Greg had planned to cheat using the map and this causes great difficulties for him, and makes him agitated. Gammie is the mother of Grandpa, Arthur, Reba, and Loretta Heffley. A minor character in the books, but the main antagonist in the third film, Heather is only featured in several books as the object of Greg's unrequited infatuation. Susan's cousin from California and th eldest son of Martina who lived with the Heffleys for a few months after Greg was born, which he reminds Greg of every time he sees him. This results in Frank angrily making them leave early. Read Diary of a Wimpy Kid online, here. Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Peyton List, Grayson Russell, and Karan Brar also have prominent roles. Once, they played throw and catch with a large sharp piece of concrete. In the first book, Rowley is 11 years old and an antagonist in Greg's point of view while technically in a third-person view, Greg is the antagonist and Rowley is the protagonist. Susan thinks Audra is wasting her money. This angers Heather and the party ends in disaster. Jeff was born in College Park, Maryland, in 1971 where he created a comic strip called "Igdoof. He also is a very bad friend. Gammie loves having visitors for dinner. Now he can speak in full sentences and read chapter books but is still not potty trained and usually wears a diaper. To Greg's horror, Dad decides to sign Greg up for the same military academy that Lenwood attended, leading to Greg taking measures to convince him to change his mind. Sweetie wreaks havoc in the Heffley household and is given to Gramma at the end of the book. By the end of the film adaptation of Rodrick Rules, he is much closer to Greg, and his actions to him become much less aggressive. He met Greg in Double Down when he found Greg's balloon for the Balloon Brigade at his school. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: 2. While Greg bought a journal to track everything his fish did, Rodrick neglected his fish to the point of putting its filthy bowl on top of the refrigerator and never feeding it or cleaning it once. Activities & resources. Everyone was in a big rush to visit her. Greg confirms this by looking in Gammie's photo album, and strives to save money for plastic surgery. Scotty has a remarkably similar appearance to Greg's comic character, Creighton The Cretin, except Creighton's eyes are wide open and Scotty's eyes are beady just like all the other characters that do not wear glasses. She has become something of a minor recurring character whose appearances are rare. A student attending Westmore High School with Rodrick, she has had several minor occupations throughout the books, during each of which Rodrick fecklessly attempts to grab her attention or to impress her. She reappears in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. Aunt Veronica is Greg's aunt and Susan's sister. Gammie is a trickster and knows a lot because of "experience". The film also contains some scenes from The Last Straw. The book is about a boy named Greg Heffley and his attempts to become popular in middle school. Greg hates Watercress Salad, and Rodrick is aware of this, so he pretends that Greg loves it and puts a large helping onto his plate. Her name is not revealed. Greg's Dad now admires Lenwood, despite the history between the two of them. He also is a very bad friend. Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney didn’t grow up wanting to be a children’s author. The first one, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal, was released on April 9, 2019 and is a series of anecdotes about Greg and Rowley's friendship. Greg must convince him to change his mind, whilst trying to impress his crush. They are a couple with three sons. On August 6, 2019, Disney announced they would reboot Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Home Alone and Night at the Museum for their streaming service, Disney+. This was Mom’s idea, not mine. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules: 3. Meemaw is dead, while Peepaw is still alive. In "Dog Days", Greg's mom gives her sons five dollars to buy something they wanted. Meemaw was in charge of putting prizes in the Easter eggs and wore a diamond ring, which was extremely valuable because it had been in her family for three generations. Despite being a spoiled three year old, Manny has proven to have more intelligence then he poses like figuring out how to sell all of Greg's items in Net Kritterz account and managed to change the password and locks out the whole family from watching TV by using the parental lock to only watch his favourite cartoons. Christopher Brownfield is one of Greg's friends and is shown to have been a great mosquito magnet while hanging out with Greg in the summer. Greg says he wants to follow in his footsteps. The 15th “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book was titled “The Deep End,” so naturally it deserved a pool-party theme. Peepaw is portrayed as old and