Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter (episode)

== Synopsis ==
Henry feels that he knows how to deal with babysitters, but when Rabid Rebecca turns up, Henry discovers that his usual tactics just don't work. He's then forced to be even more inventive by teaming up with his brother Perfect Peter to defeat her.
== Plot ==
The episode begins with Mum washing the dishes while Henry and Peter are eating spaghetti. Dad told Mum he can't find a babysitter, so they decide to cancel it. Henry was happy that the babysitter was cancelled. Peter told Mum and Dad Henry scared them all away. Henry asked why he should be nice to a ugly, stuck-up, bossy teenager who gets to watch TV and eats his biscuits. Henry remembers the last time how he gets rid of the other babysitters like Crabby Chris, Mad Martin and Tetchy Tess. Dad finally found a babysitter: Rebecca. Henry said, 'Rebecca? Not Rabid Rebecca!' and shouts 'Noooo!!!', opening the title card.
Henry begs his parents not to let Rebecca babysit because she's horrible. Dad tells him that she isn't horrible, just strict. Someone rings the doorbell, and Henry tells Peter not to answer it but was too late to stop him, and he bets she eats elephants for breakfast. Rebecca almost steps on him, but she steps over him. When Rebecca asked what was there to eat, Dad tells her to check the fridge and Mum says bedtime is at nine o' clock then tells Henry not to be horrid as they hurry out to dinner with Peter shutting the door behind them.
Rebecca says to Henry that he's known as 'Horrid Henry'. Henry says that she's known as Rabid Rebecca with Peter saying that he's 'Perfect Peter' and assured them that they are going to have a good time together. Rebecca says she likes good while grunting as Peter looked worried. Rebecca told Henry that she aspects and demands good as he nods answering her question about them all being clear then she clenches fists. Peter said that he's great at being good but it will be difficult and tough for Henry who is not worried one little bit.
In the living room, Henry was watching Mutant Max on TV when Rebecca changed the channel and takes his seat away. As she watches ballroom dancing, Peter brought her popcorn and a drink but she hated it and makes a mess on the floor. Peter says sorry to her then starts cleaning up and then he sees a show about ballroom dancing and asked Rebecca's favourite but she tells him to get lost. Henry starts dancing around in front of the TV blocking Rebecca's way as she shouts at him to shut up. Then Peter joins in and dance too but Rebecca got up and grabs hold of him and Henry. 
Rebecca takes the boys to bed but Henry says it is not his bedtime for hours and Peter suggest they play a game of Chinese checkers or tiddlywinks but Rebecca chose hide and seek instead and tells the brother to hide as she throws them out of the living room while giving them a warning that if she finds them, they will wishing she has not and shut down. Peter goes to hide in the cupboard under the stairs but Henry told him that he is not hiding from Rebecca because he has beaten all the babysitters in town and will win this game. Henry prepares by pouring juice into his pistol when Rebecca shuts the fridge making him spill it on his clothes. Next Henry rides his skateboard towards Rebecca but then she held out a screwdriver and took the wheels out making him crash.
Then Henry tries to flood the bathroom by turning on faucet of the sink but when he opens the curtains, Rebecca was in the bathtub and sprays water at him with the shower and falls on the toilet seat. Later, Henry was all wet as he joins Peter in the cupboard who was still hiding. He then makes a phone call to the policemen and told him that they have an intruder in their house. Henry describes Rebecca as ten feet tall, teeth sides as icebergs and she's watching their TV but Peter denies that she is an intruder when he shushes him. The boys listens as they hear the doorbell and lots of gobbledygook coming from the policemen who just arrived talking to Rebecca then the door closes.
Soon, the boys come out to look in the living room knowing that Peter won hide and seek but then Rebecca shows up behind them meaning they did not win this game as she approaches angrily at them for trying to turn into the police but Peter says he had nothing with this and that she is very charming. Rebecca gives Henry and Peter five seconds and starting counting as they run upstairs to bed. Henry climbs into bed then changes to his pyjamas as Rebecca tells him if he tries to get out of bed, he will be sorry he was born and shuts the door. In his room, Henry talks to the audience about his reputation and hopes no-body finds out that he went to sleep two whole hours before bedtime.
