Horrid Henry Happy Birthday Steve!

==Synopsis==
Steve's birthday tea party just happens to clash with a crucial Ashton Athletics Match.
==Plot==
The episode starts with Horrid Henry, Rude Ralph, Beefy Bert and Jolly Josh watching football in Henry's living room. The announcer on the TV says that Ashton Athletic are going through to the FA cup final next Saturday, and Henry and his friends are all excited to watch the big football game. Ralph says they could all watch the final at his house with crisps and lemonade, but then in the kitchen, Mum reminds Henry that they're going to Stuck-Up Steve's birthday tea party next Saturday. She tells him: 'Tea, Henry, not football.', and Henry screams 'Noooo!!!', opening the title card.
The next day in the school playground, Margaret asks Henry if he's looking forward to the cup final. She brags that her parents have bought her a new widescreen TV so they can watch it in high-definition, and they're having a special cake in the shape of a giant football and Henry said "Cool!". Then Margaret and Susan both laugh, said "Cool" in a funny tone and walk on much to Henry's chagrin. Peter reassures Henry that there'll be cakes at Aunt Ruby's too. Enraged, Henry transforms into a Tyrannosaurus Rex and chases Peter across the playground into a corner, but is stopped when a football hits him. Aerobic Al apologises, saying it missed the goal. Henry says he wished he could miss the party if it wasn't happening at the same time as the final, so this gives him an idea. Back at home, Henry telephones Aunt Ruby pretending to be the prime minister, telling her that the clocks are changing next Saturday so tea time will be three hours later than usual, but this trick fails when Stuck-Up Steve recognises Henry's voice on the other end of the phone.
Fluffy stares at the moon through the window, presses the remote control and changes from night to daytime.
On Saturday morning, Henry tries to find different ways to get out of going to the party. First he pretends he doesn’t feel well, but Mum says the only thing wrong with him is football fever and tells him he's got 10 minutes to get ready or he will go in his pyjamas. When Dad comes into the kitchen, Henry pretends to be on the phone to Aunt Ruby saying that the party's cancelled, but Dad doesn't believe him and tells him he's got 20 seconds to finish his cereal. Henry then tries hiding in the cupboard under the stairs, but Peter finds him. He puts broken glass under the car's tyre and hides the map, but Dad gets out the Sat Nav. Henry shouts 'It's not fair!' and begs Dad to take him to Ralph's house but he says 'No!' and Peter tells Henry he can give Steve's present but Henry tells him he doesn't want to do that and Mum tells him not to be horrid. On the way, Henry sees a shop with TVs in the front window. He says 'STOP!' and gets out to watch the game there, but his parents carry him back into the car. On the motorway, Henry insists he needs the toilet, so they stop at the public toilets at the side of the road. In the loo, Henry takes his time and pretends to be locked in. When he refuses to come out, Dad angrily threatens that if he doesn't come out, he'll give away all Henry's toys and he won't get any pocket money until he's 94-and-a-half, much to Dad's embarrassment when a nearby man overhears before Henry finally comes out of the toilet.
When they arrive at Steve's House, Henry asks Aunt Ruby if they can watch the cup final. She initially agrees, but Peter suggests they watch 'Hamsters Do the Funniest Things' and Aunt Ruby prefers that idea much to Henry’s annoyance. They go into the drawing room, but Henry looks around the mansion for a TV. He finally finds an old, rickety but functioning one in the attic, but Mum finds Henry, and makes him come downstairs after turning it off. In the drawing room, Steve is opening his birthday presents and puts aside a personal stereo and a two-way radio, claiming he doesn’t want to talk to anyone on the stereo and already has several two-way radios. Henry whistles and takes them for himself so that he can have them, then sneaks away. Upstairs in the bathroom, Henry telephones Brainy Brian who tells him how to work the radio so he can listen to the match by taking out the blue wire and putting the batteries in the back earning himself a signal and they end the call. Just then, Mum comes upstairs looking for Henry and finds him coming down. She tells him to go downstairs to the dining room where everyone is waiting.
In the dining room, everyone is having dinner. Dad and Mum comment on how nice it is for them all to be together at last with no distractions, since Henry is listening to the game while wearing headphones. Aunt Ruby comes in with Steve's chocolate birthday cake. When the game-winning goal is scored, Henry leaps up and shouts: 'GOAL!' and in doing that, he accidentally knocks the cake out of Aunt Ruby's hands and it lands on her head and splatters everyone. They all shout: 'HENRY!' and Henry replies, 'Oops.', ending the episode.
== Characters ==
*Horrid Henry
*Perfect Peter
*Mum
*Dad
*Stuck-Up Steve
*Rich Aunt Ruby
*Brainy Brian
*Jolly Josh
*Beefy Bert
*Rude Ralph
*Aerobic Al
*Moody Margaret
*Sour Susan
*Horrid Tyrannosaurus
*Fluffy (cameo)
== Trivia ==
* The attic from "Horrid Henry's Haunted House" returned.
**When Mum turns off the TV in the attic, it’s not clear how she knew he was there. She may have simply looked through the rooms and just gone up the attic seeing a light from the TV screen.
*The scene where Henry pretends to be locked in the toilet is similar to a scene in the story, "Horrid Henry's Car Journey".
*When Susan agreed with Margaret and said cool too when Susan says, 'cool', her mouth resembles a volcano.
*The title was most likely supposed to be 'Horrid Henry: Happy Birthday Steve!'.
==Errors==
*The title card, "Horrid Henry's Happy Birthday Steve!" is ungrammatical.
*In the end when everyone yells: 'Henry!', the cake on Ruby's head had disappeared.
*The FA Cup final is never just one week after the semi-finals. It's usually a month to six weeks afterwards.
==Videos==
File:Horrid Henry - Happy Birthday Steve - Videos For Kids - Horrid Henry compilation mix - HFFE
File:Horrid Henry's Happy Birthday Steve
File:Horrid Henry S02E04 Horrid Henry's Happy Birthday Steve
Category:OAS Series 2