List of Big Nate characters

The following is a list of characters from Big Nate , an American comic strip and book series written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Characters

Primary

The Wright Family

• Nate Wright: The comic strip's main character. Nate is a sixth grade detentionair and 11 years old, a talented cartoonist, drummer, and chess player. He also believes he is a natural prankster, as he attempts funny and difficult pranks on the second to last day of school (known in the book as "Prank Day"). He is somewhat vain, believing himself to be irresistible to girls despite being rejected repeatedly by his crush, Jenny Jenkins. He believes he is a brilliant sports player despite his lack of athletic abilities. He also thinks of himself as a genius despite his below-average grades. Nate spends much of his time in detention, in the art room drawing comics, or playing drums for his Rock band|band , Enslave the Mollusk, which also comprises his friends Francis, Teddy, and Artur. Nate is desperate to own a dog, much to the disgust of his sister, a cat person. He also has ailurophobia, the fear of cats, and hates Figure skating and egg salad, but loves "Cheez Doodles". Surprisingly, Nate's most well-known talent is that he is a skilled chess -player, to the complete confusion of his friends and family, and even won the Maine youth chess tournament. Nate is also well known as being able to detect 'vibes'. He even tried to teach Chad Applewhite this ability but failed. Nate is also known for having a very accurate sense of smell.
• Martin Earl "Marty" Wright: Nate's father, a bald, overweight divorcée who lost his job in the eighth novel of the series (eventually getting another one). Like his son, he is somewhat clueless about his failings and considers himself a professional musician despite his indescribably horrible singing voice and initially poor steel-string guitar playing, an athlete despite his inherent laziness, and an expert golfer, though he constantly cheats or loses his ball. He is a health nut and always tries to hand out healthy alternatives to candy on Halloween (raisins, prunes, trail mix, etc.), which are always rejected by trick-or-treaters. He also was the hero of the first Mud Bowl, according to Big Nate: Blasts Off. His first name was first stated on July 28, 2005.
• Ellen Wright: Nate's fifteen-year-old sister. Unlike Nate, Ellen is responsible and hardworking and loves cats and figure-skating, and egg salad. Nate is always compared to Ellen in school by teachers. She is Nate's consistent rival, and he enjoys playing pranks on her. Ellen also dates Gordie on and off, who works at the comic book store, Klassic Komix and has previously dated Kenny Smithson, the captain of the football team and is considered her crush. They briefly broke up before reconciling. She is 4 years older than Nate.
• Marjorie “Marge” Wright: Nate's grandmother. She and her husband, Vern, have a slightly tense relationship, as she sometimes nags him about giving up her career for married life and for generally being lazy and perverted.
• Vernon “Vern” Wright: Nate's grandfather. He enjoys stating his opinion without consideration, using his age to show off. He is shown to have a tattoo, and he also likes Junior Mints.
• Theodore “Ted” Wright: Nate's lazy uncle, an overweight, unemployed man-child who lives in Nate's grandparent's basement. He dropped out of college and since then has never held down a job. When he was in 5th grade, he played the oboe. He is oblivious to his family's hints that he move out and find work, and spouts sci-fi and musical trivia at the drop of a hat. He is a big fan of World of Warcraft, My Little Pony, Star Trek, and Battlestar Galactica.

Nate's Best Friends

• Francis Butthurst Pope: Nate's number #1 friend, Francis is very intelligent, and this upsets his friends from time to time. He has a gap between his teeth and lets people bully him often. Nate and Francis frequently make fun of each other, but he states that this is how they operate. He also likes to read ‘The Book of Facts’ also Francis loves trivia, which annoys Nate and Teddy. Nate and Francis often argue about cats vs dogs as Francis is a cat person, he also has a cat named Pickles. Contrary to Nate's feelings for them, Francis is friendly with both Mrs. Godfrey and Artur. Francis plays the electric guitar in Enslave the Mollusk and dates Sheila Stapleton. In Big Nate: Flips Out, it is revealed that he told Nate his embarrassing middle name (Butthurst) as a part of making their friendship official.
• Teddy √ Ortiz : Nate's number "1A" best friend, Teddy is a comedic character who frequently cracks jokes and annoys Nate. Like Francis, Teddy likes Artur and is a member of Enslave the Mollusk. His middle name is the square root symbol since his parents are math teachers. In Big Nate: Flips Out, it is revealed that he is fluent in Spanish. He plays the musical keyboard in Enslave The Mollusk. In 1994, it is revealed that Teddy is half Mexicans|Mexican, and half Puerto Rican. In 1994, it is revealed that over the summer Teddy gets to live in Mexico with his grandparents, however, this stopped happening in 1996. Teddy also knows a lot about the American Civil War|Civil War, as his dad is an expert of the Civil War, and has been teaching him facts since he was a baby.

