Chad Applewhite is one of Nate's best friends. Chad is a short, chubby kid with red hair and freckles. Chad likes most kinds of food and admits to having a sweet tooth. He is in Nate's Baseball and basketball team, but these are the only sports that he is known to play. Chad is a very relaxed kid and gets along with most people except for Marcus and Nolan.
Biography
Early Life
According to his baby picture, Chad didn't look very different then how he currently looks.
Sixth grade
Nate, Francis and Teddy sat with him during lunch because their table was stolen by Chester. Nate accidentally called him Todd.
Chad Applewhite is on Nate's fleeceball team. After the Kuddle Kittens claim their victory over all the other teams, Chad suggests they write a story about it, which Nate does.
Shortly afterwards, Chad was in the Timber Scout group which Nate is also in. He also starred in the "Peter Pan" play as Michael. During this, he accidentally smashes into a wall, nearly destroying the set for good.
Passage to Jefferson
Chad is a member of the cartooning club like Nate, Francis, Teddy, Artur and Dee Dee. He and the cartooning club figure out ways to beat Jefferson Middle School together. He also breaks his tailbone, prompting the doctor to give him a tailbone pillow. When Nolan attempts to steal it, Nate fights him for it and breaks his arm in the process.
Trivia Slam
Chad makes a minor appearance in this book. He is seen partaking in the Trivia Contest with Nate, Francis, Teddy and Dee Dee. He specializes in questions concerning meals.
Big Nate in the Zone
For the first time, Applewhite is shown to have a crush on Maya. At one point, Chad is bullied by Marcus Goode, who calls him "superchunk."
Big Nate Lives it Up
Chad still has a supporting role in this book. Ever since the previous book, he has joined Nate's posse. He once again assist his friends this time to win a scavenger hunt at P.S. 38's centennial.
Physical Appearance
Chad is chubby, due to his obsession with food. He is also out of shape, as shown in "Big Nate Lives It Up." He is also described as the shortest kid in his grade. He has the classic red hair and freckles.
Personality
Chad is short, chubby, and liked by all his classmates. He is respectful and enthusiastic, always supporting his friends. He likes food a bit too much, always hoping that there is something he can eat, and appearing in the most random of places when food is mentioned. Despite this unique taste, Chad is easy going and kind. He also fears snakes and clowns for obvious reasons. It is unknown why he is intimidated by yogurt.
Relationships
Nate Wright
Chad is very good friends with Nate. Notably, Chad is in Nate's posse like only Francis Pope, Dee Dee Holloway, and Teddy Ortiz. Nate also helped him get through his crush on fellow student Maya and they seemed to share their negative views on the Fitness Zone, introduced to bolster fitness for children.
Grandma
Chad seems to have an up and down relationship with his grandmother, who lives with his family. She is constantly trying to make him lose weight, and once eve shipping him off to a fat camp.
Chad has also criticized her several times, once mentioning her that her resolution to stop smoking tobacco lasted for 30 minutes (which he called the "best conversation they ever had"). Once, Grandma tried to make him to stop lying about his weight, and he replied with "If I stop lying about my weight, then you stop lying about your age!". He later then told Nate, "Then she took away my XBOX!"
Behind the Scenes
Chad's last name is Applewhite, due to the fact because while Lincoln Peirce was doing information on Nate's baseball team (and Chad is on it), his last name was put on the back of his uniform, so Lincoln Peirce chose Applewhite because it was old-fashioned and innocent, like Chad. (This was taken from the Big Nate website.)
In recent years Chad has started to have a much larger role in the comic strip and also in the novels.
Behind the Scenes
- He has an obsession with eating and food. (His last name is also Applewhite.)
A similar character named Brad appeared in 1999.
- In Template:BNGFB, he is said to be the smallest kid in school. But now he is no longer the smallest kid in school since Breckenridge Puffington III moved in. (Breckenridge has been shown to be much smaller than Chad).
- Until Chad first appeared, Nate was the shortest kid at P.S 38
- In Big Nate Goes For Broke, he breaks his tailbone after slipping on ice.
- Chad's last name is Applewhite, due to the fact because while Lincoln Peirce was doing information on Nate's baseball team (and Chad is on it), his last name was put on the back of his uniform, so Lincoln Peirce chose Appplewhite because it was old-fashioned and innocent, like Chad. (This was taken from the Big Nate website.)
- In Big Nate Flips Out, it is revealed he is afraid of snakes, clowns, and yogurt.
- It is seen that Chad's mother is very protective of her son.
- Chad's doctor's name is Dr. Krensky.
- He has never been mad, except in Big Nate In The Zone when Marcus was teasing him and when Randy Betancourt took his notebook in Big Nate: Strikes Again.
- For some reason now his appearance is much larger.
- He seems to resemble Liam, one of Nate's chess opponents. He has the same hair style, freckles, and hair color and chubbiness.
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