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| |Box title = <font color="Tomato">Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down | | {{infobox book |
| |Row 1 title = Artist | | |image=[[File:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Double Down cover.jpg|300px]] |
| |Row 1 info = [[Jeff Kinney]]
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| |Row 2 title = Publisher | | |release date={{date|1|November|2016}} |
| |Row 2 info = [[Abram Books]] (through Amulet Books) (US) Penguin Books (through Puffin Books) (UK) | | |author=[[Jeff Kinney]] |
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| |Row 3 title = Release Date | | |preceded by=''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School]]'' |
| |Row 3 info = November 1st, 2016 | | |succeeded by=''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway]]'' |
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| |Row 5 info = ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School]]'' | |
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| |Row 6 info = ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway]]''|image = [[File:9781419723445-1-350x506-0.jpg|thumb|250px]]|caption = The book's official cover from the series' official website.|Row 7 title = Color|Row 7 info = Red-Orange (Spine: Alternating colors of Red-Orange and Yellow)|Row 8 title =Book Number |Row 8 info =11 }}
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| '''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down''' is the 11th book in the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]] series. It was released on November 1, 2016. <ref>https://www.amazon.com/Double-Down-Diary-Wimpy-Kid/dp/1419723448?ie=UTF8&keywords=9781419723445&qid=1457622256&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1</ref> | | '''''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down''''' is the eleventh book in the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|series]]. It was released on {{date|1|November|2016}}. It succeeds ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School]]'' and is succeeded by ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway]]''. |
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| == Main Characters == | | ==Main characters== |
| *[[Greg Heffley]] | | *[[Greg Heffley]] |
| *[[Susan Heffley]] | | *[[Susan Heffley]] |
| *[[Manny Heffley]]
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| *[[Frank Heffley]] | | *[[Frank Heffley]] |
| *[[Rowley Jefferson]] | | *[[Rowley Jefferson]] |
| *[[Maddox Selsam]] (Main Antagonist)
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| == Plot == | | ==Plot== |
| | [[File:Actually kind of cool.jpg|thumb|“I realized that if millions of people are turning in every day to see what I’m up to,”]] |
| | [[Greg Heffley]] believes that his life is being broadcast on TV and that his deceased relatives are watching over him from Heaven. When a school book fair starts, he writes about how [[Susan Heffley|Susan]], his mother, wants him to be more creative. Greg buys various trinkets, and Susan makes him return them and buy books, so he chooses the ''[[Spineticklers]]'' series. One book gives him the plan to freeze himself and be thawed out in a hundred years. |
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| The pressure’s really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his “creative side.”
| | As Halloween approaches, Susan sends [[Rodrick Heffley|Rodrick]] to buy decorations, and he buys a noisy plastic witch that scares Greg. Greg then talks about the [[geese]] that have flocked to the neighborhood, and then his family's pet [[pig]]. Greg wants Halloween candy, so he joins the school's [[Balloon Brigade]], the prize being a jar of candy corn. He then suspects that his ''Spineticklers'' books are giving him nightmares and that adults are trying to get them banned. |
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| As if that’s not scary enough, Halloween is just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle.
