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* ''Webcomic/{{TREVOR}}'': Possibly due to an adrenaline rush; upon seeing Dr. Maddison and realizing he’s [[spoiler: responsible for Trevor’s escape]], Colin, who is the the heaviest member of the medical team, suddenly launches into a dead sprint across the room and clocks Dr. Maddison in the face. And this is ''after'' being tuckered out from running like a bat out of hell to [[RunOrDie get away]] from [[spoiler: Trevor.]]

* ''Series/WatchOutForTheBigGrrrls'': The aspiring Grrrls are big, but they are experienced dancers. They do splits, they twerk, they leap. The audience gets to see footage of Jayla doing flips (in heels!) as part of her introduction and she also does them in the dance-off. There is, however, a price to pay for these moves: a contestant sprains her ankle while doing a split, and there is discussion about not getting proper instruction on how to dance as a plus-size woman.

** Speaking of Weird Al, Eric Stonestreet and Creator/JackBlack look rather light on their feet in the video for "Tacky."

* ''Literature/{{Dune}}'':

** Reverend Mother Bellonda from ''Heretics of Dune'' and ''Chapterhouse Dune'' is one of these. During a confrontation between her and Duncan Idaho, he admits he has very little hope of defeating her despite her being old, obese, and armed with nothing but a simple dagger. Keep in mind this is the Tleilaxu-enhanced, Bene Gesserit trained Duncan Idaho ghola, with the memories and experiences of all his ghola-lifetimes restored, who is saying this.

** Elsewhere in the Discworld, Assassins' Guild teacher Mr Grune Nivor is in late middle age and overweight -- but is a brilliant edificeer[[note]]urban mountaineer[[/note]] and a very nimble and elegant dancer. University Arch-Chancellor Mustrum Ridcully is all-around ''big'' -- but is described as having the swiftness, sure-footedness, and stealth of movement, when necessary, that makes a man into a born hunter and tracker. And the Fools' Guild's resident teacher or tightrope-walking skills is a vastly overweight Clown who, at first glance, should not be able to do all that acrobatic stuff on a very narrow wire some distance from the ground. And the short wide Nanny Ogg is perfectly capable of holding her own in a ballet company's chorus line... among girls a quarter of her age, twice as tall, and a third of her weight.

* In ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' [[TabletopGame/{{CerberusEngineGames}} Deck-Building Game]], Bombur the Dwarf does his movie counterpart proud by having the same ability as Franchise/TheFlash.

* Marvel's [[StoutStrength fat-with-muscle]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]] is agile enough to fight Franchise/SpiderMan[[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 Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} 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.

* Franchise/{{Batman}}:

* ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'': The Joker used his reality-warping powers to turn Franchise/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!

* Franchise/WonderWoman's pal ComicBook/EttaCandy has been BigFun and surprisingly quick and good in a fight ever since her [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age debut]].

* Creator/ChrisFarley's Haru in ''Film/BeverlyHillsNinja'' -- see RealLife below; Farley himself was pretty agile and did many of his own stunts in this and other films.

* Rerun of ''Series/WhatsHappening'' was a very good dancer, considering his large size. He was light in his feet, and incorporated some acrobatic jumps in his repertoire.

* Control Freak from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans.'' Despite looking like a lazy overweight teenager, Control Freak is surprisingly athletic and well-schooled in martial arts.
* Although [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 TMNT '03]]'s The Ancient One usually isn't the most active character, his appearance in the flashback episode "Fathers and Sons" show that this trope very much applies to him.

* Franchise/WonderWoman's pal [[Characters/WonderWomanEttaCandy Etta Candy]] has been BigFun and surprisingly quick and good in a fight ever since her [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age debut]].

* ''Series/StrangerThings'' features a pudgy [[SweetTooth Du]][[HandicappedBadass stin]], chubby [[BadassBookworm Bob]] [[HollywoodNerd Newby]], and plus-sized [[HugeSchoolgirl Barb]] [[ShrinkingViolet Holland]] as characters. Sadly averted with the last two characters (as this is a show with supernatural monsters).

** Creator/ChrisFarley was pretty light on his feet as well. Two examples were him ice-skating and the Chippendale dancer skit.

* Reverend Mother Bellonda from ''Heretics of Literature/{{Dune}}'' and ''Chapterhouse Dune'' is one of these. During a confrontation between her and Duncan Idaho, he admits he has very little hope of defeating her despite her being old, obese, and armed with nothing but a simple dagger. Keep in mind this is the Tleilaxu-enhanced, Bene Gesserit trained Duncan Idaho ghola, with the memories and experiences of all his ghola-lifetimes restored, who is saying this.

