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Manny Heffley

Manny Heffley is Greg's younger brother who is "spoiled" by his parents and he is also selfish, bratty, mean, paranoid and cowardly because of the spoiling. Manny usually gets whatever he wants in his life, mostly because he throws extreme tantrums. He does not care for his brothers and panics when he thinks something might harm him. He is commonly known for calling Greg "Bubby", which Greg finds upsetting, annoying and embarrassing. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Greg receives a birthday gift from Manny with the tag reading "To Bubby", which he quickly throws away, for fear of his friends finding out about the nickname. Also, he draws a picture on Greg's door and his parents find it cute, rather than rebuking him. In Rodrick Rules, Manny's potty training has a huge setback due to a joking reference to the "potty monster" by Uncle Joe. Whenever Greg has a sleepover with Rowley, Manny always interferes, which causes Rowley to leave early.

Manny has told on Greg for things he saw before talking age, such as breaking a sliding glass window, which had occurred two years before. Manny has cried in all the books except The Ugly Truth. (In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, he cried because he swallowed the tiny ball of thread that Greg told him was a spider. In Rodrick Rules, he cried because Susan said he could have died when he laughed so hard that apple juice came out of his nose. In The Last Straw, he cried because Rodrick melted his toy truck with a magnifying glass under the Sun and because Greg called him "Ploopy" in church. And in Dog Days, he cried because Rodrick said the hump seat in the car was horrible.) He once crawled into Rowley's sleeping bag at one of Greg's sleepovers, according to a story told in Rodrick Rules. In the upcoming book Cabin Fever, he will be the secondary main character.

He starts at age 2 and turns 3 in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, starts at 3 and turns 4 in Rodrick Rules, remains 4 in The Last Straw and Dog Days, starts at 4 and turns 5 in The Ugly Truth, and remains 5 in Cabin Fever.

In the movies, Manny is portrayed by twins Connor and Owen Fielding.