My theory are that there is in fact two timelines. The original timeline consisting of the first first books, the original all the way to Hard Luck, but after that book you'd imagine Greg would start high school. This is where the second timeline comes in. The long haul picks up not after Hard Luck, but after the original. It is the summer that we never saw in-between book one and rodrick rules. This continues on all the way until the most recent book, Big Shot. This explains why Greg can be in Middle School for so long. He's not. We have simply gone to a different timeline. The first eight books leave details at the end that are connected to each other, or events are references from past books. This gives them all a sense of cohesion. But Long Haul doesn't reference Hard Luck, and in fact actually clashes with the continuities of books 1-8. For a quick example, in long haul he doesn't know what I.O.U. means but he does in Cabin Fever. The other books do this too. Wrecking Ball clashes with Rodrick Rules and and Deep End clashes with Cabin Fever. It's clear these books are divided into two different sections. Those pre long haul, the of timeline, and those with Long Haul and forwards, the new timeline. Currently, Greg is in 8th grade in both timelines.
My theory is that here are multiple timelines. Since middle school ended in the long haul, and he is still in middle school in the books after it is the only option. One thing that supports this theory is the fact that greg says he didn’t know you could take a door off it’s hinges in wrecking ball, when he did that with rodrick in rodrick rules to avoid their parents finding out about their party.
My theory is that Greg heffley is actually immortal. In diary of an awesome friendly kid, rowley says that Greg told him he is immortal. And this time, Greg might not be lying
this makes sense, we see his birthdays yet he doesn't age`, he survives summer and very cold temperatures EXCEPT greg writes in his journal that they were, because of manny, GOING TO+STARVE TO DEATH
I think the 4th grade one makes sense, because Greg could just be acting like he's in middle school to act cool, which would fit perfectly with his character
Ya, I just think he is in highschool by the tenth book and is lying about still being in middle school because he wants people to think he's younger. Because by the tenth book things get a whole lot less realistic with a pig walking on two legs and wearing pants. He hasn't been afraid to lie in his journals before, he's probably just taking things a step further.
There’s something I’ve yet to see anyone making a timeline mention, and it’s this video: czcams.com/video/O_iYz_VrTh0/video.html “In Old School, Greg actually starts a new year of middle school, just like he did in the first book” This is Jeff Kinney confirming that Greg isn’t dead or held back a grade, he just started started middle school all over again
I didn't know that Jeff Kinney had directly said that Greg is in middle school in Old School, but I think it can be inferred that it's not supposed to be Greg entering high school. I honestly believe that the series has just become a ritual for Jeff Kinney, and that's why I categorize theories about Greg being dead or held back a grade as more "conspiracy"-esque since they aren't inferred in any real way in the novels
IDK, but my theory is that Greg already finished middle school by the time Hard Luck rolls around, sent those diaries, err... journals to his mum to maybe have a try to get it published. It got published and was successful, so Greg decided to continue the series while still in high school, writing crazy stories that he probably heard from other middle schoolers in his neighbourhood. So that's why there were so many incontinuities and retired characters - his memory fades a little and he never bothered to review the previous books.
AFTER READING BIG SHOT AND ALL THE OTHER BOOKS AND REWACHING THIS VIDEO I THINK STARTING FROM OLD SCHOOL TO BIG SHOT IS JUST MEMORYS GREG HAD IN 7-8th GRADE
My theory is that when Greg started writing in his diary, everyone else stopped aging and here’s why. In the first book Greg says that middle school is based on age and he complained that it should be based on height which means greg should be in high school when he’s 14. Jeff Kinney confirmed that Greg is 12. In the Ugly truth, Greg is in 8th grade but he mentions about the older kids. Greg and every other character never changed appearance even in the Ugly Truth when he’s going through puberty. the common theory is that greg keeps on failing school. But there’s one big problem with this. Rowely does well in school but he’s still in middle school and is in the same grade as Greg. Plus math is the hardest subject for Greg also in Doaak, Rowely mentions Greg has a 74 in math. The only problem with this theory is in Hard Luck, Greg confirms that you can get held back.
You have some interesting points about the timeline. Which part of Hard Luck are you referencing? If it's just that the general idea that someone can be held back a grade is confirmed in his universe, then I think that's confirmed at least all the way back in Rodrick Rules. Either way, I like your thinking.
@@starting7725 That makes sense. For some reason, I seem to remember some mention of Bill or someone in the yearbook being held back. Either way, I think it's probably assumed in any universe that someone could, under some circumstances, be held back a grade
My theory is greg and the whole universe is in a floating timeline like long time series like the simpsons. Or my second theory is each book takes place in alternate dimension. It kinda examples why there's conunnity errors in the books aka time or characters liking something different from a previous book.
