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* When Greg runs for treasurer, Greg puts up a poster claiming that Marty Porter had head lice in the second grade as a [[AttackOfThePoliticalAd smear campaign]]. Vice Principal Roy takes it down because it's not okay to "fabricate" things about your opponent. Greg tells him that it was true and that the school got shut down for it, but he doesn't budge. Who was telling the truth - Greg or Vice Principal Roy?
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** He might have also thought that, since this happened during their round of trick-or-treating, his mother wouldn't let him go again because it got them into this kind of trouble.
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** Greg likely drew the kindergarteners as being confused in order to illustrate to the reader that Rowley didn't do it. They might not have made it so obvious that they had the wrong guy in the actual event.
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* On New Year's Eve, Susan [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin punishes Greg]] all because Manny claimed the piece of thread he accidentally swallowed was the size of an orange. Even ignoring that Susan is [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective of him to the ninth degree]], does she seriously believe a three-year-old could swallow a massive lump of thread without choking? ''Especially'' after Greg clarified the tiny piece of thread was not a spider like Manny initially thought?
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* On New Year's Eve, Susan [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin punishes Greg]] Greg all because Manny claimed the piece of thread he accidentally swallowed was the size of an orange. Even ignoring that Susan is [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective of him to the ninth degree]], does she seriously believe a three-year-old could swallow a massive lump what would have to be an entire ball of thread yarn without choking? ''Especially'' after Greg clarified told her that the tiny piece of thread was not a spider like Manny initially thought?
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*** In the movie at least, this is in line with one of the pieces of brotherly advice Rodrick gave Greg--do something bad enough, and people will just do it for you. Just like with washing the car with dirty rags.
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* I know they [[SpoiledBrat rarely punish him for anything]], but why in the world did the parents not reprimand Manny for catching a ''box jellyfish'' and putting him and others at the risk of being fatally stung? (Unless they did it offscreen.) Most things they let him get away with aren’t anywhere close to ''life-threatening''.
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** Mrs. Graziano was simply the chaperone of that particular cabin.
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** Kenny and Erick are idiots.
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** They might not want to get the Cheese Touch either - not because they're afraid of it like the kids, but because then all the students would avoid them like the plague.
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** Greg and Rowley might not have been making that much noise; after all, the teens were on the other side of the door, they wouldn't have been able to really hear them regardless. It's also possible her bedroom was on another floor. It's pretty plausible that you wouldn't wake up if two kids were lightly making noise from the floor below you.
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* Before agreeing to marry Sonja for the misunderstanding during the baseball game, why did Uncle Gary consider breaking up with her to date ''her sister''? Having toue sister-in-law be one of your ex-girlfriends?
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* Before agreeing to marry Sonja for the misunderstanding during the baseball game, why did Uncle Gary consider breaking up with her to date ''her sister''? Having toue your sister-in-law be one of your ex-girlfriends?
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** Maybe they believe there's no risk of spreading diseases as long as the leftovers are heated properly, which is surprisingly TruthinTelevision, to an extent - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew perpetual stew]] is a thing.
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** Maybe they believe there's no risk of spreading diseases as long as the leftovers are heated properly, which is surprisingly TruthinTelevision, TruthInTelevision, to an extent - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew perpetual stew]] is a thing.
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** Maybe they believe there's no risk of spreading diseases as long as the leftovers are heated properly, which is surprisingly TruthInTelevsion, to an extent - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew perpetual stew]] is a thing.
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** Maybe they believe there's no risk of spreading diseases as long as the leftovers are heated properly, which is surprisingly TruthInTelevsion, TruthinTelevision, to an extent - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew perpetual stew]] is a thing.
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* How did those girls at the pool post Greg's photo at the local pole on her profiles at social media? They could and should have gotten into serious trouble for posting a photograph featuring Greg's butt.
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* How did those girls at the pool post Greg's photo at the local pole on her their profiles at social media? They could and should have gotten into serious trouble for posting a photograph featuring Greg's butt.
