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A new kid introduced in ''Big Nate Lives It Up''. Is obsessed with botany.

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A new kid introduced in ''Big
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Nate's fourth girlfriend; he met her after switching lab partners with Gina so she could try and hook up with Chad. While that didn't pan out for her, Daphne and
Nate Lives It Up''. Is obsessed with botany.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Nate have a lot in common; they both like Cheez Doodles and hate egg salad, and her revealing that she's allergic to cats and that she's never watched figure skating meshes well with the fact that he dislikes both.
* CuteBookworm: She's fairly book smart, one arc saw her take Nate to a book store, and Nate considers her attractive.
* OfficialCouple: The fourth girl to officially hook up with Nate.
* TheQuietOne: Nate claims her to be this when Gina first proposes switching lab partners, though this comes off as an InformedAttribute.
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A new kid introduced in ''Big Nate Lives It Up''. Is obsessed with botany.

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*ForcedDancePartner: Nate mentions among his worst days that he was stuck dancing with Kim Cressley (in the first book).
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A stout, [[TheStoic stoic]] girl who has a thing for Nate (though Nate doesn't like her). Nowadays she's going out with Chester.

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A stout, [[TheStoic stoic]] girl who has a thing for Nate (though Nate doesn't like her). Nowadays she's going out with Chester.
Chad.



Another bully who clearly has some... issues. He's described to be six and a half feet tall, three hundred pounds, and has five o' clock shadow. He has a ''extremely'' short temper, so beware of pushing his BerserkButton. Is currently dating Kim Cressly.

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Another bully who clearly has some... issues. He's described to be six and a half feet tall, three hundred pounds, and has five o' clock shadow. He has a ''extremely'' short temper, so beware of pushing his BerserkButton. Is currently dating Kim Cressly.
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The title character. Nate is a sixth grade straight-C student, self-proclaimed ladies' man and Renaissance Man, and quite short (4'6" to be exact). His crush is Jenny, who hates him, and his [[ArchEnemy sworn enemies]] are [[ProfessionalButtKisser Gina]] and [[EvilTeacher Mrs. Godfrey.]]

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The title character. Nate is a sixth grade straight-C student, self-proclaimed ladies' man and Renaissance Man, and quite short (4'6" to be exact). His crush is Jenny, who hates him, Currently going out with Daphne, and his has [[ArchEnemy sworn enemies]] are in [[ProfessionalButtKisser Gina]] and [[EvilTeacher Mrs. Godfrey.]]
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* SuperScream: In the TV series, she is able to let out a super-sonic scream when she's upset about something or in times of a crisis, as shown in "The Pimple" and "Wilderness Warriors".


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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The TV series reveals that Kim has a twin sister who looks just like her.
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** In one strip, she sees Nate taking art commissions in the park and commissions him to draw a portrait of her dog, indicating that she genuinely respects his artistic talent when it's not being used at her expense.

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** In one strip, she sees Nate taking art commissions in the park and commissions him to draw a portrait of her dog, indicating that she genuinely respects his artistic talent when it's not being used at inopportune times such as in class, or at her expense.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the novels and animated ventures, his more jerkish personality traits are toned down or even gone entirely and has many more PetTheDog moments towards others. Though this can probably be attributed to a difference in medium from a four-panel gag comic with not much space to show consequences or any real story aside, to actual narratives that need to make Nate a protagonist the audience would want to root for.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the novels and animated ventures, his more jerkish personality traits are toned down or even gone entirely and he has many more PetTheDog moments towards others. Though this can probably be attributed to a difference in medium from a four-panel gag comic with not much space to show consequences or any real story aside, to actual narratives that need to make Nate a protagonist the audience would want to root for.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Nate's depictions have the novels (nice), the comic (mean), and the animated series (in-between).
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* MoralMyopia: He gladly makes drawings and comics insulting and mocking people and hates when he gets punished for it, but when people make drawings and comics mocking him he dislikes them for it and views them horribly for it.
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* IntentionalWeightGain: One storyline involves Nate trying to "bulk up" to become more threatening on the basketball court, though his idea of bulking up involves eating a lot rather than exercise. Needless to say, it doesn't work out as planned.

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** When Nate tells her he's unable to do his homework because of a family emergency, she immediately turns sympathetic and excuses him from saidhomework, and even advises him to find someone compassionate to talk about his problems with. Too bad said family emergency was a lie.

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** When Nate tells her he's unable to do his homework because of due to a family emergency, she immediately turns sympathetic shows concern for him and excuses him from saidhomework, and said homework, even advises advising him to find someone compassionate to talk about his problems with.with. It's likely that her calling Nate's dad on the phone was as much out of genuine concern as it was to confirm whether Nate was being truthful. Too bad said family emergency was a lie.



** Is genuinely moved when she catches Nate drawing a tribute to the 9/11 firefighters in class and even encourages him to continue doing so.

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** In one strip, she sees Nate taking art commissions in the park and commissions him to draw a portrait of her dog, indicating that she genuinely respects his artistic talent when it's not being used at her expense.
** Is genuinely moved when she catches Nate drawing a tribute to the 9/11 firefighters in class and even for once, encourages him to continue doing so.doodling in class.
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** When Nate tells her he's unable to do homework because of a family emergency, she turns sympathetic and excuses him from the homework, and even advises him to find someone compassionate to talk about his problems with. Too bad said family emergency was a lie.
** A better example is in the second chapter book. She accepts Nate's Ben Franklin comics as visual aids for his and Gina's project. She even calls them "delightful". This is because Ben Franklin himself was a cartoonist.

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** When Nate tells her he's unable to do his homework because of a family emergency, she immediately turns sympathetic and excuses him from the homework, saidhomework, and even advises him to find someone compassionate to talk about his problems with. Too bad said family emergency was a lie.
** A better example is in the second chapter book. She In ''Big Nate Strikes Again'', Mrs. Godfrey accepts Nate's Ben Franklin comics as visual aids for his and Gina's project. She even calls group project with Gina, deeming them "delightful". This is because "delightful" and appropriate due to Ben Franklin himself was Franklin's history as a cartoonist.
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** Also messing with his friends. Despite not being on speaking terms (due to a fight) with Francis, when Randy bullies him, Nate proceeds to go ''berserk'' and proceeds to tackle him in beginning a fight. (Nate even mentions it's the first time he ever got into a fight with someone).

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** Also messing with his friends. Despite not being on speaking terms (due to a fight) with Francis, when Randy bullies him, Nate proceeds to go ''berserk'' and proceeds to tackle him in beginning a fight. (Nate fight, even mentions mentioning it's the first time he ever got into a fight with someone).someone.



** In one episode ("Ghostly Coven of Man Witches") of the Big Nate TV series, he quickly bakes a perfect cake for the Teachers to enter the competition against the Jeffersons. Mr. Galvin even lampside this.

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** In one episode ("Ghostly Coven of Man Witches") of the Big Nate ''Big Nate'' TV series, he quickly bakes a perfect cake for the Teachers to enter the competition against the Jeffersons. Mr. Galvin even lampside this.

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