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{{Cquote|I'll be famous one day, but for now, I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.||Greg Heffley}}
{{quote|I'll be famous one day, but for now, I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.|Greg Heffley, on the back cover of ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''}}


'''Gregory "Greg" Heffley''' is an American middle school student and also the main protagonist of the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He is believed to be loosely based on Jeff Kinney when he was in middle school. Greg is very concerned about his popularity level and how he looks in public. He absolutely loves video games, comics, and slacking off, taking after his older brother, [[Rodrick Heffley]]. He takes up a lot of traits from Rodrick (such as selfishness, laziness, etc.). He also has an interest in cartooning and making comics. He was played by [[Zachary Gordon]] in the live-action movies ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'', ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]'', and ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days]].'' Greg is portrayed by [[Jason Drucker]] in the 2017 live-action film, ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul]]''.
'''Gregory "Greg" Heffley''' is the main protagonist and antihero of the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series]]. He is the middle child of the [[Heffley family]], and his older brother is [[Rodrick Heffley|Rodrick]] while his younger brother is [[Manny Heffley]]. Greg's best friend is [[Rowley Jefferson]], who has a contrasting personality with Greg's.


== Personality ==
Greg was portrayed by [[Zachary Gordon]] in the first three live-action films. In the fourth film, ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017 film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul]]'', Greg was played by [[Jason Drucker]]. He is portrayed by Brady Noon in the animated films.
Greg is lazy, petty, narcissistic, sociopathic, egotistical, eccentric, egocentric, usually backstabbing, and sometimes even selfish and dishonest, and apparently lacks talent. He hardly has any skills aside from video games and possibly singing. However, despite all this, Greg still has had his kind and caring moments, just not that often. He hates taking the blame for anything, and would much rather not take all the credit. Greg explains and narrates throughout the series that he has no strong talents, other than video games and comics. As such, he spends most of his time on them, which deters him away from schoolwork and chores. For a time, he harbored a hope of drawing for the school newspaper, but his comic was bowdlerized by the editor (Mr. Ira) and Rowley’s comic, which was also Greg's idea, was better liked by the people at his school. He hardly shows any other talents. However, Greg is probably good at singing, due to the fact that when he was auditioning for the school play, the drama teacher told him he had a nice soprano (high male) voice and is also good at sewing, but he complains that these talents do not make him stand out. 


Greg almost always tries to find a scapegoat to put the blame on for his behavior, but he is oblivious to the fact that nobody forced or influenced him, other than probably his older brother, [[Rodrick Heffley|Rodrick]], to act in this manner. Very few times has Greg actually admitted to being "wrong" in a decision he made and took responsibility for it. It should also be noted that while Greg is arguably a watered down version of Rodrick, he does not have any productive interests and could actually be considered more hurtful than Rodrick psychologically.
==Personality==
Greg is usually very selfish and sometimes lazy, much of which is shown from his frequent manipulation of Rowley. He sometimes makes Rowley do his chores, such as homework, or give him a piggyback ride. Greg often causes trouble and plots mischievous schemes, with Rowley being involved in many of them. Several of Greg's schemes have backfired; for example, in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball]]'', he tries to make Rowley jealous while talking about his kitchen remodeling plans, but is frustrated when Rowley is instead happy for him. Whenever Greg does something wrong, he tries to blame another person. Rowley's parents, mostly his [[Robert Jefferson|father]], see Greg as a bad influence on Rowley because of his behavior and tendency to get himself and Rowley into trouble.


Although he's considered a "wimp", he has a problematic behavior in many cases, and he often puts himself and his family into trouble. Typically he is looking to find a scapegoat to blame, and only in very rare occasions does he admits being "wrong", but he also seems to care for others and, as such, is willing to give himself to people he loves, especially Rodrick. The parents of his best friend, Rowley, believe Greg is a bad influence on their son (mainly Rowley's dad) because he sometimes gets bad grades in school, does not focus on his studies like he's supposed to, and barely listens to his parents.
Greg is very self-conscious and is often concerned of his popularity level and public image. His main hobbies include playing video games (namely "[[Twisted Wizard]]"), cartooning, and writing comics. Throughout the books, Greg has said that his only talents consists of his interests. He spends most of his time on his hobbies, which deters him away from essential tasks such as schoolwork and chores. Greg has other talents that he does not acknowledge, possibly because he is unaware of them—in the first book and its film adaptation, when Greg auditions for the school play, the drama teacher says he has a nice soprano voice, and he is later revealed to be good at sewing.