!!Examples:

[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/AndreTheGiant wasn't always the lumbering behemoth we know from the late 80s-- in his youth, he could execute dropkicks and move fairly fast for his size. However, by the time he signed up with the WWF, age and problems with acromegaly had forced him to slow down.
* Wrestling/SamoaJoe is a rare real-life example. Any near-300-pounder who can run rings around [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s X Division, which is made up of Speedsters, can definitely call himself Acrofatic. Even more impressive, he often uses Enziguris, a move whose largest practitioner has traditionally been Wrestling/ChrisJericho, who weighs barely 220 pounds.
* [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]. 450-pound men usually don't do moonsaults.
* Wrestling/BigShow used to use moonsaults as part of his move-set when he was known as The Giant in WCW. Unsurprisingly, nobody wanted to take one from him. Not even the 6'11" '''Wrestling/KevinNash'''. He even speaks about this on an episode of ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' -- saying that even a big guy like him needs to be athletic.
* American Balloon. Obese dude doing the sky twister press. Seriously.
* The late Wrestling/BamBamBigelow often did cartwheels in the ring and one of his signature moves was a moonsault off the top turnbuckle. The reason why Bigelow is considered one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time is due to his ability to pull off moves that were normally done by cruiserweights.
* [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Hugh Morrus]] and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie (before his weight loss). Both of these guys used moonsaults for their finishers.
* Wrestling/DustyRhodes was so fat that he should have worn a bra, but still was amazingly agile. He lampshaded this in his "Hard Times" promo.
* Wrestling/MarkHenry '''was''' an example of this trope. He could hit a sunset flip then lift a 500-pound man off the ground and hold him in a BearHug. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Sadly, injuries severely decreased his mobility]]; now he's only stronger than everybody else.
* Born Windham Rotunda, Husky Harris used the RedBaron "The Army Tank with the Ferrari Engine" and has quite the speed and vertical leap. Even with some weight loss, he retained the speed with some added blood lust following his repackaging as Wrestling/BrayWyatt.
* [[Wrestling/JerryBlackwell Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell]]. A 472-pound man who could effectively execute dropkicks. He could possibly also be considered a PintSizedPowerhouse as he was much shorter than most 400 pounders at only 5'9".
* [[Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose "Playboy" Buddy Rose]] was fat, yet he could do one-armed pushups and kip-ups. Part of his gimmick was that no matter how fat he got, he always claimed his weight was only 217 pounds. He described himself as "built for go, not for show."
* Vic Grimes. An almost 400-pound wrestler doing corkscrew sentons is not something you see every day.
%%* The Headhunters
* The late Wrestling/{{Umaga}} was quite fast on his feet for weighing 300+ pounds.
* Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} can sure oversell a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tziKnlqEG8 clothesline]]. He has also been known to fly off the top of cages.
* Canadian trainer and promoter Scott D'Amore, most often connected to Wrestling/ImpactWrestling, isn't the slimmest man in the world but is capable of pulling off a picture-perfect moonsault. At least he could in the mid-2000s.
* Dramatically {{subverted|trope}} by Nemesis, who bragged about her size and agility while shedding fat and even muscle in preparation for her title shot(s) at Tracy Taylor, [[BatmanGambit who prepared accordingly and was completely thrown off by Nemesis's new speed, stamina and tactics]], losing both the PGWA and WXCW titles to her.
* Calypso from Trinidad, whose finisher is a cartwheel splash she calls the Caribbean quake. She really caught on with the ICW and Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA Ring Warriors fans.
* Kevin Steen (or Wrestling/KevinOwens if you're a WWE fan) looks like a fat college bully yet is capable of doing somersault planchas and turnaround top rope moonsaults.
* The UrExample of this has to be the 600-plus Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun. He didn't do moonsaults or cartwheels, but in a time where every big man's gimmick was to basically stand there and let guys run into them, he chose to actually include real wrestling moves in his moveset.
* Wrestling/MickFoley is around the same size as Dusty Rhodes and was very fast on his feet and had no problem diving from the top rope. Unfortunately, years of abuse in brutal hardcore matches left him with so much damage to his hips and knees that he can barely move above a shuffle anymore.
* Marion Armstrong of Wrestling/CelticChampionshipWrestling is big and beefy, and yet fully able to do cannonballs and moonsaults.
* Downplayed by Wrestling/MickieJames who isn't necessarily fat-- but she's visibly bigger in size than [[HollywoodPudgy the usual WWE Diva]]. However, she does fast-paced moves like hurricanranas, diving Thesz Presses and flying forearms.
* Snooki of the ''Series/JerseyShore'' shocked everyone when she stepped into the ring-- and busted out a handspring elbow and cartwheel splash on Wrestling/MichelleMcCool. She's a former cheerleader.
