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* [[Film/TheThirdMan Popescu]] is an AffablyEvil overweight [[TheEnforcer enforcer]] for a local crime lord. He stalks the intrepid [[TheProtagonist Holly Martins]] throughout a bombed out Vienna, constantly [[ImpliedDeathThreat threatening him]] and siccing thugs, all while wearing a [[SharpDressedMan fashionable suit.]]

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* [[Film/TheThirdMan Popescu]] is an AffablyEvil overweight [[TheEnforcer enforcer]] for a local crime lord. He stalks the intrepid [[TheProtagonist Holly Martins]] Martins throughout a bombed out Vienna, constantly [[ImpliedDeathThreat threatening him]] and siccing thugs, all while wearing a [[SharpDressedMan fashionable suit.]]
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** An even fatter, sneakier, villainous-er character from The Ten Commandments is Datha, the Hebrew overseer. He does everything Jannes does, but he does it because he loves power, and because the hottie he has his eye on prefers Joshua, the stonecutter with the chiseled (get it?) abs.
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* Papa Klump from the new ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor'' films probably counts, if only for [[{{Gasshole}} being stinky]].

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* Papa Klump from the new ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor'' Eddie Murphy ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'' films probably counts, if only for [[{{Gasshole}} being stinky]].
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* Anyone and everyone played by Sidney Greenstreet, though they usually softened the blow by being AffablyEvil. The most famous is Kasper Gutman (no, really) in ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''.

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* Anyone and everyone played by Sidney Greenstreet, though they usually softened the blow by being AffablyEvil. The most famous is Kasper Gutman (no, really) in ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''.''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}''.
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* Cross-dressing John Waters star Divine, playing a man, was always unsympathetic and unlikeable. As a woman, at least "she" was the protagonist (extended to non-Waters movies like ''Film/TroubleInMind'' and ''Film/RustlersRhapsody''.)

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* Cross-dressing John Waters star Divine, Creator/{{Divine|Actor}}, playing a man, was always unsympathetic and unlikeable. As a woman, at least "she" was the protagonist (extended to non-Waters movies like ''Film/TroubleInMind'' and ''Film/RustlersRhapsody''.)
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* In ''Film/TerrorInATexasTown'', the corpulent [=Mcneil=] seeks to control all the land in the valley, and uses threats, intimidation and violence to drive the farmers off their land.
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* ''Film/TheTenCommandments": Jannes the High Priest of Egypt, played by Douglas Dumbrill, and his frustration at Moses' action in taking away his and his priests' temple grain to feed the Hebrew slaves leads to his secretly siding with Moses' rival Rameses.

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* ''Film/TheTenCommandments": ''Film/TheTenCommandments'': Jannes the High Priest of Egypt, played by Douglas Dumbrill, and his frustration at Moses' action in taking away his and his priests' temple grain to feed the Hebrew slaves leads to his secretly siding with Moses' rival Rameses.
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* ''Film/TheTenCommandments": Jannes the High Priest of Egypt, played by Douglas Dumbrill, and his frustration at Moses' action in taking away his and his priests' temple grain to feed the Hebrew slaves leads to his secretly siding with Moses' rival Rameses.
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* Lt. Eckhardt in ''Film/{{Batman}}'', who's an {{Expy}} of Pre-Crisis Harvey Bullock, a DirtyCop working for the mob.

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* Lt. Eckhardt in ''Film/{{Batman}}'', ''Film/Batman1989'', who's an {{Expy}} of Pre-Crisis Harvey Bullock, a DirtyCop working for the mob.
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* Edna, a.k.a "Big Ed", in ''Film/ReformSchoolGirls'' is the [[WardensAreEvil sadistic head matron]] of the school who delights in torturing and sexually exploiting the girls.
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* [[Film/JurassicPark Dennis Nedry]]. He's slobby, he's abrasive, he's played by Creator/WayneKnight, and he's a CorporateSpy who sabotages the entire island to steal some dinosaur embryos for [=InGen's=] rival, [=BioSyn=]. He also meets a tremendously KarmicDeath at the claws and poisonous spit of a Dilophosaurus.

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* [[Film/JurassicPark ''Film/JurassicPark'': Dennis Nedry]]. He's Nedry is slobby, he's abrasive, he's played by Creator/WayneKnight, and he's a CorporateSpy who sabotages the entire island to steal some dinosaur embryos for [=InGen's=] rival, [=BioSyn=]. He also meets a tremendously KarmicDeath at the claws and poisonous spit of a Dilophosaurus.
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** Not to mention that he is fat, even for Hutt standards.
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* Big Fatso, the leader of a Black gang in ''Film/BarbWire'' is so fat that he needs a crawler to move.
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* George from ''Film/MeanCreek'' played by Josh Peck.

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* Just in case anyone missed it in the opening paragraphs, Fat Bastard from the ''Film/AustinPowers'' films is the TropeNamer. He is an ill-tempered Scot who weighs a metric ton and EatsBabies.
** Though the end of his debut movie does try to paint him in a sympathetic light for about a minute or two...and then he blows it by farting at the end of his heartfelt monologue, and decides to kill Austin and his LoveInterest anyway.
---> '''Fat Bastard''': [[ViciousCycle I eat because I'm unhappy! I'm unhappy because I eat!]]

