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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and is the ninth book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. On April 28, 2014, Kinney announced the book's name and the color of its cover. The book was released on November 5, 2014 in the UK. As Greg Heffley's summer vacation begins, his mom announces that the family will be going on a surprise road trip. Greg remembers previous vacations that went wrong, so he is
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. Taylor Pringle is a minor character who only appears in the films, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" and does not appear in the books. She is a girl who is very rude and unforgiving, and is first seen at the end of the opening scene in "Rodrick Rules" in which during her birthday party at the roller rink, Rodrick embarrasses Greg, prompting Greg to try and tackle him, but he misses and lands in Taylor
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have been adapted into films by 20th Century Fox. The game "Poptropica" has released two islands themed after "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", called Wimpy Wonderland and Wimpy Boardwalk. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" officially began when Kinney brought up an idea about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley, who wrote about his personal life. In May 2004, FunBrain and Kinney released an online version of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". The website made daily entries until June 2005. He worked on
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's mom dances, which means Rodrick has nothing to send to record labels. Rodrick accuses Greg for the incident and they get into a fight, but their parents send both to their rooms. Later Rodrick has revealed what happened to Greg over the summer to his friends. When Greg says that at Leisure Towers the retirement house where their grandfather lives, Rodrick takes Greg's diary and made a run for it but trips on a board game. Greg grabs the diary, runs to the toilet and tries to destroy it but
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, the third book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. The book acts as a journal and follows the adventures of Greg Heffley, the narrator of the book, who is in the second half of his seventh-grade year. This book was released in the US on January 13, 2009. The book begins on January 1, with Greg talking about his family's New Year's resolutions.
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which upsets Manny. After Greg is taken to a veterinarian for treatment for the pig bite, the family stops at another hotel. In the morning, Greg's mom decides to take the family to the beach for the day. As Rodrick drives the minivan on the bridge, Greg sees a seagull and feeds it a cheese curl from the van. Greg's mom warns him that seagulls are aggressive, and he shouldn't feed them. Then, the seagull lands on the van and squawks at Greg. He throws another
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway is the twelfth book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney. The book was unveiled during the 2017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event which was live streamed via YouTube as part of the 10th anniversary of the first book. The book was published and released on November 7, 2017. Greg Heffley and his family see a commercial for Isla de Corales, a resort where his parents went for their honeymoon. To Greg's dismay, they skip
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in charge of the house, thinking that Rodrick will not have a party. However, Rodrick jumps off the couch and calls every friend of his 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, Susan finds out about this scheme when Rodrick tries to cash in
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books, Holly's role was increased in film adaptions, debuting in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" as a newcomer to Greg's middle school with whom he is instantly besotted. She is depicted as being friendly and good-natured. The relationship she shares with Greg and Rowley is emphasized and exaggerated in the film portrayals, to the extent it can be assumed that the feelings Greg has for her may be mutual. She reappears in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days." Her family
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the lot as down payment on a motorcycle and as a result she confiscates all of Greg's Mom Bucks including his real ones. After Thanksgiving, Rodrick's party is uncovered by a photo that Rodrick’s friend Bill took in the party and he is grounded for a month while Greg is accused of being an accomplice to Rodrick and is banned from playing video games for two weeks, even though he protests that he was locked in the basement the whole time and had nothing to do with the party. Since Greg didn't
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown is the 13th book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney. The book begins with Greg's hard time enjoying a warm day in the middle of the winter. Greg hears that the entire planet is heating up by human beings and that no one shouldn't blame him as he recently got here. He had been trying to tell his family about the issue, but they aren't listening. At school, Greg had been forgetting which projects were due
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and the eighth book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. It was released on November 5, 2013. In this book, Greg's best friend Rowley ditches him, and Greg struggles to make new friends. On Easter, he finds a Magic 8-Ball and attempts to change his luck by using it to make decisions for him. "Hard Luck" received generally positive reviews from critics. The book opens with Greg
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, a 6-inch Greg Heffley figure, a 6-inch holiday figure based on "Cabin Fever", and a Greg and Rodrick plush doll. Thirteen audiobooks have been released for the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. The Recorded Books versions are read by Ramon de Ocampo, while the Penguin Books versions are read by Dan Russell, who has done so since "The Third Wheel", and in 2018 he re-narrated the first 6 books for the markets where Penguin publish the series. "Diary of a Wimpy
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my class" as a lifeguard at the town pool. He starts to help Heather out by getting her drinks and calling out people for breaking the rules. Greg runs away after Heather expects him to clean up a kid's vomit, deciding that he "need[s] to let this summer romance cool off a little." Greg meets Rowley and his family at the supermarket. Rowley's mom asks if Greg would like to join them on their beach vacation, and Susan accepts for him. Greg struggles with the trip as
