Big Nate: Nate Strikes Again!

Big Nate: Nate Strikes Again is the second film in the Big Nate direct to video film franchise proceeding Big Nate: In Class By Himself. It is an animated comedy-musical film that was released on October 19th 2011, one year after the original novel was produced by The Walt Disney Company and was in production at Disneytoon Studios in Japan.

SYNOPSIS
Big Nate will surpass all others!

But it won’t be easy. He’s stuck with Gina, his all-time enemy, in a class project for his least favorite teacher Mrs. Godfrey, aka Godzilla. To make matters worse, Gina ALSO ends up on his fleeceball team, right when Nate is set to win his first fleeceball championship ever. This is his moment for glory, but Gina's sure to steal his thunder, or ruin everything.

Will Nate win or lose? Pass or fail? Or end up in detention. . . AGAIN?

CAST AND CHARACTERS

 * Bryce Papenbrook as Nate Wright. The protagonist known for his sarcastic and egoistic nature. Jason Tam provides Nate's singing voice.
 * Elijah Kelley as Teddy Ortiz. The jokester and Nate's best friend. Kelley also provides Teddy's singing voice.
 * Christopher Bevins as Francis Pope. The straight man and geek who is also Nate's best friend. Ben Platt provides Francis's singing voice.
 * Kristin Chenoweth as Gina Hemphill Toms. Nate's arch nemesis and a teacher's pet who also provides as both an antagonist and protagonist. Chenoweth also provides Gina's singing voice.
 * Ryan O'Donohue as Randy Betancourt. The antagonist and Nate's bully. Roger Bart provides Randy's singing voice.
 * Max Mittelman as Chad Applewhite. One of Nate's friends but plays a minor role in the movie.
 * Christine Marie Cabanos as Jenny Jenkins. Nate's love interests but also plays a minor role in the movie. Cabanos also provides Jenny's singing voice.
 * Alexander Rybak as Artur Pashkov. Nate's rival and Jenny's love interest. Rybak also provides Artur's singing voice.
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Clara Godfrey (Mrs Godfey). Nate's social studies teacher and ultimately hated one.
 * Tom Kenny as Shawn Galvin (Mr Galvin). Nate's science teacher. Kenny also provides Mr Galvin's singing voice.
 * Tom Scharpling as Marty Wright. Nate's father.
 * Cherami Leigh as Ellen Wright. Nate's annoying older sister.
 * Jennifer Hale as Mrs Hickson. The school librarian.

SONGS AND SOUNDTRACK
No soundtrack has officially been released. However, in December of 2011, an album featuring almost all of the musical numbers from the movie was released.

SONG LIST

 * 1) Cutest (Sung by Teddy and Francis)
 * 2) I Have An A Point Average (Sung by Gina. One of two songs not to be featured on the album)
 * 3) Suck It Up (Sung by Nate and Gina)
 * 4) Highest Keypoints Of School (Sung by Mr Galvin)
 * 5) Heaven's Speak (Sung by Nate and Jenny)
 * 6) Simplistic Bullying (Sung by Randy and Chorus)
 * 7) Heaven's Speak Reprise (Sung by Nate. One of two songs not be featured on the album)
 * 8) Talents (Sung by Artur)
 * 9) Three Cheers for Kuddle Kittens (Sung by Gina, Nate and Chorus)

TRIVIA

 * There was originally tended to be a song for Marty where he sings about Nate and Gina working together and a demo was made. However, it was deemed to not be reliable to the progress of the story so it was scrapped in the final cut of the film.
 * This is Tom Kenny's second role in a Disney film after voicing Rabbit in the July 2011 film Winnie The Pooh, taking over for the late Ken Sansom.