| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fatpridehomer.png]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} I'm fat and I'm lazy, and I'm proud of it]]!]] |
| 3 | ->'''Dan:''' Whoa! You're a big, fat cow!\ |
| 4 | '''Lorenda:''' Why, yes, I am! It's so good to see all my efforts finally being noticed! |
| 5 | -->-- ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | 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]], [[{{Acrofatic}} quick]], and [[{{Kevlard}} resilient]]. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | See also IAmBigBoned, IntentionalWeightGain, and BigFun. The opposite of WeightWoe. {{Acrofatic}}, {{Kevlard}}, or [[StoutStrength Stout Strong]] characters take serious pride in this. Go ahead and tell them YouAreFat, but be prepared for a strong counter. |
| 10 | ---- |
| 11 | !!Examples: |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[folder:Anime and Manga ]] |
| 16 | * ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 17 | ** Chouji from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Getting called "fat" is his BerserkButton, but he takes it really well when phrased any other way[[note]]there's a specific derogatory term for "fat" ("debu") in the original Japanese that serves as his BerserkButton, but any of the more polite ways of calling attention to his weight (of which there are many, in that language) he takes in stride[[/note]]. Inconsistent translations in the various English versions have made it a little unclear what, exactly, sets him off. Given that his clan's techniques involve [[CastFromCalories using calories stored in fat as fuel]], he has a good reason to be proud of his weight. |
| 18 | ** [[spoiler:His daughter]] Chouchou is an even better example. [[spoiler:Unlike her dad]], she doesn't get mad when called fat; in fact, [[LittleMissSnarker her reaction goes more for the "yeah, SO?"]]. CharacterizationMarchesOn as ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' and ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' display her with WeightWoe, but she's still mostly fine about her size. |
| 19 | * Risley Law from ''Manga/FairyTail''. While she has the ability to slim down she prefers her normally chubby form and says not to underestimate chubby people. Her normal outfit even shows her belly no matter what size she is. |
| 20 | * Mugi from ''Manga/{{Pochamani}}'' is perfectly happy with her chubbier body and if other characters comment or insult her about it, she never gets offended. |
| 21 | [[/folder]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 24 | * The ''Fat Slags'' of ''ComicBook/{{Viz}}'' fame are 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. |
| 25 | * Obelix from ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', [[IAmBigBoned He doesn't consider himself fat]], instead, he considers it unhealthy to be any less fat than his normal size. |
| 26 | ** He spends an entire album insisting that he is [[InsistentTerminology "low-chested"]] and eventually even a knocked-out Roman soldier puts an [=APB=] for [[GotMeDoingIt a low-chested suspect.]] |
| 27 | * In ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', Volstaag of the Warriors Three is a LargeHam in both a literal and a figurative sense. He's a [[MilesGloriosus braggart]] and [[TheHedonist hedonist]], completely unashamed of his weight, and proud to be known as [[SuperheroSobriquets Volstaag the Voluminous]]. |
| 28 | * Franchise/WonderWoman's sidekick ComicBook/EttaCandy 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. |
| 29 | ** In ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', she has married her college sweetheart Oscar and changed her name to Etta Sweetgulper, and maintains her Golden Age personality. |
| 30 | ** Etta gets back this characterization plus a side order of BigBeautifulWoman in ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016''. |
| 31 | * Played with in an issue of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' where Rachel Grey and Emma Frost have a fight in the MentalWorld. Rachel accuses Emma of being dependent on her looks and makes her fat and has her ridiculed by the other X-Men. This attempt to break her backfires as Emma expresses her confidence in her appearance and that Cyclops, her love interest at the time, would love her no matter what she looked like. |
| 32 | * Big Bertha of the ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers''. In her thin form, she's a slender woman who helps to bankroll the team through modeling gigs. Her mutation, though, allows her to [[{{Sizeshifter}} become extremely fat]] at will, which also gives her SuperStrength and SuperToughness. Big Bertha ordinarily returns to her slim size, but later issues of the series have her embracing this trope instead--she decides to permanently stay fat (though not ''quite'' as big as the size she chooses as her usual superhero persona) and she uses her super-model good-looks and super-sized fat figure to become an extremely successful, extremely plus-sized model (it helps that she can ''selectively'' increase her fat to make [[MostCommonSuperpower even more]] [[HartmanHips of her curves]]). |