* Wrestling/LuchaUnderground has several guys who fit this mold, with some nearly able to keep up with the agile high-fliers that make up the bulk of the roster:
** "The Monster" Matanza Cueto is one of the most terrifying power wrestlers ever seen on the show, but during his devastating debut he shocked ''everyone'' when he hit Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr with a ''standing moonsault/standing shooting star press combo!'' If you knew he's played by "Mr Athletic" Jeff Cobb then this wouldn't be so surprising.
** The Mack aka Willie Mack has been described as having the look and build of Wrestling/JunkyardDog but the speed and agility of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. He looked like a power wrestler when he first showed up alongside his {{Kayfabe}} cousin Big Ryck (aka Ezekiel Jackson), but that impression didn't last even halfway through his first match when he displayed his surprising high-flying skills.
** Marty "the Moth" Martinez (Martin Casaus) turned out to be this as a lesson to BewareTheSillyOnes. Visibly stout running to fat (and admittedly [[StoutStrength with the strength to back it up]]), he also displayed a surprising array of agility moves such as a bicycle kick and top rope moonsault.
** Because of the nature of the promotion, almost ''everyone'' is capable of, as a bare minimum, doing at least a diving splash over the top rope. A lot of big guys such as Cage and Texano are dangerously quick as well as freakishly strong. Mil Muertes is practically an aversion as a result, but even he is capable of delivering his deadly Reaper's Trident (Spear) by diving between the ropes to the outside.
* Wrestling/KeithLee is similar to the above mentioned Willie Mack in that he's much more agile than his build suggests, being able to use cruiserweight moves like monkey flips and ''standing'' moonsaults while also being powerful enough to lift most guys with relative ease.
* NXT UK and Progress Wrestling's Dave Mastiff is as agile as he is beefy, and he's very much both, with his finisher being a cannonball senton and pretty light on his feet, too.
* "The Urban-American Dream" Willie "Da Bomb" Richardson of Wrestling/DaSoulTouchaz is around 300 lbs. and the group's power wrestler. As his nickname should indicate, he is an LegacyCharacter of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes himself.
* To OncePerEpisode[=/=]RunningGag[=/=]MemeticMutation levels with the late luchador Wrestling/SilverKing, since ''every'' time Wrestling/{{WCW}} commentator Mike Tenay called one of his matches, he'd say "Don't be fooled by his stocky physique."
* Michael "Roadkill" [=DePoli=] was nearly 300lbs but often displayed impressive agility by going off the top turnbuckle and sometimes even jumping off the ropes.
* Another [=ECW=] alum Wrestling/BallsMahoney was a chubby and pretty out of shape looking guy, but he could move quickly and could perform a frogsplash almost as well as Wrestling/EddieGuerrero.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* The title character of ''Action Henk'' may [[FormerlyFit not be as fit]] as he used to be, but he's still capable of running really fast and maneuvering himself around the courses' loop-de-loops and jumps, not to mention being able to keep up with his more slim rivals.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'': The King unit, mostly seen in Regicide games, but also present in some campaign scenarios, is an AdiposeRex that can still run faster than some cavalry units. This is because kings can't fight and running away is their only defense (since regicide games are only won when you kill your opponent's king).
* Barry of ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' is heavyset, double-chinned, and can keep pace with the much slimmer Alan and the toned sheriff Sarah Breaker. He occasionally complains and bends over to catch his breath, but Alan himself is a non-athletic protagonist who can only sprint a few meters before he has to do the same.
* Oinkie of ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'', who is an obese and round martial artist (Not unlike Rufus). And he gets even faster when he transforms!
* Multiple examples from ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series:
** The [[http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Merchant_King Merchant King]] of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' runs very fast for a guy that big.
** The Borgia messengers in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' are visibly overweight, yet are among the most able freerunners in medieval Italy. Rodrgio and Juan Borgia are no slouches in this department themselves.
** The Blacksmith and Engineer from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', despite being noticeably rotund, can freerun just as well as the other multiplayer characters. Their "rotundness" probably seems to come from the clothing they're wearing.
%%* Kiesha Phillips of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports''.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Lard Lass in ''VideoGame/BaconManAnAdventure''; while she does move more slowly than her fellow teammates, the fact that she's able to perform athletic feats like wall jumps at all cements her as this trope.
