ðə stɹˈɪps mˈeɪn kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ɪz nˈeɪt ɹˈaɪt, ɐn ɪɹᵻpɹˈɛsᵻbəl sˈɪksθ ɡɹˈeɪdɚ wɪð ɐ nˈeɪɾɪv ænd ɪnflˈeɪɾᵻd sˈɛns ʌv hɪz ˈoʊn ɡɹˈeɪtnəs.
The strip's main character is Nate Wright, an irrepressible sixth grader with a native and inflated sense of his own greatness.