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Author: PPPSSC

Oct 26th 2012 at 4:47:22 PM

I like FatComicRelief better than FatButtMonkey, because
1. The ButtMonkey ''must'' be comic relief.
2. The comic relief does not need to be a ButtMonkey.

Whatever.  It's still a huge improvement over TheFatGuy.  The name itself is pretty clear, I think.  It's mostly just the description that needs work, but I'm not really good at making descriptions.

I'll take a crack at a couple improvement paragraphs anyway:

Note that just because a character is both fat and a ButtMonkey, that does not mean they are this trope.  {{Butt Monkey}}s can be played straight or for sympathy, in which case they are not seen as AcceptableTargets, and so do not qualify.

Additionally, their fatness and their status as a PluckyComicRelief or ButtMonkey must be related in some way.  For example, a ButtMonkey who is picked on ''because'' he is fat would qualify (if PlayedForLaughs), but one who is picked on for some unrelated reason (like being a {{Nerd}}) without consideration for his weight would not.

This is just a draft, and if other people think I missed the spirit of the trope in these additions, they can rewrite or change them.