* Attikus from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' has a noticeable gut yet is quite agile like a raging gorilla.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, there's a fat man in a cowboy hat and underwear in the hospital level who has [[PlotCoupon a piece of the tickets to the GWAR concert]]. To get the ticket piece from him, Beavis and Butthead must escape from him on an electric scooter without crashing into too many first aid kits. The level is [[NintendoHard much harder than it looks]], as the fat man is able to move very fast despite his weight and [[OneHitKill destroy the scooter in one hit]] when he jumps on it.
* ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga'' features a dragon, Denize, with a very swollen belly from eating a lot of sweets, which the game is often quite reluctant to show along with her legs, and yet such flab doesn't stop her from outswimming the fastest boats, drawing upon an explosive burst of fuel from her diet.
* The Placerias in ''VideoGame/CarnivoresTriassic'' can run rather quickly, especially for the purpose of trampling an unwary hunter.
* ''VideoGame/ClarencesBigChance'': Clarence can jump several times his own height while still being fat enough to crush enemies with his sheer mass.
* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' gives us Goro, a stout little boy who can climb a tree with a few well-placed jumps. Unfortunately, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation this agility doesn't carry over to his gameplay abilities]]. In fairness, nobody can actually jump except [[CatGirl Xiao]].
* Smough in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' isn't as fast as LightningBruiser Ornstein, but he's pretty quick for someone so huge and bulky. Smough might not actually be that bulky under the armor.
* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', Randy Tugman is disturbingly obese, but during his boss battle, he can run around the room like a track star. He does have to stop to rest once in a while.
* ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'':
** King K. Rool, despite being the most rotund of all Kremlings, is able to outrun Diddy Kong and jump from one side of Gangplank Galleon's deck to the other during his FinalBoss battle in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'''s [[BigBad Lord Fredrik]] is so obese that his belly jiggles and bounces with his every movement, and yet he can dodge rapidly, run quickly, and leap great distances with apparently little effort.
%%* Tuba from ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' falls under this banner.
* Cheng Shin Zan of ''VideoGame/FatalFury2'', he has no problems flipping about like any of the thinner fighters in the series. It's the most evident in the ''Real Bout'' series where one of his supers has him floating in the air like a blimp.
* Saber Julius Caesar of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is portrayed as comically obese, which he claims is the result of a half-failed summoning ritual. He's still got a high Agility rank and his updated animations show that he's not only capable of incredibly deft swordplay but also spindashing like Sonic the Hedghehog.
* Karnov, especially from the fighting game series, ''VideoGame/FightersHistory''. He plays the final boss for both games released. Even though he's fat, he's is a powerful martial artist and magician. He has the ability to turn his fat into muscle at will. Karnov also had [[VideoGame/{{Karnov}} an adventure game named after him]] for both the arcade and consoles back in the 8-bit days.
* The description of the Seeq in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' indicates that, despite their rotundity, they're surprisingly agile. They's generally faster than Bangaa and Nu Mou, which isn't that speedy, but they can jump higher than any other race, allowing them to navigate paths that would otherwise be inaccessible.
* Toy Freddy in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' is noticeably bigger in terms of girth than the other animatronics, yet he still moves at a rather high rate of speed.
* Elvis from ''VideoGame/GodHand''. Some of the FatBastard mooks are also capable of incredibly fast lunges.
** ...up to and including ''launching themselves forward headfirst at breakneck speed as living missiles''.
* Baragon in ''VideoGame/GodzillaUnleashed'' is, [[KillerRabbit despite being the smallest monster in the game]], noticeably round. However, he's also the most agile monster in the game, fighting his opponents with flips, cartwheels, jumps, and spinning.
** Spacegodzilla, much like his film version, is noticeably bulky and quite slow normally. But, if the player uses his levitate/fly ability, he becomes noticeably faster and more agile.
* ''VideoGame/HitmanCodename47'': In spite of his gargantuan size, Tzun is as fast as any other enemy.
* The [[BigBad Great Administrator]] in ''VideoGame/HoverRevoltOfGamers'' is shown to be quite tubby, and yet he's still able to keep up with the [[LaResistance Gamers]] in the penultimate stage. Hell, the mission name even describes him as "chubby". He's also a LightningBruiser, capable of charging towards his foes at breakneck speeds and knocking the ball out of their hands in the last stage. Must be those cybernetic implants he's got on him...
* Zeke from ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}''. Despite the fact that Cole jumps off a 20-story apartment building... Zeke is waiting for him at the street somehow, all while touting the biggest beer gut this side of Texas. And that's just one example. There's also the fact that his running speed is actually just slightly less than Cole's. Then there's how he falls into the harbor during the failed escape attempt, yet is waiting for Cole when he returns-- even though he admits that he had a crapton of trouble with the swim.
