History Main / FatAndProud

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lincoln Loud'' accidentally gets sent to a dimension where health problems related to weight do not exist, and not only is being overweight accepted. The bigger you are the more attractive you are seen as being. With Lori being seen as one of the most attractive girls in Michegan not in spite of weighing in excess of half a tonne, but '''because''' of it.

[[caption-width-right:350:[ComicStrip/Garfield I'm fat and I'm lazy, and I'm proud of it]!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[ComicStrip/Garfield I'm fat and I'm lazy, and I'm proud of it!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[ComicStrip/Garfield I'm fat and I'm lazy, and I'm proud of it]]!]]

* ''VideoGame/ToejamAndEarl in Panic on Funkotron'' has the NPC Bloona who is fatter than Earl yet isn't concerned about her size. She is [[BigEater constantly seen eating]] and [[BareYourMidriff her shirt doesn't even cover her midriff]].

[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fat_pride_homer_e0658.jpg]]]]

* Actor [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiq5Fkr3yX8 Sydney Greenstreet]] was built like the Queen Mary. It was clear he enjoyed life and good food and wine and didn't care who knew it. His distinctive appearance and voice (and that [[http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/movie_sounds/sounds_files_20100522_76672091/maltese_falcon/character.wav wonderfully evil laugh]]) have become iconic to the point that he was the model for Jabba the Hutt. ''By Gad, sir, you are a character, that you are!''

* Music/KellyClarkson was ribbed over social media about "a bit too much carrot cake" since her marriage, and immediately quipped back that her detractor could do with a bit more of it ([[JerkAss they lack sweetness]]).

* Masha in Robert Asprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' novels is an enormous woman who flaunts her status with her (lack of) clothes.

* There's one character from Creator/ChuckPalahniuk's novel ''Literature/Haunted2005'' who used to be chunky and happy, but made an effort to get in shape. Eventually, she became super slim and sells an exercise tool, but feels stressed all the time, so much so that she holds onto a picture of herself from her bigger days just because seeing it makes her feel happier. (Until her future fiancé rips it up in front of her.)
* Queen Sollace from the ''Literature/{{Lyonesse}}'' novels by Creator/JackVance. Large, blonde and very pale, she compares herself favourably with her gamine granddaughter, who "can never have a truly fashionable figure."

* There's one character from Creator/ChuckPalahniuk's novel ''Literature/{{Haunted}}'' who used to be chunky and happy, but made an effort to get in shape. Eventually, she became super slim and sells an exercise tool, but feels stressed all the time, so much so that she holds onto a picture of herself from her bigger days just because seeing it makes her feel happier. (Until her future fiancé rips it up in front of her.)

* The ''Fat Slags'' comics are all about a pair of promiscuous, FatAndProud women from the North of England. The almost-unrelated [[Film/FatSlags movie]] featured an impossibly rich media tycoon making [[BigBeautifulWoman BBWs]] the height of fashion so that every woman in the Western world would either be FatAndProud or try to gain weight till they were.

* The [=FAs=], fetishists, and so on...

* Comedian Creator/GabrielIglesias has built his stand-up career on [[TheMerch this]], [[http://www.fluffyshop.com particularly]] with the "Six Levels of Fatness." [[note]]It used to be 5 until a #6 came up to him after a show complaining that Gabriel wasn't selling any shirts in his size. Gabriel's response: "I didn't know they ''made'' you!"[[/note]]
** [[RunningGag He's not fat. He's]] [[InsistentTerminology fluffy!]]. [[note]]That's #4 of the 6 Levels of Fatness.[[/note]]
* [[StoutStrength Sumo wrestlers, of course!]]
* Australian media personality and former rugby league player Daryl Brohman lives up to this trope - he is known almost universally as "The Big Marn", features in ad campaigns for big men's clothing, and has a well-documented fondness of meat pies and chocolate.

* Lee J. Cobb counts here, too, although he seems to have gotten in a few sit-ups. He plays a few scenes topless in ''AnnaAndTheKingOfSiam'', showing that he looked damn good for an enormous person.
* There were periods in Western society where being plumper was considered a very attractive feature (Literature/TheBible has a verse where the speaker considers herself ugly because she's thin, for example)-and still is, in some parts of the world. Being fat means you've got food to waste, which in turn indicates A) [[TheTeamBenefactor you're loaded]], or B) you're a [[SuperPersistentPredator superb hunter]].
* {{ChubbyChaser}}s often like these types of people.
* The singer Music/{{Adele}} is very outspoken about how she a) isn't ashamed of her weight and b) isn't trying to lose any. She just cares most about putting out good music, not so much what the media thinks of her figure.
** Similarly, Music/KellyClarkson was ribbed over social media about "a bit too much carrot cake" since her marriage, and immediately quipped back that her detractor could do with a bit more of it ([[JerkAss they lack sweetness]]).
* Creator/JackBlack seems to openly embrace and flaunt his chubby physique and is certainly not afraid to go shirtless in public.

* This is the main philosophy behind the push for body positivity and the increasing popularity of the Health At Every Size (HAES) movement, encouraging acceptance of heavier people and a push for an emphasis on health that doesn't revolve around weight loss.
* Creator/RoxaneGay pwned a JerkAss on Twitter. Said JerkAss, the son of Roseanne (herself a larger lady), when Gay offered to write a ''Batgirl'' script, pointed out that's a "B and not an F."

* Franchise/WonderWoman's sidekick Etta Candy during the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age]] was quite plump and very happy with her body, being notably even more confident than Diana. This characterization was quickly dropped by writers after the death of Marston.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', she is referred to as Etta Sweetgulper.

* Franchise/WonderWoman's sidekick Etta Candy, before the reboot.

* In ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid,'' [[BigBad Ursula]] laments that she's "wasted away" over the years, rather than complaining about her less-than-skinny physique. When one sees her grown into a giant near the end of the movie, FridgeHorror sinks in; perhaps the reason why she complains about "wasting away", despite her ample girth, is because giant!Ursula ''is closer to her original stature!''

In TV Land, most characters will [[WeightWoe freak over gaining a few pounds]], and instantly pull out the carrots and celery. And those who are overweight will usually [[IAmBigBoned try to deny it]]. But not these guys (or at least not anymore). These are the few, the proud, the fat. They have no qualms about their size and will complain when they lose weight. They may even try to gain more weight, although this is not seen as often. If female, this character is almost always a BigBeautifulWoman. BigBeautifulMan if male. Sometimes they are {{Big Eater}}s. They might also be [[StoutStrength strong]] and [[{{Kevlard}} resilient]].

See also IAmBigBoned and BigFun. The opposite of WeightWoe. {{Acrofatic}} or [[StoutStrength Stout Strong}} characters take serious pride in this. Go ahead and tell them YouAreFat, but be prepared for a strong counter.

See also IAmBigBoned and BigFun. The opposite of WeightWoe. {{Acrofatic}} or {{StoutStrong}} characters take serious pride in this. Go ahead and tell them YouAreFat, but be prepared for a strong counter.

See also IAmBigBoned and BigFun. The opposite of WeightWoe. {{Acrofatic}} characters take serious pride in this. Go ahead and tell them YouAreFat, but be prepared for a strong counter.

* [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] [[https://youtu.be/BhszZ53SEC8 in an interview]], talked about how he began putting on weight when he was in college from the high starchy food they were serving on campus, admitting he actually enjoyed being that size. Some of the dialogue from the interview was actually used in [[Film/TheDoors his biopic]] when Jim began putting on weight in his final years.