| 33 | * The Fattie subculture in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' are extremely proud of their astonishing girth. While originally just one of the many crazes that sweep Mega-City One and go just as fast as they arrived, Fatties have remained around for ''decades'', using their sizes as status symbols. |
| 34 | * Examined in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' comic tie-in story "Two-Ton Squaddies." The Blob accidentally touches a Fractal which transfers his powers to heroes in the vicinity, making him slender while all of them become extremely fat. Doctor Doom convinces Blob to keep holding the Fractal, believing this will put the Squaddies at a disadvantage. Eventually, the heroes get accustomed to having the Blob's fatness and use it to defeat Doom's other underlings, proudly realizing they're still heroes regardless if they're fat or thin. And on the Blob's end, he drops the Fractal when he sees he's sacrificing his ideal body for nothing, regaining his former bulk and slimming the Squaddies back down. |
| 35 | [[/folder]] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 38 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' announced "I'm fat and I'm lazy and I'm proud of it!" when Jon asked him about any New Year's resolutions for 1979. Back in his earlier strips, Garfield would host "National Fat Week" which promoted acceptance of being obese and made jokes about thin people. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 42 | * Twig the Vault Dweller from ''WebVideo/FalloutNukaBreak''. His vault was provided with lots of fattening food and no exercise equipment, so fatness eventually became the social norm. The name "Twig" is actually an insulting nickname that bullies used to call him for being the ''skinniest'' person in the vault. As such, any time someone (usually Ben) tries to insult him for being fat, [[InsultBackfire he just takes it as a compliment]]. |
| 43 | * In ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon'', when Peter's father Francis becomes just as overweight as Peter after falling in a vat of lard in "[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/A_Star_is_Born..._Kind_Of A Star is Born... Kind Of]]", he tries to downplay it and acts in denial about his new bulk, but notices how Peter's the trope above and starts to feel a sense of camaraderie. And after Peter sings him a catchy song about the joys of being fat, Francis comes to embrace his morbid obesity, not really minding it anymore and gorge on food with Peter. It gets deconstructed when their newly gained weight causes them to get stuck in a booth at one of the restaurants they stop at. |
| 44 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanwork [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13674619/1/The-Lard-House The Lard House]], Lincoln accidentally gets sent to a dimension where health problems related to weight do not exist. Not only is being overweight accepted, generally the bigger you are the more attractive you are seen as being. With Lori being seen as one of the most beautiful girls in Michigan not in spite of weighing in excess of half a tonne, but '''because''' of it [[spoiler: and in the sequel that takes place a decade later her position has been usurped by the even larger Sid.]]. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 48 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': The 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!'' |
| 49 | * Po in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', towards the end. |
| 50 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'', Guy introduces the Croods to the concept of shoes to better navigate a terrain lined with painful coral. When Eep accidentally falls on him trying to get used to them, he remarks on how surprisingly heavy she is. She mistakes his comment for a compliment. |
| 51 | * ''Animation/RedShoesAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Snow White is fine with how she normally looks, and in the end, she decides to keep it that way and not use the shoes to make her thinner. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Films -- Live Action]] |
| 55 | * Tracy Turnblad in ''Film/{{Hairspray|1988}}'' and subsequent adaptations is quite comfortable with her shape, gaining stardom on the local TV dance show and proudly becoming the spokesmodel for the plus-size clothing emporium. |
| 56 | * Greedy Smurf in ''Film/TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' looks like he's happy putting on a few grams.[[note]]Unsurprisingly, he is voiced by Kenan Thompson, who was the live-action film version of Fat Albert.[[/note]] Of course, it's rare for a Smurf to be anything but proud of the trait he's named for. |
