Films — Live-Action
- In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Hawkeye's kids can be seen reading Rodrick Rules and The Long Haul in one scene.
- In Because of the Rabbit, Emma sees some of her favorite books in her fifth grade classroom, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
- In Wonder (2012), the students form a game where, if they touch August Pullman and don't wash their hands within thirty seconds, they will catch "the Plague." August compares this to the Cheese Touch, saying that to the school, he's the moldy piece of cheese.
- Spoofed as "Diary of a Winston Kid" in the Horrible Histories reboot.
- In Hiveswap Friendsim, resident bookworm Wanshi Adyata is shown reading Scribblejournal of a Cullable Wiggler, an Alternian translation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
- The Nostalgia Critic has reviewed the 2010 live-action film.
- In the Bum Reviews episode for Captain America: The First Avenger, when Chester talks about how skinny Steve Rogers is before being injected with the super soldier serum, he mentions the books and says that Greg looks pregnant compared to Steve.
- Parodied on MAD as ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus".
