Greg Heffley

Greg Heffley
Greg Heffley
Title	Greg Heffley
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Status	Alive
Location	unknown
Books	Unknown
Relatives	Manny Heffley (brother) Frank Heffley (father) Susan Heffley (mother) Rodrick Heffley (brother) Great-Uncle Charlie (great-uncle) Uncle Joe (uncle)

Gregory (Greg) Heffley is the main character of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Series, who is believed to be loosely based on Jeff Kinney. He is smaller then 95% of the kids at his school so he is a good target for bullies. He is an outcast who has, according to him, "unreliable" friends. He is very concerned about his popularity level and how he looks in public. This shows that he's shallow and his worries are based on what other people think. He's also very critical of other people, thinking that everything he does is perfect and correct, and usually justifies his actions with poor excuses. He absolutely loves video games and slacking off, taking after his older brother Rodrick Heffley. As much as he dislikes his older brother, he takes up a lot of traits from him (selfish, slacker, etc.) He also has an interest in cartooning and making comics. He is played by Zachary Gordon in the movie. If you find some clues in the book, you find out Greg was born June 6th, 1996. Greg, is also a believer in Christian faith.

Personality

In the books, Greg is depicted as underweight, lazy, greedy, selfish, absurd, self-centered, clueless, paranoid, boastful, arrogant, stubborn, egotistical, manipulative, insecure, rude, idiotic and narcissistic. He explains that he is super good at nothing, other than video games, in which he spends most of his time on. At one stage he had an interest for publishing a comic for the school newspaper, but he becomes disillusioned with it, as Mr. Ira, ruined the comic completely, sending it into stages of unpopularity. The way in which he is depicted as selfish and greedy is that he, often uses an advantage of Rowley for his own schemes and desires, and also telling his Uncle to sell a hoop to bring him some money for his own purposes. He, also had a crush on Holly Hills, but his attempt failed as she called him Fregley. Greg often comes up with many plans to impress girls, make money and to be popular among his school, but mostly all of his schemes fail, and lead to serious, unfair and unwanted circumstances. Greg is also uncomfortable around Fregley, the most unpopular kid in his school. Many of His teachers hate him, since they all had Rodrick as a student in middle school, and they expect Greg to be as bad as his brother is. Rowley's parents see Greg as a bad influence. He is terrible at school, failing in most of subjects, and not making any effort in school, whatsoever. Greg is often pushed by his parents to either participate in sports, or read books or newspapers more often, but he prefers to play video games instead. By the third and fourth book, Greg is apparently giving up his video game addiction, and moving on to participate in sports more frequently and reading as well.

Interests

In the book, explains that he is good at nothing except video games. He spends most of his time in that.He plays Twisted Wizard mostly. For a time, he harbored a hope of drawing for the school newspaper, but his comic was bowdlerized by the editor and Rowley’s comic was better liked.

In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Greg tried to make a comic called "Hey, People!" which emphasizes Greg's critical manner. The comic was going to be "half advice, half comic." However, Sweetie distracted him by drooling on his pillow, so the comic was never published.

Dislikes

Greg apparently hates a lot of things. Here is a list in what he hates.

