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[[WMG:The movies are actually heavily modified versions of Greg's diaries that Greg rewrote as an adult]]
In the future, when Greg becomes rich and famous, he decides to get his diaries published for everyone - but there's a problem. When Greg re read his diary he realized how extremely unlikeable he is and he doesn't want people to read his books and see him as a huge loser and selfish jerk who can't a date during his youth. So what does he do? He modifies and edits and rewrites his "diaries" to make himself look good while making other people look bad. He heavily changed names to make sure they don't sue him and exaggerates the worst traits out of people such as Patty to make himself seem sympathetic. He also created RelationshipUpgrade to Holly to show that he was always TheCasanova (and later married as an adult) but also gave an AdaptationalJerkass to Heather so Holly doesn't find out he had a crush on her sister and get mad over it. He also gave an AdaptationalNiceGuy to his entire family due to either him eventually coming to good terms with all of them and not wanting the diaries to break his relationship with them again or he doesn't want to be seen as TheWoobie who's [[FreudianExcuse boastful about how rich he is as an excuse with coping with his childhood issues]].
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** Confirmed, although not all of the headers are "the time Greg and I..."
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** Confirmed, [[IKnewIt Confirmed]], although not all of the headers are "the time Greg and I..."
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** Jossed. This book doesn't have any call-backs to books that aren't the original or ''The Meltdown'' (besides a minor one to ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Ugly Truth'').
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** Jossed.{{Jossed}}. This book doesn't have any call-backs to books that aren't the original or ''The Meltdown'' (besides a minor one to ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Ugly Truth'').
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** Jossed.
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** Jossed.{{Jossed}}.
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** Jossed, although the locket is referenced.
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** Jossed, {{Jossed}}, although the locket is referenced.
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** Jossed, as there's no evidence to confirm this.
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** Jossed, {{Jossed}}, as there's no evidence to confirm this.
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** Jossed.
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** Jossed.{{Jossed}}.
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** [[IKnewIt Confirmed],]] unless Rowley is an intentionally, even less reliable narrator. Greg sounds like a far worse person in this book than in his own journals.
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** [[IKnewIt Confirmed],]] Confirmed]], unless Rowley is an intentionally, even less reliable narrator. Greg sounds like a far worse person in this book than in his own journals.
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** [[IKnewIt Confirmed!]] Confirmed]]! They do attend an open house to find one to buy.
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** [[IKnewIt Confirmed.]] Confirmed]]. He has multiple, actually.
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** [[IKnewIt onfirmed,]] some wasps appear.
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** [[IKnewIt onfirmed,]] onfirmed]], some wasps appear.
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** Confirmed, unless Rowley is an intentionally, even less reliable narrator. Greg sounds like a far worse person in this book than in his own journals.
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** Confirmed, [[IKnewIt Confirmed],]] unless Rowley is an intentionally, even less reliable narrator. Greg sounds like a far worse person in this book than in his own journals.
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** Confirmed. [[IKnewIt Confirmed.]] He has multiple, actually.
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** Confirmed, [[IKnewIt onfirmed,]] some wasps appear.
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[[WMG:The final book in the series will be a Main/DistantFinale, similar to the finale of ''WesternAnimation/Arthur'']]
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[[WMG:The final book in the series will be a Main/DistantFinale, similar to the finale of ''WesternAnimation/Arthur'']]''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''.]]
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[[WMG:There will eventually be a book all about Greg ending up [[SpaceEpisode in outer space]] somehow.]]
It seems like no series can become a LongRunner without eventually having an installment that takes the story to space. The ''Wimpy Kid'' series is on it's way towards being one, so why not? A few possible ways this could happen:
* Greg takes a trip (either with his family or on a school field trip) to a NASA launch station for fun/educational purposes. He gets lost and ends up in a rocket that's set to launch. The crew doesn't find him until they're already in orbit, and Greg must accustom himself to his new environment until they can get him back to Earth safely.
* A downplayed, but more realistic scenario: After learning a few things about astronauts, Greg gets it into his head that he can become rich and famous as one. He signs up for a summer camp centered around teaching/training young teens for that career path using ultra-realistic simulations.
* An even more realistic scenario: After learning a few things about astronauts, Greg gets it into his head that he can become rich and famous as one. The rest of the book details Greg and Rowleys attempts at schemes and plans that would "prepare" them to be sent on space missions the second they're old enough for it.[[note]] Such as, them building an (obviously not well-made) zero gravity simulator in their backyard. [[/note]]
It seems like no series can become a LongRunner without eventually having an installment that takes the story to space. The ''Wimpy Kid'' series is on it's way towards being one, so why not? A few possible ways this could happen:
* Greg takes a trip (either with his family or on a school field trip) to a NASA launch station for fun/educational purposes. He gets lost and ends up in a rocket that's set to launch. The crew doesn't find him until they're already in orbit, and Greg must accustom himself to his new environment until they can get him back to Earth safely.
* A downplayed, but more realistic scenario: After learning a few things about astronauts, Greg gets it into his head that he can become rich and famous as one. He signs up for a summer camp centered around teaching/training young teens for that career path using ultra-realistic simulations.