| 57 | * ''Film/PitchPerfect'' has Fat Amy, who openly calls herself that so that "twig bitches" won't insult her behind her back. |
| 58 | * Discussed in ''Film/PulpFiction'' when Fabienne wishes she had a big, perfectly round pot belly and would wear a t-shirt two sizes too small. |
| 59 | --> What is pleasing to the touch and pleasing to the eye is so seldom the same. |
| 60 | * ''Film/PhatGirlz'': Jazmin becomes this in the second half of the film, embracing her body. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 64 | * Literature/WinnieThePooh. He even sings about it! |
| 65 | -->''With a hefty, happy appetite,'' |
| 66 | -->''I'm a hefty, happy Pooh!'' |
| 67 | ** Comically deconstructed when his weight causes him to get stuck in Rabbit's house. |
| 68 | ** In the 1924 poem "Teddy Bear" by Creator/AAMilne, a short and stout bear ([[EarlyInstalmentWeirdness who's named Teddy but is recognizably an early version of Pooh]]) suffers from WeightWoe until he meets the King of France, an overweight man named Louis the Handsome, and finds comfort and pride in that a man who's just as fat as him can be called "the Handsome". |
| 69 | --->''But do you think it worries him'' |
| 70 | --->''To know that he is far from slim?'' |
| 71 | --->''No, just the other way about -'' |
| 72 | --->''He's proud of being short and stout.'' |
| 73 | * 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 becomes 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.) |
| 74 | * 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." |
| 75 | * Being grossly overweight is actually a point of pride for Speck Great Ones in the ''Literature/TheSoldierSon'' trilogy since they store magical power as fat. |
| 76 | * It's mentioned in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' that since the residents of District Twelve are always struggling against starvation, being able to put on some fat is a major status symbol. |
| 77 | * Masha in Creator/RobertAsprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' novels is an enormous woman who flaunts her status with her (lack of) clothes. |
| 78 | * There's a children's book called "The Man Who Stole the Atlantic Ocean" that features an entire Fat Men's Club. All of the members are proud to be as fat as possible and hate being teased. The titular Man being huge is a plot point. |
| 79 | * In ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude'', Aureliano Segundo becomes enormously fat due to his tremendous success in farming and is proud to show off his massive girth. He's eventually outdone by OneSceneWonder Camila Sagastume, a BigBeautifulWoman even larger than he is. It's revealed that Camila has developed her figure through "absolute tranquility of spirit"--in other words, she's so comfortable in her own skin and free of internal worries that she can eat endlessly. |
| 80 | * [[https://ifunny.co/picture/some-friends-are-fat-and-like-it-like-that-some-43SL6rzl2 A tie-in book]] to ''Series/SesameStreet'' describes Cookie Monster as being this way. |
| 81 | -->''"Some friends are fat - and like it like that."'' |
| 82 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Lord Manderly is quite satisfied with his weight; it makes people think that being a comic glutton is ''all'' there is to his personality when in reality he's a deeply loyal retainer of House Stark, a good leader, and downright ''viciously'' cunning when given reason.[[spoiler: Just ask those three Freys who stayed with him. Wait, you couldn't find them? They were at the feast; look for [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies those three meat pies]] Manderly served.]] It also serves as {{Kevlard}} when he gets his throat cut. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Live-Action TV ]] |
| 86 | * Although Jason Segel isn't ''fat'' per se (just a bit overweight and very big-boned), in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Marshall has a line of this while he's [[ItMakesSenseInContext arguing with Barney over which one of them]] [[HoYay Ted would rather have sex with:]] |
| 87 | -->'''Barney:''' [[MrFanservice Look at me!]] Now look at you. A still-in-the-closet 80-year-old wouldn't be into that mess. |
| 88 | -->'''Marshall:''' Here's the thing, Barney. I'm snuggly. You're not. Who wouldn't want to snuggle up next to this business on a Sunday morning, wrapped in a comforter, and it's raining outside and there's muffins warming in the oven - I'm cuddly, bitch, deal with it! |
| 89 | * Mercedes in ''Series/{{Glee}}'' |
| 90 | ** And Lauren Zizes, it seems, although Puck singing "Fat-Bottomed Girls" to her seemed to hurt her feelings. (Oddly, she was charmed by his original song "Big-Ass Heart.") |
