The Mr. Men Show Mr. Nervous, Mr. Lazy, Little Miss Magic, Mr. Tall, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Funny and Little Miss Curious have undergone re-imaginings, (in season 1 that Mr. Fussy was renamed Mr. Persnickety in the US broadcast and Mr. Pernickety in the UK broadcast). Little Miss Calamity, Little Miss Daredevil, Mr. Scatterbrain and Mr. Stubborn were created exclusively for the television series. In Roger Hargreaves' original book series, each of the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters were given a hometown: Happyland, Tiddletown, Nonsenseland - in the television series, all the characters live in the same city, the township of Dillydale. The
Adam Hargreaves of trial and error," even having completed a foundation course at Brighton Art College. He said that as he taught himself to draw like his father he started to have a real respect for what he had done. He understood his father's sense of humour and that what made the books and the characters so successful is that they are about universal human emotions and the books have a strong sense of morality. In 2004 the family sold the rights to the "Mr. Men" to entertainment group Chorion for £28 million, although Hargreaves remains the public face of the franchise