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* When I read The Getaway, I didn't get why the girl dumped Rodrick for Rodrigo. But then, this troper realized something. Rodrick and Rodrigo look really similar. They have the spiky hair, the frown, even the name is almost the same! The girl probably got confused and mistook him for Rodrick. Either that, or she dumped him for his terrible sunburn.
** It's likely Rodrick and Rodrigo aren't really {{Identical Stranger}}s, and that Greg just drew them similarly due to their names, personalities and styles resembling each other. So here are my speculations:
*** The girl dumped him for his ghastly sunburn, as you said.

* In one book, when Greg is scheming to get an invite to a prestigious Halloween party, he tries to convince Rowley to take him along as part of a two-person costume. Rowley is unenthusiastic at first, saying that he was planning on going as a nice Witch. On the surface, the readers are meant to somewhat agree with Greg that it's ridiculous for Rowley - a boy - to want to go as a Witch. But it is simply a clever way to show Greg's ignorance, while Witches are commonly portrayed as entirely female (thanks in part to works such as ''Literature/HarryPotter''), male Witches are actually an established concept and Rowley would be perfectly justified in going as one.

* In one book, when Greg is scheming to get an invite to a prestigious Halloween party, he tries to convince Rowley to take him along as part of a two-person costume. Rowley is enthusiastic at first, saying that he was planning on going as a nice Witch. On the surface, the readers are meant to somewhat agree with Greg that it's ridiculous for Rowley - a boy - to want to go as a Witch. But it is simply a clever way to show Greg's ignorance, while Witches are commonly portrayed as entirely female (thanks in part to works such as ''Literature/HarryPotter''), male Witches are actually an established concept and Rowley would be perfectly justified in going as one.

** It's likely Rodrick and Rodrigo aren't really IdenticalStrangers, and that Greg just drew them similarly due to their names, personalities and styles resembling each other. So here are my speculations:

* In one book, when Greg is scheming to get an invite to a prestigious Halloween party, he tries to convince Rowley to take him along as part of a two-person costume. Rowley is enthusiastic at first, saying that he was planning on going as a nice Witch. On the surface, the readers are meant to somewhat agree with Greg that it's ridiculous for Rowley - a boy - to want to go as a Witch. But it is simply a clever way to show Greg's ignorance, while Witches are commonly portrayed as entirely female (thanks in part to works such as Harry Potter), male Witches are actually an established concept and Rowley would be perfectly justified in going as one.

* Doubles as Fridge Awesome and Fridge Heartwarming. In the roller rink opening of the ''Rodrick Rules'' film, Holly unwittingly interrupts Greg's ImagineSpot about...well, her by requesting him to move aside so she can go through the exit. But note that after her brief conversation with Greg, Rowley and Chirag, she just ''turns back and skates away without even leaving the rink for the rest of the scene.'' Hmm...perhaps she doesn't just reciprocate Greg's feelings in the movies - could it be that Greg was not the only one subjected to LoveAtFirstSight and that Holly was just making an attempt to speak to him?

*** She's a [[{Jerkass}} cheat]].

*** She believed the Heffleys were actually thieves when they were thrown out of the resort, and decided she didn't want to be involved with them like that.

1) The girl dumped him for his ghastly sunburn, as you said.

2) She believed the Heffleys were actually thieves when they were thrown out of the resort, and decided she didn't want to be involved with them like that.

3) Her relationship with Rodrick was a cheerful fling rather than how the rocker painted it, so she just moved onto someone else when he left, probably without her knowing how.

4) She thought Rodrick was just a shallow jerk who didn't even care to bid her goodbye, and decided she had to move on.

5) She's a [[{Jerkass}} cheat]].

* When I read The Getaway, I didn't get why the girl [[spoiler: dumped Rodrick for Rodrigo]]. But then, this troper realized something. Rodrick and Rodrigo look really similar. They have the spiky hair, the frown, even the name is almost the same! [[spoiler:The girl probably got confused and mistook him for Rodrick.]] Either that, or she [[spoiler:dumped him for his terrible sunburn]].

* Rodrick buys a plastic witch that cackles loudly while its eyes glow red in ''Double Down''. Greg's dad takes out the batteries, and yet the witch still cackles.

* In the third book, the Snella family throw a "half-birthday" party whenever their youngest child turns six months old where they have various adults from the neighborhood line up to make the baby laugh. Greg mentions the reason they do this is so they can send footage to [[ShowWithinAShow America's Funniest Families]] and win prize money, but since none of the footage they've sent has given them the prize, Greg suggests they'll keep having babies until they get it. (They appear to have no less than ''six'' children.) This implies the Snellas are giving birth to babies entirely for ''[[MoneyDearBoy profit]]'', which makes you wonder how much they [[ParentalNeglect neglect]] their children who they see more as money-makers than as actual human beings. Also imagine how much self-esteem issues their children would have if they knew they were created for the sole purpose of money.

* In the twelfth book, Greg finds himself [[ItMakesSenseInContext accidentally ordering breakfast]] and asks for bacon and eggs. It's likely he hasn't had bacon since his family got a pet pig about six months ago.

* Read the books and you will notice that Rodrick, Rowley, Manny, and Fregley are all drawn in a rather unflattering style. This makes sense because Greg doesn't like them and wants to depict them negatively. However, Rowley is much less attractive in the movie, so it can be assumed that Greg is trying to make him look better.

* In the first book/movie, Greg's popularity dunks to being below even ''Fregley's'' level of popularity (which is to say, none) after the play is botched. Many kids in real life can attest to not caring or even outright admiring if their classmate did something like attacking [[AlphaBitch Patty]], so either Greg [[UnreliableNarrator doesn't know that people don't care about what he did]] or Patty made up some false rumors about him to get back at him.

* When I read The Getaway, I didn't get why the girl [[spoiler: dumped Rodrick for Rodrigo]]. But then, this troper realized something. Rodrick and Rodrigo look really similar. They have the spiky hair, the frown, even the name is almost the same! [[spoiler:The girl probably got confused and mistook him for Rodrick.]] Either that, or she [[spoiler:dumped him for his terrible sunburn]].

* When I read The Getaway, I didn't get why the girl [[spoiler: dumped Rodrick for Rodrigo]]. But then, this troper realized something. Rodrick and Rodrigo look really similar. They have the spiky hair, the frown, even the name is almost the same! [[spoiler:The girl probably got confused and mistaked him for Rodrick.]] Either that or she [[spoiler:dumped him for his terrible sunburn]].

Fridge Brillance: When I read The Getaway, I didn't get why the girl [[spoiler: dumped Rodrick for Rodrico]]. But then, this troper realized something. Rodrick and Rodrico look really similar. They have the spiky hair, the frown, even the name is almost the same! [[spoiler:The girl probably got confused and mistaked him for Rodrick.]] Either that or she [[spoiler:dumped him for his terrible sunburn]].