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+ | |Box title = Mr. Topsy-Turvy |
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+ | |Image file = Mr Topsy-Turvy 7A.PNG |
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+ | |Image size = 250 |
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+ | |Row 1 title = Book No. |
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+ | |Row 1 info = 9 (UK and US) |
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+ | <br/>16 (France) |
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+ | |Row 2 title = Release Date |
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+ | |Row 2 info = July 10, 1972 |
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+ | |Row 3 title = Preceded by |
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+ | |Row 3 info = [[Mr. Messy]] (UK and US) |
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+ | <br/>[[Mr. Impossible]] (France) |
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+ | |Row 4 title = Followed by |
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+ | |Row 4 info = [[Mr. Silly]] (UK and US) |
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+ | <br/>[[Mr. Perfect]] (France) |
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+ | ==About him== |
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− | <td colspan="2" style="padding:0; background:#FFBF00; color:#FFBF00;">[[File:Mr.Topsy-Turvy.jpg|250px]]</td></tr><tr style="color:#00CC00; background:#FFBF00; font-size:larger;"> |
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+ | *'''Shape''': Bean |
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− | <th colspan="5"><center>Mr. Topsy-Turvy</center></th> |
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+ | *'''Gender''': Male |
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− | </tr> |
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+ | *'''Personality''': Jumbled, Untidy, Chaotic, Turvy-Topsy, Disorderly, Disorganised |
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− | <tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; background:#FFBF00:"> |
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− | *''' |
+ | *'''Relatives''': none |
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+ | *'''Love''': unknown |
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+ | *'''Rivals''': unknown |
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− | *'''Relatives ''': Little Miss Contrary (possibly), Mr. Muddle (possibly), Mr. Wrong (possibly) |
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− | *Love: |
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− | *Rivals: |
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− | *Release date: 1972 |
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*'''Job''': doing things the wrong way |
*'''Job''': doing things the wrong way |
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− | *Features: Yellow bowler hat and cane (which were turned upside down) |
+ | *'''Features''': Yellow bowler hat and cane (which were turned upside down) |
− | *Voice Actors: Arthur Lowe (1975-1978), John Alderton (1983), Gordon Peters ( |
+ | *'''Voice Actors''': Arthur Lowe (1975-1978), John Alderton (1983), Gordon Peters (''Mr. Men and Little Miss''), Len Carlson (US dub) |
− | </th></tr> |
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− | </table> |
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==Story== |
==Story== |
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+ | [[File:Mr. Topsy-Turvy.jpg|thumb|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 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. |
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⚫ | 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. |
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==International publications & translations== |
==International publications & translations== |
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− | Mr. Topsy-Turvy appears under the titles Monsieur A L'Envers (French), Don Alreves (Spanish), Unser Herr Kuddelmuddel (German), 顛倒先生 (Taiwan), 거꿀씨 (Korean), Mr. Popeth o chwith (Welsh), Meneer Opsekop/Meneertje Andersom (Dutch), Ο Κύριος Ανάποδος (Greek), Fætter Omvendt (Danish), おべこべくん (Japanese). |
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+ | *Monsieur A L'Envers (French) |
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+ | *Unser Herr Kuddelmuddel (German) |
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+ | *Don Alreves (Spanish) |
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+ | *Mr. Al Revés (Second Spanish Release) |
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+ | *Mr. Popeth-o-Chwith (Welsh) |
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+ | *Meneer Opsekop/Meneertje Andersom (Dutch) |
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+ | *Ο Κύριος Ανάποδος (Greek) |
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+ | *Pan Opaczny (Polish) |
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+ | *Fætter Omvendt (Danish) |
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+ | *Herr Bakvendt (Norwegian) |
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+ | *顛倒先生 (Taiwan) |
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+ | *おべこべくん (Japanese) |
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+ | *거꿀씨 (Korean |
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+ | *מר איפכא (Hebrew) |
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+ | *السيد قلاب (Alsayyed Qallab) (Arabic) |
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+ | *คุณกลับหัว (Thai) |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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⚫ | *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. |
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− | *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 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 |
+ | *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. Uppity. |
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*In his story, he went down the up escalator, which is exactly what [[Mr. Stubborn]] did in his plot in [[Mall]]. |
*In his story, he went down the up escalator, which is exactly what [[Mr. Stubborn]] did in his plot in [[Mall]]. |
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+ | *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. |
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+ | *His theme song is called [[Topsy Turvy Land]]. |
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− | ==Counterparts== |
+ | ===Counterparts=== |
+ | See [[w:c:mrmencounterparts:Mr. Topsy-Turvy|Counterparts Wiki]]. |
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− | *His Spongebob Squarepants counterpart is the titular character because they both used to get words out of order. |
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− | *His Mr. Bean counterpart is the titular character because they both are topsy-turvy. |
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− | *His Looney Tunes counterpart is Foghorn Leghorn because they both tend to get attention. |
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− | *His Top Cat counterpart is the titular character because they both wear hats, carry canes, and are jolly. |
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− | *His Stitch! counterpart is Topsy-Turvy both because they both have the same name and makes things topsy-turvy. |
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− | *His Alphabet Castle counterpart is Gobbledygook the Talking Turkey because they get their words mixed up. |
