Mr. Topsy-Turvy

'Afternoon good!'

— Mr. Topsy-Turvy

Mr. Topsy-Turvy
Book No.	9
Release Date	1972
Preceded by	Mr. Messy
Followed by	Mr. Silly

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 published in 1972.

About him

• Colour: Orange
• Shape: Bean
• Gender: Male
• Personality: Jumbled, Untidy, Chaotic, Turvy-Topsy, Disorderly, Disorganised
• Hair: None
• Relatives: none
• Love: unknown
• Friends: Little Miss Contrary, Mr. Muddle, Mr. Wrong
• Rivals: unknown
• Job: doing things the wrong way
• Features: 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), Len Carlson (US dub)

Story

Mr. Topsy-Turvy in the books

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.

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. The idea did not win the competition but Roger Hargreaves liked the idea so much he wrote to Marc Penfold saying he would use the idea and thus Mr. Topsy-Turvy was born.

International publications & translations

Mr. Topsy-Turvy appears under the titles:

• Monsieur A L'Envers (French)
• Unser Herr Kuddelmuddel (German)
• Don Alreves (Spanish)
• Mr. Popeth-o-Chwith (Welsh)
• Meneer Opsekop/Meneertje Andersom (Dutch)
• Ο Κύριος Ανάποδος (Greek)
• Pan Opaczny (Polish)
• Fætter Omvendt (Danish)
• Herr Bakvendt (Norwegian)
• 顛倒先生 (Taiwan)
• おべこべくん (Japanese)
• 거꿀씨 (Korean
• מר איפכא (Hebrew)
• السيد قلاب (Alsayyed Qallab) (Arabic)
• คุณกลับหัว (Thai)

Trivia

• Mr. Topsy-Turvy gets words out of order.
• 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 cartoon, his hat is brown.
• 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 with a dash in his name. He is also the only English character with a dash in his name.
• His theme song is called Topsy Turvy Land.
• Counterparts on the 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)

Title character other appearances

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

Books

• Mr. Clever
• Little Miss Giggles

Television

• Little Miss Late (TV)
• Mr. Brave Goes Ghost Hunting (TV) (cameo)
• Little Miss Scatterbrain Puts Everything in Turmoil (TV)
• Mr. Funny Puts on a Show (TV)
• Little Miss Helpful Goes to the Fair (TV)
• Little Miss Late Beats Them All (TV)
• Little Miss Bossy Has a Busy Day (TV) (cameo)
• Mr. Nonsense's Strange Illness (TV) (cameo)
• The Christmas Rescue (TV) (Non speaking cameo)

Gallery

Mr. Topsy-Turvy from the back of the Mr. Men books circa mid-1970's

Mr. Topsy-Turvy from the back of the Mr. Men books circa Early 1990's to 1994

Mr. Topsy-Turvy from the back of the Mr. Men books circa 1994- current

Fun what it'll be!

What a topsy turvy jumble!

Afternoon good! I'm Topsy-Turvy Mr.

Topsy-Turvy, upside down!

That's my trouble, you see. I get things outside-in, downside-up and front-to-back.

See also

• Roger Hargreaves
• Adam Hargreaves
• Mr. Muddle
• Mr. Topsy-Turvy's fun slide

External links

• Official Mr. Men website

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