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Susan Heffley (known as Ann Heffley in the online book), is the wife of Frank Heffley and the mother of Rodrick, Greg, and Manny Heffley. She is also the daughter of Grampa and Gramma and the sister of Cakey, Audra, Veronica, and Gretchen, she is also the aunt of Malvin and Malcolm. She is the secretary of the PTA who once worked as a preschool teacher, and once was the substitute teacher in Greg's class. She is a major character in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

Francis "Frank" Heffley is the serious and overactive father of Rodrick, Greg, and Manny Heffley. He is the husband of Susan Heffley and the oldest son of Grandpa Heffley and Nana Heffley. He is also the elder brother of Joe Heffley and Gary Heffley. As Greg Heffley's father, he appears as a major character throughout the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the online book, and he also plays the main antagonist in The Last Straw and the film adaptationDog Days.

In the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, Frank is played by Steve Zahn, with that role being filled in by Tom Everett Scott in the film adaptation for The Long Haul. In the animated movie for Disney+, he is voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos.

Gregory "Greg" Heffley is a middle school student who attends Westmore Middle School and is the main protagonist of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, as well as the main antagonist and supporting character of the Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is the best friend of Rowley Jefferson and the second son of Frank Heffley and Susan Heffley, with Rodrick and Manny Heffley being his brothers. He resides with his family at 12 Surrey Street.[3]

In the first three film adaptations of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg Heffley was played by Zachary Gordon, with the role being filled by Jason Drucker in the fourth installment five years later. In the first two CGI animated films he is voiced by Brady Noon, voiced by Wesley Kimmel in the third and is voiced by Aaron D. Harris in the fourth. In these adaptations, Greg instead attends Westmore Middle School. One of his main flaws is his cowardice. He often avoids confrontation and is unwilling to stand up for himself or others, even when it's necessary. This is shown in several instances throughout the series, such as when he lets Rowley take the blame for breaking a school rule or when he doesn't protect himself against his brother, Rodrick. On a few occasions when he is falsely accused of something or is in an uncompromising position beyond his control, Greg is never seen trying to defend himself either due to him believing he’ll be framed as a liar or that the other party doesn’t give him time to explain what happened.

The only facial appearances that make Rodrick stand out is his black thick eyebrows and five short strands of hair.

He has a tattoo of his band's name on his shoulder.

Rodrick's somewhat antagonistic role throughout the series is partly stemmed from a case of an unreliable narrator, as Greg has a less-than-ideal relationship with his older brother per their sibling rivalry and thus Greg depicts Rodrick in a highly antagonistic point-of-view. If one looks at Rodrick's behavior in a more neutral point-of-view, it can be seen that while Rodrick still isn't the most well-behaved teenager (as he is still somewhat mean and very lazy), he is not as bad as Greg depicts him to be, as the books are in Greg's perspective. In fact, Rodrick is actually one of the more well-behaved teenagers in the series. While Rodrick pulls pranks and cons his parents, it's mostly harmless (i.e. putting fake vomit on someone's car and getting his parents to reward him greater) and are not outright vandalism or harassment like most of the other teenagers pull in the series (i.e. egging, toilet-papering someone's house, and harassing little kids on Halloween). In some ways, Rodrick can actually be a better person than Greg and perhaps better than his parents and his youngest brother. In particular, Greg uses and manipulates his friends like Rowley and Chirag (and even people he doesn't know well) often, while Rodrick is never seen doing so with his friends and partakes in normal activities with them (like watching TV and practicing with their band). In the animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, he said he did his best work on the science project when he didn't and lied that he did to Greg after Greg helped him with it so he can pass the class and get a good grade on it. Rodrick customarily sports a white shirt and black jeans, however is shown to change up and don a black tank top with ripped shorts and black shoes whenever he's heading to a concert or performing a show. When Jeff Kinney starts drawing Rodrick he starts off as if he's drawing Greg because he appears very alike to him.[2]