* King Dedede from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series can fly the same way that Kirby does, despite being really fat. [[FridgeLogic And a non-flying bird.]] For that matter, Kirby's not exactly slim himself!
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Peater in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' is rotund and looks incredibly out of shape, but is quick enough with his tiny sword to cut a stalk of bamboo upwards of 30 times before it falls. This odd combination is {{justified|Trope}} as he was once a top-ranked Sky Knight but has since retired--presumably, Peater was once even better than he is now.
** Ganondorf of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', while still seven and a half foot tall mass of muscles, has gained some extra padding over the years. You'd think he'd be a [[MightyGlacier strong but slow]] type of boss, right? [[LightningBruiser Nope]]. In fact, he's the one swordsman faster to the draw than Link, able to effortlessly react to and block all of Link's sword strikes regardless of what direction they're coming from. Unlike most other forms of Ganondorf, the difficulty in this boss fight is due to his incredible speed and hyperalertness.
* You know [[FatBastard Ronk]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy''? Apparently, [[LargeHam Moe the clam]] is quick to note that the fat, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green-headed]] [[DumbMuscle stupidly strong punching]] guy has astonishingly high running speed, despite those tiny stubs for legs.
* ''VideoGame/LightningLegendDaigoNoDaibouken'' has Mokomoko, a giant furball [[KillerRabbit rabbit-like creature]], who can run at blazing speeds, and can pull off very fast combos.
* Sammo, an obese child who is one of the three possible successors of the OldMaster in ''VideoGame/LiveALive''. Justified in that he's used to running away from restaurants without paying. He's based loosely off of Sammo Hung.
* Joe Barbaro from ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' is extremely capable in combat.
* The volus in the multiplayer part of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. They are actually a odd subversion of this trope. The basic character is capable of both rolling in all 4 directions (forward, back, both sides) and taking cover behind walls, corners and low objects. Tougher races such as Krogan and Batarians can use cover, but can't roll. A few races can use cover, but can only hop (roll) to the sides (Quarians, Salarians, Geth). The Volus are short race of ammonia breathers who always wear environmental suits that make them look like short (half the height off anything else), round teddy bears. In an odd subversion off this trope, they can run as fast as any other character(which looks odd, given their short legs) and can roll in all 4 directions... but cannot use cover. I.E. they have the same agility as anyone else, but cannot do one thing that every other character can.
* The Thanatos in ''[[VideoGame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'' is an ''extremely'' wide [[HumongousMecha battlemech]] -- often likened to a barn with legs -- which is the most agile and quickest Heavy mech around, comparable to many medium mechs. It typically mounts either [[NitroBoost MASC]] or [[JumpJetPack jump jets]] for maximum agility, and is [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange capable of rotating its torso in a 360-degree arc]] to always keep an enemy within its sights. It's not the most powerful heavy around, but its combination of speed, armor, and overall firepower make it a potent LightningBruiser. It has a WeaksauceWeakness in its terrible hill-handling ability thanks to its ChickenWalker design.
* Bounce Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' is the biggest and roundest Robot Master in the series, but due to being essentially a giant rubber bouncy ball with limbs his fighting style involves a lot of bouncing around the screen. He's even equipped with a Speed Gear instead of a Power Gear.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'':
** Fatman can zoom around the map and pirouette on his in-line skates, in spite of his size ''and'' heavy blast suit. While drinking glasses of red wine through a straw.
** Similarly, ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' features the leader of the Desperado PMC, Sundowner. He's easily the tallest, widest member of the group, and his armor even incorporates a visible beer gut. Despite this, he leaps from the ground to the roof of a building in his introduction cutscene, and can move quickly enough to almost count as a FlashStep during his boss fight.
* Bo Rai Cho in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series. (In fact, in at least one game, he uses Sumo as one of his fighting styles.)
* Hard as it is to tell from the art style of ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'', Mae is indeed supposed to be quite overweight, as stated in her dialogue and sprite's general roundness, and she just spent the last year mostly eating pizza and not moving. This doesn't stop her at all from running around, making high jumps, and balancing on phone lines. Then again, she ''is'' a cat.
* Dynamo and Alternator from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' are very rotund but can swing and charge very fast.
%%* The Elven Priestesses from ''VideoGame/OverlordII''.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Slaking, while being lazy enough to only attack [[AwesomeButImpractical every other turn]], is fat like [[MightyGlacier the slow-moving giant bear-sized]] Snorlax but has much higher Speed.
