an unhinged recap of diary of a wimpy kid

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[@teddieprox2307]

there was a point in my life where I took the "Greg is a sociopath" theory to heart

[@user-ll2ds2te9p]

same

[@strawberycupcake]

i still do tbh

[@Lucy_EG]

Real

[@maem7462]

He’s definitely not a good person that’s for sure. Idk abt sociopath for sure

[@Neoqueenchaoswastaken]

lol same

[@skilxx__]

i wasnt allowed to read the books at home cuz my parents thought that itd make me behave like greg

[@anisa2273]

sameee

[@slayingmorin3171]

How would they know how he behaved unless they read it 🤔

[@skilxx__]

@slayingmorin3171 maybe they were wimpy kids themselves idk

[@loadingresourcesdotdot]

That’s honestly valid

[@aotmr1604]

as a homeschooler reading diary of a wimpy kid set me socially back to the stone age

[@theyaremycrocs6009]

the hold this series had on me as a child is insane

[@oscarguerrero178]

Same I collected like the first 8 or so and still have them lol

[@Portahooty]

I still buy every new book even they I could just visit a library and read it in an hour or less, also one of my teachers gave my sister a few of these books and now we have some random kids partially fillled out Do-it-yourself book

[@vampirq]

i still quote “zoo wee mama” everyday

[@MushBunny]

“Your mother just died” *”Zoo Wee Mama”*

[@thedottinator4383]

The thing that annoys me is that, if the books were correct, it was Greg who came up with Zoo Wee Mama, and Rowley took credit for it.

[@kenzashenna]

​@@thedottinator4383yeah if Greg didn't lie abt thta

[@Edi-xt3rq]

In second grade, I remember getting like the first 5 books from the library and the librarian was impressed when I returned them a few days later. What she didn't know is I only read the text on the drawings like they were self-contained comics. I had no idea there was a story until years later.

[@Neoqueenchaoswastaken]

How did you manage to get five? At my elementary school the wimpy kid books were the most HIGHLY coveted book series. You were lucky to even find one book let alone five

[@Edi-xt3rq]

@@Neoqueenchaoswastaken It was kind of a small school (206 kids), but looking back- I'm not really sure

[@Layla_PlaysGames]

@@Edi-xt3rqThats about how many kids mine had but everyone BATTLED for those

[@Neoqueenchaoswastaken]

@@Layla_PlaysGames i remember one time in 5th grade it was the last day of school before winter break and they took us to the library to check out books. Since most kids had left early there were tons of wimpy kid books to choose from! I was so happy that there were so many because my class always went to the library last so they were almost always out of wimpy kid by the time we got there.

[@angieng6091]

If there's ever a sequel series with a timejump Greg is 100% becoming a killer of some kind

[@lyndal1517]

NOOOOOOoOooOoOooOoOoOoOo😂😂😡😨🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🥺🥺🥺🥺😡😡😡😡🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏☃️☃️😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@Neoqueenchaoswastaken]

Oh absolutely I’m sure of it

[@metallord6960]

No, that would be Manny. Greg would be a corporate lawyer.

[@isitamoguel]

“Greg, I’m not gay”

[@itzolive3738]

@@isitamoguel shii i forgot about that meme 💀

[@transformingwave]

i'm a bookseller. i decided to read the latest one and it was honestly genuinely amazing. jeff kinney has a lot of hot takes about public funding and book bans. that being said, greg has been in middle school since i was in elementary school, so he's probably not going anywhere anytime soon.

[@Theye101499]

Greg is the worst case scenario of Caillou growing up

[@shivali.s.20]

LMAOOO

[@luzcalderon7808]

Ahh my mom never let me read these books because they were "inappropriate" lol

[@snowycatpurrs]

Makes sense lol

[@alwaysrootingfortheantihero123]

I love your recaps, they feel like debriefing drama with friends that switched schools so you haven’t seen them in a while.

[@whatalsaid]

If you think about it, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is actually pretty similar to Saltburn.

[@Zachzn4lf]

@@svmayavquickly🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@kenzashenna]

Please elaborate...