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a children's novel written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. It is the first book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. The book is about a boy named Greg Heffley and his attempts to become popular in middle school. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" first appeared on FunBrain in 2004, where it was read 20 million times. The abridged hardcover adaptation was released on April 1, 2007. The book was named a "New York Times" bestseller, among other
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Last Straw", he makes a New Year's Resolution to go on a strict diet, but Greg later catches him in the garage eating brownies. He also eats snacks intended for Greg, which causes him serious problems at school, and he is eventually caught after Greg hides in a pile of laundry late at night to catch the thief. Frank is portrayed by Steve Zahn in the first three films of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series". In "", he is played by Tom Everett Scott
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is the eleventh book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney. The book was unveiled during the 2016 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event. The book was published on November 1, 2016. The book's trailer was released on October 17, 2016. At the beginning of the book, Greg Heffley talks about how he thinks his life is a reality TV show. He believes his brothers, his parents, and all the other people in
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how his mother is always saying that if he reads and is creative, he'll discover new talents. Greg continues, "That's a nice idea and all, but every time Mom's tried to get me to step out of my comfort zone, I've fallen flat on my face." He then talks about times he tried writing poems and failed an advanced placement test. Greg concludes with "I guess EVERY parent thinks their kid is special, even when they're not." Greg buys "Spineticklers"
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Robert B. Capron Jr. (born July 9, 1998) is an American actor, who is best known for starring as Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's best friend, in the first three installments of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" film series. He started off with a role in "Bride Wars" and later had small parts in "" and the Disney film "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". His mother, Kaye Capron, played his character's mother in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". Capron
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to belong to him. Jordan invites Greg and Rowley to his latest party, but Greg cannot not go because of his Uncle Gary's fourth wedding. But at the end of the book, Greg discovers that it's actually a good thing he didn't go to the party—as it would seem, the only reason Jordan invited the kids in Greg and Rowley's grade to his party was to basically use them as servants. Angie Steadman only appears as an additional character in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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who also directed "Hotel for Dogs". 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. There is a second film in the "Diary of a Wimpy
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he was going to break up with her because he wanted to start dating her sister. Apparently, there was another Sonja at the baseball stadium. Before Gary could say anything, Sonja turned around and said "YES, YES!" When they divorced, it was after their wedding when Gary's friend included the story in his speech. Dorothy is Greg's great aunt who always kisses him on the lips. Greg's mom, Susan, says it is rude to wipe off the kisses Dorothy gives him. She is
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substandard performance of Justin Bieber's "Baby", which makes Heather very upset and the party ends in disaster. She is portrayed by Melissa Roxburgh. Albert Sandy is a minor character, who talks often about rumors he has heard. The validity of his statements are unconfirmed. One of the statement which was not confirmed by Greg was when Albert told him that "it was medically impossible for a girl to fart". Greg knew that it was not true because when his mom hugged Aunt Dorothy on Christmas Eve she farted
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they notice that they claimed the wrong suitcase and theirs was sent back home. After a visit to a crowded pool, Greg getting scared by an iguana, and a meal being ruined by birds and slugs, the Heffleys go to sleep for the night. In the morning, Greg has an encounter with a tarantula that climbed into his slippers, and he loses track of where it went. He and his family go out to ride a banana boat because Greg's mom wants to get a Christmas card photo, but the
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appearances are rare. In the film adaptions of the books, Patty's role is enhanced slightly. She is depicted as being monstrously demanding. Her parents are involved with the school board in this portrayal. The motivation given for her hatred of Greg is his recital of an offensive playground chant poking fun at her that sent her bursting into tears in elementary school. She appears in the film adaptions of all three films "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", "Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Rodrick Rules" and "Diary
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book)


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, and is the fourth book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. It was released on October 12, 2009 in the USA and October 13, 2009, in Canada. The film, "", released on August 3, 2012, was based on the book and its predecessor, "". The book starts with Greg Heffley describing how he is a "indoor person," and how he
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liked Maddox and that he would've been a good role model. Greg concludes, "But if Mom wants to connect me with someone I'll actually look UP to, she's gonna have to try a little harder." Susan decides to go back to college and finish her master's degree. While she's gone, the pig vomits from eating Greg's candy corn. Susan has a talk with Greg about his "pattern of deception" and punishes him with extra chores. Greg then points out that everyone
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is clear that Greg and Rodrick are always broke so Susan starts a "Mom Bucks" to get Greg and Rodrick to get along with each other. Rodrick, at first, mismanages the money on his heavy metal magazines, while Greg carefully and sensibly manages the cash. Rodrick has an upcoming science project that he would prefer to do on 'Gravity', but he clearly shows no effort or interest, and asks his family members to do it for him. Because Rodrick is sick, the parents leave Greg and Rodrick