*** In ''Videogame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', Snorlax gains the [[LimitBreak Z-Move]] "Pulverizing Pancake", where it wakes up, does a flip to its feet and proceeds to run at its enemy at top speed before jumping up into the air and sitting on them.
** Purugly are pretty fat and bulky looking Pokémon with FragileSpeedster-like stat distributions.
** Stoutland is a fat doglike Pokémon that, nonetheless, moves pretty fast as a Ride Pokémon in the Gen VII games. It can also have the ability Sand Rush, which boosts its speed when a sandstorm is happening.
** At over 8ft. tall and weighing 442 lbs., Scolipede is the largest and heaviest Bug-type. However, it is also a FragileSpeedster that edges into LightningBruiser territory. Its Hidden Ability is even ''Speed Boost'', an ability that increases their speed stat every turn.
** Typhlosion does not look like it should have a base 100 Speed (that's faster than some nimble Pokémon like Lucario) with those little stubs for legs, nor should Gengar, who's even faster.
** According to the Pokedex entries, Hydreigon spends all its time [[BigEater eating everything in sight with its three snake heads]], all of which goes to one bloated body somehow able to fly with those six skinny little wings... and what do you mean, it has a base 98 speed?! It's also able to use both Acrobatics and U-Turn, which are otherwise reserved for the more agile-looking fliers.
** Tierno, one of the rivals in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is a dancer who is very round.
** With its [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]], Metagross takes the crown for this trope in the Pokémon series thus far. It weighs almost ''one metric ton'', making it the ''second'' heaviest Pokémon right after Groudon while being as fast as ''Gengar''.
** A human character that fits is [[spoiler:Evice, the true FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum''. An overweight old man, he can nonetheless do ''backflips and somersaults'' during the battle]].
** Another human character that fits is [[DishingOutDirt Gordie, the Circhester Rock-type Gym Leader]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', [[VersionExclusiveContent though you only face him in Sword]]. He's the most heavyset of the Galar Gym Leaders, and also has the physical prowess to pull off a backflip somersault while throwing his Poké Ball.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhZah_35g9A This boss]] from the Creator/{{SNK}} BeatEmUp game ''P.O.W. Prisoners of War''.
* Drei Belanos from ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone''. He's pretty limb for a big guy. As in doing a WallJump in thin air.
* Helga, the pleasantly plump robot from the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, is introduced as Captain Qwark's personal fitness trainer. Although Helga is constantly portrayed as being extremely physically fit due to her high standards, the only proof of this is the ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Up Your Arsenal]]'' skill point, "Beat Helga's Best Time", in which it is suggested that she conquered the VR Hacker & Hypershot training course in 0:50 seconds.
* The WallJump is something usually given to nimble characters. Folks with, say, ninja training. Thus, the ninjas in the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' series tend to pull this off. Including Earthquake the Texan ninja, who lives up to his name.
* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson in almost every game where he's a selectable character.
* Murray from the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series qualifies when you play as him from the second game on. He can jump through the air and sidle along walls just as sneakily as Sly can.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Dr. Eggman spends most of his time in machines, but when he gets out, he tends to display impressive feats of strength and agility. These range from keeping pace with Sonic himself and competing as an Olympic athlete, to ''being able to punch a moving train and knock it off its tracks'' in ''VideoGame/SonicRiders''. Notably, in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'', he was able to shatter a large wall of ice with his bare hands.
** Big the Cat also qualifies. He's enormously fat but also [[StoutStrength superhumanly strong]], and in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' he has no problems navigating the loop-de-loops with his teammates.
* Octosamurai in ''Videogame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' is an incredibly large, incredibly rotund Octarian, but one who lives up to his name, performing quick slashes with his weapon, leaping across the stage, and in general moving a lot faster than any boss in [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} the first game]]. He also spends a lot of time on what appears to be a unicycle and controls it so well that he's a better fighter thanks to it.
* ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' has a GameMod where the player controls a [[https://gamebanana.com/skins/172956 fattened Spyro]]. Despite him looking near immobile, Spyro can move about as if he never gained a pound.
* Luther from the ''VideoGame/{{SSX}}'' games. Obese? Definitely. Capable of decatuple backflips under the right circumstances? Oh yeah.* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'': Do ''not'' try to spring an attack on Scott Shelby.
