Little Miss Scary

'If it isn't scary, it isn't fun!'

— Little Miss Scary, The Mr. Men Show

Little Miss Scary
Book No.	31 (UK and US) 40 (France)
Released	3 April 2003
Preceded by	Little Miss Somersault (UK and US) Little Miss Whoops (France)
Followed by	Little Miss Bad (UK and US) Little Miss Princess (France)

Little Miss Scary is the thirty-first book in the Little Miss series by Roger Hargreaves and the first one created by Adam Hargreaves.

About her

• Colour: Red
• Shape: Round with spiky hair
• Gender: Female
• Personality: Terrifying, Frightening, Fearful, Horrifying, Ghastly, Spine-chilling, Spooky, Hair-raising, Tomboyish
• Hair: Scarlet spikes
• Family: None
• Friends: Mr. Quiet, Mr. Messy, Mr. Jelly (one-sided) Little Miss Naughty (best friend), Little Miss Daredevil, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Grumpy (sometimes), Little Miss Chatterbox
• Enemies: Mr. Grumpy (sometimes), Mr. Rude, Little Miss Sunshine, Mr. Jelly (at times), Mr. Tickle
• Occupation: Saleswoman, Co-presenter of The Dillydale Morning News
• Species: Shaped Human
• Likes: Scary things, balloon animals
• Dislikes: Cute things, getting tickled by Mr. Tickle, being told off, others being scarier than her
• Job: Scaring people
• Features: Spiked hair
• Nationality: South American (US), Southeast English (UK) 
• Voice Actresses: Susan Balboni (The Men Men Show; US), Jo Wyatt (The Mr. Men Show; UK, season 1), Alex Kelly (The Mr. Men Show; UK, season 2)
• Catchphrase: "Now that's really scary!" "I love fear." "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

Story

Miss Scary in the books

Little Miss Scary enjoys scaring people more than anything. She lives on the top of a mountain in a house called Spooky Cottage, when it was dark she will always creep into the valley, wait quietly and scare people with a loud "BOO!" or with some scary equipment. One day Mr. Noisy visits Mr. Jelly, who was scared because Little Miss Scary kept jumping on him and shouted "BOO!" at him, so Mr. Noisy makes an idea, he and Mr. Jelly uses the same method Little Miss Scary uses to scare others, and she was now scared and ran to her house. Mr. Jelly disappears, so Mr. Noisy goes back to his house to have a look under Mr. Jelly's bed.

The Mr. Men Show

Little Miss Scary's appearance in The Mr. Men Show mostly reflects her book appearance, albeit minor changes. Notable changes include being much larger (about the size of the rest of the cast), and her spikes (except one removed) are longer. She is also a darker shade of red.

Miss Scary loves fear and generally anything considered frightening. She hosts her own horror-themed show titled Late Night Scare Fest. She dislikes people copying her scariness. She lives next to Mr. Nervous, her favorite target to scare, in a gloomy manor surrounded by perpetual storm clouds and leafless trees. She has a collection of a variety of masks which she uses to scare the other Mr. Men and Little Misses, though she can get scared by them as well. 

When she scares others with her masks, she often gives a terrifying screech. She has a scary snore, according to Mr. Messy, as seen in Sleep. She loves it when Little Miss Magic teleports. Although she often snorts when she laughs, her low, raspy, witch-like voice was provided by Susan Balboni in North American dubbed airing, while the Southeast English accent was provided by Jo Wyatt in the UK version, being replaced by Alex Kelly in the second season.

She is first seen in "Physical".

List of characters

This is a list of Mr. Men, Little Miss and other special characters that appear in this book.

• Mr. Noisy
• Mr. Jelly

Pictures only

• Mr. Strong
• Little Miss Somersault

Title character's other appearances

Books

• Mr. Tickle and the Scary Halloween
• Mr. Men - A Trip to the Moon
• Mr. Men Little Miss - Happy Eid
• Mr. Men Little Miss - The Easter Bunny
• Mr. Men and Little Miss in Australia
• Mr. Men and Little Miss - Haunted Halloween
• Mr. Men Little Miss - Find Calm (cameo)
• Mr. Men Little Miss: Talent Show
• The Little Misses' Fabulous Book of Nail Art
• Mr. Men Little Miss - Caring (cameo)
• Mr. Men Little Miss: The Marvellous Little Misses
• My First Mr. Men Shapes
• Mr. Men and Little Miss Visit Provence
• Mr. Men and Little Miss - Mr. Tickle’s Post
• Mr. Men - Search and Find
• Mr. Men Little Miss - Halloween Countdown
• Mr. Men Little Miss - Museum Sleepover