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* Just in case anyone missed it in the opening paragraphs, Fat Bastard from the ''Film/AustinPowers'' films is the TropeNamer. He is an ill-tempered Scot who weighs a metric ton and EatsBabies.
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EatsBabies. Though the end of his debut movie does try to paint him in a sympathetic light for about a minute or two...and then he blows it by farting at the end of his heartfelt monologue, and decides to kill Austin and his LoveInterest anyway.
---> --> '''Fat Bastard''': [[ViciousCycle I eat because I'm unhappy! I'm unhappy because I eat!]]
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* Kim Jong-un in ''Film/TheInterview''.

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* [[Film/TheThirdMan Popescu]] is an AffablyEvil overweight [[TheEnforcer enforcer]] for a local crime lord. He stalks the intrepid [[TheProtagonist Holly Martins]] throughout a bombed out Vienna, constantly [[ImpliedDeathThreat threatening him]] and siccing thugs, all while wearing a [[SharpDressedMan fashionable suit.]]



* [[Film/TheThirdMan Popescu]] is an AffablyEvil overweight [[TheEnforcer enforcer]] for a local crime lord. He stalks the intrepid [[TheProtagonist Holly Martins]] throughout a bombed out Vienna, constantly [[ImpliedDeathThreat threatening him]] and siccing thugs, all while wearing a [[SharpDressedMan fashionable suit.]]
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* [[Film/TheThirdMan Popescu]] is an AffablyEvil overweight [[TheEnforcer enforcer]] for a local crime lord. He stalks the intrepid [[TheProtagonist Holly Martins]] throughout a bombed out Vienna, constantly [[ImpliedDeathThreat threatening him]] and siccing thugs, all while wearing a [[SharpDressedMan fashionable suit.]]
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* Wesley's boss, Janice, in ''Film/{{Wanted}}''.
-->'''Wesley''': She has one single iota of tenuous power. She thinks she can push everyone around. (''Grabs Janice's stapler'') You don't need this. [[https://youtu.be/iK0-76FChfk I understand]]. Junior high must've been kind of tough, [[FreudianExcuse but it doesn't give you the right to treat your workers like horseshit]], Janice. I know we laugh at you, Janice. We all know you keep a stash of jelly donuts in the top drawer of your desk. But I want you to know, if you weren't such a bitch, we'd feel sorry for you. [[SincerityMode I do feel sorry for you]]. But as it stands, the way you behave - I feel I can speak for the entire office when I tell you... go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yourself.
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* Cross-dressing John Waters star Divine, playing a man, was always unsympathetic and unlikeable. As a woman, at least "she" was the protagonist (extended to non-Waters movies like ''Trouble in Mind'' and ''Film/RustlersRhapsody''.)

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* Cross-dressing John Waters star Divine, playing a man, was always unsympathetic and unlikeable. As a woman, at least "she" was the protagonist (extended to non-Waters movies like ''Trouble in Mind'' ''Film/TroubleInMind'' and ''Film/RustlersRhapsody''.)
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* [[Film/JurassicPark Dennis Nedry]]. He's slobby, he's abrasive, he's played by Creator/WayneKnight, and he's a CorporateSpy who sabotages the entire island to steal some dinosaur embryos for [=InGen's=] rival, [=BioSyn=]. He also meets a tremendously KarmicDeath at the claws and poisonous spit of a Dilophosaurus.
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* Lt. Eckhardt in ''Film/{{Batman}}'', who's an {{Expy}} of Pre-Crisis Harvey Bullock, a DirtyCop working for the mob.
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* Mr. Creosote from ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''. He is ''unquestionably'' fat, and also rather rude to the restaurant staff. If going out of your way to puke on them isn't poor etiquette...

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* Mr. Creosote from ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''. He ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'' is ''unquestionably'' fat, so fat that he can hardly walk, and also rather is very rude and inconsiderate to the restaurant staff. If going out of your way to puke The worst part is that he continuously vomits on them isn't poor etiquette...everything, including the floor, the menu, the cleaning lady, and the ''maître d''', while making everyone else's dining experience so unpleasant that there's a VomitChainReaction.
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* Augustus Gloop from both Film/CharlieandtheChocolateFactory films (as well as the book).

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* Augustus Gloop from both Film/CharlieandtheChocolateFactory ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' films (as well as the book).
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* The film versions of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' take it to extremes with Vernon Dursley.
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* O'Brien, the local rep for the Southern Oil Company in ''Film/TheWagesOfFear'', who happily sends the central characters on what is essentially a suicide mission for little more than the price of a ticket home.
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* Just in case anyone missed it in the opening paragraphs, Fat Bastard from the ''AustinPowers'' films is the TropeNamer. He is an ill-tempered Scot who weighs a metric ton and EatsBabies.