| | Greg's balloon is received by [[Maddox Selsam]], a teen who is not allowed to play video games and has bad social skills. Susan thinks Maddox is a good role model for Greg and sets them up on a playdate, ending with Maddox accusing Greg of having stolen a [[LEGO]] brick. After, Susan goes back to college to finish her master's degree. Greg turns in his balloon and gets the candy corn, which is eaten by the pig. |
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| When he discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can Greg get his mom off his back by making a movie...and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg’s troubles?<ref>http://www.wimpykid.com/books/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-book-11/</ref>
| | Susan is disappointed in Greg for his "pattern of deception" about the supposedly stolen LEGO brick, reminding Greg of lies he has told and has been told. Susan enjoys college and tries to get Greg and Rodrick interested, although Greg still plans to be a video game tester or a garbage collector. Susan takes Greg to the college campus and he helps a girl study for her psychology test but is disappointed when he learns that she already has a boyfriend. |
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| ==Synopsis==
| | [[File:Brass section.jpg|thumb|left|Greg in the school band]] |
| | Greg hears about [[Mariana Mendoza]]'s Halloween party and wants to attend, but hears that she is only inviting people who are in the school band. To get invited, he takes up playing the French horn. He then learns that Mariana is inviting only the woodwind section and decides to go with [[Rowley Jefferson|Rowley]], who plays the flute, like a two-headed monster. Susan attends the party as well and sets up party games, which Greg ends up enjoying. He leaves the party early when Rowley needs to go to the bathroom. |
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| === October ===
| | Greg gives up on playing the French horn, but his father, [[Frank Heffley|Frank]], refuses to let him leave the band. At the Fall Concert, he and Rowley are locked in the band room. Greg rips his pants and has Rowley colour his underwear with marker, at which point Frank comes in and accuses them of "goofing off," grounding Greg. Greg gets hungry and looks for candy, finding a bag of chocolate chips. He calls Rowley, and while going to get paper towels to clean up the now-melted chocolate chips, Greg finds bags of gummy worms and gets the idea to make a horror movie with them. |
| At the beginning of the book, protagonist Greg Heffley can be seen talking about how he thinks his life is a reality TV show, and how he thinks Rodrick, Manny, and all the other people in his life are just actors and robots, similar to the plot of The Truman Show. He later explains how he thinks that Manny was brought in as a new star to replace him. Later, Greg says his Nana is watching him from heaven, and he's got a lot of issues with it.
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| The Book Fair is at school, and Greg's mother Susan gives him $20 to spend. He spends all of it on silly and useless items, like a pen that writes underwater and two giant pencils with googly eyes. Susan, not happy with the way Greg spent her money, makes him trade it all in for books. Greg gets the [[Spineticklers]] books, which are basically horror novels, which makes Susan more unhappy. Greg then talks about a plan to freeze himself to the future and how Halloween is coming up.
| | [[File:Greg and Rowley shot the skeleton scene in the kitchen.jpg|thumb|Greg and Rowley film their movie]] |
| | Greg writes the script for the movie, titled ''[[Night of the Night Crawlers]]'', and has Rowley storyboard it. Greg records the scenes, with Rowley being the only actor in the movie, and spreads gummy worms outside for a scene in which a man looks outside to see the nightcrawlers in his yard. He finds the pig eating his gummy worms, and Rowley notices the geese outside, so they plan to get Rodrick's wolf mask out of the basement. The electronic witch is activated, and Rowley runs out of the house in fear and climbs up a tree, then Frank arrives home. |
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| Greg then discusses how the geese are in town and the deals of having a walking pet pig. Then he talks about the school's Balloon Brigade, which is a school contest to see how far a student's balloon can travel, and how the prize is a giant bag of candy corn. The [[Cheese Touch]] is also discussed, and how other students keep trying to bring it back in a different form such as a [[Roast Beef Touch]]; however, the kids unsuccessfully try to make it work. | | A few weeks later, Greg writes that Rowley has gotten famous and been on the news and talk shows. Greg is upset that Rowley hasn't given any credit to him for coming up with the idea for the movie, and writes that he would never "make a fool out of himself to get a cheap laugh from the people watching at home." |
