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* The ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' episode "Diet Doc" is about Fat Doc noticing his fat and deciding to go on a diet. The newly-fit Fat Doc is fast enough to catch Lamput with utmost ease.

* A ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' magazine story is titled "The Fat Controller's Diet". When Sir Topham Hatt tries out a new weighing machine, he is shocked when he finds out just how much he weighs, so he decides to go on a diet as she spends some more time outside of his office. Unfortunately for Sir Topham Hatt, [[ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere everywhere Edward takes him, there's some kind of junk food that he likes]]. There's a sweet kiosk selling chocolate, the China Clay Workers having Pork Pie on their lunch break, people eating snacks from the station cafe, and a fish and chips restaurant with a £3 special on haddock with all the trimmings and desert. The last of these causes Sir Topham Hatt to cancel the diet, and upon hearing this, Edward jokes that if he lost weight, he and his friends couldn't call him the Fat Controller anymore.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Blood Will Out",Tom Barnaby is trying to lose weight so Joyce recruits Troy into making sure that he sticks to his diet while they are out investigating the latest murders.

* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': The B-plot of "Man of the House" involves Didi putting Grandpa Lou on a diet that he doesn't like after finding out he has high cholesterol. At first, Lou tries to order greasy food from Zippy's without Didi finding out, but near the end of the episode, Tommy's attempt to invent a new toy for Dil in the episode's A-plot results in Lou watching a disturbing health video given to him by his doctor. Lou freaks out upon seeing the video and eats the healthy lunch that Didi serves him without hesitation.

* At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' had Fred being shamed into dieting. Another had Fred participating in a game show where he would win a cash prize if he lost a signifigant amount of weight in a month. He had to resort to joining a support group for food addicts (which also sent out agents that snatched food away from their members if they try to cheat) to manage, and is irritable and half-dead by the time the contest is over. Fred does win, but when he tries to resign from the group, his age* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', Jon decides to go on a diet after putting on some weight, and ends up falling for a crooked diet program with overpriced, poor quality food served in absurdly small portions.

* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'': "Gruel and Unusual Punishment" combines this with PrisonEpisode; Baloo decides to visit a weight loss clinic so he can lose enough weight to escort Rebecca to the Pilot's Ball in a slimming tuxedo. However, [[ReadTheMapUpsideDown due to having mistaken a guacamole stain on the map for the location]], he ends up in a Thembrian prison, [[NotWhereTheyThought which he mistakes for the weight loss clinic]].

* In ''WebVideo/TheKateringShow'' episode "The Body Issue", Kate [=McLennan=], Kate [=McCartney=] and Beans the cat supposedly attempt the Paleo Diet, the Raw Food Diet and the 5:2 Diet respectively. The Kates are brought to the brink of malnutrition and insanity by their diets, but Beans thrives on the 5:2 Diet, "and her brain cancer is almost gone"!

* Tummi Gummi got put on a diet after sneaking a midnight snack in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "The Oracle".
* At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' had Fred being shamed into dieting. Another had Fred participating in a game show where he would win a cash prize if he lost a signifigant amount of weight in a month. He had to resort to joining a support group for food addicts (which also sent out agents that snatched food away from their members if they try to cheat) to manage, and is irritable and half-dead by the time the contest is over. Fred does win, but when he tries to resign from the group, his agent either doesn't get the memo or doesn't care--he swipes Fred's victory meal anyway.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' short "Tomorrow We Diet" features the titular Goofy attempting one by the narrator.
* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' had an episode while Peg dares Pete to go a day without eating; naturally, [[{{Pun}} it eats him up inside]]. Another had Pete be chosen to test out some diet meal bars, and he found that he liked them so much that he ate a month's supply in a couple days, which naturally caused him to gain weight.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' had Hampton try to go on a diet, only to be constantly tempted by a chocolate cake.
--> '''Cake:''' ([[EvilSoundsDeep in a deep voice]]) [[LetsMeetTheMeat Eat meee... Eat meee...]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Several episodes focus on Homer dieting, the most famous one being the first one, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where he got stuck in the Mt. Splashmore water slide and decided to drop about 40 pounds. He doesn't change much visually but does succeed in losing the weight.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E23KingOfTheHill King of the Hill]]", Homer attempts to redeem himself before Bart by getting in shape through visits to the gym and eating a bunch of energy bars. He makes significant improvement from the exercise (it's implied the bar were a MagicFeather if not a detriment), but overestimates himself, nearly dies climbing a mountain, and presumably gives up his new regiment.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E17TheHeartbrokeKid The Heartbroke Kid]]" has Bart becoming seriously overweight due to getting addicted to junk food from the new school vending machines, to the point that he has a heart attack and has to be dragged off to a FatCamp. Its not until he realizes the impact his weight is having on his family (who had to open a hostel for rude German backpackers to pay for the camp) that he vows to take losing weight seriously.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' has an episode where Jay and Marty decides to enroll in a high-class FatCamp due to both of them having trouble with people mocking them for their weight. Jay only loses about 2 pounds (which he is elated over, calling it his "college weight"), but Marty drops a substantial amount of weight and becomes quite handsome and popular in school. However, he begins to buckle under the pressure of popularity, as well as the stress of playing Franchise/PeterPan in the school play. By the end, he's gained his original weight back from a massive ice cream binge, and is about to get beaten up for ruining the play, only to immediately slide back into popularity when the building engineer reveals that Marty damaged the school roof and the school has to close for a month of repairs.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "Gormandizing Greedy" is about putting Greedy on a diet after the Smurfs find out he has a weight problem.
* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'' has "Too Much Martha" where [[TalkingAnimal Martha]] is put on a diet and "Martha's Dirty Habit" which has a subplot of Daniel Lorraine (the dad of the family that owns Martha) giving up between-meal snacks for no real reason other than the fact that Martha was giving something up (digging) and he wanted to give something up too so she wouldn't feel alone.