• Homework - Greg finds it to be a waste of time and an obstacle to video games. He does his homework, but he does it very poorly.
• School - Greg is bullied constantly, has very few friends, gets bad grades, and teachers in his school want him to be as badly behaved as Rodrick.
• Having no privacy - Greg thinks privacy is important and gets worried when somebody interferes with it.
• Soccer - Greg is very bad at soccer and hates his coach.
• Mr. Litch - Greg hates his coach - He is strict, authoriative and made Rodrick never do sports anymore.
• Rodrick - Even worse than the bullies at school, Rodrick abuses Greg by lying to him, causing huge amounts of physical harm to him, and using him to get out of trouble.
• Detention - Greg thinks that detention is for "future criminals" and believes that he is not one. He thinks the reason he got a detention was a bad reason.
• Rip-offs- In The Last Straw, Greg sees ads in the back of a comic book and orders them, but they are rip-offs.
• Rodrick's band, Loded Diper - Greg, like his dad, thinks that Rodrick's band plays terribly. Greg is constantly distracted by Rodrick's band when he is trying to do homework or play video games.
• Fregley - Greg thinks Fregley is a nerd and totally disgusting - Fregley offers to tell Greg about his "hygiene issues" and his "secret freckle," much to Greg's dismay.
• Rowley's stupidity - Rowley's stupidity has gotten them into trouble many times, especially in the fourth book, where he takes the "grand prize" of a huge box of chocolate-covered raisins instead of participating in the national tournament where he could get a million dollars. Also, he refuses to believe that Greg hit him with a rubber band and thinks that Greg has "electrical superpowers."
• Rowley's dad - Mr. Jefferson is everything Greg hates - he is disciplinary, strict, rude and no fun.
• Cheese Touch - Greg thinks the Cheese Touch is a waste of time and stupid, and that people are overreacting to moldy cheese on the playground.
• Li'l Cutie - Like his father, Greg thinks that Lil' Cutie is a terrible comic and likes to read it to see how bad it is.
• Sweetie (the family dog) - Sweetie took away everything from Greg - television (he barks at the television until the commercial with "gophers" shows up,) sleep (Sweetie sleeps in the middle of his bed and could very well bite off Greg's hand if Greg dared to move him,) and respect (Frank loves the dog so much that he does not care about what he does to Greg.)
• The back of Rodrick's van - The back of Rodrick's van is very dangerous and has lots of band equipment that could very well possibly smash Greg into the wall. Nonetheless, Rodrick forces his little brother to sit there.
• Manny - Manny is everything what Greg sees as unfair- He is given everything he wants, and has more rights than what Greg and Rodrick had when they were little children.
• Mom - Greg's thinks his mother is annoying, clueless, over-reactive and ignorant - Doing a lot of things much to Greg's dismay, and constantly humiliates him.
• Uncle Charlie's Gifts - Greg is always disappointed in what His uncle brings for Christmas, never bringing anything what Greg requests.
• Sports - Greg thinks sports are a waste of time and Greg is terrible at them.
• Reading - Greg thinks Reading is a waste of time and an obstacle for video games and entertainment.
• Uncle Joe - Uncle Joe is the biggest source of trouble Greg Finds. His dog ruined Greg's birthday by eating his cake.'
• Watercress Salad - Greg thinks Watercress Salad, a dish made by Grandpa is completely disgusting.
• Gutbusters - Gutbusters is a game owned by his Grandpa, and Greg thinks it is old fashioned and irrelevant, since the jokes don't make any sense to Greg.
• Rowley's Trips - Rowley's world-travels are a constant bother to Greg, and Greg finds his trips pathetic, since Rowley always gets into whatever fad goes on within a place Rowley is visiting - Much to Greg's dismay.

Appearance

Greg is usually depicted with black shorts, or black pants and a white shirt. He is very skinny and does not seem to eat nor work out much. His father has tried to get him to work out and exercise, but he prefers playing video games.

Relationships with Other Characters

Rodrick Heffley

Greg doesn't seem to be fond of his older brother that much. Rodrick often bullies, hurts and humiliates Greg at certain points within the story. Rodrick all the time pushes Greg around, even at one stage attempted to abuse Greg by videotaping a performance of Greg singing at his school production. However, similarily to Greg, his attempts to embarass his brother doesn't work all the time, but they do work at stages, where Rodrick spread the secret of Greg's summer vacation story. However, there at some stages where Rodrick gives useful advice to his brother, but this is rarely spoken of. Greg, also picks up several habits from Rodrick, such as being selfish, a slacker and more hostile to other people. Rodrick is also responsible for the damage of Greg's relationship with his father, when he wrote in his fathers planner, "Sell Greg."

Manny Heffley

Greg isn't really fond of his younger brother either, and he explains this profoundly in his diary. Manny causes all sorts of trouble to Greg, such as drawing on his door, stuffing a cookie in Greg's game system and calling him "Bubby", in which Manny still cannot pronounce properly. Manny always complains about Greg behaviour and actions, even if it is a good one. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Manny agains upsets Greg by calling him "Ploopy", in response when Manny got mad when his blanket got thrown away, even though Greg had nothing to do with it. Greg also calls Manny a "Ploopy" during an Easter Service at Church, then Manny broke out in tears, bringing out the Entire Family out of Church, as he couldn't be controlled. Greg sees everything unfair for Manny. He was given more rights than Greg, such as bringing toys to church. Greg also writes down that even though Manny drives him nuts, Rodrick has stopped him for raising money for his fundraising, and asks Manny to do it instead, which Greg is grateful for.

