Nigel Ratburn

Nigel Charles Ratburn (formerly Emil Ratburn) is a third grade teacher at Lakewood Elementary School.

Trivia

 * Outside of school, Mr. Ratburn is shown to enjoy many jovial pursuits, such as magic, puppeteering, and camping.
 * The car that Mr. Ratburn drives is a red roadster convertible.
 * He also buys a mini van with boat from The Internet in the episode Best of the Nest.
 * Mr. Ratburn is a fanatic of Spooky Poo, a play on the Hanna-Barbera-based Scooby-Doo show.
 * A running gag is Mr. Ratburn knowing nothing about computers or the Internet.
 * Another running gag is his love (almost obsession) of desserts, especially for cake.
 * In "For the Birds", Mr. Ratburn mentions that bird watching has been a favorite past time of his since he was a child.
 * In "Cents-less”, Mr. Ratburn is shown feeding two goldfish, whom he calls Vladimir and Estragon. It would seem that Mr. Ratburn has named his pets in honor of two characters from Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
 * For the first few seasons, he has brown skin then changed to orange in the next few seasons and back to brown in Season 16.
 * It is revealed in "Arthur's Baby", he knew how to write multiplication sentences at age 1 (or possibly 2).
 * He went to high school at the same time as David Read and Mr. Haney.
 * He may or may not be part Native American (specifically ​Cheyenne​).[​1]​ ​
 * He is part of a rock band called The Lost Teachers, as seen in "Lend Me Your Ear". He has become hard of hearing due to not having initially worn ear protection when practicing.
 * He and his husband Patrick Ratburn seem to be the series’ first LGBT characters; they got married in Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone.