Horrid Henry's Sleepover (episode)

== Synopsis ==
Henry gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to a sleepover at New Nick's house.
== Plot ==
The episode begins with Peter building a tower out of blocks in the sitting room, but Henry rushes in and knocks it over. Henry asks Mum if he can go to a sleepover. Mum asks who Henry's going to a sleepover with because everyone's already had him over. He flooded the bathroom at Greedy Graham's house, made the bed fall through the floor at Beefy Bert's house and spray-painted the walls at Rude Ralph's house. Henry paints the screen black, opening the title card.
Henry says he's going for a sleepover at New Nick's house even though he's a bit weird. Mum agrees and tells him not to be horrid, but Henry says he'll be really, really horrid because Nick's parents let him get away with anything. That evening, Dad is taking Henry to Nick's house. He makes it clear to Henry that he doesn't want any midnight calls like the last time, when Henry shaved half of Ralph's head. Or the time before that, when Henry gave Moody Margaret nits. Or the time before that, when Henry gave Beefy Bert a Mohican. They arrive at Nick's house, and Dad warns Henry to be on his best behaviour.
Henry rings the doorbell and is greeted enthusiastically by Nick's mother, an opera singer. Nick's father, dressed as a vampire, also appears with their two Rottweilers. Nick arrives to greet Henry and introduces him to his sister, Lisping Lily, who is infatuated with Henry. Henry is repulsed by her and suggests to Nick that they raid the kitchen. In the kitchen, Nick throws a biscuit to Henry, but before Henry can take a bite, Rigoletto snatches it from him. Nick takes it from the dog and gives it back to Henry, who changes his mind.
They go upstairs to try something else. Henry starts bouncing on Nick's bed, but the bed collapses because it was already broken. With little else to do, they try watching TV, but they can't hear the programme due to the noise from the karaoke. Nick's Mum comes in and asks if Nick and Henry can be singing fairies in the karaoke performance. Henry decides he's had enough and pretending he's just noticed it's past his bedtime, so he runs back upstairs to Nick's room. Having run out of things to do (the dogs destroyed most of Nick's stuff) Henry gives in and suggests they go to bed. A short while later, Henry wakes up, and the karaoke are still performing. Nick says the radio sometimes helps him get to sleep, but Henry only finds that makes it more difficult.
Later, Henry wakes up again to more noise from the garden. Henry realises he needs a wee and nervously goes out into the hallway. He looks down the staircase, and his nightmare begins. Nick's dogs come running up the stairs and start chasing Henry down the hallway, which seems endless. It gets longer the further Henry runs, while a spooky voice tells Henry to run away. Scary renditions of Nick's mum, dad and sister appear from doors in the hallway. After the nightmare ends, Henry spots the telephone at the end of the corridor.
At Henry's house, the phone rings in Mum and Dad's bedroom. Dad answers, expecting the caller to be Nick's mum or dad, but is surprised to hear Henry's voice on the other end of the phone. Henry screams and pleads Dad to come and get him, ending the episode.
==Characters==
* Horrid Henry
* Perfect Peter
* Mum
* Dad
* New Nick (first appearance)
* Greedy Graham (flashback only)
* Beefy Bert (flashback only)
* Rude Ralph (flashback only)
* Gorgeous Gurinder (flashback only)
* Brainy Brian (flashback only)
* Moody Margaret (flashback only)
* Singing Soraya (flashback only)
* Miss Battle-Axe (flashback, no dialogue)
* Ralph's Mum (mentioned)
* Margaret's Mum (mentioned)
* Bert's Aunt (mentioned)
* Nick's Mum (first appearance)
* Nick's Dad (first appearance)
* Nick's Dogs (first appearance)
* Lisping Lily (first appearance)
== Locations ==
* Henry's House
* Graham's House (flashback)
* Bert's House (flashback)
*Ralph's House (flashback)
* Nick's House
== Trivia ==
* This episode is New Nick's first appearance, although he makes a minor appearance in "Horrid Henry's Time Capsule", which came before this episode in broadcast order.
* It was unknown in the flashback why Margaret invited Henry to her sleepover since she hates Henry.
*It doesn't look like Margaret was different in the flashback, but it does give us a clue. Her mum was combing her hair, so Henry might have given her fleas.
*This episode is the second episode (after "Horrid Henry's Haunted House") to primarily take place at the house of another character.
*Henry paints the screen black to open the title card, the only time this has happened in the series.
*The nightmare in the hall scene is a possible reference to Stanley Kubrick's horror film The Shining.
*Another episode where Henry didn't yell 'Noooo!!!'. in the start or end of the episode.
*This is also revealed to be Horrid Henry's last sleepover as in Horrid Henry and the Best Boy's Club Sleepover when Mum refuses to let Henry have a sleepover.
==Errors==
*Greedy Graham's voice sounds exactly like Henry's in a flashback.
*In a flashback, Moody Margaret's mum says, 'Come and pick up your son!', despite living next door.
*When Henry and Nick were watching TV, they were watching Rapper Zapper. However, its lines were very similar to Mutant Max's.
*When Dad says "I don't want Nick's parents phoning me to come and collect you", there is a frame error on his mouth.
== Differences from the book ==
* In the book, the flashbacks of past sleepovers were that Henry ate all the ice cream and left the freezer door open at Greedy Graham's, jumped on all the beds and broke them at Dizzy Dave's, and did an unspecified horrid thing at Rude Ralph's. In the episode, the flashbacks show Henry flooding the bathroom at Greedy Graham's, jumping on the bed and making it fall through the floor at Beefy Bert's, and spray-painting the walls at Rude Ralph's.
* In the book, Nick's family have five dogs. In the episode, they only have two.
* In the episode, Nick's dogs chewed the pillows, along with Nick's toys, cars and comics, as well as the sprinkler and the hose. In the book, they only chewed the pillows.
* In the book, Henry and Nick attempt to watch Mutant Max. In the episode, they watch Rapper Zapper.
* In the book, Nick's Dad snatches the biscuit away from Rigoletto and gives it back to Henry. In the episode, Nick himself does this.
* In the episode, Henry gives in and goes to bed when Nick's Mum wants him to be a singing fairy in her opera performance. In the book, he goes to bed because they can't hear the TV over the karaoke.
* In the book, Henry phones Dad at 3 a.m. In the episode, he phones Dad at 1 a.m.
* In the book, Henry hides in the linen cupboard to escape from Lisping Lily. He doesn't do this in the episode.
== Video ==
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Category:OAS Series 1