History Main / Acrofatic

* During the graphic OVA film, ''Anime/{{Kite}}'', Oburi is sent to take out an overweight businessman who looks harmless. Turns out that the overweight man was a special agent who takes the fight to the young assassin, nearly killing him.

* In most of his rap videos, overweight rap icon Music/HeavyD showed how an athletic big man can dance.

* In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', Bombur is constantly teased about his weight, but until the enchanted river incident he keeps up well, giving the trolls the best fight along with cousin Bifur and climbing trees at top speed.

* Sergeant Garcia from the Franchise/{{Zorro}}-stories is a good swordsman and strong, agile, and fit enough to be a credible threat to The Fox himself. He is also a distinctly pudgy BigEater.

* Po from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', after being taught how to fight. Po was already quite agile, so long as his objective was the acquisition of food. Shifu simply needed to use this fact to his advantage in order to train Po to be so on command. [[spoiler:It's also how Po managed to retrieve the Dragon Scroll before Tai Lung could, by imagining it as a cookie.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while noticeably chunkier in her panda form, Mei is extremely agile for her size and can leap great distances and run at astonishing speed.

* Deliberately invoked with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE the video]] for Music/WeirdAlYankovic's [[Music/EvenWorse "Fat"]]. Al (in a fat suit) is, after all, supposed to channel ''Music/MichaelJackson''. Weird Al said he found the backup dancers in the video by putting out an ad for "real fat dancers."
** Speaking of Weird Al, Creator/EricStonestreet and Creator/JackBlack look rather light on their feet in the video for "Tacky."

* The video for Music/LadyGaga's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6xyaeiV58 Stupid Love]]" features plus-sized Jamie Rose as one of the backup dancers, and she has zero trouble keeping up with Gaga's frenetic choreography.
** Speaking of Lady Gaga, plus-sized Japanese comedian, actress and fashion designer Naomi Watanabe released a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psSdawz69kc shot-for-shot parody]] of Gaga's "Rain on Me" video, and absolutely ''nails'' the choreography.

* The Genie in the stage version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is portrayed as acrofatic. He's generally portrayed by a rotund black man who seems nearly as flexible as the animated Genie.

* Peter Griffin in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is shown to be quite a good runner and jumper, despite being extremely obese. It's very rare for Peter to actually be exhausted from any physical activity. His teenage children, Chris and Meg, are both overweight and can both be fairly agile [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcMMzrzgOQo when the situation calls for it]].

** He also as stated below in BrilliantButLazy [[spoiler:his time as "Le Beret" where he basically became a vigilante that could hijack broadcasts (albeit on a school level) and somehow got his hands on a hoverboard.]]

* 21 in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' during the fourth season, after taking [[TookALevelInBadass several levels in badass]].

* Blob, foe of the ''ComicBook/XMen'', while in the shows and movies is a MightyGlacier, in the comics has the athletic ability of an Olympian. He has used cartwheels and gymnastic flips to place himself precisely where he wants to be as a blockade -- or on top of a foe! Remember, Fred Dukes was a circus performer before he became a supervillain.
** Following Blob, there was Landslide of Cerebro's artificially created X-Men. He was a construct modeled after Blob, as well as Beast, Banshee, and Quicksilver, making him very strong, very agile, and ''very'' fat. Carlos Pacheco's design notes even had names such as "Fastball" and "Fatball" as potential codenames.
* A minor Western Marvel villain from ''ComicBook/KidColt'' called simply The Fat Man, who could roll and [[FoeTossingCharge bowl people over]].
%%* Big Bertha of the ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers.
* Marvel's [[StoutStrength fat-with-muscle]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]] is agile enough to fight [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]][[note]]Although in those cases, Spidey is actually holding back. He's demonstrated on several occasions that when he stops playing around Fisk stands utterly ''no'' chance against him.[[/note]] and Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}} hand to hand. However, Kingpin himself said that very little of his body mass is actually fat. Confirmed by Daredevil who compared hitting Kingpin to hitting a brick wall.
* Fat Cobra from ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' is very fat and proves to be faster and more agile than the Hero.
* It helps that Bouncing Boy of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes can bounce.

* In ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'', Alex Hayden becomes obscenely obese and prefers to sit around eating munchies than doing any actual work. However, in ''Deadpool vs. The Marvel Universe'', after a little pep talk from Outlaw while dinosaurs affected by the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote are ravaging the town, he finally gets back into action, starting by leaping off a skyscraper and onto a dinosaur.