Secondary

Nate's Classmates

• Dee Dee Dorcas Holloway: A friend of Nate who is a member of the drama club and is considered by Nate to be a drama queen. Nate does not like her much at first, but she gradually becomes a part of Nate's friend group and a major character.
• Chad Applewhite: Chad is one of Nate's good friends. He is a chubby kid with red hair and freckles. He is obsessed with eating and food.
• Artur Pashkov: A very friendly, intelligent, and well-liked exchange student from Belarus.
• Randy Betancourt: One of Nate's rivals and a school bully.
• Jenny Jenkins: Nate's classmate and biggest crush.
• Breckenridge Puffington III: Nate's most recent met student. He's somewhat shy and is a huge fanatic of plants.
• Gina Hemphill-Toms: One of Nate's cleverest schoolmates and his rivals.
• Kim Cressly: A very big girl who at one point decided Nate was her boyfriend and refused to take "no" for an answer.
• Chester Budrick: A school bully.
• Marcus Goode: Marcus Goode is the "popular kid" of the seventh grade at P.S. 38 although tends to be quite a bully.

Nate's Teachers at Public School 38

• Mrs. Clara Godfrey: Nate's ultimate hated teacher, his social studies teacher. Nate spends much of his time trying to avoid her outside of class and antagonizing her in class, making up several nicknames for her, like Venus de Silo, Godzilla, Dark Side Of the Moon, She who Must not Be Named, Dragon Breath, etc.. Nate has been known to exaggerate her physical features in his comics. Nate always refers here to the 'Creature Teacher' and hates her the most due to her rude attitude and the fact that she is a cat person. Additionally, he frequently draws her as a parody of The Devil. Nate also thinks that 6th grade would have been much easier for him if his older sister Ellen had not been there first. The relations between Mrs. Godfrey and Nate are not entirely negative, though. She allows Nate to create reports in cartoon form, giving him an outlet for his creativity and energy. She once saved Nate from choking on a peppermint. Using the Heimlich Maneuver. She has a daughter named Katrina. Her maiden name is Lessard then she changes it to Godfrey after she got married. She shares Nate's love for Star Trek: The Next Generation and maple donuts, and Cheez Doodles, something that is especially horrifying to him. She is a fan of Gina and favors her.
• Mr. Ken Rosa: Nate's art teacher, Mr. Rosa is a soft-spoken and mild-mannered man but somewhat overworked and embittered about his career. A
• Principal Wesley Nichols: The principal of P.S. 38. Nate and the other students are very friendly towards him, but do not treat him as an authority figure; he is bewildered by the students.
• Mrs. Geraldine Shipulski: Principal Nichols' secretary.
• Mrs. Lettie Czerwicki: She is a school volunteer who supervises the students in detention. She reads romance novels while sitting in detention. Mrs. Czerwicki sometimes plays table football with him.
• Mr. Shawn Galvin: Nate's science teacher. He has a crush on Greta Van Susteren. He has almost no visible sense of humor and conducts a very boring class.
• " School Picture Guy": Not only showing up every year as the school picture photographer, this character often shows up in unexpected places doing odd jobs such as a birthday clown, DJ or a school board meeting reporter.
• Coach Calhoun: Nate's main gym teacher. He is also Nate's friends' baseball, soccer, and basketball coach. He manages to keep a positive attitude despite the fact that P.S. 38's sports teams tend to lose competitions against other schools most of the time, usually by a large margin.
• Coach John: A frequent substitute for Coach Calhoun, Coach John originally was the full time coach of the school's physical education program. He also is the school's soccer coach.
• Mr. Staples: The math teacher. He has a tendency to tell corny knock-knock jokes, and to act corny in general as well. He was born in China.
• Ms. Clarke: Nate's English teacher, his second favourite teacher behind Mr. Rosa. It was mentioned that Mrs. Godfrey and Ms. Clarke are very good friends.

References

1. Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate goes bananas. Kansas City, Missouri. ISBN   978-1-4494-8995-3. OCLC   1023524693.
2. Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate : silent but deadly. Kansas City, Missouri. ISBN   978-1-4494-8991-5. OCLC   1027470620.
3. Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate. A good old-fashioned wedgie. Kansas City, Missouri. ISBN   978-1-4494-6230-7. OCLC   994234441.