Starkey claimed that with age his mentor became "tetchy" and "arrogant". Since boyhood, Randhir is a tetchy and wild and envies Vinod. Tetchy Tess is one of Horrid Henry's babysitters. Narcissa has a crocodile called Lucilla who is just lazy and tetchy as she is. This episode led to Michael being described as a "famously tetchy Millbank-backed candidate". The debate on helmet laws has been described as "sour and tetchy".