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|caption = "Love is in the air"
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'''''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel''''' is the 7th book of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series. The book's sneak peek was released on October 2012,then the book officially released on November 13, 2012.Uncle Gary was the main antagonist,this one of the only books to based on a specific event,its main event is the Valentine's Dance in the gymnasium,Jeff Kinney also announced that a eighth book is also coming.
'''''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]]''.
 
==Characters==
===Main and Major===


==Main characters==
*[[Greg Heffley]]
*[[Rowley Jefferson]]
*[[Gary Heffley]]
*[[Frank Heffley]]
*[[Frank Heffley]]
*[[Rodrick Heffley]]
*[[Greg Heffley]](Main Character)
*[[Rowley Jefferson]]
*[[Gary Heffley]](Main Antagonist)
*[[Manny Heffley]]
*[[Manny Heffley]]
*[[Susan Heffley]]
*[[Susan Heffley]]
*[[Abigail Brown]]
*[[Rodrick Heffley]]
*[[Eugene Ellis]]
==Synopsis==
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==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.


===January===
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 says how he wished of having a  journal earlier because the person who is going to write his bio will have a lot of questions of his life till middle school,but luckily for Greg he remembers them all and also remembers about things that happened before he was born,he was in a dark place doing blackflips and taking naps then his mother would put parental speakers and turn classical music thinking it would make Greg a genius whenever he is born,she would tell Greg about her day and would make Frank tell him about his day at work too.Greg thens tells how he would hear anything his mom said even if the speakers weren't there and how he would get angry when his parents get affectionate,he would kick everytime his parents kissed,his parents found it intresting and kissed again to hear his kick again.Then Greg wanted to get of there so he got out three-weeks early but he was in a lousy mood and wanted to go back in.Then a few days later after his birth he met his brother,Rodrick,he used to think he is the only child untill he met Rodrick which disappointed him,his family lived in a small apartment so Rodrick had to sleep on the crib while Greg inside the dresser drawer,after his father moved Greg got the crib and Rodrick a bed.Then Greg talks about how everything he had used to be hand-me down from Rodrick in those days.When Susan announced that she is having another baby,Greg went and started telling Manny not to touch his things through the parental speakers.When his brother was born he had a black stub,eventually when Manny's stub dried,nobody had seen it dry so Greg is scared its going to come up sometime soon.Then Greg talks about how his mother would make him watch educational videos and how he would change it to something he liked and removed the battries from the remote and hide them in his crib.Greg complains about how Susan didn't let him crawl around the floor much when he was little because that resulted in him being behind the other kids in his playgroup in physical things.Then Susan brought a baby walker called "Baby Adventures Action Walker",Greg loved it as it had music coming out of it,had little toys sticking on it and also had a cup holder,this made other kids jealous.But Susan read in a parenting magazine that Action walkers are not good for babies as they don't make babies devlop the bones to walk,so she returned it.Greg learned to walk,but by the time he was in pre-school,the kids could use zips and buttons while Greg needed help from a grown-up and they could also do many other things Greg couldn't do,so Greg started feeding them bad information to slow them down,but his teacher thought he isn't learning anything so