Susan Heffley

Greg finds his mother completely annoying, clueless, ignorant and over-reactive as she is always trying to get him to read and constantly embarasses him. Greg doesn't like his mother , since he just hates what his mother does to him most of the time, such as bringing him into other conflicts, such as inviting him to Rowley's log cabin, or performing with Scotty Douglas. He hates the fact that she ignores him and can't understand grown up kids, a trait Greg completely dislikes about his mother.

Frank Heffley

Greg currently has a poor relationship with his father. His father hates Greg's interest in video games and he is constantly bothered by Greg's smallest mistakes, and constantly tries to get him into active activities, such as playing sports, in order to look good in front of his boss, a fact he constantly reminds about Greg. By the third book, his relation with his father seems to be fluctuating, until the ending, where his relationship with his father has improved, since Greg has become more manly and more good in front of his boss. His father, is also slowly moving Greg away from his video game addiction as well. In the fourth book, however, Greg's relationship with his father is seemingly breaking apart, when he is called to pick Greg up from Rowley's log cabin due to a conflict, then breaks down even more when Greg nearly arrests him by calling the police when he believed that his father wanted to sell him away, even though Frank actually wanted to take him to a baseball game, a proposal Susan was encouraging to keep a more close father-son bonding. However, the relationship somewhat improves to tearing out a comic of Lil' Cutie.

Rowley Jefferson

Rowley and Greg overall have a very complex relationship, despite being best buddies. Rowley, apparently has some characteristics that typically embarass Greg, such as his childish interests, etc. He loves to talk to Greg about his trips, though Greg has not interest whatsoever in his trips. Greg has often treated Rowley badly, such as breaking his arm and toe, and taking advantage of him for his own selfish desires. Rowley apparently starts as a pushover for Greg, and a tool for Greg's schemes at the beginning of the series, but in Dog Days, it is becoming evident that Rowley is now starting to become immune to Greg's schemes, and is therefore is losing patience with Greg. He and Greg have a series of fights in the fourth book, and the ending of Dog Days suggests that Greg will no longer keep his freindship with him anymore. Greg may also share the secret of Rowley eating the cheese, if that is the case Greg doesn't keep his freindship with him anymore.

Rowley's Parents

Greg, overall has an extremely poor relationship with Rowley's parents, as they see Greg as a bad influence. Greg seems to have a close relation with Rowley's mother, but not as good as Rowley's father. Greg doesn't like Rowley's father and mother, and he explains this perfectly. Rowley is consistently spoiled by his parents, and his parents often ruin whatever schemes Greg has in mind, as depicted in Dog Days, where they ruin Greg's keychain. Greg also hates the fact that Rowley's father kicked him out of the Country Club, even though Greg had some reasonable ways in complaining.

Girls

Greg has been shown to like certain girls he finds attractive - however, his relationships almost never work out.

Natasha

Natasha was a girl that Greg liked - but after Natasha rejected Greg's love note and sent him an ordinary card instead, Greg lost interest in her.

Holly Hills

Holly Hills is a girl that Greg likes in the third book. Holly, however, approved Rowley's silliness better than Greg's flirting, and Greg attempts to break up Rowley and Holly by writing a note that said "I only think of you as a friend" and signing it "Slick," which is Rowley's pen name. What has this note caused to Holly remains unknown. However, Greg looses interest in Holly after she confuses him for Fregley.but it is likely she'll come back in the upcomeing fith book

Heather Hills

Heather Hills' is Holly Hill's sister of which Greg had a crush on. In the second book, it shows that Heather was the babysitter of Rowley for a brief time before they switched to Leland. In the fourth book, Greg attempts to win Heather over by impressing her at the pool. However, when Greg refuses to help Heather clean up vomit, he realizes that Heather would be going to college, and that "long-term relationships never work out."

Trista

Trista is a girl that Greg liked at the end of the Last Straw. However, Trista cheated on both Greg and Rowley and became infatuated with the lifeguard instead.