* ''WesternAnimation/BadDog'' had an episode where Vern goes on a diet.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'' had the episode "Lard Times" where Heathcliff puts himself on a diet. Hector, Wordsworth and Mungo force him into a grueling exercise program in an effort to make him so tired that they can take over his neighborhood. In the same episode, Grandpa is ordered by the doctor to also lose a few pounds.

* Monterey Jack went on a diet on an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', the twist being that he did so voluntarily as he was eager to get in shape after his weight caused some problems on a mission, while the other Rangers tagged alongside him for support. It was the other Rangers who had the most trouble keeping with the program. He eventually relents after realizing he's been pushing the others too hard.
* ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' has had two episodes: "Oggy's Diet" and "Dee Dee's Diet". In Oggy's episode, it was so he could catch the cockroaches easier, for Dee Dee, it was so he could ''avoid'' being caught. Dee Dee actually managed to shed the pounds... only to gain them back in the end.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has Eric Cartman being sent to [[Recap/SouthParkS4E15FatCamp Fat Camp]] to get his weight under control, and returns a few weeks later substantially slimmed down. It turns out however that this is an impostor that the real Eric sent back to South Park to steal junk food for him to smuggle to the other campers for money. The real Eric hasn't lost a pound, and on top of that is ruining the progress of the other campers with his scam.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has a PlayedForDrama version where Stan goes on a diet after his family points out that he's put on weight since his prime (as a response to him being a huge jerk to Steve's pudgy girlfriend). Stan ends up developing serious anorexia and is reduced to skin and bones, to the point where he has to be hospitalized.
* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': "Dog Ate It" has Cat putting Dog on a diet in preparation for them entering a dance contest.
* The 90s Literature/MrMen cartoon episode "Little Miss Greedy, Belle of the Ball" involved Little Miss Greedy being put on a diet plan by Dr. Makeyouwell when her ball gown doesn't fit her due to her eating habit.
* The ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' episode "Pitfall" had main villain Lawrence Limburger forced to go easy on indulging in slime worms because his superior Lord Camembert has ordered him to go on a diet for the next week.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', Jon decides to go on a diet after putting on some weight, and ends up falling for a crooked diet program with overpriced, poor quality food served in absurdly small portions.
** In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldsThanksgiving'', Liz orders Jon to put Garfield on a diet during one of their regular vet visits, which he, obviously, was already upset about, but to make matters worse, it was right before Thanksgiving.
* "WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Weighs in" has an Aesop about obesity, in which Arthur has gained enough weight that he now has to wear husky clothing even though [[InformedFlaw he is the exact same size he has always been]]. He cuts the junk food from his diet and gets back to his normal weight.
* Deputy Dawg is forced to go on a diet in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'' episode "Physical Fatness".
* The ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' episode "Captain Lou's Crash Diet" has Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano attempting to lose forty pounds in ten days or else he will be out of wrestling.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode, "Mr. Wilson's Diet", Mrs. Wilson decides to put Mr. Wilson on a diet when he starts getting too big for his clothes despite his objections. Mr. Wilson tries multiple occasions to cheat on it until Mrs. Wilson gives up and decides to go out and buy some bigger clothes. By the end of the episode, however, their doctor informs them that they both need to lose some weight, [[HereWeGoAgain and so the diet is back on]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' like its live action counterpart featured such an episode. This time Sabrina wants to fit into a pair of jeans that the AlphaBitch is sporting. She and her friend Chloe use a magical set of scales that ends up backfiring and shrinking them down to the size of fleas.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' the episode "Weight and See" features Tohru on a diet, with Jade pushing him to do harsh exercise and eat a strict diet. He cracks and enjoys a late night helping of pork fried rice. But the chopsticks he used to eat with were possessed by the chi of gluttonous mountain demon Po Kong, resulting in Tohru being corrupted by the chi and binging on everything in sight, including the city of San Francisco.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' short "Dietetic Pink" is one borne of a mistake. The Panther uses a public scale, but a passing pedestrian happens to put his suitcase down next to Pink, making his weight come out to 220 pounds (the correct weight is revealed to be around 75). Pink spends the rest of the short deliriously avoiding food but seeing that ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere until the mistake is corrected at the end.
* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': The B-plot of "Man of the House" involves Didi putting Grandpa Lou on a diet that he doesn't like after finding out he has high cholesterol. At first, Lou tries to order greasy food from Zippy's without Didi finding out, but near the end of the episode, Tommy's attempt to invent a new toy for Dil in the episode's A-plot results in Lou watching a disturbing health video given to him by his doctor. Lou freaks out upon seeing the video and eats the healthy lunch that Didi serves him without hesitation.