* An even more realistic scenario: After learning a few things about astronauts, Greg gets it into his head that he can become rich and famous as one. The rest of the book details Greg and Rowleys attempts at schemes and plans that would "prepare" them to be sent on space missions the second they're old enough for it.[[note]] Such as, them building an (obviously not well-made) zero gravity simulator in their backyard. [[/note]]
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"Transgenderism" is a fairly controversial term. I'd consider replacing it with just a Useful Notes link to the subject and rephrasing.
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* Rowley will come out as transgender, and change her name to something really ridiculous, like Cinderella. Greg will initially think his friend has gone insane, but after Rowley’s mother explains the concept of transgenderism to him, Greg will decide to cash in on it by making ''[[DisguisedInDrag himself]]'' a girl too. (Bonus points if a girl Greg has a crush on at school also comes out as a trans boy, much to Greg’s frustration.)
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* Rowley will come out as transgender, and change her name to something really ridiculous, like Cinderella. Greg will initially think his friend has gone insane, but after Rowley’s mother explains the concept of transgenderism being UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} to him, Greg will decide to cash in on it by making ''[[DisguisedInDrag himself]]'' a girl too. (Bonus points if a girl Greg has a crush on at school also comes out as a trans boy, much to Greg’s frustration.)
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[[WMG:The final book in the series will be a Main/DistantFinale, similar to the finale of ''WesternAnimation/Arthur'']]
It will show what became of Greg and everyone else as they grew up, and the final page will be of a now-adult Greg writing the first book, showing all the books were an autobiography about his middle school years.
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An obvious one with a ScreamingPlaneBaby, the TakeThat to [[StockShticks airline food.]]
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An obvious one with a ScreamingPlaneBaby, the TakeThat to [[StockShticks [[StockJokes airline food.]]
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[[WMG:The series will eventually have a crossover book with ''Literature/DorkDiaries'', and it'll be one big allegory for their real life FandomRivalry]]
Whatever the main plot ends up being, the general concept would be that Nikki and Greg end up meeting each other while in a predicament, and they decide the best way to fix their problem would be to work together to reach a common goal. Everything that arises between them in the process draws parallels to a difference between the style of both series's. They eventually get along despite this, and ultimately become true friends with AnAesop about how [[{{DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything}} friends can come in the most unlikely places if you focus on your similarities instead of your differences.]]
The cover of the book will show Greg and Nikki drawn on 2 separate paper scraps in their respective styles, giving each other a DisapprovingLook. The back cover will do the same, [[{{Foreshadowing}} but with Greg and Nikki happily reaching out of the edges of their paper scrap to hi-five each other.]] The title will be a fusion of both series's titles and fonts. Possibly "Dork Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Tales of a Not-so-overdue Crossover".
As for the actual book pages, they will appear as though someone tore pages out of Greg's and Nikki's diaries in large chunks and taped them into a generic empty diary in chronological order. This will cause the story's POV to swap between Nikki and Greg at regular intervals, possibly every in-universe day. And yes, this does mean we get to see Nikki drawn in Greg's style, and vice-versa.
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[[WMG:Rowley is smarter than we think.]]
In his third book Spooky Stories, the characters in the story Ghost Friend as a similar dynamic to Rowley and Greg. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything comes into play when you realise that this implies that Rowley is secretly aware of Greg’s treatment of him, and may be exaggerating Greg’s jerkassery in Awesome Friendly Kid to make him look more awesome and friendly.
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* According to FunBrain at one point, Jeff Kinney stated the series was supposed to be 5 books long and the last two wouldn’t use material from the webcomic, hinting at the fourth instalment being summer-themed (which still happened).
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Helping this guess are the movies, which are far less bleak and show all characters (even ones Greg hates) more positively. It also eases some of the DarknessInducedAudienceApathy the book struggles with if we realize we're meant to laugh at how a self centered person sees the world, like at how we laugh at celebrities prone to Wangst.
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Helping this guess are the movies, which are far less bleak and show all characters (even ones Greg hates) more positively. It also eases some of the DarknessInducedAudienceApathy TooBleakStoppedCaring reactions the book struggles with if we realize we're meant to laugh at how a self centered person sees the world, like at how we laugh at celebrities prone to Wangst.
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[[WMG: The later books are less down-to-earth than earlier ones because Greg's actual life became better.]]
The exaggerations started when Greg ran out of real things to write about. As the time progressed, Susan became less controlling and didn't meddle in his life much, Manny outgrew most of his quirks, Rodrick mostly left him alone, etc. But as his life got less shitty, at the same time it became significantly less interesting to write about. So, either because he still hoped to sell his journals or because he liked writing them just so much, he started to fill the duller episodes with imaginary adventures. Also, since his family members no longer committed actions as remarkable as in the first journals, he started to make them up himself, based on his family members' personalities as he remembers them. Obviously enough, he mostly remembers their most distinctive traits - thus, {{Flanderization}} occurs.
