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'''''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel''''' is the 7th book in the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series]]. It was released on {{date|13|November|2012}}. ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel'' succeeds ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]]'' and precedes ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck]]''.
|Row 5 info = ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]]''
 
|Row 6 title = Followed by
==Main characters==
|Row 6 info = Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8
*[[Greg Heffley]]
|Row 7 title = Color
*[[Rowley Jefferson]]
|Row 7 info = Brown}}
*[[Gary Heffley]]
*[[Frank Heffley]]
*[[Manny Heffley]]
*[[Susan Heffley]]
*[[Rodrick Heffley]]


'''''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel''''' is the 7th book of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series. The book was officially released on November 13, 2012.
==Plot==
==Plot==
===January===
[[File:Greg's Preschool.png|thumb|left|Greg in preschool]]
[[Greg Heffley|Greg]] talks about his baby days and explains (probably from his imagination) that before being born, he was in a dark place swimming and napping anytime he wanted, until being woken up by classical music that his mother [[Susan Heffley|Susan]] would send through "parental speakers". Susan would also tell Greg about her life through the speakers too and [[Frank Heffley|Frank]] would also tell him about his day at work. Greg then got tired of it and got out three weeks early. Then he explains how everything he got was a hand down from his elder brother [[Rodrick Heffley|Rodrick]]. Susan used to not let Greg crawl a lot and that resulted in Greg being way behind his playmates in the physical stuff. Greg finally learned to walk, but was in preschool by the time and was still quite behind his classmates. His classmates could do things like use zippers and buttons and many other things Greg was unable to, so he tried to slow them down by giving them wrong information. However, the teacher thought he wasn't learning well and called Susan and told her. Susan made him skip a grade to kindergarten, but he was scared there so he went back again.


*[[Greg]] writes about his past and how he loved being a baby
Greg then explains whatever Susan did for Greg would not work for [[Manny Heffley|Manny]] as she uses a different technique. [[Manny Heffley|Manny]]'s social skills are a bit bad, he also watches [[The Snurples]], a show in which the characters have their own gibberish language and he also made imaginary friends escape danger, have fun and get extra dessert. Greg's mother starts a Family Night thing where they go out or play games rather than watch TV, Greg then talks about the family restaurant, [[Corny's Family-Style Restaurant|Corny's]]. Greg is doing house chores until he heard a knock and finds his [[Uncle Gary]] at the door. Uncle Gary had bought some Boston counter shirts after loaning some of Frank's money, but the shirts have a typo and he needed a place to stay in. Living with Gary is bad for the Heffleys, his nightmares make [[Manny Heffley|Manny]] shift his bed away from the wall and whenever Rodrick is kicked out of bed in the morning, he has to sleep on the up part of the couch.
*Greg was behind everyone else in his playgroup.
*Greg skipped preschool and went to kindergarten because his mom felt he wasn't challenged enough. He ended up going back.
*[[Greg]] talk about how Manny doesn't have any friends and how he has imaginary friends:
**Joey
**Petey
**Danny
**2 [[Charles Tribble]]
**[[Tiny Jim]]
**[[Johnny Cheddar]], the troublemaker of the pack
*Greg talks about how he hated the Children Alley at Corny's.
*Manny likes to hide from other kids in the ball pit.
*Mom told Greg to save Manny from the plastic tube. However, Greg cannot save Manny, so a waiter has to rescue Greg and Manny. After that, Greg washed his favorite pants 3 times with bleach before Greg gives up and throws it away.