Rodrick is extremely lazy and careless, especially when it comes to school, which elucidates where Greg learns it from. He almost never gets a grade above C-, except for his book reports (where his dad does most of the work due to Rodrick's supposed inability to type). Greg believes that Rodrick is lazy and unintelligent in all other areas, but there are indications that show that Rodrick isn't as dumb as everyone perceives likely meaning his unintelligence likely comes from his laziness (aka lack of motivation/or refusal to learn) and possible dyslexia as he has an inability to spell (though he could have refused to learn how to spell). For one, he is able to con people to reward him greater by setting the bar real low that he can end up surprising anyone by doing the most minuscule thing; for example, Frank asking Rodrick to get his filthy underwear off the table. Furthermore, he manages to get away with not doing chores and homework by irritating his parents to the point where they oblige to his desires and lies that he has to go to the bathroom to avoid doing the chores. While Rodrick still clearly isn't the smartest in the family academic wise, he is still presented to be a bit bright and is just not applying it in the school department since he would rather get good grades by cheating than actually doing the work much like Greg does at times. In Hard Luck, it is stated that Rodrick's first quarter didn't go well, insinuating that his father might have stopped assisting him. While Rodrick is a bit bright, he still struggles in other realms. These include spelling; in Dog Days when they brought Sweetie, Frank obliged Rodrick to buy a dog bowl however he ended up misspelling it as "Sweaty," and common sense; In The Long Haul, he mistakes a safe for a microwave and that bacon comes from pigs in the same way that eggs come from chickens.

A summer later, Rodrick and his friends were going camping overnight looking for concert tickets; during that time, they met Bill Walter. Rodrick became friends with him and looked up to him. Bill was looked up to because in high school, he was voted, "Most Likely To Be A Rock Star" along with Anna Wrentham, who may or may not be in jail.[1]

Rodrick attended Crossland High School, but the school has not been mentioned for a while. He either graduated or the school has simply not been mentioned, since the series is on a floating timeline. Likewise to Greg, Rodrick is not depicted to own any exceptional talents, and he is portrayed to be passionate in a few interests, distinctly heavy metal music, as it occupies most of his spare time and frequently drafts him away from his schoolwork. Rodrick would much preferably sleep than engage in anything productive, an attribute that is visually prominent throughout the series. He loves to sleep a lot, once sleeping for 36 hours straight (he also slept during the removal of his bed), and whenever Frank compels him to wake him up, Rodrick always tries to find a way to override it. As an avid fanatic of heavy metal music, Rodrick is the co-founder (along with Ward)and lead drummer of his band Löded Diper. The band's lead singer, Bill, is a 35-year-old unemployed man who lives with his grandmother. This, incorporated with Rodrick's fixation with heavy rock music, makes his parents fear that he will head down a similar path to Bill in the future due to his laziness.

Rodrick Heffley is the older brother of Greg and Manny Heffley, the son of Frank and Susan Heffley, and the drummer, founder, and leader of the rock band Löded Diper. He is the oldest son of the Heffley family. As Greg's brother, he appears as a major character and major antagonist throughout the series, and serves as the main antagonist of Rodrick Rules and as the protagonist of Diper Överlöde. Rodrick Heffley was born to Susan and Frank Heffley in Plainview. A few years later, his younger brother Greg was born.

When Greg was younger, Rodrick liked to tell lies to him. The first lie he told Greg was that, if your belly button got untied (as a newborn), your butt would fall off. Greg told his whole preschool class, which caused a big stir. Another lie Rodrick told was that the toilet seat was only used for girls. Greg believed this, until he accidentally left the door unlocked, and Susan found him. Once he told Greg that, if someone wears camouflage, they are invisible to everyone else. That incident got Greg banned from the pool for the rest of the summer, due to him looking at naked women. Sometimes Rodrick's lies even end up costing money. Greg once believed that, if you put money in the ground, it will grow into a money tree. Rodrick took the money, and Greg lost a lot of his birthday money until his mom stepped in to help him. Rodrick was also rebellious, as explained in Hard Luck, where it is mentioned that he'd fall for reverse psychology since he'd intentionally do the opposite of what his mother told him to. Rodrick Heffley attended Larry Mack Middle School and became friends with Drew and Ward. Together, they created the band Löded Diper. He also wrote an assignment called A Hundred Years Ago; this assignment was the reason his dad started to do his homework for Rodrick. He used to be a troublemaker in school and was greatly disliked by some of the teachers there, one such person being Mr. Huff.