she called Susan,Susan made Greg skip a grade.In kindergarten,kids could do things like cut with scissors and colour inside lines,Greg got scared and hid under the table,Susan made Greg go back to Pre-school.Greg then talks about a show called The Snurples which Manny likes to watch and has its own langauge and how Manny learned the language and uses it to talk with the others.Greg then talks about how Manny has no friends and how he is scared of other children and how he came up with imaginary friends called Joey,Petey,Danny,Charles Tribble,Tiny Jim and Johnny Cheddar and how he uses them to get out of trouble and get extra dessert and how Susan doesn't tells him that they are fake because she thinks Manny will get traumatized.Greg then talks about a family-style resturant called "Corny's" where the family goes in family time,they have a rule of not wearing tie and they did cut Frank's when he first came there.Greg complains how they always get put in Kids section because they have Manny around and how the the kid section is a madhouse and how the tables and floor are filled with half-eaten food on them and also complains about their service and seatings and ice-cream dispenser.Greg was doing his household chores,just then he heard a knock and found his uncle Gary there,who had bought shirts from a person from Boston to sell them and get money,but they had a typo that said Botson and nobody would buy them,so he had to stay with Frank.Living with Gary has been bad for the Heffley's because his nightmares made Manny keep his bed away from wall,whenever Rodrick got kicked out of bed at morning he would have trouble and have to sleep on the upper part of couch.Then Greg also talks about how Gary's been trying different jobs but is quiting them and how Frank wants him to get a job and Greg also complains about how Gary used up all his bubble bath and uses his money on buying scratch cards.Greg then talks about the ball-room dancing unit and about a girl called Ruby Bird which is the only girl to ever be suspended from his school and has a habit of biting people and how Greg doesn't wants to get paired up with her.It was the partner selection day,Ruby got selected with Fregley while Greg and four other guys didn't got selected and how the teacher made the boys dance with each other.A hyptonist called Amazing Andrew came to the school in a special assembly and made a line of kids think there arms are linked together and they would unlink if he said "Cucumber!" and then he talks about the previous assembly guests like Strong Steve and Kristinna and talks about how a police officer came and told them about narc and how after that Greg and Rowley formed a detective agency.Greg then talks about how Vice-Principal Roy came and announced to everyone that the student council is getting replaced because the previous one weren't attending the meeting,Greg seemed excited but he also made a rule that people with three or more detentions are not allowed,this was bad for Greg as he caught his third detention,but then Greg realized he could get Rowley to become a student council member and how Greg would guide him.Rowley chose to be a Social Chairperson.It was the speech day,Greg took some shirts from his garage and wrote a letter on each one which in all spelled "VOTE ROWLEY JEFFERSON FOR SOCIAL CHAIRPERSON",but he found only presidents were giving speech and Rowley became the social chairperson as he was the only one running for it.A kid called Eugene Ellis made a speech that he would replace all the cheap toilet paper with expensive quilted ones,all kids realized toilet paper problems and elected him.On the first student council meeting,the teacher Mrs Birch told Eugene its to expensive to stack all the toilets with expensive toilet paper and said the kids are allowed to bring their own.Greg talks about how Gary has been trying to take loans from Greg just to buy scratch cards.
 