Greg wants to be famous when he grows up and imagines it many times. He is very petty in order to win.
At school, Greg receives bad grades, gets bullied, deals with the hardships of middle school, and is often trying to earn popularity points in order to gain attention and respect (though his plans to do so often result in either his own popularity dropping, or unintentionally boosting Rowley's popularity). At home, Greg has a mixed relationship with his family, especially with his younger brother Manny, who is overly pampered and protected by his parents (particularly his mother Susan). His mother tries to devise ways for Greg and his older brother Rodrick to get along but never work out. Greg's father, Frank, is annoyed by Greg's antics and laziness and tries to make him more active. Greg is often tormented and bullied by Rodrick and is also the victim of his pranks, yet they do care for each other deep down, particularly in the movies. In addition, he has inherited many of Rodrick's traits (such as laziness, large ego, disdain for sports, being a trickster, etc.).
[[File:The not.png|thumb|Greg's fabrication of [[Marty Porter]]]]
Greg always has an exaggerated thought, being confident of being rich and famous. He also kind of bullies and use Rowley much more than needed, as he often thinks of hurting him and makes him do a lot of his work, like giving him piggy-rides, looking out for dog-poop, and completing Greg's English work since Greg is not good at writing in cursive, though Greg believes that he is doing it for a good cause. Although Greg is shown not to be hostile towards Rowley, in Rowley's diary, [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid (The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book)|Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]], Greg can be seen shouting at Rowley for trying out his retainer.


He also had a huge crush on Holly Hills, when she turned up at the seventh graders' roller rink ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)|''Rodrick Rules'' film]]). Holly Hills was a new seventh grader at [[Westmore Middle School]] whom he fell deeply in love with. In the film adaptations of ''Rodrick Rules'' and [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)|''Dog Days'']], he put in so much effort to win Holly all to himself, which was what Rodrick was reading out loud from Greg's diary in the film ''Rodrick Rules''. After Holly's sister [[Heather Hills]]' Sweet Sixteen party in the film ''Dog Days'', Holly took Greg's hand, indicating she liked him back and she thinks he is really amusing. However, in the books, Greg lost interest in Holly after she mistook him for [[Fregley]].
A notable trait of Greg is his lack of logical and critical thinking. A lot of his actions are shown to have no thought or consideration prior to being acted out, and usually end in disastrous repercussions. This is shown in when he delays his family by drying his sock after stepping in a slush puddle while heading to an airport in ''The Getaway'', and putting it over a hand dryer, causing it to go into a urinal. Greg also has been shown to display forgetfulness as well as no linear thinking. A good example of this is when he has to remind himself to put his socks before his shoes in ''Old School''.


== Appearance  ==
Greg is also noted for having many attractions to girls, most notably [[Holly Hills]]. He fell in love with Holly ever since he met her at the seventh graders' roller rink ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)|''Rodrick Rules'' film]]). In the ''Dog Days'' film, after [[Heather Hills|Heather]]'s Sweet 16 party, Holly took Greg's hand, suggesting that she liked him. In the books, Greg lost interest in Holly after she mistook him for [[Fregley]]. In ''The Third Wheel'', Greg dates Abigail and goes to a dance with her, but she stops liking him after he screams at her thinking she has chicken pox. In ''Wrecking Ball'', Greg reveals he has had a crush on his science partner [[Becky Anton]] for years, and tells her about it while believing that he will be moving away. She is instead disturbed and asks to switch lab partners.
Greg is usually depicted with black shorts, or black pants (sometimes black jeans, or, when he is fantasizing, a black tuxedo) and a white shirt. He is very skinny and does not seem to eat nor work out much. His father has tried to get him to work out and exercise, but he prefers playing video games. His nose is a simple oval but stops where the first eye is while his ears are circled. His head is a circle that stops around his left eye. He also appears to wear contact lenses, which he mentioned in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw|The Last Straw]]. He wears his backup glasses when he runs out of them. Greg also has a retainer as mentioned in [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]] and a headgear as shown in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth|The Ugly Truth]]. He also wears white shoes or black sandals (as shown in "[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]]")


In the movie, he has brown hair and pale white skin. Like in the book, he's visually skinny and slightly shorter than Rowley.
Despite his many flaws and the situations they have landed him in, Greg can be caring and thoughtful, and has done a number of good deeds to prove this, such as deceiving his classmates that he threw the cheese away (to save Rowley's reputation), and helping Rodrick complete his science project. Greg also shows unusual maturity when he chooses to conceal his late Meemaw's diamond ring that he found in an Easter egg, not wanting to see his family fight over it. In ''Wrecking Ball'', Greg cries when he has to say goodbye to Rowley. In ''Double Down'', he recalls his deceased Nana and regrets not having been nice to her, saying that he hopes she is happy in Heaven. When his school adds a [[Hero Points]] program to reward students for good behavior in ''Hard Luck'', Greg is disappointed when people start abusing the system.


