Transcript:Horrid Henry Runs Away

[The episode begins with Henry setting up a catapult in the back garden]
Mum: Henry! Inside at once!
Horrid Henry: Oh, what have I done now? [puts Mr Kill on the slingshot] Mr Kill, guard the camp.
[Henry goes inside]
Dad: This was your pocket money, Henry.
Horrid Henry: Huh?
Dad: But this month, you've broken two CDs, [takes off one of Henry's coins] a China mug, [takes another coin] and my toe!
Horrid Henry: It was only your little toe.
Dad: A toe is a toe! [takes one of Henry's coins a third time]
Mum: You have also been horrid to Peter a total of forty-seven times.
Perfect Peter: Uh, forty-eight.
[Dad takes one of Henry's coins for the fourth time]
Mum: And, Miss Battle-Axe has written to us three times to complain you've been naughty, lazy, and making smells on purpose.
Perfect Peter: Big, whiffy ones.
[Dad takes Henry's last coin]
Horrid Henry: No! You can't do that!
Dad: Sit down, Henry. Peter, you've been even more perfect than usual, so your bonus is... Henry's pocket money. [gives Peter Henry's pocket money]
Horrid Henry: This is so unfair! This is the third month in a row! [drops to his knees] I must have pocket money! Please! Please? I beg you! Oh, please, please, please, please, please?
[Mum and Dad look at each other, then Dad gives Henry two coins]
Dad: All right, then. But, we expect excellent behaviour in return.
[The catapult fires outside. Mr Kill flies in through the window and hits Dad. Dad's face turns red with anger]
Horrid Henry: Uh oh.
[Peter takes back Henry's pocket money, but Henry transforms into a snake and coils around him]
Dad: Don't be horrid, Henry! Go to your room, now!
[Henry goes to his room. In his room, he finds two tokens in his skull bank]
Horrid Henry: Two tokens for the dodgems. Great. It's just not fair. [Henry sighs] One day, they'll be sorry. EUREKA! THAT'S IT! I'll run away! Just for a little while. That'll show them. I, Henry, WILL RUN AWAY! 
[Title card shows]
[Henry tries to carry his suitcase from the basement, but Mum stops him]
Mum: Henry! It's late, go to bed.
Horrid Henry: But...
Mum: Bed!
Horrid Henry: Fine. I'll run away tomorrow.
[At night, Fluffy stares at the night sky and presses the remote to turn it to daytime. While Mum was making breakfast, Henry tries to get his suitcase, but Mum calls him for breakfast]
Mum: Henry! Breakfast!
[Henry sighs, then goes up to have breakfast. He tries to get his suitcase again later, but sees Dad in the basement repairing a chair]
Dad: Ah, Henry. Want to help me mend this?
Horrid Henry: Ummm... no. [Henry goes back upstairs]
Dad: Why am I not surprised?
[Henry tries to fetch his suitcase a third time, but the Best Boys are holding a meeting in the basement]
Best Boys: Selfishness must be deplored! Goodness is its own reward! Best Boys always pass the test! Best Boys better than the rest! [while lifting their weights] B-E-S-T! Best boys!
Perfect Peter: Hi, Henry! Do you want to join our club and be a best boy?
Horrid Henry: No way! How long is your stupid meeting going to last?
Perfect Peter: All day! We've got lots of gold stars to give out!
Horrid Henry: I bet you have. [growls, then goes upstairs]
[Scene shows Henry going to Ralph's house. He knocks on the door, then Ralph answers it]
Horrid Henry: I need to borrow a suitcase.
Rude Ralph: Okay.
Horrid Henry: I'm running away. Tonight.
Rude Ralph: Cool! Where to?
Horrid Henry: Ummm, you know, Africa. Probably.
Rude Ralph: Always wanted to visit Africa.
Horrid Henry: You can come if you want.
Rude Ralph: Nah, I'll miss karate killers on the blood channel. Wait here. [goes to his room]
Horrid Henry: Oh, a map would help too.
[Ralph drops the backpack and a map for Henry. Scene shows Henry packing his suitcase that evening]
Horrid Henry: [puts everything in the backpack as he is packing up] Grizzly Grub Box, Dungeon Drink Kit, Goo-Shooter, Mr Kill, Day-Glow Slime. Uh, what else? Ah, comics. Got to have something to read when I'm not fighting lions. [imagines himself fighting a lion. The lion roars at Henry and he roars back to scare him]
Mum: Bedtime, Henry. [opens the door] Come on, into bed. [sees Henry's suitcase] What's all this?
Horrid Henry: Ummm... Ralph lent me some comics.
Mum: Hmm. Well, don't stay up all night reading. Goodnight. [closes the door]
Horrid Henry: [laughs] Hope they go to bed early.
[The scene shows Henry sleeping with the rucksack on his back as the sun comes up]
Horrid Henry: [wakes up, yawns and stretches] Huh, daylight? I'm behind schedule. [struggles to walk with the heavy bag on his back] Africa, here I come!
[Henry reaches the top of the stairs, but is startled by Fluffy. He slips and falls to the bottom of the stairs. He crawls into the kitchen and bumps into Peter]
Perfect Peter: Are you playing turtles, Henry?
Horrid Henry: No. I'm running away, and if you ever, ever tell anyone, [drinks Peter's drink] you'll be sorry. Understand? [unzips his backpack and gives Peter two comics]
Perfect Peter: Where are you going?
Horrid Henry: Africa.
