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The girl with the reddish-purple hoodie gets tagged with the Cheese Touch.

"The Cheese Touch. Nobody knows when or how, but one day that cheese mysteriously appeared on the blacktop. Nobody knew who it belonged to. Nobody touched it. Nobody threw it away. And so there it sat, growing more foul and powerful by the day."

—Chirag Gupta in the film adaptation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

The Cheese Touch is a game mainly played at Westmore Middle School throughout the year. It is the overarching antagonist of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. If somebody has the Cheese Touch, they will be a social outcast until they pass it onto someone else by touching them, which is pretty difficult, as the main rule of the game causes no one to go near the person. The movie diary states that the Cheese is the overarching antagonist of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and its movie adaptation, despite it not being a character.

History

Darren chasing kids with the Cheese Touch.

The Cheese Touch was first mentioned at the start of the first book, where it is revealed that The Cheese Touch originated from a piece of moldy cheese lying on the basketball court. The first person to have the cheese touch was Darren Walsh, who touched it with his finger. Greg Heffley says that Cheese Touch works like the cooties: you have it until you pass it on to someone else. Greg says that the only way to protect yourself from the Cheese Touch is by crossing your fingers, and Greg ended up taping his fingers together (he got a D in handwriting as a result, but felt that it was worth it). Greg says that a kid named Abe Hall got the Cheese Touch in the last April before middle school, and nobody would go near him for the rest of the school year. Greg says that Abe took the Cheese Touch with him when he and his family moved out to California, and Greg expresses hope that no one starts up the Cheese Touch again.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Towards the end of the first book, Greg and Rowley Jefferson are confronted by a group of teenagers they ran into on Halloween night, who end up forcing Rowley to eat the Cheese--they were going to make Greg and Rowley split it, but Greg was able to get out of it by claiming he was allergic to dairy. After Rowley was forced to eat the Cheese, kids at school the next day noticed that it was gone and started coming up with theories as to what happened to it. Greg ultimately kept his mouth shut about what happened to him and Rowley, and eventually claimed to the other students that he ended up throwing it away, which freaked them out because by saying that, Greg technically has the Cheese Touch.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

When Greg returns to school, he notices that the other students behave strangely around him (i.e. running away from him). He realizes that he still has the Cheese Touch from last year and that he had forgotten about it over the summer. Greg is initially worried that he will be stuck with it the whole year, as no one will come within thirty feet of him, but is able to pass it onto a new kid in his homeroom named Jeremy Pindle. It is not known what happened to Jeremy after he got the Cheese Touch.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down

In Double Down, Greg reveals that there's still a stain on the ground where the Cheese used to be. According to him, some students have tried starting up the Cheese Touch again though teachers have done their best to stop it from happening. One student snuck a slice of roast beef on where the cheese used to be and tried starting something called the "Roast Beef Touch", but it didn't have the same effect as the "Cheese Touch" and never came to be.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)

In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, according to Chirag Gupta, the Cheese Touch’s history is slightly changed. Instead of Abe Hall, the student it is passed into before it dissipates for most of the book, the film has a German exchange student named Dieter Muller take the Cheese Touch and move back home to Düsseldorf.

Eventually, Rowley is forced to eat the cheese by the teenagers. When confronted, Greg takes the fall for eating the cheese, picks it up, and has a powerful speech about the state of the school in place of his much more underwhelming reaction in the book. Despite this, the end result is the same: everyone is in consensus that Greg has the Cheese Touch and they scatter, all because of Patty. Afterward, Greg picks up the cheese again and throws it away, before he and Rowley walk home together as they both have the Cheese Touch.

Near the end of the movie, as everyone gets their yearbook, Patty avoids Greg as she didn't want to get the Cheese Touch. She then hugs Rowley and gives him his yearbook. Both Rowley and Greg smile as since Patty hugged Rowley, he secretly passed his Cheese Touch to her, though Greg still has his.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)

In the film, Greg mentions to Rowley that he passed his Cheese Touch to Jeremy Pindle, as he's the new kid. Later, the stain where the cheese was is shown.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021 film)

Instead of Chirag telling Greg about the story of the cheese touch, Rodrick tells him.

Known Victims

This is a list of people who are known to have had the Cheese Touch at some point.

