- 'Afternoon good!'
- — Mr. Topsy-Turvy
Mr. Topsy-Turvy
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Book No.
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9 (UK and US)
16 (France) |
Release Date
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15 August, 1972
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First appearance
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Mr. Topsy-Turvy is the ninth book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves. He was supposed to be the sixth book, but the book was published in 1972.
About him[]
- Colour: Orange
- Shape: Bean
- Gender: Male
- Personality: Jumbled, untidy, chaotic, disorderly, disorganised, topsy-turvy
- Hair: None
- Relatives: Unknown
- Love: Unknown
- Friends: Mr. Greedy, Mr. Jelly, Little Miss Contrary, Mr. Muddle, Mr. Wrong, Mr. Bump
- Rivals: Mr. Rude, Little Miss Neat, Little Miss Busy, Little Miss Tidy, Mr. Grumpy
- Job: Doing things the wrong way round
- Features: Dark yellow bowler hat and cane (which were turned upside down)
- Voice Actors: Arthur Lowe (1975-1978), John Alderton (1983), Gordon Peters (Mr. Men and Little Miss), Neil Crone (US dub), Chen Hagai (Mr. Men and Little Miss, Hebrew dub)
Story[]
Mr. Topsy-Turvy does everything the wrong way around. One day he comes to the town where the reader lives. He rents a room in a hotel, speaking to the hotel manager the wrong way around, "Afternoon good, I'd room a like." The next day, he confuses the taxi driver with his backwards speaking, causing an accident, buying a pair of socks and putting them on his hands, then he disappears, but everything is still topsy-turvy. Everybody still speaks topsy-turvy, and the reader is asked to say something topsy-turvy.
International publications & translations[]
Mr. Topsy-Turvy appears under the titles:
- Monsieur A L'Envers (French)
- Il Sig. Sottosopra (Italian)
- おべこべくん (Obekobe-kun; Japanese)
- Meneer Opsekop (Dutch, 1976)
- Meneertje Op-z'n-kop (Dutch, 1986)
- Meneertje Andersom (Dutch, 2011)
- מר איפכא (Mar Ípkha; Hebrew, 1976)
- מר הפוך (Mar Hafúkh, Hebrew, 2004)
- Herr Bakvendt (Norwegian)
- Mr. Popeth-o-Chwith (Welsh)
- Gubben Tvärtom (Swedish)
- Herra Hvolfi (Icelandic)
- Unser Herr Kuddelmuddel (German, 1981)
- Mister Umgekehrt (German, 2010)
- Fætter Omvendt (Danish, 1981)
- Hr. Modsat (Danish, 2012)
- Mr. Patasparriba (Chilean Spanish)
- Ο Κύριος Φύρδην-Μίγδην (Greek, 1988)
- Ο Κύριος Ανάποδος (Greek, 1990s)
- 顛倒先生 (Diāndǎo Xiānshēng; Taiwan)
- Mali Narobesvet (Slovenian)
- 거꿀씨 (Geokkul-ssi; Korean)
- 颠倒先生 (Diāndǎo Xiānshēng; China)
- คุณกลับหัว (Kun Glàp hǔua; Thai)
- آقای وارونه (Âqâ-ye Vârune; Persian, Avae Andisheh)
- آقا کوچولوی برعکس (Âqâ Kučulu-ye Bar'aks; Persian, Gohar Danesh)
- پس و پیش آقا (Pas o Piš-e Âqâ; Persian, Ghadiyani)
- السيد قلاب (As-Sayyadu Qallāb; Arabic)
- Mr. Al Revés (Castilian Spanish)
- Pan Opaczny (Polish)
- ترسه بهی (Tərsə Bəy; Azerbaijani)
- Bay Altüst (Turkish)
Trivia[]
- Mr. Topsy-Turvy originated from a competition run by Roger Hargreaves to find a new Mr. Men character and was an idea by Marc Penfold who created Mr. Upside Down and a story in which the character lived in a backwards world. Although the idea did not win the competition, Roger Hargreaves liked the idea so much he wrote to Marc Penfold saying he would use the idea.
- In the Japanese version of I Love Mr. Men, Mr. Topsy-Turvy was orange-reddish instead of orange and his bowler hat was gold instead of yellow.
- In the 1975 series, his hat is brown.
- In the 1983 Little Miss series in Little Miss Late's story, he is brown like Mr. Snooty.
- In his story, he went down the up escalator, which is exactly what Mr. Stubborn did in his plot in Mall.
- He's the only Mr. Man, as well the only English character, with a hyphen in his name.
- His theme song is called Topsy Turvy Land.
- He can read a book upside down
- He eats pudding before dinner
- When it's cold he wears socks on his hands
- He's the only Mr. Man that carries a cane (in which it is always turned upside-down)
- In the French version of his story, he sends the letter to Mr. Sneeze.
- In the German version of his story, he sends the letter to Mr. Silly.
Counterparts[]
See Counterparts Wiki.
List of characters[]
This is a list of Mr. Men, Little Miss and other special characters that appear in this book.
- Hotel Manager
- Taxi Driver
- Store Clerk
- Mr. Bump (Picture on the building wall)
- Mr. Snooty (TV, picture on wall, he appears in this story before his own)
Title character other appearances[]
Books[]
- Mr. Clever
- Little Miss Giggles
- Mr. Men on Holiday (1976)
- The Mr. Men Christmas (1977)
- Mr. Men in Canada
- Mr. Men - go to the Dentist
- Mr. Topsy-Turvy - The Round Way Wrong
- My Book About Me by Mr. Silly
Television[]
- Little Miss Late (TV)
- Mr. Topsy-Turvy (TV)
- Mr. Uppity (TV) (cameo)
- The Christmas Rescue (TV) (does not speak) (cameo)
- Mr. Funny Puts on a Show (TV) (his first 1995 speaking appearance)
- Mr. Strong: King of the Circus (TV) (cameo)
- Mr. Brave Goes Ghost Hunting (TV) (cameo)
- Little Miss Late Beats Them All (TV)
- Another Victory for Little Miss Splendid (TV) (cameo)
- Little Miss Scatterbrain Puts Everything in Turmoil (TV)
- Little Miss Helpful Goes to the Fair (TV)
- Little Miss Bossy Has a Busy Day (TV) (cameo)
- The Christmas Letter (TV) (cameo)
Mr. Men Little Miss / ミスターメン リトルミス[]
Gallery[]
See also[]
External links[]
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