Mr. Messy

'Shazam! This is what I'm talking about!'

— Mr. Messy, The Mr. Men Show

Mr. Messy
Book No.	8
Release Date	1972
Preceded by	Mr. Snow
Followed by	Mr. Topsy-Turvy

Mr. Messy is the eighth book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.

About him

• Colour: Hot Pink
• Shape: Scribble, fuzzball (plushie version), round (when he's clean), Semicircle (Book when he's clean)
• Gender: Male
• Family: none
• Friends: Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Fussy (one-sided)
• Love: Little Miss Magic
• Height: Normal Mr. Men height
• Weight: Average
• Rivals: Mr. Fussy (one-sided), Little Miss Neat, Little Miss Tidy, Little Miss Naughty (After she cleaned him up in the episode "Library") & Little Miss Scary (after she scared him in Bath & Bubbles)
• Occupation: Artist, host of Shazam, That's Good!
• Release date: 1972
• Species: Shaped Human
• Likes: Messy things, pizza (The Mr. Men Show)
• Dislikes: Being cleaned
• Job: being messy and dirty
• Features: Shoes (2008 version)
• Nationality: Liverpudlian (UK) African-American (US), 
• Voice Actors: Arthur Lowe (1975-1978), Gordon Peters (1995-1997), Neil Crone (1997-1999), Peter Rida Michail (2008-2009), Rob Rackstraw (UK, 2008-2009)
• Catchphrases: Shazam!, That's what I'm talkin' about and Messy! Not Dressy (in the website)

Story

Mr Neat and Mr Tidy turned Mr. Messy’s life around and made him neat and tidy! The two men “brushed, swept, polished and scrubbed” his house until it sparkled. And after they’d turned their attention to Mr. Messy, and bathed him, he looked in the mirror and remarked: “I’m going to have to change my name!”

The Mr. Men Show

In the 2008 TV series The Mr. Men Show, Mr. Messy is given blue and white sneakers (similar to Little Miss Chatterbox's, only with patches of dirt on the toes and one of them is untied) and he has a unibrow now, and his limbs are also made solid, instead of scribbled like they were originally. In the episode Library, Mr. Messy became a full circle like in his story. But he had curly hair on top and his arms and legs looks like they do in the show. Also, his house is no longer by itself in a messy field. He lives right next door to Mr. Fussy in a duplex-styled house. What's also interesting is that he can rap really well (seen in Dance, Cooking, and in part of a song in Mall). His catchphrase: "Shazam!" (similar to Emeril Lagasse's "Bam!"), "That's what I'm talkin' about!", and "Messy, not Dressy!" (heard on the official website). He also owns a pizzeria. Mr. Messy's accent in the UK is Liverpudlian, and African-American in the U.S.. In the U.S. Version, he is voiced by Peter Rida Michail, who is also the show's production designer. He is first seen in the episode Boo Boos.

Trivia

Classic

• He made a cameo in an episode of Mike and Molly along with Mr. Tickle(as a plush toy).
• He is the only Mr. Men character who doesn't have black outlines.
• First 1995 Appearance: One Day in the Life of Mr Perfect.
• In the 1995 show, it is said that no one wants Mr. Messy around because of his messiness... Poor Mr. Messy....
  • There was however, one thing that made him happy, like in An Invitation for Mr. Messy.
• In the 1995 show Mr. Messy kissed Little Miss Neat at the end in the episode "The invitation for Mr. Messy".