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− | *His Tweenies counterpart is Jake because they are both orange and get words mixed-up. |
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− | *His Star Wars counterpart is Yoda because they both get words out of order. |
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− | *His Thomas and Friends counterpart is Toad because they both go backwards |
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− | *His Final Fight counterpart is Sodom because they speak Topsy-Turvy. |
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− | *His Pokemon counterpart is Palkia because they turn things upside down. |
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− | *His Wayside counterpart is Jon because they turn things upside down. |
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− | *His The Amazing World Of Gumball counterpart is Juke because they both don't speak correctly. |
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− | *His Sesame Street counterpart is Grover because they are both topsy-turvy. |
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− | *His Tiny Toon Adventures counterpart is Fifi La Fume they are both topsy-turvy. |
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− | *His Sonic the Hedgehog counterpart is Dr. Eggman they are both topsy-turvy. |
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− | *His TUGS is The Goods Engine they are both topsy-turvy. |
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− | *His Garfield is Odie they are both topsy-turvy. |
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==List of characters== |
==List of characters== |
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*Taxi Driver |
*Taxi Driver |
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*Store Clerk |
*Store Clerk |
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− | *[[Mr. Bump]] (Picture on the building |
+ | *[[Mr. Bump]] (Picture on the building wall) |
+ | *[[Mr. Uppity]] (TV, picture on wall, he appears in this story before his own) |
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==Title character other appearances== |
==Title character other appearances== |
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This is a list of other books that the title character has appeared in. |
This is a list of other books that the title character has appeared in. |
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+ | '''Books''' |
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*[[Mr. Clever]] |
*[[Mr. Clever]] |
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*[[Little Miss Giggles]] |
*[[Little Miss Giggles]] |
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+ | '''Television''' |
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*[[Little Miss Late]] (TV) |
*[[Little Miss Late]] (TV) |
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+ | *[[The Christmas Rescue]] (TV) (non-speaking cameo) |
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+ | *[[Mr. Funny Puts on a Show]] (TV) |
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+ | *[[Mr. Brave Goes Ghost Hunting]] (TV) (cameo) |
− | *Little Miss |
+ | *[[Little Miss Late Beats Them All]] (TV) |
+ | *[[Another Victory for Little Miss Splendid]] (TV) (cameo) |
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− | *Little Miss |
+ | *[[Little Miss Scatterbrain Puts Everything in Turmoil]] (TV) |
− | *Mr. Nonsense's Strange Illness (TV) (cameo) |
+ | *[[Mr. Nonsense's Strange Illness]] (TV) (cameo) |
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+ | *[[Little Miss Bossy Has a Busy Day]] (TV) (cameo) |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
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+ | <gallery widths="150" spacing="small" bordercolor="transparent" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> |
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+ | Mr. Topsy-Turvy.png|Mr. Topsy-Turvy from the back of the Mr. Men books circa mid-1970's |
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+ | Mr. Topsy Turvy.png|Mr. Topsy-Turvy from the back of the Mr. Men books circa Early 1990's to 1994 |
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+ | Mr Topsy-Turvy 1A.PNG|Mr. Topsy-Turvy from the back of the Mr. Men books circa 1994- current |
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+ | Mr Topsy-Turvy2A.jpg |
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+ | mr-topsy-turvy-3a.PNG|Fun what it'll be! |
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+ | Mr Topsy-Turvy 4A.png |
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+ | MR TOPSY-TURVY 5A.PNG|What a topsy turvy jumble! |
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+ | mr topsy turvy 6a.PNG |
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+ | Mr Topsy-Turvy 7A.PNG|Afternoon good! I'm Topsy-Turvy Mr. |
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+ | mr-topsy-turvy-8a.PNG|Topsy-Turvy, upside down! |
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+ | Mr-Topsy-Turvy 9A.PNG |
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+ | MR-TOPSY TURVY-10A.png |
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+ | mr topsy-turvy 11a.PNG|That's my trouble, you see. I get things outside-in, downside-up and front-to-back. |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Adam Hargreaves]] |
*[[Adam Hargreaves]] |
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*[[Mr. Muddle]] |
*[[Mr. Muddle]] |
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+ | *[[Mr. Topsy-Turvy's fun slide]] |
==External links== |
==External links== |
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+ | *[https://www.mrmen.com/ Official Mr. Men website] |
{{Roger Hargreaves}} |
{{Roger Hargreaves}} |
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[[Category:No Visible Nose]] |
[[Category:No Visible Nose]] |
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+ | [[Category:Fat characters]] |
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+ | [[Category:Characters named after Adjectives]] |
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+ | [[Category:Characters named after Nouns]] |
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Revision as of 18:19, 15 May 2020
- '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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July 10, 1972
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Preceded by
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Followed by
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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 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 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)
- Unser Herr Kuddelmuddel (German)
- Don Alreves (Spanish)
- Mr. Al Revés (Second Spanish Release)
- 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 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. Uppity.
- 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
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. Uppity (TV, picture on wall, he appears in this story before his own)
Title character other appearances
This is a list of other books that the title character has appeared in.
Books
Television
- Little Miss Late (TV)
- The Christmas Rescue (TV) (non-speaking cameo)
- Mr. Funny Puts on a Show (TV)
- 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)
- Mr. Nonsense's Strange Illness (TV) (cameo)
- Little Miss Helpful Goes to the Fair (TV)
- Little Miss Bossy Has a Busy Day (TV) (cameo)
Gallery
See also
- Roger Hargreaves
- Adam Hargreaves
- Mr. Muddle
- Mr. Topsy-Turvy's fun slide
External links
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