[@chespin9078]

The actor who played the new Greg in the 2017 film started at my university in the fall. We all found out about him when he joined at frat and ran for student government. If that's not in character for Greg Heffley, I don't know what is. (Cheese touch smear campaigns were successfully utilized by the opposition party)

[@werewitch9466]

You'd be surprised how popular these still are, at my job at least once a week a kid or parent asks me if we stock these lol. Always puts a smile on my face, i thought kids were just on their ipads now but they still get all giddy and excited about certain books :)

[@zenmaster8]

I love diary of a wimpy kid. Greg is an absolute menace and i love him for it

[@SophieSelberg-bk2xy]

0:52 umm akchually there’s 18 books 🤓👆

[@Superstar-vk5dy]

idgaf about greg i want his hot brother (roderick not the toddler)

[@heathershangovercure]

i would be concerned if manny was "hot" -

[@Aidha_Fathima]

I love how Greg's actor, Zachary Gordon still actually sings!

[@rosalindmccollum6012]

Honestly, once you realize that Greg is just a straight up sociopath, the series is a lot more enjoyable. Still love that he is still in goddamn middle school.

[@heartz_for_addi3]

You look like someone who reads Percy Jackson

[@Nerd_with_internet_access]

I hope you do the rest of them! I have no memory past the, like, red and yellow one where they are on a plane(?) I do think I’ve read all of them, because in middle and high school I would go shopping with my mom, go straight to the books, and read it while walking around the store with her. So I’ve basically read them, but I remember literally nothing. I love your recaps, they are always informative and entertaining.

[@cherryred11]

when i was little, me and my brother borrowed this camera from a lady at our church and took pictures of our elbows to look like butts. my mom got so mad and i thought i was gonna be arrested for child p*rn 😭

[@tanzeelagarib6328]

I used to feel like such a traitor for thinking these books were sm funnier than dork diaries 😭

[@alyssapinon9670]

Me too. Was so scared of getting “pick me girl”/“nlog” accusations. But I never put down my friends who liked dork diaries. My ideal book would have diary of a wimpy kid’s humor and dork diaries’s aesthetic. But I think my prayers were answered via Disney’s “Turning Red”.

[@kippie2414]

i remember loving those books when i was a child, my parents used to read them to me (they loved them too lol) i wasn’t even aware there was a “girls” version

[@joelle4226]

Dork Diaries is written by an entirely different author but is in the same style. There’s also another “girls” version called dumb diary though

[@eduardaarrais]

This is the series that got me labeled as the "coo coo" kid; I would laugh my heart out reading this beautiful genius of a book and everyone just thought I was crazy. Man, reading sure is fun sometimes.

[@hannahstewart5337]

My headcannon is the Greg Hefley is forever stuck in middle school due to some weird time loop. That is why there are so many books and why it seems like so much time passes in each book.

[@evediby2183]

Greg was an opp fr

[@audreyayn4]

but that didn’t work out because the only thing that Greg did while he was in the field was… pick dandelions relatable

[@yukiyukiyunyunyun2685]

Ironic how theres a sociopath theory and the actor for him actually, lets just say, "did something bad" to his mom...

[@AAA_NNN_DDD]

would love to see an in depth coverage of the later editions to actually see how it compares to now. this one feels like its more for nostalgia, but i really wanna know about the ones i havent read yet.

[@dylanmccormick2675]

This is such a wild time! I completely forgot about a lot of the earlier events in the books, I eventually stopped reading this series like 12 books in once it seemed like they had lost the timeline(he is STILL in middle school like 4 years in 😩) Love the video as always :)

[@autumngafforio]

as a child i wrote hatemail to jeff kinney because I found it offensive and unrealistic how dumb he wrote the children characters (especially greg) and told him i was smarter than greg and i was younger than greg and urged him to stop writing.

[@JWProductions2023]

Great content and good points about dork diary's vs Diary of a Wimpy Kid

[@-talwer]

That photo of Rodrick was so real. He will always be my yt boy of the month.

[@ferrerosie]

Personally, I think Greg, even though he has the traits of a sociopath and is practically a simp, is a decent person. He has done some nice things, for example, he helped Rodrick with his project, salvaged his friendship with Rowley, shared a bond with his dad over a comic, etc. So, in conclusion, Greg ain’t that bad.