Darren Walsh (Darnell Washington online version of Darren Walsh; getting tripped and touched the Cheese)
Dieter Muller (moved away with the Cheese Touch)
Abe Hall (book version of Dieter; moved away with the Cheese Touch as well)
Rowley Jefferson (forced to eat the Cheese in the first book, later saved by Greg)
Greg Heffley (took the fall for Rowley Jefferson, who ate the Cheese)
Patty Farrell (took the Cheese Touch by hugging Rowley Jefferson, without knowing)
Jeremy Pindle (last known person with the Cheese Touch)

Trivia

In the 2012 novel Wonder, the main character, Auggie, references the Cheese Touch when he notices "The Plague", a cooties-like game involving him.
The type of cheese is Swiss, and it was said in the movie diary that they had to try out lots of different types for the movie.
In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, the cheese used for The Cheese Touch is made out of silicone as stated in The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary.
- It was also stated that the rotting effect was generated using CGI.
In the movie version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, as well as in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, there is a dark stain from where the Cheese used to be.
- Despite this, students still avoid the stain, indicating that touching or stepping on the stain could still cause The Cheese Touch.

Appearances

Gallery

Darren Walsh with the Cheese Touch.
The Cheese in the movie.
The Cheese.
A real board game of Cheese Touch
Greg staring at the cheese.
Greg sees the spot where the Cheese used to be during the Balloon Brigade in Double Down.
A teacher stopping a kid from putting cheese on the basketball court.