That’s EXACTLY my theory. Books 1-9 are in “universe a” and books 10-16 are in “universe b” This makes sense because: 1) In the deep end manny is still three 2) In wrecking ball greg says he didn’t know you can take the hinges off a door. In rodrick rules, he and rodrick took the hinges off a door. 3) Also in wrecking ball, greg mentions this monster he was scared of when younger. In the first 9 books, he never even mentioned it. 4) In Big Shot, greg says the only sport he played was soccer. In an earlier book (I think the last straw) greg says he played baseball when he was younger. 5) People complain that there are too many vacation books. This theory could provide an explanation for why there are so many. The universe b equivalent of the long haul is the deep end. If I dug into it, I could find more.
It is revealed in the online version of one of the books that Greg was born on February 23rd. Greg was 11 years old during the first half of the first book. If your theory stating that Greg's first day of middle school was on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 is true, then that would mean that Greg Heffley was born exactly on Friday, February 23rd, 1996. edit: Apparently the February 23 date isn't canon. I will be editing my comment with the correct date soon.
Unless we count the movies as canon, we have no proof that Greg's middle school consists of grades 6, 7, and 8. Some places start in grade 5, or they end in grade 9, or both combined.
I’ve read a good chunk of the original Diary of a Wimpy Kid Online and it’s a mixup of the first six (or seven) books, which implies the first six books all take place over the same year
Interestingly enough, the first Diary of A Wimpy Kid book actually implies that Greg has been in middle school before, because he talks about experiencing things like the Cheese Touch "last year". The OG online version explicitly stated he was in 7th grade. It was the movie that changed it to say that he was just starting out.
greg's middle school is probably from grades 7th to 9th. most standard middle schools are from 6th to 8th. this is kind of interesting as it would mean that greg at the latest is in 9th grade. im also interpreting greg experiencing the cheese touch from "last year" as his elementary school possibly sharing a courtyard with his current middle school.
My theory is that here are multiple timelines. Since middle school ended in the long haul, and he is still in middle school in the books after it is the only option. One thing that supports this theory is the fact that greg says he didn’t know you could take a door off it’s hinges in wrecking ball, when he did that with rodrick in rodrick rules to avoid their parents finding out about their party. Another thing to support my theory is the fact manny is still three in the deep end. That means that the series must have rebooted in old school, in a parallel universe in a point of the timeline where greg is still in 6th or 7th grade. What your comment states helps my theory even more.
I believe Greg lives in an alternate universe where middle school is more than 4 years and months change the number of days yearly (kinda like February)
If you thought the calendar continuity was bad in The Last Straw, it gets even worse in Dog Days! The month of June overflows by about three weeks, the timing of Father's Day makes no sense, and according to the dad's planner, August 22 is a Sunday, which goes against all the previously established calendars!
@@TheMineFish Funnily enough, that version of the book was made circa 2004 then completed in 2005, which could change the entire timeline of the book. Hopefully I was of some help.
CZcams seems to be deleting any comments linking to an archive of the online version of the first Wimpy Kid diary. I'm sure this is just a bot-related thing attempting to remove sketchy links, so please don't think that I'm trying to censor anyone trying to share the ancient manuscript with me. I really want to examine it and have been admittedly too lazy to search for it very hard myself. If you have a link to it, feel free to DM it to me on my Twitter (TMinefish) or Instagram (theminefish).
I dont know why its hard you to search for it, I just typed "fun brain diary archive" and the 4th(so its just takes maybe a couple seconds of scrolling) link for me was a guy on Reddit posting the link to the book. If you hadn't found it hope this helps 😁
My theory is that the first 8 were his actual diaries and then years later he published them and became rich and famous like he dreamed of and anything after that if just adult Greg making a book every time he needs money or his publisher begs him to
18:28 I honestly think that's probably the case, I had the exact same problem most of my life too until my Dad randomly corrected me on a random car trip a few years ago
Everyone is ignoring that these are his dairy's we're talking about, and he wrote these from what happened from the past. THE PAST. This book is from Greg's POV. He knows many people are reading his book My theory is Greg wrote these in High School. The first one would be right at the beginning of high school when he wrote it. And then when he would publish it, he would be in adulthood by then. So the actual timeline would be in his adulthood, when he shared his thoughts. My theory might be total bogus but its what i thought went down
Maybe Greg says he's in middle school because he might be in one of those schools where elementary, middle, and high school are all in one campus. This could also explain why he knew about the cheese touch before he started middle school and why he has a playground at his school.