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* Why did ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOZ'' play have to be cancelled when Patty's glasses were broken? Shouldn't they have an understudy or a replacement pair of glasses?
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* On New Year's Eve, Susan [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin punishes Greg]] all because Manny claimed the piece of thread he accidentally swallowed was the size of an orange. Even ignoring that Susan is [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective of him to the nth ninth degree]], does she seriously believe a three-year-old could swallow a massive lump of thread without choking? ''Especially'' after Greg clarified the tiny piece of thread was not a spider like Manny initially thought?
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** Greg is shown multiple times to be socially oblivious, so much that it's one of his main character traits. This is yet another example of it. The reality: Rowley was "popular" because his classmates became concerned for his health after seeing he's recieved a major injury. Greg's misunderstanding: Rowley's injury brought him popularity. So if I reveal I'm related to it in some way, I'll get popularity by association.
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** Greg is shown multiple times to be socially oblivious, so much that it's one of his main character traits. This is yet another example of it. The reality: Rowley was "popular" because his classmates became concerned for his health after seeing he's recieved received a major injury. Greg's misunderstanding: Rowley's injury brought him popularity. So if I reveal I'm related to it in some way, I'll get popularity by association.
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* On New Year's Eve, Susan [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin punishes Greg]] all because Manny claimed the piece of thread he accidentally swallowed was the size of an orange. Even ignoring that Susan is [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective of him to the nth degree]], does she seriously believe a three-year-old could swallow a massive lump of thread without choking? ''Especially'' after Greg clarified the tiny piece of thread was not a spider like Manny initially thought?
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*** Plus, if any other student tried to vouch for Corey, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished they might end up getting detention alongside him]].
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** Ms. Craig wouldn't even let Greg ''use the restroom'' amidst her demands to find out who took her dictionary, so her being an unreasonable jerk teacher makes it unsurprising she'd employ false promises just to get what she wanted out of her class.
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* Why does Greg say that the girl scouts didn't allow him nor any person cleaning up at the park to leave unless the park was completely clean? They scouts should have no real authority over Greg or any other person there...
** Well, they would likely have no problems throwing him to the wolves (ie tell his parents or something) if he stepped out of line.
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** Mr. Jefferson clearly dislikes Greg (and, let's be fair, [[JerkassHasAPoint not without good reason]]), so he'd naturally assume ''anything'' resembling a prank in a group Greg's a part of would be the kid's own doing (whether it truly was or not).
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** Maybe there wasn't enough space in the house to accommodate five guests. As for Manny, it's possible she didn't want to risk a disagreement with Susan (because she ironically accused Gramma of playing favorites with him) so she opted not to spoil him then.
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* Why were Kenny and Erick mad at Greg for them being driven home late when they were the ones who honked the horn and made it look like he did it?
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** Plus, during one of the games, one of the teachers is carrying around the cellphones in a trash bag and the phones begin ringing and he fishes through the bag to find the phone and shut it off. Ultimately, he gets fed up and locks the bag somewhere else, so the parents were trying to check-up on their kids throughout the night to see how they were doing and couldn't.
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** Anti-Vaccination didn't ''just'' become a thing in the late part of TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties - it's been around as long as vaccines have. In fact? There was a pretty big surge of anti-vaccination thought in TheNineties, so Greg's parents probably didn't have him vaccinated for fear he'd become autistic. Yes, even if that was proven bunk - multiple times - anti-vaccine people ''don't listen''. You can''not'' convince them with facts.
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** Anti-Vaccination didn't ''just'' become a thing in the late part of TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties - it's been around as long as vaccines have. In fact? There was a pretty big surge of anti-vaccination thought in TheNineties, TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium, so Greg's parents probably didn't have him vaccinated for fear he'd become autistic. Yes, even if that was proven bunk - multiple times - anti-vaccine people ''don't listen''. You can''not'' convince them with facts.