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| Greg later discusses how the [[Spineticklers]] books give him nightmares and how he regrets buying them. He later says that he got his balloon back and that the kid who found his balloon, [[Maddox Selsam]], came over for a play-date. It's later revealed that Maddox hasn't played video games or watched TV, and goes crazy when Greg pulls up a computer game. After Maddox leaves, Greg realizes that he forgot to get the balloon. Vice Principal Roy refuses to give Greg the candy corn unless he brings his balloon to school. He asks Susan for a play-date with Maddox, to which she and [[Mrs. Selsam]] leave Greg and Maddox behind while they go into town and have coffee. Greg is thoroughly disappointed by Maddox's house, as it is very old fashioned and does not have any electronics or any television. It is revealed Maddox has a Lego City in his room, but only lets Greg use the leftovers. Greg accidentally gets a brick stuck in his arm, which Maddox accuses Greg of stealing, leading to Greg being kicked out. Susan is disappointed at Greg, as he viewed Maddox as an antisocial nerd instead of a good role model. Susan, now going back to college full-time, has a chore bag where Greg and Rodrick pick chores to do. After finishing his chores, Greg goes to eat his giant candy corn that he won, but finds that the pig has eaten it. After the pig throws up multiple puddles of candy corn, Susan has a talk with Greg about his "pattern of deception" and punishes him by making him take three chores out of the chore bag each night. He then talks about how his brain works and how he has been lied to so many times over the years. Susan keeps putting the pressure on Greg to do something new other than video games while also introducing him to college. Greg and his friend Rowley later join the school band in order to get invited to [[Mariana Mendoza]]'s Halloween party. He practices the French Horn but hates it and wants to quit, angering Frank who tells Greg that he can't because that was an expensive instrument and he has to honor his commitment to the instrument. Greg finds videos of a high school girl practicing the french horn, which makes Greg glad. However, Greg finds out Mariana didn't invite the entire school band, only the woodwind section. Greg gets in the party by making a "Two-Headed Monster" costume. | | ==Cultural references== |
| | *Greg believing that his TV show is a parody of the film ''{{w|The Truman Show}}''. [[Jeff Kinney]] has compared his own experiences of being a famous author to ''The Truman Show''.<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/68554-jeff-kinney-diary-of-a-crazy-year.html Publishers Weekly, "Jeff Kinney: Diary of a Crazy Year"]</ref><ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/75315-four-questions-for-jeff-kinney.html Publishers Weekly, "Four Questions for Jeff Kinney"]</ref> |
| | *''Spineticklers'' is a parody of the ''{{w|Goosebumps}}'' series. Greg's comment on the ''Spineticklers'' knock-offs references various ''Goosebumps''-style books published in the 1990s, such as ''{{w|Spooksville}}'', ''{{w|Creepers series|Creepers}}'', and ''{{w|Spinetinglers}}'' |
| | *Parents trying to ban the ''Underpants Bandits'' books references the controversy surrounding the ''{{w|Captain Underpants}}'' series, with the author [[Mik Davies]] being a parody of {{w|Dav Pilky}}. Greg requests that the ''Underpants Bandits'' series have more "bodily function" humour, and ''Captain Underpants'' was challenged for high amounts of toilet humour. |
| | *A girl dressed like {{w|Hermoine Granger}} from the ''{{w|Harry Potter}}'' franchise appears at the Halloween party. |
| | *Maddox enjoys playing with {{w|LEGO}} bricks. |
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| === November === | | ==International edits== |
| Greg is later harassed at school about it for leaving early. At the Fall Band Concert, Greg gets stuck in the music room because Jake McGough gave him a flat tire. Rowley notices him in there, when he came in the room, he ended up getting locked in too. Causing a huge dilemma. Frank thinks they were goofing off and punishes Greg by taking away TV and video games for 2 weeks. Greg and Rowley later find a pack of gummy worms and Greg gets the idea for a scary movie. The plot would be about a man who goes to take a shower, only to end up being eaten alive by worms. He and Rowley, while filming it with Susan and Frank's camcorder, make a mess in the furnace room and one of the shelves comes falling down on them. Rowley runs out of the house with barely any clothes just as Frank gets home, and a news crew captures the whole moment. [[Frank]] gets mad at Greg for making the mess, and [[Susan]] later gets mad, because Greg and Rowley filmed right over a tape of Manny's first steps. Greg is additionally grounded for two more weeks, as well as having to clean up the mess and do extra chores. Rowley, on the other hand, drinks in his newfound fame and skips school to attend on-TV interviews with talk shows, much to Greg's dismay that [[Rowley]] doesn't mention Greg at all. | | *Spanish translation: |
| | **Greg says that Johnny is "a clown" instead of "a show-off." |
| | **In a flashback, Greg says that Nana smells like cabbage instead of asparagus. |
| | **The turtle in the "My Turtle Fred" poem is named Berta, and the rhyme is with "Berta" and "muerta" instead of "Fred" and "dead." |
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| ==<span style="font-size:20px;">Trivia </span>== | | ==Errors== |
| | | *On page 64, the word "roast" in "roast beef" is duplicated, making it "roast roast beef." This error was fixed in reprints. |
| *The cover's color is Red-Orange as revealed in the book's [[Virtually Live]] event. | | **This error is referenced on page 69 of ''[[The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter]]'', as a card on a table reads, "Today's special: Roast roast beef." |
| * This is the second red book. The first is the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid|first book]].
| | *In the book, Greg says his [[Nana Heffley|Nana]] worked as a waitress. However, in the preview, he says she worked as a nurse. |
| * This is the 11th book in the series.
| | *On the top of page 49, the characters appear too short. |
| * This is the second book that Rowley doesn't wear his usual outfit in the character page. The first book is [[Hard Luck]].
| | *On page 94, Mrs. Selsam's leg is in a humanly impossible position, and her skirt is shown as only covering that one leg. |
| ** This is also the first book since Hard Luck where Rowley is shown in the character page.
