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Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen. Friedrich Percyval Reck-Malleczewen (11 August 1884 – February 1945) was a German author. His best-known work is Diary of a Man in Despair, a journal in which he expressed his passionate opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism. [1] He was eventually arrested by the Nazis and died at the Dachau concentration camp.
- Main Characters
- Greg's Extended Family
- Rowley's Family
- Other Characters
- Pets
Greg Heffley
Gregory "Greg" Heffleyis a 12 year old middle school kid. 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. He also is a very bad friend. However, he also demonstrates a degree of kindness in some of his actions. He helps his brother with his ho...
Rowley Jefferson
Rowley Jefferson is Greg's best friend. 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. At the end of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel, Rowley begins dating Abigail Brown, a girl who was originally Greg's date for the Valentine's Day dance. This plot continues in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, where he ditches Greg for his new girlfriend Abigail. At the en...
Frank Heffley
Dad ¨Frank¨ Heffley is Greg's overactive but well-meaning father. He is 40 years old in the first book and is interested in U.S. history, with his replica of a Civil War battlefield serving as a recurring plot point in the series. Frank is rude around Rowley, does not appreciate Greg's skill at video games, loathes heavy metal, and adolescents. He tries to toughen Greg up and threatens to send him to Spag Union in The Last Straw, although ultimately this does not come to fruition, much to Gre...
Gramma
Grammais Susan's mother and Greg's maternal grandmother. Gramma is known to drive a car like the Heffleys'. Greg often calls her to his home as a way to avoid his dad's scoldings, since his father will not do this when she is around. 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. She also seems to have a passion for bingo and knitting. Gramma has...
Grandpa Heffley
Grandpa Heffley (as Pappy Heffley in the online book) is Greg's unpredictable paternal grandfather, who is asked to babysit Rodrick and his brother in Rodrick Rules. He lives in a retirement home called Leisure Towers and enjoys playing games such as "Gutbusters" and "Rummy", which the two boys find boring. 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. In Old School...
Joe Heffley
Joe Heffley is Frank's brother and Greg's uncle. Frank has a sibling rivalry with Joe due to his actions. When Manny started potty training, Uncle Joe told him to watch out for the "potty monster", causing him to fear using the bathroom, forcing Frank to change his diapers for a longer time. Joe's children call their uncle "Aunt Fwank", which Frank swears he told them to do on purpose. Susan thinks it's cute, though. In Dog Days, Greg mentions that he tried to make Joe convince Frank to get a...
Robert Jefferson
Robert Jeffersonis Rowley's father. He is fairly paranoid and does not take kindly to criticism from anyone of himself or his property. He is a fairly strict father, not allowing Rowley play any video game with even a little violence or fighting in it, as he thinks doing this could change Rowley into a different person. However, he is also shown to be kind to his son, having a close bond with Rowley. Mr. Jefferson dislikes Greg, whom he thinks is a bad influence on his son. After Greg and Row...
Linda Jefferson
Linda Jefferson is Rowley's mother. She often seems to be concerned about Rowley, such as the time he broke his big toe after Greg put one of his dad's dumbbells under a pillow that Rowley kept kicking at Greg's sleepover. She also had Greg apologize to her for what he did to Rowley. Despite this, Mrs. Jefferson always enjoys Greg's company with Rowley. Although Mrs. Jefferson loves Greg, she does not let him come over because her husband dislikes him. On day 24 of the online version, it is r...
Rowley's Grandfather
Grandpa "Bampy" Jefferson was the paternal grandfather of Rowley Jefferson, and the father of Robert Jefferson. He dies sometime between his first book appearance in Rodrick Rules and his appearance in Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid. In Rodrick Rules, the Jeffersons were holding a birthday party for him with Greg invited, where he states that he wants a chocolate cake the next year. Greg (who is bound by a promise to always tell the truth) then states his doubts of him being alive next year...
Ben Fielders
Only appearing in the online book, Ben Fielderswas the former best friend of Greg until he moved and Greg started befriended Rowley.(TBA)
Fregley
Fregleyis Greg's acquaintance and neighbor noted for his many odd or disgusting eccentricities. He has been known to perplex others with his behavior and does not have any known friends. Greg has been forced to hang around with Fregley on several occasions, to his chagrin or aggravation. It has been mentioned that Fregley is prohibited from eating sugar by his parents, and the consumption of it in large quantities will send him into hysterical, uncontrollable frenzies. After Greg inadvertentl...
Preston Mudd
Preston Muddis one of Greg's classmates. He is said to have been the best player in the basketball unit of gym class during sixth grade at Westmore Middle School. Unfortunately, when his name was displayed as "P. Mudd", this led to his classmates making fun of him, calling him "Pee Mud".
Sweetie
Sweetheart "Sweetie" (Sweetie Pie in the online book) is a dog that first appeared in Dog Days. Greg's dad buys him after discovering that his father lied about accidentally killing his childhood dog, Nutty. Sweetie wreaks havoc in the Heffley household and is given to Gramma at the end of the book. Sweetie undergoes drastic weight gain at Gramma's house because he is fed many table scraps. Eventually, Gramma dresses him up like a little human. Greg and Rodrick like playing with him by going...
Greg and Rodrick's fish
In "Dog Days", Greg's mom gives her sons five dollars to buy something they wanted. Greg buys an angelfish that was many different colors, and Rodrick buys a piranha-like fish that was said to be "aggressive". 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. When Greg and his family go to a Slipslide Water Park, Greg's mom puts Rodrick's fish in...
The Pig
The Heffleys’ pet pig, in the film named "Piggy", was introduced in The Long Haul, in which Manny Heffley won it at a country fair for correctly guessing the weight of a hog. In Old School and Double Down, to the annoyance of Greg, the Pig exhibits extraordinary intelligence and gains human characteristics. One running gag is that despite not having opposable thumbs, the Pig opens objects such as soda cans. In The Meltdown, the Pig throws a tantrum for being excluded from the trip to Isla de...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a long-running series of heavily-illustrated novels by Jeff Kinney based on his webcomic of the same name hosted on FunBrain, aimed at preteens. They tell the story of Greg Heffley, a self-proclaimed "wimpy kid" attempting to navigate the pitfalls and perils of middle school life. The books are presented as Greg's own ...
Filled with laugh-out-loud hilarious text and cartoons, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series follows Greg Heffley as he records the daily trials and triumphs of friendship, family life and middle school where undersized weaklings have to share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving! On top of all that, Greg must be careful ...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of film adaptations of the popular book series of the same name by Jeff Kinney, released by 20th Century Fox.The films, like the books, chronicle the misadventures of self-proclaimed "wimpy" kid, Greg Heffley, as he navigates through the perils of middle school life, getting into all sorts of shenanigans along the way, along with his best friend Rowley and his ...
Adaptational Nice Guy: In the film trilogy, the Heffleys are nicer and more sympathetic, essentially acting more like people you'd probably meet in life.Greg is less selfish and more willing to do nice things for his friends and family (and many of his Kick the Dog moments are either downplayed or removed), Frank tries to be a better dad, Rodrick becomes a Big Brother Mentor, and even Manny is ...
