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Nate Wright’s mother is the biological mother of both Nate and Ellen Wright, and the ex-wife of their dad, Martin Wright. However, the pair divorced and Nate's mother is now married to another man. but the man is still unknown to this day. There is a possibility of her name being Linda, and a possible first glance of her before she moved and got married made in April 03, 1994. It also states that Linda was Martin Wright's girlfriend in college, and her stating that he changed his hair gives more proof that she could possibly be Nate's Mother.

Biography[]

She married Nate Wright's father, Martin Wright, at an unknown time. She gave birth to two children, Ellen and Nate. However, she divorced him either when Nate was a baby or when he was eight years old.

On March 04, 1991[1] Nate stated that his parents divorced three years prior to the strip. However, this leads to a continuity error in the May 11, 1997[2] strip, where Nate claims his parents divorced when he was very much younger. From there, she lived over two thousand miles away from her former family.

As a result, she rarely saw her children. In the same strip mentioned above, Nate stated that he could only send a card every once in a while and a phone call on occasions like Mother’s Day. She also remarried to another man, though it is unknown what happened to her after that. Nate once wondered if she was willing to take custody of him due to his father's terrible cooking skills. One running gag shows Ellen and Nate asking their father when he was going to get re-married. They often took pity on him every Valentine's Day.

The reason why she divorced from Nate's father is the hardness of taking care of a family so she left to buy a boat However, it is rumored that they divorced because they were arguing over what's best for Nate, buying things they shouldn’t have, and what to hand out to kids on every Halloween. Since she couldn't take it anymore, she moved out of the house. Indeed, Nate stated that the divorce was mostly her idea.

The reason why she divorced his father is most likely the same reasons as Nate's when he gets annoyed by his father, like his laziness and unfitness. In the TV series, it is revealed she left Nate's father for a yoga instructor, however her name is changed to "Fabula".

Behind the Scenes[]

On the 30th anniversary of Big Nate, while in an interview with GoComics, Lincoln Peirce talked about how he probably was never going to include Nate's mother in the strips. He stated it could have happened, but decided not to.

"Readers don’t know why Nate doesn’t have a mom. The much-too-long answer is that back when I started the strip, I mentioned on a couple of occasions that Nate’s parents were divorced. I thought a single-parent family would set Big Nate apart from other strips. I planned to introduce Nate’s mom as an occasional character, but I soon realized that Nate’s school life was taking over the strip and his domestic life was fading into the background. At a certain point, I decided it wouldn’t make sense to bring Mom into the cast—and so I just sort of pretended the whole thing never happened!"
Lincoln Peirce


References[]

  1. The Complete Big Nate
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