* Darth Baras from ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' qualifies. He's a fat Sith sorcerer with obvious man boobs and oversized robe. Yet his class [[spoiler:in the actual boss fight you fight him in]] is Sith Warrior, complete with acrobatic jumps and leaps. You'd expect him to be a Sith Sorcerer who relies primarily in lightning attacks since in the cutscenes he spams lightning like a typical spell caster, but nope. Get ready for Darth Fatass to knock you halfway across the map with an elbow only for him to Force Jump to your location and whale on you with lightsaber moves.
** Also any player character in The Old Republic can be this, since the body model Darth Baras uses is available at character creation. This may actually be a subversion; the model looks fat in a robe or loose outfit, but in armor or shirtless it's clear they are barrel-chested and ''ripped''. Those aren't man-boobs, those are pecs bigger than the average-size model's entire chest.
* E. Honda and Rufus (pictured above) in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. Mostly Rufus though. While Honda is no slouch, capable of leaping very high in the air (even doing somersaults in some versions) and launching himself at opponents like a missile, he's still got elements of MightyGlacier. Oddly, the most recent games depict him with a sumo's build that seems to be ''completely'' made of muscle without any visible body fat. Conversely, look at the gelatinous, almost-spherical Rufus: He's not only strong but among the most agile characters in the game. This combination makes many complain that he's broken (after all, the whole point of the MightyGlacier is that he's powerful, but is slow, so as to give lighter and faster characters a chance).
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' has JokeCharacter Bad Box Art Megaman, who is a middle-aged, overweight man in an ill-fitting jumpsuit, yet he is surprisingly athletic. He is based on the infamous North American NES cover art for the original ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' game where instead of appearing as an adorable blue robot boy, he had appeared as a hideous, out-of-shape man in spandex with weird legs.
* The mobile phone game ''VideoGame/SubwaySurfers'' features you being chased by a large police officer or security guard. He's always behind you even as you're running across train tracks and jumping from train to train.
* One of the bosses in ''[[VideoGame/DoubleDragon Super Double Dragon]]'' is a [[MonsterClown fat clown]] named [=McGuire=] whose special attack is an [[RollingAttack air somersault]].
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Wario in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' games and ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' is very agile and acrobatic for somebody his size. It has gotten to a point where he is able to catapult himself up high by swinging on bars.[[note]]This however gets [[{{Pun}} heavily]] subverted if he becomes Fat Wario, who's so fat that he can't even jump very high, let alone move fast. Then again, that's probably not the point since he can use his increased bulk to destroy otherwise-unbreakable blocks.[[/note]] In the ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers'' series, he can backflip and kick a ball ''in mid-air'' as well as celebrate by doing the splits. In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', he has some very fast attacks and extreme aerial maneuverability for a heavyweight. His [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] form, Wario-Man, is even faster and stronger and can jump absurdly high to boot. Oh, and The Shake King from ''VideoGame/WarioLand Shake It.'' He can do everything Wario can (jump across the room, charge, etc.) as well as fly while shooting laser beams and electricity at things. It's downplayed in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64DS'' as Wario is the least agile of the four playable characters, but he's still able to do jumps that average humans would struggle to pull off.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Mario, as he is more of a PintSizedPowerHouse. He's not noticeably fat like Wario, but he does have a belly, and yet is still capable of pulling off acrobatic feats that would put real-life gymnasts to shame. He wasn't originally called "Jumpman" for nothing, and his speed, agility, and hang-time have only increased since then. Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto explained that his plump shape was to allow for easier collision detection in '80s hardware. Design-wise, Mario probably isn't fat in a technical sense but just appears round, especially in comparison to the other and much more extreme examples in this trope.[[note]]And by that logic, the same could be said of his brother, Luigi, who has a pear-shaped body. It's worth noting that since Luigi started out as a PaletteSwap of Mario in the '80s, he was chubby like Mario until technology advanced and he was slimmed down considerately to contrast with Mario.[[/note]] Mario's current design looks to be much thinner with longer limbs and is possibly an average size who is just ''slightly'' pudgy at best, compared to previous decades when he was shorter and quite tubby. Played straight with ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' (due to how extra chubby he looked in that game, he is called "Fat Mario" for a reason); in the cartoons, he was depicted with a huge potbelly.
