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"Amputate!"
―Doctor Cesspool to one of his patients (unnamed)
Dr Cesspool

Doctor Cesspool in 1991

Doctor Cesspool is the main character in a comic series of the same name that was written by Nate Wright. One woman was angry about the Doctor Cesspool comic strip and she said, "A botched surgery is no laughing matter!" Dr Cesspool also has a scab collection that got eaten.

Biography[]

When Dr. Cesspool was a child, he loved baseball. He suffered from a near-fatal head injury when got hit by a line drive because they did not have batting helmets back then. His skull is now one-half steel. He is licensed as a qualified surgeon in 43/50 states.

Dr. Cesspool's scab collection being eaten

Dr Cesspool exclaiming after his scabs get eaten.

Earlier in the comics from the 90s, Dr. Cesspool moonlighted as a crazed killer who wears a hockey mask and treats his patients poorly in the most sadistic way possible (i.e. amputating a patient because his head hurt).

In modern comics and in the novels, however, Pierce removed the "murderer" element from Doctor Cesspool, and he became much nicer and less violent in modern comics and is depicted as more of an absent-minded and clumsy doctor who screws up trying to treat his patients. He also has a love interest, Maureen Biology.

Screw-Ups[]

Older Comics[]

  • Dr. Cesspool amputated a patient because he complained of a headache.
  • He used a chainsaw to amputate.
ChristmasCesspool

Christmas version of Cesspool, running with an axe in his hands, while singing Jingle Bells.

Newer Comics/Novels[]

  • He is more of a doctor in some of them and some of them didn't have any clumsiness in them. (mainly the back page comics on the novels)

Big Nate: In A Class By Himself[]

Cesspool performed surgery on a woman (a nose job) and explained to her that she really didn't need a nose job. The woman is thrilled, and it is revealed that she does not have a nose.

Big Nate On a Roll[]

Dr. Cesspool switched the positions of a man's hand and foot, and the man was furious. When Nate showed this to a lady who he was trying to sell comics to, she freaked out and was infuriated, saying that a botched surgery was nothing to make fun of.

Big Nate: Goes For Broke[]

Dr. Cesspool performed surgery on the mayor and accidentally removed his stomach, calling it a "pesky little thing".

Partners[]

Enemies[]

Behind the scenes[]

Appearances[]

  • Big Nate: On A Roll - Doctor Cesspool is seen in a comic where he saves a patient by rearranging his limbs, infuriating Doctor Arch Enemy.
  • Big Nate: Goes for Broke - Doctor Cesspool saves the town mayor's life by removing his stomach.

Trivia[]

  • In an article of Lincoln Peirce's favorite Big Nate strips, he mentions that Doctor Cesspool is actually a character that he invented while he was in 5th grade, and he added that his humor was the same back then as it is now.
  • Nate has tried to make it an official comic character in the news paper but got rejected: File:Cess.jpg.
  • His first appearance was in February 7th, 1991. This was also when Nate Wright decided to be a cartooonist, and make his own comics.
  • He got a graduate from a VCR repair school.
  • He also has met Nate's other characters Action Cat and Dan Cupid.
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