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A standard prank on Prank Day

Prank Day is an unofficial day at P.S. 38. It always takes place on the last day of school. On Prank Day, students play pranks on other students and the teachers of P.S. 38. The teachers, of course, very much disapprove. Principal Nichols always tries to stop the pranks but Nate Wright who is the "Prank Master", always pulls a few off.

Nate Wright has the tendency to pull off the most, biggest and best pranks.

The teachers use several means to try to stop it, from punishing pranksters to invading lockers to posting a "cop" outside the school, but nothing works and the students continue pulling pranks. It's Nate's favorite day of school.

Principal Nichols tried to bring his wife's cousin to posed as a cop but got busted by Nate.

The First Prank Day?[]

On June 17, 1991, Nate Wright tells Francis Pope that he is bringing a bag of "two dozen eggs and a cherry bomb" to the last day of the 1990-1991 school year. There is speculation that this is the very first Prank Day seen in Big Nate, but since the term "Prank Day" was never used in the strip, it is unknown whether this is the first official Prank Day or just a precursor to it.

The first confirmed mention of Prank Day was on June 16, 2003, when Nate tells Francis and Teddy Ortiz that he needs to come up with a good prank for it. It appears that Prank Day is already an established event, as Nate tells Francis that everyone knows what it is. In addition, Teddy mentions a Prank Day that occurred the year before, where Nate glued his head to the copy machine by accident.

List of Committed Pranks[]

Nate Wright[]

  • Letting a flying squirrel loose in the computer lab.
    June 21, 2008 Panel 3

    Nate Wright's moose freely roaming the school

  • Let the lab rats get out of their cages, which overran Principal Nichols during his announcement (done with Teddy).
  • Before Prank Day became an annual thing (accident occurred), accidentally Krazy-Glued himself to the copy machine, joked about by Francis and Teddy later in 2003, when Prank Day first appeared
  • Letting a moose loose in the hallway.
  • Hypnotizing Principal Nichols.
  • Poured water into Mrs. Godfrey's classroom.
  • Releasing a pack of racoons in the Faculty Lounge.
  • Putting a lot of grasshoppers in Mrs. Godfrey's classroom.
  • Something happening to Principal Nichols in the middle of a "No Prank Day Nonsense" speech that he claims to be disgusting. As seen here.
  • Putting mashed potatoes in the Faculty Lounge.
  • Stealing Principal Nichols's desk after busting "Officer Blevins".
  • Filled the Teacher's Lavatory top to bottom with Styrofoam packing peanuts.
  • Mrs. Godfrey's head pinned on the body of a sumo wrestler sent all over the district disguised as an urgent message from the superintendent.
    Falcon stealing Coach John's toupee

    Falcon stealing Coach John's toupee

  • Coach John's toupee snatched by a falcon.
  • Stealing Principal Nichols' car.
  • Putting heat-activated fabric paint on Coach John's T-shirt to say "LOSER".
  • Letting raccoons loose in the faculty lounge.
  • A bunch of flying objects (probably mosquitoes or flies) attacking Mr. Galvin.
  • Mr. Galvin getting attacked by birds.
  • Mrs. Godfrey sitting on Lime Jello.
  • Fire ants attacking Mr. Staples.
  • Rigging Principal Nichol's Diet Coke to spray on him.
    June 23, 2012 Comic Strip

    Principal Nichols spraying himself with Diet Coke

  • Letting a llama loose in the music room.
  • Sent lovesick rodeo clown for a date with Mrs. Godfrey.
  • Clown gram sent to Mrs. Godfrey singing "See you in September".
  • Sumo gram sent to Mrs. Godfrey by sumo wrestler from Peru.
  • Principal Nichols sees skunk.
  • Putting a statue of a woman in a hug stance in Mr. Galvin's room.
  • Cake springing into Mrs. Godfrey's face (The one in 2016 https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2016/06/24).
  • Parrot saying "Prank day nonsense" over and over in Mrs. Godfrey's classroom.
  • Company sending Mrs. Godfrey a "thigh-master".
  • (Considered prank by Nate) Getting Gina 5 detentions.
  • Principal Nichols barricaded in the Computer Lab (Asked by Regina Kimball from Channel 5).
  • Two meters of wheat meal covering the whole school parking lot.
  • School parking lot covered in chocolate pudding.
  • Putting a cow, goat, and several dozen geese in the Teacher's Lounge.
  • Nate got a bunch of gooey red stuff on his self and shouted paper cut (presumably ketchup).
    Nate faking injury by paper cut