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 {{Imported}}
-[[File:Diary-wimpy-kid-movie-screencaps.com-1628.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Cheese Touch]]
+[[File:Diary-wimpy-kid-movie-screencaps.com-1628.jpg|thumb|The girl with the reddish-purple hoodie gets tagged with the Cheese Touch.|right|325px]]
-{{Quote|The Cheese Touch. Nobody knows when or how, but one day that cheese mysteriously appeared on the blacktop. Nobody knew who it belonged to. Nobody touched it. Nobody threw it away. And so there it sat, growing more foul and powerful by the day. Then one day, a kid named Darren Walsh made the biggest mistake of his life. Darren had the Cheese Touch! It was worse than nuclear cooties. He became an outcast, but the only way to get rid of the Cheese Touch was by passing it on to someone else. And so began the Cheese Touch Frenzy. Friend turning on friend. Brother turning on sister. It was madness. Until a German exchange student named Dieter Muller took it away. Sadly for Dieter, that fact was lost in translation. Thankfully, he moved back to Dusseldorf and took the Cheese Touch with him. And so the cheese sits, patiently waiting for its next victim.|[[Chirag Gupta]]}}
-The''' Cheese Touch '''is a game, mainly played at [[Westmore Middle School]], throughout the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid series]]. If somebody has the Cheese Touch, they will be a social outcast until they pass it onto someone else by touching them, which is pretty difficult, as the main rule of the game causes no one to go near the person. The Cheese Touch was started by touching a moldy slice of cheese on the basketball field that someone had left there, which never got picked up. The movie diary claims that the Cheese is the main antagonist of the first book and film, despite it not being a character.
+{{Quote|The Cheese Touch. Nobody knows when or how, but one day that [[The Cheese|cheese]] mysteriously appeared on the blacktop. Nobody knew who it belonged to. Nobody touched it. Nobody threw it away. And so there it sat, growing more foul and powerful by the day.|[[Chirag Gupta]] in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)|the film]] adaptation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.}}
-The Cheese Touch was first mentioned at the start of [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid|the first book]], where it is revealed that The Cheese Touch originated from a piece of moldy cheese lying on the basketball court. The first person to have the cheese touch was [[Darren Walsh]], who touched it with his finger. Greg says that Cheese Touch works like the cooties: you have it until you pass it on to someone else. Greg says that the only way to protect yourself from the Cheese Touch is by crossing your fingers, and Greg ended up taping his fingers together (he got a D in handwriting as a result, but felt that it was worth it). Greg says that a kid named Abe Hall got the Cheese Touch in the last April before middle school, and nobody would go near him for the rest of the school year. Greg says that Abe took the Cheese Touch with him when he and his family moved out to California, and Greg expresses hope that no one starts up the Cheese Touch again.
+The '''Cheese Touch''' is a game mainly played at [[Westmore Middle School]] throughout the year. It is the overarching antagonist of the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid series]]. If somebody has the Cheese Touch, they will be a social outcast until they pass it onto someone else by touching them, which is pretty difficult, as the main rule of the game causes no one to go near the person. The movie diary states that the Cheese is the overarching antagonist of [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]] and its [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)|movie adaptation]], despite it not being a character.
-Towards the end of the first book, Greg and Rowley are confronted by a group of teenagers they ran into on Halloween night, who end up forcing Rowley to eat the Cheese—they were going to make Greg and Rowley split it, but Greg was able to get out of it by claiming he was allergic to dairy. After Rowley was forced to eat the Cheese, kids at school the next day noticed that it was gone and started coming up with theories as to what happened to it. Greg ultimately kept his mouth shut about what happened to him and Rowley, and eventually claimed to the other students that he ended up throwing it away, which freaked them out because by saying that, Greg technically has the Cheese Touch.
+==History==
+[[File:Darren with cheese touch.png|thumb|left|200px|Darren chasing kids with the Cheese Touch.]]
+The Cheese Touch was first mentioned at the start of [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid|the first book]], where it is revealed that The Cheese Touch originated from a [[The Cheese|piece of moldy cheese]] lying on the basketball court. The first person to have the cheese touch was [[Darren Walsh]], who touched it with his finger. [[Greg Heffley]] says that Cheese Touch works like the cooties: you have it until you pass it on to someone else. Greg says that the only way to protect yourself from the Cheese Touch is by crossing your fingers, and Greg ended up taping his fingers together (he got a D in handwriting as a result, but felt that it was worth it). Greg says that a kid named [[Abe Hall]] got the Cheese Touch in the last April before middle school, and nobody would go near him for the rest of the school year. Greg says that Abe took the Cheese Touch with him when he and his family moved out to California, and [[Greg]] expresses hope that no one starts up the Cheese Touch again.
-In the second book, Greg admits that he forgot he had the Cheese Touch until the first day of school, but was able to pass it onto a new kid in his homeroom named Jeremy Pindle. However, this doesn't start up the Cheese Touch again, as it's not mentioned again until the eleventh book.
+=== Diary of a Wimpy Kid ===
+[[File:Greg technically has the Cheese Touch as the boys scream and ran away.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
+Towards the end of the first book, Greg and [[Rowley Jefferson]] are confronted by a group of teenagers they ran into on Halloween night, who end up forcing Rowley to eat the Cheese--they were going to make Greg and Rowley split it, but Greg was able to get out of it by claiming he was allergic to dairy. After Rowley was forced to eat the Cheese, kids at school the next day noticed that it was gone and started coming up with theories as to what happened to it. Greg ultimately kept his mouth shut about what happened to him and Rowley, and eventually claimed to the other students that he ended up throwing it away, which freaked them out because by saying that, Greg technically has the Cheese Touch.
-In [[Double Down]], Greg reveals that there's still a stain on the ground where the Cheese used to be, and that some students have tried starting up the Cheese Touch again, though teachers have done their best to stop it from happening. One student snuck a slice of roast beef on where the cheese used to be and tried starting something called the "Roast Beef Touch," but it didn't have the same effect as the "Cheese Touch," and ultimately never came to be.
+=== Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules ===
+[[File:Greg has the cheese touch!.png|thumb|left|200px]]
+When Greg returns to school, he notices that the other students behave strangely around him (i.e. running away from him). He realizes that he still has the Cheese Touch from last year and that he had forgotten about it over the summer. Greg is initially worried that he will be stuck with it the whole year, as no one will come within thirty feet of him, but is able to pass it onto a new kid in his homeroom named [[Jeremy Pindle]]. It is not known what happened to Jeremy after he got the Cheese Touch.
