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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: The Mingos in the books are despised by the entirety of Plainview. Here, they become [[spoiler: the fanfic's equivalent of TheMafia by creating a partnership team up with Lower Surrey Street]].
Street to make a maple syrup smuggling ring.]]
* ArcNumber: 2. Greg and Rowley are a ''duo'', they get ''two'' days off during the Pizza Tournament alongside making two pizzas from scratch there, [[spoiler: ''two'' Gregs appear, and ''two'' Earths are about to smash into each other by the end of the fanfic.]]
** When Greg recalls learning about fungi in science class, he draws the teacher's mushroom sketch as a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mushroom.]]
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** [[spoiler: The apocalypse depicted on the news after Greg and Rowley win the Super Cutter is
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* AbortedArc: When Greg finds out that he and Rowley [[spoiler: made a pizza better than anything on Pizza Hut's menu,]] he angers the manager of his local Pizza Hut, with several people muttering the phrase "No one outpizza's the Hut" near him during the Pizza Tournament. This is never brought up again, even in ''Pizza Problems II''.
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* AbortedArc: When Greg finds out that he and Rowley [[spoiler: made a pizza better than anything on Pizza Hut's menu,]] he angers the manager of his local Pizza Hut, with several people someone muttering the phrase "No one outpizza's the Hut" near him during the Pizza Tournament. This is never brought up again, even in ''Pizza Problems II''.
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* CerebusSyndrome: The HalloweenEpisode is this compared to the rest of the fanfic, as it features [[spoiler: the manager of Greg's local Pizza Hut murdering everyone in the store who tried Greg and Rowley's pizza before going on to murder Greg's family.]]
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* CerebusSyndrome: FiveSecondForeshadowing: The HalloweenEpisode is this compared to the rest HalloweenEpisode, at first glance, seems like a repost of the fanfic, as it features [[spoiler: the manager of pages 9-15. However, Greg's local summary of Tuesday is changed from "But for some reason, I fell that it's a mistake" to "But it was the biggest mistake I've ever made." Page 11 completely diverges from the main fanfic when [[spoiler: [[CerebusSyndrome the Pizza Hut murdering manager murders everyone in the store who tried Greg and Rowley's pizza before going on to murder Greg's family.]]
store, save Greg.]]]]
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* MoodWhiplash: While ''Pizza Problems'' is generally LighterAndSofter compared to the rest of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series, the HalloweenEpisode starts off identically to the original fanfic before completely diverging from it when [[spoiler: the Pizza Hut manager attempts to murder Greg with a shotgun.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: While ''Pizza Problems'' is generally LighterAndSofter compared to the rest of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series, the HalloweenEpisode starts off identically to the original fanfic before going completely diverging from it off the rails on Page 11 when [[spoiler: the Pizza Hut manager attempts to murder Greg with a shotgun.]]
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* MythologyGag: The story was first posted on a February and takes place in October. The author's first fanfic, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/2QoG3xB Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Mega Drive]], was first posted on a October and starts off in February.
* MythologyGag: The story was first posted on a February and takes place in October. The author's first fanfic, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/2QoG3xB Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Mega Drive]], was first posted on a October and starts off in February.
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Greg's poisonous fake pizza recipe is stolen in the second-to-last page of the fanfic. While nothing happens for the rest of the fanfic, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/UUuAGzT Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Stellar Encore]] follows up on this, revealing that the thief used it to [[HappyEndingOverride destroy Greg's reputation and shut down Greg and Rowley's pizzeria]] in the seven-month TimeSkip between the fanfics.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Greg's poisonous fake pizza recipe is stolen in the second-to-last page of the fanfic. While nothing happens for This is completely forgotten on the rest of the fanfic, last page. However, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/UUuAGzT Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Stellar Encore]] follows up on this, revealing that the thief used it to [[HappyEndingOverride destroy Greg's reputation and shut down Greg and Rowley's pizzeria]] in the seven-month TimeSkip between the fanfics.]]
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* StatusQuoIsGod: As a result of being cancelled during the TimeSkip between fanfics, Greg and Rowley are back to trying to win the Pizza Tournament. [[spoiler: Page 17 reveals that the Greg and Rowley [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome missing the lunch rush due to attending school was also a factor.]]]]
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* StatusQuoIsGod: As a result of being cancelled during the TimeSkip between fanfics, Greg and Rowley are back to trying to win the Pizza Tournament. [[spoiler: Page 17 reveals that their pizzeria had to shut down the Greg and Rowley [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome missing the lunch rush due to them [[SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome attending school during the lunch rush.was also a factor.]]]]