Counter theory: Greg is some sort of supernatural being who grows more powerful for every day that he writes in his journal, and after the events of The Long Haul, he reset the timeline back to either the original book or Rodrick Rules
This is amazing. I've always thought about what the timeline could be like for this series, but pen never made it to paper. Well done! Will you do something similar for the DoaWK movies? I only ask because I managed to dig up some stuff from the original trilogy.
Finally taking the time to reply to some comments not, sorry. I would entertain the idea but I have some other directions I'm thinking of taking with DoaWK. Still interested to hear what you found, though
@@TheMineFish Alright, if you ever consider doing it, here’s what I found: The first movie doesn’t have any specific dates. 2009 and 2011 appear on newspapers, but those are obviously just issue numbers and not indicative of a time frame. It’s worth noting that the film starts in September of an unspecified year and sends in May or June of the next. The closest we have for one in Rodrick Rules, where we see the date 3/10 on the phone. Given that this took place on a weekend, the closest calendar year to the film’s release that I could find is 2012. Crazily enough, this aligns with the third film’s release year and is set in the same school year as it. While the only exact year we’re given, it pops up again in the DVD short for Dog Days, revealing that Greg left 7th grade in that year. This would logically place the beginning of 1 in 2010 and its ending in 2011, the start of Rodrick Rules in that same year and its conclusion in 2012, and all of Dog Days there as well. The only thing I feel that could be thrown out is the party date though. While I firmly believe in the other timeframes provided above, for this to be possible, Greg’s encounter with his new teacher and Rodrick finding out about the talent contest, given the flow of events, would have to take place months apart.
You know that the creator tried to milk the series when the books went from depicting a whole school year to just a month or two so he doesn't have to age the characters.
In my dutch dairy of a wimpy kid it starts in klas 1 (grade 7) so yeah in the first dairy he must be 12 and in the 1 Summer of dairy 15 he should become 16 years old
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The first book actually takes place in 7th grade because Greg mentions being in middle school the previous year and having to tape his fingers together to avoid the cheese touch. In the movies it’s different but in the books he should already be in highschool by “the ugly truth”.
Due to what happened when I was in 5th grade I actually find it believable that a school would be in session December 26th. Maybe the teachers went on strike and that school calander was the result. But if this happened we would've seen how it effected Greg through either a long break or flashbacks with school starting in October. But hey, a Wimpy Kid style story about that could be quite interesting, with parents going too far in drilling the books into the kid's head. Or worse yet in Greg's case, forcing him to do civil war re-enactment. Yea it's similar to Dog Days for how the parents handle it (it's also autobiographical, except change out Civil War re-enactments to emphacising a school focus on everything that's supposed to be fun as you see your piers posting about them doing your bucket list trips to Florida and Europe on social media, as you're stuck playing "mom's monopoly" making it so everything must go through the bank with $500 bills or making kids keep score for bowling with a paper and pencil, the parents asking to have the score tv turned off. And of course, after the "fun" activity you need to crack open the actual school books, as examples. As a young adult that's an aspiring pro-bowler the latter actually sounds pretty fun but as a 10 year old kid it was just forcing unnecessary math on me) and combine that with 0 days off. There's a lot that could be done with that.
I think the alternate universe theory is cool, but I'm a little skeptical of how well it's working now. Also, context in the books could probably easily contradict it in some way
The only understandable theory that will actually support is the fact it’s a cartoon character which is the only one because all the other ones don’t add up specifically.
Or possibly they just go by a different year grouping, in some places, middle school is three years, in some others, 4 years, maybe it is just grouped strange?
Big Shot would take place in September-Novemeber 2011 Diper Overlode would take place Between December-April 2011/2012 No Brainer Takes Place April-June of 2012 (So in the next book if events followed normally Greg would be a Junior if the next book isn’t summer related)
Not true at all. The original was the only book that went one full year. Rodrick rules, the last straw, and dog days all combined are just one year. All the books from the ugly truth to the long haul are also just one year. The long haul is two weeks long. The deep end is one week long.
CZcams seems to be deleting any comments linking to an archive of the FunBrain online version of the first Wimpy Kid diary. I'm sure this is just a bot-related thing attempting to remove sketchy links, so please don't think that I'm trying to censor anyone trying to share the ancient manuscript with me. I really want to examine it and have been admittedly too lazy to search for it very hard myself. If you have a link to it, feel free to DM it to me on my Twitter (TMinefish) or Instagram (theminefish).
