Rodrick Heffley

Rodrick Heffley is the semi-aggressive older brother of Greg and Manny Heffley and the drummer, founder, and frontman of the rock band Löded Diper. He is the eldest sibling of the Heffley family. He acts as one of the main antagonists of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series in general, serving as the main antagonist of Rodrick Rules and as the protagonist of Diper Överlöde.

In the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid films, he is voiced by Devon Bostick , and the role is passed to Charlie Wright in the film adaptation of The Long Haul . In the Disney+ animated films, he is voiced by Hunter Dillon .

Rodrick Heffley was born to Susan and Frank Heffley in Plainview.

When Greg was younger, Rodrick liked to mess around with his head and tell lies. The first lie he told Greg was that if your belly button were untied (when you were a newborn), your butt would fall off. Greg told his entire preschool class, which caused quite a stir. Another lie was that the toilet seat was only used by girls. Greg believed this until he accidentally left the door open and Susan found him. He once told Greg that if someone wears camouflage, they are invisible to others. That incident got Greg banned from the pool for the rest of the summer because he looked at naked women. Sometimes Rodrick's lies even end up costing him money. Greg once believed that if you put money in the ground, it would grow into a money tree. Rodrick took the money, and Greg lost much of his birthday money until his mother stepped in to help him.

Rodrick Heffley attended Westmore Middle School and befriended Drew and Ward and together they created the band Löded Diper . He also wrote an assignment called One Hundred Years Ago ; this assignment was the reason why Frank started doing his homework for him. He used to be a troublemaker at school and didn't like some of the teachers very much, one of those people being Mr. Huff . During this time, Rodrick tried out football but quit because of Mr. Litch .

One summer later, Rodrick and his friends went camping overnight in search of concert tickets; during that time, they met Bill Walter. Rodrick befriended and admired him, because in high school he was voted "Most Likely to Be a Rock Star."

Rodrick attended Crossland High School, but the school hasn't been mentioned in a while. Either he graduated or the school wasn't mentioned, as the series is on a floating timeline.

Like Greg, Rodrick is not depicted as possessing any exceptional talents, and is only shown to be passionate about a few interests, clearly heavy metal music, as it takes up most of his free time and frequently takes him away from his schoolwork. Rodrick would rather sleep than do anything productive, an attribute that is visually prominent throughout the series. He loves to sleep a lot, once sleeping for 36 hours straight, and whenever Frank forces him to wake him up, he always tries to find a way to override it. As an avid fan of heavy metal music, Rodrick is the founder and main drummer of the band Löded Diper. The band's lead singer, Bill, is a 35-year-old unemployed man who still lives with his grandmother. This, combined with Rodrick's fixation on heavy rock music, causes his parents to fear that he will follow a similar path to Bill's in the future due to his laziness.

Rodrick is extremely lazy and sloppy, especially when it comes to school, which clarifies where Greg learns from. He almost never gets a grade higher than a C-, except for his book reports (where Frank does most of the work due to Rodrick's supposed inability to type). Greg believes Rodrick to be lazy and unintelligent in all other areas, but there are hints that show Rodrick is not as dumb as everyone perceives, likely meaning that his lack of intelligence probably stems from his laziness (aka lack of motivation or refusal to learn) and possible dyslexia since he has an inability to spell (although he might have refused to learn how to spell). For one, he is capable of conning people into rewarding him more by setting the bar so low that he can end up catching anyone doing the most minuscule thing; for example, Frank asks Rodrick to clean his dirty underwear off the table.

Furthermore, he manages to get away with not doing chores and homework irritating his parents to the point where they obey his wishes and lie that he has to go to the bathroom to avoid doing chores. While Rodrick is clearly still not the smartest academically in the family, he is still portrayed as being somewhat bright and just not applying himself in the school department as he would rather get good grades by cheating than doing work much like Greg does sometimes. In Hard Luck, it is stated that Rodrick's first quarter did not go well, hinting that his father may have stopped assisting him.