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: The Mingos in the books are despised by the entirety of Plainview. Here, they become [[spoiler: the fanfic's equivalent of TheMafia by creating a partnership with [[spoiler: Lower Surrey Street]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Mingos in the books are despised by the rest of Greg's town. Here, they become Surrey Street's equivalent of TheMafia by holding a monopoly on maple syrup.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: The Mingos in the books are despised by the entirety of Plainview. Here, they become the fanfic's equivalent of TheMafia by creating a partnership with [[spoiler: Lower Surrey Street]].
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: The interdimensional news broadcast implies that a Class X is imminent by the end of the fanfic.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Greg in the books is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wimpy kid]], but when Rowley decides to let himself get beaten up by the Lower Surrey Street kids, he mans up and goes out of his way to save him.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Greg in the books is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wimpy kid]], but when Rowley decides to let himself get beaten up by the Lower Surrey Street kids, he mans up and goes out of his way to save him.]]
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** The AprilFoolsDay special is a Wimpy Kid-style version of [[VideoGame/PizzaTower Pizza Tower's]] opening.
** [[spoiler: The apocalypse depicted on the news after Greg and Rowley win the Super Cutter is extremely similar to an[[ComicBook/TimeRunsOut incursion]]]].
[[ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman incursion]]]].
* StatusQuoIsGod: As a result of being cancelled during the TimeSkip between fanfics, Greg and Rowley are back to trying to win the Pizza Tournament. [[spoiler: Page 17 reveals that their pizzeria had to shut down due to them [[SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome attending school during the lunch rush.]]]]
** [[spoiler: The apocalypse depicted on the news after Greg and Rowley win the Super Cutter is extremely similar to an
* StatusQuoIsGod: As a result of being cancelled during the TimeSkip between fanfics, Greg and Rowley are back to trying to win the Pizza Tournament. [[spoiler: Page 17 reveals that their pizzeria had to shut down due to them [[SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome attending school during the lunch rush.]]]]
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-->'''Greg:''' I did know one thing for sure: My '''problems''' weren't just about '''pizza''' anymore.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Greg absolutely ''adores'' pizza, to the point where he's never depicted eating anything else.
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* WholePlotReference: Pages 10-13 is nearly a word-for-word recreation of the first half of [[https://copypastatext.com/i-out-pizzad-the-hut/ a memetic copypasta]] where the narrator's family is murdered by Pizza Hut for "outpizzaing the Hut". Everything after the Pizza Hut manager saying "Shame" is AdaptedOut.
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* WholePlotReference: Pages 10-13 is nearly a word-for-word recreation of the first half of [[https://copypastatext.com/i-out-pizzad-the-hut/ a memetic copypasta]] where the narrator's family is murdered by Pizza Hut for "outpizzaing the Hut". Everything after the Pizza Hut manager saying "Shame" is AdaptedOut.AdaptedOut.
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[[folder:Pizza Problems II]]
* AdaptationalBadass: The Mingos in the books are despised by the rest of Greg's town. Here, they become Surrey Street's equivalent of TheMafia by holding a monopoly on maple syrup.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While Susan in the books usually tries to force her family to fit her vision of a perfect one, the ''Pizza Problems'' version of Susan is completely willing to [[spoiler: let Greg get kidnapped as long as it stops him from getting into a fight.]]
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler: The newscaster that announces the end of the world is Greg's alternate universe counterpart.]]
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: The interdimensional news broadcast implies that a Class X is imminent by the end of the fanfic.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Greg in the books is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wimpy kid]], but when Rowley decides to let himself get beaten up by the Lower Surrey Street kids, he mans up and goes out of his way to save him.]]
* ShoutOut: Greg and Rowley's ultimate pizza includes Drummies that are ground up and stuffed into sausages WebVideo/OrdinarySausage style.
** [[spoiler: The apocalypse depicted on the news after Greg and Rowley win the Super Cutter is extremely similar to an [[ComicBook/TimeRunsOut incursion]]]].
* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler: Greg and Rowley finally win the Super Cutter, only for Greg to immediately get kidnapped by interdimensional reporters who want him as a guest star on their piece about the EndOfTheWorld.]]
