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***I don't think he really "blew up his pecs", rather, it's more like he stretched and wore the muscles out, causing them to, well, "sag" as so to speak (muscles do have limits, though I doubt that they'd look like that if you wore them out). In terms of why they cast Fenton, it's possible that the other kids didn't quite fit or could do the part and there is a lot going on offscreen (i.e Paula might be a pushover because of something offscreen, she was shown to be busy). Now, I don't remember the chronological order but I think "Heart Smashers" happened before the episode with his birthday and Fenton had been more or less established to be TheFriendNobodyLikes, however, it's possible they've interacted with him offscreen and that's why they don't like him.
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* Fenton's character got seriously [[CharacterDerailment derailed]]. When he's first introduced, he's the archetypal SpoiledBrat, always getting what he wants and never being happy with it, and his mother always caves in and allows herself to be walked all over. At the end of the episode, [=McGuirk=] tells Fenton off in a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, and his mother finally gets her act together and puts him his room. So, OK. His mother's grown a spine now, he's going to start getting some discipline, it's fair to expect a few changes. However, when we next see Fenton, he might as well be a different character altogether. Suddenly he's this hyperactive, disturbing momma's boy who ''enjoys doing chores'' and is obsessed with making movies with Brendon, despite having previously been infuriated with him for his extremely unflattering "video-film". Also, his mother's become this crazy puritan who doesn't allow TV, serves plain rice for dinner and makes Brendon work in her yard in the rain. Not one iota of this is explained or even noted as strange by any other character. Possibly a case of NegativeContinuity, but considering that the show has otherwise demonstrated well-written and consistent character development, it still wouldn't make much sense.
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* Fenton's character got seriously [[CharacterDerailment derailed]].derailed. When he's first introduced, he's the archetypal SpoiledBrat, always getting what he wants and never being happy with it, and his mother always caves in and allows herself to be walked all over. At the end of the episode, [=McGuirk=] tells Fenton off in a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, and his mother finally gets her act together and puts him his room. So, OK. His mother's grown a spine now, he's going to start getting some discipline, it's fair to expect a few changes. However, when we next see Fenton, he might as well be a different character altogether. Suddenly he's this hyperactive, disturbing momma's boy who ''enjoys doing chores'' and is obsessed with making movies with Brendon, despite having previously been infuriated with him for his extremely unflattering "video-film". Also, his mother's become this crazy puritan who doesn't allow TV, serves plain rice for dinner and makes Brendon work in her yard in the rain. Not one iota of this is explained or even noted as strange by any other character. Possibly a case of NegativeContinuity, but considering that the show has otherwise demonstrated well-written and consistent character development, it still wouldn't make much sense.
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* Fenton's character got seriously [[CharacterDerailment derailed]]. When he's first introduced, he's the archetypal SpoiledBrat, always getting what he wants and never being happy with it, and his mother always caves in and allows herself to be walked all over. At the end of the episode, [=McGuirk=] tells Fenton off in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, and his mother finally gets her act together and puts him his room. So, OK. His mother's grown a spine now, he's going to start getting some discipline, it's fair to expect a few changes. However, when we next see Fenton, he might as well be a different character altogether. Suddenly he's this hyperactive, disturbing momma's boy who ''enjoys doing chores'' and is obsessed with making movies with Brendon, despite having previously been infuriated with him for his extremely unflattering "video-film". Also, his mother's become this crazy puritan who doesn't allow TV, serves plain rice for dinner and makes Brendon work in her yard in the rain. Not one iota of this is explained or even noted as strange by any other character. Possibly a case of NegativeContinuity, but considering that the show has otherwise demonstrated well-written and consistent character development, it still wouldn't make much sense.
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* Fenton's character got seriously [[CharacterDerailment derailed]]. When he's first introduced, he's the archetypal SpoiledBrat, always getting what he wants and never being happy with it, and his mother always caves in and allows herself to be walked all over. At the end of the episode, [=McGuirk=] tells Fenton off in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, and his mother finally gets her act together and puts him his room. So, OK. His mother's grown a spine now, he's going to start getting some discipline, it's fair to expect a few changes. However, when we next see Fenton, he might as well be a different character altogether. Suddenly he's this hyperactive, disturbing momma's boy who ''enjoys doing chores'' and is obsessed with making movies with Brendon, despite having previously been infuriated with him for his extremely unflattering "video-film". Also, his mother's become this crazy puritan who doesn't allow TV, serves plain rice for dinner and makes Brendon work in her yard in the rain. Not one iota of this is explained or even noted as strange by any other character. Possibly a case of NegativeContinuity, but considering that the show has otherwise demonstrated well-written and consistent character development, it still wouldn't make much sense.
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** Again, Fenton seems to have an underlying personality disorder--though, to be fair, that's true of a number of Home Movies characters.
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*** Also, Fenton clearly has some sort of personality disorder which makes him completely oblivious to just how irritating he is to others.
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** My view on it was that, given McGuirk's rocking SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome (as mentioned above) Fenton's brain simply broke, arguably being one of the few positive things McGuirk has ever managed. The tweak in Fenton's personality comes from a combination of his mother growing a spine and Fenton's newfound fear of reprisal. If his mother never kept him in line before, even a mild addition of discipline might send him into a completely reversed reaction, becoming a sniveling momma's boy.
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** My view on it was that, given McGuirk's [=McGuirk=]'s rocking SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome (as mentioned above) Fenton's brain simply broke, arguably being one of the few positive things McGuirk [=McGuirk=] has ever managed. The tweak in Fenton's personality comes from a combination of his mother growing a spine and Fenton's newfound fear of reprisal. If his mother never kept him in line before, even a mild addition of discipline might send him into a completely reversed reaction, becoming a sniveling momma's boy.
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** My view on it was that, given McGuirk's rocking CMoA (as mentioned above) Fenton's brain simply broke, arguably being one of the few positive things McGuirk has ever managed. The tweak in Fenton's personality comes from a combination of his mother growing a spine and Fenton's newfound fear of reprisal. If his mother never kept him in line before, even a mild addition of discipline might send him into a completely reversed reaction, becoming a sniveling momma's boy.
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** My view on it was that, given McGuirk's rocking CMoA SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome (as mentioned above) Fenton's brain simply broke, arguably being one of the few positive things McGuirk has ever managed. The tweak in Fenton's personality comes from a combination of his mother growing a spine and Fenton's newfound fear of reprisal. If his mother never kept him in line before, even a mild addition of discipline might send him into a completely reversed reaction, becoming a sniveling momma's boy.
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*** Although I'm fine with either version of Fenton (actually, I slightly prefer his later characterization), his change is rather abrupt. It's all the more jarring in that his mother in later episodes is depicted as pleasant and easy-going as ever, if not more so.
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** My view on it was that, given McGuirk's rocking CMoA (as mentioned above) Fenton's brain simply broke, arguably being one of the few positive things McGuirk has ever managed. The tweak in Fenton's personality comes from a combination of his mother growing a spine and Fenton's newfound fear of reprisal. If his mother never kept him in line before, even a mild addition of discipline might send him into a completely reversed reaction, becoming a sniveling momma's boy.
