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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021 film)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021) is a 56-minute Disney+ animated comedy rebooting Jeff Kinney's film franchise, adapting the first book with Brady Noon as Greg Heffley; released December 3, 2021, it scored 75% on Rotten Tomatoes and 50 on Metacritic.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series: adaptations of Jeff Kinney's books about Greg Heffley, comprising four live-action films (2010-2017) and animated Disney+ films from 2021 onward, including Rodrick Rules, Cabin Fever, and The Last Straw.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012) is the third live-action Wimpy Kid film, directed by David Bowers, with Zachary Gordon as Greg Heffley faking a country club job; released August 3, 2012, rated PG, 52% Tomatometer.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, book 11 of Jeff Kinney's series, published November 1, 2016 by Amulet Books. Halloween-themed story in which Greg Heffley, pushed by his mom to be creative, makes a gummy-worm horror movie.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess, book 19 of Jeff Kinney's series, released October 22, 2024 by Amulet Books; Greg Heffley's extended family crowds a beach house while Gramma's meatball secret unfolds.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer is book 18 of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, published October 24, 2023 by Amulet Books. Greg Heffley tries to save Larry Mack Middle School from closure amid budget cuts, school ads, and book bans.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School, book 10 of Jeff Kinney's series, published November 3, 2015 by Amulet/Abrams; Greg Heffley faces an electronics-free town and a farm field trip; 224 pages, black cover.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper is book 20 of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, published October 21, 2025 by Amulet Books/Abrams. It follows Greg Heffley's chaotic self-planned birthday party and a rare MicroCreatures trading card, released in 26 countries.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, book 2 of Jeff Kinney's series, published February 1, 2008 by Abrams/Amulet: Greg Heffley is blackmailed by brother Rodrick over a summer secret, with the band Löded Diper; adapted into 2011 live-action and 2022 Disney+ animated films.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a 2011 American family comedy film directed by David Bowers, the second film in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (film)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a 2025 animated Christmas comedy on Disney+, the fourth animated Wimpy Kid film, adapting book three; directed by Matt Danner and Gino Nichele, written by Jeff Kinney, starring Aaron D. Harris as Greg Heffley.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is the ninth book (2014) in Jeff Kinney's series, following Greg Heffley's disastrous family road trip; a 2017 live-action film adaptation with a fully recast cast followed.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) is the fourth live-action Wimpy Kid film, directed by David Bowers with Jeff Kinney, with a fully recast Heffley family on a road trip to Meemaw's 90th birthday; it earned $20.7 million in the US and 19% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Diary of Activity and Repose of the Wanli Emperor
The Diary of Activity and Repose of the Wanli Emperor (万历起居注) is a Ming diary-style record of the emperor's words, deeds, and court affairs, and a main source for the Veritable Records of Ming Shenzong.
Diary of Merer
The Diary of Merer, also called the Wadi al-Jarf Papyri, is the oldest papyrus archive found in Egypt, a logbook recording boat crews ferrying Tura limestone to Khufu's Great Pyramid.
Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead (2007) is George A. Romero's fifth zombie film, a found-footage horror movie about film students documenting a zombie outbreak; also the title of an unrelated 1976 Arvin Brown drama.
Diary study
A diary study is a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed research method in which participants record experiences and behaviors in daily life over days to months, reducing retrospection bias.
Dias Gomes
Dias Gomes (1922–1999) was a Brazilian playwright and television author whose play O Pagador de Promessas won the Palma de Ouro at Cannes in 1962.
Diaspididae
Diaspididae, armored scale insects, the largest scale insect family (2,624 species, 421 genera); legless females under a waxy scale cover with a pygidium; major invasive plant pests.
Diaspora
Diaspora (Διασπορά) is a population that has spread from an original homeland to other countries while maintaining links to it. The term originally described the Jewish people.
Diaspora politics
Diaspora politics is the political engagement of emigrant communities with the politics of their homeland, including state policies such as external voting and diaspora institutions, now found in over half of UN member states.
Diaspora Revolt
The Diaspora Revolt, also known as the Second Jewish–Roman War, was a series of Jewish uprisings in Roman Egypt, Cyrenaica, and Cyprus during 115–117 CE, under Emperor Trajan.
Diaspore
Diaspore is an aluminum oxide hydroxide mineral, a principal aluminum-bearing component of bauxite alongside gibbsite and böhmite, and a color-change gemstone sold as Zultanite or Csarite.
Diastasis of muscle
Diastasis of muscle, or myodiastasis, ICD-11 FB32.0: pathological separation of muscle fibers from fibers, tendons, or fascia. Most common form is diastasis recti abdominis, defined as linea alba widening over 2 cm.
Diastasis recti
Diastasis recti (diastasis recti abdominis, rectus diastasis) is a widening of the linea alba over 2 cm separating the rectus abdominis muscles, common in pregnancy; treated with exercise or fascial plication surgery.
Diastema
Diastema (tooth gap) is a space between adjacent teeth, most often the upper central incisors (midline diastema). Causes include genetics, oversized frenum, habits, and gum disease; treatments include bonding, veneers, braces, and frenectomy.
Diastereomer
Diastereomers, also called diastereoisomers, are stereoisomers that are not mirror images, unlike enantiomers, so they differ in melting point and can be separated by crystallization.
Diastereomeric excess
Diastereomeric excess (de, or diastereoisomer excess) is a stereochemistry measure: the difference between the mole fractions of two diastereomers, defined by IUPAC by analogy with enantiomeric excess.
Diastereoselectivity
Diastereoselectivity is the preferential formation in a chemical reaction of one diastereoisomer over another, quantified by diastereomeric ratio and rationalized by models such as Cram's rule and Felkin–Anh.
Diastereotopic
Diastereotopic describes two identical atoms or groups in a molecule whose separate replacement by another group yields diastereomers, stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.