*[[Uncle Gary]] moved with them because he bought shirts to sell that said "BOTSON" (there was a typo on the shirt.)
Greg explains how [[Gary Heffley|Gary]] has been trying to get a job, but whenever he gets one, he quits after a few days. One of Greg's teachers, [[Mrs. Moretta]] announces in Phys Ed that the ballroom dancing unit is starting and people should find a partner by writing their names in slips and submitting them. Greg explains he will be fine with pairing with anyone except for [[Ruby Bird]], a girl in Greg's school who has a bad habit of biting people and was suspended for biting [[Mr. Underwood]] in the elbow. On the partner announcement day, in Greg's favour [[Ruby Bird|Ruby]] is paired with [[Fregley]], but Greg and four other kids were partnerless. The teacher paired them up with each other.
*The house had a big problem after Uncle Gary moved in:
**His nightmares kept him up all night
***One of Uncle Gary's nightmares caused Manny to move his bed away from the walls.
**He sleeps on the couch
***Rodrick doesn't have his couch on Saturday when Dad kicked him out, so he slept on top of the couch.
***Greg can't have peace when going home and watching TV.
**Gary used all of Greg's bubble bath.
*During Dancing Unit, Greg wish he hadn't throw away his jeans because now Greg has to wear "corduroy" pants that are three inches too short.


