- 'Sweet Henrietta!'
- — Mr. Fussy's catchphrase, The Mr. Men Show (US)
Mr. Fussy
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21 (UK and US)
24 (France) |
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Mr. Fussy is the twenty-first book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.
About him[]
- Colour: Dark green (Light green in season 1 of The Mr. Men Show)
- Shape: Flat oval
- Gender: Male
- Personality: Careful, cautious, picky, choosy, particular, fusspot
- Hair: Green
- Family: Mr. Clumsy (cousin)
- Love Interest: Little Miss Neat
- Friends: Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Neat, Little Miss Tidy, Mr. Snooty, Little Miss Helpful, Mr. Happy, Mr. Messy (sometimes), Mr. Strong (sometimes)
- Rivals: Mr. Mean, Mr. Messy, Mr. Rude, Mr. Stubborn, Mr. Mischief, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Scary, Little Miss Magic (sometimes), Little Miss Trouble, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Clumsy
- Height: About 6 and a half feet tall
- Weight: Average
- Features: Toothbrush moustache, orange shoes (formerly red) (original version), handlebar moustache, glasses, black bow tie, and brown sneakers (2008 version)
- Likes: Being neat, fixing his house, being polite, cleaning, etc.
- Dislikes: Messy things, Mr. Rude's bad manners, Miss Magic's teleporting, imperfection etc.
- Voice Actors: Arthur Lowe (1975-1978), Gordon Peters (Mr. Men and Little Miss, UK), Len Carlson (Mr. Men and Little Miss, US dub), Chen Hagai (Mr. Men and Little Miss, Hebrew dub), Efron Etkin (Mr. Men and Little Miss, Hebrew dub; one episode), Joey D'Auria (The Mr. Men Show; US version), Rob Rackstraw (The Mr. Men Show; UK version), Michel Elias (The Mr. Men Show; French dub)
- Catchphrases: "Sweet Henrietta!" (US)/"Sweet apple strudel!" (UK), and "How revolting."
Story[]
Mr. Fussy dislikes imperfection. He keeps his hair combed, his mustache trimmed, his shoelaces tied and his house neat. Because of this, people have taken to calling him a "fussy old fusspot".
One evening, his cousin (from Australia), Mr. Clumsy, comes to visit. He causes chaos and at the end of his stay, everything of the house is disastrous. However, things just get worse for Mr. Fussy when Mr. Bump visits.
The Mr. Men Show[]
For his appearance in The Mr. Men Show, Mr. Fussy was renamed to Mr. Persnickety (in the US version; Mr. Pernickety in the UK version) in Season 1. He retains his yellow nose and neatly combed hair (although it is lighter green, much like the rest of his body). In addition, he now has a black bow tie, reading glasses, brown shoes, and a more neatly waxed handlebar mustache. He lives in a duplex-style house next to Mr. Messy, whom he frequently argues with. Mr. Fussy, like his book counterpart, is obsessed with things being neat and tidy. Despite his attempts for cleanliness and order, he is often put in situations that cause him or his things to get dirty, much to his dismay.
In Season 2, he is recoloured darker green (more in line with his book appearance), and has been renamed to Mr. Fussy, . In addition, his hair is now the same colour as the rest of his body.
Like most of the characters in The Mr. Men Show, Mr. Fussy's first appearance was in "Physical" in a sketch in which he judges a sporing event. He later participates in a relay race, competing for the Orange Team.
Mr. Fussy is voiced by Joey D'Auria in the US and speaks in an English accent and by Rob Rackstraw in the UK, and speaks in a German accent.
Trivia[]
Book Trivia[]
- Moral: Don't make much ado about nothing.
- In some earlier prints of Mr. Fussy, his shoes are red instead of orange.
- In Mr. Mischief's book, he was seen without half of his mustache (Mr. Mischief cut one half off).
- He's the first Mr. Man with hair.
- His cousin is Mr. Clumsy.
- According to a German audio tape known as Herr Glücklich Und Seine Freunde 4, he is called Otto Ordetlich.
- According to a Mr. Men treasury released in 2015, Roger Hargreaves based him on his fussy young daughter, Amelia, who hated bits in her marmalade and liked things to be just so.
- Mr. Clumsy appears in this story before his own.
Mr. Men and Little Miss Trivia[]
- He has a pet parrot called Mr. Parrot.