Maybe he was referencing the 2001 calendar because you have to take into account that the book was published in 2007 but it was probably written long before that year, Maybe when he wrote the book it was the year 2001
My theory is that diary of a wimpy kid takes place in one year and when the books take place in different seasons its all in one year Tim is normal its just some books take place before and after some things
My theory are that there is in fact two timelines. The original timeline consisting of the first first books, the original all the way to Hard Luck, but after that book you'd imagine Greg would start high school.
This is where the second timeline comes in. The long haul picks up not after Hard Luck, but after the original. It is the summer that we never saw in-between book one and rodrick rules. This continues on all the way until the most recent book, Big Shot. This explains why Greg can be in Middle School for so long. He's not. We have simply gone to a different timeline.
The first eight books leave details at the end that are connected to each other, or events are references from past books. This gives them all a sense of cohesion. But Long Haul doesn't reference Hard Luck, and in fact actually clashes with the continuities of books 1-8.
For a quick example, in long haul he doesn't know what I.O.U. means but he does in Cabin Fever. The other books do this too. Wrecking Ball clashes with Rodrick Rules and and Deep End clashes with Cabin Fever. It's clear these books are divided into two different sections. Those pre long haul, the of timeline, and those with Long Haul and forwards, the new timeline. Currently, Greg is in 8th grade in both timelines.
that actually makes sense
This is my exact theory. Except the long haul comes after hard luck.
How do we know the books are in different timelines and just in a different order than they were released?
@@purplesamurai5205 Because Doawk doesn't leave a lot of time in between books.
@@Unremarkable6969 What about ones like in between 1 and 2? One or two could fit there right?
My theory is that here are multiple timelines. Since middle school ended in the long haul, and he is still in middle school in the books after it is the only option.
One thing that supports this theory is the fact that greg says he didn’t know you could take a door off it’s hinges in wrecking ball, when he did that with rodrick in rodrick rules to avoid their parents finding out about their party.
why dont you theorize up some bitches
My theory is that Greg heffley is actually immortal. In diary of an awesome friendly kid, rowley says that Greg told him he is immortal. And this time, Greg might not be lying
But in wrecking ball, Greg states that he wonders what it would be LIKE to be immortal, knowing Greg though he could probably be lying
@@gb-929 he was probably lieing so the people who are reading don’t get like idk suspicous
this makes sense, we see his birthdays yet he doesn't age`, he survives summer and very cold temperatures
EXCEPT greg writes in his journal that they were, because of manny, GOING TO+STARVE TO DEATH
Don’t be silly
@@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 But it could be true
I think the 4th grade one makes sense, because Greg could just be acting like he's in middle school to act cool, which would fit perfectly with his character
when he says in old school "it seems like ive been in middle school forever"
Ya, I just think he is in highschool by the tenth book and is lying about still being in middle school because he wants people to think he's younger. Because by the tenth book things get a whole lot less realistic with a pig walking on two legs and wearing pants. He hasn't been afraid to lie in his journals before, he's probably just taking things a step further.
Juniour High goes to 9th grade. Some places use the Juniour High grades but still call it Middle School.
I think the fact that there's no definitive timeline is pretty cool and it leaves the possibility for an infinite amount of books!
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There’s something I’ve yet to see anyone making a timeline mention, and it’s this video: czcams.com/video/O_iYz_VrTh0/video.html
“In Old School, Greg actually starts a new year of middle school, just like he did in the first book”
This is Jeff Kinney confirming that Greg isn’t dead or held back a grade, he just started started middle school all over again
I didn't know that Jeff Kinney had directly said that Greg is in middle school in Old School, but I think it can be inferred that it's not supposed to be Greg entering high school. I honestly believe that the series has just become a ritual for Jeff Kinney, and that's why I categorize theories about Greg being dead or held back a grade as more "conspiracy"-esque since they aren't inferred in any real way in the novels
@Moon alternative timelines
@@chazzywaz he says in both of them but yeah. I just think Jeff is trying to hide the canon.
IDK, but my theory is that Greg already finished middle school by the time Hard Luck rolls around, sent those diaries, err... journals to his mum to maybe have a try to get it published.
It got published and was successful, so Greg decided to continue the series while still in high school, writing crazy stories that he probably heard from other middle schoolers in his neighbourhood.
So that's why there were so many incontinuities and retired characters - his memory fades a little and he never bothered to review the previous books.
