Sometimes cats are overweight. This is usually due to their habit of eating, or their strong weakness. Unlike in
Real Life, castration is very rarely the cause for this. Fat cats are usually
Plucky Comic Relief characters, though the occasional fat cat with an important role does come along some times. If there's a
Crazy Cat Lady around who actually hoards cats, expect at least one of them to be obese.
Most of the time, fat cats are not
mean, a common pet for villains, or
consider themselves to be better than humans. Usually, the fat cat is a common domestic cat, but fat cats of any cat species can count.
Often prone to
Cat Up a Tree. Most definitely
Truth in Television. Not to be confused with
those other kinds of fat cat.
Examples:
Anime and Manga
Comics
Live Action TV
- The Australian children's show Fat Cat and Friends.
- Brittany's cat is exactly what you'd expect from a cat named Lord Tubbington.
Literature
Web Original
- Lasagna Cat, the parody of Garfield.
- This
Nyan Cat video shows the Nyan Cat as one.
Web Comics
Western Animation