drain. Henry's 'Noooo!!!' opens the title card.
The next scene shows Henry in Peter's room where he is counting his change from his money bank. After spotting Anxious Andrew's stick insects on Peter's shelf, Peter explains that he's looking after them for the weekend and that in exchange, Andrew donated 50p to his chosen charity. At first, Henry scoffs but then he gets a Eurkea moment and realises that he can charge for his own petsitting service. He calls Ralph to spread the word.
After Ralph's call-out, a series of classmates and acquaintances, including Jolly Josh with his snake and Singing Soraya with her rabbit, and even Mother Battle-Axe, arrive with their pets. Mum gets suspicious with Henry sneaking about and, after asking Henry again what he is up to, goes and stands outside his room to find out. 
By now, Henry has acquired many of his friends' pets to look after, and in addition to the rabbit and snake, now includes a pig, monkey, mouse, parrot, and two turtles. After Henry quickly hides all the animals, Mum inspects the room and criticises its lack of cleanliness; before she leaves, she demands he starts to tidy it immediately or he won't get anymore pocket money.
Despite being told to get lost, Peter then barges his way into Henry's room and upon seeing the animals, threatens to tell Mum. Henry makes Peter promise not to tell and makes up the excuse that the local pet store has ran out of money, spending it "all on dog food" and therefore, has given Henry all the pets to look after.
Realising that they have nothing to feed them with, Peter suggests looking in the kitchen for pet food and asks to help. Henry agrees, with his two only rules being "Never tell Mum and Dad" and "Never ever leave this [Henry's bedroom] door open" and comes up with a plan where Peter will distract Mum and he'll handle food supplies. However, their plan goes awry when he returns to his room and finds all the pets missing. After Henry and Peter blame each other, Henry decides they need to find them before Mum does otherwise "rabbit pie", leading to Peter yell 'Noooo!!!'. 
After searching the house and failing to use food as bait, the animals are shown to have moved to various rooms; Mum opens the fridge door, oblivious to the coiled, hissing snake inside, which she hears, but shakes it off as hearing things, and Dad is shocked to see the pig and monkey chasing each other around his chair. 
Just then, Mum announces that it's tea time and the family sit around the table as Mum serves them all salad. However, chaos ensures as Henry is blamed for making pig sounds due to the fact that it's hiding under the table; the rabbit ends up on Peter's plate and finishes his salad; and the mouse runs up Dad's trouser leg, causing him to react. Finally, the snake ends up under the main dish platter causing Mum to faint. Seeing the opportune moment of distraction, Henry yells Peter to take them all upstairs to hide. 
Now at the door, all of Henry's customers come to collect their pets, with Peter entertains Mum and Dad as a distraction. After celebrating his earnings, he is caught by Mum and improvises, claiming that it's actually Peter's money. When Mum sends Henry off to finish his tea, an elderly charity worker knocks at the door and states she is collecting for a pet shelter. Peter, thinking Henry was serious about the money being his, hands over the money.
Later Henry ambushes Peter and demands he hands over the cash to which Peter replies that he can't and that "they came to collect it". Finally understanding that Peter gave away his earnings, he closes the episode with his famous "Nooooo!!!". 
== Characters ==
* Horrid Henry
* Perfect Peter
* Mum
* Dad
* Jolly Josh
*Slightly The Snake
* Mother Battle-Axe
*Singing Soraya
* Pet Shelter Collector
* Tiddles
* Anxious Andrew (mentioned)
*Rude Ralph (mentioned)
* Miss Battle-Axe (cameo, error appearance)
* Aerobic Al (cameo)
* Beefy Bert (cameo)
* Lazy Linda (cameo)
* Goody-Goody Gordon (cameo)
* Fluffy (flashback)
== Trivia ==
* This episode introduces a lot of the characters' pets.
*This is a list of the following pets the people own:
**Mother Battle-Axe owns mice
**Josh owns a snake
**Soraya owns a rabbit
**Berts owns a pig
**Al owns a monkey
**Linda owns two turtles
**Gordon owns a parrot
* When Henry imagines he will make millions and billions of money, he's holding two Fluffys.
*Alongside "Horrid Henry's Heist" (the following episode) this is one of the most complicatedly scripted episodes, with additional complicated nonverbal communication at some points.
==Errors==
*After Mother Battle-Axe gives her pet to Henry to look after, she leaves after Henry closes the front door. When Mum asks him what's in the box, you can see through the front door window that it's Miss Battle-Axe who leaves, not Mother Battle-Axe.
*When Mother Battle-Axe rings the doorbell, her sleeve has Miss Battle-Axe's sleeve colour.
*The pillow that Henry was hiding the pig under somehow teleported to where Henry put his head.
== Videos ==
File:Horrid Henry - Petting Service - Cartoons For Children - Horrid Henry compilation mix - HFFE
File:Horrid Henry Horrid Henry's Petsitting Service
File:Horrid Henry's Petsitting Service-2
File:Petsitting Service - Phantom Fish Filcher - Horrid Henry DOUBLE Full Episodes
Category:OAS Series 2