Greg often claims that his parents and grandmother favour his little brother Manny.Frank is either a Jerkass who mistreats his sons or just an occasionally stern but well-meaning father, just like he is in the movies.
However, in regards in Cabin Fever, was Manny willing to have his family killed for not tying his shoes or was it for no real reason whatsoever and made up the "excuse" because he knows his mother will easily forgive him no matter what, even if whatever he did was for the pettiest of reasons? For that matter, was he actually willing to have them killed or was it that he simply didn't know how dangerous cutting off the power was? It is also shown that Manny is a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who acts friendly when they're around and considering that neither Greg or Rodrick are saints in particular, he's favored due to the parents thinking he's the sweetest kid in the house.
We all know that Greg is an Unreliable Narrator who over exaggerates the cruelty he suffers to downplay his own Jerkassness, but some people take it one step further and categorize Greg as a sociopath.Alternative Character Interpretation: Given that everything is written from Greg's perspective, it's inevitable.His glasses, goofy grin, social ineptness, and kooky personality can be seen as endearing, and his Friendless Background will make one feel sorry for him. Even Fregley can come off as this to some.While his friend Greg finds him too childish, Rowley is actually portrayed as one of the most likable characters and even becomes a Clueless Chick Magnet on more than one occasion. Rowley is a naive and gullible Kiddie Kid who doesn't have a mean bone in his body.To a small but notable extent, some older audiences are more familiar with the movies than the books due to the fact they watched it with their kids.
Now it's a wildly popular book series with four movie adaptations. Adaptation Displacement: It used to be a very obscure webcomic on a site meant for elementary school-age children.He means he wants to throw them at her, but "pegging" also refers to a certain sexual act. When talking about the Wizard of Oz play his school is putting on, Greg says that getting to peg Patty Farrell with apples in front of a live audience would be a dream come true.Greg's idea of a catchphrase in Double Down, which is "Bite my biscuits!".Accidental Aesop: The Long Haul movie has one: while online pictures/videos of someone getting into embarrassing situations can be hilarious, the subject of said picture/video will hate having one of their most humiliating moments immortalized where anyone can see it.