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.
 
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.


===February===
===February===
[[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.  
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. 
[[File:Rowley and Abigail having a conversation.jpg|left|thumb|Greg, Rowley, and Abigail at Corny's]]
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.
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.
==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."<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>


It was the first day to bring toilet papers,some kids had brought to much and they had to carry it around.The teachers made a rule to have only five papers at a time,Greg had twenty and wanted them to run throughout the year,so he picked a stall in the bathroom and slipped some old shoes and all his toilet paper inside and would only use that spot,but one day he pick up a spare shoe and the kids found he is using quality paper and stole his papers.Then the student councils started making up fundraiser ideas,Eugene assigned the duty to the vice-president,Hillary Pine,she came up with a Valentine's Day dance idea,but Eugene and the treasurer Javan wanted to change it but the teacher told them they had to respect their decision.Everybody started getting excited about the dance,some boys made up that they aren't going to come because they don't want to waste money for a dance,but it all changed after the first Candy Gram wave was delivered,they became jealous and rushed to the stall in the recess.And then Greg talks how the boys are trying to be in their best behaviour when the girls aren't around.Then he talks about how the pantsing incidents started when a kid called Anthony Renfrew pantsed Daniel Revis when Daniel was shooting free throws in the basketball unit in phys ed.After that all kids got scared that they are going to get pantsed so they didn't even walk and started scooting on the floor,Mr Roy got angry and gave boys a lecture that whoever pantse someone will get suspended,but right then the pantser pantsed Mr Roy and ran away,the kids started calling him the "Mad Pantser".Then Greg tells about almost all the boys in his homeroom are getting Candy Grams and he is nervous he might not get one,so he asked Gary for advice,Gary told him to buy many grams and send them to himself to make sure the girls think he is a hot propety.Greg used his two dollars lunch money to buy the grams and send them all to himself.Since the last few days Greg used up five dollars,he thought of writing a candy gram to a actual girl,he wrote one to Adrianne Simpson,he even wrote a small note saying "If the answer is no pass it to Julia Barros" to make it sure he doesn't waste his quarter on only one girl.But they both rejected him,Greg thought of writing a note and push it into Leighann Marlow's seat,but somebody in the after-school detention scribbled on it,but Leighann did read it but she also rejected Greg.Greg then talks about how he is nervous and he even made up a realtionship chart to see who is dating who,Greg's worried about Evan Whitehead,a boy who bragged that he has kissed many girls in Greg's grade.Greg thought of getting Peyton Ellis but she ignored Greg when Greg came near her when she was drinking from the water fountain,then Greg thinks of getting Bethany Breen,his lab partner,but Greg thought the frogs thing will stay in his mind so he skipped her.Gary told Greg to get a wingman,Greg made Rowley his wingman,but however Rowley was telling fibs about Greg to the girls.Greg went to his room and thought of calling Alyssa Grove who broke up with her boyfriend,but she wasn't home so he started recording messages,but Rowley was in his room and making funny faces,causing Greg to laugh and ruin his messages,they soon started goofing with the phone and recorded twenty messages.Alyssa's father came and complained to Frank,so Greg rubbed Alyssa from his list.Gary told Greg to find something new,but Susan won't let Greg buy new clothes,so he started poking around but he couldn't find anything good for him in Rodrick's wardrobe,Gary told Greg to check Frank's and he found a black-leather jacket and his father let him borrow it but Susan said he will lose it or damage it.After taking shower,Gregory sneaked out wearing the jacket without Susan seeing him,Greg found aviator sunglasses in one and a picture of his parents kissing in the other which disgusted him.Greg got much attention and everyone was looking at him,but just then his mother came and took his jacket and gave Greg her winter coat to wear.The whole thing about Greg has been spread throughout the school so he was looking for a girl from church to go with him,Greg's mother became friends with Mrs Stringer who has two children,a girl of Greg's age,Laurel and Boy around Manny's age called Wesley Stringer.Susan had invited them over for dinner,Greg thought he would impress Laurel and would go with her to the dance.By the time the Stringers came,Wesley Stringer turned out to be the kid that scared Manny by telling him he was a vampire.Susan made mushroom chicken with asparagus,Greg hated it but he didn't wanted to look wierd infront of Laurel Stringer so he choked it.Laurel tells Susan about how they can't find a relaible baby-sitter for Wesley,Greg volunteered and Mrs Stringer seemed impressed.Greg was dropped at the Stringer's house at 6:30 PM,Laurel had already gone this was bad for Greg as he thought of talking to her about the dance.When the Stringers left,Wesley told Greg to get his bike out of the garage,but Greg said he would ruin the floor,Wesley threw a Tantrum but he calmed down and told Greg to get his colouring gear from the laundy room,but when Greg went there Wesley locked the door,about a half hour later Greg moved the spare freezer and found a door behind it,Greg went through