It must be taking place in the great depression or something. Greg is so hyped about getting 50 cents from rodrick in a bet.
WAIT IN 2008 THERE WAS THIS thing called the great Recession
And video game consoles exist.
AFTER READING BIG SHOT AND ALL THE OTHER BOOKS AND REWACHING THIS VIDEO I THINK STARTING FROM OLD SCHOOL TO BIG SHOT IS JUST MEMORYS GREG HAD IN 7-8th GRADE
My theory is that when Greg started writing in his diary, everyone else stopped aging and here’s why.
In the first book Greg says that middle school is based on age and he complained that it should be based on height which means greg should be in high school when he’s 14. Jeff Kinney confirmed that Greg is 12. In the Ugly truth, Greg is in 8th grade but he mentions about the older kids. Greg and every other character never changed appearance even in the Ugly Truth when he’s going through puberty. the common theory is that greg keeps on failing school. But there’s one big problem with this. Rowely does well in school but he’s still in middle school and is in the same grade as Greg. Plus math is the hardest subject for Greg also in Doaak, Rowely mentions Greg has a 74 in math. The only problem with this theory is in Hard Luck, Greg confirms that you can get held back.
You have some interesting points about the timeline. Which part of Hard Luck are you referencing? If it's just that the general idea that someone can be held back a grade is confirmed in his universe, then I think that's confirmed at least all the way back in Rodrick Rules. Either way, I like your thinking.
@@TheMineFish I’m referencing Dennis Denard getting held back twice because he’s making some money by selling old school projects
@@starting7725 That makes sense. For some reason, I seem to remember some mention of Bill or someone in the yearbook being held back. Either way, I think it's probably assumed in any universe that someone could, under some circumstances, be held back a grade
@@TheMineFish Bill passed high school it’s just that he doesn’t have a job
If Greg is 12 in Ugly truth, he’s 14 or 15 in the wrecking ball,so he’s should still be in middle school
My theory is greg and the whole universe is in a floating timeline like long time series like the simpsons.
Or my second theory is each book takes place in alternate dimension. It kinda examples why there's conunnity errors in the books aka time or characters liking something different from a previous book.
Or, the some of the books are in the same universe, like third wheel and hard luck thingy. And the original to Roderick rules.
@@cyberyoutabe5995 yeah true.
That’s EXACTLY my theory. Books 1-9 are in “universe a” and books 10-16 are in “universe b”
This makes sense because:
1) In the deep end manny is still three
2) In wrecking ball greg says he didn’t know you can take the hinges off a door. In rodrick rules, he and rodrick took the hinges off a door.
3) Also in wrecking ball, greg mentions this monster he was scared of when younger. In the first 9 books, he never even mentioned it.
4) In Big Shot, greg says the only sport he played was soccer. In an earlier book (I think the last straw) greg says he played baseball when he was younger.
5) People complain that there are too many vacation books. This theory could provide an explanation for why there are so many. The universe b equivalent of the long haul is the deep end.
If I dug into it, I could find more.
@@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 nice theory I love it.
@@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 btw your right about last straw
It is revealed in the online version of one of the books that Greg was born on February 23rd. Greg was 11 years old during the first half of the first book. If your theory stating that Greg's first day of middle school was on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 is true, then that would mean that Greg Heffley was born exactly on Friday, February 23rd, 1996.
edit: Apparently the February 23 date isn't canon. I will be editing my comment with the correct date soon.
@Taco Cat (AKA The Blob) ?
but isn't greg's birthday during summer
@@hunter-yt4eq Really? Where does it say that?
@@Your_Local_Milk_Man In Dog Days he says that he’s excited for summer since it’s his birthday.
@PotatoWindz his birthday is on Dog Days page 87
A lot of people forget that the first book isn’t based on Greg’s first year. In it he talks about having already been to middle school
Greg is probably stuck in the past because something might have happened to him. Maybe middle school was the best time in his life.
Unless we count the movies as canon, we have no proof that Greg's middle school consists of grades 6, 7, and 8. Some places start in grade 5, or they end in grade 9, or both combined.
I’ve read a good chunk of the original Diary of a Wimpy Kid Online and it’s a mixup of the first six (or seven) books, which implies the first six books all take place over the same year
Interestingly enough, the first Diary of A Wimpy Kid book actually implies that Greg has been in middle school before, because he talks about experiencing things like the Cheese Touch "last year". The OG online version explicitly stated he was in 7th grade. It was the movie that changed it to say that he was just starting out.
greg's middle school is probably from grades 7th to 9th. most standard middle schools are from 6th to 8th. this is kind of interesting as it would mean that greg at the latest is in 9th grade. im also interpreting greg experiencing the cheese touch from "last year" as his elementary school possibly sharing a courtyard with his current middle school.
