Moody Margaret

"'I'll get you, Henry!' - Moody Margaret"Margaret Millicent Maudita Smythe (also known as Moody Margaret) is Henry’s neighbour and main enemy and is the main antagonist/tritagonist in the Horrid Henry franchise. She is best known as Horrid Henry's classmate. Margaret forms the Secret Club in her back garden, this club often rivals with the Purple Hand Gang (Henry's club) with her and Henry living next door to each other. Margaret lives with her parents and no siblings have been mentioned, it’s shown that she's an only child. Henry is her next-door neighbour. She sometimes calls him Bogey Brain and other names just like Henry.

Margaret might have a crush on Henry, although it is unknown because in the episode Horrid Henry Gets Married Henry bumps his head and sees a vision of the future, he is engaged to Margaret. Also, in Perfect Peter's Revenge when she thinks Henry loves her, Margaret puts on make-up and wants him to admit it. In Horrid Henry's School Play when Henry was supposed to kiss her, she was not hesitant about it at all unlike Henry and went in for in. In Horrid Henry's Movie Moments, it is shown that she told him to hold his hands to get out of Our Lady Giddiantus School and in Horrid Henry and the Phantom Phone, she begs him to add her on his contact. She may also have a love interest with Stuck-Up Steve.

It’s implied that Margaret has a secret crush on Henry.

She does call Peter a "worm" sometimes, but otherwise, she’s very nice to him and protects him if he has trouble sticking up for himself against Henry in Horrid Henry on Trial.

Margaret and Susan are always hanging out together and Margaret uses Susan as Susan mimics her all the time. But Margaret thinks she’s loyal and she’s a good friend. Sometimes, Susan can be Margaret’s enemy.

It is shown that Margaret is a pretty lucky girl and her parents buy her everything she wants, but, she is always usually ungrateful.

In the TV Series, she is voiced by Sue Elliott-Nicholls. Behaviour Rating 5. She can scream if she does not get her own way. This has happened in Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats when she screams after she sees Henry stealing her treats and also in Moody Margaret Moves In, she screams so loud after Henry kicks her toys downstairs. The effect of her screaming in this episode was that it broke the glass, made shelves collapse and make the light shatter. If you ever hear Margaret and Henry screaming at the same time, you can only hear Margaret.""

Appearance
She is shown to have pale skin and magenta hair (ginger in the movie). She wears a green sweater with a purple striped shirt underneath, a dark green skirt, pink boots and light lavender socks with lavender stripes on top of it. In the movie, she also wears pink leggings.

Trivia

 * She was originally going to be a boy called Moody Martin, but Francesca Simon's husband didn't approve and believing the character was too much like Horrid Henry and therefore Martin became a girl called Margaret.
 * Perfect Peter mentioned her catchphrase in Horrid Henry's Top Ten Things.
 * In some Series 1 episodes, her hair is darker meaning she's the only person who has changed appearance.
 * Despite being very good at ballet, she is not that good at gymnastics. As seen in Horrid Henry and the Secret Club, she went down at the same time as Henry (a very short amount of time).
 * Her full name is revealed in Horrid Henry, Rockstar (Margaret Millicent Maudita Smythe).