While Rodrick is somewhat bright, he still struggles in other areas. For example, grammar; In Dog Days, when Sweetie was introduced, Frank forced Rodrick to buy a dog dish, however, he ended up vitiating it as "Sweaty." Also, common sense; In The Long Haul, he thought that a safe is a microwave and that bacon comes from pigs the same way eggs come from chickens.

Although Rodrick is often lazy, mean, careless, and irresponsible, he is sometimes shown to have a softer side, as seen when he can occasionally treat Greg well and get along with each other. In the more recent books, he tends to be more responsible and treats his family with respect.

Rodrick's somewhat antagonistic role throughout the series is partly due to a case of unreliable narrator, as Greg has a less than ideal relationship with his older brother due to their sibling rivalry, and thus Greg represents Rodrick from a highly antagonistic point of view. If one looks at Rodrick's behavior from a more neutral point of view, it can be seen that while Rodrick is still not the most well-behaved teenager (as he is still somewhat bad and very lazy), he is not as bad as Greg portrays him to be as the books are from Greg's perspective. In fact, Rodrick is one of the most well-behaved teenagers in the series. While Rodrick does play pranks and con his parents, it is mostly harmless (i.e., putting fake vomit on someone's car and getting their parents to reward him more) and does not engage in outright vandalism like most of the other teenagers in the series do (i.e., goading and recording someone's house and harassing little kids on Halloween). In some ways, Rodrick may be a better person than Greg, and perhaps better than his parents and younger brother. In particular, Greg often uses and manipulates his friends like Rowley and Chirag (and even people he doesn't know well), while Rodrick is never seen doing so with his friends and participates in normal activities with them (such as watching TV and practicing his band). In the animated film Diary of a Wimpy Kid, he said he did his best work on the science project when he didn't and lied to Greg about what he did after Greg helped him with it so he could pass the class and get a good grade on it.

Rodrick usually sports a white shirt and black jeans, however, he is shown to change into a black tank top with ripped shorts and black shoes whenever he is heading to a concert or performing a show. When Jeff Kinney starts drawing Rodrick, he starts as if he is drawing Greg because he feels so similar to him.

The only facial features that make Rodrick stand out are his thick black eyebrows and five short locks of hair.

In the live-action films, Rodrick has black hair that covers his head and occasionally wears makeup. However, in The Long Haul, he has long hair, as the directors felt it was appropriate for a rock band. In the animated films, Rodrick resembles his appearance from the books with little to no changes. The actor who portrayed him in the first three films is Devon Bostick.

Given estimates based on artwork of him, Rodrick Heffley is most likely between 5' 6" (167.64 cm) and 5' 8" (172.72 cm) tall. However, this is entirely conjecture, as his height has never been definitively stated within the series. Despite annoying his brother in both films, he treats him very well in Dog Days. He is the only main character who always has eyebrows in the CGI animated books and films. His science project and SAT scores have never been revealed. In the online version, however, Rodrick did not receive any awards for his science project. He once slept for 36 hours and didn't realize it until he saw that Monday Night Football wasn't on because it was a Tuesday. Ironically, most real people can't do that. He also had a bad habit of falling asleep in the hot tub, and Susan once forgot to wake him up, which made his skin look like a prune for two weeks while his high school took yearbook pictures. Although fans like the second actor, they feel sorry for him and know that he doesn't fit in as the new Rodrick because of the hatred from everyone and the directors. His bedroom is located in the basement of the house. In the film, however, it was moved to the attic, as the house where the producers filmed all the Heffley scenes didn't have a basement.

Most of the characters in the book only show their eyebrows when they're angry. However, in keeping with his antagonistic behavior, he always seems angry because he has eyebrows all the time. In the online book, it is hinted that he has never had a legitimate girlfriend as Greg has never seen him with a girl. However, in The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book , it is hinted in a letter that he was associated with a girl named Lyndsey , who seemed to break his heart in some way. This may explain why he acts incredibly rude and immature. Rodrick did have a brief relationship with an unnamed girl he met at the Isla de Corales resort in the book The Getaway. Rodrick is a major antagonist in all three series; the book, the movie, and the online version. However, he is not an antagonist in The Third Wheel, Hard Luck, Big Shot, and Diper Överlöde. In The Third Wheel , he is mentioned only a few times and is a background character; he doesn't bother or prank Greg at all (except in flashbacks), the same as in Hard Luck . In Big Shot , he only appears for two pages and is mentioned once. In Diper Överlöde , it can be argued that he is the protagonist, due to the majority of the book focusing on him, Bill, Mackie, and maybe Drew.