*They had 3 guests visit the school:
An assembly by [[Vice Principal Roy]] and [[Mrs. Birch]] announces new members for the [[Student Council]]. Greg cannot sign up due to him having three detentions, but sees Rowley could be perfect. [[Rowley Jefferson|Rowley]] signs up to be Social Chairperson. The winner of the President's voting is [[Eugene Ellis]] who promised to replace the school's toilet paper with quilted toilet paper the teachers use. At Greg's house in his room, Uncle Gary played a future game when you are an adult, but Uncle Gary buys scratch tickets.
:*The hypnotist, [[Amazing Andrew]]. He would swing a stopwatch back and forth and make some 8th graders come on the stage. They would lock their hands with each other and Amazing Andrew makes them think their hand are superglued together. When he says "Cucumber Cucumber, " their hands would be free.
:*Strong Steve would give a message about staying away from drugs. His grand finale was ripping a phone book in half, with his bare hands.
:**The kids went so crazy after Strong Steve after his visit that they ended up ripping half of the reference books in the library with their hands, and the librarian had to replace them.
:*A singer called [[Krisstina]], who calls herself International Pop Star, started singing songs which had positive lyrics.
:**Greg tells how he doesn't want Krisstina back in the school.
:*​A police officer from the NARC division would come and talk to them about pretending to be a high school student and report the bad kids. This makes Greg and [[Rowley]] start their own detective company. However they had to shut down after Greg sends Rowley to [[Scotty Douglas]]'s house so he can find out what happened to his game. Scotty told him that he lost it, but Greg thought he was lying. When Rowley doesn't come back, he goes to Scotty's house and finds both of them playing his game. Then he decides to fire Rowley.
*They have a new school election. [[Eugene Ellis]] becomes the President of the government by promising better toilet paper.
*Uncle Gary used all his money to buy a scratch ticket, which got Dad mad at.
**Scratch tickets are a sore subject for Dad.
*Students could now bring their own toilet paper, but teachers limited them to 5 sheets after Tuesday. Greg had a secret stash and had a private stall in the washroom. He went into the stall and put down some spare shoes so it looked like someone was in there and climbed underneath the door.
*Soon children found about Greg's Secret stall and stole his toilet paper.
**He may have had detention for the 4th time for bringing more toilet paper.
*Greg wrote to the teachers that he didn't want to be paired up with [[Ruby Bird]].
*Greg convinces Rowley to run for President or Vice president, but he runs for "social chairperson." Greg spent a lot of time making shirts for people to wear that said "VOTE ROWLEY JEFFERSON FOR SOCIAL CHAIRPERSON," so people would notice it when Rowley gave his speech, but no one sat in order. Rowley didn't have to give a speech. He won because he was the only one who voted for "social chairperson."
*Eugene planned to make a motoracing and a wrestling event but it turned into a Valentine's Day Dance. They wanted to change it back, but Mrs. Sheer stopped them.
*After their school has a Valentine's Day Dance, Greg considers asking some girls, but he either gets rejected or isn't brave enough.
*Greg gets Rowley to be his wingman so he can hear the news about girls in the Student Council, and gets Rowley to help make Greg look good in front of other girls.
*He gets tips from Uncle Gary, who tells him to acts like he gets a lot of candy grams (cards with candy on them and students use it to ask people to be their date to the dance) and change his wardrobe. He wears his dad's leather jacket, but his mom comes to class and makes him return it. Then she gave Greg her winter coat and after that, Greg decides to ask a girl from church because no one would want to go with him to the dance after that incident.
*Susan's (Greg's mom) friend (Mrs. Stringer) and her family come to the Heffley's house for dinner. It turns out that the vampire Manny was afraid of was Wesley Stringer. This caused Manny to skip dinner and hide in his bedroom. Greg meets Laurel Stringer, who is his age, but they don't talk at all. Mrs. Stringer said they needed a babysitter because no one would babysit their son, Wesley. Greg volunteers to babysit him so he can talk to Laurel and ask her out to the dance.
*Greg goes to babysit Wesley. Laurel went out with her friends before Greg arrived. Wesley wanted to ride his bike inside the house, but Greg said no because it would ruin the floors and the furniture.Wesley tells Greg he wants to color instead, and his coloring stuff is in the laundry room, and when Greg goes inside the laundry room, Wesley locks the door. Greg gets out by pushing the refrigerator and finding a window and ends up in Laurel's room and sleeps in her bed. Her dad finds him there and persumably fires him.
*Greg gives up on finding a date.
*Greg and Rowley end up going to the dance as a group with Abigail Brown, who's boyfriend Michael couldn't come because of family obligations.
*On the day of the dance, Greg notices that Rowley had two spots on his chin and on his forehead so he thought they were chicken pox that a kid named Evan Whitehead has been spreading around the school. Greg makes Rowley wear a scarf and a beach hat to cover it.
*Greg picks her up and takes her to Rowley's car (Rowley's dad had a nice car and a limo cost a lot). Abigail thought Rowley was sitting in his booster seat as a joke (He wasn't. Rowley still uses a booster seat).
*Greg takes them both to a fancy restaurant called Spriggo's, where he had a reservation, but he needed a sports jacket. He dosen't want his jacket because Mr. Jefferson's vaccum gave his pants and jacket smears so, the restaurant lent him one, but it stunk. They left and ended up going up going to Corny's. Rowley and Abigail order expensive food and Greg has to spend all of his money and he even took out his emergency $5 which he had in his socks but the money was wet so the waiter didn't accepted it, so Greg had to withdraw $5 from Rowley's Dad.
*Before they entered, Mr. Jefferson hugged Rowley.
*The theme of the dance is Midnight in Paris.
*At the dance, Greg and Abigail take a photo at a backdrop of Paris, but Rowley comes with them in the photo (though Greg and Rowley had a sad face but Abigail isn't)
*Greg realizes that the DJ of the dance is Uncle Gary. He also sold BOTSON shirts to the attendees for $5. The BOTSON shirts were supposed to say BOSTON, but it was a typo.
[[File:Valentine's_Dance_picture.jpg|thumb|234px|Greg's Valentine's Day Dance photo]]
*Abigail goes to her group of friends to dance. They go to the bathroom and Greg goes to the boys' bathroom to hear what Abigail might have been saying about Greg. Too many people made noises and by the time it became quiet enough, the girls left the bathroom.
*Seniors Citizen Center people show up at the gym but the teacher said they reserved the gym for the dance two weeks ago but the senior citzens showed them paper work for proof that they reserved it for a meeting two months ago.
*Senior citizens asked the kids to clear up but then the teachers said that the citizens could do their meeting on the other side of the gym, while the children dance on the other side.
*The Senior Citizens wanted the lights on for their meeting but there was only one switch for all the lights so after lights turned on all children who bought t-shirts from Uncle Gary found that a typo was printed on their t-shirts.
*Students came back to Uncle Gary saying that their t-shirts had a typo on them and they wanted a refund. He tries to distract them by turning up the music and a lot of people start hitting the dance floor. A senior citizen comes over and tells Uncle Gary to lower the volume. Uncle Gary lowers in by 80% and you could hear the senior citizens' speech. The girls continued dancing by wearing their MP3 players.
*The boys gave up on acting decent infront of the girls and started fooling around with the food, and taking off their shirts, and jumping around.
*All the late-comers were going back.
*Abigail sees her old boyfriend (Michael Sampson, who said he could not go to the dance because of family obligations. His family obiligations were a lie though.) Michael walks in with another girl because he thought Abigail wouldn't go after he said he could not.
*Abigail cries and her group of friends pat her and cheer her up.
*Senior citizens start to pile in from the other side and helped themselves to the refreshments.
*Kids started sticking finger to the chocolate fountain as the seniors finished all the strawberries, but teachers had to shut down because a kid lost his contact lenses in the fountain.
*The seniors started making song requests and they ended up taking over the dance.
*Greg's Great Grand Uncle Bruce cologne started attracting people outside Greg's age group.
*Greg sees Ruby Bird walking towards him, so he takes Abigail's hand after she walks out of the bathroom from crying and leads her to the dance floor.
*During their romantic dance, Greg notices spots on Abigail's chin and he scream out loud and grab's everyone's attention. It turned out that it was just pimples that you could see because the makeup washed away from her chin when she was crying.
*On the way back, Abigail wasn't talking to Greg and Rowley escorts her back to her door.
*Uncle Gary wins $40,000 from the lottery and moves out of the house.
*Greg ends up getting chicken pox.
*It turns out Rowley never had the chicken pox and they were just pimples.
*Rowley and Abigail are now a couple.
**Greg calls Rowley the "worst" wingman in history.
*Greg now thinks that Johnny Cheddar took his towel.