[Henry fetches a chair to stand on, takes the comics from Peter and puts them in the cupboard]
Perfect Peter: Africa? That's miles away!
Horrid Henry: Yeah. It'll probably take me all day to get there. [jumps down from the chair and grabs his case] Right. Goodbye forever! And don't touch anything in my room.
[Henry leaves, closing the back door behind him. He hears something behind him and sees Fluffy following him]
Horrid Henry: Fluffy, go away. Cats aren't allowed in Africa. [Fluffy meows] You'll get stepped on by an elephant. [goes through the gap in the fence and struggles to pull his suitcase through and Fluffy follows him] Huh? Fluffy, go home!
[Fluffy leaves. Henry unzips his bag and gets his map]
Horrid Henry: Hmmm. Africa, Africa, Africa? [checks the map] Straight ahead! Brilliant.
[Henry heaves his bag up the ladder to Margaret's tree house. They both scream when Henry steps on Margaret]
Moody Margaret: Henry!
Horrid Henry: Margaret! What are you doing here?
Moody Margaret: I've run away from home, if you must know.
Horrid Henry: No you haven't, I've run away from home.
Moody Margaret: No, I have.
Horrid Henry: Haven't.
Moody Margaret: Have.
Horrid Henry: Haven't!
Moody Margaret: Have! Anyway, this is my tree house, so go away.
Horrid Henry: I can sit here if I want to.
Moody Margaret: Can't.
Horrid Henry: Can.
Moody Margaret: Can't!
Horrid Henry: Can! [sits down on Margaret's sleeping bag]
Moody Margaret: Ouch! Get off my leg.
Horrid Henry: Shhh! They'll find out we're running away.
Moody Margaret: [whispering] Well, don't think for a minute you're coming with me.
Horrid Henry: You can't come with me either.
Moody Margaret: [whispering] Where are you going, anyway?
Horrid Henry: Africa.
Moody Margaret: Huh! Yuck! Who'd wanna go there? I'm going to Susan's house.
Horrid Henry: Hah, Susan's house? That's not running away.
Moody Margaret: It is too.
Horrid Henry: Isn't.
Moody Margaret: Anyway, I slept here all night. Where did you sleep? [Henry snatches Margaret's biscuits and eats them] Hey, that's my running away food!
Horrid Henry: [laughs] Not any more!
Moody Margaret: Alright, I'm eating some of your running away food. [unzips Henry's bag, looks inside and bursts out laughing] No toothbrush, no clothes, no food. Nothing but toys! You don't know much about running away, do you? I bet you didn't even bring a map.
Horrid Henry: [shows her the map] Did too! What did you bring? [Margaret shows him] Hah, clothes? You don't need clothes in the jungle. Anyway, I thought of running away first.
Moody Margaret: Didn't.
Horrid Henry: Did. [Margaret takes out one of Henry's comics and throws it] Hey, stop it! [takes out one of Margaret's clothes and throws it]
Moody Margaret: Oi, that was neatly packed if you don't mind! [they continue throwing their things at each other] I'm gonna tell your mum where you are, and then you'll be in big trouble!
Horrid Henry: Yeah, and I'll tell yours. And I'll tell her you slept here last night.
[They are interrupted by the smell of pancakes drifting into the tree house and stop fighting]
Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret: Pancakes?!
Moody Margaret: [disappointed] Your house.
Horrid Henry: [outraged] That's just like them. They've found out I've run away and they're celebrating, with pancakes!
Moody Margaret: Well, hah, I'd certainly celebrate if you ran away.
Horrid Henry: I'll show them.
[Henry climbs down the ladder and goes home, and Margaret drops his bag after him. Back in Henry's kitchen, Dad is making pancakes and Peter is laying the table]
Dad: Henry, breakfast time!
Mum: [comes running in] Henry's not in his room!
Dad: What? Peter?
[Mum and Dad both look at Peter, who drops the spoons and blushes]
Mum: Where's Henry?
Perfect Peter: Do I... have to tell you?
Mum and Dad: Yes!
Perfect Peter: Henry's run away.
Dad: Oh no!
[Mum, Dad and Peter go running out the front door. Meanwhile, Henry and Margaret sneak into the kitchen. Mum and Dad are out in the street calling for Henry]
Mum and Dad: Henry!
Dad: Where are you?
Mum: You should've told us, Peter.
[Mum and Dad go back into the kitchen and see Henry and Margaret at the table enjoying the pancakes. Dad was on the phone to the police, about to report Henry missing]
Dad: Oh.
Horrid Henry: Hope you don't mind. I invited Margaret for breakfast.
[Mum and Dad breathe a sigh of relief]
Mum: But Peter said you'd run away?
Horrid Henry: Peter, you mustn't tell lies.
Moody Margaret: Telling lies is naughty, Peter.
[Peter looks up at Mum]
Mum: Oh, I'm very surprised at you, Peter.
Dad: You've let us both down.
[Peter wells up with tears]
Mum: I think Peter's learnt his lesson. [she hugs him]
Dad: Right! Well, why don't I make some more pancakes? [he opens the cupboard door, only for all Henry's things he put in there earlier to fall out] Oh!
Horrid Henry: Uh oh!
Dad: Henry? What's all this?
Perfect Peter: It's all the things that were too heavy for Henry to run away with. See? I was telling the truth all along!
[Henry glares at him]
Mum: How could you be so horrid, Henry!
Dad: This time, you're in big trouble.
Horrid Henry: [to viewers] Tomorrow, I'm really gonna run away!
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