| 91 | ** Lauren is definitely this since she matter-of-factly states that her size is the result of a combination of the "shoddy Zizes thyroid" and a "love of chips", accepts payment for AV Club services (and bribes for dates) in sweets, and is both a state champion wrestler and former infant beauty pageant queen whose talent was "baby pull-ups". |
| 92 | ** The "Fat Bottomed Girls" question seems to be a minor Deconstruction of this trope: while Lauren is definitely Fat and Proud, she doesn't like people reducing her to "the fat girl." Puck's "Big-Ass Heart" was about how her loving nature and personality were a match for her size, while "Fat Bottomed Girls" is ''just'' about her weight. Similarly, during the Glee Club's "Born This Way" performance, where each member of the group wears a T-shirt with something they're proud of printed on it, Lauren chooses "Bad Attitude" rather than "Fat." |
| 93 | * Mac from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' becomes overweight in the seventh season in an InsaneTrollLogic-based scheme to build up muscle. He actually enjoys being fat and misses it [[StatusQuoIsGod when he goes back to normal]]. He complains to a therapist in one episode that he thought people viewed him as a "monster" while fat, [[FatBastard and enjoyed it because he liked intimidating people.]] |
| 94 | * On ''Series/JustShootMe,'' an old friend of Nina's shows up, having gained weight since her modeling days. However, it turns out she's fine with this and is concerned about ''Nina'' for still being worried about her looks after all these years. |
| 95 | * One could argue the show itself personifies this, but Will from ''Literature/{{Huge}}'' makes being proud of her fat a form of social rebellion since the entire show takes place at a fat camp. |
| 96 | * ''Series/NoahsArc'': Alex loves his big body. |
| 97 | * Corey and Chumlee in ''Series/PawnStars'' make no bones about their equally large sizes. Chumlee especially, which draws concern for his health from Rick. Corey has since lost a considerable amount of weight, while Chumlee is still as fat as ever. |
| 98 | * ''Series/MadTV1995'': Parodied in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwBaoslv5jQ Reality Check]]" sketch. |
| 99 | * ''Series/WorldsDumbest'' commentators Loni Love and Brad Loekle are not at all ashamed of their girth, sometimes commenting on the misfortunes that skinnier people suffer. |
| 100 | -->'''Loni:''' This wouldn't have happened to her if she ate a damn sandwich! |
| 101 | * An episode of ''Series/{{House}}'' features this trope. The episode begins with a morbidly obese man being cut out of his house because he was presumed to be dead. This belief is quickly dispelled when he farts. The extraction turns into a rescue mission and he is sent to the hospital so that doctors can discover what caused him to pass out. The man is only disturbed by the fact that all anyone wants to test him for are problems related to his weight. He claims he is not miserable and speaks about how much he loves to eat. [[DeadpanSnarker House's]] comments on his weight only [[SnarkToSnarkCombat earn him a competitor.]] He is eventually proven justified, albeit in a sad way: [[spoiler:he turns out to be dying of lung cancer, despite being a lifelong non-smoker.]] |
| 102 | * ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow'' features Barbara, an enormous young [[UptownGirl "Park Avenue Princess"]] from an extremely rich family. While her mother is so ashamed that she forces Barbara to attend a weight loss spa, Barbara herself is proud of her size ("I like me this way"). Elsa hires her to serve as the eponymous freak show's "Fat Lady," and Barbara genuinely enjoys being among the other freaks, who accept her as she is. It helps that she is finally allowed to eat as much as she desires after being DeniedFoodAsPunishment for years. |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 106 | * Bon Scott of Music/{{ACDC}} had [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale at first, reluctant]] sex with [[BigBeautifulWoman a rather huge groupie]], who later became the inspiration for the song "Whole Lotta Rosie". |
| 107 | ** When Bon met Rosie a few years later, she had slimmed down to waifish proportions. Bon replied that it "Just wasn't the same". |
| 108 | * The rock band Mammoth consisted of fat musicians, so obviously losing weight would have ruined their gimmick. |
| 109 | ** Another music one in the same vein: the [[http://www.misfats.com/ Misfats]], "the fattest Misfits tribute band". |
| 110 | * Cherry from the animated band Music/StudioKillers. |
| 111 | * [[Music/EvenWorse "Fat"]], by Music/WeirdAlYankovic. Averted by Al himself, who saw himself eating in the video and was so disturbed by it that he decided he never wanted to be fat. |
| 112 | * "Rockin' the Beer Gut" by Trailer Choir sings the praise of a ''woman'' with a beer gut. |
