Marcus Goode is a very "popular" person at P.S. 38 and minor antagonist in Big Nate. He has a posse that Nate was once in. Before that, Nate had always tried to be as "popular" as Marcus. When Nate left the posse, Marcus beat him up, much to Teddy and Francis' entertainment. Marcus used to be envied, but now people seem to loathe him. He is called one of the biggest bullies as of now. He has been described by Nate as the trendsetter of P.S. 38. Marcus is also a rival of Nate and Chad.