Miss Battle-Axe

Miss Boudicca Battle-Axe is a strict school teacher and one of the secondary antagonists of the Horrid Henry books and TV Series. She teaches Horrid Henry, and many other students except Perfect Peter, Goody-Goody Gordon, Tidy Ted, Spotless Sam and Clever Clare.

Why She Sucks

 * 1) To begin with, her character design, particularly in the TV Series is mediocre.
 * 2) She once said that Henry's class was the worst she had ever taught.
 * 3) She humiliated Henry in front of the entire class in Horrid Henry's Underpants instead of respecting his privacy.
 * 4) Miss Battle-Axe dislikes the class she teaches and likes giving her students detention.
 * 5) She even once gave Henry a double detention for having an unpopular opinion on a TV show.
 * 6) She always keeps an eye on Henry, even at times when he is not being horrid.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) She dislikes Henry for a good reason since he can still be horrid at times.
 * 2) The fact that she has an overbearing mother who greatly disciplines her, plus the fact that her students aren't exactly model students (Henry especially) may make you feel a little sorry for her.
 * 3) She did praise Henry for saving his brother in "Horrid Henry: Trapped" and even brought him a get well card signed by the other students. Not that Henry appreciated it due to how embarrassed he was over the circumstances.
 * 4) She does sometimes get a comeuppance of some kind for her bad treatment of Henry. For example in "Horrid Henry's Smelly Stuff" when she put both Henry and Peter in double detention after catching them selling perfume, she tries some on and when she sneezes, all of her hair comes off, leaving her completely bald where she covers her head with a book and runs out of the classroom humiliated.
 * 5) While disliking Henry mostly for his horridness in her class, she does occasionally do nice things for Henry.
 * 6) She probably wasn't meant to be liked for being such a mean and strict teacher to begin with.