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The strip follows sixth-grader Nate Wright, alongside his family, friends, and foes. Big Nate follows the adventures and misadventures of Nate Wright, an incompetent, spirited, and rebellious sixth-grader. He has three best friends Francis, Teddy, and Dee Dee who occasionally get in trouble with him. Nate hates social studies teacher Mrs.

Peirce occasionally focuses on Nate's home life with his single father, Martin, and girly sister Ellen.

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Answering questions from fans in The Washington Post , [ 1 ] Peirce revealed the following about the creation of the strip:. But before too long, I realized that the part of the strip that I enjoyed most was the school humor. I'd been a teacher myself, and schools can be very funny places. It features Nate as backing vocalist and drummer , with best friends Francis on electric guitar and Teddy on keyboard , as well as Artur as lead vocalist.

Chad is the band's roadie. Enslave the Mollusk had a big role in Big Nate the Musical. They performed 3 times: twice during the In The Zone novel when P. S 38 was starting a fitness zone but the first time Artur wasn't there because he quit the band, but eventually rejoined by their last performance, and also at one of the school dances.

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They tried to perform at another school dance but failed because of a power outage. Nate was originally lead singer as he formed the band but wasn't good enough, which was realized after Artur passed by the band playing one day. Artur then sang a rendition of " I Fought The Law " and was hired as the band's lead singer. He quit in the middle of Big Nate: In The Zone after he found a slip of paper with rude nicknames for him that Nate wrote, but was enticed back by the end of the book.