Horrid Henry and the Perfect Panto

== Synopsis ==
When Henry's school play is cancelled, Margaret will not take no for an answer - which is a good thing and a bad thing! Horrid Henry is given the job of directing the school pantomime. Unfortunately, the star of the show is the difficult Moody Margaret.
== Plot ==
The episode begins at the house where Henry is at his desk and Mum comes in the room saying Margaret has called again, making it the 6th time she called. Mum asks Margaret about the calls and the phone soon fills up with her words. Mum tells Henry that Margaret wants to discuss her motivation. Henry takes the phone, and it is about the school panto.
The scene cuts to a flashback where it was like a typical day when Margaret appears with a pink cloak around her, she announces the auditions for the panto. Miss Battle-Axe declares the panto is cancelled due to 'lack of interest or funds' resulting in Margaret screaming, 'Noooo!!!' opening the title card.
While taking a selfie and texting on her phone during class, Margaret starts to tell Henry this is all his fault because of last year's panto going wrong due of him answering yes instead of no when they asked if there was any room in the inn. Henry says he was just being friendly and Margaret responded that she's not letting him this year's panto. Margaret gets a text alert on her phone and says ‘Sorted!’. As Henry asked what she meant as Miss Oddbod came in to tell everyone the panto had been saved thanks to a mystery benefactor known as Margaret's Dad. Margaret decides that auditions start early and Henry is chosen to be a director by Miss Battle-Axe.
The scene cuts back to today. As Henry talks on the phone, Peter comes in his bunny costume and Henry tells him he is the White Rabbit. However, Peter reminds him that he is a pink rabbit which the latter insists he'll have to pretend. The scene goes back to school where Ralph plays as Henry's left tenant looking for any guest stars.
Ralph shows Fearless Phantom is a no, (too busy being fearless) and Stunning Stella is a no (too busy being stunning) and the 2C4S presenters (too busy being too cool for school). Ralph is finding a star and Henry tells him to hurry or else they won’t have one by tonight then the scene changes to the costume room where a demanding Margaret wants to be dressed up. She also wants a new Mad Hatter because William keeps crying when she says 'Off with his head!', and to the Best Boys too.
Margaret also wants the colour of her costume changed to red because she is the Queen of Hearts. William becomes an awake Snow White while Linda is a sleeping Snow White. While Henry sorts out the actors, Margaret speaks out her lines with Stuck-Up Steve as the new Mad Hatter.
Ralph manages to find a real star who wants to appear in the closing song of the panto which he’s already taken care of since Henry had forgotten. Soon the play ends with the song Believe. And everyone sings it and soon the star is the Ice Cream vendor. The scene is the room where Henry explains to the audience how the panto was a success while talking on the phone to Margaret, but however, Miss Oddbod has expected another perfect panto like they did again next year or else. With that, Henry shouts, 'Noooo!!!' ending the episode.
== Characters ==
* Horrid Henry
*Perfect Peter
*Mum
* Rude Ralph
* Aerobic Al
* Greedy Graham
* Brainy Brian
* Anxious Andrew
* Weepy William
* Beefy Bert
* Goody-Goody Gordon
* Tidy Ted
* Spotless Sam
* Stuck-Up Steve
* Moody Margaret
* Sour Susan
* Lazy Linda
* Singing Soraya
*Gorgeous Gurinder
*Jolly Josh
* Miss Battle-Axe
*Miss Oddbod
*The Ice Cream Man
*Fearless Phantom (mentioned)
*Stunning Stella (mentioned)
*2C4S Presenter 1 (mentioned)
*2C4S Presenter 2 (mentioned)
*Father Christmas (mentioned)
*Dad (cameo)
*Margaret’s Dad (cameo)
*Margaret’s Mum (cameo)
*Ralph’s Dad (cameo)
*Ralph’s Mum (cameo)
== Trivia ==
* When Margaret tells Henry it's his fault that he ruined last year's play, she references the book story Horrid Henry's Christmas Play where Henry messes up the play by changing his lines.
* Margaret may have a love interest in Stuck-Up Steve. Though this is denounced in the later seasons where their interactions are currently hostile.
*The School Panto is a parody of Alice in Wonderland and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*The following students dresses up and plays as:
**Moody Margaret - Queen of Hearts
**Stuck Up-Steve - Mad Hatter
**Perfect Peter - White Rabbit
**Greedy Graham - The Playing Cards
**Anxious Andrew - The Playing Cards
**Aerobic Al - The Playing Cards
**Lazy Linda - (sleepy) Snow White
**Weepy William - (awake) Snow White
**Beefy Bert - Robot (but didn't take part of Panto)
**Tidy Ted - One of the Seven Dwarfs
**Spotless Sam - One of the Seven Dwarfs
**Goody-Goody Gorden - One of the Seven Dwarfs
**Sour Susan - Princess (possibly Belle)
**Singing Soraya - Princess (possibly Cinderella)
* During the Costume Room, when Margaret says, 'Off with his head!' is a reference line from the Queen of Heart in Alice and Wonderland.
* The episode's March 2015 end date is unusual due to this supposedly being a Christmas episode.
* Beefy Bert's "I dunno" sounds a bit different in this episode.
== Video ==
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Category:OAS Series 4