batty. It's stated that Grandpa never spent much time with Frank when he was a boy, and they seem to have a poor relationship. The billboards for Dr. Kagan's dental practice make Greg freak out every time he sees one of them on the highway. According to Greg, however, no baby has laughed once. It was 1998 when Jeff started writing down the ideas for wimpy kid diary which later he hoped to turn it into a book. Greg states that she has never been seen in person since he was three or four years old, probably because being with the family in person stresses her out, but calls her family members on video chat. The film starred Zachary Gordon as Greg, Robert Capron as Rowley (Greg's best friend), Steve Zahn as Frank (Greg's father), Rachael Harris as Susan (Greg's mother), Devon Bostick as Rodrick (Greg's older brother), Connor and Owen Fielding as Manny (Greg's younger brother), Chloë Grace Moretz as a new character named Angie, and Grayson Russell as Fregley.[5][21]. In The Third Wheel, when Greg and Rowley become private investigators Greg looks through the window at his house to find him playing one of Greg's video games with Rowley. In The Third Wheel, Greg uses Great Uncle Bruce's old cologne on Valentine's Day, which ends up attracting some old ladies. Jeff worked on the book for six to eight years before showing it to the publishers or publishing it online. He shows little interest in sports until Dog Days, where he is found playing tennis with Rowley and golf with a caddy. She is portrayed in Dog Days by Melissa Roxburgh. Later in "The Ugly Truth", he is on Greg's team for a game and hides behind a soda machine after the teachers threaten to call all of their parents. Byron told Greg to go to the house and get help. Chirag Gupta is an Indian American who serves as one of Greg's schoolmates and a minor character in the books. The Heffleys’ pet pig was introduced in The Long Haul, in which Manny Heffley won it at a country fair for correctly guessing the weight of a hog. He had a minor childhood rivalry with Frank, that they appear to have gotten over as adults. She is stubborn. Her favorite grandchild is Manny, although she denies and lies about this despite overwhelming evidence in the form of pictures on her refrigerator and many of Manny's drawings around her house. The introduction to the series focuses on the protagonist, Greg Heffley, and his attempts to become popular in school. Virtually oblivious to Greg's existence or identity (Greg stops trying to impress her after she mistakes him for Fregley), she appears to take an interest in Rowley's sweetness, judging by an enthusiastic message which she had signed in his yearbook (as opposed to the note that she had written for the envious Greg). [4], The first, second, fourth and ninth installments have been adapted into films by 20th Century Fox.[5]. However, after Susan gets a phone call from Chirag's father, she brings Greg to Chirag's house and orders him to apologise. [3] The books take the format of the journals kept by the protagonist, Greg Heffley. He also does not know how to type, and on one occasion, when he has to type one of his assignments, he types one letter a minute and repeatedly has to ask Frank where the space bar is. Some make no sense, for example, he said a man got decapitated when he sneezed. Holly seems to enjoy the boys' companionship and shows gratitude for Rodrick Heffley's unintentional blunders that wind up destroying the undeserving Heather's birthday party. In The Meltdown the Pig throws a tantrum for being excluded from the trip to Isla de Corales in The Getaway. Greg's actions can be antagonistic at times, including terrorizing kids, trying to steal money from a church collection basket, lying in confession, picking on other students, playing pranks on his best friend, selling falsely advertised "fitness water," and praying for bad stuff to happen to others. However, despite Rowley's opinion, Joshie appears to be a singer that is mainly idolized by females. Gregory "Greg" Heffley is 11 years old in the first novel. The film was released on August 3, 2012. He lives with his family in Massachusetts, USA. Motivated by his lust for revenge, he volunteers to play a tree in the school's upcoming production of "The Wizard of Oz"after viewing the movie adaption for the first time. Share; List price: US$11.47. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books written by the American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. In the film, she is portrayed by Chloë Grace Moretz. Greg later tells the whole school he ate the cheese instead of Rowley and she compliments and accepts him when she sees that Greg is learning the errors of his ways. