Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for March 22, 2016
Transcript:
Trudy: so you want us to eat lunch with all YOUR friends? Nate: Yeah! they're super nice! Trudy: I'm sure they are, but.. they're all sixth-graders! I'm in seventh! Trudy: No offense, but why would I hang out with a bunch of sixth-graders? Nate: because I asked you to.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
Again we revolve back to when they first got together … She may not have been that way then, and specifically said she would never, but apparently the people in her class changed her. Also she ought to remember well enough how Nate feels about this – being a sixth grader.
Wilde Bill over 8 years ago
Nate should definitely tell her everything he has given up to be with her. She seems oblivious.
FlashFan1234 over 8 years ago
We know what goin’ down…
Dee Dee Holloway over 8 years ago
NOOOO!!!! WHY TRUDY? WHY? :(
n8cwhite over 8 years ago
Should have worded that differently nate… just sayin’
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
The plot thickens!
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
At my school, it’s never like this. The grades are mostly kept apart with different wings, different lunchtimes, and different teachers. If anything, we’re NICE to the sixth-graders. We help them with their writing and give them positive feedback.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 8 years ago
“I’m a seventh grader so I know how it feels.”-I don’t think so. Seventh graders have no souls.
laurac5800 over 8 years ago
Again, I’m starting to think Trudy isn’t worth it. Break up and go back to Angie; you two had similar interests and, best of all, were the same age. That, or bring in Ruby from Blasts Off, who had a crush on Nate. It might also bring in some character development (in the comic) for Randy Betancourt!
GOgamix over 8 years ago
plus trudy, why would nate hang out with sixth graders?
Mike789 over 8 years ago
I’m in seventh grade, and while this never happens at my school, I’m sure it does (Somewhere)
King K. Rool over 8 years ago
Burn!
djbrunsfam over 8 years ago
The beginning of the end.
orbenjawell Premium Member over 8 years ago
I think there was a story arc some years back where Nate became fascinated with hanging around Marcus………Marcus was soon dissing all of Nate’s friends, including Artur, and the “leverage” battle was on, with Marcus seeming to have the upper hand. But Nate chose wisely and returned to his real friends. THIS current chain of events reminds me an awful lot of that.
RHETT WUZ HERE over 8 years ago
Lincoln Peirce: master of stretching out suspenseful storylines.
kuklared Premium Member over 8 years ago
Sadly, I think this relationship is doomed. Even when 2 people like each other a lot and are well-matched, they have to exist in the world. At this age, one year difference means a lot.
bignatefantic over 8 years ago
Uh-Oh. I can see where this is going. I hope Nate and Trudy don’t break up. Because that would mean Nate would be Mr. Lonesome and he would fall in love with Jenny again. So please Mr. Perice, make Trudy Nate’s permanent girlfriend.
starcandles Premium Member over 8 years ago
Oh, they may compromise by splitting their time between the 2 sets of friends, but it does appear that Nate may have to make a painful choice. Trudy does not seem to be the unrelenting type. I hope that I am wrong. She is an interesting character!
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 8 years ago
Can you imagine adults acting that way? “Your friends are all 39 and my friends and I are 40. There is NO way I’m hanging out with a bunch of 39 year olds. Blech!”
MJbig05 over 8 years ago
Break up with Trudy dude. She always wants you to do what she wants, but she doesn’t care how you feel. She is just a little jerk for saying that she won’t hang out with nate’s friends even though he always hangs out with her friends.
bignatefantic over 8 years ago
I mean Trudy chooses what to do, but that doesn’t mean Nate should break up with her.
nobleoble over 8 years ago
OHHH! BURN
Comic Minister Premium Member over 8 years ago
There we go!
MJbig05 over 8 years ago
In order for a relationship to work, both people have to sacrifice. But in this relationship, only Nate is sacrificing. That ain’t right.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 8 years ago
Comes the first hurdle of their relationship.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
@MJbig05 this is actually the first time Nate has even spoken up, so you can´t say “she allways wants you to do what she wants”. If she was supposed to think Nate would want her to do other stuff similar to hers he would have had to say something before.
StoicLion1973 over 8 years ago
I think Nate is being very mature about this. It’s time for Trudy to be mature.
MJbig05 over 8 years ago
@Tue Elung-Jenson I know that this is the first of him speaking up, but I’m sure that by the end of this comic theme, he would’ve told her how he feels. Also, she should’ve known by Nate’s body language and stuff.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Finally Nate has grown a pair! If she won’t go, this relationship is as good as dead.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
But I can see this going a few ways – Nate breaking up with her over this (this is a definite if she doesn´t change course, we know how he stands here) – and she will either try to mend fences explaining things (which can fail or not), or she won´t care and she will vanish into the void of all other characters.I do hope this is a temporary break up myself though, and that she improves her attitude on this matter. And ofc Nate then opens up a bit more.