- In the episode "Hello, Pizza Express?", Little Miss Chatterbox said that Mr. Rush is himself related to him.
- Mr. Fussy's voice in the US dub of the show appears to be modelled after the voice of comedian Frank Nelson.
The Mr. Men Show Trivia[]
- In his prototype/beta design, Mr. Fussy wore a brown tweed vest. He is seen wearing it in the pinball game and the show's colouring page.
- In "Home Improvement" when he and Mr. Messy were attacking each other with Little Miss Magic's paint wand, he briefly changes into his light green colour scheme from the first season.
- Additionally, he is shown in that colour scheme in a group shot in "Cinema" as an error, but is quickly fixed afterward.
- In an animatic for the episode "Beach" that was uploaded to YouTube, Mr. Fussy would've worn a 1920s swimsuit
- While one of his catchphrases is "Sweet Henrietta," it is changed to "Sweet apple strudel" in the UK version where he has a German accent.
- In "Beach", Mr. Fussy's feet are regular like the other Mr. Men and Little Misses, but in "Shoes", they are pointed.
- In the former episode, it's revealed that Mr. Fussy has a collection of bow ties in his home.
- His mouth can be shown when his moustache lifts up. (Amusement Park, Fair, Birds, Inventions, Trains, Beach).
- His frightened eyes are seen in 3 episodes in season 1 (Amusement Park, Fair, Beach).
- He is a talented piano player, as shown in "Sleep" and "Telephone". Mr. Rude rudely interrupted his concerts, though.
- He is one of the three characters to wear glasses, the others being Mr. Nervous and Little Miss Whoops.
- He is also one of three characters who has a tie, the others are Mr. Nosey and Mr. Funny.
- According to director Mark Risley, Mr. Fussy's voice was modeled after actor Gale Gordon.
- The reason for his initial name change before being reverted was, according to Eryk Casemiro, "it sounded more alliterative".
- According to Mark Risley, the reason Mr. Per(s)nickety was changed back into Mr. Fussy was because Chorion didn't like how he was, which is the same reason why Little Miss Calamity got removed in Season 2.
- Despite disliking all things filthy, Mr. Fussy does enjoy the occasional mud bath as he discovered for himself in "Bath and Bubbles".
- The episode "Robots" implies Mr. Fussy enjoys waffles, seeing as how he drops what he was doing after hearing Little Miss Scary state she would use her robot to make waffles.
Miscellaneous[]
- It is revealed in The Great Alphabet Hunt that he dislikes spinach.
- He enjoys working out.
- Mr. Fussy is currently being used as the icon of the Rewrite template of this wiki.
Counterparts[]
See Counterparts Wiki.
International publications & translations[]
Mr. Fussy appears under the titles:
- Mr. Ffws (Welsh)
- Mr. Éisealach (Irish)
- Monsieur Tatillon (French)
- Unser Herr Ordentlich (German, 1982)
- Mister Pingelig (German, 2011)
- Don Pulcro (Castilian Spanish)
- Don Todoensulugar (Mexican Spanish)
- Mr. Pinta (Chilean Spanish)
- Meneer Precies (Dutch)
- Ο Κύριος Επιμελής (Greek, 1994)
- Ο Κύριος Ιδιότροπου (Greek, 1996)
- Hr. Pernittengryn (Danish)
- Herr Pirkete (Norwegian)
- Herra Nostri (Icelandic)
- Pan Czepialski (Polish)
- Мистер Чистюля (Mister Chistyulya; Russian)
- 挑剔先生 (Tiāoti Xiānshēng; China)
- 挑剔先生 (Tiāotī Xiānshēng; Taiwan)
- 挑剔先生 (Tiu¹ tik¹ Sin¹ saang¹; Cantonese)
- キチョウメンさん (Kichōmen-San; Japanese, 1979)
- こうるさくん (Kōrusa-Kun; Japanese, 2014)
- 꼼꼼씨 (Kkomkkom-ssi; Korean)
- 깐깐씨 (Kkankkan-ssi; Korean in The Mr. Men Show, Cartoon Network dub)
- 옹졸씨 (Ongjol-ssi; Korean in The Mr. Men Show, EBS dub)
- מר טרחן (Mar Tarkhán; Hebrew, 1978)
- מר קפדן (Mar Kapdán; Hebrew, 1998)
- מר דקדקן (Mar Dakdekán; Hebrew in The Mr. Men Show)
- السيد متطلب (As-Sayyadu Mutaṭallib; Arabic)
- آقای وسواسی (Âqâ-ye Vasvâsi; Persian, Avae Andisheh)
- آقای وسواسی خان (Âqâ-ye Vasvâsi-ye Xân; Persian, Panosht)
- آقا وسواسی (Âqâ Vasvâsi; Persian, Ghadiyani)
List of characters[]
This is a list of Mr. Men, Little Miss and other special characters that appear in this book.