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. "Poptropica's" 28th island, "Wimpy Boardwalk," also revolves around the "Wimpy Kid" series. Wimpy Boardwalk was the first time that Greg was shown in color. In the first three adaptions of the series, Greg was portrayed by actor Zachary Gordon. The first adaption "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" was directed by Thor Freudenthal. The film was released on March 19, 2010. It was released on DVD, iTunes, and Blu-ray on August 3, 2010. The movie stars
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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary


The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary is a movie tie-in book by Jeff Kinney about the making of the 2010 movie "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", which stars Zachary Gordon as Greg and Robert Capron as Rowley. Unlike the other books, it is non-fiction. It starts off with how the series was created. Next, it shows how they gradually prepared the movie for filming, such as choosing the cast, writing the script, and finding the right location. When it talks about filming, other subjects
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School is a children's novel written by American author Jeff Kinney first published in 2015. It is the tenth book of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, preceded by "" and followed by "". The book was released on November 3, 2015 worldwide, though an extract from the book was released online on October 27, 2015. Greg Heffley starts the book by talking about how his mother doesn't like technology and smart phones, and is starting a petition to
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disappointed." "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" was released on iTunes on December 4, 2012. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on December 18, 2012. It was released on Redbox on January 15, 2013. An animated short film set after the events of "Dog Days", "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown", was released on the home media release of "Dog Days", with Zachary Gordon reprising his role as Greg Heffley
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a children's novel by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, based on the FunBrain.com version. It is the sequel to "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", followed by "". The hardcover was released on February 1, 2008. "Rodrick Rules" was named "New York Times" bestseller among awards and praise. A was released on March 25, 2011. At the start of the book, Greg explains how bad his summer vacation was in which after being
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get any sleep at the Lock-In. Susan leaves him with Isabella. Greg later falls asleep and wakes up because of noise coming from downstairs and looks out his window to see cars parked in front of the house. Susan comes home to take care of Greg and finds out Isabella invited all the maids in the neighborhood to watch soap operas. Susan fires Isabella afterward. The next day, Greg sees Rowley with a zit on his forehead and he tells Greg that his mom says he's becoming a man, in
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This is a list of characters in Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" graphic novel series, as well as in the film adaptations of the first, , and books. The books take the format of the journals kept by the protagonist, Greg Heffley. There is also an eponymous series of film adaptations, for which Kinney was an executive producer, based on the original graphic novels. Gregory "Greg" Heffley is 12 years old in the first novel. Greg’s actions can be antagonistic at times,
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in my career. I wasn’t sure if I should continue writing Diary of a Wimpy Kid books or go down a different path. Double Down is really special to me, because it reflects a renewed commitment to the series and a plan for the future." Rachel Chipman of the "Deseret News" wrote that the book would "probably not attract any new fans", while longtime fans of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series would "adore [Greg's] Halloween middle school adventures". Carrie R. Wheadon
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October 27, 2010, with filming taking place in Vancouver and New Westminster. "Rodrick Rules" was directed by David Bowers, with Zachary Gordon reprising his role as Greg Heffley. New main characters include Holly Hills (Peyton List), Grandpa (Terence Kelly), and Bill Walter (Fran Kranz). Edward Shearmur composes the original score for the film. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" is the third film in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" film series. It was released on
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also wants to become a good mother in front of her peers. She and her husband pay far more attention to Manny than their other two sons. She is portrayed by Rachael Harris in the first three films of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, she is portrayed by Alicia Silverstone. In the online version of the first book, Susan was known as Ann Heffley. Manny Heffley is Greg and Rodrick's younger brother, and the youngest of the Heffley
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of the first day of school, as Greg and Rodrick are about to leave, Susan makes an effort to have them bond by doing some things together by using her methods called "Mom Bucks", but it makes things worse as Rodrick cheats her system. At school, Mr. Draybick, one of Greg's new teachers immediately dislikes him due to his relation to Rodrick, therefore making the teacher assume that Greg will be as bad. After school, a community talent show is advertised on TV; in which Rowley sees
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Kid" was published. To date, thirteen "Wimpy Kid" books have been released, plus one do-it-yourself book, two movie diaries, and a . In April 2009, "TIME" named Kinney one of "The World's Most Influential People". A spin-off entitled "" was released on April 9, 2019. It contains new stories told from the perspective of Greg's best friend, Rowley. Action figures included a minifigure pack (with Greg, Rowley, and Fregley)
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is a 2010 bestselling children's fiction book by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney and is the fifth book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. "The Ugly Truth" sold 548,000 copies in its initial week of publication, edging out Decision Points, which sold 437,000 copies. Kinney initially struggled with the decision of whether Greg would be a non-aging "cartoon character" or a literary character that would age and go through puberty, deciding to make puberty