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| * This is one of the most challenging books in the series, due to a notable amount of pop culture references. This includes, but not limited to:
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">The entire introduction where Greg thinks his life is a TV show is a parody of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show The Truman Show]. It is mentioned from Pages 1 to 15.</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">"Spineticklers" is a parody [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinetinglers Spine Tinglers], by M.T. Coffin,</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Spineticklers #48, “Wake Me Up In The Year 3000” is a parody of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama Futurama]. It was first mentioned on Page 41.</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">The idea of clowns kidnapping kids in an ice cream truck is a parody of Clown Horror. Namely the clown jumpscares, and [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel) It], a novel by [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King Stephen King], which became a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(2017_film) movie] in 2017. Greg’s [[Grandpa]] first mentions this on Page 115.</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">The geese attacks are a parody of the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock] classic, [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film) The Birds]. It is mentioned on Pages 54, 211, and 215.</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">The controversy surrounding ''Underpants Bandits'' is a parody of the controversy surrounding [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Underpants Captain Underpants], by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dav_Pilkey Dav Pilkey].</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">The ending where Greg wants to make a movie is based on [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blair_Witch_Project The Blair Witch Project]. It is first mentioned on Page 193.</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">"Night Of The Night Crawlers" is just [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirm_(film) Squirm], but with gummy worms, instead of real life worms. The movie poster is shown on Page 194.</span></p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">There is a girl dressed like [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermione_Granger Hermoine Granger] from the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter Harry Potter] franchise at the Halloween party. She is first shown on Page 168.</p>
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| **<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">The nightmare from a Spinetickler book where Zombie Pirates force Greg to walk the plank is possibly a parody of the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean Pirates Of The Caribbean] film franchise. It is first mentioned on Page 75.</p>
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| * Greg rarely wears shorts in this book, usually appearing in long pants or jeans.
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| ** This could just be character development, as Greg is growing up (or the fact that it's Fall/Autumn).
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| * The words "Double Down" in the title are written in the Cheese font, as confirmed during the book's [[Virtually Live]] event. During that event, they hinted that the Cheese/[[Cheese Touch]] might return in this book.
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| ** The Cheese ''does'' come back in this book, but the Cheese '''TOUCH''' is only mentioned on Page 64.
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| * The backpack tipping over [[Greg Heffley|Greg]] on the cover is meant to be an ode to the backpack that makes Greg slouch on the first book's cover.
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| * This is the second book that has a reptile skin design. The first is [[Old School]].
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| ** This is also the first book with the new Amulet logo.
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| * On Page 35, in the background, a group of kids are playing what may be "Girls Chase Boys".
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| * This is the fourth book where Fregley is absent.
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| * Greg chooses the French Horn because he thinks it will be easy to play, due to the fact that it only has three buttons. In reality, though, the French Horn is one of the most difficult instruments to play.
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| * This is the first time the spine uses two colors (Red-Orange and Yellow). The second is [[The Getaway]] (which uses the following two colors: Azure and Oriental Green).
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| * This is the second odd-numbered book to not have it's sub-title start with "The". The first is the first book.
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| ** Surprisingly enough, [[The Getaway|it's successor]] ''does'' have it's subtitle start with "The".
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| *** This is also the second odd-numbered book which doesn't have three words in its sub-title (this book only has two words in its sub-title). The first is also the first book, which doesn't have a sub-title.
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| * This is the first time Greg's tongue is shown on the cover.
