Horrid Henry [s01e16]

Horrid Henry’s Time Machine

by Francesca Simon

Release: 18 December 2006
Format: Cartoon
Genre: Mainstream
Audience: Children
Content: Time Phenomena
Original Language: English

In the cartoon version of the short story, Henry imagines that his time machine is an elaborate time ship, at least until his perfect little brother brings him out of his daydream and back to the real world of cardboard.

— Michael Main

Peter: “I'm going to the future. I want to see it for myself!”

DEBUT

Horrid Henry’s Time Machine, from Horrid Henry [s01e16] by Malcolm Williamson, directed by Dave Unwin (ITV, UK, 18 December 2006).

VARIANTS

3 English variants

PRIOR WORKS: based on “[Error: Missing '[/ex]' tag for wikilink]

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 2000 to 2099: presumed time period
Circa AD 2200 to 2299: pretend destination in the 23rd century

Time Travel Methods

Chronoscopes: The control panel in Henry’s imagination has a time viewer.
Time Booths, Wardrobes, et al.: Made by Henry from a cardboard box.
Time Ships: In Henry’s imagination, the cardboard box is an elaborate time ship.

Themes

Anachronistic Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures: anachronistic caveboy riding a T. rex
Apparent Time Phenomenon Is Not What It Seems
Language Difficulties: “Uggg uggg drink bleuch.”
Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants: “I met my great-great-great-grandson.”
People from Different Times Look Exactly Alike: “And he looks just like me.”
Unusual Aging: When Henry returns from his trip, he is old.

Real-World Tags

Dinosaurs: shown on the chronoscope in passing

Fictional Tags

Horrid Henry

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From Henry’s house, unspecified time ⋙ to viewing an ambiguous past time with people, giant apes, and dinosaurs, unspecified future time. Note: a chronoscope in Henry’s imagination.
From Henry’s house, unspecified time ⋙ to Henry’s house, unspecified future time. Round trip. Note: Henry’s first pretend trip.
From Henry’s house, unspecified time ⋙ to Henry’s house, unspecified future time. Round trip. Note: Henry tricks Peter into thinking he’s traveled.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

Debut—We use the episode number, network, and date from <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_Horrid_Henry_episodes'>Wikipedia</a> ([s01e16] on ITV, <samp>18 December 2006</samp>). Other sites vary: <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt7353320%2F'>IMDb</a> ([s01e16] on an unspecified network, <samp>2 February 2007</samp>), <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcdb.com%2Fcartoon%2F131369-Horrid-Henry-And-The-Time-Machine'>BCDB</a> with different credits ([s01e14 on CITV, <samp>5 January 2007</samp>), <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvguide.com%2Ftvshows%2Fhorrid-henry%2Fepisodes-season-1%2F1000379446%2F'>tvguide.com</a> ([s01e14] on an unspecified network, <samp>2 February 2007</samp>), <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fhorridhenry.fandom.com%2Fwiki%2FHorrid_Henry%2527s_Time_Machine'>Horrid Henry Fandom</a> ([s01e16] on an unspecified network, <samp>14 January 2007</samp>), <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Ftv%2Fhorrid-henry%2Fseason-1%2Fepisode-11-horrid-henry-and-the-time-machine'>Metacritic</a> ([s01e11] on CITV/ITV, unknown broadcast date), <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvtime.com%2Fen%2Fshow%2F81669'>TV TIME</a> ([s01e12] on an unspecified network <samp>2 February 2007</samp>), and <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetvdb.com%2Fseries%2Fhorrid-henry%2Fseasons%2Fofficial%2F1'>TVDB</a> with an odd note that Moody Margaret brings Peter back to the present with a bump ([s01e12] on ITV <samp>2 February 2007</samp>). Sounds like Peter’s not the only on who’s mixed up on time.
Credits—Credits vary on different websites. We took the writing and directing credits from the end credits on the cartoon itself.
Title—The title card at the start of the cartoon shows “Horrid Henry’s Time Machine”