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of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days". Alterations made to the books include her talent for both wrestling and playing tennis. She snatches any opportunity to assault Greg somehow while engaged in either sport with him. She is played by Laine MacNeil. Heather Hills is the attractive elder sister of Holly Elizabeth Hills, with whom Rodrick is infatuated. 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. However, she
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books written by the American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. All the main books are the journals of the main character, Greg Heffley. Befitting a teen's diary, the books are filled with hand-written notes and simple drawings of Greg's daily adventures. Since the release of the online version in May 2004, most of the books have garnered positive reviews and commercial success. , more than 200 million copies have been sold globally. The first, , and installments
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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal


Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal is a spin-off of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney. Unlike the main-series books, which are written from the perspective of Greg Heffley, "Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid" is written from the perspective of Greg's best friend, Rowley Jefferson, acting as Greg's biographer. The book was released on April 9, 2019. Rowley starts his diary by explaining that he started writing in one because his best
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is a 2012 bestselling children's novel and the seventh book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, written by American author Jeff Kinney. Kinney announced the book in March 2012, with "The Third Wheel"s cover revealed in May 2012. The book was released on November 13, 2012. Greg recalls several anecdotes from the time of his conception to his preschool years, notable ones include how his mother read to him before bed, how his parents’ excessive kissing supposedly
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. Greg is worried that his family will start fighting over the ring, so he hides the egg in his mother's closet, hoping that nobody will look in there. Greg concludes that he has to make big decisions on his own, and reconciles with Rowley. He writes, "I know Mom's always saying that friends come and go and family is forever, and maybe that's true. [...] I'm sure me and Rowley will get in another fight somewhere down the road and then we'll go
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. Some make no sense, for example, he said a man got decapitated when he sneezed. Albert has appeared in "The Last Straw," "The Ugly Truth," "Old School," "Double Down," and "The Meltdown." Only appearing in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", Mr. Ira is a teacher at Greg's middle school who is on the school newspaper adult staff, and enlists a replacement comic strip for the newspaper. He was made fun of in a comic strip
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of them are good at fighting. The teenagers from Halloween arrive at the scene and catch the boys, forcing Rowley to eat the Cheese before a teacher chases them off. When the other kids notice that the Cheese has been eaten, Greg takes the fall for Rowley by saying he ate it. This mends their friendship as Greg invites Rowley to play at his house. At the end of the school year, Greg and Rowley make the yearbook Class Favorites page as "Cutest Friends". Filming of "Diary of a
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's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and followed by 2012's "". The Heffley family attends a party at a roller rink, where Greg Heffley reunites with his best friend Rowley Jefferson, meets a new girl at school named Holly Hills whom Greg instantly has a crush on, and reveals he passed on the Cheese Touch. During the party, his older brother Rodrick advises Greg to ask Holly to skate with him when Couples Skate begins and then interferes with Couples Skate by persuading a crowd of violent teenagers to enter
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." Greg then introduces his family. He has a teenage brother, Rodrick, who likes to pick on him, and a little brother, a toddler named Manny, who gets everything he wants and gets away with everything he does wrong. Greg's father does not encourage his way of life — playing video games all day — rather than going outside and playing sports. Near Halloween, Greg writes that his father likes to hide in the bushes on Halloween day and drench teenagers with a trash can of water. Greg
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. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" was released on May 19, 2017, and is the first film to feature an entirely new cast. Jason Drucker and Charlie Wright portray Greg and Rodrick Heffley, and Tom Everett Scott and Alicia Silverstone as their parents, Frank and Susan. The film follows Greg and Rodrick convincing their family to go on a road trip for their great grandmother's 90th birthday, but they actually plan on attending a video game convention. An animated short film set after the events
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is forced to eat the whole thing. The next day, when everyone notices that the Cheese is gone, Greg lies that he threw it away. However, people now think he has the Cheese Touch. The book concludes with Greg getting his yearbook, seeing Rowley on the "Class Clown" page, and throwing it in the garbage. In 2004, FunBrain and Jeff Kinney released an online version of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". The website made daily entries until June 2005. The book became an instant
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regret reading his "Spineticklers" books, explaining that they give him nightmares. He picks a "Spineticklers" book for a school assignment, and it turns out that all the other kids in his class did as well. Parents then complain to the school, saying that "Spineticklers" books should be banned. The kid who finds Greg's balloon, Maddox Selsam, comes over for a playdate. As Maddox hasn't played video games or watched TV, he goes crazy when Greg pulls up a computer game. After
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of Dog Days, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown", was released on the home media release of "Dog Days" in 2012. The short is told through Greg's point of view as he explains his experience with humor and comedy. Zachary Gordon reprises his role as Greg Heffley along other cast members voicing their characters from the films in minor roles. In December 2012, Jeff Kinney announced that he was working on an animated adaptation of "Cabin Fever" to air around Christmas 2013. The adaptation