| 113 | * Beth Ditto, lead singer of the queercore band Gossip. |
| 114 | * While Music/{{Adele}} isn't quite as heavyset as most examples, it's undeniable that she does have a little extra, and it's part of her charm. At least until she slimmed prior to the album ''30''. |
| 115 | * Fat Mike of Music/{{NOFX}}. |
| 116 | * Jamie Madrox (not [[Comicbook/XMen Multiple Man]]) of Music/{{Twiztid}} is rather proud of his girth, to the point that he has even released a solo album called "Phatso". His weight, much like his partner Monoxide Child's [[SmokingIsCool chain smoking]], has become one of his signature features. |
| 117 | -->''I'm ultra grande like a Luchador,'' |
| 118 | -->''Pullin' aerial maneuvers at three hundred pounds or more!'' |
| 119 | * Referenced in "Beer Gut" by Music/DaYoopers: |
| 120 | -->Beer guts of America, stand up if you can\ |
| 121 | Stick out your big beer gut and hoist a cool one in your hand\ |
| 122 | Your beer gut is your buddy, it's a friend who's always near\ |
| 123 | And all you ever have to do is feed it lots of beer |
| 124 | * Rap artists "Heavy D" and [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG "Biggie Smalls"]]. |
| 125 | * The Fat Boys. |
| 126 | * CountryMusic singer Kenny Price was known for his girth, which led to the nickname "Round Mound of Sound". He even put out an album called ''Heavyweight'', although he slimmed down in his later years. |
| 127 | * Arsenio Hall's Chunky A. persona on his ''Large And In Charge'' album, though the voice doing the rapping is that of Cameo. |
| 128 | * Definitely a part of Music/MeghanTrainor's "All About That Bass": |
| 129 | -->''Yeah, it's pretty clear,'' |
| 130 | -->''I ain't no size 2.'' |
| 131 | -->''But I can shake it, shake it'' |
| 132 | -->''Like I'm supposed to do.'' |
| 133 | -->'' 'Cause I got that boom-boom that all the boys chase,'' |
| 134 | -->''All the right junk in all the right places.'' |
| 135 | * Sophie Tucker, who sang "I Don't Want To Get Thin" back in the '20s. |
| 136 | * Music/KellyClarkson's "Love So Soft" touts the sensual qualities of her post-marriage weight gain. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Mythology]] |
| 140 | * SantaClaus. His preferred snack is well known to be cookies and milk set out by the fire (though he's not been known to turn down brandy, either...) His big size and appetite are an essential part of his image, of a piece with his jovial laugh and big white beard. |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 144 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Hill Giants base their entire society on who's the biggest and fattest; if you're the fattest in the tribe who can still move around, you're the boss. |
| 145 | * Creator/GamesWorkshop games: |
| 146 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' have the Chaos God Nurgle. His big draw is being the god of love and acceptance, whose worshipers are taught to love themselves and each other just the way they are, even if (or ''especially'' if) they're unhealthy and disgusting, because Nurgle is also, and more importantly, the god of decay and disease (which causes a lot of the bloating from all the plagues riding around in individuals). |
| 147 | ** Ogres from ''Fantasy'' have eating as a cornerstone of their culture, and a great paunch is considered attractive among their kind. |
| 148 | ** In ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'', the Star Player Glart Smashrip is a massively fat [[RatMen Skaven]] Blocker who is not only proud of his bulk but is still trying to get fatter as it is his goal to achieve the record for being the heaviest player to compete in the Blood Bowl final. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 152 | * At one point, [[Theatre/HenryIV Falstaff]] complains ("a little improbably," in the words of one critic) about having lost weight: |
| 153 | -->''"Do I not bate? Do I not dwindle? Why, my skin hangs about me like an old lady's loose gown!"'' |
| 154 | * Camryn Manheim's one-woman show "Wake Up! I'm Fat!" acknowledges her size and her comfort with it. The show grew into a book of the same title. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'': Magnus, being a sumo, is obviously proud of his large belly as he shakes it around while telling Spyro to feed Sparx lots of butterflies. |
| 159 | * Rufus in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' games. His bulk [[{{Acrofatic}} is an integral part of his fighting style]]. |
| 160 | * Similarly, Bob in the ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' series. Then [[VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken they met]]. And it was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64DNpYiqlEc hilarious]]. |
| 161 | * Fat Larry in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', who wants you to know he is fat with a F-A-T cause he knows he's got a weight problem and he just doesn't give a fuck. (Or, if your PlayerCharacter is female, because "there's more of me to love, baby!") |
