Fat Guy Stuck in Internet is a short live-action comedy series produced by Williams Street for [adult swim], that originated on Channel 101.
Ken Gemberling is the best computer programmer at at Ynapmoclive Interactive. But in a freak accident, a spilled beer on his keyboard causes him to get sucked into the deepest realms of the internet.Upon getting sucked into the internet, he discovers that he's "The Chosen One" that's destined to stop a devastating virus known as the Nanoplauge from destroying the Cyberspace. With 2 humanoid programs named Bit and Byte tagging along, Gemberling embarks on an adventure to save the internet, return home, and unleash his inner hero, all while being hunted by a ruthless white trash bounty hunter named Chains.
As with all Williams Street shows, its run time is 11 minutes.
Tropes:
- Affably Evil: Chains. This may be because both he and Gemberling are from Earth. Kazaa fits this trope, too, though he's friendly only with people who work for him.
- Big "NO!": Downplayed. When one character is accused of stalling for time, his response is "Noooooooooooooooo*glances at the clock*ooooooooooooooooooo..."
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The Danza: The actor who plays Gemberling is also named Gemberling. - Eating the Enemy: Our heroes land in the lair of The Balognataur (one quarter man, three quarters baloney sandwich), and in the middle of his badass speech,they simply pick him up, rip him in half to share and start eating him.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin. It's about a fat guy who's stuck in the internet.
- Heel–Face Turn: Not officially, but Chains effectively does this from the second episode on out since he's stuck with Gemberling anyway. during the last scene of the first season finale, however, Chains makes his Heel–Face Turn official, or rather his future self does.
- Stylistic Suck: Gemberling and Chains swapping their origin stories, Gemberling's Dirty Programming and Chain's I Was a Teenage Dracula.
- We Could Have Avoided All This: Gemberling's reaction after his spiritual quest during which the elders grant him his sacred name Fat Guy Stuck In Internet.
