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Not to be confused with Greasy Greta, as they both have the same name but different personalities.
Great Aunt Greta is Henry and Peter's very old great-aunt who thinks Henry is a girl called Henrietta and that Peter is a teenager. She sends Peter cool stuff made for teenagers (which he doesn't always like), and Henry stuff for toddlers (which he always hates). Given that she's in her senior years, she supposedly has very bad eyesight, and it's highly likely she has some form of dementia.
Tamsin Heatley voices her.
Appearances
As a Character
Series 1
- Her first appearance is in "Perfect Peter's Horrid Day", where she visits for tea, and flees after Henry's slugs land on her.
- She appears in Henry's imagination in "Horrid Henry's School Fair", "Horrid Henry Who Stole Mr Kill?" and "Horrid Henry's Underpants".
Series 2
- She watches Peter's performances in "Perfect Peter, Popstar", and attends the party afterwards.
- She comes to look after Henry and Peter for the weekend in "Horrid Henry's House Party".
- In "Horrid Henry's Secret Surprise", Henry, mistakenly thinking the her surprise party was for him, plans it to his liking, but Great Aunt Greta ends up enjoying it.
- In "Horrid Henry Says Goodbye", she attends the family's farewell party.
- In "Horrid Henry and the Antiques Rogue Show", Dad borrows a valuable piece of pottery she owns, but Henry accidentally sits on it. In retribution, Great Aunt Greta takes the letter with the priceless stamp.
Series 3
- In "Horrid Henry and the Special Spinner", she teaches Henry a few tricks with the yo-yo.
- She and Henry go to the park for the day in "Horrid Henry's Skipping Lesson".
- In "Horrid Henry Alone at Home", Mum calls her to babysit Henry, but she assures Mum he'll be fine on his own, and has to leave for a flying lesson.
- In "Horrid Henry Goes To The Theatre", It's revealed that the recurring Clown character is Great Aunt Greta's great-nephew.
- She was mentioned in "Horrid Henry and the King of Bling", where she sent Peter a DJB disc, but in the end, Dad saw him watching DJB, and he knows it's for teenagers.
Series 4
- In "Horrid Henry Plays Air Guitar", she visits for lunch, along with Doddery Donald.
- In "Horrid Henry's Hit Song", she takes part in Henry's music video.
- In "Horrid Henry and the Tongue Twisters", she attends Peter's birthday party.
- She was mentioned in "Horrid Henry's Birthday Bonanza".
Series 5
- In "Horrid Henry: How to Be Good", she looks after Henry and Peter again.
- She is mentioned in "Horrid Henry: King Henry the Ninth", "Horrid Henry and the Jumper Jinx" and "Horrid Henry: The Road to Nowhere".
- Peter goes to stay with her in "Horrid Henry: The Great Escape" and "Horrid Henry and the Terrific Teenager".
As a Background Character
Great Aunt Greta also makes several appearances as a background character:
- In "Horrid Henry's School Fair", she is seen manning a stall.
- In "Horrid Henry's Horrid Heroes", she appears in the audience at the school talent show.
- In "Horrid Henry and the Walking Stick Gang, she makes an appearance in the old people's home. But as she has been shown living independently in a bungalow, she was probably visiting a friend living in the home, possibly Old Olive.
- In "Horrid Henry and the Christening Crisis", she makes a cameo appearance at Vomiting Vera's christening.
- In "Horrid Henry Gets the Message", she is seen in the crowd.
Description
Great Aunt Greta has grey hair in a bun and pale skin. She wears a pink shirt with a white collar, a magenta skirt, grey earrings, and grey high heeled shoes.
As a younger woman, she had long blonde hair, quite a tall figure and a good taste in fashion.
Personality
In Series 1 and 2, she appears to be absent-minded. In "Horrid Henry's House Party", she believed that the back door was the fridge, that the supermarket didn't have broccoli, and she served Henry and Peter cat food. She also mistook a cardboard cut-out of Mutant Max for a supermarket employee. This indicates she is deaf and partially blind.
In Series 3 to 5, she appears to be more intelligent. She also can hear easily and seems to be able to see much better. Despite this, she still thinks Peter is a teenager and Henry is a girl. In Series 3, she shows her talents for yo-yo spinning and skipping. In Series 5, she knits Henry colourful jumpers.
When she was younger she seems to have been quite stylish like her sister. She and her sister were shown to be close.
Trivia
- It is revealed that Great Aunt Greta is related to Henry and his family through blood as she was the younger sister of Grandma. However, it’s not known if she was related to Colin the Clown through blood or marriage, but it was most likely marriage due to Mum, Perfect Peter and Horrid Henry not recognising him, implying Colin is Greta’s husband's nephew. This would mean Greta was married, it's likely she is a widow as she still has contact with Colin.
- She has a dislike on Bossy Bill in "Horrid Henry's Skipping Lesson" as he called her mad and Henry clearly hates him (which is why she called Bill a horrid boy).
- As she attended a private school, it is possible that Greta's family were quite wealthy. She also seems to have been quite good at lacrosse and skipping, which she clearly enjoyed.
Gallery
- Main article: Great Aunt Greta/Gallery
Guide to Henry's Family
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Clown • Dad • Doddery Donald • Fang • Fluffy • Fussy Uncle Francis • Grandma • Great Aunt Greta • Horrid Henry • Mum • Old Olive • Perfect Peter • Peter's Sons • Pimply Paul • Prissy Polly • Rich Aunt Ruby • Stuck-Up Steve • Vomiting Vera |