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Mingos in the books are despised by the rest of Greg's town. Here, they become Surrey Street's equivalent of TheMafia by holding a monopoly on maple syrup.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While Susan in the books usually tries to force her family to fit her vision of a perfect one, the ''Pizza Problems'' version of Susan is completely willing to [[spoiler: let Greg get kidnapped as long as it stops him from getting into a fight.]]
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler: The newscaster that announces the end of the world is Greg's alternate universe counterpart.]]
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: The interdimensional news broadcast implies that a Class X is imminent by the end of the fanfic.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Greg in the books is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wimpy kid]], but when Rowley decides to let himself get beaten up by the Lower Surrey Street kids, he mans up and goes out of his way to save him.]]
* ShoutOut: Greg and Rowley's ultimate pizza includes Drummies that are ground up and stuffed into sausages WebVideo/OrdinarySausage style.
** [[spoiler: The apocalypse depicted on the news after Greg and Rowley win the Super Cutter is extremely similar to an [[ComicBook/TimeRunsOut incursion]]]].
* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler: Greg and Rowley finally win the Super Cutter, only for Greg to immediately get kidnapped by interdimensional reporters who want him as a guest star on their piece about the EndOfTheWorld.]]
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''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Pizza Problems'' is a Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid LLB (Look Like Book) by [[https://reddit.com/u/grubbyplaya u/grubbyplaya]] that was posted on the subreddit [[https://reddit.com/r/LodedDiper r/LodedDiper]] on February 20-23, 2022. The story follows Greg and Rowley's attempt at winning the prize money of a pizza-making contest to afford to manage a pizzeria after a pizza they prepare casually ends up becoming a widespread success. A sequel, called [[https://www.reddit.com/r/LodedDiper/comments/10xtqqo/diary_of_a_wimpy_kid_pizza_problems_ii_pages_18/ Pizza Problems II]], was released on February 9, 2023 and is currently ongoing.
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''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Pizza Problems'' is a Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid LLB (Look Like Book) by [[https://reddit.com/u/grubbyplaya u/grubbyplaya]] that was posted on the subreddit [[https://reddit.com/r/LodedDiper r/LodedDiper]] on February 20-23, 2022. The story follows Greg and Rowley's attempt at winning the prize money of a pizza-making contest tournament to afford to manage a pizzeria after a pizza they prepare casually ends up becoming a widespread success. A sequel, called [[https://www.reddit.com/r/LodedDiper/comments/10xtqqo/diary_of_a_wimpy_kid_pizza_problems_ii_pages_18/ Pizza Problems II]], was released on February 9, 2023 and is currently ongoing.
ended on May 15, 2023.
* CallBack: Greg's topping supplier is Marconi's Sub Shop, a restaurant that appears in ''The Meltdown'' and ''Big Shot''.
** [[spoiler: After they lose the Pizza Tournament, Greg and Rowley buy out Papa Tony's Pizza, a pizzeria that appears in ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Meltdown''.]]
** [[spoiler: After they lose the Pizza Tournament, Greg and Rowley buy out Papa Tony's Pizza, a pizzeria that appears in ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Meltdown''.]]
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* ContinuityNod: Greg's topping supplier is Marconi's Sub Shop, a restaurant that appears in ''The Meltdown'' and ''Big Shot''.
** [[spoiler: After they lose the Pizza Tournament, Greg and Rowley buy out Papa Tony's Pizza, a pizzeria that appears in ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Meltdown''.]]
** [[spoiler: After they lose the Pizza Tournament, Greg and Rowley buy out Papa Tony's Pizza, a pizzeria that appears in ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Meltdown''.]]
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* CerebusSyndrome: The HalloweenEpisode is this compared to the rest of the fanfic, as it features [[spoiler: the manager of Greg's local Pizza Hut murdering everyone in the store who tried Greg and Rowley's pizza before going on to murder Greg's family.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The HalloweenEpisode is this compared to the rest of the fanfic, as it features [[spoiler: the manager of Greg's local Pizza Hut murdering everyone in the store who tried Greg and Rowley's pizza before going on to murder Greg's family.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Greg's poisonous fake pizza recipe is stolen in the second-to-last page of the fanfic. While nothing happens for the rest of the fanfic, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/UUuAGzT Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Stellar Encore]] follows up on this, revealing that the thief used it to [[HappyEndingOverride destroy Greg's reputation and shut down Greg and Rowley's pizzeria]] in the seven-month TimeSkip between the fanfics.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Greg and Rowley lose the Pizza Tournament, but the publicity they get from participating in it allows them to make enough sales to afford the pizzeria.]]