The Mr. Men Show

• Mr. Messy, so far is the only character we see with toes on his feet (Dance and Dillydale Day). However they're like other Mr. Men and Little Misses in Shoes and Seashore.
• He said that he's gonna cry in Machines.
• He is allergic to neckties.
• Mr. Messy is one of the three characters shown with socks on (Collecting). The others being Little Miss Daredevil, (Hotel) and Mr. Lazy.
• Mr. Messy became clean ;in "Library" after he was tricked into reading a book about cleanliness. It was supposed to be a book about dirt, but it was switched by Little Miss Naughty. (Ironically, unlike his book counterpart, he freaks out about being clean.) He got messy again by covering himself in dirt from a planter at the exit, and in Little Miss Brainy's story, he wanted to prevent himself from being clean.
• In the books, Mr. Messy (When cleaned) is a semi-circle. In the show, he is a full circle with a curl of pink hair.
• Mr. Messy hosts a radio show called Dillydale F.M.
• He hosts a TV show called "Shazam, That's Good!" where they show music videos (Except when Miss Bossy decide to rat him out of the hosting since he did one of the music videos himself).
• He sneezed in Sneezes & Hiccups even though he has no visible nose.
• He's one of the 12 characters with no visible nose, the others are Little Miss Chatterbox, Mr. Bump, Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Tall, Little Miss Daredevil, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Happy, Mr. Tickle, and Mr. Strong.
• He is the only scribble character.
• He's only gotten angry in "Cooking", "Shoes", "Home Improvement","Collecting", "Getting Around", Sneezes & Hiccups, and "Parade"
• He's one of the few characters who has an unibrow (The others are Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Quiet, and Mr. Stubborn.)
• He was seen without his shoes in Seashore, Dance, Dillydale Day and Collecting, but once he has one shoe off in Shoes.
• He's one of the many characters who don't care if Mr. Bump gets hurt, but he did seem to care in Fruits.
• He didn't care that Mr. Rude is acting rude and has bad manners, but he shouted his name after Mr. Rude farted in Robots.
• He is messy except he brushes his teeth (Known in the episode "Clean Teeth") and suffers from Mr. Rude's Fart.
• He gets extra messy when he's scared. (The Dark)
• In Up and Down, He was accidentally turned into many of the little clones of him by Little Miss Magic just like Eris did to Billy from another show.
• He also does disgusting things.
• Horribly, he watched a scary movie with Mr. Pernickety.
• His counterpart from the Mr. Men series is Little Miss Naughty because they both make Mr. Fussy's life miserable.
• He is one of the 2 characters to have pink hair, the other being Little Miss Naughty
• In Garages, it seemed like he was scared of mops, since he freaked out when Mr. Fussy showed one to him, but later in the same episode, it showed him using the mop!
• He is terrified of bears.
• He is not dressy at all.
• When he was with Miss Calamity he started getting a few accidents himself.
• He is big as Mr. Strong in Pests.
• He has been seen with all characters (except Mr. Funny, Miss Giggles and Miss Curious who haven't been seen with him so far)
• He only dislikes Mr. Rude because of his bad manners, and Miss Naughty because of what she did to him at the library.
• He will eat anything but tomatoes and potatoes.
• He seems pretty healthy, despite he has a messy home, same with Mr. Mean.
• It's rumored that he has ablutophobia (the fear of being clean) and HATES being clean.
• He has a pet goldfish in Parties.
• His favourite foods are pizza, spaghetti, sandwiches, and sock cheese.
• In Cooking, he said he would never eat a snail, but he will accept a banana slug (on special occasions, according to what he said).
• Out of all the characters so far in the show, Mr. Messy has sung the most, if not, the most songs.
• He didn't appear in Fair because maybe he was sick at that time.
• He hasn't been told to be quiet by Mr. Noisy, it is unknown if he does though.
• He owns a cheese store that is shown in Mall.
• He temporarily made the inside of his house purple. He didn't like the color because he said "It's like living inside a grape" (Paint)
• Every once in a while Mr. Fussy irritates him when he tries to change his messy lifestyle.

Counterparts

See Counterparts Wiki.

Gallery

A bunch of clones!

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Mr. Messy's clean!

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Shazam!

Messy, not dressy

Mr. Messy hates baths

He's messy, not dressy

Mr. Messy sticker

He cannot stand cleaning up

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International publications & translations

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

• Monsieur Sale (French)
• Don Lioso (Spanish)
• Meneer Knoeipot/Meneertje Slordig (Dutch)
• Senhor Desmazelado (Portuguese)
• Ο Κύριος Τσαπατσούλης (Greek)
• 邋遢先生 (Taiwan)
• 너절씨 (Korean)
• Mr. Anniben (Welsh)
• Unser Herr Schlampig (German)
• Bay Daðýnýk (Turkish)
• Fætter Sjusk (Danish)
• Herr Rotekopp (Norwegian)
• מר שלומפר (Hebrew)
• Herra Subbi (Icelandic)
• ごちゃごちゃくん(Japanese)
• Pan Bałagan (Polish)

List of characters

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

• Mr. Neat
• Mr. Tidy

Title character other appearances

This is a list of other books that the title character has appeared in.

• Mr. Brave
• Little Miss Brainy
• Little Miss Wise
• Little Miss Selfish
• Little Miss Christmas
• A Very Happy Day for Mr. Happy (TV) (mentioned, but not seen)
• An Invitation for Mr. Messy (TV) (this is the episode where his kisses Ms. Neat)
• Mr. Fussy Takes a Well Earned Break (TV)
• Mr. Bounce Finds Paradise (TV)
• Mr. Skinny Is Up the Spout (TV)
• One Day In The Life of Mr. Perfect (TV)
• What a Mess Little Miss Helpful (TV)

See also

• Roger Hargreaves
• Adam Hargreaves

External links

• Official Mr. Men website
• Official Mr Men Art

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