YMMV / To Be Fat Like Me

• Anvilicious:
  • Varying degrees (remember also that Tropes Are Tools). Each of the characters has a different view of the issue, and Alyson learns some lessons about herself. "You're not all of a sudden going to become a different race or orientation or whatever you're prejudiced against, but anyone can get fat." "You know, being nice to the occasional fatty doesn't actually make you a better person."
  "How am I supposed to believe that I'm worth something, when I'm told fifteen different times a day that I'm not?"
• Dawson Casting : Kaley Cuoco was 22, playing a 17 year old.
• Hollywood Pudgy: Both Ramona and "Fat Alyson" are inversions of the trope, as they appear significantly overweight. Alyson's brother and post-weight loss mother are clearer examples.
• Moment of Awesome: When Alyson and Ramona are turned away in the store, Alyson tells her off righteously. Also a Shout-Out to Pretty Woman.
  • When George tells off the bullies who are making fun of Alyson and Ramona.
  "Which cushion are you pushing?"
  "Here's a better question: which chromosome are you missing?"

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