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21-543: The book starts with Greg explaining how bad his summer vacations were with his annoying brother Rodrick, who knows a secret that Greg is trying to keep. Greg is initially excited to return to school, but he still has the Cheese Touch from last year. He gets away with passing it on to a new kid. Later, it is clear that Greg and Rodrick are always broke, so their mother, Susan, starts a "Mom Bucks" to get Greg and Rodrick to get along with each other. Rodrick, at first, mismanages

42-423: A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw was released on January 13, 2009. Brad Simpson stated he anticipated a sequel movie if the first film was a success. "Our writing staff are writing a sequel right now, "Rodrick Rules," which would be based on the second book" ... "And, you know, we hope that the people to see a second movie, so that we are in position of going again right away and making another film. I certainly know that

63-495: A label are sort of missing the joke. Right off the bat, Greg says, "One day when I'm rich and famous, I won't have time to answer people's stupid questions." Whatever that is – I'm not sure how you label that – it's misguided. It's a little bit cocksure. But I don't think it's anything worse than that. Kinney, on separate occasions, has also clarified that Greg is supposed to represent an average and normal selfish middle schooler. Kinney never intended to write books for children, which

84-415: Is a bully to the few less popular than him at Westmore Middle School. Greg is obsessed with his social status, but is bullied by the bigger students at his school and his older teenage brother, Rodrick. He often mistreats his best and only friend, Rowley, for being wimpy and socially inept, despite Rowley having a happy family and life. Greg receives bad grades in school, is addicted to video games, especially

105-484: Is an "unlikable protagonist". Margaret Pomeranz disliked the character of Greg Heffley, saying "I really thought he was unpleasant. I did not want to spend time with him. I couldn't wait for the end of this film." However, reception to the character improved since the first film and in her review of the Dog Days film, Abby West of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "though often self-centered and conniving, Greg remains

126-420: Is why Greg is a complicated and flawed character. Kinney has also denied the sociopath theories stating he always saw Greg as an "accurate kid" and people who give him that distinction are "missing the joke". In the original trilogy of the film series adaptations, Greg was portrayed by actor Zachary Gordon. In the film adaptation of The Long Haul however, Greg was instead portrayed by Jason Drucker. After

147-421: The basement the whole time and had nothing to do with the party. Rodrick then starts preparing for the talent show despite his punishment. Frank ends his punishment 2 weeks early because listening to Rodrick's band daily drove him bananas. After Greg hurts Rowley by putting a dumbbell in a pillow that Rowley kicks during a sleepover, Greg must perform in the talent show with a 1st-grader, Scotty Douglas, who Rowley

168-494: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 767673175 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:51:50 GMT Greg Heffley Gregory " Greg " Heffley is a fictional character in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise , serving as the antiheroic main protagonist and unreliable narrator of the books, online series, and multimedia franchise . He

189-553: The fans would like to see all the books made into movies." Fox 2000 greenlit the sequel and Zachary Gordon returned as Greg Heffley . Steve Zahn ( Frank Heffley ), Devon Bostick ( Rodrick Heffley ) and Rachael Harris ( Susan Heffley ) also returned. The film was directed by David Bowers and the screenplay was written by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah. Principal photography began in Vancouver in August 2010. A few new characters appeared in

210-420: The fictional Twisted Wizard , and loves junk food. Despite these negative traits, he does show humanity, sensitivity, and care for those he loves. Because of these qualities, internet users began to question if Greg was a sociopath . Jeff Kinney stated: Greg is recording his life at a time when he shouldn't be recording. It's right when he's not a fully formed person, and I think that people that give Greg

231-450: The film series was given a reboot during the acquisition of 21st Century Fox , Greg was voiced by Brady Noon in the animated adaptation of the first book and its sequel . He was voiced by Wesley Kimmel in the third animated film . Due to Greg's narcissistic and selfish traits, some parents began to question if Greg was a negative influence on kids. In 2008, Aish called the character "totally diabolical" and that parents should avoid

