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==Trivia== |
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Revision as of 19:05, 9 May 2021
- '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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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: Little Miss Neat, Little Miss Busy, Little Miss Tidy, Mr. Grumpy
- 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)
- Mali Narobesvet (Slovenian)
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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