| 162 | * [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120226194653/borderlands/images/f/fe/BL2_rather_large_woman.jpeg Ellie]] from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' is quite proud of her mammoth physique. She actually moved out to a lethal area known as The Dust, because her mother Moxxi (who ironically is the series' MsFanservice) was harping her to lose weight. She asks the player to collect hood ornaments the local bandits made in her likeness. Even though she's aware they were meant to make fun of her, [[InsultBackfire she still thinks they're awesome]]. |
| 163 | * The Pandaren from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Apparently, it's a cultural thing because, well, bears. They pride themselves on their weight, considering the fatter members of their race to be more attractive and stronger in combat. |
| 164 | -->"Gotta store up some fat for the winter!...I don't hibernate or nothing, I just like having it around." - Male Pandaren joke |
| 165 | -->"I'm doing great! I could stand to gain a few pounds, sure, but who doesn't?" - Female Pandaren joke |
| 166 | * In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', the formerly rail-thin Byakuya Togami appears to have put on a ''huge'' amount of weight since the previous game. [[spoiler:Because he's actually the [[MasterOfDisguise Ultimate Imposter]].]] He's actually quite proud of it, claims to have spent a fortune "sculpting his physique", belittles his classmates for being skinny, and is [[InsultBackfire completely unfazed by an insulting nickname based on his weight]], admitting it's actually quite accurate. It also [[{{Acrofatic}} doesn't impact his physical abilities any]]. [[spoiler:The real reason he's fat is because he enjoys eating fast food because it's the same everywhere, so it's something familiar in whatever identity he assumes.]] |
| 167 | * Niko in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning.'' He has no problems with being fat because [[AdorablyPrecociousChild despite his tender young age]], he's an excellent chef. And he's well aware of the "never trust a skinny chef" axiom. |
| 168 | * A minor character in Vella's story from ''VideoGame/BrokenAge'' is the Fun-Size Maiden, a girl being offered for sacrifice who is quite shameless about being chubbier than the other girls. |
| 169 | -->'''Fun-Size Maiden:''' These girls have it all backwards--think it's attractive to starve themselves. |
| 170 | * ''VideoGame/ToejamAndEarl'' has the NPC Bloona in the second and fourth games who is fatter than Earl yet isn't concerned about her size. She is [[BigEater constantly seen eating]] and her shirt doesn't even cover her midriff. |
| 171 | * All the females from the visual novel Mandarava - The Serpent Queen [[https://twitter.com/RiskySatyriasis/status/900907648102445061 are this]] since they live in a society where every male is a ChubbyChaser. |
| 172 | * Mz. Ruby from the first ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' game is an overweight alligator who has a ruby encrusted in her [[ExposedAnimalBellybutton belly button]]. During her boss battle, she drums her belly if she successfully attacks Sly. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 176 | * Sir Loin, leader of the ''WebAnimation/KnightsOfAllRealms'', is very proud of his "magnificent girth" and wears the mantle of "the One who is the Fat One" as a badge of honor. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 180 | * Lorenda the Demon-Cow from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures''. She's noticeably fat, and perfectly comfortable with it, as seen most clearly in the strip [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_101.php when Dan first meets her]]. ''DMFA'' also features the recently introduced [[http://missmab.com/Demo/Leader13.php Piflak]], the curvaceous Cubi leader with an affinity for pride itself! |
| 181 | * In one strip of ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'', Flora states her own people consider fat to be sexy, due to their HyperactiveMetabolism keeping them trim. |
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| 184 | * Manoa from Tales Of Schlock is aware that she's overweight but is happy with herself and has a very active sex life. |
| 185 | * Lalia from ''Webcomic/CravingControl'' becomes this in the final chapters of the series after she gets noticeably fat and is happy with her new figure. |
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| 188 | [[folder:Web Original ]] |
| 189 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's BFF Nella is more than happy to stuff herself so that [[http://johnnyfog.deviantart.com/art/Nella-s-gonna-kill-me-196512932 her friend will look better in comparison.]] She's also perfectly fine with her appearance and doesn't appreciate concern trolls. |