* Partially subverted by [[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fatfury.htm Herbie The Fat Fury]]. On the one hand, he ''is'' a fat, bespectacled loser with a bad haircut who easily defeats bank robbers, alien invaders, and Satan. On the other hand, his abilities are not from any training or skill, but from an arsenal of magic lollipops.
* Obelix from ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' is very fat, but he has super-strength, is invincible in combat, and can defeat a Roman legion single-handed. However, both Obelix and Asterix mention a few times that Obelix is considered an excellent dancer, one of the best in the village. In addition, ''Asterix and Obelix's Birthday'', declares that Obelix is brilliant at Twister.
* Tobias Whale, a giant from Franchise/TheDCU (and AlternateCompanyEquivalent of the Kingpin), is regularly able to outmaneuver and outfight ComicBook/BlackLightning, a former Olympic athlete.
* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire''. Buck is huge because he comes from a high-gravity planet, and yet surprisingly quick.
* Played with by the late minor PluckyComicRelief villain Pinball from Marvel's ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' alternate universe. It's not so much that he was fat (although he did look distinctly chubby), it's that his ''costume'' would pneumatically inflate on command and let him bounce around. Sadly his direction control wasn't the greatest.
* Mason Savoy from ''ComicBook/{{Chew}}'' is fat, strong, and can kick a whole lot of ass.
* ''Little Lotta'' is that rare female example -- her identifying traits are a massive appetite and superhuman strength.
* ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'': The Joker used his reality-warping powers to turn ComicBook/TheFlash into a man with SuperSpeed who is also chronically addicted to junk food, thus earning him the nickname The Flab! The fastest fat man alive!
* ''ComicBook/{{Aquila}}'': One of Nero's pets is a giant obese gladiator who keeps the Nubian warrior Aquila busy for a while. He mentions that it was previously one of his uncle Caligula's playthings.
* Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}'s pal [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]] has been BigFun and surprisingly quick and good in a fight ever since her [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age debut]].

* Creator/JohnTravolta described his ''Film/{{Hairspray|20007}}'' character, Edna Turnblad, in these terms. Tracy is this trope too; a significant part of the film is focused on her mad dancing skills.

* Creator/JohnTravolta described his ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' character, Edna Turnblad, in these terms. Tracy is this trope too; a significant part of the film is focused on her mad dancing skills.

** Chief Wiggum is sometimes portrayed as surprisingly fast and resilient. In "23 Short Films About Springfield," he recovers from being ''hit by a car'' and immediately begins chasing Snake, even momentarily outrunning him.

Sometimes TruthInTelevision, since body fat has little bearing on muscle or flexibility – the correlation is between fat and lack of exercise, so someone who exercises but still eats a ton can end up like this. For example, sumo wrestlers and linebackers in American Football.[[note]]As a swing position, the ideal Linebacker is fast enough to catch and tackle [[FragileSpeedster running backs]], hefty enough to go toe to toe with the offense's [[StoneWall guards and tackles]], and agile enough to outmaneuver those same guards and tackles in a blitz.[[/note]] Moreover, mass × acceleration = force, so as long as someone can move effectively, more mass means more powerful strikes when they hit you. (In fictional works, the talent will often be humorously explained by way of the fact that, well, round people "roll" really easily, and thus will be good at basic tumbling.)

* Fatman of ''Literature/WildCards'' can jump around like a man who weighs a tenth of what he actually masses-- because he does. His power is gravity control, and he habitually lightens himself to get around more easily.

* Partial points for Mark from the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', who despite being short and force-fed until he was nearly too fat to stand, managed to completely destroy [[spoiler: Baron Ryoval]] ''with his hands tied behind his back''.

* Howard Weinerman from ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' it turns out he ''can'' [[spoiler: climb the rope for gym class.]] He just doesn't want to do it.

** Depending on the episode Homer can be quite athletic such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI7kThauHS0 the time he trained for Whacking Day]].

** Homer's pal Barney is more overweight that he is, but when he's off the sauce,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKTZqgLj410 he can do backflips with ease!]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while noticeably chunkier in her panda form, Mei is extremely agile for her size, and can leap great distances and run at astonishing speed.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while noticeably chunkier in her panda form, Mei can still effortlessly hop from rooftop to rooftop and run very fast.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Post time-skip, Mr. Incredible has fallen out of shape over the years, but is still capable of maneuvering quickly thanks to his SuperStrength.

* Mario in the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros'' animated series. King Koopa, being an AdiposeRex, also can display athleticism when his plans are foiled.

%%* Shrek and Donkey in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', though the former also has StoutStrength.