To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he's getting it all down on paper, via a diary - "it's NOT a diary, it's a journal!" Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation - filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. "One day when I'm famous," writes Greg, "I'll have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions all day." So was born the Wimpy Kid's diary.
Written by Twentieth Century Fox
Continuity:
A witch decoration by the stairs in the Heffley house is moving around. In another shot, the witch is still. If you look carefully when Greg and Rowley are outside, the witch is moving again.
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Quotes
Greg Heffley:
We'll hide here for the rest of class because I'm not playing that game! It's not fair. He's got all the neanderthals on the same team. It's barbaric! Angie Steadman:
It's completely barbaric. This place is an intellectual wasteland. But it's nice to meet a person more interested in his mind than his body. Rowley Jefferson:
You girls get to jump rope. What are you doing hiding? Angie Steadman:
Avoiding the pain. It all starts in middle school, you know? You're not a kid anymore. The coddling has stopped. Kids are now separated by intelligence. The weak are picked on and girls that you've known since kindergarten won't even talk to you anymore. Greg Heffley:
Well, it sounds like you've got it all figured out so go back to your book.
[laughs]
Angie Steadman:
This place is a glorified holding pen. It's where adults put you as you make that awkward transition between child and teenager so they don't even have to look at you.
[pauses]
Angie Steadman:
Hi. I'm Angie. Greg Heffley:
[Pulls Rowley's hand away]
Great Story! We're going to go now.
[...]
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"WHATTA MAN"
Written by Herby Azor, David B. Crawford and Cheryl James Performed by Salt-N-Pepa (as Salt-N'Pepa) feat. En Vogue Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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