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Greg has done, ending the play in chaos. Later, Greg and his mother attend a mother-son dance at the school despite his reluctance. At Susan's encouragement, Greg attempts to reconcile with Rowley but is rejected. Depressed, he can only watch as Rowley and his mother perform a dance routine to "Intergalactic", winning over the crowd and shocking Greg. One day after school, Rowley and Greg loudly confront each other. Patty and the other kids force Greg and Rowley to fight; however, neither
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and Rowley rescue Manny, who got stuck inside a tube in the play area, Greg ends up in a ball pit with a diaper stuck on his hand, startling him. He subsequently becomes famous after the people around him record him and post the footage on the internet, leading Greg to be dubbed as "Diaper Hands", much to Greg's devastation. Later, at the Heffley residence, Greg learns that Player Expo is taking place not very far from Meemaw's house in Indianapolis. Greg's gaming star,
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and Rowley decide to make their own haunted house, although they end up profiting only two dollars. On Halloween day, Greg and Rowley go trick-or-treating, but are challenged by a group of teenagers who spray them with a water-filled fire extinguisher. When they get home, they are mistakenly soaked by Greg's father. Greg fails a geography test after a girl named Patty Farrel catches him cheating. At home, Greg's mother forces him into auditioning for the school play (based on "The
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boys join Safety Patrol in an effort to become popular, and they try out for a contest that offers a student a chance to become the new cartoonist for the school paper. After Greg breaks Rowley's arm during a game the boys played, Rowley becomes extremely popular, and wins the cartoonist contest, making Greg becomes jealous of him. During a Safety Patrol assignment, Greg panics when he encounters a truck identical to the teenagers' from Halloween, and hides the kids in a construction zone. Greg is spotted by a
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Kid" film series that was released on March 25, 2011, which was based on the second book "Rodrick Rules", with Zachary Gordon returning as Greg Heffley. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" was also filmed in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The film also contains some scenes from "The Last Straw." The third film combines the third and fourth books "The Last Straw" and "Dog Days", taking stories from both, but mainly from "Dog Days", from
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in the "Do It Yourself Book" and "The Ugly Truth." It is implied that Greg and Rodrick dislike her, as they fight over who has to greet her first when she visits. Aunt Veronica is Greg's aunt and Susan's sister. Greg states that she has never been seen in person since he was 2 or 3 years old, but calls his family members on video chat. When Greg was sitting on the toilet playing games on his brand new phone (which was actually a hand-me
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of films based on the series of books, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. The series consists of : "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" (2010), "" (2011), "" (2012) and the latest, last live action film " "(2017), as well as a short film entitled, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown" (2012) and a potential animated fifth film in development hell .
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Wizard of Oz"). Greg lands the role as a tree, while Patty Farrel is cast as Dorothy, the protagonist of the novel. During the show's performance, Greg becomes too nervous to sing, confusing the other trees. Patty gets frustrated, and Greg starts throwing props at Patty. The other trees join in, and while Greg's mother is disappointed, Greg ends up enjoying the play due to him getting back at Patty. After getting a few presents for Christmas, Greg decides to play a game
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room. However, as Greg's dad is using the bathroom, the Beardos come back. Greg's dad runs out and is able to distract them long enough to get away from the hotel. However, since they forgot to turn on the heater, the car breaks down, and one of the tires goes flat. Greg notices a purple van approaching them, but the drivers turn out to be two Spanish-speaking men who try to help. Manny then starts speaking perfect Spanish from the Spanish CD that played earlier
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Patty Farrell is a minor character who shares an intense rivalry with Greg, which is showcased on a few occasions. It is implied she is a hardworking but sanctimonious and domineering student. She earns Greg's animosity after she suggests a map of the United States displayed in the classroom be covered during a geography quiz. Greg had planned to cheat using the map and this causes great difficulties for him, and makes him agitated. Motivated by his lust for revenge, he volunteers to play a tree in the school's upcoming production
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to build an igloo to survive in the snow. However, they forgot to add a door, forcing Greg to open the top part of the igloo. This gets him exposed to some of the other Upper Surrey Street kids, who knock down the igloo. When they got home, Frank reminded Greg and Rowley about a time when they built snow forts. When they decided to build their clan, Rowley suggested the name "Hufflepuff", but Greg wanted to name it something original. They decided not to name their
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at the daycare. Greg didn't like the idea of having to do chores to earn batteries. So Greg decided to go to Frank and Susan's room to enjoy his day. However, Susan called Greg that she's unable to drop of Manny to the house, so she asked Mrs. Drummond to drop him off for her. Greg remembers playing a game where the players must step off the floor as long as possible. Greg tried explaining Manny how to play the game, but it made Manny scared of the floor
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, which convinced Kinney and Kochman that it would be better aimed toward children. In 2007, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", an abridged version of the original online book, was published. The main character, Greg, has trouble with family, friends, and his local middle school. He is very concerned about how popular he is at school, and he daydreams a lot about being rich and famous when he grows up. He tries to fit in at his school, but usually he does not succeed.
