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Did you know humans frown on weight variances? If you want to upset a human, just tell them their weight variance is above or below the norm.
Sometimes, insults are very clever, devious and witty.
Other times, it's easier (no matter how lame it is) to attack a person's insecurities. And everyone has body issues. So simply calling someone "fat" is usually enough to reduce them to tears, or at least make them double-check the mirror.
Examples:
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Comic Books
- Ms. Marvel is a frequent target of this, thanks to Running Gag, even Dr. Doom took turns at calling her fat.
- In Scott Pilgrim Knives Chau is known to call Ramona Flowers fat after she discovers Scott has left her for Ramona. Ramona is curvier than Knives but it's more that Knives is quite thin than Ramona being particularly fat.
- When Polaris declines his offer of partnership in Ultimate X-Men, Magneto's response is to call her "an overweight harlot." She's not known to be his daughter or relative in this universe.
Film (Animated)
- In Disney's Tangled, "Gettin' kinda chubby" is one of Mother Gothel's "teasing" insults directed at undermining Rapunzel's self-confidence. (Made more ridiculous because Rapunzel is skinnier than Gothel, and they're both ridiculously thin.)
- Could be a case of Fridge Brilliance, a nod to the original fairy tale where Rapunzel starts to put on weight because she's pregnant from the Prince that's been visiting her.
- In El Arca, the lioness Bruma decides to go on a tirade against the heroine lioness Kairel, saying that since Kairel is about to die a horrible death by drowning, there's a few things she wants to let her know first-she goes off saying many extremely rude things, and ends with the line- "And, in case you don't know what a mirror is... You. Are. Fat."
Literature
- In one of the "Wally McDoogal" books by Bill Myers, when Wally and Wall Street swap places for a week, he discovers that the slim-to-average Wall Street is constantly dieting because the boys tease her about her weight. When he protests that Wall Street isn't fat and that the boys tease all the girls that way, the other girls inform him that they're all constantly dieting.
- In And Another Thing, Zaphod being reminded that Wowbagger called him a fat-ass is a Running Gag.
Live Action TV
- One of the many running gags in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was cracks about Uncle Phil, played by (ex-navy, poet, Badass) James Avery. These would usually come from Will, Geoffrey or Jazz, who really make a Karma Houdini out of themselves, as they're often in no position to snark at them, thanks to his Ha Ha Ha No response. Fortunately, he's humble enough to take it in stride. Others, such as close friends (including Geoffrey) or coworkers also get passes.
Philip Banks: It's so good to see you, Judge! Judge Robertson: It's so easy to see you, Philip!
- And Carlton constantly referring to him as "Big Guy" in a chummy manner might be taken to be an affectionate dig at his weight also.
Manga/Anime
- The cast of Axis Powers Hetalia (but mostly England) will occasionally aim this insult at America. Although America takes Big Eater to comical extremes, he has actually been shown several times to be abnormally fit due to how much he exercises. Unfortunately, this causes him to gain muscle mass, which he is convinced is actually fat.
- Ranma ½: Ranma often insults Akane by calling her "thick-waisted," "overweight," or some other variation of the word "fat." Considering that she's very insecure, it's a pretty bad insult, along with "uncute."
- Played for laughs when Ranma's mirror clone tells Akane that Ranma likes her.
Newspaper Comics
Sports
- Sledging exchange from an Australia vs South Africa Cricket match:
Shane Warne: I've been waiting two years to bowl at you again.
Daryl Cullinan: Looks like you spent most of it eating.
- Another one, from Australia vs Sri Lanka. Shane Warne asks Ian Healy for advice on how to lure Arjuna Ranatunga out of his crease:
Healy: Put a Mars Bar on a good length, that oughta do it.
Ranatunga: It's no good. Boonie (David Boon) will be onto it before I can move.
Video Games
- In Portal, GLaDOS spends a lot of time mocking Chell's (nonexistent) excess weight, as in the page quote. This is in keeping with GLaDOS's generally childish and bratty personality.
- Team Fortress 2: has many characters making shots at the enemy Heavy's husky figure.
The Scout: I am owning you, you fat, bald, fatty fat... Fat fat!
The Demoman: Little too-much caber tossing pie down your own throat, eh chubby?
The Engineer: Gotcha, fatboy!
The Sniper: I just bagged the world's fattest man!
The Spy: What's the matter? Fat got your tongue?
Webcomics
- Questionable Content: Penelope and Faye toss this insult back and forth in a couple of
 strips. Faye is Hollywood Pudgy* Jeph himself has said that if Faye's overweight at all it's not by much, but she has body issues and she is less skinny than most of the other female characters and Penelope is downright skinny, but they both take it poorly.
Western Animation
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