the door and got out of the house,Greg found a open window and landed on Laurel's room,it was cold outside so Greg slept there but by the time The Stringers already came and presumably fired him.After blowing his chances with Laurel,Greg couldn't find any partner,but right then Rowley said that Abigail Brown complained to the Dance Comittee that her boyfriend Michael Sampson has family obligations,Greg and Rowley went to her and asked if she would go with them as a dance group,she seemed happy about it.After Greg told Gary about it,Gary became excited and told Greg to wear a suit to impress his date and volunteered to be a DJ for the dance.Greg found a suit he liked in Rodrick's wardrobe,Greg didn't find any cologne in Rodrick's junk drawer but found a body spray,Greg thought it was safer to use his Great Uncle Bruce's cologne,Greg made Frank go to the grocery store and bought chocolates for Abigiail.Greg went to Rowley's house and founnd two little bumps on Rowley's face and thought they were chicken pox,Greg took Mrs Jefferson's makeup and covered the chicken pox with it and made Rowley wear socks on his hands and he gave Rowley a scarf to wear to hide his makeup and made Rowley wear a beach hat to hide his chicken pox on the forehead,then they went to the car and then they stopped at Abigail's house and Greg went and got her outside,but Abigail was wearing a poofy dress and the passenger seat had pile of papers so Greg had to ride on the back.Abigail thought Rowley was sitting on a booster seat as a joke.Mr Jefferson stopped to get his vaccum cleaner,when they stopped to go to Spriggo's Greg found that his suit jacket got dirtied from the vaccum cleaner so Greg left it in the car,but the host said that the gentlemen and had to wear a jacket,he gave Greg a subsitute one but it stunk,Greg went to the bathroom to clean it but he couldn't so he left the place and was forced to go to Corny's.At Corny's Greg rolled his tie into his pocket but forgot to warn Rowley so the person there snipped his tie off and put it on the wall of shame.Since they didn't had any little kids with them,they got seated in adult's alley,there Abigial and Rowley ordered two appetizers,after they ate them Abigail ordered the most expensive item,T-Bone Steak,Rowley ordered the same.After Abby and Rowley ate there steaks they picked a dessert,to save money Greg fibbed to the waiteress that its Rowley's birthday so she gave him a free cake.After that the bill was to much for Greg,so he took out his emergency money from his socks but it was wet so he drawed five dollars from Mr Jefferson.When they got to the school,Greg seemed pretty impressed about how they had a long table set up with punch and snacks and chocolate fountain with strawberries for dipping,after giving there tickets they went to get pictures at a backdrop of paris as the dance's theme was "Midnight at Paris" but Rowley also came ruining the photo for Greg.Greg found that Gary was selling the boston shirts and due to the room being dark the kids didn't find about that.At 7:50 when the music started some senior  centre members started coming,then by 10 minutes there were many of them,the teacher said the booked the gym two weeks ago,but the seniors had booked it two months ago and had paperwork for proof,after that they got into a fight.But then one of the teachers,Mrs Sheer said that that the kids can dance on on e side while the seniors on other,the fight soon broke up and partition was put up,the seniors turned the lights on,the kids who bought the shirts knew they are ripped of but Gary distracted them by turning the music up.Just then the seniors complained and made Gary turn the music off,Gary turned it low by about 80% and the kids could hear every speech the seniors said,the girls didn't seem bothered as they took out personal-music players.Just then the boys got fed up of being in the best behaviour so they started playing around with the food and their clothings.Greg was going to the seats but the mad pantser pantsed Rowley there so he stayed there,just then Michael Sampson came with Cherie Bellanger,but Michael saw Abigail and Abigail started crying and Greg and her friends cheered her up.Just then the senior meeting ended and the seniors ate all the refreshments,the kids started sticking figers directly into the fountain,but Mrs Sheer had to shut it down as a kid lost his contact lense.Just then the seniors also started dancing,some seniors started getting attracted to Greg.Just then Gary announced the last song is coming,so many kids paired up,Greg was in a corner waiting for it to end,just then he saw Ruby Bird coming to him,so he grabbed Abigail's hand and went to the dance floor.But Greg saw a few pimples on Abigail's face and mistakened it for chicken pox and screamed out loud,but found it was just pimples and he dance ended.Abigial wasn't talking to Rowley and was close to Rowley and was talking only to him.After the dance,one of Gary's scratch cards won him forty-thousand-dollar,he repayed Frank the money he owed him and wished Greg luck in his love life and moved out.Greg also got chickenpox,Greg found out that Rowley's chicken pox were just pimples and also heard that Rowley and Abigial became couples,with Chicken-pox Greg could take long baths when everyone is out of the house,Greg starts believing that Johnny Cheddar has stolen towel when it wents missing.
==Gallery==
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File:I wonder where this thing goes.jpg
File:Susan reading Bad Bradley to Manny.jpg
File:You may now kiss the bride!.jpg
File:Rowley and Abigail looking into the desserts menu.jpg
File:Greg photo.PNG
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==Flashbacks==
==Errors==
These are the flashbacks shown throughout the book,these are arranged in the order they were shown.
*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.


