Purple Hand Gang

Purple Hand Gang is Horrid Henry's club. It contains all the boys and all of them are Henry's friends (except Perfect Peter, but only sometimes). It is the polar opposite of Margaret's club (The Secret Club). They have two songs "My Song" by Henry and "Born To be Rude" by Ralph. They form a band called Zero Zombies.

Members
Though all of Henry's friends at school could be considered as part of the Purple Hand Gang, only 3 people are explicitly stated to be members of the Purple Hand Gang. They are, along with their jobs:


 * Horrid Henry - Leader (To be referred to as, Lord High Excellent Majesty of the Purple Hand Gang)
 * Rude Ralph - Second in command (Deputy Head)
 * Aerobic Al - Third in command
 * Beefy Bert - Fourth in command
 * Brainy Brian - Fifth in command
 * Perfect Peter - Chief Secretary (Third in command in Horrid Henry's Horrid Heroes)
 * Greedy Graham - Sixth in Command
 * Weepy William - Seventh in Command
 * Anxious Andrew - Eighth in Command

Headquarters
The headquarters of the Purple Hand Gang is a fort built in Henry and Peter's back garden. It was once threatened to be demolished by Mum, but with the help of Margaret and the producer of The Big Dig, it was kept and rebuilt. It is mainly a bunch of bars like monkey bars with a purple tarpaulin over it and an old sofa inside. In the books, it is positioned behind branches and there is a throne and a biscuit tin inside.

Flag
In the books, Henry's flag is a black flag with a white skull and crossbones on it. In the TV Series, it is made from an old pillowcase painted purple and a light purple circle in the middle with a purple handprint in it.

Rivals
The Gang's archrivals are Moody Margaret's Secret Club and they are always battling it out to be the best.

Appearances

 * Horrid Henry and the Secret Club
 * Horrid Henry's Birthday Party
 * Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy
 * Horrid Henry's Raid
 * Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb
 * Moody Margaret Casts a Spell
 * Perfect Peter's Revenge
 * Horrid Henry Peeks at Peter's Diary (mentioned)
 * Moody Margaret's Makeover
 * Moody Margaret's School (mentioned)
 * Horrid Henry Runs Away
 * Horrid Henry and the Purple Pass
 * Horrid Henry's Horrid Heroes

Trivia

 * The Purple Hand Gang club in the movie and the TV show is much bigger than the club in the books.
 * The Purple Hand Gang is a parody of The Black Hand Gang. The group that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This resulted in the First World War.
 * The fort is waterproof in Horrid Henry and the Lost Dog as Basher can be seen sleeping in it without any signs of water getting in.