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** Anti-Vaccination didn't ''just'' become a thing in the late part of TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties - it's been around as long as vaccines have. In fact? There was a pretty big surge of anti-vaccination thought in TheNineties, so Greg's parents probably didn't have him vaccinated for fear he'd become autistic. Yes, even if that was proven bunk - multiple times - anti-vaccine people ''don't listen''. You can''not'' convince them with facts.
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** They ususally only have understudies in professional theatre, they're not going to have on for a middle school play.
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shouting at them. Or perhaps Mr. Jefferson simply kept Greg behind without a word to the others, meaning they weren't aware that Greg was being blamed for it.
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* On Halloween, Greg and Rowley escape the teenagers they ticked off by taking shelter in Greg's grandma's house. With the teenagers loitering outside, and Greg & Rowley making animal noises to mock them, how did Grandma never wake up? Greg says she was simply asleep, but unless you're an exceptionally heavy sleeper, these would definitely wake you up and make you think your house was being robbed. Of course, it's possible she DID wake up and just called the cops without leaving bed. But then the teenagers would've been chased off or arrested before they had a chance to cover the house in toilet paper.
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** Rowley did nothing wrong here. The game belonged to Rowley so if he ask for it then Greg should give it back without discussing. People ''you'' injured don't need to make amends to ''you'' so they can get their properties back. If anything, it's Greg who should have given the game back on his own choice and apologize.
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** Because it's what any sensible person in Greg's shoes would've done, so Rowley did nothing wrong here. The game belonged to Rowley so if he ask for it then Greg should give it back without discussing. by expecting that. People ''you'' injured don't need to make amends to ''you'' so they can get their properties rightful property back. If anything, it's Greg who should have given the game back on his own choice and apologize.
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weeks?" then the answer is simple: Rowley ''didn't'' think that. A mature person would've given the property back ''despite'' no longer being friends. Rowley just underestimated Greg's maturity (or lack thereof).
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** It's safe to assume he was seeing some work of fiction, like some kind of action movie, rather than a documentary or something. Action movies in real life have characters lifting impossibly heavy weapons via fake lightweight props. It's also very likely the show was animated.
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** It's Manny. Kid can pull off all sorts of things he shouldn't be able to (like in ''The Meltdown'' wherein he builds a set of stairs out of snow to leave the deck...but doesn't get very far).
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* So Metallichihuahua was a wildly popular heavy metal band that had it big for a little while before word of their internal problems broke out, and then they started making bad business decisions and ultimately fell out of the public interest. Their members all went their separate ways: one is a semi-retired musician, one is a recluse, one is an attorney, and one is a security guard at a fictional version of Chuck-E-Cheese's (?!?!). Then when they unexpectedly reunite and decide to start the band back up again, they're suddenly back at the height of their popularity. Is this even possible?possible?
** Yes, actually. When the attorney shows up, the other three make their way to the stage and start arguing. It then hits Greg that the four are the original Metallichihuahua and then the audience realizes that too and they start loudly cheering and then get even louder when the members are like "Woah, these people remember us?!", the band members grab Loded Diaper's instruments and tear through their biggest hits and do an encore. The reason why they don't do a second is because they smash the instruments in the process. Basically, seeing Metallicihuhua on stage again for what was Rodrick going to be taken to court allowed the band to come back.
** Yes, actually. When the attorney shows up, the other three make their way to the stage and start arguing. It then hits Greg that the four are the original Metallichihuahua and then the audience realizes that too and they start loudly cheering and then get even louder when the members are like "Woah, these people remember us?!", the band members grab Loded Diaper's instruments and tear through their biggest hits and do an encore. The reason why they don't do a second is because they smash the instruments in the process. Basically, seeing Metallicihuhua on stage again for what was Rodrick going to be taken to court allowed the band to come back.
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** In the books, Manny has an almost supernatural talent for telling on Greg, even for stuff that happened when he was an infant or even things he was not at all present for.
