Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl)

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Nate Archibald
Gossip Girl character
First appearance Book Series:
Gossip Girl
TV Series:
Pilot
Last appearance Book Series:
Don't You Forget About Me
Cause/reason End of Series
Created by Cecily von Ziegesar
Portrayed by Chace Crawford
Information
Nickname(s) Nate
Book Series:
Natie (by Serena and sometimes Blair )
Aliases N
Gender Male
Age 17 (book series)
17 (TV series)
Specialty Sailing and Lacrosse
Occupation Book Series:
Sailor
Lacrosse Captain
TV Series:
High School Student
Family Captain Archibald (father)
Mrs. Archibald (mother)
Relatives Book Series:
Unnamed Aunt in Provence, France
Address Park Avenue, Upper East Side of Manhattan (book series)

Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald, known as Nate Archibald, is a character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. He is portrayed by Chace Crawford in the television series of the same name.

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[edit] Book Series Background

Nathaniel Archibald is a "Waspoid", good-looking lacrosse player at the elite St. Jude's School for Boys. His mother, Mrs. Archibald, is a French socialite, and his father, Captain Archibald, is a former Navy captain and a wealthy banker. He smokes copious amounts of marijuana and was once caught and sent to rehab for buying a dime bag in the park. Nate's buddies are Anthony Avuldsen, Charlie Dern, and Jeremy Scott Tompkinson. Throughout the series he is a very close, if on-again, off-again, friend and boyfriend of both Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen.

Nate's family resides in a gracious townhouse right off Park Avenue on the exclusive Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, and his mother's French socialite family owns a summer chateau in Nice. He is a fan of sailing like his father, and wished to do that instead of attending Yale with then-girlfriend Blair, although he expressed interest in attending Brown University, at the end of the series he sails around the world with a friend of his father's, Captain Chips White, not ever to come between Blair's and Serena's friendship again.

[edit] TV Series Background

Nathaniel Archibald was born to Howard Archibald, a successful business magnate, and Anne Archibald. Nate is close friends with Chuck Bass, with whom he attends the prestigious St. Jude's School for boys. Nate has been with girlfriend Blair Waldorf "since kindergarten". For the first half of the season he secretly harbors a lust for Blair's best friend, Serena Van der Woodsen, with whom he had a passionate one night stand. This infatuation seems to have fizzled toward the latter half of the season, as he realizes that it's Blair he loves.

[edit] Season 1

Nate grew up with his three best friends- the girl who becomes his girlfriend, Blair Waldorf, the girl he's always had a thing for, Serena van der Woodsen, and Chuck Bass. After Serena departs for boarding school after their one-night-stand, Nate continues to date Blair. When Serena returns, however, tensions are stirred up. He confesses to Blair about his affair, but she does not end their relationship. He confesses to Jenny (who he mistakenly thinks is Serena) that he is not over Serena. This is the final straw for Blair.

While Nate wants to attend a college out West (with a preference for University of Southern California), his father pressures him to attend Dartmouth College. Nate soon learns that his dad is struggling with a cocaine addiction and confronts his father about it, only to be violently attacked. Later that night Blair breaks up with him when he can't seem to reciprocate her love. Realizing his loss, he grills his best friend, Chuck Bass, for information about Blair. He receives a false impression that Blair is dating Carter Baizen, a sworn enemy of Nate.

After going to Monaco with Chuck over winter vacation, Nate returns and Blair gives him the cold shoulder. However, after he attempts to save her from expulsion and gets suspended in the process, the two begin dating again until he learns of the secret relationship between Blair and Chuck. After the last episode produced prior to the writers' strike, he is left without a girlfriend and a best friend.

In the final episode of the season, Nate's father buys a passport and skips town to avoid fraud charges. Nate has a short relationship with Vanessa Abrams, but the two end things in the final episode because he realizes he has a lot going on in his life, and doesn't have time for a girlfriend. In this episode, he and Chuck also reconcile when they realize that they shouldn't end a lifelong friendship over a girl, and Nate realizes that Chuck truly loves Blair. One week later he is seen with Serena, hanging out in the cool Hamptons.

[edit] Differences between the novels and TV series

  • Nate's two best friends in the books are Serena and Blair, while also hanging out with boys named Anthony, Charlie and Jeremy. He also couldn't stand Chuck. In the TV series, Chuck is Nate's best friend.
  • Nate struggles with drugs in the book, even being sent to rehab, but in the show Nate's father has the addiction. Although, Nate's drug of choice is marijuana while his father's is cocaine.
  • In the books, Blair pressures Nate to attend Yale while he is interested in sailing and not attending school, or going to Brown. In the TV series, Nate's dad pressures him to attend Dartmouth while he would rather attend schools on the West Coast, including the University of Southern California (USC).
  • Nate has brilliant green eyes in the books, but in the tv series has blue eyes.
  • Nate met Georgina at rehab and they both dated, whereas in the series they have nothing to do with each other.
  • In the books, Nate dates Jenny for a brief time. But in the television series, the two are only friends.

[edit] Family

[edit] Book Series

  • Captain Archibald (father)
  • Ms. Archibald (mother)

[edit] TV Series

  • Howard Archibald (father)
  • Anne Archibald (mother)

[edit] Flings and romantic relationships

[edit] Book Series

[edit] TV Series

  • Blair Waldorf
    • First Relationship:
      • Start Up: Before Pilot (101) (They are said to have been dating since kindergarten.)
      • Broke Up: Victor, Victrola (107)
        • Reason: Blair confronts Nate about his confession to 'Serena'.
    • Second Relationship:
      • Start Up: Hi, Society (110)
      • Broke Up: School Lies (112)
        • Reason: Chuck threatens to tell Nate about their relationship if Blair continues seeing him.
    • Third Relationship:
      • Start Up: School Lies (112)
      • Broke Up: The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate (113)
        • Reason: Nate learns about Blair's secret relationship with Chuck.
  • Vanessa Abrams
    • Start Up: Desperately Seeking Serena (115)
    • Broke Up: Much "I Do" About Nothing (118)
      • Reason: Nate felt like he had too much going on and needed a break.
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Primary
characters		 Serena van der Woodsen | Blair Waldorf | Dan Humphrey | Nate Archibald
Jenny Humphrey | Chuck Bass | Vanessa Abrams
Lily van der Woodsen | Rufus Humphrey | "Gossip Girl"
Secondary
characters		 Eric van der Woodsen | Isabel Coates | Howie "The Captain" Archibald | Bart Bass
Eleanor Waldorf | Alison Humphrey | Anne Archibald | Harold Waldorf | Georgina Sparks
Locations New York City | Upper East Side, Manhattan | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | The Palace
Other Episodes | Constance Billard School for Girls
St. Jude's School for Boys | Cecily von Ziegesar's book series
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