* In the ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' episode "Let 'Em Eat Cake", the whole family is on the Atkins diet, and there's a RunningGag that the characters don't know what they're allowed to eat.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' naturally features a magical spin on this one. Sabrina wants to fit into a dress for a HighSchoolDance and, as it's from the Other Realm, it can't be altered to her size. Her solution is dieting with some magical weight loss shakes. Uniquely after just one shake, she's satisfied about fitting into the dress, but the salesman bewitches her mirrors to make her think she's gaining weight. She ends up drinking so many shakes she turns invisible.
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'':
** Used as part of an abusive boyfriend storyline with Charlie and Shelly. She can't fit into the dress he's bought her, and he goads her into dieting down to ten stone. While Shelly doesn't seem to mind the idea at first, Charlie exacerbates matters by turning it into a sponsored weight loss.
** Fred Elliot is trying to get into online dating, and starts both dieting and running repeatedly. He doesn't keep his son Ashley in the loop - who starts to worry that he's ill.
* In ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine'', Matthew starts putting on some weight, so Christine volunteers to help him lose it. She ends up gaining weight herself.
* In ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', the episode "What A Difference A Date Makes" starts with Blanche placing all types of sweets she finds in the trash can and tells the others when they see her at it that she's going on a diet in order to fulfill her annual tradition of fitting into her wedding dress on the anniversary of her wedding day with her late husband. She does succeed in the end, but it turns out she has become bulkier over the years, as her wedding dress turns out to have been torn away in the back without her being aware of it.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Season 2 begins with Jenna having starred in a play over the summer that required her to eat 4 slices of pizza on stage each performance and consequently gain significant weight. Attempts to lose it include the Japanese Pornstar Diet ("I only eat paper, but I can eat all the paper I want"); Dr. Spaceman suggests crystal meth and a surgical option that includes liposuction, bone shaving, and organ reduction. She eventually loses the weight naturally by virtue of not eating 4 slices of pizza a day.
* ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'': In "The Fit, The Fat, and the Forty One" Bob's doctor tells him he needs to lose eight pounds. He spends most of the episode miserable and constantly [[ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere tempted by food]].

* About 50% of ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}'' strips are in some way about Cathy trying - and failing - to lose weight. The rest are usually about her trying to improve her appearance or meet men.

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* In the Teresa Brewer episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Miss Piggy decides to go on a diet after overhearing that Kermit is planning to cancel her ballet number the following week, claiming she's getting too fat for the costume. Most of the sketches for the remainder of the episode have to do with either food or exercise. She ultimately fails to lose weight.
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%%* There is one in ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy''.