==Excerpts==
===February===
*''I looked for a way to escape, but I was trapped. Luckily, Abigail walked out of the bathroom at that exact moment and I grabbed her hand just before Ruby got to me. Abigail's makeup was a mess from all of the crying, but I didn't really care. I was just happy to have an excuse to get away from Ruby. And to be honest with you, I think Abigail was happy to see me, too, so I led her to an empty spot on the dance floor.''
[[File:Mrs. Birch tells Eugene Ellis and student councillors about the toilet paper campaign.jpg|thumb|The Student Council]]
[[Javan Hill]] found that Pillow Soft Ultra toilet paper was being used by the teachers, not the kids. So Eugene went to the lounge and showed Mrs. Birch. The school introduces a program where students can bring in their own toilet paper. However, the plan backfired when some of the boys started a toilet paper fight in the cafeteria. The school then set a rule that kids are only allowed to have five squares of toilet paper, much to Greg's dismay because he brought in twenty rolls. Now that the staff is checking peoples' bags and lockers to see if they had more than five, Greg decided to have his own bathroom stall to keep all of the toilet paper, but that backfired when people founded out that Greg was hoarding toilet paper. After this whole toilet paper experience, students learned that they are going to raise money of their own if they want something.  


*''I'd never slow-danced with a girl before, So I didn't know where I was supposed to put my hands. She put hers on my shoulder, and I put mine in my pockets, but that kind of felt dumb. So we met in the middle, and that seemed about right''.
The [[Student Council]] brainstormed ideas for a fundraiser, but most of the boys in the council decided on a mixed motocross/wrestling event. The fundraising community was formed, and, in the end, the [[Valentine's Day Dance]] becomes a school fundraiser. Greg tries to find a date, but it starts to fail. A pantsing fever starts in the school which is quickly stopped by [[Vice Principal Roy|Roy]], but a kid under the bleachers quickly pantses him and escapes. Now he (or she) is dubbed as the [[Mad Pantser]]. Greg found a leather jacket of his Dad's, but in school, it is confiscated by his mother who said it was not a winter coat. [[Abigail Brown]]'s boyfriend breaks up with her, and after that Greg and Rowley decide to go with her for the school dance. Greg heads to Rowley's house but he sees two bumps on his chin that looked like mosquito bites, but he realizes it's chickenpox. He tries to cover it up since chickenpox has been contagious in school. 


