Nikki Maxwell

Nicole "Nikki" Jullianne Maxwell is the main protagonist and narrator of all the Dork Diaries books.

Nikki is a self-proclaimed dork and goes to Westchester Country Day on a scholarship, because her father is the school's exterminator. One of her biggest fears is that someone will find out that she attends Westchester Country Day on her dad's bug extermination scholarship. She lives in Westchester, New York.

Nikki becomes very close friends with Chloe Garcia and Zoey Franklin, and develops a crush on Brandon Roberts. Her enemies are Mackenzie Hollister and Jessica Hunter.

Appearance
Nikki has shoulder-length hair that is usually put in pigtails and wavy bangs parted to the sides. She also wears her hair down, in braids, pigtails or up into a ponytail. In some foreign editions, she is shown to have brown hair and green eyes on the cover. However, in the English version, this is not shown, as none of the drawings have color.

Furthermore, Nikki's hair and eye color have never actually been mentioned in any of the books. But, the fandom thinks she's a brunette. She reveals that she wears lip gloss and light makeup (mascara and lipgloss). Nikki has a slim figure and weighs 105 pounds (approx. 48 kilograms).

Her outfits change throughout the books. According to her, she shops at discount department stores such as Target and Macy's, meaning her clothes aren't as stylish as she would like them to be.

She occasionally wears plain make-up and doesn't wear full on make-up like Mackenzie. Throughout the books, it is shown that Nikki is embracing her dorky side and wears pigtails more often than before. However, her style with clothes improves.

Personality
Nikki is a thoughtful and kind who is sometimes a bit over-dramatic and she truly describes herself as a dork.

Nikki loves her family and friends, but can be harsh towards her younger sister and describes her as "a category five hurricane in pigtails."

Nikki also thinks that her parents can be "brain dead" sometimes and don't seem to understand her.

When Nikki gets excited or elated, she shouts, "SQUEEEEE!" like a little mouse and dances a victory dance copied from a cartoon. She despises MacKenzie Hollister for always trying to make her life miserable. But nevertheless, Nikki is a caring and outgoing person and is said to have a wacky sense of humor, she does however says things before thinking it through.

When Nikki is angry or just annoyed she remarks nasty replies in her mind to the person she despises, but is too kind to say it out loud so she either ignore them or says something else that isn't as ignorant or mean.

Trivia

 * Nikki has some similarities to Marinette Dupain-Cheng from Miraculous Ladybug.
 * Both are unpopular, but they are shy and creative
 * Both wear pigtails
 * Both have a crush on the handsome and popular boys
 * Nikki likes Brandon Roberts (It is also shown that Brandon likes Nikki back) and Marinette likes a famous model named Adrien Agreste (Though, Adrien sees Marinette as a friend and he has a crush on Ladybug, who is actually Marinette).
 * Nikki's zodiac sign is Cancer since her birthday is in June 28, as in Dork Diaries:Tales from a NOT-SO-Happy Birthday.
 * Nikki's favorite color is periwinkle (because it's a fun thing to say).
 * Nikki's hates cleaning her room, as revealed in OMG! All About Me Diary!
 * Nikki describes SpongeBob SquarePants as fun, friendly and dorky.
 * Nikki hates the song from the Princess Sugar Plum commercial, but sings it in the shower because it's catchy.
 * Nikki talks in her sleep.
 * If Nikki could make a holiday, it would be National Dork Day.
 * Nikki thinks that her diary is like a BFF to her.
 * Nikki has a "wacky" sense of humor.
 * Nikki's favorite ice cream flavor is birthday cake.
 * Nikki loves the smell of cookies baking in the oven because it means she gets to eat them.
 * Nikki's always a nervous wreck whenever she has to take a geometry test.
 * Nikki is left handed confirmed by Rachel Renee Russell in the book, Dork Diaries: Top 50 Countdown. Despite this, she is still shown doing some certain things with her right hand also.
 * Dork diaries 3 is the only book so far to feature Nikki wearing her hair in upward pigtails like her sister.
 * Nikki is a big fan of Selena Gomez.
 * Nikki collects McDonald's Happy Meal toys.
 * In Dork Diaries: Tales From A Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker, it is revealed that Nikki can't swim.


 * Nikki favorite movie of 2013 is Teen Beach Movie.


 * Nikki's favorite movie as of 2014 is Frozen.
 * Nikki always laughs at Brandon's jokes, wich according to himself are 'lame jokes'
 * Nikki's favorite Disney movie before "Frozen" came out is "Lady and the Tramp" because of the romantic spaghetti dinner. She wanted to have a spaghetti dinner with Brandon, but they had gourmet burgers instead at "Crazy Burger".
 * Nikki suspects Brandon for liking her, but tells herself that Brandon likes Mackenzie
 * In Japanese, the name Nikki literally means "Diary", which is ironic because Nikki is a Dork Diaries character and she also has a diary.
 * Nikki loves Mexican food.
 * Nikki's favorite song is "Baby Baby".
 * Nikki makes mean pancakes.
 * Nikki is afraid of snakes.
 * It had always been indirectly said that Nikki's city of Westchester resides in New York. In a recent blog post, Nikki's cousins always take a road trip from Florida to New York where they stop by to meet up with her family.
 * Nikki's cousins live in Florida.
 * Nikki is also a fan of Tyra Banks and copies her style of words in front of the mirror.