9.1/1016 votesLoading...#1 - The April Fool
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/25/2022
It's April Fools' Day and Nate hopes to pull off an epic prank inspired by his hero, Brad Gunter, but Nichols is all too familiar with Gunter's old tricks.
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9.0/1012 votesLoading...#2 - Wait Until Dark
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/25/2022
Nate is ready to be treated like an adult, so when Martin and Ellen head out of town, he insists he can hold down the fort ALONE. But when zombies strike, Nate questions his ability to take on life by himself.
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8.9/1010 votesLoading...#3 - The Square Root of Teddy
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/25/2022
When P.S. 38 is hit with the dreaded standardized testing, Teddy receives a perfect score and is exposed as a math genius. As Teddy’s success is exploited, Francis struggles with his identity as the smartest kid in sixth grade.
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8.8/1011 votesLoading...#4 - Six-Tween Candles
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/25/2022
Dee Dee's excited to celebrate her birthday but her friends and family are so wrapped up with trying to surprise her that Dee Dee feels forgotten and winds up spending her special day with a new girl who has just moved to town.
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8.8/108 votesLoading...#5 - Nate in Shining Armor
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/25/2022
Nate must convince a 5th grade girl to attend P.S. 38 next year and is sure his awesomeness will do the trick. But Leah has her head stuck in Medieval times and may need to be swayed to the present by her Nate in shining armor.
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8.7/1073 votesLoading...#6 - Belles A Ringin’
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/2022
While buying romance novels for a heartbroken Ellen, Nate discovers they are total cash cows. Under a pen name, he writes a best-selling graphic novel using the people in his life as inspiration until it catches up to him.
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8.7/1010 votesLoading...#7 - Kindness Wars
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/25/2022
When Artur saves Nate’s life, Nate finds himself deeply indebted to his greatest foe. To even the scales, Nate engages in a war of kindness, unbeknownst to his opponent, Artur. Kim Cressly trains Francis to channel his inner Kim.
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8.7/1010 votesLoading...#8 - Bro-king Up is Hard to Do
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/25/2022
In the thick of Ellen’s recent heartbreak, Nate is apathetic per usual. But when he falls into a bromance with Ellen’s cool new beau, heartache ensues. P.S. 38’s new school anthem may be the only thing to put their pieces back together.
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8.5/1073 votesLoading...#9 - Wilderness Warriors
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/17/2022
While on a school camping trip, Nate is determined to win the Wilderness Warrior Award, Dee Dee uses her acting skills to cope with anxiety, and the teachers hatch a plan to steal an eagle egg.
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8.4/1071 votesLoading...#10 - Time Disruptors
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2022
A local legend comes to life as Nate and friends prepare for an epic party. But Nate’s awesome plans may be foiled as a mysterious presence stalks the students and Francis disappears for hours at a time over at Jefferson.
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8.4/1012 votesLoading...#11 - The Big Freeze
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/19/2022
Nate and Team Awesome face Jefferson in the annual Big Freeze snow sculpture competition.
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8.4/1011 votesLoading...#12 - The Thing That Wouldn't Leave
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/19/2022
Nate and Francis discover the Pope family schedule while on spring break.
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8.4/107 votesLoading...#13 - It's Lonely at the Top
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/25/2022
When Nate's elected Student Safety Sergeant he's wildly unprepared for the responsibility. Meanwhile, Principal Nichols discovers the teachers hang out without him and is desperate to ingratiate himself into their inner circle.
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8.3/1014 votesLoading...#14 - The Future Is Fuzzy
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 8/19/2022
Nate hopes to spin a newfound gift into a bright future but soon discovers there's no fast track to success; Dee Dee worries a new actress is stealing her spotlight.
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8.2/1090 votesLoading...#15 - The Legend of the Gunting
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/2022
Nate has multiple detentions on the docket, per usual. But this time he is one detention away from a fate only whispered about in the halls of P.S. 38 AND the unhinged new kid is determined to become Nate’s prank partner.
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8.2/1076 votesLoading...#16 - Go Nate, It’s Your Birthday
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/2022
To remedy Nate’s subpar birthday celebrations, Martin lets Nate borrow his credit card with rules that may have been “open to interpretation”. After a day of limitless fun, Nate and his friends must pay off their debt.
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8.2/1013 votesLoading...#17 - Best Laid Cell Plans
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/19/2022
When Francis gets an emergency cell phone, the gang makes major plans for it, but even the best laid cell plans can go wrong.
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8.1/1013 votesLoading...#18 - Ghostly Coven of Man Witches
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/19/2022
To dodge a science test, Nate concocts a plan to shut down PS 38 by pretending that it's haunted; as he and his friends set the stage, they get locked in the school with a coven of man witches.
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7.9/1073 votesLoading...#19 - CATastrophe
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2022
When Nate is paired with Jenny on a school project, he hopes to prove his awesomeness to her, but his cat phobia threatens to destroy his cool. Meanwhile, Ellen sets out to cure Martin of a deeply ingrained phobia of his own.
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7.9/107 votesLoading...#20 - Nate on a Hot Tin Roof
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/25/2022
Nate has set the P.S. 38 record for most detentions in one month, putting the teachers on “Nate Watch.” To dodge this personal purgatory, Nate decides to help Dee Dee put on the school’s musical... casting the teachers as the stars.
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7.7/1074 votesLoading...#21 - The Pimple
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2022
Nate gets his first pimple. In a quick turn of events, his blemish is deemed lucky and he blesses P.S. 38 with his zit until one by one, his clients luck turns sour. Meanwhile, Dee Dee gets the theatre teacher of her dreams.
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7.5/1077 votesLoading...#22 - Valentine’s Day of Horror
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/17/2022
Nate has decided this Valentine’s Day, he will finally profess his love for his dream girl in the form of a grand gesture, but the day of love quickly turns into a nightmare after Nate’s “gift” gives the entire school food poisoning.
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7.4/1013 votesLoading...#23 - 'Til Death Do We Rock
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/19/2022
Nate is asked to give up center stage as lead singer of "Fear the Mollusk" for his sworn enemy, but he won't give up that easily and neither will Martin.
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7.3/1015 votesLoading...#24 - The Curse of the Applewhites
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/19/2022
Nate's gym grade is on thin ice and the only thing that can save him from the humiliation of repeating 6th grade gym is something he swore to hate for eternity.
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7.2/1013 votesLoading...#25 - Randy's Mom Has Got It Going On
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/19/2022
Martin's desire to dive into a relationship with Randy's mom blinds him to countless red flags, while Nate struggles to co-exist with maniacal Randy who has now infiltrated every aspect of Nate's life.
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The Best Episodes of Big Nate
Every episode of Big Nate ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Big Nate!
Sixth-grader Nate Wright has a never-ending need to prove his awesomeness to the world. Whether he’s dealing with disasters at home or detention at school,...
Genres:AnimationKidsFamilyComedy
Network:Paramount+
Best Episodes Summary
"The April Fool" is the best rated episode of "Big Nate". It scored 9.1/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/25/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Wait Until Dark".