Mr men is a series of children's books written by Roger Hargreaves, the books were first published in 1971 featuring the first 7 characters listed below. Each book bears the title of a Mr. Man and features a story based upon the character trait of each characters name.
As later books were published characters from previous books were often featured in them.
The Mr Men series was a phenomenal success selling many millions of copies and spawned a television series and a whole menagerie of merchandising. Yet because of the quality of the stories the Mr men books are highly revered amongst nostalgic twenty something's.
The illustrations accompanying the story were bold and simple with each Mr Men character clearly distinguishable in colour, shape and accessories
The table below lists all the Mr men in the order in which they were published. Since Roger Hargreaves death in 1988 his son Adam has continued to write and illustrate new stories, with some new characters. The list also contains some special one-off Mr Men.
Mr Men Name | Colour | Shape | Distinguishing features & clothing |
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Mr Tickle | Orange | round | long arms blue bowler hat |
Mr Greedy | Pink | oval, fattened | - |
Mr Happy | Yellow | round | - |
Mr Nosey | Green | oval | big nose |
Mr Sneeze | Blue | star-like | red nose, no arms! |
Mr Bump | Blue | round | white bandages |
Mr Snow | White | snowman-esque | red and white scarf, black bowler hat |
Mr Messy | Pink | scribbly | - |
Mr Topsy-Turvy | Orange | bean | yellow walking stick, upside down yellow bowler hat |
Mr Silly | Yellow / brown | round | orange top hat, yellow shoes, no eyes! |
Mr Uppity | Brown | bean | black top hat, monocle |
Mr Small | Small | round | red, blue bowler hat |
Mr Daydream | Blue | cloud-like shape | - |
Mr Forgetful | Dark blue | oval | small red hat |
Mr Jelly | Pink | wobbly circle | - |
Mr Noisy | Red | round | large brown shoes |
Mr Lazy | Pink | bean | dark blue hat |
Mr Funny | Light green | round | yellow hat (blue band & daisy), red nose, yellow gloves, red & white shoes |
Mr Mean | Blue | extended oval shape | yellow nose, has ears |
Mr Chatterbox | Pink | semi-circular shape | green bowler hat, blue & white shoes |
Mr Fussy | Green | extended oval shape | orange shoes, yellow nose, centre parted black hair, moustache |
Mr Bounce | Yellow | round | red hat |
Mr Muddle | Green | extended oval | red hat, feet pointing in wrong direction |
Mr Dizzy | Light brown/yellow | No 8 | blue hat |
Mr Impossible | Purple | oval, horizontally | blue top hat |
Mr Strong | Red | square | green cowboy style hat |
Mr Grumpy | Blue | rectangular | purple nose, green top hat |
Mr Clumsy | Green | oval | yellow nose, orange shoes, messy hair & moustache |
Mr Quiet | Light brown | round | small |
Mr Rush | Purple | triangle | yellow hat |
Mr Tall | Blue | round | long legs, orange shoes |
Mr Worry | Dark blue | round | red nose, worry lines |
Mr Nonsense | Yellow | round | green bowler hat, red nose, blue gloves, blue shoes, no eyes |
Mr Wrong | Red | round | flowerpot on head, odd gloves - yellow & blue, odd shoes - brown & black |
Mr Skinny | Yellow | long extended oval | red top hat, green nose |
Mr Mischief | Yellow | oval | red hat, blue nose |
Mr Clever | Orange | round | green top hat, glasses |
Mr Busy | Blue | bean | brown top hat with white band |
Mr Slow | Olive green | round | green bowler hat, white moustache |
Mr Brave | Yellow | extended oval | red & blue hat, glasses |
Mr Grumble | Purple | extended oval | green cowboy style hat |
Mr Perfect | Blue | round | side parted black hair, red nose |
Mr Cheerful | Orange | round | yellow & blue hat, yellow nose |
Mr Cheeky | Pink | triangle | blue hat, brown shoes |
Mr Christmas | Green | triangle | red Santa hat, gloves and shoes, yellow nose |
This page was suggested as a pub quiz category by a pub quiz help user. For (far) more information about the Mr Men visit the following sites:
Official Mr Men website