Peter comes inside to see Henry if what he is going to do about Rebecca and tells him not to lay down doing nothing. Henry says 'no!' because no-one tells him what to do and tells Peter that they will stand up to her and gain their freedom although, Peter suggest he stay in his room as Henry leaves calling him worm. Rebecca was reading a book downstairs when she picks a TV magazine, she finds a spider and gets spooked but it was just a toy and brushes it off the sofa. Henry watches and gets a Eureka moment giving himself a idea and goes back upstairs where Peter was waiting there.
Henry tells Peter that we need a spider, a really big spider with species. Henry ties string to the spider hanging on a ceiling then he tells Peter to scream for help but he stomps on his foot making yell very loud to get Rebecca's attention. Henry carries the boxes to his room as Rebecca comes upstairs to approaches Peter and asked why he is not in bed then he points to the spider around her. Rebecca gets really scared as she moves away, there another one on the wall then Henry pours another one to crawl on her boot and comes out showing Peter.
Rebecca begs Henry to get the spiders away from her but he makes a deal to watch Mutant Max on TV, stay up late when his parents come back and eats some ice cream too which she desperately agrees. Henry puts all the spiders in the jar as Peter says he will take them to school tomorrow and closes the lid on. However, Rebecca breaks the deal and tells the boys to get bed but Henry ended bringing the spiders closer to her as she moves down the stairs. Peter tells Henry not to that but he said that Rebecca broke her promise to them which he agrees that grown ups should always keep them. Henry slides the jar making Rebecca in the cupboard under the stairs and locks her up with a chair as she screams 'LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT RIGHT NOW!'. Henry says to Peter ‘Freedom!’.
Henry and Peter were in the sitting room watching Mutant Max together while eating ice cream, popcorn and crisps. Then they heard the car knowing their parents are back so Henry turns off the TV and waits for Mum and Dad to come inside as he lets Rebecca out of the cupboard. The door was open and Henry unlocks the cupboard letting Rebecca out but then she grabs him and tries to take him apart limb by limb. Then Mum and Dad spots them and Rebecca runs out of the house before putting Henry down. Mum hugs Henry and Peter as Dad looks in the living room to see the mess and says that they will not having Rebecca here to babysit again. Peter says to Henry that they make a pretty good team together but Henry ends the episode by pushing him into the cupboard, closing the door and says 'Huh, Not in my lifetime!' with a grin on his face. 
==Characters==
*Horrid Henry
*Perfect Peter
*Mum
*Dad
*Rabid Rebecca (first appearance)
*Crabby Chris (first appearance, flashback)
*Mad Martin (first appearance, flashback)
*Tetchy Tess (first appearance, flashback, does not speak)
*Violinist (in Henry's imagination)
*Policeman (On The Phone)
== Locations ==
* Henry's House
==Trivia==
*In this episode, Rebecca has her job as a babysitter. In Horrid Henry and the Terrible Teacher, she has her job as a teacher. And in Horrid Henry's Haircut, she has a job as a hairdresser.
*In a scene that shows Henry spilling juice on Crabby Chris's white pants, the juice was yellow. In one that Henry got juice all over him, it was dark pink.
*There is another version of this episode that fixes the error with the toy spider and Peter wearing his clothes instead of his pajamas when he hears Rebecca coming up the stairs.
*This is the first episode where Henry and Peter actually work together.
*The lady in the ballroom dancing program resembles Sam's Mum.
==Errors==
*When Mum and Dad come home, Dad is in his suit, but when he says they won't have Rebecca to babysit again, he's in his normal clothes.
*When Dad comes to say he found a babysitter, he's holding a TV remote instead of a phone.
*When Tess hears Henry flooding the bathroom, she has pink lipstick. But, when she turns around to the door before it's flooded, the lipstick is gone.
*When Rabid Rebecca counts to five to make Henry and Peter run to bed, Henry runs to his room and opens his door and leaves it open. When Henry takes his clothes off, Rebecca opened the door. Which means the door is closed.
*Horrid Henry has spaghetti on his plate and was eating it. But when Henry screams, 'Noooo!!!', it is gone.
*When Henry complains over Rabid Rebecca, Dad is wearing his dark purple suit, and Mum is putting her lipstick on, but the lipstick does not appear on Mum's lips.
*When Peter shudders when Rebecca comes upstairs, he changes from his pajamas into his ordinary clothes. (only occurs in CITV version)
*When Rebecca pokes the toy spider with a book and knocks it off the sofa, it changes into a real spider. (only occurs in CITV version)
*When Henry continues doo dah'ing after Peter corrects him, his mouth movements do not match.
== Video ==
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Category:OAS Series 1