Television

• Flying (TV)
• Arts and Crafts (TV)
• Boo-Boos (TV)
• Wildlife (TV)
• Cars (TV)
• Night (TV)
• Heatwave (TV)
• Goo (TV)
• Hotel (TV)
• Skyscrapers (TV)
• Sightseeing (TV)
• Adventure (TV)
• Dining Out (TV)
• Picnics (TV)
• Physical (TV)
• Machines (TV)
• Gardens (TV)
• Superstore (TV)
• Inventions (TV)
• Getting Around (TV)
• Canned Goods (TV)
• Game Shows (TV)
• Dillydale Day (TV)
• Fish (TV)
• Sleep (TV)
• Science (TV)
• Post Office (TV)
• Yard Work (TV)
• Hobbies (TV)
• Dance, Dance, Dance (TV)
• Dance (TV)
• Amusement Park (TV)
• Full Moon (TV)
• Reptiles (TV)
• Movies (TV)
• Cinema (TV)
• Parade (TV)
• Seashore (TV)
• The Dark (TV)
• Telephone (TV)
• Sneezes and Hiccups (TV)
• Snow (TV)
• Lake (TV)
• Pets (TV)
• Bad Weather (TV)
• Robots (TV)
• Pirates (TV)
• Sand and Surf (TV)
• Surprises (TV)
• Travel (TV)
• Pests (TV)
• Catches the Heathrow Express (TV) (cameo)

Mr. Men Little Miss / ミスタ一メン　リトルミス

• Little Miss Scary

Trivia

General trivia

• Little Miss Scary is the second character for sharing the name with another character as being one of the Little Miss Spice Girls, the first being Mr. No.
• At first for her, things don't seem so scary, but later on in the plot, they start to get a bit scary.
• Although she loves scary things, she was afraid of the monsters along with the other Mr. Men and Little Misses in Mr. Men - Adventure with Monsters.
• One of the Chinese versions of her book depicts her without a mouth.
• She is the second smallest Little Miss, only bigger than Little Miss Tiny.

The Mr. Men Show trivia

• Little Miss Scary, Mr. Rude, and Little Miss Whoops are the first Adam Hargreaves-created characters to appear in animated form, starting with the show.
• Miss Scary has been scared 17 times throughout the series. Specifically, she has been scared in "The Dark", "Inventions", "Snow", "Gardens", "Night", "Food", "Outer Space", "Arts and Crafts", "Game Shows", "Gifts", "Fruit", "Skyscrapers", "Post Office", "Trees", "Machines", "Eyeglasses", and "Pests" (albeit offscreen).
• She had a bit of a southern accent in early episodes of the first season.
• She has a talent for ballet, as shown in "Skyscrapers" and "Dance, Dance, Dance".
• In Season 2, all of Miss Scary's masks are redesigned. She also gets a mask in Mr. Grumpy's likenesses.

See Counterparts Wiki.

Quotes

The Mr. Men Show

"Now my balloon is gone, I have to scare them myself." - Parade

"Get a grip, Mr. Nervous, it's just a sprinkler." - Heatwave

"BWA-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" - Every episode

"Hey! Put down that snowglobe. You break it, you buy it." - Adventure

"I had to use my scariest mask." - Picnics

"I love fear!" - Full Moon

"Five tons of stinky, sticky goo!" - Goo

"If it isn't scary, it isn't fun!" - Whenever she's selling something

"Miss Sunshine wouldn't know a scary story if it yanked one of her pigtails" - Bad Weather

"No, no... and definitely not." - Arts and Crafts

"Stop trying to scare everyone, that's my job!" - Sightseeing

"Come on Mr. Nervous, Just hit the ball! Some of us want to play miniature golf too you know." - Physical (first line)

International publications & translations

This is a list of alternate titles for this book being published internationally.

• Miss Scanrúil (Irish)
• Madame Terreur (French)
• Miss Grusel (German)
• Unsere Greta Grusel (German dub of The Mr. Men Show only)
• Miss Bú (Spanish)
• Mevrouwtje Eng (Dutch)
• Menina Susto (Portuguese)
• Η κυρία Τρομακτική (I kyría Tromaktikí) (Greek)
• Lille Frøken Farlig (Danish)
• Mała Straszka (Polish)
• Micuța Domnișoară Sperietoare (Romanian)
• Мисс Ужас (Miss Uzhas; Russian)
• 可怕小姐 (Kěpà Xiǎojiě; Taiwan in The Mr. Men Show)
• 嚇人小姐 (Xiàrén Xiǎojiě; Taiwan)
• 吓人小姐 (Xiàrén Xiǎojiě China)
• 嚇人小姐 (Haak³ jan⁴ Siu² ze²; Cantonese)
• びびらせちゃん (Bibirase-Chan; Japanese)
• 겁주기양 (Geop Jugi-yang; Korean in The Mr. Men Show, Cartoon Network dub)
• 오싹양 (Ossak-yang; Korean in The Mr. Men Show, EBS dub)
• 무서워양 (Museowo-yang; Korean)
• גברת מפחידה (Gvéret Mafkhidá; Hebrew in The Mr. Men Show)
• גברת פחד (Gvéret Pákhad; Hebrew)
• الآنسة مخيفة (Al-ʾĀnisatu Muḵīfa; Arabic)
• خانم کوچولوی پخ پخو (Xânom Kučulu-ye Pax Paxu; Persian, Gohar Danesh)
• ترسناک خانم (Tarsnâk-e Xânom; Persian, Ghadiyani)

Gallery

See also

• Roger Hargreaves
• Adam Hargreaves

External links

• Official Mr. Men website

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