Fanon:Big Nate: The Cartoon Series/Episode 1: Welcome to P.S. 38

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Welcome to P.S. 38 is the premiere episode of Big Nate, the Nickelodeon animated series based on the beloved comic strip by Lincoln Peirce. It will be released on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ in 2022.

Story (written a bit like a Wikipedia film plot)
The episode and series start with Nate Wright going to his new school P.S. 38 for the first time on their first day of 6th grade. He successfully aces the first test ahead of the other students, and their teacher throws a party for him, they all celebrate, and he is hailed as the greatest kid in school. However, that turns out to be a dream, and Nate is waken up by his father, Marty Wright, for Nate to get ready for his actual first day in P.S. 38. After a cruddy breakfast of oatmeal made by Mr. Wright and the non-stop chatter of his teen sister Ellen, he starts heading to school. While walking to his elementary school friend Francis Pope's house, he runs into a few people he knows; Gordie from the comic shop who is Ellen's boyfriend and drive to the Wrights' house to pick Ellen up and head to high school (Gordie is 16 and has a driving license), neighbor Mr. Eustis and his pet dog, dumb yet fun Spitsy. Once Nate meets Francis at the latter's house, then they head to P.S. 38 for the first time.

When they are greeted by Principal Nichols and asked for their names, Nate Wright almost accidentally reveals Francis' embarrassing middle-name Butthurst, and Francis stops Nate just in time and reminds him to the middle-name secret. After they put their things in their assigned locker, Francis and Nate are welcomed in the assembly and had to lead everyone in singing the US anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", even though Nate doesn't know much of the lyrics and Francis doesn't sing well. Ultimately, they decide that Nate would sing the first two lines (the only lyrics of the anthem he knows), then as everyone else sings, they lip-sync, and that plan works well. During their first class, social studies, they get bored and start passing notes to each other. However, Gina the suck-up tattles on them, and in a rush, Nate writes a note relevant to schoolwork, so when the teacher, Mrs. Godfrey, reads it, Nate and Francis don't get in trouble. After Mrs. Godfrey asks Nate a question, the jokester Teddy interrupts and makes a joke out of it, and all the kids laugh. Mrs. Godfrey doesn't appreciate the joke and gives Nate and Teddy each a detention slip. After class, Nate tells Teddy that the former likes the joke and is not mad at the latter at all. With that, Teddy becomes another friend of Nate.

Then there is English with Ms. Clarke and art with Mr. Rosa. In the latter class, Nate meets Jenny whom Nate instantly has a crush on, Artur who is Jenny's boyfriend and takes her away much to Nate's dismay. On the way to lunch, Nate also meets Randy the bully who gives Nate a wedgie then pants him, revealing Nate's wedgied butt. Nate puts his pants back on and dismisses the embarrassment. In the cafetorium, Nate meets Chad, the food-lover who's always hungry, and saves him from choking on a chicken bone, while Teddy meets Dee Dee, the acting-obsessed drama queen, and saves her from falling after she slipped off a vending machine that she climbed on top from a table and a drinking fountain during one of her "musical numbers". With that, Chad and Dee Dee join the friend group. Nate and Teddy tell them about the after-school detentions they'll have, and Chad and Dee Dee agree to help them out. Francis was unsure about that plan earlier, but at this point, he's up for it.

After gym with Coach Calhoun (who accidentally injures himself midway through and has Coach John take over for him), math with Mr. Staples, and science with Mr. Galvin, Nate and Teddy go to the detention room for their detentions. Dee Dee fake-faints in front of Principal Nichols so he could send her to the nurse's office, so Chad could sneak a fleeceball bat he snuck out from the gym into the detention room. While both the principal and the nurse are facing away from Dee Dee, she sneaks out of the office and into the detention room. Nate uses the fleeceball bat to smash the window and escape to the outside. As Mrs. Czerwicki starts to wake up, Nate and Teddy thank Chad and Dee Dee then run off. Mrs. Czerwicki gives Chad and Dee Dee detention, but it's worth it. Francis, who was waiting for Nate and Teddy outside, tells them that the friend group can still be on, on the condition that they don't do that crazy plan again. They agree, and the 3 amigos walk home. The episode ends at the Wrights' home when Mr. Wright asks Nate how the first day of middle school was, and Nate says that it was OK. THE END!!

Cast

 * Ben Schwartz as Nate Wright
 * Danny Pudi as Francis Pope
 * Bobby Moynihan as Teddy Ortiz
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Mrs. Godfrey and Mrs. Czerwicki
 * Tom Kenny as Mr. Rosa
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Principal Nichols
 * Rodger Bumpass as Mr. Galvin
 * Phil LaMarr as Coach Calhoun
 * John DiMaggio as Coach John
 * Jim Rash as Mr. Staples
 * Toks Olagundoye as Ms. Clarke
 * Brian Stepanek as Marty Wright
 * Catherine Taber as Ellen Wright
 * Kimiko Glenn as Dee Dee Holloway
 * Andy Milonakis as Chad Applewhite
 * Freddie Highmore as Artur Pashkov
 * Scott Menville as Randy Betancourt
 * Ashley Johnson as Jenny Jenkins
 * Kate Micucci as Gina Hemphill-Toms
 * Zachary Gordon as Gordie
 * Patton Oswalt as Mr. Eustis
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Spitsy

Transcript
Main article: Fanon:Big Nate: the Cartoon Series - Episode 1: Welcome to P.S. 38/Transcript (TBA)

Parents' Guide
Main article: Fanon:Big Nate: the Cartoon Series - Episode 1: Welcome to P.S. 38/Parents Guide (TBA)

Trivia

 * This episode proves that the show is non-canon to the comic and novels, with obvious examples being how Nate and Francis meet the other characters that's highly different from in the comic and novels.