[@dad7493]

This is such a interesting video as somebody who was too busy reading about horses and Warrior Cats to touch a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book

[@Luv1234Wednesday]

I haven’t read dork diaries but for now diary of a wimpy kid is the best

[@Ello927]

He was kinda wholesome in some moments tho, he would've grown up to be a nice dude I hope

[@animefood0818]

no

[@joelle4226]

He would grow up to be a scam artist imo

[@xdustyx2982]

I had a crush on Greg as a kid .... Pls don't judge me😭

[@angelicxlover143]

Same- I think it was because the actor that played him in the movie was good looking 😭

[@banettenighmare8645]

Omg, these books sound so cringe as an adult 😭😭

[@noonne101]

I actually really like hearing you talk idk 🧚🏻‍♀️

[@dancingsun2]

I always loved when a new book came out when I was a kid, me and my brother basically had a whole collection of DOAWK books until I think Cabin Fever or the brown book I don't remember the title. The (original) movies are a classic, I like watching them in the summer.

[@ohwowitsher]

finally a video to watch while i die from exam review

[@wyattjaron8112]

Do Middleschool the Worst Years of My Life

[@angelicxlover143]

Yes! And also the book spin off from his sisters pov

[@puenteplays4787]

You sound like me explaining the VERY Literal 1000+ year lore of Lego ninjago. At this point you should start rethinking your life choices.

[@mocapcow2933]

Greg grew up to become Babytron. That’s my headcannon

[@osmanyousif7849]

Someone describe Greg in the best way possible: "He's either gonna grow up to be a mobster or like one of the main characters on Seinfeld. But either way, people are going to hate him.". Which yeah… come to think of it, I think that’s a shockingly accurate way to describe Greg Heffley, even like a mobster. A good example that comes to mind is Tony Soprano. Now I know people are gonna think that's ridiculous to compare Greg to Tony, but when you look at both characters, there's a lot similar about them both. Both have extremely toxic families, have such a warp perception of what being well-respected amongst their peers means, even coming to some types of epiphanies. Yet when they do attempt to seek for any advice on something that they feel they’ve done wrong, they both end up falling victim to their numerous bad habits and behaviors, either due to external forces or their own misinterpretations of the lessons people try to teach both of them, therefore end up failing on taking any steps to change their ways. Now I also compared Greg to someone in Seinfeld, to which I still stand by as when you do look at both the show and the book series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is basically the anti-young adult novel. To put into perspective before 2007, a lot of the average young-adult or children's literature usually tackled the typical teenage tropes you usually see. This is even something you'll notice on teen sitcoms too. But usually no matter what these teen characters got up to, they often found their way through it, with the help of their friends/family. With their stories ending on a general lesson for us (the audience) could walk away with. But then there's Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Including Greg himself, a lot of the characters are inconsiderate, ignorant, self-centered, narcissistic, or even sociopathic, like on Seinfeld. Almost nobody ever changes, including Greg. The fiascos that either he or his family get themselves in are usually brought about by their own egos and selfishness. And in almost each of the books, they usually don't end with a general life lesson. Yet, I'd argue that was meant to be the point, both the creators of Seinfeld and Wimpy Kid were trying to make. As because each had characters you shouldn't like, it doesn't matter if you don't like them. In fact, it'd be more funny if you didn't. You could say that Diary of Wimpy Kid, is meant to be a satirical look at traditional teen literature of the past. THE ANTI-YOUNG ADULT SERIES.

[@cartoonhyperfixated]

This book series is something else

[@alyh3721]

I work in a library and I swear these books have Gen Alpha entranced, it's all they ever seem to want to read

[@kailey_marler]

my sister and i watch the movies religiously, pretty much every single time i go home for a weekend

[@ferrerosie]

Greg and Rowley’s friendship seems toxic to me. Greg seems to not accept Rowley as Rowley himself.

[@therealfanmaster7097]

You know, there comes a point in life when you realize Diary of a Wimpy Kid is just It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia for kids.

[@alyssapinon9670]

That explains why I developed a lifelong love for stories about horrible people being horrible from an early age 😂

[@lisaaquaris6932]

Man- I reread the 6th and 7th books sm when I was nine! They were some of the only ones I owned at the time 😅

[@vvamppkk]

Babe, wake up, Amanda todhunter uploaded.

[@HidingInPlainS1ght]

This has absolutely nothing to do with the video, but is that a picture of Josh Hutcherson behind Amanda..?

[@NauticalTurtle]

omgoodness

[@Ireallydislikehandles]

My little brother has behavioral problems because of these books 😭😭😭 (We can’t take them away from him)

[@Gendernt_Is_Silly]

Know I wonder how you would recap the big nate novels

[@miiisssssyyyy]

These books were so popular when I was little that the cheese touch became a thing in my school I get flashbacks 😢😂

[@junehodge8027]

No there's 17

[@ajsmith8041]

Please say that a Dear Dumb Diary recap is next

[@galaxy_tripod0_0]

Picked up Wimpy Kid and Dork Diarys JUST because of the FONT. I was so sick of seeing the basic fonts throughout literally every book in that school library and when i finally found the gold it was just, "finally, some good freaking food". Came for the font, stayed for the stories.