*''"And speaking of Rowley and Abigail, I heard that the two of them are a couple now. All I can say is if that's true, it makes Rowley 'the worst wingman in history.''''"''' - Greg Heffley''
[[File:Rowley and Abigail having a conversation.jpg|left|thumb|Greg, Rowley, and Abigail at Corny's]]
*''I supposed to stay home from school for at least a week. The good news is that with everyone out of the house, I can take long bath without anyone bothering me.''
Greg goes with [[Rowley Jefferson|Rowley]] and [[Abigail]] to [[Spriggo's]]. The host at Spriggo's tells him that gentlemen have to wear sports jackets. Greg has to wear a smelly sports suit which makes them go to Corny's due to the dessert bar, however, Rowley and Abigail order special desserts which makes Greg fib that it's Rowley's birthday to make him get a free cake. At the dance, the theme is [[Midnight In Paris]] but old people take one half of the hall for their meeting. Later [[Uncle Gary]] tries to sell the [[Boston Souvenir T-Shirts|Botson T-shirts]], but people want their money back after seeing the typo. Greg sees pimples on Abigail which he thinks is chickenpox. Later they head home, Greg realizes the "chickenpox" on Abigail was actually a pimple. He doesn't think Abigail saw it that way, because she wasn't chatty with him on the way home.
*''Or at least I THINK I'm alone. Today I had a fresh towel next to the tub, and when I open my eyes it was gone. So either somebody's messing with me or Johnny Chedder is at it again.''


==Major Events==
In the end, [[Gary Heffley|Uncle Gary]] moves out after he wins $40,000 on a scratch card which he wasted a lot of the Heffleys money on to buy scratch cards. Greg ends up getting chickenpox, but he gets to take a bath in peace, but the experience isn't like how he lived before he was born and when he opens his eyes, the towel next to the bathroom was gone. Greg says either someone's messing with him, or either [[Johnny Cheddar]] is at it again.
*Greg talks about when he was a baby.
*Uncle Gary moves in with the Heffleys.
*Greg tries to get a date for the Valintine's Dance.
*Rowley closes his mouth for first time
*Greg goes to the Valentine's Dance with Abigail and Rowley as a group of friends.
*Uncle Gary wins $40,000 and moves out.
*Greg gets chicken pox in the end.


==Trivia==
==Background==
*It is unknown who the Mad Pantser is.
In writing the book, [[Jeff Kinney]] based it on "a kid’s initial feeling of 'betrayal' when his childhood friend chooses a love interest over him." He continued, "You feel broken up with. You’ve put a ton of time into this friendship, you think you know them better than anybody else, and suddenly they're changing into a different person."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2015/07/21/are-you-a-third-wheel-navigating-that-other-kind-of-threesome/ Washington Post]</ref>
*There is an exculsive version of this book, which has Fregley's secret note in the back. It's a poem by Fregley that shows why girls must go with him to the dance.
*Jeff Kinney announced that a eighth book is coming.
*It is unknown why Micheal cheated on Abigail.
*Rowley closes his mouth for the first time in The Third Wheel Pg 166 while eating chocolate.
*It was later revealed that Rodrick hates Greg because Susan gave his pacifer to Greg which doesn't explain why Rodrick doesn't like Greg.


