Josh Nichols
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Josh Larry Nichols is a fictional character from the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh, and is portrayed by Josh Peck.
| Josh Nichols | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Boob |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 19 |
| Year of birth | February 23, 1988 |
| Occupation | Student |
| Family | Drake Parker (step-brother) Walter Nochols (father) Audrey Parker-Nichols (step-mother) Megan Parker (step-sister) "Grammy" (paternal grandmother) Papa Nichols (paternal great grandfather) |
| Episode count | All |
| Portrayed by | Josh Peck |
Josh moved into the Parker's when his dad married Drake's mother in 2004. Since that time, Josh has acquired a job at The Premiere, a movie theater in which he has always wanted to work, (see Movie Job). Josh thinks that Drake lacks responsibility and always gets annoyed by Drake's bad habits, such as having a party at Josh's boss' house or ruining his relationship with his date. His birthday is revealed to be February 23, 1988.
Josh once had a girlfriend, Mindy Crenshaw - however, the two did not always get along. In fact, they hated each other; starting at 12 years old, the two often battled against each other in their school's annual Science Fair. It was only until Mindy and Josh paired up for a project in their class that they discovered they liked each other. In "Mindy Loves Josh", Mindy tells Josh she loves him, sending Josh into a panic as to whether he really loves her or not. The two end up admitting they are inexperienced in dating, and they break up to see other people. They remain friends. Josh is currently single.
Josh once had a pet turtle named Sheldon, who died when he was five years old, and was replaced by a vicious lizard named Julio who tried to get him killed. He also appears to have a transmitter on his backside which Megan uses for the amusement of electrocuting him. Josh is also shown to be an obsessive fan of Oprah Winfrey; he has a photograph and a large cardboard cut-out of Winfrey, and met her (sort of) in the episode Josh Runs into Oprah. Unfortunately, Oprah was not happy with Josh running her over, and launched a 300 ft. restraining order (although Josh still considers her final signature at the bottom of the order, her "autograph"). Josh appears to have a large head, which many people (namely Megan) constantly make fun of or identify him by this physical feature.
While Josh is highly known for being very school-smart, getting A's in all of his classes, he is by no means street-smart. Examples of this are when, in the episode The Affair, when Drake tells Josh that he thinks that their dad is seeing another woman, Josh replies blankly, "Seeing another woman do what?". In the beginning of the episode Pool Shark, Josh refers to pool as billiards, which most people, obviously, don't. And, before Drake pointed out that both were wrong, Josh thought that being the Equipment Manager on their school football team counted as being on the team, and that it was cool.
He is allergic to rather random items, such as celery, cats, shrubs, and cheese balls. He had perfect attendance from pre-school days to the eleventh grade. Josh probably has almost no musical talent (except for his playing of the harmonica, slide whistle, and piano). Several episodes claim his middle name is Larry. While Drake is shown as a poor driver, Josh most likely is not (in one episode, however, he drove past a stop sign and in another episode he ran over Oprah). He is not very good at sports: in basketball, the balls hit his face repeatedly. He had to use twelve training wheels to learn to ride on a bike properly. But in the "Football" episode when he tried out for the football team, he made the team (as "Equipment Manager).
Every day Josh is tortured by Megan, by being hit, abused or taken for granted, and even Drake sells his bike and stereo for money for himself, and steals his money. His boss, Helen, hates him and so do a lot of people. He has the knack of getting himself in scrapes that Drake causes on purpose and is always blamed and hurt painfully.
It is commented in the episode "First Crush" that Josh has a talent for drawing (he draws a portrait of his crush, Kathy). However, this talent is never brought up again. Josh is great at pool (this is commented on in "Pool Shark" and brought up again in "Drew and Jerry" ). It is said various times that Josh likes magic as well as video games.
In random episodes, Josh is best known to say "LITTLE GIRL" to Megan whenever she bugs him. For example, Megan told Josh that she want the Pintendo GS back, but he said, "You just listen 'LITTLE GIRL!' I am your teacher, and you will show me some respect!" This was heard in "Megan's New Teacher". Another episode was when Megan told Drake & Josh (in the closet) to go and buy the car she wants, and said, "Not happening 'LITTLE GIRL!'" This was heard in one of the episodes of Season 4. In "Alien Invasion", Drake & Josh, dressed up as aliens knew that they finally got Megan for good. Josh said. "That's right 'LITTLE GIRL!'"
Josh appears to have a rash that is stress related; it comes when he is stressed, and leaves when unstressed. This is mentioned in both "Josh Is Done" and "Megan's Revenge".
