History Trivia / DiaryOfAWimpyKid

* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the films are in set the fictional EverytownAmerica city of Plainview, the first three films were filmed in and around Vancouver, Canada. The fourth film has Atlanta, Georgia stand in for the Midwestern United States.

* DevelopmentHell: In late 2012, it was announced that an animated 30-minute TV special of ''Cabin Fever'' was in production, and set to be released in late 2014. It was shelved and replaced by a live-action adaption of ''The Long Haul'' some time later. Animated adaptations of the books would finally come to fruition with the first two books released in 2021 and 2022 respectively on Disney+, and the long-awaited ''Cabin Fever'' set for a December 8th, 2023 release date.

* ActorSharedBackground: Steve Zahn is just as enthusiastic about UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar history as his character, Frank Heffley, is.

* TheOtherDarrin ''Cabin Fever'' will have Greg be recast to Wesley Kimmel instead of Brady Noon.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original webcomic version of the books was removed from Funbrain.com in August 2021, but can be viewed [[https://archive.org/details/DiaryOfAWimpyKidSeries/page/n5/mode/2up on the Internet Archive]].

** In the webcomic, Manny breaks Greg's Walkman by stuffing a cookie in the cassette slot. The novel changed it to a nameless video game system, while in the film it was an Xbox 360.

** As mentioned above, a ''Cabin Fever'' animated short was in production in the early 2010's, only for it to be shelved. Fortunately, an adaptation of said book is set to release come December 2023, following the success of the first two ''DisneyPlus'' films.

** There was once going to be a ''Cabin Fever'' animated short. It stopped production and hasn't been heard about since. It’s possible that it evolved into the Creator/DisneyPlus animated adaptions.

* DevelopmentHell: In late 2012, it was announced that an animated 30-minute TV special of ''Cabin Fever'' was in production, and set to be released in late 2014. It was shelved and replaced by a live-action adaption of ''The Long Haul'' some time later. Animated adaptations of the books would finally come to fruition with the first and second books released in 2021 and 2022 respectively, and the long-awaited ''Cabin Fever'' set for a December 8th, 2023 release date.

* DevelopmentHell: In late 2012, it was announced that an animated 30-minute TV special of ''Cabin Fever'' was in production, and set to be released in late 2014. It was shelved and replaced by ''The Long Haul'' later. An animated adaptation of the books would finally come to fruition in 2021, but not as an adaptation of ''Cabin Fever'', but of the first book.

** As aforementioned, the first animated film originally started out as an adaptation of the sixth book — ''Cabin Fever'' — before it was shelved in favor of an animated adaptation of the first book.

*** Greg isn't able to finish his history paper when the power goes out on the family's desktop computer, while a laptop computer wouldn't need to be connected to power to continue running.[[note]]That said, it's implied even ''Rodrick'' knew that, but was enough of a MagnificentBastard to have ''counted'' on Greg '''not''' knowing that, considering it's implied he deliberately turned off the fuse box to ensure Greg would pay for his old history paper.[[/note]]

* TheWikiRule: A [[https://diary-of-a-wimpy-kid.fandom.com/wiki/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid_Wiki Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki]] and another [[https://wimpykidwiki.com/wiki/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid_Wiki Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki]].

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Jeff Kinney said that his favorite book in the series is ''The Long Haul'', which is generally considered the beginning of the series's {{sequelitis}}.

%% (Needs exact infos on Brady Boob's age)* DawsonCasting: Teenage Brady Noon voices twelve-year-old Greg Heffley.

* DawsonCasting:
** Averted in the first film, where Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron were 11 at the time of filming (the same ages as their characters). Devon Bostick was a borderline case, being 18 and playing the high school aged Rodrick (though it was played straight with his friends, who are clearly played by adult men). This got to the point that the third movie was rushed into production so the lead actors could be used one last time before they officially got too old to pass as early teens.
** Played straight with Alf Humphreys, who was in his late 50's when playing the 35-year-old Mr. Jefferson.

* DawsonCasting: Teenage Brady Noon voices twelve-year-old Greg Heffley.

** As aforementioned, the animated film originally started out as an adaptation of the sixth book — ''Cabin Fever'' — before it was shelved in favor of an animated adaptation of the first book.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Christian Convery was eleven years old when he voiced twelve-year-old Fregley in the first movie.

** At one point, Greg has a desktop computer in ''Double Down''.

* DawsonCasting: Averted in the first film, where Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron were 11 at the time of filming (the same ages as their characters). Devon Bostick was a borderline case, being 18 and playing the high school aged Rodrick (though it was played straight with his friends, who are clearly played by adult men). This got to the point that the third movie was rushed into production so the lead actors could be used one last time before they officially got too old to pass as early teens.

* RoleReprise: In the Italian dub of the animated film, Creator/GioGioRapattoni reprises her role as Susan from the first three live action movies.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell An animated adaptation of the books had been in the works as far back as 2012, with Jeff Kinney announcing that a half hour television adaptation based on ''Cabin Fever'' (the sixth book) was in the works with a planned release for December 2013, which was then delayed to late 2014, before getting quietly shelved shortly after (likely due to the failure of the ''Dog Days'' film). It wouldn't be until 2021 that an animated adaptation would be made based on the books. It's not known, however, if the ''Cabin Fever'' adaptation morphed into the 2021 animated film or if the latter is an entirely separate project.

* ChannelHop: As a result of Creator/{{Disney}} getting the film rights through their acquisition of Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios, the animated film on Creator/DisneyPlus was branded as a Disney film.

* SelfAdaptation: The screenplay for the Creator/DisneyPlus [[WesternAnimation/DiaryOfAWimpyKid animated film]] was written by Jeff Kinney himself.

!! The Animated Films

* DawsonCasting: Initially averted in the first film, where Zachary Gordon was 11 at time of filming, the same age as his character. Lots of actors who were in high school played as preteens in the films, which makes the idea of them being in middle school ''very'' unrealistic. This got to the point the third movie was rushed into production so the original actors could be used one last time before they officially got too old to pass as early teens.

*** Susan accidentally ruins the tape she recorded of Rodrick's band performing by making comments throughout the video. In TheNewTens, modern commercially-available video-editing software such as Adobe Premiere would be able to fix that problem. On the other hand, it's entirely possible that no one among the cast would know that, much less know how to video-edit.

* PlayingAgainstType: Steve Zahn is known for playing lovable slackers, here he plays Greg's hard ass dad.

* RoleReprise: In the Italian dub of the animated film, Giò-Giò Rapattoni reprises her role as Susan from the first three live action movies.