History Main / FatIdiot

** Wario, even in his [[VideoGame/WarioLand own]] [[VideoGame/WarioWare series]]. He also sort of subverts this trope, as he's a brilliant problem-solver, businessman, and inventor. Of course, all of these things are usually done with sheer brute force, but it's still quite impressive.

** Wario, even in his [[VideoGame/WarioLand own]] [[VideoGame/WarioWare series]]. He also sort of subverts this trope, as he's a brilliant problem-solver, businessman, and inventor. Of course, all of these things are usually done with sheer brute force.

** Peter Griffin is a [[TooDumbToLive complete moron]] and also a FatBastard. For example, him trying to make an energy drink with kerosene (pictured above) landed him with renal failure.

%%* Played straight in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' with Mace Tyrell.
* In the fifth book of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' this is invoked by [[spoiler: Wyman Manderly]] who [[ObfuscatingStupidity uses this misconception to his advantage]].

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
** Gluttony is basically a pet ball of fat who consumes everything in his path. It takes Alphonse Elric about 30 seconds to convince Gluttony to lead his enemies right past all the defenses in the headquarters and right up to the BigBad. Alphonse and Edward's presence wasn't especially minded, since they're two of Father's candidates for "sacrifice", and needed to be kept alive; everyone ''else'', on the other hand...
** Averted with Breda, who graduated top of his class. On the other hand, he acts a lot less serious/intelligent than the rest of Roy's crew. Then again, he is the DeadpanSnarker...

* Averted with Dr. Tokita in ''Literature/{{Paprika}}''. He is one of the smartest psychiatrists in the Institute for Psychiatric Research.

* Invoked and then averted in ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}''. On the surface, Jousuke is this trope and then some more, but it's actually ObfuscatingStupidity: he ''pretends'' to be dumb, but when push comes to shove he turns out to be quite the LightningBruiser.

* Averted with Bouncing Boy/Chuck Taine from the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes- he has actually made a study of physics, angles, ect. to help him use his power to its fullest potential.
** Not to mention, in a game of snooker against Matter-Eater Lad, he hits three of the balls in the nets. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome At the same time.]]

* Beautifully averted with Mr. Trout in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls''. He seems to be the smart one of the trio, and his official bio states that he enjoys Shakespeare and French poetry.

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': The Druggie is [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough]] to [[spoiler:leave a metal axe on the top of the wall, [[OffWithHisHead which leads to his death]]]]. Frank even calls him "a stupid one".

* This trope is largely averted in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books as the wizards are mostly very fat while being very clever (if not wise). On the other hand most of the more dynamic, forward looking wizards tend not to be fat such as Ponder Stibbons and (in a ''very'' different way) Ymper Trymon.
** Sergeant Colon is a straighter example, though he does have some HiddenDepths. Or to paraphrase his boss and best friend, Sam Vimes, Colon is a fat idiot, yes, but he isn't ''just'' a fat idiot.
*** Vetinari [[InvokedTrope invokes the trope]] when he takes Colon along with him in ''Literature/{{Jingo}}''.
-->'''Vetinari''': The entire success of this plan depends on you seeming to be a fat idiot!
-->'''Sgt. Colon''': I'm not too good at acting, sir.
-->'''Vetinari''': ''Good''.

%%* Played straight in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' with Mace Tyrell, but averted with Samwell Tarley.

* ''Massively'' averted by [[VillainousGlutton Baron Vladimir Harkonnen]] in Literature/{{Dune}}. He may be hugely obese, decadent and depraved, but he's also clever, cunning and very sneaky. It's just a pity (for him) that he's up against the [[MessianicArchetype Kwisatz Haderach]].

* Averted by Uncle Phil on ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', particularly in the "Banks Shot" episode. The silly moment is when he eats a sandwich while playing pool to gain the money back. But then again if you're stuck in a game for hours and hours, who wouldn't get hungry, right? Ultimately, he's smart because his plan pays off and they win the money.

* Possibly averted with Gordon on ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''. While we never really see him demonstrate intelligence, he is far and away the most thoughtful and insightful of the geeks.

* Averted with Marco in ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework''. He is overweight and in summer school, but he’s there because he spent too little time studying, not because he’s stupid.

** Averted with Martin, probably the fattest and smartest kid in Bart's class, and the Comic Book Guy, who is among the fattest and smartest people in Springfield (although he's also a low-key FatBastard and high-key avatar of FanDumb).

* Averted with Bouncing Boy from the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', who actually has an admirable knowledge of both strategy and mechanics.

* Wimpy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}''. Averted in the comics, where Wimpy was easily one of the smartest characters. However, his [[BigEater unsatisfiable appetite]], combined with his [[WithFriendsLikeThese tendency to stab his friends in the back]] frequently got him into trouble.

This trope is particularly popular in animation, owing to characters like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] and [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]].

This trope is particularly popular in animation.

* Arnold of ''Fanfic/SoullessShell'', overlapping with FatBastard. He falls for Leif's ruse to get him to admit to being guilty of rape when he sentences him to death, then after breaking out of prison, [[TooDumbToLive plans on killing Leif in revenge]] before going off to rape a girl. Since Leif is a GodModeSue with a particular hatred of rapists, Arnold dies a fairly nasty death.

* Bob from ''The Twins'' serves as the fat DumbMuscle half of the FatAndSkinny BrainsAndBrawn duo. While both Bob and Buck have a lack of self awareness and can be fooled due to their limited AI, the spindly Buck speaks in a normal voice and will continue to remain in an area where he heard a noise for a longer period of time in case you are still around, whereas Bob speaks in a SimpletonVoice and will wander away much faster. Furthermore, of the two, Bob is the only one dumb enough to drink coffee that has been laced with rat poison, despite the fact that it visibly turns the coffee green.

* Raj from Season 8 of ''Series/HellsKitchen'', a strong contender for the single most clueless contestent ever to appear on the show. Rather than spoil the full story of his incompetence, let's simply put it this way: he was kicked out of the competition very early on after an elimination night where his team ''won''. His teammates then ''thanked Gordon'' for getting rid of him, saying it was a better reward than any of the red team getting eliminated.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' gives us Police Chief Angel Rojas, a boorish, PointyHairedBoss who somehow made it to the second-in-command of the GCPD, given his SkewedPriorities by focusing on Batman instead the super villains tormenting Gotham and his BadBoss tendencies, which caused an officer under his command to snap and try to kill him -- and yet he still pull it with another officer. Even when the Riddler gave him simple riddles, he couldn't figure them out.

* Wario in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series as well as his [[VideoGame/WarioLand own]] [[VideoGame/WarioWare series]]. He also sort of subverts this trope, as he's a brilliant problem-solver, businessman, and inventor. Of course, all of these things are usually done with sheer brute force.

* Dudley and Vernon Dursley in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. The former can't add 37 + 2 without help, gets very bad grades in school, is the leader of his gang because he is "the biggest and most stupid" and physically "become wider than he was tall". His father spends a lot of his screentime antagonizing his magical nephew even when he has seen the kind of things Harry is able to do when he loses his control over his magic ([[BewareTheNiceOnes or over his temper]]). His attitude with other (powerful) wizards is not better. Another examples are Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, Malfoy's brutish and dumb minions.

* The Druggie from ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' is [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough]] to [[spoiler:leave a metal axe on the top of the wall [[OffWithHisHead which leads to his death]]]]. Frank even calls him "a stupid one".

* Dr. Eggman from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' is an inversion. He has an IQ of 300 and is a MadScientist.

** Peter Griffin is a [[TooDumbToLive complete moron]] and also a FatBastard. For example, him trying to make an energy drink with kerosene landed him with renal failure.