@@Lus0 highschool starts in 9th Grade.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 depends where you’re from. My middle school was 7-9 and high school 10-12
My theory is that here are multiple timelines. Since middle school ended in the long haul, and he is still in middle school in the books after it is the only option.
One thing that supports this theory is the fact that greg says he didn’t know you could take a door off it’s hinges in wrecking ball, when he did that with rodrick in rodrick rules to avoid their parents finding out about their party. Another thing to support my theory is the fact manny is still three in the deep end. That means that the series must have rebooted in old school, in a parallel universe in a point of the timeline where greg is still in 6th or 7th grade.
What your comment states helps my theory even more.
The movie gaslighted a whole generation.
You'll never get an answer from me!
Dang it
Greg, you have never told me this… 😮
We will one day
*GREG!?!?*
I believe Greg lives in an alternate universe where middle school is more than 4 years and months change the number of days yearly (kinda like February)
I didn't even realize this was 40 minute video until nearly 30 minutes in. Fantastic vid, definitely subbing
If you thought the calendar continuity was bad in The Last Straw, it gets even worse in Dog Days! The month of June overflows by about three weeks, the timing of Father's Day makes no sense, and according to the dad's planner, August 22 is a Sunday, which goes against all the previously established calendars!
Wow, man. This was so comprehensive, awesome video
the "halloween is the key to it all" skit lmaooo
In the Funbrain version, it states the month AND the day, so it might help you get some of your answers.
Do you have the link to that? I haven't been able to find the online version anywhere. And are you saying that it shows the day as in the date?
And on page 5, Greg says that he is in 7th grade so the "last spring" part would make sense.
@@TheMineFish Funnily enough, that version of the book was made circa 2004 then completed in 2005, which could change the entire timeline of the book. Hopefully I was of some help.
CZcams seems to be deleting any comments linking to an archive of the online version of the first Wimpy Kid diary. I'm sure this is just a bot-related thing attempting to remove sketchy links, so please don't think that I'm trying to censor anyone trying to share the ancient manuscript with me. I really want to examine it and have been admittedly too lazy to search for it very hard myself. If you have a link to it, feel free to DM it to me on my Twitter (TMinefish) or Instagram (theminefish).
I dont know why its hard you to search for it, I just typed "fun brain diary archive" and the 4th(so its just takes maybe a couple seconds of scrolling) link for me was a guy on Reddit posting the link to the book. If you hadn't found it hope this helps 😁
My theory is that the first 8 were his actual diaries and then years later he published them and became rich and famous like he dreamed of and anything after that if just adult Greg making a book every time he needs money or his publisher begs him to
You need way more subscribers, you did so much work on this video
he needs to be silenced
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Watching him destroy books hurt me on a deep level
18:28
I honestly think that's probably the case, I had the exact same problem most of my life too until my Dad randomly corrected me on a random car trip a few years ago
Same
Everyone is ignoring that these are his dairy's we're talking about,
and he wrote these from what happened from the past.
THE PAST.
This book is from Greg's POV. He knows many people are reading his book
My theory is Greg wrote these in High School.
The first one would be right at the beginning of high school when he wrote it.
And then when he would publish it, he would be in adulthood by then.
So the actual timeline would be in his adulthood, when he shared his thoughts.
My theory might be total bogus but its what i thought went down
This theory could be right, he says he has a very good memory, he even remembers what it was like before he was born
@@koolaidmeme8578 but that’s literally impossible
@@MELONLORD1 well thats what he says.
*dairy's*
Maybe Greg says he's in middle school because he might be in one of those schools where elementary, middle, and high school are all in one campus. This could also explain why he knew about the cheese touch before he started middle school and why he has a playground at his school.
Holy shit this is so we done man, what a legend
I don’t think Greg is in middle school he might be in high school it’s just that he doesn’t mention it.
Broke: Greg is dead.
Woke: Greg is a timelord.
MineFish: Greg is calendars
Counter theory: Greg is some sort of supernatural being who grows more powerful for every day that he writes in his journal, and after the events of The Long Haul, he reset the timeline back to either the original book or Rodrick Rules
This is amazing. I've always thought about what the timeline could be like for this series, but pen never made it to paper. Well done!
Will you do something similar for the DoaWK movies? I only ask because I managed to dig up some stuff from the original trilogy.
