Robert Jefferson

“	I do not like Greg.	”
	— Robert to Rowley

Robert Jefferson is the father of Rowley Jefferson, the husband of Linda Jefferson, and the son of Grandpa Jefferson. He is one of the wealthiest people on Surrey Street. He has an on-and-off resentment towards Greg Heffley because he believes he is a bad influence on Rowley, and also because he notices that Greg treats his son poorly.

He serves as a minor antagonist in some of the books. In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film adaptations, he is played by the late Alf Humphreys.

Personality[]

He is an extremely overprotective but well-intentioned parent and will not let Rowley play any video games with the slightest bit of violence or fighting in it, as he sees them as things that could change Rowley into a different or even a bad person. In Old School, he is seen screaming at Rowley to put a stick down. It's also implied that he also has a tendency to jump to conclusions often, similar but worse than Greg's dad Frank. He believes that Greg is a bad influence on Rowley, and he is aware of how Greg mistreats his son. In Dog Days, he banned Rowley from seeing Greg for a whole summer. He and his wife later hired a Cool Brian for Rowley after he stopped seeing Greg. Overall, he does hold a good relationship to Rowley, but also is very dishonest and often congratulates Rowley over things he didn't achieve. Rowley describes him as his "second best friend".

Background[]

Robert Jefferson lived in Ohio before moving to Plainview and has one older brother. He is married to Linda Jefferson. He is an architect and a stock market investor, and he has become well-off from these occupations. He likes to enjoy his wealth by going to the Country Club and an amusement park called Amusementland. After their son Rowley Jefferson was born, they later moved to Plainview when Rowley was 6-9, and he got a bad impression of Greg Heffley who would later become Rowley's best friend.

Appearance[]

Greg depicts Robert with Afro style hair, black shirt, and long pants. In the first film, he only appeared briefly when Rowley reminds Greg that his dad is still annoyed with Greg for making up a fake language with Rowley and made fun of Robert, Robert overhears them and turns around with a scowl. He returned in the film version of Rodrick Rules but has no dialogue. He only appears to pick up Rowley after Rowley had sat on the tin-foil ball covered with toothpicks that Manny made for Greg as an apology gift and after Rowley freaked out from watching the movie The Foot and Greg was forced to apologize to Rowley and his father for choosing an inappropriate movie. In that second appearance, he continues to scowl, and this time wore a robe when picking up Rowley and cancelling his sleepover with Greg. In Dog Days, it is shown that he wears pajamas when he is sleeping.

Appearance in Poptropica[]

He is shown to have dark-grey hair as seen in the movie, but in Wimpy Kid Boardwalk island in Poptropica had shown he has blonde hair, just like his son Rowley and his wife Linda. He wears a lavender shirt, black shorts, and brown shoes.

Trivia[]

His first name is revealed in Dog Days when Susan Heffley replies to his email account, thinking he sent the SOS email when Greg actually sent it.
It has been shown that he dislikes Greg mainly because he sees Greg as a bad influence for Rowley, as seen in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth, because Rowley almost always gets injured at sleepovers, and because he is aware of how Greg treats Rowley. According to Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, he frequently outright tells Rowley that he hates Greg.
In The Third Wheel, it is revealed that he is a stock market investor, which would explain their family's wealth.
In the French version of the book, Rowley's French name was named Robert, and Robert Jefferson's French name is unknown.
His email in the film is mrjefferson6@gmail.com.
In Wrecking Ball, Greg reveals that their relationship had a rocky start, when he suggested to trade houses with Rowley while they were moving in.
He is almost always drawn with an angry expression on his face which is also how is film's counterpart appears most every time on-screen, mainly always scowling at Greg.
- His film counterpart, however, does show a moment lighter mood when the Jeffersons and Greg went on the boardwalk vacation and having a good time.
Throughout the film adaptation where he was portrayed by the late Alf Humphreys, he had on-screen appearances in all three films but only had a speaking role in the third film.
- Additionally, his on-screen appearance in the first 2 films only had him always scowling, especially at Greg.
Because he dislikes Greg, the third film adaptation makes him more justified with it and he could have honestly forced Rowley to end his friendship with Greg because:
- Greg used Robert's laptop and attempted to email his mother, Susan to pick him up as he insults the Jeffersons by claiming "these people are driving me crazy." In the panic of getting caught by Robert for using his computer, he accidentally sent it all of Robert's contacts, having his contacts all reply giving him over a thousand unread emails thinking he is in trouble.
- When Greg tried to use his starter cellphone, the Ladybug Phone, to call home, he accidentally dialed 911. This got the police to come to the Boardwalk cabin and handcuff Robert to the ground when he answered the door with a knife he was using to cut bread.
- The last straw should have been that Greg continued to come to the country club under false pretenses by impersonating club members after he and Mrs. Jefferson banned Rowley from inviting Greg as his guest. Greg, while sneaking into the club, orders $260 worth of smoothies under Robert's account.

Appearances[]

Gallery[]

See Robert Jefferson/Gallery

References[]

↑ Dog Days, page 47

[1] Dog Days, page 47

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