== Trivia ==
==Appearance ==
* Greg likes soap operas, as shown in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]].
[[File:Greg Heffley DoaWK film.jpg|thumb|Greg Heffley's appearance in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film]]
In the books, Greg is usually wearing a white short and black pants. His nose is a simple oval but stops where the first eye is while his ears are circled. His head is a circle that stops around his left eye. He also appears to wear contact lenses, which he mentioned in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw|The Last Straw]]. He wears his backup glasses when he runs out of them. Greg also has a retainer as mentioned in [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]] and a headgear as shown in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth|The Ugly Truth]]. He also wears white shoes or black sandals (as shown in "[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]]")
 
In the movie, he has brown hair and pale white skin. Like in the books, Greg is skinny and slightly shorter than Rowley.
 
==Trivia==
*Greg likes soap operas, as shown in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]].
*Greg is younger than [[Rowley Jefferson|Rowley]], as his birthday takes place during the summer, while Rowley's takes place during the first semester of the school year.
*Greg is younger than [[Rowley Jefferson|Rowley]], as his birthday takes place during the summer, while Rowley's takes place during the first semester of the school year.
**Greg's was born on February 19 in the online version. He has the same birthday as Jeff Kinney, the author of the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid series]].
**Greg's was born on February 19 in the online version. He has the same birthday as Jeff Kinney, the author of the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid series]].
**Greg was born in June ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]]) and Rowley was born in October ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules|Rodrick Rules]]).
** Greg was born in June ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]]) and Rowley was born in October ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules|Rodrick Rules]]).
**If calculated well enough, Greg is revealed to be born on June 18.
**If calculated well enough, Greg is revealed to be born on June 18.
**With the proper calculations, the year Greg was born is presumed to be 1998.
*Greg's birthday is in June in the book and movie series while it is in February according to the online version.
* Greg's birthday is in June in the book and movie series while it is in February according to the online version.
* He lacks research on his projects and he fudged both his Moose and Chimpanzee essays and his international showcase of Malta due to him forgetting about it.
* As what has been stated by Greg's creator, Jeff Kinney, Greg is drawn almost completely bald. Additionally, he slightly resembles Charlie Brown in Peanuts since both of them have a few sprigs of hair.
*Greg was born premature, as stated in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel|The Third Wheel]]''.
*Greg was born premature, as stated in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel|The Third Wheel]]''.
* It is possible that Greg has hyperthymesia- a condition that lets the individual recall almost everything in their life. However, in previous books, he is shown to have a bad memory. It is most likely that he is inventing memories and has simply been told by his parents about life before birth. He talks about his time in pre-school, but this is not unusual as most people's first memories occur age one-two.
*Greg has been in [[Greg Heffley/Detentions|detention]] 16 times:
** 1st Detention: For sleeping in class in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw|The Last Straw]]''.
** 2nd Detention: For being disrespectful to a teacher in the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown|''Class Clown'']] short.
** 3rd Detention: For selling a fake elevator pass to a 6th grader. Greg himself bought the pass on his first day in middle school. This occurred in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel|The Third Wheel]]''.
** 4th-13th Detentions: In ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown|The Meltdown]]'', a substitute teacher taught at the school. Greg and his friends decided to prank him by switching their names. The [[Fake Greg Heffley|boy]] who said his name was Greg Heffley started misbehaving. The substitute teacher told the principal that "Greg Heffley" had been misbehaving. This caused the real Greg to receive 10 detentions.
** 14th-16th Detentions: For getting caught copying off Rowley's paper on a test, causing him three detentions, and to retake the test. This happens in [[Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal|Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid]].
**Due to having over three detentions, Greg can no longer run for student council.
*Greg was only five pounds seven ounces at birth with an average being 7.5 pounds, though newborns may vary from 5.5-10 pounds, this may be as he was born 3 weeks premature, even though most children born up to one month premature are of normal weight.
*Greg was only five pounds seven ounces at birth with an average being 7.5 pounds, though newborns may vary from 5.5-10 pounds, this may be as he was born 3 weeks premature, even though most children born up to one month premature are of normal weight.
*He is the only member of his family who did not serve as the main antagonist in any book. The other members of his family serve as the main antagonist in at least one book ([[Rodrick Heffley|Rodrick]] in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules|''Rodrick Rules'']], [[Frank Heffley|Frank]] in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw|The Last Straw]]'', [[Susan Heffley|Susan]] in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]]'', and [[Manny Heffley|Manny]] in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever|Cabin Fever]]'').
**Coincidentally, these books were after each other in order.
*Greg tends to be very optimistic and full of himself, believing that he will be rich and famous and that by the age of twelve-thirteen, he would have his own reality TV show.
*It is revealed in The Last Straw that Greg swears a lot, often swearing at school and even swearing in front of his toddler brother, [[Manny Heffley|Manny]] and also using "made-up" swears like "Raspberry Plastic Tickle Bear!", etc.
*It is revealed in The Last Straw that Greg swears a lot, often swearing at school and even swearing in front of his toddler brother, [[Manny Heffley|Manny]] and also using "made-up" swears like "Raspberry Plastic Tickle Bear!", etc.