* Usagi tried to go on a diet but failed in an early ''Anime/SailorMoon'' episode that involved the villains taking energy from girls who were obsessed with getting thin.
* There is also a ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' episode where Coco goes on a diet because he got fat (although you never really see the difference in his human form) from eating too many cream puffs.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' has one in which, thanks to a Ghost, Stocking finds herself gaining weight (something that never happened before, considering all the fat she consumes goes to her breasts) and starting a [[MemeticMutation DIETO]].

* Episode 8 of ''Anime/TamakoMarket'' focuses on [[spoiler:[[TalkingBird Dera]]]] taking a diet, as he has been overly obese to carry out his duties. [[spoiler:Despite this, he returns to his normal size by the beginning of the next episode.]]

* Yukari Nashimoto of ''Manga/TsurezureChildren'' watches her weight very often in her focus chapters, but the stand out one is Chapter 152. Because she eats too many snacks, she decides to decrease the amount of food she eats during the day. By decrease, we mean starve, and it gets so noticeable that her crush comes over just to give her something to eat.

* In issue #18 of ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' had the entire town of Springfield put on one. The president, embarassed by the town's gluttonous lifestyle, sends Rainier Wolfcastle down to whip it's worst offenders into shape. While almost all are able to lose ten pounds, Homer ends up gaining ''three''. Shamed, The Simpson patriarch goes through a TrainingMontage with Wolfcastle to lose...12 1/2 pounds. Luckily, a quick blood donation clears the gap [[DoNotTryThisAtHome (despite this not being a recommended method of weight loss)]]

* In the first story of ''If This is Love, I'll Take Spaghetti'', the protagonist struggles with trying to stay on a diet so that she can become thin enough to attract her crush. It turns out that her crush [[JustTheWayYouAre likes her perfectly fine]] even with the extra weight, but she realizes that she still wants to lose weight for her own sake and he agrees to help "[[DistractedByTheSexy distract]]" her from thinking about food all the time.

* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': Book #27 (''The Cat Who Went Bananas''), is one for Qwill, which includes cutting back on rich foods and having to eat a banana every day. He doesn't do too well at sticking to it though.

* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'':
** One PlayedForDrama series of episodes, where Dan is put on a diet following his heart attack. Dan cheats on his diet behind Roseanne's back but once she figures out and tells him so, Dan quits his diet, skips her peas and carrots in favor of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and points out Roseanne's fat too. Roseanne gets offended and so the two start trashing the house in their argument.
** In season two it's played for humor as usual, with Roseanne insisting they both go on a diet after she has trouble fitting into her pants. Dan seems to do fairly well, but Roseanne ends up nearly cracking after watching three food commercials.

* In one episode of ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' Danny is teased for being fat, goes on a diet, and loses like 10 pounds, all without being noticibly slimmer. According to Danny Bonaduce's biography, it was not a pleasant episode to film.
* In an episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Marie, a SupremeChef, discovers that she has high cholesterol. She decides to go on a diet and eat healthier--which, by extension, means that everyone else has to as well. Unfortunately, it was the Thanksgiving Special...

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' had an episode where Sue made Mercedes go on a diet in order to remain on The Cheerios. Sadly, this so-called "diet" resulted in Mercedes obsessing over her weight and starving herself, prompting Quinn to intervene.
* Creator/{{AMC}} released an original drama series called ''Series/{{Dietland}}'' in 2018.
* PlayedWith on ''Series/BabylonFive'': [[DaChief Garibaldi]] is ordered by Dr. Franklin to go on a restricted diet (or rather... a ''[[InsistentTerminology food plan]]'') because of various problems his body is suffering due to the after effects of being shot InTheBack by TheMole in an earlier season. Meanwhile, [[TheCaptain Captain Sheridan]] is ordered to eat what he considers "Rabbit Food" because he has gained ten pounds since his previous exam. [[TheLancer Commander Ivanova]] is ordered to eat more because she is suffering nutrition deficiencies because she doesn't eat enough healthy food; in addition, this is messing with her recovery from her broken foot (from the previous episode). Since all three of them are required to eat something that they hate and one of the others loves, this results in a scene where Garibaldi takes Ivanova's pasta, Sheridan takes Garibaldi's steak, and Ivanova takes Sheridan's salad and they try (Unsuccessfully) to eat them before Dr Franklin arrives in the mess.
* An episode of ''Series/{{That 70s Show}}'' had Red, after his heart attack, trying to sneak around his diet. After he gets busted, he says "This isn't food! This is what food eats!".
* In the ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' episode "Moby Dick", Dick goes on a diet after he starts overeating to deal with the stress of his break-up from Mary. [[spoiler:Later we find out Mary is also stress eating.]]
* In an early episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Carl went on a strict diet to look good for his high school reunion. His family pulled out all the stops to keep him from cheating, to the point where he snuck ''baby food'' out of desperation.
* Played for drama in ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''. Philip was put on a diet and bribed Will into sneaking him junk food, only to end up having a heart attack.
* ''Series/ILoveLucy'' had Lucy go on a diet to be able to play Sally Sweet in one of Ricky's show numbers.

