Henry and Peter's parents

Mum and Dad are major characters from the Horrid Henry series created by American author Francesca Simon and British illustrator Tony Ross. They are the parents of Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter.

Why They Suck

 * 1) They approve of Perfect Peter's Gary-Stu behavior and do not trust Horrid Henry a single bit, just because he's Horrid.
 * 2) They tend to be mean-spirited, abusive and unlikable in many episodes of the TV series.
 * 3) Like with Peter, they never never let Henry do anything he likes.
 * 4) They are absolutely brainwashed, they should really discipline Peter and tell him not to speak when Henry wants to ignore. In other, Peter himself asks for it.
 * 5) * One example of this is in the Season 1 episode "Where's Fluffy?" where they think Henry is accusing Margaret for stealing Fluffy, even though Henry was telling the truth about Fluffy. Henry then says that nobody listens to him, which is true.
 * 6) * Mum is a whole lot worse. She is a Mary-Sue type character (much like how Peter is a Gary-Stu) who has no flaws whatsoever, never cares about anything Henry likes and only cares about Peter because of his behavior, calls Henry "Horrid" when he isn't doing anything, blames Henry for anything he does bad and even gets Dad into trouble too! She could even be classified as the most abusive parent in any animated show!
 * 7) *They are completely oblivious to the abuses Henry suffers from Moody Margaret, Stuck-Up Steve or any other of Henry's arch enemies. They still think that all these mentioned are very kind to Henry when it's the other way around!
 * 8) In Horrid Henry's Horrid Revenge and Horrid Henry's Special Spinner, they went as far as to take everything out of Henry's room just to teach him a lesson, which is basically Child Abuse in disguise!
 * 9) They are incredibly overprotective.
 * 10) Ironic to this, they've shown great disregard for Henry's wellbeing, like during the dinner party when Henry attempts to show off his karate skills and Mum's boss's husband hits him so hard he goes flying across the room into Mum's arms, then Mum doesn't even react, and places Henry on his feet telling him to go to bed.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) They are at least there when Henry and Peter need them.
 * 2) They mean well.
 * 3) Their character designs are okay.
 * 4) They tend to be more likeable in some episodes and books.
 * 5) Dad is actually a little bit nicer to Henry from Season 4, and that's saying something. In fact, Dad is generally less oblivious to Henry than Mum.