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Like his son, he is somewhat clueless about his failings and considers himself a professional musician despite his indescribably poor 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.

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Martin Earl 'Marty' Wright: Nate's father, a bald, overweight divorcГ©e who lost his job in the eighth novel of the series (eventually getting another one).

He also happens to not have a middle name. Nate is also known for having a very accurate sense of smell. Surprisingly, Nate's most well-known talent is that he is a skilled chess player, to the complete confusion of his friends and family. He also hates figure skating and egg salad, but loves Cheez Doodles. Nate is desperate to own a dog, in part due to his ailurophobia, but rarely gets his wish, as his father does not want to own a dog. Nate spends much of his time in detention, in the art room drawing comics, or playing drums for his rock band, Enslave the Mollusk, which also comprises his friends Francis, Teddy, and Artur. He also thinks of himself as a genius despite his below-average grades. He believes he is a brilliant sports player despite his lack of athletic abilities. He is somewhat vain, believing himself to be irresistible to girls despite being rejected repeatedly by his crush, Jenny Jenkins. 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 series as 'Prank Day'). Nate is a C-grade student in sixth grade and 11-and-a-half years old, a talented cartoonist, drummer, and chess player. Nate Wright: The comic strip's main character.Main article: List of Big Nate characters and premises I'd been a teacher myself, and schools can be very funny places.' But before too long, I realized that the part of the strip that I enjoyed most was the school humor. 'I intended to feature a lot of stories about Nate's single dad, and all the comic possibilities inherent in that. 'Big Nate started as more of a 'domestic humor' strip than it is now. Answering questions from fans in The Washington Post'', Peirce revealed the following about the creation of the strip: Peirce occasionally focuses on Nate's home life with his single father, Martin, and girly sister Ellen. Nate also loathes Gina, a вЂњteacherвЂ™s petвЂќ who gets good grades and is constantly acting like a suck-up to Mrs. He has a love-hate relationship with Artur, a foreign exchange student who is the boyfriend of Jenny, NateвЂ™s crush. Godfrey, whom he considers his nemesis and calls her names like вЂњthe school's GodzillaвЂќ. Other characters include a variety of teachers and students at NateвЂ™s school, Public School 38. He has two best friends, Francis and Teddy, who occasionally get in trouble with him. Big Nate follows the adventures and misadventures of Nate Wright, an incompetent, spirited and rebellious sixth-grader.

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