* CanonForeigner: John Carney and Mr. Harinezumi were created specifically for this fanfic.
* CanonForeigner: John Carney and Mr. Harinezumi were created specifically for this fanfic.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Greg and Rowley lose the Pizza Tournament, but the publicity they get from participating in it alongside an ad for their pizza playing during the Super Cutter allows them to make enough sales to afford the pizzeria.]]
* CanonForeigner: JohnCarney Carney, Mike Carney, and Mr. Harinezumi were created specifically for this fanfic.
* CanonForeigner: John
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* WholePlotReference: The fanfic is based off of [[https://copypastatext.com/i-out-pizzad-the-hut/ a memetic copypasta]] where the narrator's family is murdered by Pizza Hut for "outpizzaing the Hut".
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* WholePlotReference: The fanfic Pages 10-13 is based off nearly a word-for-word recreation of the first half of [[https://copypastatext.com/i-out-pizzad-the-hut/ a memetic copypasta]] where the narrator's family is murdered by Pizza Hut for "outpizzaing the Hut". Everything after the Pizza Hut manager saying "Shame" is AdaptedOut.
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''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Pizza Problems'' is a Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid LLB (Look Like Book) by [[https://reddit.com/u/grubbyplaya u/grubbyplaya]] that was posted on the subreddit [[https://reddit.com/r/LodedDiper r/LodedDiper]] on February 20-23, 2022. The story follows Greg and Rowley's attempt at winning the prize money of a pizza-making contest to afford to manage a pizzeria after a pizza they prepare casually ends up becoming a widespread success. A sequel, called [[https://www.reddit.com/r/LodedDiper/comments/10xtqqo/diary_of_a_wimpy_kid_pizza_problems_ii_pages_18/ Pizza Problems II]], was released on February 9, 2023 and is currently ongoing.
You can read it [[https://imgur.com/gallery/abwwfKo here.]]
!!''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Pizza Problems'' contains examples of:
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* AbortedArc: When Greg finds out that he and Rowley [[spoiler: made a pizza better than anything on Pizza Hut's menu,]] he angers the manager of his local Pizza Hut, with several people muttering the phrase "No one outpizza's the Hut" near him during the Pizza Tournament. This is never brought up again, even in ''Pizza Problems II''.
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: A pizza with extremely spicy toppings obviously would not burn down an entire school by being thrown into an oven.
* BilingualBonus: Harinezumi means "hedgehog"[[note]]or "needlemouse"[[/note]] in Japanese, reflecting how Mr. Harinezumi's pizzas are [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Greg and Rowley lose the Pizza Tournament, but the publicity they get from participating in it allows them to make enough sales to afford the pizzeria.]]
* CanonForeigner: John Carney and Mr. Harinezumi were created specifically for this fanfic.
* ContinuityNod: Greg's topping supplier is Marconi's Sub Shop, a restaurant that appears in ''The Meltdown'' and ''Big Shot''.
** [[spoiler: After they lose the Pizza Tournament, Greg and Rowley buy out Papa Tony's Pizza, a pizzeria that appears in ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Meltdown''.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: The HalloweenEpisode is this compared to the rest of the fanfic, as it features [[spoiler: the manager of Greg's local Pizza Hut murdering everyone in the store who tried Greg and Rowley's pizza before going on to murder Greg's family.]]
* HalloweenEpisode: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/LodedDiper/comments/yi750n/diary_of_a_wimpy_kid_pizza_problems_pages_915/ An alternate version of pages 9-15]] were made for Halloween eight months after the story concluded. These pages are notable for paying off the AbortedArc mentioned above.
* MoodWhiplash: While ''Pizza Problems'' is generally LighterAndSofter compared to the rest of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series, the HalloweenEpisode starts off identically to the original fanfic before completely diverging from it when [[spoiler: the Pizza Hut manager attempts to murder Greg with a shotgun.]]
* NoodleIncident: Plainview somehow won the Pizza Tournament fifty-two years prior to the events of the fanfic with a plain cheese pizza. How this happens is never elaborated on.
* ShoutOut: [[CanonForeigner Mr. Harinezumi]] is one to ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. The mask he wears is reminiscent of concept artwork for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3'', while his [[spoiler: tournament-winning pizza]] is made of Totino's Pizza Rolls, who infamously sponsored a livestream that announced ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' and ''VideoGame/SonicForces''.