**Greg is shown to swear and yell a lot in [[The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book]]'s version of [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid (The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book)|Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]].
**Greg is shown to swear and yell a lot in [[The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book]]'s version of [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid (The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book)|Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]].
*In the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)|second film]] when Greg finds out Manny put a cookie in his gaming console, you can see that it is an Xbox 360 Slim. In [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)|Dog Days]], there are multiple times when you can see Greg playing a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable PlayStation Portable] and an unidentified home-console.
*In the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)|second film]] when Greg finds out Manny put a cookie in his gaming console, you can see that it is an Xbox 360 Slim. In [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012 film)|Dog Days]], there are multiple times when you can see Greg playing a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable PlayStation Portable] and an unidentified home-console.
**Greg is shown to be playing with a controller almost similar to the Nintendo 64 controller.
**Greg is shown to be playing with a controller almost similar to the Nintendo 64 controller.
*Greg is rarely seen smiling.
**Also, none of the Wimpy Kid books' covers feature Greg smiling. However, The original Do-It-Yourself Book's cover has Greg smiling.
*Greg is seen to have a high voice in the first, second and fourth films but in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)|Dog Days]] his voice is deeper. This is most likely due to his original actor, Zachary Gordon, going through puberty. 
*Greg is the least popular kid in school in the first film after he got beaten up by Patty in Wrestling Class, and in "[[The Wizard of Oz]]" play.
*Greg is the least popular kid in school in the first film after he got beaten up by Patty in Wrestling Class, and in "[[The Wizard of Oz]]" play.
*Greg believes that he is the best person he knows. He also seems to be quite self-absorbed due to his thoughts about some people and how oblivious he is of his behavior sometimes.
*Greg still uses baby wipes, even if he is on the verge of teenage years, as shown in the book, [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School|Old School]].
*Greg has contact-lenses, as mentioned in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw|The Last Straw]].
**His sight must be very bad, as he wears thick glasses in The Last Straw when he lost his contact lenses.
*He is Grandpa's favorite out of Frank's three sons, as revealed in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]].
*Greg is based on Jeff Kinney's worst qualities as a kid.
*Greg appeared in an [[Igdoof]] comic, but he was referred to as Buster.
*Greg is right-handed, as revealed in the eleventh book.
*Greg is right-handed, as revealed in the eleventh book.
*Greg owns a [[Ladybug]] in the Dog Days book and in the Dog Days film and later mentioned in the book. Hard Luck later temporarily owning her mother's Cell Phone. In the Long Haul film, it shows Greg owning an iPhone. In the book The Getaway, Greg is shown to own an iPod. It is unexplained how he received it.
*Greg owns a [[Ladybug]] in the Dog Days book and in the Dog Days film and later mentioned in the book. Hard Luck later temporarily owning her mother's Cell Phone. In the Long Haul film, it shows Greg owning an iPhone. In the book The Getaway, Greg is shown to own an iPod. It is unexplained how he received it.
*In the Rodrick Rules film, it is showed that Greg has a YouTube Channel named "amazingGregheffley".
*In the Rodrick Rules film, it is showed that Greg has a YouTube Channel named "amazingGregheffley".
**In the book "The Ugly Truth", Greg has a social media account.
*In the first film, it's revealed Greg is in the 6th Grade and in the "Rodrick Rules" film it is stated by Greg that he is in the 7th Grade. Then, in the "Dog Days" film it is mentioned by his Dad that Greg is going to the 8th Grade.
**In the Online version is it revealed Greg is in the 7th Grade.
**In the books, Greg was in 6th grade in book 1, 7th in book 2-3, 8th in books 5-8, and 9th in books 10 and up.
*Since he went through the metal detector rather than the X-ray machine scanner in The Getaway, he is assumed to be 12. The X-ray machine is used for 13-year-olds and over, although he said that it's only for grown-ups. Although the entire family might have gone through the metal detector due to having [[Manny Heffley|Manny]] with them.
*Greg's age is revealed as 13 in the online version.
*In [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)]] Greg's age is reset to 12.
*Greg's favorite color is blue.
*Greg's favorite color is blue.
*Greg's favorite animal is a dog.
*Greg's favorite animal is a dog.
*In [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway]] Greg is shown to have arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.
*In [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway]] Greg is shown to have arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.
**Greg once fainted after seeing crickets in a box. Usually, it is a childish habit of fainting at the sight of insects and arachnids, considering Greg is nearly a teenager.
* In the book "Dog Days", Greg's phone number is revealed as 555-2941.
*In the first book, Greg is one who created the Zoo-Wee-Mama as a punchline in a comic, while in the first film it was created by Rowley.
*In the book "Dog Days", Greg's phone number is revealed as 555-2941.
*Greg claims to have the ability to beat all of his classmates in video games.
*Greg made an appearance in a [[Happy Meal Commercial]] created McDonald's alongside with The Pig, Rodrick, Gammie, and Sweetie.
*In the books "Dog Days" and The Ugly Truth, Greg's address is revealed as 12 Surrey Street.
*In the books "Dog Days" and The Ugly Truth, Greg's address is revealed as 12 Surrey Street.
*Greg claims to have lactose intolerance in the first book and in the third film Dog Days as a scapegoat. Also in cabin fever when Rodrick drinks the milk, Greg says, but maybe not exactly "Since Rodrick drank from that jug, I will not '''DRINK that milk.'''". This may mean that in cabin fever, he didn't have lactose intolerance. Although this could have been due to the fact it would get him away from eating the cheese in the first book.
*In the French translations, Greg's name is changed to "Grég", but the pronunciation is not changed.
*In the online version. Greg states that he writes in his diary so he can get out of doing chores.
*Some photos show Greg with a tablet but it is never mentioned if he has one or not.
*It also says that Greg has a computer in his room
*In the first book, Greg said he is smaller than 95% of his grade
*It is unknown if Greg has gone through puberty yet like in Dog Days film
*In The Getaway it was Greg’s first time on a plane ever.