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==Names in other languages==
*The first t
{{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=
}}


==''Gallery''==
==References==
''<gallery columns="dynamic" spacing="medium" widths="208">
<references/>
Seniors.PNG|Seniors Overrun the dance
Abby.PNG|Abigail finds that her boyfriend Michael cheated on her.
Scream.PNG|Greg mistakens Abigail's pimples for chicken pox and screams and freaks out.
Chicken Pox.PNG|Greg ends up getting chicken pox.
Greg's note.PNG|Greg's love letter gets scribbled by a random kid from detention
Jamar 2.PNG|Jamar Law gets his head stuck inside a chair.
Greg Heffley.PNG|Greg's relationship chart
Rowley Wingman.PNG|Rowley become's Greg's Wingman.
Greg photo.PNG|Greg's Valentine's day photo.
Gary.PNG|Uncle Gary as the DJ of the dance.
Crazy.PNG|The Kids cut loose at the dance and become crazy.
Baby Greg.PNG|Greg as a baby.
Pacifier.PNG|Rodrick loses his pacifier
Manny Birth.PNG|Manny is born.
Greg in Playgroup.PNG|Greg with his playgroup.
Sweetie Manny.PNG|Manny locks himself in Sweetie's excersise pen to keep all the toys to himself.
Greg meet gary.PNG|Greg finds Uncle Gary at the door.
Gregs2.PNG|Greg forced to dance a walt with Carlos Escalera
Amazing Jerk.PNG|Amazing Andrew hyptonizes a bunch of kids.
Eugene 2.PNG|Eugene gives his speech
Selected.PNG|Eugene Gets Elected.
Greg's Preschool.png|Greg, in the past, enters preschool, only to discover his worst nightmare: kids who are smarter than him.
Third Wheel signature photo.png|The signature picture for the book.
Disgusting.PNG|Young versions of Greg's parents kissing,disgusting Greg.
Cover up.PNG|Greg and Rodrick cover Gary with a sheet when Stringers are coming for dinner.
</gallery>''


==Major Events==
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*Greg talks about when he was a baby.
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*Uncle Gary moves in with the Heffleys.
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*Rowley becomes the Social Chairperson.
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*[[Eugene Ellis]] becomes the President of Student Council.
*[[Javan Hill]] becomes the Treasurer.
*[[Hillary Pine]] becomes the Vice President.
*[[Olivia Davis]] becomes the Secretary.
*The formation of the Dance Committee
*Greg tries to get a date for the Valentine's Dance.
*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.
*Greg heard a rumour that Rowley and Abigail became a couple.


==Trivia==
[[Category:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel]]
*Holly Hills was rumoured to be Greg's partner for the dance by many fans,but she wasn't even mentioned and only appeared in Greg's relationship chart as liking Bryce Anderson. This could mean Greg has given up on Holly. At the end of The Last Straw it was hinted after Greg wrote the fake letter from Holly Hills that he gave up on her due to being too hard to reach.
*This book has the join least-months along with Cabin Fever as they both have only two months.
*It is unknown who the [[Mad Pantser]] is.
*There is an exclusive version of this book, which has Fregley's secret note in the back. It's a poem by Fregley that shows why girls (specifically Ruby Bird) must go with him to the dance.
*Jeff Kinney announced that a eighth book is coming.
*Rodrick is shown much skinner then he is in other books.
*Rowley closes his mouth for the first time in The Third Wheel on Pg 166 while eating chocolate.
*It was revealed that Rodrick might hate Greg because Susan gave Rodrick's pacifier to Greg and Rodrick never wanted to give his pacifier up, but this might not be true because Rodrick doesn't acts childish.
*It is unknown what happened to Greg's towel at the end of the story,it might be revealed in eighth book.
*Rodrick has a much shorter role in this book,in most of the parts when the family gathers together Rodrick is not there.
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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

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel.

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


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