Chirag Gupta

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- -Chirag Gupta says when Greg didn't count him when he was counting the number of kids in the class. Chirag Gupta is the Indian-American friend of Greg Heffley. He appeared only as a supporting character in the online and book version, but his role is a little beefed up in the film. So far, he has appeared in  Diary of a Wimpy Kid,Rodrick Rules,The Last Straw, The Ugly Truth, and Cabin Fever Dog Days, The Third Wheel, Hard Luck, and The Long Haul.

Overview
Chirag is a good friend of Greg's. According to Greg, he is just as short and stout as he is. He makes a cameo in the first book during his departure party, where he supposedly moved out of state and was to never be heard from again. In Rodrick Rules, he moved in back, and Chirag stayed in Greg's neighborhood. Greg and the other students thought it would be funny to pull a practical joke on him before welcoming him back for real. Although the joke starts small, it soon gets to Chirag's attention, and Chirag reports the joke to Vice Principal Roy, who calls Greg up to his office. However, Vice Principal Roy somehow misidentifies the person on the receiving end of the joke and thus Greg gets off the hook rather easily, much to Chirag's chargin. Chirag soon reports the joke to his father, stating that Greg has yet to win Holly Hills' attention, causing  Greg to begin the joke. Chirag later lures Greg into the art room and disguises himself as Holly, bringing in several students. When Greg greets him, Chirag removes his disguise and reveals the hiding students who thus witness Greg talking to Chirag. As a result, this ends the joke. In The Last Straw, Greg tries out a new joke that involves people talking quietly in Chirag's presence in order to make him think he was going deaf. However, Chirag quickly reports this to Vice Principal Roy and this ends the joke before it can get out of hand. In Cabin Fever, he is seen tripping Greg and sarcastically said "oops!". The reason this was seen was because he didn't celebrate christmas, and couldn't appear on the "naughty" list of Santa Claus.

Appearance
Chirag was the same age as Greg; he was also in the same grade as him, but was much shorter than him, to the point of which Greg says if grades were based on heights he would have still been in the first grade. Like a lot of people in the book, his nose is extremely long and he has short and stubby hair. His ears are circular in shape like Gregory's and he has beady black eyes. In the film, Chirag has a heavy Indian accent. He isn't that short as he was in the book, has short rounded hair instead of short stubby hair (like in the online book), and noticeably large teeth. In the online version he has big hair black afro-like hairstyle and an even longer nose compared to the the book series.

Trivia

 * In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules film, it is the first time that Chirag is trying to trick Greg by disguising as Holly and make Rowley eat his favorite food.
 * He doesn't appear in The Third Wheel nor he wasn't mentioned at all, the same goes with Dog Days, Hard Luck and The Long Haul. This could mean his character was likely retired like Patty Farrel
 * Chirag is a lot shorter than his his father because he is barely taller than his dad's legs and this is weird because looking at his Dad's height he should be also tall; this may mean his mother is really short and he has inherited his mother's height or he hasn't hit a growth spurt.
 * He was shown on 21st position of popularity list in the first movie.
 * He is the one who tells Greg and Rowley about the Cheese Touch.
 * In the online book, his hair is very thick, but he has only a few strands in the novels.
 * His family may not be Christian or Catholic, as they do not celebrate Christmas.

In The Movie
Chirag appears in all three movies, In the first, he is just one of Greg's friends, and he also warns him and Rowley about the Cheese Touch. In the second movie, he goes back to India. But he returns, and Greg plays the "Invisible Chirag" joke on him. Eventually, Chirag tricks Greg into noticing him (by dressing as Holly). In the third movie, Chirag is a member of Greg's boy scout troop. He helps weave a giant web to catch Mr. Warren and his troop, and Mr. Warren ends up falling into it and tumbles off. An animated scene lets us know that the web Chirag and Greg weaved causes Mr. Warren to fall down a cliff and get chased by a swarm of bees and a bear.

In The Online Version


In the online version,Chirag Gupta plays the same roles.It was also shown in this version,he is from a wealthy family.

Appearances

 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (brief appearance)