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==Errors==
*This is the second book to have an error in the length of a month. February had 5 weeks instead of 4. The first was Dog Days' June.
*On Page 102, when Greg states the "motocross/wrestling event somehow morphed into a VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE", the capital "V" in "Valentine's" looks slightly different from other capital V's in the books.
*On Page 172, Abigail appears to be taller than average when she touches the sixth line unlike the other scenes that appeared are even mid or low five lines or high four lines.
**These mistakes are usually not uncommon and happen in many other books.
*Rodrick is shown much skinnier than he is in other books.
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=どんどん、ひどくなるよ
|JapR=Dondon, hidoku naru yo
|JapM=It Gets Worse and Worse
|Spa=Tres no es compañía<br>Buscando plan...
|SpaM=Three is Not Company<br>Looking for [a] Plan...
|Fre=Un coeur à prendre
|FreM=A Heart to Take
|Dut=Zwaar de klos!
|DutM=Heavy Duty!
|Ger=Dumm gelaufen!
|GerM=Gone Stupid!
|Ita=Guai in arrivo!
|ItaM=Trouble Incoming!
|Pol=Trzeci do pary
|PolM=Third to Pair
|Wel=Y Gwsberan
|WelM=The Summit
|Bul=
|BulR=
|BulM=
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==References==
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
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Number 7
Release date November 13th, 2012
Author Jeff Kinney
Illustrator Jeff Kinney
Preceded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
Succeeded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is the 7th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It was released on November 13th, 2012. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel succeeds Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever and precedes Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck.

Main characters

Plot

January

Greg in preschool

Greg talks about his baby days and explains (probably from his imagination) that before being born, he was in a dark place swimming and napping anytime he wanted, until being woken up by classical music that his mother Susan would send through "parental speakers". Susan would also tell Greg about her life through the speakers too and Frank would also tell him about his day at work. Greg then got tired of it and got out three weeks early. Then he explains how everything he got was a hand down from his elder brother Rodrick. Susan used to not let Greg crawl a lot and that resulted in Greg being way behind his playmates in the physical stuff. Greg finally learned to walk, but was in preschool by the time and was still quite behind his classmates. His classmates could do things like use zippers and buttons and many other things Greg was unable to, so he tried to slow them down by giving them wrong information. However, the teacher thought he wasn't learning well and called Susan and told her. Susan made him skip a grade to kindergarten, but he was scared there so he went back again.

Greg then explains whatever Susan did for Greg would not work for Manny as she uses a different technique. Manny's social skills are a bit bad, he also watches The Snurples, a show in which the characters have their own gibberish language and he also made imaginary friends escape danger, have fun and get extra dessert. Greg's mother starts a Family Night thing where they go out or play games rather than watch TV, Greg then talks about the family restaurant, Corny's. Greg is doing house chores until he heard a knock and finds his Uncle Gary at the door. Uncle Gary had bought some Boston counter shirts after loaning some of Frank's money, but the shirts have a typo and he needed a place to stay in. Living with Gary is bad for the Heffleys, his nightmares make Manny shift his bed away from the wall and whenever Rodrick is kicked out of bed in the morning, he has to sleep on the up part of the couch.

Greg explains how Gary has been trying to get a job, but whenever he gets one, he quits after a few days. One of Greg's teachers, Mrs. Moretta announces in Phys Ed that the ballroom dancing unit is starting and people should find a partner by writing their names in slips and submitting them. Greg explains he will be fine with pairing with anyone except for Ruby Bird, a girl in Greg's school who has a bad habit of biting people and was suspended for biting Mr. Underwood in the elbow. On the partner announcement day, in Greg's favour Ruby is paired with Fregley, but Greg and four other kids were partnerless. The teacher paired them up with each other.

An assembly by Vice Principal Roy and Mrs. Birch announces new members for the Student Council. Greg cannot sign up due to him having three detentions, but sees Rowley could be perfect. Rowley signs up to be Social Chairperson. The winner of the President's voting is Eugene Ellis who promised to replace the school's toilet paper with quilted toilet paper the teachers use. At Greg's house in his room, Uncle Gary played a future game when you are an adult, but Uncle Gary buys scratch tickets.