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252-497: The film, including Peyton List as Holly Hills . The film was released on March 25, 2011. On December 3, 2021, an animated film based on the first book was released on Disney+. On Disney+ Day 2021, Kinney revealed that the first sequel, based on Rodrick Rules , was released on December 2, 2022. Annoying Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

273-477: The lot, Susan discovers the stolen Mom Bucks, confiscating all of Greg's, including his real ones. After Thanksgiving, Rodrick's party is uncovered by a photo, and despite denying that he had it, he is grounded from leaving the house for 1 month. Greg is accused of being an ' accomplice ' to Rodrick (because he didn't tell their parents about it and thought he was covering for Rodrick). He is banned from playing video games for 2 weeks, even though he had been locked in

294-743: The money on heavy metal magazines, while Greg carefully and sensibly manages the cash. Rodrick has an upcoming science project, and he would prefer to do it on 'Gravity,' but he clearly shows no effort and asks his family members to do it for him. Rodrick later gets the flu , and after Susan and their father Frank leave the house for the night, he calls every friend he knows and has a party. A month later, Greg notices Rowley has play money identical to that of "Mom Bucks" and takes it home to put under his mattress. When Greg fails to do his history homework, he must borrow an assignment from Rodrick and pay him $ 20,000 in Mom Bucks. Unfortunately, when Rodrick tries to cash in

315-503: The series at all costs. In Texas in October 2018, Greg's bad morals and pessimistic world view challenged the book to be banned. Tidy Books wrote that Greg never learned from his lessons and rarely gets punished or gives sincere apologies, and that the writing is too subtle for kids to realize that he is doing the wrong thing and is an unreliable narrator. His film counterpart was given similar reception as Rotten Tomatoes has said that Greg

336-410: The show, but Rodrick insists on doing it so that he can send it to record label companies and bail out of school so he and Löded Diper can get noticed. During the talent show, Rodrick has his band's performance taped so he can send it to the record companies. Still, the video is rendered useless after it is found that Susan (who was taping it) had talked the whole time, and everything she said was heard on

357-402: The talent show, a worldwide internet hit due to Susan dancing in it. Rodrick Rules received positive reviews. Positive attention was given to the book for its effective portrayal of Greg Heffley, and for its humor. The books' strategy of using illustrations as a means of exposition was also praised. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is the second book in the series. The third, Diary of

378-410: The tape. Rodrick accuses Greg, and they fight, but their parents send both to their rooms. Later, Rodrick tells Greg that his "secret is out". Greg says that at Leisure Towers, the retirement house where their grandfather lives, Rodrick took Greg’s diary and ran for it but tripped on a board game. Greg grabbed the diary, ran to the toilet, and tried to destroy it. Unfortunately, he accidentally went into

399-480: The women's bathroom, where he was forced to hide until security removed him. However, Greg gets popular for what he did because the story has gotten extremely twisted, from going to the women's bathroom in the retirement home to infiltrating the girls' locker room in Crossland High School. The story ends with Greg helping Rodrick with his science project because he feels sorry for the video of Löded Diper at

420-497: Was created by Jeff Kinney , and portrayed by Zachary Gordon and Jason Drucker in the first three films and the fourth film, respectively. Greg was originally conceptualized in early 1998, after creator Jeff Kinney struggled to become a newspaper cartoonist. In all of his appearances, Greg is portrayed as a self-righteous narcissist , who has little-to-no moral compass, is only looking out for himself, and has an obsession with becoming rich and famous. He steals, lies, cheats, and

441-438: Was partners with. They don't qualify, but Rodrick's band does. Rodrick, eager to continue to the talent show, hands in his Gravity science project earlier but then is forced to do it again since his project lacked several requirements. Rodrick tries to tell the teacher clearly about it, but then the teacher claims it was a reasonably straightforward experiment and did not make clear sense. Frank tries to persuade Rodrick to give up

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