[@haileyhoward-fp2zl]

Correction: 18 books not 16.

[@UnknownFergal25]

Amanda i love you ❤ and im rewatching ever after high lmao

[@imbuffysummers]

For some reason I really want you to make one of these videos about the Ramona Quimby series

[@claracarrion1300]

i read all the 17 books over and over again. i was always obsessed with them lol

[@Mapleleaf865]

Same

[@LolaSchms]

Yessss I love u Amanda

[@user-tw3rh9po4t]

This video needs a Part 2 and a Part 3.

[@user-rb4jl6oo4d]

amanda always makes me laugh :)))

[@alliecat4787]

pleaseeeeee make more of these

[@__-_-_1184]

i always hated greg.

[@aubiiu6937]

real

[@sophialavinia2664]

i love your channel 🫶

[@rumpys49thsubscriber]

please read the rest of these ill love you foreever

[@HistoricalFanatics]

The live action movie trilogy were better. But I still love the books, Plus the fan works on r/LodedDiper (I’m the author of one, the bachelorette)

[@editsontoast]

The cabin fever movie is actually not that bad. I thought it was cute

[@maem7462]

I read the first 2 or 3 books in this series. I think I saw abt the same amount of movies. I’m pretty positive I saw the first 3 movies and maybe the fourth movie but idk for sure. I enjoyed the books enough to read a few. I think I stopped reading them bc I had to do some summer reading and pick something on the list. That year the book Savy was on the list so I read that. Then I just happened to read other books I found more interesting than the dairy of a wimpy kid books

[@ezekielkennedy_]

I was gonna make similar video like this too 😂

[@RyanMcKennaGosling]

Great essay! I've read earlier books and the original film trilogy when I was in middle school. I got around rewatching the original trilogy last year, and it's becoming one of my new favourite film trilogies of all time. While I recently bought the first two books, I would probably stopped after the 9th book (as a friend of mine on Instagram suggest me to do so). And while here's how I rank the original film trilogy (don't expect me to watch The Long Haul or the animated Disney+ animated adaptations anytime soon): Roderick Rules > DOAWK > Dog Days

[@joshuabarkley3]

Read some of them including book 1 Roderick Rules the vacation book.

[@jinx724]

This recap made me realize why i hated these books cuz there is literally no story in sight... and greg was a horrible person

[@ramenpower8097]

As a child I related to Greg Heffley. As a teenager I related to Holden Caufield. As an adult I relate to Joker, from the film “Joker”.

[@kaiwancallender2761]

I don’t read

[@coribakescakes4279]

I would love if you did the harry Potter books at some point. (Fuck the movies. Me and my homies hate the movies)

[@davidfairweather3301]

The movies aren’t even bad. You need to be able to separate the two separate media’s. Each Harry Potter book takes place over an entire school year. They aren’t fitting all those details in. Yes do I wish they hadn’t excluded certain things from the movies - sure. But I’m a book loyalist myself, and the books are way better, but movies will never be able to replicate a book. It’s why this new series idea is dumb af. Even if they fit in extra details from the books, it isn’t going to feel the same as before. Like who the fuck wants to see all these iconic characters being played by fucking randoms 10-15 years after the books and movies finished. It’s just a money grab.

[@coribakescakes4279]

@@davidfairweather3301 The "Fuck the movies, me and my homies hate the movies" was quoting a meme. I know the movies can't fit everything in and no, they aren't awful.

[@loneeggtt]

I just started your vedio and ran to see which ones I had and then I remembered I had the first book and loaned to a friend and to this day I have not beheld it in my eye sight, the last DWK I have was from 2016 and seemed as if i lost interest after that and earliest on was from 2011, i don't remember anything from 2011 except hating school. We use to borrow the books from each at school so I have read most of them but i don't have them, Greg is a piece of shit but his brothers arent any better tbh.

[@yesikn0wimsh0rt]

i always hated rowley. rowley deserves what he gets ✋😤

[@MissEliMay_3]

Were you sick while filming this? Why is your voice so low?

[@luizzastrickland4167]

why am I so early

[@theeangang]

early!!