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| * [[Jeff Kinney]] stated in an interview that the book will be about exceptionalism. In an interview, Jeff stated that "Greg always thought he was special in some way, despite lacking any evidence to support that notion. In the 11th book, Greg sets out to discover what makes him unique in order to justify the grand vision he has of himself." Find out more by visiting this link: [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/69623-wimpy-kid-11-to-hit-shelves-this-november.html]
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| ** However, it is generally difficult to figure out what unique talent Greg possessed in the end | |
| * It Is revealed Greg has more relatives. It also shows that [[Peepaw]] could possibly be dead, or he’s still alive.
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| * This is the first time since [[Hard Luck]] where the months don't skip from the previous book. | |
| * This is the first book since [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]] where the month in the beginning is the same as the month in the end from the previous book.
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| * There is another appearance of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego LEGO], owned by [[Maddox Selsam]].
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| * This is the first book that references a lot of myths.
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| * This is the second book where [[The Heffleys' Pig|the Pig]] has a role where he's in the [[Heffley family]]. The first is [[Old School]].
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| ** The Pig eats candy twice in this book. He ate candy corn on Page 99. Then, he ate gummy worms on Page 210.
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| *** This book reveals that the Pig can get sick if he eats candy corn, but doesn’t get sick if he eats gummy worms.
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| * This is the first book in which the color of the spine is different than that of the cover. The second is [[The Getaway]].
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| * This is the first book to be in the [[Cover-Record]].
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| http://www.bustle.com/articles/147083-jeff-kinneys-11th-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-book-will-drop-this-fall
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| * On Page 64 it says "Roast Roast Beef" when it should just say "Roast Beef", which is wrong. But in [http://diary-of-a-wimpy-kid.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wimpy_Kid_Movie_Diary#Long_Haul_Edition The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter], on Page 69, the card on the table says: "Todays Special, Roast Roast Beef," so it could've been on purpose.
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| ** This was proven to be a mistake, as it was fixed in a re-print.
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| *** The Roast Roast Beef special is possibly a joke by the movie makers to make fun of the error.
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| * In the book, Greg says his [[Nana Heffley|Nana]] worked as a Waitress. However, in the preview, he says she worked as a Nurse. | |
| ** This may have been just be a change of plans.
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| * On the top of Page 49, the characters were shown too short. | |
| * On Page 94, Mrs. Selsam's leg is in a humanly impossible position, and her skirt is shown as only covering that one leg. | |
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| | == Names in other languages == |
| | {{foreign names |
| | |Jap=いちかばちか、やるしかないね！ |
| | |JapR=Ichi kaba Chika, yaru shika nai ne! |
| | |JapM=I Have No Choice But To Do It! |
| | |Spa=!A Por Todas! |
| | |SpaM=For All! |
| | |Fre=Double peine |
| | |FreM=Double Trouble |
| | |Dut=Drie keer niks |
| | |DutM=Nothing Three Times |
| | |Ger=Alles Käse! |
| | |GerM=All Cheese! |
| | |Ita=Avanti tutta! |
| | |ItaM=Full Speed Ahead! |
| | |Pol=Ryzyk-fizyk |
| | |PolM=Risk Physicist |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is the eleventh book in the series. It was released on November 1st, 2016. It succeeds Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School and is succeeded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway.
Main characters
Plot
“I realized that if millions of people are turning in every day to see what I’m up to,”
Greg Heffley believes that his life is being broadcast on TV and that his deceased relatives are watching over him from Heaven. When a school book fair starts, he writes about how Susan, his mother, wants him to be more creative. Greg buys various trinkets, and Susan makes him return them and buy books, so he chooses the Spineticklers series. One book gives him the plan to freeze himself and be thawed out in a hundred years.
As Halloween approaches, Susan sends Rodrick to buy decorations, and he buys a noisy plastic witch that scares Greg. Greg then talks about the geese that have flocked to the neighborhood, and then his family's pet pig. Greg wants Halloween candy, so he joins the school's Balloon Brigade, the prize being a jar of candy corn. He then suspects that his Spineticklers books are giving him nightmares and that adults are trying to get them banned.
Greg's balloon is received by Maddox Selsam, a teen who is not allowed to play video games and has bad social skills. Susan thinks Maddox is a good role model for Greg and sets them up on a playdate, ending with Maddox accusing Greg of having stolen a LEGO brick. After, Susan goes back to college to finish her master's degree. Greg turns in his balloon and gets the candy corn, which is eaten by the pig.