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul : 10. [6] To date, fifteen Wimpy Kid books have been released, plus one do-it-yourself book, and two movie diaries. Greg likes him, but is annoyed that he always sits in Gramma's best chair until it is time to leave. Jeff Kinney is now a household name – The Diary of A Wimpy Kid series was an instant international bestseller and has now been made into two blockbuster films. In Wrecking Ball, it was revealed that she died in her sleep, and Greg's family attended someone else's funeral instead of hers by mistake, and receive an inheritance of her fortune. Notify me. This resulted in him becoming a fine young man who works at the movie theater. In Rodrick Rules, Greg is haunted by the fact that Rodrick knows about his most mortifying experience during the summertime. In the movie series, Rowley is portrayed by Robert Capron, in the first three movies and Owen Asztalos in The Long Haul. Continuing from the last book, Abigail and Rowley are now a couple, leaving Greg out. He is mentioned at the beginning along with Christopher when Greg is considering new best friends, and mentions that although Tyson is nice and into the same video games as Greg, he is turned off by the fact Tyson pulls his pants all the way down when using the urinal. Mrs. Jefferson is Rowley's mother. They have a lot of children, all of whom are male, with names beginning with the letter S. Five of the children's names are revealed, and they are (from oldest to youngest): Shawn, Shane, Sam, Scott, and Seth. She is single and has no pets or kids, suggesting that she doesn't like kids. As Meemaw got older, she became less sharp and started putting strange prizes in the eggs, such as a green bean, a bottle cap, and a paper clip. It was released on DVD, iTunes, and Blu-ray on August 3, 2010. Release Dates. Garrison "Gary" Heffley is Greg's uncle and the youngest brother of Frank and Joe, who has been married four times. The Pig is never found by the Heffleys despite numerous missing posters, and since The Meltdown, the Pig is never seen or mentioned again. 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,096. [9], Three spin-off books, all written from Rowley's perspective, have been released. She seldom appears afterward. He has been known to perplex others with his behavior and does not have any known friends. Rowley is also the owner of the comic strip Zoo Wee Mama. Greg buys an angelfish that was many different colors, and Rodrick buys a piranha-like fish that was said to be "aggressive". Diary of a Wimpy Kid was released March 19, 2010, as it moved up from a previously scheduled April 2 release date. In the film adaption of The Long Haul, Mr. and Mrs. Beardo are portrayed by Chris Coppola and Kimberli Lincoln and have a daughter named Brandi and two sons named Brandon and Brent. Gramma has a dog named Sweetheart, usually shortened to Sweetie. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal was published in April … Although he and Greg are well-acquainted and generally amiable to one another, Greg started the "Invisible Chirag" prank in Rodrick Rules. Although his family is vaguely referenced in the books, the Warren's are what got Frank thinking of making Greg more manly. In the movie adaptions, Chirag's role is enhanced and he is a close friend of Greg and Rowley. The Heffleys find themselves stranded at an RV park on a camping trip. He only speaks in grunts or makes random sounds. He never watches any real shows on the television; instead he constantly has his television tuned to the CCTV in the retirement home lobby, which he spends his time watching. Paperback Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball (Book 14) by Jeff Kinney | 5 Nov 2019. Aunt Gretchen has at least thirty pets. When they play a game of "Guess Who? It is implied that Greg and Rodrick dislike her, as they fight over who has to greet her first when she visits. He agrees to join Rodrick's rock band Loded Diper and later attempts to kick him out for an unknown reason. Before she died, she accidentally put her ring in an Easter egg that was found by Greg at the end of the book. It stars Zachary Gordon and Steve Zahn. Scotty is a first grader from Rowley's karate class. She is depicted as being friendly and good-natured. Mr. Jefferson dislikes Greg, whom he thinks is a "bad influence" on his son. At the end of the book, another kid tips off a teacher, causing the faculty members to stage a raid on the storage room. In the third film, Stan, the father of the family, is shown to be a neighbor of the Heffleys. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Rodrick also possesses incompetent tendencies, as his school assignments are notoriously crude and inadequate. In the movie series, the van is revealed to be a 1996 Chevrolet Astro AWD van, which also sports a diaper's pin drawn on the rear doors. Greg's uncle who did not appear at uncle Gary's fourth wedding because he is always traveling. Can you name all the books in the diary of a wimpy kid series currently? This came into cinemas in summer 2017 and was based on the 9th book (Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul) and included plotholes from the 7th and 8th books. 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