    Nate faking injury by paper cut

  • Carpeting library with bubble wrap.
  • Covering the teachers' lounge in six inches of tomato sauce.
  • Stealing Principal Nichols' desk.
  • Putting a llama in the music room, rendering the room temporarily off-limits.
  • Pumping helium into Principal Nichols office so his voice would be high.
  • Super-gluing a dead fish inside a printer.
  • Principal Nichols singing karaoke played over the intercom.
  • Leaving a cake on Mrs. Godfrey's desk that sprung into her face (prank set up on Prank Day but not actually activated until much later). Not to be confused with the one in 2016.
  • Squirting water into Gina's face by means of blue ribbon.
  • Principal Nichols swept away by Nate's locker.
  • Swarm of locusts in the teachers' lounge.
  • Video of Mrs. Godfrey on field trip posted on school website called Yeti: Beast of the Himalayas.
  • Exploding Mr. Galvin's pants.
    June 18, 2014 Panel 4

    Nate hiring a TV show host to prank Coach John

  • Hiding a family of skunks in Mrs. Godfrey's minivan.
  • Hacking into Mrs. Godfrey's phone and sending an email to all her contacts outlining her plan to become an exotic dancer.
  • Programming all of the teacher's cars in the school parking lot to play Alice Cooper's "School's Out" permanently at maximum volume.
  • Putting butterscotch on Principal Nichols chair.
  • Hiring a TV show to cast "This is Your Life" for Coach John.
  • Put a sinkhole made of "Cream of Wheat" in the parking lot.
  • Replacing the security camera recording with season 3 of "Dance Moms".
  • Putting a python in the faculty bathroom.
  • Bubbagram for Mrs. Godfrey saying “Please retire. Signed, the youth of America.”
  • Buying a Super-Strech XL Girdle delivery with Turbo Tummy Tuck Action which was delivered to Mrs. Godfrey.
  • Removed Trophies form the display case and replacing with Pictures of Principal Nichols in a bathing suit at a Jimmy Buffet Concert.
  • Put a Mime in Mr. Galvin's "non" chair.
  • Triggered the smoke detection system in Nichols' office, which activated the sprinkler system, and resulted in a "refreshing shower of 'Diet Sprite'" although Principal Nichols was mistaken, as it was actually the soda brand "7Up".
  • Secretly changed Mrs. Godfrey's ringtone to "Fat" by "Weird Al" Yankovic. (mentioned in May 5, 2006)
  • Nicolas singing "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band over the intercom.
  • Putting a Badger in Principal Nichols room
  • Company sending Principal Nichols mail order Python. ( yes seriously)

Teddy Ortiz[]

  • Letting a frog loose in Mr. Galvin's room.
  • Throwing a water balloon in the computer lab.
  • Following Nate's "Paper Cut" prank, put fake (probably plastic) axe on his head, splattered red stuff on his head, and screamed.
  • Let loose lab rats, where they crawled onto Principal Nichols during his announcement (Done with Nate).

Francis Pope[]

  • Putting a whoopie cushion on Ms. LaChance's chair.
  • Switching the toilet signs of the boys' and girls' bathrooms around
  • Hacking into the school computer system to turn the screen blank and adding the words "Have a Nice day! :)"

Wesley Nichols[]

  • Tried stopping Prank Day by getting his wife's cousin to pose as a police officer. Although not really one, it was considered a prank by Nate.

Chad Applewhite[]

  • Giving Nate a wedgie.

Gramps[]

  • Hiding a dozen rotten eggs in Mr. Fitz's woodshop.

Mr. Fitz[]

  • Paid Gramps back by throwing a pie onto Gramp's face.

Others[]

  • Sheep in Nichols' office by unknown, probably Nate
  • Switching the signs on girl's and boy's bathrooms.
  • Unscrewing all the ketchup and mustard bottles in the cafetorium.
  • Putting a poster on the Geography board over the map saying, "Hi Mrs. Godfrey, let's get jiggy."
  • Fake poop on Mr. Galvin's desk.
  • Fake poop on Ms. Clarke's desk.
  • Dropping a water balloon down the stairwell.
  • Throwing a water balloon into the Girl's Locker Room
  • Putting graffiti in the cafeteria.
  • Putting salt in Mr. Galvin's Coffee (Compared with Nate locking skunks into Mrs. Godfrey's minivan)
  • Food fight in the cafeteria.
  • Gluing Principal Nichols to his chair, probably Nate
  • Stink Bomb in the Library
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