| 190 | * National Lampoon's "Fat Guy Nation" series, complete with the theme song "All You Can Eat." |
| 191 | * WebVideo/MrPregnant is very much this. He is, in his own words, "fat and stink," and yet doesn't mind a bit. |
| 192 | * Creator/DinaMNealey has no problems with depicting or describing herself as fat. Her AuthorAvatar Chibi-Dina is a chibi version of a BigBeautifulWoman. |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 196 | * In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DragonHunters'', Jennyline, a [[BigBeautifulWoman BBW]], goes with the eponymous hunters so she can cook a dragon immediately after they kill it. After the adventure, she tells them that she's never doing that again because it's "bad for her waistline" -- she lost 20 pounds (not that she looks any different). |
| 197 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson goes back and forth between this (for instance, the time he gained weight to go on workers' comp and proclaimed himself a "big fat dynamo") and IAmBigBoned. |
| 198 | ** One episode has Homer seeking an Overeaters Anonymous group after a particularly embarrassing incident over his weight. The group in question turns out to be a fat pride group that praises its members for gaining weight. Homer is fully on board until the end when the group leader dies barely into adulthood from walking for the first time and implores all the other members to be more responsible about their health. |
| 199 | ** During Homer's stint as a food critic in "Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner?", his blind praise of every eatery in Springfield results in a few people developing the same eating habits and growing fat. However, none of them seem to notice or even care with Lenny exclaiming "I never knew everything was so good" and Mr. Burns stating he's never felt jollier (before his shins break again due to his new girth). |
| 200 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 201 | ** When Lois first started gaining weight in "Sibling Rivalry", Peter was upset but later began to really like it. So much so, that he tries fattening her up even more and even faster, which she is happy to do. When [[ResetButton she had to have liposuction]], he was found in the closet trying to have sex with her removed fat. |
| 202 | ** In "The Fat Guy Strangler", Peter establishes the NAAFP: The National Association For The Advancement of Fat People. The members? All of them were ''fatter than Peter''. |
| 203 | * On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Bobby gets his mom to accept her big feet by telling her how his being fat doesn't stop him from loving life and being liked. |
| 204 | * Oleander, VillainousGlutton of ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack''. At one point during a Villain Conference, she asks if they can order drinks since she's losing her "water weight." |
| 205 | * To quote Coop from ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': "Chubby? Ladies, this is ''fat''!" |
| 206 | ** The series finale had Coop fighting his AlternateUniverse self, who at some point in his past had made a FaceHeelTurn to become a universe-conquering supervillain. At the same time, he had also decided to lose weight and build muscle, becoming quite buff. Our Coop was much angrier about that second part. How dare any version of him become skinny! |
| 207 | ** Coop's eating habits rub off on Sloan from S Force by the end of "The Bad Guy." While he was already a BigEater and heavyset in his own right, he becomes just as fat as Coop thanks to following his example. When Jamie comments on Sloan "putting on a little poundage" in "S Force S.O.S.," he cheerfully replies "You betcha!" |
| 208 | * WesternAnimation/{{Fat Albert|AndTheCosbyKids}}, who accepts the "fat" part of his nickname which his friends call him. |
| 209 | * Owen in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. He is like a personified version of this trope. |
| 210 | * Pam of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' is definitely this: on top of being a [[BigBeautifulWoman Big Beautiful Woman]], her preferred comeback for Cheryl's occasional digs at her weight is usually one about Cheryl being too SKINNY instead of a denial of her own weight. |
| 211 | -->'''Pam:''' ''(to Cheryl)'' Pipe down, pipe cleaner! |
| 212 | * Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' during the "Passion Patties" episode. Inga Bittersweet has the Happy Girls distribute the titular cookies, which are made with a concentrated sugar extract that causes an InstantTasteAddiction. The cookies also cause those addicted to them to rapidly gain weight the more they eat. While the victims are aware of how fat they've become, they don't care as long as they can get more cookies. After Clover and Jerry both fall victim and Bittersweet's arrested, Jerry mentions they're working on an antidote that will stop the cravings and get rid of the extra weight. In the end, Clover, who had been against wearing a large-sized hat the whole time, decides to buy the hat after learning to be happy with whatever size she is. |