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, Devon Bostick as Rodrick Heffley, Connor and Owen Fielding as Manny Heffley, Chloë Grace Moretz as a new character named Angie, Grayson Russell as Fregley, Laine MacNeil as Patty Farrell, and Karan Brar as Chirag Gupta. Kinney appeared in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films as Holly Hills' father. A second film, based on "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules", was released on March 25, 2011. Zachary Gordon returned as Greg Heffley. Steve Zahn (Frank Heffley) and
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and Dylan Walters. Manny has similar traits to those of Farley Drexel "Fudge" Hatcher. Rodrick is Greg's formerly aggressive older brother. He is the drummer in a garage band called "Löded Diper" (loaded diaper), noted for their substandard heavy metal concerts and limited musical abilities. Rodrick is not an exception to Frank's notorious distrust of all teenagers. In Diary of a Wimpy kid, (the originals) Rodrick pranked his youngest brother. Rodrick is infamous for his stereotypical rebellious nature, feigning illness in
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friends with a strange kid named Fregley. Greg tries to get Fregley to do funny things during lunch, and Fregley then becomes popular after the other kids find out that he can "chew" food with his belly button. Greg's mother announces that her extended family will come to town for Easter. Greg then writes about some of his family members, including Meemaw, who organized egg hunts in the backyard. On Easter, the family notices a discrepancy between photos in an album; an image of Meemaw putting objects in
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Wimpy Kid" was in Vancouver and wrapped up on October 16, 2009. Lucas Cruikshank, best known for creating the web series "Fred", had auditioned for the role as Greg Heffley. Even though he was 17 at the time, the crew members were impressed with his performance, but he was "too old for the role". The role was given to Zachary Gordon, who was 5 years younger than Cruikshank. Cruikshank mentioned this on his official YouTube channel, which was on a video where he talked
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Life becomes more difficult for Greg and his best friend Rowley when their school bus route is "rezoned" to the Whirley Street neighborhood, so they have to walk to and from school. Greg also deals with being compared to his father Frank's boss's sons, who all play sports and always seem to be outside exercising. Frank is jealous about this and wants his sons to be like the Boss's sons. After conflicts over Greg wanting to stay inside and watch TV on Saturdays and Frank stealing his school snacks,
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fort. Greg thought that the Safety Patrols came to help the Upper Surrey Street kids, but they were just doing the opposite. Then, for a few moments, the Upper Surrey Street kids, the Lower Surrey Street kids, the Whirley Street kids, and the Safety Patrols are in the snowball brawl. Suddenly, the Mingo kids were looking for Meckley's belt buckle, which Greg didn't realize until now had. To stay out of it, Greg and Rowley built another igloo to hide while everyone else fights the
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. Knowing Greg would go to Rowley's house to play video games, she calls Rowley to come to Greg's house. They were about to go sledding when a substitute snow plower was about to go plow the road down Surrey Street. Greg remembers a time with a substitute teacher where students pretend to be other students. Greg thought this was funny until a student pretending to be him starts goofing around. Greg got detention for two weeks for the goofing that "Greg" had done. Then, Greg and Rowley decided
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Holly is visiting her grandmother. Holly tells Greg that she can relate to Greg about siblings giving her a hard time; however, siblings will eventually get over it. Holly also reveals she is more patient and mature than her two sisters. The next day, to humiliate Greg, Rodrick reads and steals Greg's diary — in which Greg has written about his crush on Holly — and attempts to hand it over to Holly. Greg, with only his underwear on, chases after Rodrick and takes the diary back, but
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is Greg's best friend. In the first book, Rowley is an antagonist in Greg's point of view while technically in a third-person view, Greg is the antagonist and Rowley is the protagonist. In "", they separate after Rowley damages Greg's chances of winning a video game championship, but they get back together at the end of "". At the end of "", Rowley begins dating Abigail Brown, a girl who was originally Greg's date for the Valentine's Day dance. This
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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. When they play a game of "Guess Who?", the team take a picture of Tyson's bent arm, which gets them disqualified as the chaperones think the picture is of his buttocks. However, the misunderstanding is later cleared up after a
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met them during their road trip, though only Greg knows who they are. Their first encounter is at a motel, where Greg angrily berates one of the Beardo children, who then tells his father on him, causing Greg to fear running into them again. Greg and his family are convinced that the Beardos have stolen their luggage and belongings at a place they both attended called "Soak Central." They try to track them down though it was revealed at the end that Greg actually had the key to their locker in
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she brought the tickets for a father and son bonding. The next day, Greg's parents decide to give Sweetie to Greg's grandmother. After hearing about a video game competition, Greg and Rowley decide to camp in front of the store. Greg gets chocolate on his hands, and decides to prank Rowley by making him think he is the muddy hand; this results in Rowley crushing Greg's hand with a mallet. Due to his injury, Greg is unable to play well in the competition and Rowley beats him.
