History WesternAnimation / NateIsLate

* GhostPirate: The subject of "The Pirate" where the duo meet a pirate captain named Bonebeard. It's later revealed he's Malika's Great (x4) Grandfather.

* GroundhogDayLoop: "The Pocket Watch" focus on the duo getting rewound back to before they leave the house every ten minutes thanks to Nate's grandfather's watch. Forcing them to try get to their current point and get it fix before they're rewound again.
* JackassGenie: Kinda, the episode where the duo run into one has him trick Nate into wasting his last two wishes, with the third in which he tries to get Nate to take his place. Malika manages to fix things with her wishes. But afterward they do help the genie by getting someone to wish him free.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Future Kid episode had said character trying to prevent Nate from causing and accident that destroy their school in the past which in turn would impose stricter punishments in his timeline when the school is rebuilt.

--> '''Nate''': Yes![[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} It's Super Effective!]]

* KillAndReplace: In "The Cyborgs", Professor Toybus's rogue A.I kidnaps most of the towns citizens, sleep gasses them and replaces them with cyborg duplicates.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Zig-zagged. The duo will save the day in whatever situation they're in, but they'll always fail to make it before school starts.
** Subverted in the Future episode where the duo actually do make it on time for once due to their future friend warping them to the school before the bell rung.

* ShoutOut: "The Robot" has one to ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' when Toybus tries to stop his creation from overloading himself.

* DisproportionateRetribution: The Mermaids force Nate to fight a garbage monster just because he threw some trash into their lake (And even then, it was an accident. It was blown into the lake by the wind and he was trying to retrieve it).

* ContinuityNod: When Nate and Malika realize Max was the culprit was Max in "Santa's Reindeer", they remember he likewise gave them problems in "The Dragon".

** The mother dragon in "The Dragon" episode. Not at all happy when an animal catcher threatens her young. Naturally when it gets free thanks to Nate and Malika, it doesn't take long to unleash fury the animal catcher's way.

** The mother dragon in "The Dragon" episode. Not at all happy when an animal catcher threatens her young. Naturally when it gets free thanks to Nate and Malika, it doesn't take long to unleash fury the animal character's way.

* MyBelovedSmother: The Frog Prince episode had the witch be the mother of a very beautiful girl but wouldn't allow her any suitors, claiming they only wanted her for her beauty and nothing else. The one guy who obviously saw her more then that was turned into a toad because of this belief and, after Nate and Malika help defeat the witch, her daughter puts her foot down and tells her mother to let her decide for herself and live her own life. The mother finally relents after hearing this and realizing the two really do love each other. Albeit threatening the man if he ever mistreats her daughter.

* WickedWitch: The main big bad of the Frog Prince episode. Though it's revealed she's more a WellIntentionedExtremist

* BlobMonster: The main threat in "The Superhero"

* DisproportionateRetribution: The Mermaid force Nate to fight a garbage monster just because he threw some trash into their lake (and even then, it was an accident. It was blown into the lake by the wind and he was trying to retrieve it).

* JackassGenie: Kinda, the episode where the duo run into one has him trick Nate into wasting his last two wishes, with the third in which he tries to get Nate to take his place. Malika manages to fix things with her wishes. But afterward do help the genie by getting someone to wish him free.

* TakenForGranite: In the Leprechaun episode, Nate and Malika aid said leprechaun named Shawn who explains that if a leprechaun gold is completely stolen, they'll turn to stone. Sure enough this does happen to him but luckily Malika had some money on her to revive Shawn and allow the three to finish their objective.

* GroundhogDayLoop: "The Stopwatch" focus on the duo getting rewound back to before they leave the house every ten minutes thanks to Nate's grandfather's watch. Forcing them to try get to their current point and get it fix before they're rewound again.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Usually any episodes that involved the Professor devolve into this when an invention of his goes haywire and gains sentience.
* CassandraTruth: Everytime the duo finally arrive at the school. They have to explain themselves to their principal. Naturally when they tell the truth, she has a hard time believing them. Sometimes they can offer proof if it's reasonable enough (such as someone coming with them and vouching for them) but other times she just rolls her eyes and lets them through.

: AIIsACrapshoot: Usually any episodes that involved the Professor devolve into this when an invention of his goes haywire and gains sentience.

* CassandraTruth: Everytime the duo finally arrive at the school. They have to explain themselves to their principal. Naturally when they tell the truth, she has a hard time believing them. Sometimes they can offer proof if it's reasonable enough (such as when they had to deal with a thief who claimed he was a spy) but other times she just rolls her eyes and lets them through.

''Nate is Late'' is a French-Austrilian cartoon that premiered in 2018.

--> '''Prudence''': Nate and Milika. Always try to get to school. But everyday there's an adventure. That is so incredibly, amazingly cool!
--> '''Nate''': Hey let's go, Milika!

The premise is that the titular Nate and his best friend, Milika are always trying to get to school before the bell rings. Seems easy enough to remedy right? Not with these two, as every time they even attempt to arrive early, they always end up in some outlandish adventure which forces them to arrive late and have to explain their reason to their principal for their tardiness. Though at least along the way, they learn some aesops in the process.

* CityOfWeirdos: The town Nate and Milika reside in is just utterly nuts. Among other things it had a Roman coliseum under it, a haunted house, dragons passed by it at one point, the sewer has goblins living in it, the lake is home to mermaids, etc. Yet oddly Nate and Milika are the only ones who keep encountering this stuff.

* ShrinkRay: The premise of the insect episode kicks off when Nate accidentally triggers a shrinking machine which zaps both Nate and Milika to bug size.
* TakenForGranite: In the Leprechaun episode, Nate and Milika aid said leprechaun named Shawn who explains that if a leprechaun gold is completely stolen, they'll turn to stone. Sure enough this does happen to him but luckily Milika had some money on her to revive Shawn and allow the three to finish their objective.

-> '''Prudence''': Nate and Milika. Always try to get to school. But everyday there's an adventure. That is so incredibly, amazingly cool!
-> '''Nate''': Hey let's go, Milika!
-> '''Milika''': Oh Yeah! You got it, Nate!
-> '''Both''': So sorry, Principal Prudence! We're alway, ''always'' late, late, late! ''Always always late, late, late!''
--> '''Opening Theme Song'''

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