* He also mentions that he wasn't very crazy about being locked inside a metal tube, which means he may have had no choice weather to go or not.
==Relationships==
* The front of Greg's head was shown in class clown and The Third Wheel and the back of his head in The Getaway and The Meltdown
{{see|Greg Heffley/Relationships}}
* It is unknown what his middle name is


== Relationships ==
==List of appearances==
''See [[Greg's Relationships]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!Year
!Format
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|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]''
|2006
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]''
|2008
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw]]''
|2009
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days]]''
|2009
|Book
|-
|[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' (2010 film)]]
|2010
|Film
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth]]''
|2010
|Book
|-
|[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules'' (2011 film)]]
|2011
|Film
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]]''
|2011
|Book
|-
|[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012 film)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days'' (2012 film)]]
|2012
|Film
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel]]''
|2012
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck]]''
|2013
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul]]''
|2014
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School]]''
|2015
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down]]''
|2016
|Book
|-
|[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017 film)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul'' (2017 film)]]
|2017
|Film
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway]]''
|2017
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown]]''
|2018
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball]]''
|2019
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End]]''
|2020
|Book
|-
|''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot]]''
|2021
|Book
|-
|[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021 film)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' (2021 film)]]
|2021
|Film
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== Gallery ==
==Gallery==
:''For more images of Greg Heffley, see [[Greg Heffley/Gallery]].''
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Baby Greg.PNG|Greg as an unborn baby, listening to music
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GregColor.png|Greg on [[Wimpy Boardwalk]].
GregColor.png|Greg on [[Wimpy Boardwalk]].
Poptropica Wimpy Wonderland Greg 2.png|Greg Heffley in a familiar pose
Poptropica Wimpy Wonderland Greg 2.png|Greg Heffley in a familiar pose
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Greg and Rowley in snow.jpg|Greg and Rowley in the snow.
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Gaaaah!.jpg|Greg in Diary of an Awesome friendly Kid|link=Greg Heffley
Gaaaah!.jpg|Greg in ''Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal''
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Latest revision as of 20:16, 9 May 2023

