History Characters / Norbit

->'''Played By:''' Eddie Griffin

* {{Acrofatic}}: Subverted. Rasputia is extraordinarily strong, but when she chases Norbit through the city streets, she quickly tires and gives up the chase.

* UnwittingPawn: The Lattimores use Norbit to get Kate to sign off on the liquor license for the orphanage. Norbit doesn’t realize this until it’s too late.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: It was his idea to have Norbit unwittingly sweettalk his fiancée Kate into signing over the the liquor license for Mr. Wong's restaurant/orphanage to the Lattimores (and himself), knowing of their strong bond. However, his actions cause Norbit and Kate to act on their mutual attraction to one another, derailing his plans to marry her and thereby take over the orphanage land that she was inheriting to turn it into a strip club with the Lattimores.

* {{Jerkass}}:

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: It was his idea to have Norbit unwittingly sweettalk his fiancée Kate into signing over the the liquor license for Mr. Wong's restaurant/orphanage to the Lattimores (and himself), knowing of their strong bond. However, his actions cause Norbit and Kate to act on their mutual attraction to one another, derailing his plans to marry her and thereby take over the orphanage land to turn it into a strip club with the Lattimores.

* DerailingLoveInterests: Deion turns out to be a self-centered, unfaithful jerk who is involved in a plan to turn Norbit's orphanage into a strip club and has several children with different women.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: It was his idea to have Norbit unwittingly sweettalk his fiancée Kate into signing over the the liquor license for Mr. Wong's restaurant/orphanage to the Lattimores (and himself), knowing of their strong bond. However, his actions cause Norbit and Kate to act on their mutual attraction to one another, derailing his plans to marry her and thereby take over the orphanage land to turn it into a strip club.

* PetTheDog: Surprisingly, he initially tries to cover for Norbit when he is on a secret date with Kate, but Rasputia subtly intimidates him into disclosing Norbit's whereabouts.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Downplayed, but while she did coerce Norbit into [[PuppyLove becoming her boyfriend]] and insulted him for his name as a child, she defended him from other bullies and convinced her brothers to informally adopt him as another member of the family, having him over for dinner, which Norbit genuinely appeared to appreciate as a child before it wore thin on him as an adult.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Downplayed, but while she did coerce Norbit into [[PuppyLove becoming her boyfriend]] and insulted him for his name as a child, she defended him from other bullies and convinced her family to informally adopt him as another member of the family, having him over for dinner, which Norbit genuinely appeared to appreciate as a child before it wore thin on him as an adult.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Downplayed, but while she did pressure Norbit into [[PuppyLove becoming her boyfriend]] and insulted him for his name as a child, she defended him from other bullies and convinced her family to informally adopt him as another member of the family, having him over for dinner, which Norbit genuinely appeared to appreciate as a child before it wore thin on him as an adult.

* PetTheDog: For all of their greedy, bullying ways toward Norbit and the other town residents (particularly treating the former as a virtual slave doing the bookkeeping at their construction company, and threatening him with potentially lethal physical abuse if he ever makes Rasputia sad, much less tries to leave her), they do treat him like a member of the family and take him in as a child due to his "relationship" with their younger sister (whom they also dote on), with Big Black Jack even saving Norbit what they consider the best part of the turkey ("Turkey ass! Eat up, sucka'!").

* PetTheDog: When Norbit is a child, he treats him like a member of the family due to his closeness to Rasputia and has him over for dinner, even saving him what he considers the best part of the meal: the turkey ass.

* UncertainDoom:When the townspeople chase the Latimores out of town, Jack is able to keep clear of the angry mob. However, Earl and Blue are caught by the crowd, and aren’t seen in the ending in Mexico, leaving it unknown if they escaped with their brother and sister.

* PetTheDog: For all of their greedy, bullying ways toward Norbit and the other town residents (particularly treating the former as a virtual slave doing the bookkeeping at their construction company, and threatening him with potentially lethal physical abuse if he ever so much as disappoints Rasputia, much less tries to leave her), they do treat him like a member of the family and take him in as a child due to his "relationship" with their younger sister (whom they also dote on), with Big Black Jack even saving Norbit what they consider the best part of the turkey ("Turkey ass! Eat up, sucka'!").

* UncertainDoom:When the townspeople chase the Latimores out of town, Jack is able to keep clear of the angry mob. However, Earl and Blue are caught by the crowd, and aren’t seen in the ending in Mexico, leaving it unknown if they escaped with their brother and sister.

* {{Manipulative Bastard}}s: Rasputia manipulates Norbit into following her commands.

* FatBastard: Rasputia starts out as a domineering, abrasive child, and grows up to be a bitter, vindictive, and not exactly petty woman.

* MeaningfulEcho: When they were children at the orphanage, [[spoiler: Norbit and Kate have a pretend wedding under a tree with ring pops. Later, at the end when they're both adults, they get married for real under that same tree and with ring pops. Cue tears of heartwarming.]]

* PsychopathicManchild: Rasputia shows shades of this, as when she is told “no”, she throws violent tantrums and screams like a kid having a meltdown. Her use of a potato doll for her threat on Kate’s life is also rather demented.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim?: Or in that case, what he sees in her. That's for sure what goes on in Kate's mind when she meets Norbit's wife, and it only gets worse over the course of the movie as she learns more about Rasputia's nasty personality. It is only at the end of the movie that she finally finds out why: Rasputia would try to kill Norbit if he separated from her.

* RealityEnsues: Rasputia chases Norbit in a rage when Norbit curses her for cheating on him... but the chase doesn’t last long due to her being morbidly obese. She’s soon wheezing and crumbling to the ground, unable to carry on the chase.

* NiceGuy: Norbit.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/Eddie Murphy

* BullyHunter: Mr. Wong, who is the only person in town brave enough to stand up to the Latimores.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mr. Wong, who's a racist, abrasive old coot, but he still loves Norbit and Kate and is a good father to them.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone strongly dislikes and fears Rasputia.

* {{Fat Bastard}}itch: Rasputia starts out as a domineering, abrasive child, and grows up to be a bitter, vindictive, and not exactly petty woman.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Norbit's expression as Rasputia enters the room on the honeymoon, wearing a lingerie.

* NoodleIncident: Norbit mentions that Rasputia was banned for life from the Italian diner for eating all the food one night.
* PetTheDog: Rasputia actually does seem to be getting along with Kate for a bit at the waterpark, even if she does begin to project her insecurity around Kate by loudly bragging about having sex with Norbit. It’s the most pleasant she seems to be the entire film.

!!Applying to both:

* KarmaHoudini: The Latimores. Yes, they lose and get chased out of town and never bother Norbit again, but they end up opening a successful strip club, which was their motive in the film, albeit they opened it in Mexico. Nevertheless, they seem well-adjusted and happy enough. Rasputia in particular seems happy to finally be admired by the men of the city after years of marriage to a man who was only repulsed by her.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/Cuba Gooding Jr.