#diary of a wimpy kid: dog days

[disneytva]

Laughing Place interviewed Jeff Kinney to discuss "Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Christmas Cabin Fever".

During the interview Kinney reveals that he hopes to make an animated adaptation of "Dog Days", other plans is a "road-trip" story likely refering to "The Long Haul" or "The Deep End" getting animated adaptations.

[magicalflowerlight]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

[unfortunatelyanvi]

my favourite scene ever from a movie is when rodrick started rolling around on the ground while singing baby for heather at her sweet 16.

and then he still had the audacity to ask if she wanted to hang after ruining her birthday. if u think ur confident take a look at rodrick

[instabratt]

Baking | Rodrick.H

“RODRICK STOP” you yelled running away from him, “NO WHAT WAS THAT SHIT YOU SAID EARLIER” he screamed at you as he continued to chase her.

Earlier the two couples were in the kitchen baking whatever they were baking and joking around until Rodrick had said something.

“What if I cheated on you” he huffed out a laugh while adding the brown sugar, she glanced at him through her eyelashes he looked at her “…what?”

She scoffed and stared to mix the ingredients together “Yeah, what if I cheated on you with your homeboy Merkle?” She smirked at her remark.

She felt his eye darting at her head as she continued to smile from laughing but he left to grabbed something from the one of the drawers, she turned her head and saw him pulling out a big knife.

She made a face while her eyes widen and putted down the bowl of half-mixed ingredients.

“Rodrick” she called out as he head snapped at her “what?” “Why’d you got a knife-“ “You said you were gonna do what?” He asked as he walked towards her.

She took a few steps back “W-what? Dude seriously move” she said eyeing the knife and him.

They stared at each other for a while before he made a move and she’s running around the house to get away from him which leads us to now.

“DUDE YOU STARTED IT” you ran back into the kitten on the other side of the table as he was across from you.

“Yeah, but I didn’t say one of your friends I just said ���what if’ you said one of my friends,” he said making a face and scoffing.

“Okay, I know and I’m sorry, Rodrick, just…put the knife down…please” I begged him which I rarely even do.

He let out a laugh and dropped the knife on the table making it clank “Oh baby…you really thought I was gonna hurt you” his words sounded sarcastic but he wasn’t.

I nodded my head as I was still breathing a little hard “Oh I could never hurt the little baby” he pouted out sarcastically.

I could feel the corner of my mouth twitch up and stop preventing myself from smiling, I quickly grabbed the knife and put it back where it came from.

I turned around and jumped seeing him behind me with a grin “I’m sorry baby, I-i really am…I don’t know what came over me”

He said and wrapped his hands around my waist hugging me as I wrapped my arms around his neck, having him nuzzled into my neck.

“I would say it’s okay but I’d be lying” he chuckled “I don’t blame you…it’s just I really don’t know what came over me” his grip tightened a little.

“You're crazy that’s what” I smiled he pulled back and stared into my eyes “Maybe I am…for you” he smirked and kissed me.

After that, we went back to baking, laughing, and goofing off like we usually do.

[chasingcomets222]

I got bored and decided to decipher Rodrick Heffley's music taste to close this years-long debate once and for all.

This post will be on the lengthier side, but a TLDR is attached at the end of the post if you want the basic cliff-notes.

Disclaimer: this is a dissection of the film adaptation of Rodrick rather than his source material counterpart. Comparisons to the books are welcome but irrelevant to this analysis.

Soundtrack

During the roller-rink scene in the opening of Rodrick Rules, Rodrick and Bill take over the DJ table to sabotage Greg's moves on Holly. The song they play is "Cut Throat" by the all-female heavy metal band, Kittie. Aside from Löded Diper's music, this is the only song in the series explicitly used to establish Rodrick's music taste.

However, there's many songs off of the Rodrick Rules soundtrack alone that can be reasonably assumed to fit his music profile as well — for example, those used during the party sequence.