In the online book, Rodrick drives a pickup truck while the truck belongs to Bill Walter, however, in the books and movies the truck belongs to him. He is believed to enjoy pranks. In the movie Rodrick Rules , he takes Greg to a mall and throws fake vomit at cars. This ends with the kids being chased through a dumpster and the mall by an angry gym teacher . He is also shown playing pranks on Greg, other adults, and teenagers in many of the books, for example putting fake vomit on cars, shooting spitballs at a man, and is mentioned to have pranked people with dollar bills under the boardwalk. However, the first fake vomit in cars in the Rodrick Rules book happens, but Greg isn't involved. Chances are your social media account has been Myspace, Facebook, or even Twitter since The Ugly Truth was published in 2010.

Despite appearing on the first page of every book (which usually has all the protagonists of the books), Rodrick is only a main character in Rodrick Rules, The Long Haul, The Getaway and Diper Överlöde, with all other appearances being minor (less than 30 pages). He is first shown being taken advantage of in Old School. This is also the first time he doesn't escape a situation from his father, Frank. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, he saw that Sweetie's name was wrong on the water bowl, and spelled it "Sweaty". He is usually the main antagonist in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, minor antagonist and antihero in Rodrick Rules and Old School. Her voice in the CGI animated films sounds feminine and husky due to the third actor voicing her. It is unknown if he was fired from his job at Old-Timey Ice Cream Parlor after Old School. He's thought to have mild dyslexia, as he struggles with writing and spelling. He may also have narcolepsy, which would explain his sleeping habits.

He's said to be unable to type, so he gets Frank to type his essays for him (and rewrites Rodrick's entire essay from scratch in the process). However, Rodrick has been seen texting without any issues, proving that he does know how to type and is simply pretending not to manipulate Frank into doing all of Rodrick's assignments for him. He is based on Jeff Kinney's older brother named Scott Kinney. He appeared in a Happy Meal commercial created by McDonald's along with The Pig, Gammie and Sweetie. It is unknown whether he is currently attending Double Down College or not, although his mother has tried to persuade him to apply to numerous colleges, where he eventually applied (unbeknownst to him) to dog schools. In the online version, Greg states that Rodrick is allergic to bee stings. Like Greg and Manny, he is rarely seen smiling (sometimes when making jokes). In Hard Luck it is implied that her bushy eyebrows come from her mother's side of the family, as her maternal aunt Gretchen also has bushy eyebrows, which are always shown.

Rodrick has one of the largest fan bases of all the characters, especially for teenagers, mainly due to the lead actor's portrayal. It's quite possible that Rodrick read Greg's Diary because he knows Greg has a crush on Holly Hills, he tried to steal it in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, and the "of a wimpy kid" on the cover looks similar to his handwriting. While still not the friendliest person, Rodrick has become noticeably less mean and antagonistic throughout the series (particularly towards Greg). Furthermore, despite his rebellious/punk-rocker personality, as well as his generally antagonistic behavior, Rodrick is considered by many fans to be the most "normal" of the Heffleys. In the script for the first film, it is revealed that Rodrick is 16 years old. Rodrick, Frank, Greg and Jeremy Mitchell are the only people in the series who are not shown the inside of their ears. Charlie Wright's casting as Rodrick drew criticism, also sparked by the hashtag #NotmyRodrick. Wright also received hate mail and death threats. In response to the hate and threats against Wright, original Rodrick actor Devon Bostick expressed his dismay at the defamation and urged fans not to resort to such acts, but to give the new actor and cast a chance, before giving Wright his blessing.

Rodrick is very fond of snacks, as stated in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules." This is because he was excited and woke up when Susan mentioned snacks. There was a mistake in one of the books where Rodrick's eyebrows disappeared, looking like Greg but with 5 locks. Rodrick has a double, Rodrigo, who appeared in The Getaway. Gallery