+{{clear}}
-==People known to have the Cheese Touch==
+=== Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down ===
-*[[Darren Walsh]]
+[[File:The_teacher_stopping_a_kid_from_putting_a_cheese_to_the_Cheese_Touch_spot.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
-*[[Greg Heffley]] (Not actually, was mistaken to)
+In [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down|Double Down]], Greg reveals that there's still a stain on the ground where the Cheese used to be. According to him, some students have tried starting up the Cheese Touch again though teachers have done their best to stop it from happening. One student snuck a slice of roast beef on where the cheese used to be and tried starting something called the "[[Roast Beef Touch]]", but it didn't have the same effect as the "Cheese Touch" and never came to be.
-*[[Rowley Jefferson]] (Only to be saved by Greg)
+{{clear}}
-*[[Abe Hall]] (book)
-*[[Dieter Muller]] (film)
+=== Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film) ===
-*[[Jeremy Pindle]] (Currently)
+In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, according to [[Chirag Gupta]], the Cheese Touch’s history is slightly changed. Instead of [[Abe Hall]], the student it is passed into before it dissipates for most of the book, the film has a German exchange student named [[Dieter Muller]] take the Cheese Touch and move back home to [[Dieter Muller|Düsseldorf]].
+Eventually, [[Rowley Jefferson|Rowley]] is forced to eat the cheese by the teenagers. When confronted, [[Greg Heffley|Greg]] takes the fall for eating the cheese, picks it up, and has a powerful speech about the state of the school in place of his much more underwhelming reaction in the book. Despite this, the end result is the same: everyone is in consensus that Greg has the Cheese Touch and they scatter, all because of [[Patty Farrell|Patty]]. Afterward, Greg picks up the cheese again and throws it away, before he and Rowley walk home together as they both have the Cheese Touch.
+Near the end of the movie, as everyone gets their yearbook, Patty avoids Greg as she didn't want to get the Cheese Touch. She then hugs Rowley and gives him his yearbook. Both Rowley and Greg smile as since Patty hugged Rowley, he secretly passed his Cheese Touch to her, though Greg still has his.
+=== Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film) ===
+In the film, Greg mentions to Rowley that he passed his Cheese Touch to Jeremy Pindle, as he's the new kid. Later, the stain where the cheese was is shown.
+=== Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021 film) ===
+Instead of Chirag telling Greg about the story of the cheese touch, Rodrick tells him.
+==Known Victims==
+This is a list of people who are known to have had the Cheese Touch at some point.
+*[[Darren Walsh]] (Darnell Washington online version of Darren Walsh; getting tripped and touched the Cheese)
+*[[Dieter Muller]] (moved away with the Cheese Touch)
+*[[Abe Hall]] (book version of Dieter; moved away with the Cheese Touch as well)
+*[[Rowley Jefferson]] (forced to eat the Cheese in the first book, later saved by Greg)
+*[[Greg Heffley]] (took the fall for Rowley Jefferson, who ate the Cheese)
+*[[Patty Farrell]] (took the Cheese Touch by hugging Rowley Jefferson, without knowing)
+*[[Jeremy Pindle]] (last known person with the Cheese Touch)
+==Trivia==
+*In the 2012 novel ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_(Palacio_novel) Wonder]'', the main character, Auggie, references the Cheese Touch when he notices "The Plague", a cooties-like game involving him.
+*The type of cheese is Swiss, and it was said in the movie diary that they had to try out lots of different types for the movie.
+*In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, the cheese used for The Cheese Touch is made out of silicone as stated in The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary.
+**It was also stated that the rotting effect was generated using CGI.
+*In the movie version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, as well as in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, there is a dark stain from where the Cheese used to be.
+** Despite this, students still avoid the stain, indicating that touching or stepping on the stain could still cause The Cheese Touch.
+==Appearances==
+*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (online)]]
+*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]
+*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]
+*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)]]
+*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)]]
+*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down]]
+*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021 film)]]
+**
 ==Gallery==
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 diary-wimpy-kid-movie-screencaps.com-1578.jpg|The Cheese in the movie.
 Cheese_Touch.jpg|The Cheese.
-boardgame.jpg|A real board game of Cheese Touch.
+boardgame.jpg|A real board game of Cheese Touch
-Villain Cheese.PNG|[[Greg]] staring at the cheese.
+Greg looking at the Cheese.jpg|Greg staring at the cheese.
-Greg sees the Cheese Touch spot during Balloon Brigade.jpg|Greg sees the Cheese Touch spot in the basketball court during Balloon Brigade in Double Down.
+Greg sees the Cheese Touch spot during Balloon Brigade.jpg|Greg sees the spot where the Cheese used to be during the Balloon Brigade in Double Down.
-The teacher stopping a kid from putting a cheese to the Cheese Touch spot.jpg|The teacher is stopping a kid from putting a cheese to the Cheese Touch spot as they did not want to put that nonsense again.
+The teacher stopping a kid from putting a cheese to the Cheese Touch spot.jpg|A teacher stopping a kid from putting cheese on the basketball court.
 </gallery>
-==Appearances==
+[[Category:Miscellaneous]]
+[[Category:Antagonists]]
+[[Category:Greg's dislikes]]
+[[Category:Rowley's dislikes]]
+[[Category:Westmore Middle School]]
+[[Category:Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]
+[[Category:Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)]]
-*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]] (First appearance)
+[[Category:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]
+[[Category:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film) characters]]
-*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)]]
+[[Category:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down]]
+[[Category:Objects]]
-*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]
-*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)]]
-*[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down]] (Mentioned only)
-== Trivia ==
-*It is not known what happened to the Cheese Touch, since it was not mentioned in any book after [[Rodrick Rules]]. It is likely that it dissolved as [[Jeremy Pindle]] is not seen giving it to anyone else and since Rowley ate the cheese.
-**This is further evidenced by [[Double Down]], as everyone seemed to forget if people even had the cheese touch anymore.
-*In the 2012 novel, ''Wonder'', Auggie, the main character, references the Cheese Touch, when he notices "The Plague", a cooties-like game involving him.
-*In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, the cheese used for The Cheese Touch is made out of silicone as stated in The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary.
-**It was also stated that the rotting effect was generated using CGI.
 [[Category:Objects]]
 [[Category:Foods and drinks]]
-[[Category:Miscellaneous]]
-[[Category:Main Antagonists]]
-[[Category:Antagonists]]
-[[Category:Greg's Dislikes]]
-[[Category:Recurring Characters]]
-[[Category:Pseudo-characters]]
-[[Category:Minor Antagonists]]

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