I wouldn't doubt if one or two tracks were intended solely as crowd pleasers, but let's not rule out the entire playlist.

In order of appearance, Rodrick's party mix includes: "Heart Heart Heartbreak" by Boys Like Girls, "Electric (feat. Miss Amani)" by The DNC, "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" by Tokyo Police Club, "Shake" by Bikini Machine, "Move Like This" by Hammerwax, and "Jump In The Line" by Karl Zéro & The Wailers.

There's additionally three other, albeit more subtle, uses of background music to nod toward Rodrick's preferences.

The first instance is during the scene in Rodrick Rules in which Greg confides in Rodrick about his embarrassment from his failed "100 Years Ago" assignment. It's so quiet that it's easy to miss without a keen ear, but "Light Love" by Free Energy plays in the background, mixed to fit in with the ambience of Rodrick's bedroom.

The second is directly before the Löded Diper band rehearsal scene (somebody farted btw), in which Frank pulls into the Heffleys' driveway. "Rock and Roll Slob" by The Boneless Ones can be heard from the garage, once again mixed as part of the ambience.

The third again utilizes The Boneless Ones' discography, and is inserted during the opening sequence of Dog Days at the municipal pool. Rodrick explains it's "time to sell some CDs" for Löded Diper, and turns on his boombox (more on this later), blaring "Miss Fresno."

With the last two points in mind, one can assume the film universe is some twisted version where Löded Diper originally wrote and performed The Boneless Ones' discography (or something closely resembling it).

Band Tees

Rodrick mostly wears seemingly thrifted or upcycled shirts and graphic tees with witty/edgy prints, but there are outliers at times. For example, there's not one, not two, but potentially so much as five moments in Dog Days that he's seen wearing merch from Dead Kennedys, The Who, and Ramones.

While most of his band tees simply include the band's logo or iconography, the latter design takes it a step further by being specific to a particular song title: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by Ramones.

There's another moment which this may be the case, but it's purely speculative on my end. The Ramones also have a song named "I Don't Care," which is a phrase featured on one of Rodrick's shirts. It's not an explicit reference, but likely a reference nonetheless.

Room Posters

Guns N' Roses, Brutal Truth (Evolution Through Revolution), Stars (The Five Ghosts), Buried Inside (Spoils of Failure), and Decibel are the most notable.

I assume Decibel is in relation to the 70's/80's Italian punk rock band, although I can't find any association between them and this particular artwork. If not connected to them, there's a possibility it may be to the metal magazine of the same name, but I have my doubts.

In this image giving an alternate perspective to Rodrick's room, just off-screen is a Metallica poster, based on the stylization of the ending A. Beside it is a Hanson Brothers poster, which was later replaced in Rodrick Rules with a duplicate of the Stars poster for some reason.

Among his collage of Löded Diper flyers, there's Danny Echo posters as well as Denounce and Billy Talent stickers receiving the Hidden Mickey treatment (also a cameo from the iconic cheeseburger phone on the table).

Of course, there are many other pieces of memorabilia scattered across Rodrick's room, but several of them are blurry from the camera's depth of field or are seen at angles which make them difficult to read or for reverse image sites to identify. So for now, this is the best possible analysis of Rodrick's room in regards to music.

Miscellaneous

An easy-to-miss detail lies in the infamous Löded Diper van. Within the final few moments of Rodrick Rules as Rodrick drops Greg off at school (01:31:52), there's a semi-clear shot of the van's dashboard. On it are a set of stickers, including one referencing Huevos Rancheros, an instrumental rock-and-roll group from Canada.

In Dog Days, Rodrick brings a personal boombox with him to the municipal pool. Along the top is a large sticker for Street Machine, a Czech hardcore/metal band.

Cut Content

In the second studio draft of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, on page 23, scene 43, more of Rodrick's favorite artists are revealed.

The nature of this may be written off as not canon, as it was added into the script while it was still a work in progress and the posters themselves didn't make it into the final product.