NinjaBoy899 over 8 years ago
Bye Bye girlfriend
sid w over 8 years ago
Attaboy, Nate! You have been totally miserable since she latched onto you. If she does not want to be with sixth graders, she should not be with you. Be yourself, and be true to your friends. Don’t put up with her demeaning crap.
FOXATE over 8 years ago
LOL I think NAte might dump Trudy
Bookworm/Animal Lover 123 over 8 years ago
ditto!
CougarAllen over 8 years ago
It’s interesting that some of the commenters are identifying with Trudy because they’re in the 7th grade. What if this were about a relationship between a 7th grader and an 8th grader? Would that make you feel differently?
davidandresbloom over 8 years ago
come on #audi. Just because Trudy is older doesn’t mean that she has to be a jerk. I am a seventh grader to, and I wouldn’t mind sitting with sixth graders. And, " Last but not least, elders have more power, Nate should listen to TRudy not the other way." “Elders should have more power.” First of all, Trudy is one year older than him, max. second of all, that argument is about as ridiculus as saying, “Nate is a man. He should decide where they sit.” They could take turns, or sit together alone.
Rolf Rykken Premium Member over 8 years ago
Since Nate spoke his position, I think Trudy will acquiesce and say, of course and go with him. She does like him.
Linda Pearson over 8 years ago
Way to GO Nate!!
letogmyotter over 8 years ago
Theory: Nate and Trudy will get in a big ugly fight.
Sillyduddy101 over 8 years ago
This might not go well.
Breckenridge Puffington IV over 8 years ago
GO NATE!
bookworm1011 over 8 years ago
I’m a 6th grader and we don’t really comunicate with the 7th graders but we would be nice
SuperDavid over 8 years ago
‘no offense, why would i sit with a bunch of 7th graders?’
gyroman12345 over 8 years ago
Oh, boy.
mawperson almost 7 years ago
Trudy is being a moron
Briidget about 6 years ago
ha awkward being a 7th grader reading this
SuperPuggus101 over 5 years ago
I sense a disturbance in the force…
Moto Moto over 5 years ago
Trudy is being rather selfish. She thinks she can look good by not hanging out with Nate’s friends. But she needs to keep in mind that she probably was a sixth grader too.
Hope everyone is doing good :D almost 5 years ago
Uh oh
RBK_sandwich over 4 years ago
trudy is being a jerk
A random Pearls Before Swine & Big Nate commenter over 4 years ago
uh oh….
ND Cool Z over 4 years ago
You really want to drag Trudy down to your level, Nate?
I_like_dragons [Ok Boomer] (✔️❌) over 4 years ago
They are the same height
Scribbles about 4 years ago
Trudy is such a jerk
The Cuddlefish almost 4 years ago
I think the irony is that she is dating a 6th grader while saying she doesn’t want to hang out with 6th graders
LOAFY almost 4 years ago
Ok I take back what I said about liking her better than Angie
hockey man almost 4 years ago
Nate’s friends are cool!
007. over 3 years ago
Trudy is a jerk. Why should Nate hang out with her friends all the time if she won’t hang out with his? >: (
ᏕᕱuᏒԾภ Ϯ♅ꂅ ภꂅ꒝ᏒԾოᕱภ꒝ꂅᏒ✔️ over 3 years ago
kiss your girlfriend goodbye
fryingpan over 3 years ago
This is my least favorite of Nate’s girlfriends. Be fair, Trudy.
Animeworld over 3 years ago
trudy is selfish
MalikAli over 3 years ago
Well you can not just use an elder excuse too stand up for trudy. Nate has given up so much for her including dee dees party and a real cartoonist. Nate barely even enjoyed hanging out with the seventh graders. Trudy is acting very childish and Nate is the one who is being mature in this situation. After all he gave up for her he asks to eat lunch with his freinds and thats to much. Trudy is forgetting that Nate has other people in his life. I honestly liked this relationship and did not want it to end but if this is how trudy is gonna act it better.
Sokka the Great over 3 years ago
“Why would I hang out with a bunch of 6th graders?” says Trudy, who hangs out with her 6th grade boyfriend every single day.
DoodelWorld almost 3 years ago
Trudy is pure selfish
trey746 over 2 years ago
oh no!
220001492 over 2 years ago
dang i was hoping they would last
the muppets. over 1 year ago
I keep pressing random but then coming back to the same arc.
STUFF ENJOYER 10 months ago
There’s nothing wrong with them.
DACuber 8 months ago
2nd warning