Nick Mayes

**Nick Mayes** • History • Quotes • Gallery

* New 1989
* 2012
* 1989
* 1988
* 1987

20 *(Season 3)*

43 *(Season 4)*

20 *(Season 5)*

MJ Baines - friend

Brooklyn Yates - friend

Michael Tomlinson - friend

Rose McCarthy - ally

Brian Tomlinson - friend *(former enemy)*

Layla Domino - best friend/co-worker/partner *(former love interest)*

Anna Yates - friend

Lucas Norman - enemy *(former friend)*

### Occupation

Video store employeeOwner and creative director of King and Domino Agencies *(in erased timeline)*

Student at Dewberry High School *(formerly)*

Employee at Spring Step Shoes *(formerly)*

## Appearances

### Appears In

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45

> *"Hey asshole! **Take this**,"*
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> -- Nick Mayes to the possessed Jacob as he destroys the MacNamera Key, New 1989
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**Nick Mayes** is a recurring character in *Season 1*, a main character in *Season 2*, *Season 3*, *Season 4*, and *Season 5*, and a main protagonist in *Season 6* of *The 48th Street Fellowship*. He is a student at Dewberry High School in 1987 and the boyfriend of Catherine Baines.

When a strange monster turned up in Dewberry, a paranoid Nick became convinced that Catherine - who was investigating the death of her best friend Hope - was sleeping with Brian Tomlinson and broke up with her. When Nick discovered the inter-dimensional threat for himself, he formed an unlikely friendship with the Fellowship - and a bond with James DeLare - and proved near instrumental when battling the Shadow Goblin and freeing Michael Tomlinson from the Dark Lord's control. When he swore to keep the Fellowship's secret, they invited him to join them, but he declined, not wanting to become part of a "kid's club" and instead was labelled an "honorary member".

In 1989, he finally decided to join the Fellowship when they regained their powers. He joined James, his co-worker Layla and Brooklyn's sister Anna in accidentally infiltrating a secret lab deep beneath Neverland Mall, exposing a secret society called the Leshers. In the process, he bravely went up against the Air-Walker and somehow survived, but not without losing vision in his right eye. With the rest of the company, he destroyed the lab and the goblin army within, barely making it out with his life. He later participated in the final battle. When the final battle was over, he swore a blood oath to return to Dewberry in the future to defeat the Dark Lord once and for all.

He left Dewberry in the 1990s and eventually started his own advertising agency with Layla, headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2012, he was reunited with his old friend James DeLare, who summoned him back to Dewberry to fulfil his oath.

While back in Dewberry, Nick and Layla discovered that the portal beneath the ruins of Neverland Mall had been opened once more and tried to close it on their own. In the process, they accidentally unleashed the Goblin King on Dewberry and barely escaped with their lives. With Joyceln, Layla and Rose, Nick mobilized the entire town of Dewberry to fight with the Fellowship upon showing them the Goblin King and proving the existence of the Dark Dimension. Following Jacob's closure of the Crack of Doom, Nick was among the few who remembered the events, having taken the blood oath in 1989.

Back in 1989, Nick was still working with Layla at their new job. In November, he decided to attend the Fellowship's Thanksgiving reunion. His future life was erased from existence by Jacob Hamilton, who travelled back to 1989 and started a new timeline.

Upon realizing he was Earth's last hope, Nick took it with all the bravado that could be expected of him. With a final swing of his bat, he destroyed the Key powering the MacNamera Portal, closing the breach and saving the world. Nick's body was not recovered from the explosion, making it inconclusive if he survived or not. However, it is revealed that Nick jumped through the portal at the last minute and survived for several months in the Dark Dimension. He was finally reunited with Layla and James, who were attempting to rescue Cooper and Joyceln from the Dark Dimension.

Nick was among the members of the Fellowship to time travel to 1953, taking Layla with him, and participated in the Battle of 1953 to prevent the Apocalypse.

## Overview

### Physical Appearance

Nick is tall, handsome and physically fit. He is well known for his long, large hair, which he considers his best feature.

Even in his 40s, Nick has maintained a good complexion, most likely due to his ego.

### Personality

Nick is initially portrayed as a typical popular boy: brash, arrogant and willing to commit certain actions to boost his popularity. He relishes in his popularity and his title of "King Nick", and will perform any action necessary to maintain his popularity, reputation and social status.

In *Season 2*, Nick has made efforts to eradicate his shallow personality, most likely to try and win Catherine back. When he develops a strong friendship with James, Nick breaks down his own stereotypes and becomes a more mature and well-rounded person.

In *Season 3*, Nick has become depressed, being unable to go to college due to failing high school twice and now stuck at a dead-end job at Spring Step Shoes. When James gives him the news of the potential return of the Dark Lord, Nick takes the news very seriously, and later jumps at the oppotunity to investigate the strange signal beneath Neverland Mall.

By *Season 4*, Nick has maintained his ego and a streak of arrogance, but he has nonetheless matured into a well-rounded individual.

In the New 1989 timeline, Nick is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the world.

## Powers, Equipment and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Endurance:** Nick has demonstrated impressive endurance, having survived several brutal beatings. He even survived a blow to the side of the head from the superhumanly strong Air-Walker, albeit not without losing sight in his right eye. He has also managed to survive in the Dark Dimension for several months on limited supplies.

### Equipment

* **Barbed-wire bat:** Nick's primary weapon is a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, originally built after he killed his first goblin.

## Relationships

### Catherine Baines

> *"Hey. I need an answer. **Do you love me**?"*
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Nick and Catherine have a positive relationship that has gone from romantic to a close friendship.

### James DeLare

> *"Dude, I made a promise. I intend to keep it. I mean, I'm not an asshole. [...] Not **anymore**, at least,"*
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> -- Nick agrees to return to Dewberry with James, 2012
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James and Nick form an unlikely and yet strong and loyal friendship in *Season 2*while the two of them search for an escaped goblin. James, in fact, trusts Nick so much that, against the rules of the Fellowship, he tells him everything about their mission for the last year, including revealing he has superpowers. As their friendship strengthens, they come to view each other in a brotherly light. Nick clearly values their friendship as he cut ties with many of his other friends due to their discriminatory views towards James.

James consistently vouches for Nick and convinces the rest of the Fellowship to allow him to join. Their friendship remains strong, even after 23 years.

### Brian Tomlinson

> *"See? We're not so different. We love the same girl, but she loves **you**. I've come to accept it. Just don't throw it away,"*
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As the most popular boy in school, Nick often bullied and outcast Brian for the sake of his own popularity and saw him as a threat when Catherine started hanging out with him.

### Lucas Norman

Nick has a bitter rivalry with Lucas, with the two of them often competing for the title of "King" of Dewberry High.

Their feud turns personal when Nick discovers that, as the Air-Walker, Lucas caused him to lose vision in his right eye.

### Layla Domino

Though Nick didn't know Layla during their schooling, they eventually became friends after working together at Spring Step Shoes. At first, they expressed a dislike towards one another. Layla would tease his attempts at flirting, and Nick judged her for participating in stereotypical uncool activities.

However, once they were swept into the mystery of the Leshers together, the two learned more about each other and became closer.

## Trivia

* Nick is tied with Ellie with the greatest number of appearances out of any character in the series, having appeared in all but one episode.
* His favourite and most iconic weapon is a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, which he put together before fighting the Shadow Goblin.
* Nick has a reputation for losing fights, having been in six fights and only winning two of them: one against Lucas and another against a Leshen scientist.
* Nick is blind in his left eye following his fight with Air-Walker.

* Characters of 'The 48th Street Fellowship'
* Dark Dimension