What sells it to me as remaining "silent" canon though is that TOOL and Slipknot are often lumped together with Kittie (previously mentioned) as they share an overlapping fanbase. This was more prevalent during the early 2000's within the mall goth subculture, but it's remained fairly consistent for other variants of metalheads over the years too.

TLDR

To recap, the various genres across all of the bands Rodrick is canonically into include indie rock, pop rock, punk rock, hardcore punk, hard rock, industrial, thrash metal, heavy metal, nu metal, death metal, sludge metal, and grindcore.

His musical preferences are punk, rock, and metal-centric but quite broad and inclusive of countries of origin and lesser-known underground artists (some don't break even 100 monthly listeners on Spotify). This leaves the door open for endless possibilities in terms of headcanons.

He's not emo despite popular fan belief, but I still think there's a chance some of his musical leanings could cross over with bands considered emo adjacent for their presence in the community. August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada come to mind with his music taste accounted for, but that's just my headcanon.

EDIT: 9/9/24

I've since made two Spotify playlists from my findings: one being what I imagine would be Rodrick's regular rotation, and the other being an extension of his party mix. I feel I've channeled him well, since a lot of his music taste is basically mine circa 2008/2009.

If you've read this far, thank you so much for your patience, and I appreciate any and all interactions left on this post. Happy listening!! <333

[happy74827]

Made this specially for you @yoursacredqueenmother ☺️☺️

Song: Diamonds and Pearls — QKReign

Movie: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Trilogy)

Character: Rodrick Heffley

[briabooknerd]

[supermentaleyeliner]

watching diary of a wimpy kid with my younger brother and i'm reacting to rodrick in ways i shouldn't be around my younger brother

[urmomsmainbitch]

rodrick dating a swiftie!reader

requested: yes / no

warnings: i dont think any?? mental health tw in a/n

pronouns: nothing specific

a/n: hey guys so i'm not dead! in all honestly i locked myself out of this account, so i couldn't finish writing all of the requests from the last time i checkded in account. my home life has been kind of a shit show the past few months, but now that i found the password, i feel like writing might pull me out of the hole i've been in recently. if i dissappear again don't worry -- i def j locked myself out again :) also, i'm not a huge taylor fan, so i tried my best!

okay so basically

rodrick was not a swiftie at ALL before meeting you

like, he heard it on the radio and at school, but he never like went seeking out taylor swift

but the very SECOND he met you, he immideatly started looking up what songs she was famous for

id like to think that rodrick's love langauge is music (don't think i'm using that term right but whatevs)

and that he immideatly told you that he was trying taylor swift

and he listened to basically EVERYTHING.

the next time he saw you

all he did was talk about taylor swift with tou

something was just so adborable about seeing your face light up when he mentioned that he listened to her "because he wanted to think about you, and taylor swift makes him think of you"

tim mcgraw asf!

[questioning-pisces]

is this too niche

[mossycakes]

cant believe justin beiber did a cover of baby by rodrick heffley

[quietfounder]

What are some of the best live-action adaptations of animated shows, comics, books, etc., you guys have seen where you felt the cast truly captured the spirit of the characters they were playing?

Here are my top five!

1. Popeye

2. The Addams Family and Addams Family Values

3. Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime

4. Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010-2012) trilogy

[unfortunatelyanvi]

this would go so hard as a matching pfp icl

[goatcheesecak3]

Whatever you do DON'T think about how sad Rodrick got when he thought Greg would have to go to spag union, and DON'T think about how he came up with the plan for Greg to impress Frank on the wilderness trip, and DON'T think about how Rodrick stood to loose absolutely nothing if Greg got sent to spag union, he was helping purely because he can't stand to see his little brother sad, DON'T DO IT DON'T THINK ABOUT IT

[magicalflowerlight]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days (2012)

[happy74827]

This song is totally him

Song: Heavy Metal Lover — Lady Gaga

Movie: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2000s Trilogy)

Character: Rodrick Heffley