Finally taking the time to reply to some comments not, sorry. I would entertain the idea but I have some other directions I'm thinking of taking with DoaWK. Still interested to hear what you found, though
@@TheMineFish Alright, if you ever consider doing it, here’s what I found:
The first movie doesn’t have any specific dates. 2009 and 2011 appear on newspapers, but those are obviously just issue numbers and not indicative of a time frame. It’s worth noting that the film starts in September of an unspecified year and sends in May or June of the next.
The closest we have for one in Rodrick Rules, where we see the date 3/10 on the phone. Given that this took place on a weekend, the closest calendar year to the film’s release that I could find is 2012. Crazily enough, this aligns with the third film’s release year and is set in the same school year as it. While the only exact year we’re given, it pops up again in the DVD short for Dog Days, revealing that Greg left 7th grade in that year. This would logically place the beginning of 1 in 2010 and its ending in 2011, the start of Rodrick Rules in that same year and its conclusion in 2012, and all of Dog Days there as well.
The only thing I feel that could be thrown out is the party date though. While I firmly believe in the other timeframes provided above, for this to be possible, Greg’s encounter with his new teacher and Rodrick finding out about the talent contest, given the flow of events, would have to take place months apart.
Greg, I don't care if you're sweating! THEY HIT THE PENTAGON GREG!!!
Jeff Kinney said that Greg was in 6th grade in the school year of 2003-2004
Where did you see him say that?
@@TheMineFish In an interview, can't find it anywhere now though. The wiki says the same thing
Yeah, I saw that, but I haven't been able to find any sources
The amount of effort that was put into this terrifies me, but boy was it a masterpiece
I helped
Sobble squad better
@@htdproductions who is that
@@therealminefish3224 joe mama
@@htdproductions don’t talk to
Me like that ever again
You know that the creator tried to milk the series when the books went from depicting a whole school year to just a month or two so he doesn't have to age the characters.
u deserve much more subs
When an actual good theory gets 10k views only
WHY MAN
In some schools they have 9th grade be apart of middle school meaning that he could just now be in his first year of high school in big shot
Well this guy needs more attention pumping up videos this good but only 264 subscribers.
In my dutch dairy of a wimpy kid it starts in klas 1 (grade 7) so yeah in the first dairy he must be 12 and in the 1
Summer of dairy 15 he should become 16 years old
And in England middle school finishes in age 16 and Greg is now 15
But that contradicts the place where Greg Heffley lives he’s in the US not England.
Thank you for the effort.
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Me waiting for you to realise you could use Christmas as a marker.
You: Halloween!
Me: that works too
The first book actually takes place in 7th grade because Greg mentions being in middle school the previous year and having to tape his fingers together to avoid the cheese touch. In the movies it’s different but in the books he should already be in highschool by “the ugly truth”.
He doesn’t though. He mentions the cheese being there the year before, but he doesn’t mention actually being in middle school.
@@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 read the first book, he says he had to tape his fingers together “last year”.
@@oceansolstice608 I went back to it, and page 10 first paragraph it never says “last year”
My theory is that he keeps having to retake middle school for one reason or another
Due to what happened when I was in 5th grade I actually find it believable that a school would be in session December 26th. Maybe the teachers went on strike and that school calander was the result. But if this happened we would've seen how it effected Greg through either a long break or flashbacks with school starting in October. But hey, a Wimpy Kid style story about that could be quite interesting, with parents going too far in drilling the books into the kid's head. Or worse yet in Greg's case, forcing him to do civil war re-enactment. Yea it's similar to Dog Days for how the parents handle it (it's also autobiographical, except change out Civil War re-enactments to emphacising a school focus on everything that's supposed to be fun as you see your piers posting about them doing your bucket list trips to Florida and Europe on social media, as you're stuck playing "mom's monopoly" making it so everything must go through the bank with $500 bills or making kids keep score for bowling with a paper and pencil, the parents asking to have the score tv turned off. And of course, after the "fun" activity you need to crack open the actual school books, as examples. As a young adult that's an aspiring pro-bowler the latter actually sounds pretty fun but as a 10 year old kid it was just forcing unnecessary math on me) and combine that with 0 days off. There's a lot that could be done with that.
WOW! GREG
ATE THE CHEESE ON MY BIRTHDAY!
well technically it was Rowl-
@johnnyblazeGaming
But Greg said he ate the cheese, Right? Greg doesn’t lie-
In The Deep End, Greg said “until I finish high school”
i think in the long haul greg got held back, same with all his other years after that in middle scholl
35:45 The Deep End makes quarantine references, so it must have taken place in 2020.
