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Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a 2018 American animated comedy television series based on the book series of the same name and the film series, developed by the franchise creator himself, Jeff Kinney.

The series airs on Fox on September 23, 2018 and while most Fox animated shows have a TV-14 rating, like Family Guy, Bob's Burgers or The Simpsons, it retains a TV-PG rating for rude humor, violence and some language.

The series' shares the canon between the live-action films and heavily the books.

Premise
Taking place after The Long Haul, Greg Heffley takes on more outrageous misadventures with family and friend Rowley Jefferson.

Production
Custom Film Effects, which had provided the animation sequences on the first film provides animation for the series.

In other media

 * The first episode of the third season of On The Way: The Animated Adventures forms a half-hour crossover with the series entitled "Three Boys with a Wimpy Kid", which airs on September 25, 2022. In the episode, the Heffleys and Rowley take a road trip, only to their car die down outside Corpus Christi, where Greg meets Jake, Rowley meets Gillan, Rodrick meets Sherrie, and Susan and Frank meet Todd. All six main cast members guest voice as their characters.
 * The franchise is included in the toys-to-life video game The Multiverse in 2024, with Greg, Rowley and Rodrick as the playable characters. The cast reprise their roles as the visible characters featured in the game. Both Greg and Rowley are in a double character pack called a "duo pack" equipped with Rowley's bike, and Rodrick in his own separate pack equipped with his van. In some commercials and posters promoting the Series 2 wave, Greg is seen with Jake from On The Way, Ryan Ferd from A Ferret's Human Life and Marco Diaz from Star vs. the Forces of Evil.