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neighbor who mistakes him for Rowley. To his own bewilderment, Rowley is suspended from the Patrol, but Greg eventually confesses to Rowley that he was the one who was responsible. Upset and feeling betrayed that Greg didn't own up to his actions, Rowley accuses Greg of not being a good friend and ends their friendship. Greg is eventually suspended from the Safety Patrol while Rowley is reinstated and makes friends with his classmate Collin, who replaces Greg as his new best friend. Greg decides to pursue popularity without Rowley by joining
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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" was released March 19, 2010, as it moved up from a previously scheduled April 2 release date. Principal production began on September 21, 2009 and was completed on October 16, 2009. The film was directed by Thor Freudenthal and starred Zachary Gordon as Greg Heffley, Robert Capron as Rowley Jefferson, Rachael Harris as Susan Heffley, Steve Zahn as Frank Heffley, Devon Bostick as Rodrick Heffley, Connor and Owen Fielding as Manny Heffley, Chloë Grace Moretz as Angie Steadman, Grayson Russell
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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. However, Greg does not see him as a close friend because he is "not a school-year friend". 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. Tyson Sanders is a friend of Greg who appears in "The Ugly Truth". He
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she sees that Greg is learning the errors of his ways. In the film, she is portrayed by Chloë Grace Moretz. Pete Hosey is the leader of the teenagers who attacked Greg and Rowley on Halloween. He is an antagonist in the first film. He is unnamed in the first book and he is replaced by Herbie Reamer in the online version. After hassling Greg and Rowley on Halloween, Greg yells that he will call the cops, and they chase him to Greg's grandmother's house. In the book,
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at his house to find him playing one of Greg's video games with Rowley. Mr. Underwood is Greg's Phys Ed coach. In the film series, he is named Coach Malone. He is portrayed by Andrew McNee. Bill Walter is a 35-year-old high school drop out, guitarist and professional singer, who has a rude attitude. Rodrick idolizes him and his lifestyle. In the novel "Rodrick Rules", he was voted "Most Likely to Be a Rock Star" which influenced Rodrick to persuade him to
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Greg. The family stays at a better hotel the next night. However, the pig raids the minibar, which ends up costing a lot of money. Later, Greg's dad has to take a business call during the drive and needs everyone to be silent. After a chain of events involving Rodrick loudly chewing gum, the pig biting Greg's finger, and a Spanish CD playing at max volume, the call does not go very well. Greg's parents then decide to donate the pig to a petting zoo,
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boat gets punctured. Greg's mother goes to visit the spa, and Greg is left to take care of his little brother, Manny. He lets Manny play at a water park, but ends up falling in water that he believes to be contaminated with urine. After this, Greg's mother books a snorkeling trip for the family, but Greg worries about getting eaten by sharks or being stung by a stingray or box jellyfish. He takes a gulp of water by accident and believes that he has swallowed a sea horse
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Movie) is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal and based on Jeff Kinney's book of the same name. The film stars Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron. Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, and Chloë Grace Moretz also have prominent roles. It is the first film in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" film series, and was followed by three sequels, "" (2011), "" (
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, Greg, and Manny. They are the aunt's of Susan Heffley and her sisters. Lawrence Heffley is Greg's uncle who is always traveling, and therefore is unable to make it to family events. He did, however, appear at Great-Grandpa Chester's funeral by webcam. He only appears in "The Ugly Truth". Chester Heffley was Greg's great-grandfather and Gammie Heffley's husband. It was revealed that he died in "The Ugly Truth". Greg referred to him as Remus in
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Greg and his brother, Rodrick, decide to go down to the motel's hot tub. A different family is already in there, so Greg and Rodrick return to their room. As Greg tries to sleep, he hears the family from the hot tub riding the cleaning cart across the hallway. Greg gets mad and yells at them, and the kids call for their father. Their father then steps out into the hallway, but he doesn't see which room Greg went into. Greg then tries to go back to
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the school's production of "The Wizard of Oz". At tryouts, Greg's soprano voice earns him the role of Dorothy; however, Patty threatens the teacher into casting her instead. Greg signs up as a tree, hoping to throw apples on Patty during the play, but during rehearsal, the trees are told they won't throw apples but sing a song instead. At the performance, Greg refuses to sing as Rodrick is videotaping the performance, and begins throwing apples after Patty throws a huge fit at what