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* Just in case anyone missed it in the opening paragraphs, Fat Bastard from the ''AustinPowers'' ''Film/AustinPowers'' films is the TropeNamer. He is an ill-tempered Scot who weighs a metric ton and EatsBabies.



* The cruel and corrupt Porky from the ''{{Porkys}}'' series of movies.

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* The cruel and corrupt Porky from the ''{{Porkys}}'' ''Film/{{Porkys}}'' series of movies.



* Bluto from ''AnimalHouse''.

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* Bluto from ''AnimalHouse''.''Film/AnimalHouse''.



* George from ''MeanCreek'' played by Josh Peck.

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* George from ''MeanCreek'' ''Film/MeanCreek'' played by Josh Peck.



* ''OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'' had "really, REALLY big brother". Can someone please turn off the revolving fat man?
* ''TheCommitments'' about an Irish R&B group has lead singer Deco an obnoxious and egomaniacal lout.

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* ''OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'' ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'' had "really, REALLY big brother". Can someone please turn off the revolving fat man?
* ''TheCommitments'' ''Film/TheCommitments'' about an Irish R&B group has lead singer Deco an obnoxious and egomaniacal lout.



* The annoyed toy store clerk in ''{{Elf}}''.
* ''BallsOfFury'''s main protagonist.

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* The annoyed toy store clerk in ''{{Elf}}''.
''Film/{{Elf}}''.
* ''BallsOfFury'''s ''Film/BallsOfFury'''s main protagonist.



* Gorge in ''{{Gamer}}''.

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* Gorge in ''{{Gamer}}''.''Film/{{Gamer}}''.
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* Most of the characters played by Laird Cregar, perhaps most memorably the prissy chocoholic villain Willard Gates in ''This Gun for Hire''.

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* Most of the characters played by Laird Cregar, perhaps most memorably the prissy chocoholic villain Willard Gates in ''This ''Film/{{This Gun for Hire''.Hire}}''.
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* Augustus Gloop from both Film/CharlieandtheChocolateFactory films (as well as the book).
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* Just in case anyone missed it in the opening paragraphs, Fat Bastard from the ''AustinPowers'' films is the TropeNamer. He is an ill-tempered Scot who weighs a metric ton and EatsBabies.
** Though the end of his debut movie does try to paint him in a sympathetic light for about a minute or two...and then he blows it by farting at the end of his heartfelt monologue, and decides to kill Austin and his LoveInterest anyway.
---> '''Fat Bastard''': [[ViciousCycle I eat because I'm unhappy! I'm unhappy because I eat!]]
* Anyone and everyone played by Sidney Greenstreet, though they usually softened the blow by being AffablyEvil. The most famous is Kasper Gutman (no, really) in ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''.
** Bonus points as Gutman is called "The Fat Man" by the characters.
* Most of the characters played by Laird Cregar, perhaps most memorably the prissy chocoholic villain Willard Gates in ''This Gun for Hire''.
* Jabba the Hutt of ''StarWars'' fame. Yes, he's an alien, but he was originally supposed to just be a fat hairy alien before Lucas's budget got boosted for the two sequels.
* The cruel and corrupt Porky from the ''{{Porkys}}'' series of movies.
* Rasputia from ''Film/{{Norbit}}''.
* Papa Klump from the new ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor'' films probably counts, if only for [[{{Gasshole}} being stinky]].
* Bluto from ''AnimalHouse''.
* Zigzagged with Jelly, Paul Vitti's right-hand man in ''Film/AnalyzeThis''. He ''is'' fat (likely how he got his name), he ''is'' a mobster (and he has killed a few people in his career), but he's more of a NobleDemon.
* George from ''MeanCreek'' played by Josh Peck.
* ''Film/{{Blade}}'' - Pearl, the morbidly obese blob of a vampire record keeper. The only record keeping he keeps is his mouth! Might have been the basis for Balthazar in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* ''OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'' had "really, REALLY big brother". Can someone please turn off the revolving fat man?
* ''TheCommitments'' about an Irish R&B group has lead singer Deco an obnoxious and egomaniacal lout.
* Mr. Creosote from ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''. He is ''unquestionably'' fat, and also rather rude to the restaurant staff. If going out of your way to puke on them isn't poor etiquette...
* The annoyed toy store clerk in ''{{Elf}}''.
* ''BallsOfFury'''s main protagonist.
* Serial killer "Crazy Fat" Ethel Janowski from the ''Film/CriminallyInsane'' duology.
* Gorge in ''{{Gamer}}''.
* Cross-dressing John Waters star Divine, playing a man, was always unsympathetic and unlikeable. As a woman, at least "she" was the protagonist (extended to non-Waters movies like ''Trouble in Mind'' and ''Film/RustlersRhapsody''.)
* Max in ''Film/TheScore''.
* The Great Goblin in the film adaptation of ''Film/TheHobbit''.
* The dead-o Pulaski, a.k.a. "Fat Elvis" from ''Film/{{RIPD}}''. Applies to a few others, as well.
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