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For the post-scratch version of this character, see Jane Crocker.
Not to be confused with Grandma.

Nanna Egbert
Alive ▾Nannasprite ▾
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Hoo hoo hoo!
Age

86. Birthdate is April 13, 1910. Deathdate is April 13, 1996.

Relations

Jane Crocker - Post-scratch self
Dad - Son
John - Adoptive grandson, genetic son
Poppop, Grandma, Jade - Genetic offspring
Colonel Sassacre - Adoptive grandfather (deceased)
Betty Crocker - Adoptive grandmother
Grandpa - Adoptive brother (deceased)
Halley - Pet (deceased)
Live(s) in

Maple Valley, Washington

Likes

Baking, practical jokes

Music

Nannaquin ♫

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Nanna is the mother of Mr. Egbert, adoptive sister of Grandpa, and adoptive grandmother of John Egbert. She is also the genetic mother of John Egbert and Jade Harley. Her remains become part of the Nannasprite.

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BiographyEdit
As Nanna Edit

While initially introduced as John's grandmother, Nanna is actually a paradox clone of herself sent back in time as an infant from the present. Her DNA is combined with Jade's Grandpa's DNA through Ectobiology to create the paradox clones of Jade Harley and John Egbert. This action creates a CAUSAL LOOP in which case, John creates both Nanna and himself from the present and sends the clones as infants to the past.

Nanna as a young girl, watching as Grandpa departs
After being sent to Earth on a meteor during The Reckoning, Nanna was adopted by Colonel Sassacre and Betty Crocker. Eight days later, however, another meteor hit, this time transporting Young Grandpa from The Veil. Grandpa accidentally shot the Colonel, killing him. He then became Nanna's adoptive brother.

Nanna's joke-shop
At the age of 13, Grandpa developed a taste for adventure and took off with Halley, leaving Nanna to stay with Betty Crocker. Afterwards Crocker taught Nanna the art of baking, which she took with determination, hoping to one day surpass her evil mentor. When one day Nanna mentioned the departed Grandpa again, the baroness told her of her true origins and told her that she was determined to keep the two apart, since they were destined to be married and produce a pair of children who would save the world. After this, she began to construct a plan to topple Crocker's pastry empire. During this time Nanna learned many of Crocker's secrets, including the fact that she was not human. However, one day the Batterwitch vanished without a trace. Her pastry empire was bequeathed not to Nanna, but to Grandpa.

Nanna was, in fact, relieved by this news, as it meant that she could pursue her passion for practical japery she inherited from Colonel Sassacre. She decided against searching for Grandpa, and instead married a fine, upstanding gentleman who would be John's Dad's father. She opened a store called the Prankster's Gambit, probably in honour of Colonel Sassacre.

John was told that her tragic death involved a bookshelf, a ladder, and an unabridged edition of Colonel Sassacre's Daunting Text of Magical Frivolity and Practical Japery. However, she was actually killed by the meteor carrying baby John from The Veil. Her remains rest on top of the mantle within a Sacred Urn until John's antics knock it over during the game of Sburb. After the ashes are hastily put back into the urn, they are later showered upon John's Kernelsprite when her urn is toppled again following the dropping of Colonel Sassacre's text. The sprite absorbs her memory and personality, though they merge with the qualities of the harlequin doll which had been previously prototyped, giving her a mangled face, a fake arm and a Harlequin outfit. It is also possible that this increased her already present tendency towards jappery and pranks.