* TruerToTheText: The HalloweenEpisode is this to the copypasta the fanfic is based off of, as it actually adapts [[spoiler: Pizza Hut killing Greg's family.]]
* TheUnseen: Despite being the first opponents Greg and Rowley face in the Pizza Tournament, John and Mike Carney are never pictured at all. They are pictured in ''Pizza Problems II'', however.
* WholePlotReference: The fanfic is based off of [[https://copypastatext.com/i-out-pizzad-the-hut/ a memetic copypasta]] where the narrator's family is murdered by Pizza Hut for "outpizzaing the Hut".
[[caption-width-right:350:[[ArcWords No one outpizza's the Hut.]]]]
''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Pizza Problems'' is a Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid LLB (Look Like Book) by [[https://reddit.com/u/grubbyplaya u/grubbyplaya]] that was posted on the subreddit [[https://reddit.com/r/LodedDiper r/LodedDiper]] on February 20-23, 2022. The story follows Greg and Rowley's attempt at winning the prize money of a pizza-making contest to afford to manage a pizzeria after a pizza they prepare casually ends up becoming a widespread success. A sequel, called [[https://www.reddit.com/r/LodedDiper/comments/10xtqqo/diary_of_a_wimpy_kid_pizza_problems_ii_pages_18/ Pizza Problems II]], was released on February 9, 2023 and is currently ongoing.
You can read it [[https://imgur.com/gallery/abwwfKo here.]]
!!''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Pizza Problems'' contains examples of:
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* AbortedArc: When Greg finds out that he and Rowley [[spoiler: made a pizza better than anything on Pizza Hut's menu,]] he angers the manager of his local Pizza Hut, with several people muttering the phrase "No one outpizza's the Hut" near him during the Pizza Tournament. This is never brought up again, even in ''Pizza Problems II''.
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: A pizza with extremely spicy toppings obviously would not burn down an entire school by being thrown into an oven.
* BilingualBonus: Harinezumi means "hedgehog"[[note]]or "needlemouse"[[/note]] in Japanese, reflecting how Mr. Harinezumi's pizzas are [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Greg and Rowley lose the Pizza Tournament, but the publicity they get from participating in it allows them to make enough sales to afford the pizzeria.]]
* CanonForeigner: John Carney and Mr. Harinezumi were created specifically for this fanfic.
* ContinuityNod: Greg's topping supplier is Marconi's Sub Shop, a restaurant that appears in ''The Meltdown'' and ''Big Shot''.
** [[spoiler: After they lose the Pizza Tournament, Greg and Rowley buy out Papa Tony's Pizza, a pizzeria that appears in ''Cabin Fever'' and ''The Meltdown''.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: The HalloweenEpisode is this compared to the rest of the fanfic, as it features [[spoiler: the manager of Greg's local Pizza Hut murdering everyone in the store who tried Greg and Rowley's pizza before going on to murder Greg's family.]]
* HalloweenEpisode: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/LodedDiper/comments/yi750n/diary_of_a_wimpy_kid_pizza_problems_pages_915/ An alternate version of pages 9-15]] were made for Halloween eight months after the story concluded. These pages are notable for paying off the AbortedArc mentioned above.
* MoodWhiplash: While ''Pizza Problems'' is generally LighterAndSofter compared to the rest of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series, the HalloweenEpisode starts off identically to the original fanfic before completely diverging from it when [[spoiler: the Pizza Hut manager attempts to murder Greg with a shotgun.]]
* NoodleIncident: Plainview somehow won the Pizza Tournament fifty-two years prior to the events of the fanfic with a plain cheese pizza. How this happens is never elaborated on.
* ShoutOut: [[CanonForeigner Mr. Harinezumi]] is one to ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. The mask he wears is reminiscent of concept artwork for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3'', while his [[spoiler: tournament-winning pizza]] is made of Totino's Pizza Rolls, who infamously sponsored a livestream that announced ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' and ''VideoGame/SonicForces''.
* TruerToTheText: The HalloweenEpisode is this to the copypasta the fanfic is based off of, as it actually adapts [[spoiler: Pizza Hut killing Greg's family.]]
* TheUnseen: Despite being the first opponents Greg and Rowley face in the Pizza Tournament, John and Mike Carney are never pictured at all. They are pictured in ''Pizza Problems II'', however.
* WholePlotReference: The fanfic is based off of [[https://copypastatext.com/i-out-pizzad-the-hut/ a memetic copypasta]] where the narrator's family is murdered by Pizza Hut for "outpizzaing the Hut".