* The Ronnie Barker one-shot "One Man's Meat".
* An episode of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' has Cody trying to help the hotel's chef lose weight. He manages to do it by telling him not to think of it as a diet, but a lifestyle choice. Additionally, Zack (who had become a glutton for sweets in the episode) is also put on a cold turkey diet, until his mother realizes it's too extreme and agrees to allow a small amount of sweets to curb his temptation. Meanwhile, one of London's socialite friends tells London she's fat and that Maddie is too skinny, so London spends the episode starving herself and working out, while Maddie gorges on food. London becomes exhausted from a lack of food and Maddie becomes too bloated to wear a dress for a model show (despite not appearing any bigger than normal), and the two accept their bodies when the socialite is revealed to be stuffing her bra full of toilet paper.

* Played for drama on ''Series/FullHouse'' as a VerySpecialEpisode, where DJ went on a crash diet so she could look good in a bathing suit. She was cured by a hug at the end of the episode.
* One episode of ''Series/StillStanding'' sees Linda date a younger and extremely physically fit man, which prompts Bill and Judy to try to exercise more. Unfortunately, they're both horribly out of shape, but that doesn't stop them from trying to hide their pain from one another.
* "Love Hungry," an episode of ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'', featured an overweight woman who had exhausted every trick in the book trying to lose weight. She applies for a unique new method and is sent a pair of headphones that allow her to hear the screams of food as it's being eaten, which prompts her to run from a restaurant. She then uses the next item in the diet kit, a pair of glasses; these cause her to see food as sentient and able to communicate with her. Her conversations with some fruit and a JELL-O mold are largely PlayedForLaughs...[[MoodWhiplash until the ending]], where, despite growing famished, the woman can't bring herself to eat her "friends" and ''[[MouthStitchedShut sews her own mouth shut]]'', [[WeightLossHorror starving to death]].
* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' has "Fester Goes on a Diet", in which Uncle Fester starts dieting in order to make himself thinner and taller to impress his LoveInterest.
* ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' has Ernie (who has always been a little on the chubby side) gain a lot of weight as a result of a SelfFulfillingProphecy regarding his inability to get women. It isn't until George tricks Ernie into trying on his morbidly obese mother's pants that Ernie realizes what he must do. He loses 22 pounds by the end of the episode and gets even thinner in subsequent ones.

* In the ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' episode "He's Not Heavy, He's My Hatter," the Mad Hatter gains weight from eating too many of his grandmother's cookies and the other characters try to help him slim down again. In the end, he loses the weight by running, climbing and swimming all through Wonderland to try to find the jar of cookies the March Hare hid from him.

GrowlingGut trope may be applied for comedic effect and may also overlap with VegetarianForADay.

** In one of the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials'', On one of their trips to the vet, Liz orders Jon to put Garfield on a diet, which he, obviously, was already upset about, but to make matters worse, it was right before Thanksgiving.

** Season 11's "Frasier Lite" sees several members of the KACL staff take part in a weight loss challenge against their rival station. Frasier almost ruins their efforts by merely [[AndADietCoke adding salads to his usual meals]]. After several days of cramming they come up a few pounds short, so in desperation Roz cuts off most of her hair which brings them low enough to win.

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and the Chieftain's Shield'' starts out with Vitalstatistix being put on a strict diet and sent to a health spa. We see the results near the end, where he's gone from 'round' to 'stick'. However, on his way home he samples food from the best inns, returning to his original girth.

* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' has one in which, thanks to a Ghost, Stocking finds herself gaining weight (something that never happened before, considering [[GagBoobs all the fat she consumes goes to her breasts]]) and starting a [[MemeticMutation DIETO]].