| 213 | * ''WesternAnimation/ParadisePD'' the character Dusty Marlow is proud of his size even if it means him failing a police physical and losing his job. In the episode "Showdown at the O-Bese Corral", he starts a cult of Body Positivity from former Weight Watchers participants. After they lose the right to wear their robes in public, they go around naked. They don't mind going around nude in public. This attitude is adopted by Chief Randall at the end of the episode when it turns out that he's as fat as Dusty. |
| 214 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' episode "Just Desserts" has Timmy wishing that every meal was dessert. As a result, everyone in Dimmsdale becomes morbidly obese after a month of eating nothing but dessert. The citizens all pretty much accept the new status quo, with Timmy commenting they live in a world where no one gets picked on for being fat anymore. In fact, Mark Chang (in his human disguise) gets picked on because he's the only kid who's still skinny. Were it not for everyone's combined weight making the Earth hurtle into the sun, Timmy was fine with leaving things as is. |
| 215 | * Gonard of ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' is a BigEater in most episodes, but "Fashion Frenzy" shows he's put on weight. After he stops sucking it in on set, he pats his big belly with an energetic "Nice!" However, Ozu orders him to get back in shape if he wants to stay on ''Lily Myu''. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 219 | * Comedienne Mo'Nique, herself a BigBeautifulWoman, hosted the F. A. T. (Fabulous And Thick) Chance Beauty Pageant. Contestants had to be size 14 or higher to enter. |
| 220 | * Comedian Creator/GabrielIglesias has built his stand-up career on [[TheMerch this]], [[https://fluffyexclusive.fluffyguy.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. (He pointed out that the shirts went all the way up to 5X, or XXXXXL.) 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]] |
| 221 | %%* [[StoutStrength Sumo wrestlers, of course!]] |
| 222 | * Australian media personality and former rugby league player Daryl Brohman 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. |
| 223 | * 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 [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]]. ''By Gad, sir, you are a character, that you are!'' |
| 224 | * Lee J. Cobb plays a few scenes topless in ''AnnaAndTheKingOfSiam'' and seemed to have gotten in a few sit-ups, showing that he looked damn good for an enormous person. |
| 225 | * Singer Music/{{Adele}} was very outspoken about how she wasn't ashamed of her weight and wasn't trying to lose any before her weight loss in 2020. She just cares most about putting out good music, not so much what the media thinks of her figure. |
| 226 | * Music/KellyClarkson was ribbed over social media about having "too much carrot cake" since her marriage, and immediately quipped back that her detractor needed a bit more of it ([[JerkAss they lack sweetness]]). |
| 227 | * Creator/JackBlack openly embraces and flaunts his chubby physique and is certainly not afraid to go shirtless in public. |
| 228 | * Creator/{{Fictosophy}}: As seen in the announcement video, Sam has no problem with people calling him fat. |
| 229 | -->'''Sam''': I have plenty of big ideas to change the-- |
| 230 | -->'''Troll''': Heh. Big. Like you. |
| 231 | -->'''Sam''': (''beat'') You gotta work on your trolling, sir. |
| 232 | * Creator/RoxaneGay pwned a JerkAss on Twitter. Said JerkAss, the son of Roseanne (herself a larger lady), pointed out that's a "B and not an F" when Gay offered to write a ''Batgirl'' script, and she responded: |
| 233 | -->"I'm fat. You really worked out a mystery. I'm fat and powerful. In a few minutes, I'll forget about you. You'll be hearing about me the rest of your life." |
| 234 | * [[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/TheDoors1991 his biopic]] when Jim began putting on weight in his final years. |
| 235 | * [[https://sg.news.yahoo.com/break-nail-worlds-heaviest-female-083646252.html Sharon Alexander]] is the world's fattest female sumo wrestler and proud of that distinction, as she is trying to make headway for more women to get involved in sumo. |
| 236 | * Music/{{Lizzo}} is heavyset and proud of it. |
| 237 | -->'''Nariyal_Anna:''' Ayo [Lizzo] losing weight… great. \ |
| 238 | '''[[https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1604549360204664833?s=46&t=hC-snMzk5p7qeThWg9GdvA Lizzo]]:''' [[DeadpanSnarker This tweet]] made me [[BigEater order Taco Bell]]. |
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