19:30 agent hefley was happy because got a big promotion that day......
What are your opinions on the pig
Yum
I think the alternate universe theory is cool, but I'm a little skeptical of how well it's working now. Also, context in the books could probably easily contradict it in some way
39:40 you say court but the image reads blacktop please explain
Europe's fault
The only understandable theory that will actually support is the fact it’s a cartoon character which is the only one because all the other ones don’t add up specifically.
pretty cool that my birthday, the one where i was born not a celebration of it, in a day in this theory. not saying when, because internet safety.
Diary of a wimpy kid, came out in 2007. I'm in high-school, and that book is older than me.
silence boy
This person deserves more subscribers
No he doesn’t
Oh ok
@@triplethreat5305 pleasure doing business with you
That’s Ploop.
@@therealminefish3224your a ploopy
Greg: why y’all tryna figure out my age
This needs more views
I think each one isn’t a different year and some books might be the same year
this deserves more views
No it doesn’t
If he wasn’t still in middle school he would be maybe in his freshman year of high school , Rodrick will be in college and manny in elementary school.
Or possibly they just go by a different year grouping, in some places, middle school is three years, in some others, 4 years, maybe it is just grouped strange?
Big Shot would take place in September-Novemeber 2011 Diper Overlode would take place Between December-April 2011/2012 No Brainer Takes Place April-June of 2012 (So in the next book if events followed normally Greg would be a Junior if the next book isn’t summer related)
Will update as books release
My theory is that high school is also called middle school on that universe and college is high school
23:00 Rowley actually ate the cheese and Greg said that it was him.
Yeah, that's the joke I was making by intentionally incorrectly correcting myself
@@TheMineFish yeah I got the joke.
also can't believe that you actually replied
@@awesomeishu his real name is jeffrey
@@therealminefish3224 oh, ok. I thought it was Greg Heffley.
The first few books went over the full year then after that, it was just restricted to one month.
You might want to look over part seven in my video - that's not what I found
what
Not true at all.
The original was the only book that went one full year.
Rodrick rules, the last straw, and dog days all combined are just one year.
All the books from the ugly truth to the long haul are also just one year.
The long haul is two weeks long.
The deep end is one week long.
@@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 Opps it's been a little while. I mostly have the later ones so I must have remembered wrong.
15:13 at first I thought that was iron maiden lol
that was amazing
so was the slop your mom gave me
0:43 The Red Masked Man LOL
He’s scary looking that’s why he wears a mask
Remember greg has been in middle school for 13 years
In Rodrick rules it said on the picture, "October 27th, Saturday".
Wow so much effort
shut up before i go crazy
Labor Day is always on a Monday my dude
Part six in a nutshell: book abuse.
I ABUSE SUBSTAMCES
11:06 I thought that was real at first
I hate the minefish
As well do i
What about MineFish More More
As well as me
CZcams seems to be deleting any comments linking to an archive of the FunBrain online version of the first Wimpy Kid diary. I'm sure this is just a bot-related thing attempting to remove sketchy links, so please don't think that I'm trying to censor anyone trying to share the ancient manuscript with me. I really want to examine it and have been admittedly too lazy to search for it very hard myself. If you have a link to it, feel free to DM it to me on my Twitter (TMinefish) or Instagram (theminefish).
W video (even if Jeff messed up the timeline entirely)
Lmao Rowley ate the cheese on my 2nd Birthday
I LOVE 2 YEAR OLDS
They are still making more books? Greg shoyld be 18 by now.
At 13:01 you forgot 2012.
The Ending 40:00
The Start 0:00
Maybe he was referencing the 2001 calendar because you have to take into account that the book was published in 2007 but it was probably written long before that year, Maybe when he wrote the book it was the year 2001
Idk why but I just think its different universes maybe? Who knows
Beauty at its finest
nope
recommend after a year
Seeing you destroying those books made me kinda stressed out.
The original webcomic the series was based on started in 2004, I think there's the wiki got 2003 from, maybe.
My theory is that diary of a wimpy kid takes place in one year and when the books take place in different seasons its all in one year Tim is normal its just some books take place before and after some things
Multiple books year?
I thought u had 598k subs not 598 hundred what the heck
You deserve more seriously
@@jakestan1185 no he doesn’t
This is a fake minefish. Do not allow this propaganda to continue.
School traditionally starts after labor day? Here we start typically on august 20th
It's definitely not the norm anymore, but "historically" school would start the Tuesday after Labor Day Monday
Maybe he just got held back lol