- Mr. Clumsy (he appears in this book before his own)
- Mr. Bump (mentioned only seen in TV version of story)
Title character other appearances[]
Book Appearances[]
- Mr. Mischief
- Little Miss Contrary
- Little Miss Yes
- Little Miss Helpful at the fair
- Little Miss Birthday
- Mr. Calm
- Little Miss Ginger
- Mr. Men on Holiday (1976)
- The Mr. Men Christmas (1977)
- The Great Egg Race
- Mr. Fussy Goes for a Drive
- Mr. Funny Upsets Mr. Fussy
- Little Miss Princess and the Very Special Party (cameo)
- Mr. Men and Little Miss Go Dancing
- Mr. Men in Canada
- Mr. Men - go to the Dentist
- Mr. Men Little Miss - Find Calm (cameo)
- Mr. Men and Little Miss at the Café
- Mr. Tall Looks For a Job (does not speak)
- Mr. Men Little Miss - On the Farm
- Mr. Men Little Miss: The New King
- My First Mr. Men 123
Television Appearances[]
- Mr. Fussy (TV) (debut)
- The Great Alphabet Hunt (TV)
- Mr. Strong: King of the Circus (TV) (cameo)
- Mr. Fussy Takes a Well Earned Break (TV)
- Mr. Small's Big Dream (TV) (cameo)
- What a Question, Little Miss Curious (TV) (cameo) (with no shoes)
- Little Miss Late Beats Them All! (TV)
- Little Miss Neat Sees Spots (TV)
- Another Victory for Little Miss Splendid (TV) (cameo)
- Little Miss Tidy and the Winning Ticket (TV)
- Mr. Forgetful the World's Best Actor (TV) (cameo)
- Hello, Pizza Express? (Mr. Busy) (TV) (mentioned)
- Mr. Clumsy Head Butler (TV) (cameo)
- Little Miss Star Goes to Jollywood (TV) (cameo) (bald)
- Mr. Clever's Invention (cameo) (on the 2011 Australian DVD cover)
- A Job for Little Miss Giggles (TV) (cameo)
- Little Miss Chatterbox Goes to Seatown (TV) (without his shoes)
- Mr. Lazy Takes an Afternoon Nap (TV) (cameo) (without his shoes)
- Little Miss Wise's Day Out at the Fun Fair (TV) (cameo) (bald)
- Mr. Strong Makes a Big Splash (cameo) (on the Australian DVD cover)
- Mr. Silly's Silly Secret (TV) (cameo)
- Mr. Chatterbox and the Parrot (TV) (cameo)
- Mr. Noisy, the music man (TV) (cameo)
- Mr. Muddle Goes Skating (TV, bald and no mostache)
- Little Miss Helpful Goes to the Fair (TV)
- Little Miss Trouble and the Magic Paint (TV)
- Thank Goodness For Mr. Slow (TV) (cameo)
- The Christmas Letter (TV)
Mr. Men Little Miss / ミスターメン リトルミス[]
Mini Cinema[]
Gallery[]
External links[]
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The Mr. Men Show Characters |
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Season 1 Characters Little Miss Sunshine • Little Miss Naughty • Little Miss Scary • Mr. Lazy • Mr. Nervous • Mr. Messy • Mr. Quiet • Mr. Stubborn • Little Miss Helpful • Mr. Bounce • Mr. Small • Little Miss Chatterbox • Mr. Per(s)nickety (Mr. Fussy in Season 2) • Mr. Grumpy • Mr. Nosey • Mr. Scatterbrain • Mr. Happy • Mr. Bump • Mr. Rude • Little Miss Whoops • Mr. Noisy • Little Miss Calamity (Season 1 Only) • Little Miss Daredevil • Mr. Strong • Mr. Tickle Season 2 Characters |