Nigel Ratburn is a male rat who is the current Mayor of Elwood City, Pennsylvania and a former third-grade school-teacher. During his time as a teacher, Ratburn held a reputation for inflicting heavy workloads and advanced course material on his students.
Around 2014, Ratburn became involved in an passionate affair with Serenity Sweetwater, a fellow teacher at Lakewood Elementary School. The relationship was controversial because interspecies relationships were taboo in society (Serenity was a rabbit).
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↑Last seen alive in Issue 210, instructing his self-driving car to "drive off the nearest bridge" in an apparent suicide attempt.
↑They were first shown to be dating in Issue 069 and broke up in Issue 141. In Issue 161, Serenity's name is revealed to be "Serenity Ratburn" implying that they had gotten back together and married during the 8-year time jump.
↑They agreed to be in a performative relationship in Issue 147 in order to make their exes (Francis Haney and Sweetwater) jealous.
↑In Issue 204 it is revealed that Ratburn and Stephanie had been having an affair while Ratburn was married. Ratburn ended the relationship after Sweetwater's death.