February

The Student Council

Javan Hill found that Pillow Soft Ultra toilet paper was being used by the teachers, not the kids. So Eugene went to the lounge and showed Mrs. Birch. The school introduces a program where students can bring in their own toilet paper. However, the plan backfired when some of the boys started a toilet paper fight in the cafeteria. The school then set a rule that kids are only allowed to have five squares of toilet paper, much to Greg's dismay because he brought in twenty rolls. Now that the staff is checking peoples' bags and lockers to see if they had more than five, Greg decided to have his own bathroom stall to keep all of the toilet paper, but that backfired when people founded out that Greg was hoarding toilet paper. After this whole toilet paper experience, students learned that they are going to raise money of their own if they want something.  

The Student Council brainstormed ideas for a fundraiser, but most of the boys in the council decided on a mixed motocross/wrestling event. The fundraising community was formed, and, in the end, the Valentine's Day Dance becomes a school fundraiser. Greg tries to find a date, but it starts to fail. A pantsing fever starts in the school which is quickly stopped by Roy, but a kid under the bleachers quickly pantses him and escapes. Now he (or she) is dubbed as the Mad Pantser. Greg found a leather jacket of his Dad's, but in school, it is confiscated by his mother who said it was not a winter coat. Abigail Brown's boyfriend breaks up with her, and after that Greg and Rowley decide to go with her for the school dance. Greg heads to Rowley's house but he sees two bumps on his chin that looked like mosquito bites, but he realizes it's chickenpox. He tries to cover it up since chickenpox has been contagious in school. 

Greg, Rowley, and Abigail at Corny's

Greg goes with Rowley and Abigail to Spriggo's. The host at Spriggo's tells him that gentlemen have to wear sports jackets. Greg has to wear a smelly sports suit which makes them go to Corny's due to the dessert bar, however, Rowley and Abigail order special desserts which makes Greg fib that it's Rowley's birthday to make him get a free cake. At the dance, the theme is Midnight In Paris but old people take one half of the hall for their meeting. Later Uncle Gary tries to sell the Botson T-shirts, but people want their money back after seeing the typo. Greg sees pimples on Abigail which he thinks is chickenpox. Later they head home, Greg realizes the "chickenpox" on Abigail was actually a pimple. He doesn't think Abigail saw it that way, because she wasn't chatty with him on the way home.

In the end, Uncle Gary moves out after he wins $40,000 on a scratch card which he wasted a lot of the Heffleys money on to buy scratch cards. Greg ends up getting chickenpox, but he gets to take a bath in peace, but the experience isn't like how he lived before he was born and when he opens his eyes, the towel next to the bathroom was gone. Greg says either someone's messing with him, or either Johnny Cheddar is at it again.

Background

In writing the book, Jeff Kinney based it on "a kid’s initial feeling of 'betrayal' when his childhood friend chooses a love interest over him." He continued, "You feel broken up with. You’ve put a ton of time into this friendship, you think you know them better than anybody else, and suddenly they're changing into a different person."[1]

Gallery

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  • Susan reading Bad Bradley to Manny.jpg
  • You may now kiss the bride!.jpg
  • Rowley and Abigail looking into the desserts menu.jpg
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Errors

  • This is the second book to have an error in the length of a month. February had 5 weeks instead of 4. The first was Dog Days' June.
  • On Page 102, when Greg states the "motocross/wrestling event somehow morphed into a VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE", the capital "V" in "Valentine's" looks slightly different from other capital V's in the books.
  • On Page 172, Abigail appears to be taller than average when she touches the sixth line unlike the other scenes that appeared are even mid or low five lines or high four lines.
    • These mistakes are usually not uncommon and happen in many other books.
  • Rodrick is shown much skinnier than he is in other books.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese どんどん、ひどくなるよ
Dondon, hidoku naru yo		 It Gets Worse and Worse
Spanish Tres no es compañía
Buscando plan...		 Three is Not Company
Looking for [a] Plan...
French Un coeur à prendre A Heart to Take
Dutch Zwaar de klos! Heavy Duty!
German Dumm gelaufen! Gone Stupid!
Italian Guai in arrivo! Trouble Incoming!
Polish Trzeci do pary Third to Pair
Welsh Y Gwsberan The Summit

References

  1. ↑ Washington Post

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