Greg Heffley
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Gender Male
Actor Zachary Gordon (2010–2012)
Jason Drucker (2017–present)
"I'll be famous one day, but for now, I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons."
—Greg Heffley, on the back cover of Diary of a Wimpy Kid


Gregory "Greg" Heffley is the main protagonist and antihero of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He is the middle child of the Heffley family, and his older brother is Rodrick while his younger brother is Manny Heffley. Greg's best friend is Rowley Jefferson, who has a contrasting personality with Greg's.

Greg was portrayed by Zachary Gordon in the first three live-action films. In the fourth film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Greg was played by Jason Drucker. He is portrayed by Brady Noon in the animated films.

Personality

Greg is usually very selfish and sometimes lazy, much of which is shown from his frequent manipulation of Rowley. He sometimes makes Rowley do his chores, such as homework, or give him a piggyback ride. Greg often causes trouble and plots mischievous schemes, with Rowley being involved in many of them. Several of Greg's schemes have backfired; for example, in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball, he tries to make Rowley jealous while talking about his kitchen remodeling plans, but is frustrated when Rowley is instead happy for him. Whenever Greg does something wrong, he tries to blame another person. Rowley's parents, mostly his father, see Greg as a bad influence on Rowley because of his behavior and tendency to get himself and Rowley into trouble.

Greg is very self-conscious and is often concerned of his popularity level and public image. His main hobbies include playing video games (namely "Twisted Wizard"), cartooning, and writing comics. Throughout the books, Greg has said that his only talents consists of his interests. He spends most of his time on his hobbies, which deters him away from essential tasks such as schoolwork and chores. Greg has other talents that he does not acknowledge, possibly because he is unaware of them—in the first book and its film adaptation, when Greg auditions for the school play, the drama teacher says he has a nice soprano voice, and he is later revealed to be good at sewing.

At school, Greg receives bad grades, gets bullied, deals with the hardships of middle school, and is often trying to earn popularity points in order to gain attention and respect (though his plans to do so often result in either his own popularity dropping, or unintentionally boosting Rowley's popularity). At home, Greg has a mixed relationship with his family, especially with his younger brother Manny, who is overly pampered and protected by his parents (particularly his mother Susan). His mother tries to devise ways for Greg and his older brother Rodrick to get along but never work out. Greg's father, Frank, is annoyed by Greg's antics and laziness and tries to make him more active. Greg is often tormented and bullied by Rodrick and is also the victim of his pranks, yet they do care for each other deep down, particularly in the movies. In addition, he has inherited many of Rodrick's traits (such as laziness, large ego, disdain for sports, being a trickster, etc.).

A notable trait of Greg is his lack of logical and critical thinking. A lot of his actions are shown to have no thought or consideration prior to being acted out, and usually end in disastrous repercussions. This is shown in when he delays his family by drying his sock after stepping in a slush puddle while heading to an airport in The Getaway, and putting it over a hand dryer, causing it to go into a urinal. Greg also has been shown to display forgetfulness as well as no linear thinking. A good example of this is when he has to remind himself to put his socks before his shoes in Old School.

Greg is also noted for having many attractions to girls, most notably Holly Hills. He fell in love with Holly ever since he met her at the seventh graders' roller rink (Rodrick Rules film). In the Dog Days film, after Heather's Sweet 16 party, Holly took Greg's hand, suggesting that she liked him. In the books, Greg lost interest in Holly after she mistook him for Fregley. In The Third Wheel, Greg dates Abigail and goes to a dance with her, but she stops liking him after he screams at her thinking she has chicken pox. In Wrecking Ball, Greg reveals he has had a crush on his science partner Becky Anton for years, and tells her about it while believing that he will be moving away. She is instead disturbed and asks to switch lab partners.

