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The Purple Hand Gang as seen in the live-action movie.

The Purple Hand Gang is Horrid Henry's Secret Club.

Members

Though all of Henry's friends at school could be considered as part of the Purple Hand Gang [1], only 3 people are explicity stated to be members of the Purple Hand Gang. They are, along with their jobs:

  • Horrid Henry - Leader (To be referred to as, Lord High Excellent Majesty of the Purple Hand Gang)
  • Rude Ralph - Second in command
  • Aerobic Al - Third in command
  • Brainy Brian - Fourth in command
  • Beefy Bert - Fifth in command
  • Moody Margaret - Vice Leader
  • Perfect Peter - Chief Secretary (currently) Sentry (Third in command) (formerly) (First called Lord Worm but Peter didn't like it, Henry then changed it to Lord High Worm, and Peter then accepted it.)
  • Sour Susan - Temporary Spy (After Susan left the Secret Club but later betrayed the gang)

Headquarters

The headquarters of the the Purple Hand is a fort built in Henry and Peter's back garden. It was once threatened to be demolished by Mum, but with the help of Margaret and the producer of The Big Dig, it was kept and rebuilt. It is mainly a bunch of bars like monkey bars with a purple tarpaulin over it and an old sofa inside. In the books, it is positioned behind branches and there is a throne and a biscuit tin inside.

Flag

In the books, Henry's flag is a black flag with a white skull and crossbones on it. In the TV Series, it is made from an old pillow case painted purple and a light purple circle in the middle with a purple handprint in it.

Rivals

The Gang's archrivals are Moody Margaret's Secret Club and they are always battling it out to be the best.

Appearances

Footnotes

  1. Indeed, in the end credits, Margaret is shown holding the Purple Hand Gang flag leading a group of Henry's friends who are marching.

Triva

  • The Purple Hand Gang club in the movie and in the tv show is much bigger than the club in the books.
  • The Purple Hand Gang is a parody of The Black Hand Gang. The group that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This resulted in the First World War.
  • The fort is waterproof in Horrid Henry and the Lost Dog as Basher can be seen sleeping in it without any signs of water getting in.
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