Perfect Peter

**Perfect Peter** is Horrid Henry's younger brother. He is the deuteragonist of Season 1 and the secondary protagonist in Seasons 2-5. He was 6 years old until the episode Horrid Henry: Happy Birthday Peter! when he turns 7. Later seasons show he is 8 years old. Despite being his brother, Peter is almost the polar opposite of Henry. Peter is quite mature for his age; he exhibits ideal traits such as cleanliness, neatness, good manners, and high academic powers. He is also shown to be skilled at music, to the point where his parents often ask him to play the Cello to impress their visitors. He is in contrast with the Purple Hand Gang (Henry's club), Peter is the leader of the Best Boys Club.

## Appearance

Peter has curly blond hair, with pale skin, a red sweater with a white shirt underneath, grey pants and brown shoes. His pyjamas are light blue with pink bunnies on it.

## Personality

Peter is shown to be very naive, believing his brother's far fetched (and sometimes absurd) stories without question, which often leads him into trouble. He has trouble standing up for himself, and when confronted with brash individuals tend to become a doormat. Peter also seems to relish in being praised, sometimes to the point of being spoiled and stuck-up. He is a constant telltale, and he also enjoys showing off his "perfectness" when Henry gets into trouble (For example, when Mum yells at Henry to get out of bed, Peter would strut by saying "I'm out of bed, Mum!"). He also seems to sometimes act perfectly towards most people for praise, and despite being called "perfect" he doesn't always seem to back that up as he can be seen acting cocky towards Henry and even calls him names behind his back. He seems to be accustomed to being praised and noticed by his parents to the point of expecting praise for the simplest deeds, such as using his knife, fork and spoon, not making a mess and "being normal", and would get upset if Mum and Dad do not praise him.

Peter spends his life being dominated and abused by his older brother, Henry, who typically addresses him using derogatory names such as "worm" or "smelly nappy baby", and sometimes even attempts to physically assault him by transforming into an animal (though this is often, if not always, prevented by their parents). When they were younger, Henry treated his brother’s birth with great disdain and truly tried to kill Peter in various ways, such as pushing him off a very steep hill. Despite this, Peter appears to look up to his brother, often relying on him to get them out of a bad situation (that the pair are mutually involved in) and even seeks his advice from time to time.

It is hinted that Henry correspondingly secretly feels protective of and cares for his younger brother. In Perfect Peter Pumps Up, Henry tries to toughen Peter up after being abused by Bossy Bill, Henry's attempt was getting nowhere until he had an idea created by Henry snatching Peter's teddy, Bunny. When Bill made this fatal mistake, Peter had become fueled with intense anger by Bill's action and taunting words, and when Bill kept pressing his luck, Peter then proceeded to pummel him and later use Bill as a chair in the greatest sense of irony.

In a prequel book, it was revealed that Henry put his life on the line to save Peter from a rather vicious dog when they were younger. In the cartoon version, Henry denies saving him by saying that he wouldn't have cared if that dog had eaten Peter alive, which was an obvious lie. In that same episode, when Peter's life was threatened again by a falling shelf as Peter was trying to get his stuffed bunny, Henry quickly responded with a "NO!" and shoved Peter out of the way. If Henry had not done this, Peter would either be seriously injured or crippled by the falling objects and the entire shelf, thus being in the hospital instead of Henry.

One time, in Horrid Henry, Nothing But The Truth, Peter had said the catchphrase that Henry is usually known for: "Eureka, that's it!" when coming up with a plan to expose Henry for what he truly was.

In Series 4, Peter makes more of a bigger enemy and in episodes like Horrid Henry's Comic Caper and Horrid Henry Takes the Blame and often when Henry plugs in the tablet, Peter unplugs it and Mum accuses Henry of not plugging it in. Sometimes he is a helping hand in the Purple Hand Gang. He is shown to be very sensitive in Horrid Henry Gets the Blame and Horrid Henry's Comic Caper. In these two episodes, he cries so that Henry can be blamed.

He also often tells on Henry for even the tiniest thing like not listening to a joke or lifting his fork and not eating his beans.

## Trivia

* In one episode, Perfect Peter Pumps Up, he transforms by growing and gaining physical strength after Bossy Bill steals Bunny and Peter wants it back.
* In Season 5, he sometimes works with Margaret.
* He gets detention four times in school.
* There are rare occasions where he gets punished whether it was Henry who has caused him to get into trouble or not. To see the list of moments where he gets punished, click here.
* Horrid Henry Takes a Shortcut was the episode that marked Peter's first absence unless you count Horrid Henry's School Play, in which he only appeared in a flashback at the start of the episode and had no dialogue. Horrid Henry Takes a Shortcut is still one of his only absences. He also doesn't appear in Horrid Henry, Bogus Babysitter, Horrid Henry, Rocking the World, Horrid Henry, Money Talks, Horrid Henry and the Phantom Phone and Horrid Henry and the Demon Dentist. However, he is mentioned in Horrid Henry, Bogus Babysitter, Horrid Henry and the Phantom Phone and indirectly in Horrid Henry and the Demon Dentist. He was also only seen via a picture on Steve's phone in Horrid Henry Wins the Cup.