One-Steve Limit: Averted. When Mr. Lazy dreams he is forced to work by two men named Mr. Busy and Mr. Bustle, the former is definitely not the Mr. Busy who has his own book.

Improvised Umbrella: In the Mr Men Annual No. 3, Mr Mean is sheltering from the rain under a newspaper, as he is much too mean to buy an umbrella. An elderly lady Mrs Washer asks for a sheet of his newspaper, but he refuses. Later, after he has been taught a lesson by a wizard, he gives Mrs Washer half a sheet of his newspaper. Half a sheet, and it isn't even raining. Little Miss Naughty is so named because of her tendency to play mean spirited pranks on people for fun.

Everything Trying to Kill You: A downplayed G-rated version with Little Miss Tiny. When she explores the farmhouse she lives in, she encounters creatures scary to her because of her tiny size such as a worm and a cat. Mr. Strong though rescues her from any possible harm. I Shall Taunt You: Missy constantly taunts Dr. Twelfth for being "old and slow" during The Chase. This figures into her Evil Plan in that goading him into trying to catch her is a way of distracting him from noticing she's leaving Cybermats in her wake. Both Mr Impossible's Lesson and Little Miss Shy And The Fairy Godmother involve Little Miss Shy being put through a gratuitous act of cruelty from one of the meaner characters (Mr. Snooty in the former, and Little Miss Bossy and Little Miss Naughty in the latter) and getting help via magical means. The key difference is that in the former, Mr. Snooty shows some honor at the end and thanks her along with Mr. Bump and Mr. Clumsy for preventing his house from burning down while in the latter, Little Miss Bossy and Little Miss Naughty receive little, if any repercussions for bullying Little Miss Shy for blushing.

From 2004 to 2011, the Mr. Men characters were owned by Chorion; as of 2012 , they are owned by Sanrio, the creators of Hello Kitty. Since Roger Hargreaves' death, Adam has continued the line with new books. Power-Up Food: Mr. Strong gets his incredible strength from his diet of eggs, eggs, and more eggs. note And, according to his story's final line, ice cream. Limited Special Ultimate Collector's Edition: Dr. Thirteenth arrived to coincide with the debut of her television counterpart, and thus was initially published as a larger-sized "Limited Edition" hardcover with gold foil detailing on a teal cover (it also had the actual Doctor Who logo on the front, another change from the others). While Christmas Surprise! was also a hardcover, it was otherwise a standard-format book. Little Miss Neat was a very tidy person, everything has its place. And every summer she goes on holiday for a week. What will happen when Mr Muddle visits while she's out?While Little Miss Sunshine was driving home from her holiday she ran across a signpost. To Miseryland. What will happen to the crying folks of Miseryland when Little Miss Sunshine comes to visit Mr. Worry: after a wizard has made sure that none of Mr. Worry's worries will come to pass, after a happy week he has no worries at all. But on Monday morning, he is a worried Mr Man again. Why? Do you really want to know what happened? He is worried that he has nothing to worry about. Little Miss Scary liked to creep up behind people and shout 'BOO!' But when Mr Jelly has been scared too much, he and Mr Noisy decide to teach Little Miss Scary a lesson. In the 2008 TV series, The Mr. Men Show, Little Miss Scary kept her looks, except one of her spikes is gone and Miss Scary is darker red. She is a regular character. She loves fear, has her own television show, Miss Scary's Late Night Scare Fest, and is assisted by Mr. Bounce. Her house is a haunted house in the middle of the woods. Miss Scary has a collection of assorted masks (which are modified in season two) which she uses to scare the other Mr. Men and Little Misses, although they can frighten her as well. Miss Scary has a scary snore (as seen in the episode, "Sleep"). Little Miss Scary snorts when Miss Scary laughs. Miss Scary is also a fairy in some episodes. In the US and UK versions, Miss Scary is voiced by Susan Balboni and Jo Wyatt (Series 1) and Alex Kelly (Series 2).