Despite his many flaws and the situations they have landed him in, Greg can be caring and thoughtful, and has done a number of good deeds to prove this, such as deceiving his classmates that he threw the cheese away (to save Rowley's reputation), and helping Rodrick complete his science project. Greg also shows unusual maturity when he chooses to conceal his late Meemaw's diamond ring that he found in an Easter egg, not wanting to see his family fight over it. In Wrecking Ball, Greg cries when he has to say goodbye to Rowley. In Double Down, he recalls his deceased Nana and regrets not having been nice to her, saying that he hopes she is happy in Heaven. When his school adds a Hero Points program to reward students for good behavior in Hard Luck, Greg is disappointed when people start abusing the system.

Appearance 

Greg Heffley's appearance in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film

In the books, Greg is usually wearing a white short and black pants. His nose is a simple oval but stops where the first eye is while his ears are circled. His head is a circle that stops around his left eye. He also appears to wear contact lenses, which he mentioned in The Last Straw. He wears his backup glasses when he runs out of them. Greg also has a retainer as mentioned in Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid and a headgear as shown in The Ugly Truth. He also wears white shoes or black sandals (as shown in "Dog Days")

In the movie, he has brown hair and pale white skin. Like in the books, Greg is skinny and slightly shorter than Rowley.

Trivia

  • Greg likes soap operas, as shown in Dog Days.
  • Greg is younger than Rowley, as his birthday takes place during the summer, while Rowley's takes place during the first semester of the school year.
    • Greg's was born on February 19 in the online version. He has the same birthday as Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
    • Greg was born in June (Dog Days) and Rowley was born in October (Rodrick Rules).
    • If calculated well enough, Greg is revealed to be born on June 18.
  • Greg's birthday is in June in the book and movie series while it is in February according to the online version.
  • Greg was born premature, as stated in The Third Wheel.
  • Greg was only five pounds seven ounces at birth with an average being 7.5 pounds, though newborns may vary from 5.5-10 pounds, this may be as he was born 3 weeks premature, even though most children born up to one month premature are of normal weight.
  • It is revealed in The Last Straw that Greg swears a lot, often swearing at school and even swearing in front of his toddler brother, Manny and also using "made-up" swears like "Raspberry Plastic Tickle Bear!", etc.
  • In the second film when Greg finds out Manny put a cookie in his gaming console, you can see that it is an Xbox 360 Slim. In Dog Days, there are multiple times when you can see Greg playing a PlayStation Portable and an unidentified home-console.
    • Greg is shown to be playing with a controller almost similar to the Nintendo 64 controller.
  • Greg is the least popular kid in school in the first film after he got beaten up by Patty in Wrestling Class, and in "The Wizard of Oz" play.
  • Greg is right-handed, as revealed in the eleventh book.
  • Greg owns a Ladybug in the Dog Days book and in the Dog Days film and later mentioned in the book. Hard Luck later temporarily owning her mother's Cell Phone. In the Long Haul film, it shows Greg owning an iPhone. In the book The Getaway, Greg is shown to own an iPod. It is unexplained how he received it.
  • In the Rodrick Rules film, it is showed that Greg has a YouTube Channel named "amazingGregheffley".
  • Greg's favorite color is blue.
  • Greg's favorite animal is a dog.
  • In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway Greg is shown to have arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.
  • In the book "Dog Days", Greg's phone number is revealed as 555-2941.
  • In the books "Dog Days" and The Ugly Truth, Greg's address is revealed as 12 Surrey Street.

Relationships

See: Greg Heffley/Relationships

List of appearances

Title Year Format
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2006 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 2008 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw 2009 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days 2009 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film) 2010 Film
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth 2010 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film) 2011 Film
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever 2011 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012 film) 2012 Film
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel 2012 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck 2013 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 2014 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School 2015 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down 2016 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017 film) 2017 Film
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway 2017 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown 2018 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball 2019 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End 2020 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot 2021 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021 film) 2021 Film
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde 2022 Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022 film) 2022 Film

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Greg Heffley.
  • Diary Of Wimpy Kid The Third Wheel ''Greg''.jpg

  • Greg as an unborn baby, listening to music

  • Greg's at his 6th birthday party

  • Greg, Rowley, and Abigail in their Midnight in Paris photo.

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  • Greg in his room.

  • Greg on Wimpy Boardwalk.

  • Greg Heffley in a familiar pose

  • Greg and Rowley in the snow.

  • Greg as a newborn baby

  • Greg in the shower

  • Greg in Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

References

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