Susan is disappointed in Greg for his "pattern of deception" about the supposedly stolen LEGO brick, reminding Greg of lies he has told and has been told. Susan enjoys college and tries to get Greg and Rodrick interested, although Greg still plans to be a video game tester or a garbage collector. Susan takes Greg to the college campus and he helps a girl study for her psychology test but is disappointed when he learns that she already has a boyfriend.
Greg hears about Mariana Mendoza's Halloween party and wants to attend, but hears that she is only inviting people who are in the school band. To get invited, he takes up playing the French horn. He then learns that Mariana is inviting only the woodwind section and decides to go with Rowley, who plays the flute, like a two-headed monster. Susan attends the party as well and sets up party games, which Greg ends up enjoying. He leaves the party early when Rowley needs to go to the bathroom.
Greg gives up on playing the French horn, but his father, Frank, refuses to let him leave the band. At the Fall Concert, he and Rowley are locked in the band room. Greg rips his pants and has Rowley colour his underwear with marker, at which point Frank comes in and accuses them of "goofing off," grounding Greg. Greg gets hungry and looks for candy, finding a bag of chocolate chips. He calls Rowley, and while going to get paper towels to clean up the now-melted chocolate chips, Greg finds bags of gummy worms and gets the idea to make a horror movie with them.
Greg and Rowley film their movie
Greg writes the script for the movie, titled Night of the Night Crawlers, and has Rowley storyboard it. Greg records the scenes, with Rowley being the only actor in the movie, and spreads gummy worms outside for a scene in which a man looks outside to see the nightcrawlers in his yard. He finds the pig eating his gummy worms, and Rowley notices the geese outside, so they plan to get Rodrick's wolf mask out of the basement. The electronic witch is activated, and Rowley runs out of the house in fear and climbs up a tree, then Frank arrives home.
A few weeks later, Greg writes that Rowley has gotten famous and been on the news and talk shows. Greg is upset that Rowley hasn't given any credit to him for coming up with the idea for the movie, and writes that he would never "make a fool out of himself to get a cheap laugh from the people watching at home."
Cultural references
- Greg believing that his TV show is a parody of the film The Truman Show. Jeff Kinney has compared his own experiences of being a famous author to The Truman Show.[1][2]
- Spineticklers is a parody of the Goosebumps series. Greg's comment on the Spineticklers knock-offs references various Goosebumps-style books published in the 1990s, such as Spooksville, Creepers, and Spinetinglers
- Parents trying to ban the Underpants Bandits books references the controversy surrounding the Captain Underpants series, with the author Mik Davies being a parody of Dav Pilky. Greg requests that the Underpants Bandits series have more "bodily function" humour, and Captain Underpants was challenged for high amounts of toilet humour.
- A girl dressed like Hermoine Granger from the Harry Potter franchise appears at the Halloween party.
- Maddox enjoys playing with LEGO bricks.
International edits
- Spanish translation:
- Greg says that Johnny is "a clown" instead of "a show-off."
- In a flashback, Greg says that Nana smells like cabbage instead of asparagus.
- The turtle in the "My Turtle Fred" poem is named Berta, and the rhyme is with "Berta" and "muerta" instead of "Fred" and "dead."
Errors
- On page 64, the word "roast" in "roast beef" is duplicated, making it "roast roast beef." This error was fixed in reprints.
- In the book, Greg says his Nana worked as a waitress. However, in the preview, he says she worked as a nurse.
- On the top of page 49, the characters appear too short.
- On page 94, Mrs. Selsam's leg is in a humanly impossible position, and her skirt is shown as only covering that one leg.
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down.
Names in other languages
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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| Japanese |
いちかばちか、やるしかないね！
Ichi kaba Chika, yaru shika nai ne! |
I Have No Choice But To Do It!
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| Spanish |
!A Por Todas! |
For All!
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| French |
Double peine |
Double Trouble
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| Dutch |
Drie keer niks |
Nothing Three Times
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| German |
Alles Käse! |
All Cheese!
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| Italian |
Avanti tutta! |
Full Speed Ahead!
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| Polish |
Ryzyk-fizyk |
Risk Physicist
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References
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