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the rink, along with replacing "Always" by Atlantic Starr with a heavy metal song. This prompts Greg's parents, Frank and Susan (who misunderstand this) to speak to Greg on the rink's public address system and then carry him off the rink. Greg, enraged at Rodrick for humiliating him, tries to tackle him, but he misses and in turn, lands in a little girl's birthday cake. She and her friends then furiously proceed to beat up Greg as the intro starts. On the morning
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named Brandon and Brent. The Beards are depicted as much more malicious, with Mr. Beardo chasing Greg around through the carnival to get revenge. Chris is a friend of Rodrick and bassist in ‘'Loded Diper". Joshie is a singer who is famous in Europe and is Rowley's favorite singer and idol. Greg believes that Joshie is for six-year-old girls, but Rowley ignores him, saying that Greg is jealous because he was the one who "discovered" Joshie. Maddox Selsam is a boy who
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. Later on, Greg decided to leave Manny at the backyard, but later on, Manny escaped from the backyard. Greg managed to find Manny and bring him back so he can help him shovel the driveway. Then he decided to let some little girls help him with the chore, which made it easier. Unfortunately, just when Greg was about to pay, the girls put all the snow back to where they were. The situation worsens when Frank and Susan arrive. Susan wanted Greg to play outside the next day
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Greg and Rodrick notice a family playing in the hot tub whom he nicknames the “Beardos” due to the patriarch’s big beard. He then discreetly gets into the Sienna to retrieve his phone and plans to use it. Later, when Greg and Rodrick are relaxing in the hot tub, Rodrick hears a notification from Greg's phone and discovers his plans to go to Player Expo. Greg discourages Rodrick from tattling on him to Susan, saying that they had a rock band video game tournament there that Rodrick could participate in
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intends to spend his summer vacation playing video games. His mother, Susan, wants him to go outdoors more often. Money is tight, so Greg and his family can't go to the beach. However, Susan still intends to have the "best summer ever." Greg invites his best friend Rowley for a sleepover, where they watch a horror movie about a muddy hand who strangles people, which scares them. They later start a lawn mowing service to earn money, but the job ends badly as neither of
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of the teachers' bags, and an emergency chaperone is called, who turns out to be Greg's father. While gathering firewood for the final night, Greg comes across an old shack that he thinks Silas Scratch lives in, but turns out to be a maintenance shed. Greg encounters his dad, who explains that he invented Silas Scratch to prevent people from coming in the shack because he wanted to use it as shelter himself. Greg figures that he might be stuck chaperoning at the farm when he is older and he
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eyes are wide open and Scotty's eyes are beady just like all the other characters that do not wear glasses. In "The Ugly Truth", he becomes the new Peachy Breeze kid, yet cannot say the slogan right. Between "Rodrick Rules" and "The Ugly Truth" it appears that Scotty has two siblings - an unnamed baby sister and an older brother (who is supposed to be ugly). In "The Third Wheel," when Greg and Rowley become private investigators Greg looks through the window
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he becomes nervous, due to it being very high above the water. Taylor then comes up behind Greg and states that he is talking to himself, due to being scared. When Greg gives Taylor a brush-off that he is not scared and that she is "just a little kid", she pressures him to jump. When Greg jumps, he loses his swimsuit on the board, and Taylor chucks it onto a nearby fence to get back at Greg for berating her. As a result, Greg is forced
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sleep. The next day, Greg's family decides to visit a county fair. On the drive there, Greg notices the kids from the motel in a purple van and nicknames them "the Beardos" after their father's big beard. At the fair, Greg's little brother, Manny, wins a living baby pig from a contest. Although Greg and his parents don't want to keep the pig, Manny and the people at the fairgrounds do. The pig ends up staying in the back of the van with
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shouted very loud to make Mrs. Willey make her sit next to the heater. Then, the other students tried to do everything they could to stay warm. Greg and Rowley decided to board the Whirley Street kids' bus to partially get home. They dropped off at a golf course where they went to the 13th hole that everyone in Whirley Street was talking about. Just then, the Whirley Street kids attacked Greg and Rowley with snowballs. Then, they boarded the bus along with Greg and Rowley. However, one of
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