** [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] dips in and out of this trope, depending on the game. Bowser is typically the MightyGlacier, living up to the "slow but powerful" character type, but in some games, Bowser can run and jump as well as Mario can. Even when he's portrayed as slow and a bad jumper, Bowser's still usually shown as quite agile, pulling off the flips and spins Mario is so known for with just as much ease. If ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix'' is anything to go by, Bowser is also an incredible dancer and can pull off breakdancing with ease, despite his bulk.
*** This is shown beautifully in the fourth iteration of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', which invoked an AnthropomorphicShift on Bowser to make him align more with his official depiction. This resulted in a fighter who was once [[MightyGlacier a lumbering kaiju-esque beast]] to suddenly become [[LightningBruiser a deceptively agile and acrobatic brawler]], doing cartwheels in the air and finishing off his opponents [[WrestlerInAllOfUs with flying dropkicks and high-flying triple-flip moonsaults]].
** Dodo in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' is so rotund that he needs help fitting through a castle door, yet he's one of the fastest enemies in the game.
* In ''[[VideoGame/MondayNightCombat Super Monday Night Combat]]'':
** The Veteran is a pro wrestler [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed inspired by]] Vader. He's a hybrid of the Enforcer class type and the Commando class type, making him a heavy and powerful pro who can move like greased lightning.
** Where the Veteran is hefty, the Wascot is just flabby, but his lunge is very acrobatic and he's an accomplished breakdancer, much like the focus of his obsession, SMNC mascot Bullseye.
%%* Mad Clown from the SNES version of ''Super VideoGame/PunchOut''.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Heavy, usually the slowest class, gains a significant speed boost when equipped with the Gloves of Running Urgently or for a brief period after eating a Buffalo Steak Sandvich.
** Normally, players that are able to get their heavy the high ground can drop down on enemies in manner similar to this trope. His regular running speed isn't that slow (about 4/5 the average); he's mostly a MightyGlacier because [[DoNotRunWithAGun he has to slow down to use his minigun]]. Even then, this doesn't keep him from turning around as fast as the player can move the mouse, as many a Spy has discovered.
** Pyros are fairly portly themselves or at least wear baggy clothing, and yet are notorious for how fast they can move. They move at the average speed normally, and faster than any non-[[FragileSpeedster Scout]] class if they're holding the [[DropTheHammer Powerjack]].
* Bob in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6''. Justified as [[StoutStrength much of his considerable bulk is actually muscle]]. He's a Sammo Hung tribute. According to his backstory, Bob was once a very fit fighter who wanted to take his skills to the next level, and developed his body accordingly; implicitly, he was ''less'' agile before he gained all that weight. You can use the average-build version of Bob in ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' (he's still pretty nimble but some of his moves account for weight he no longer has, which trips him up and changes some of the properties of his moves).
** The [[VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken Ultimate Showdown]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64DNpYiqlEc of Ultimate Obesity.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'s'' Pandaren are a whole race fitting this trope. They are all obese, and there's even dialogue in-game where they discuss openly ''wanting'' to gain more weight because their strength, one claims, is tied to the size of their belly. Even still, they are one of the most agile creatures in Azeroth, known across the world for their exceptional agility and fast-paced fighting style.
** ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' features Bear Druids. Their main role is to use [[KevLard their bulk to soak up damage]].
** They can also trigger a party-wide movement speed boost with Stampeding Roar. [[TruthInTelevision Bears can run at 30 mph]].
** There's also the "RAWRBOMB" technique, in which a Bear Druid charges ''from freefall''.
* The Grendel ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' is stocky, rotund of build, and quite the glutton. Despite this, he's still a warframe, and is still more than capable of bullet jumping, wall running, and other such acrobatic feats - all the better to catch up to a prospective meal.
* Wonder-Green of ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' is an overweight kid who's pretty nimble on his feet despite his size. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation On the other hand]], he's also shown to be quite clumsy at anything that isn't a gun.
** There are also minor Wonderful Ones such as Wonder-Toilet and Wonder-Beer, who despite being fat can move just as fast as their thinner teammates and hold their own against the GEATHJERK forces.
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* The main reason fat people can be agile is because they rely on fast-twitch anaerobic muscles. This is why many of the early baseball heroes like Babe Ruth were a bit on the pudgy side. They didn't need endurance, just a quick burst of speed to get to first base.
* Creator/SammoHung, a legendary action superstar and frequent collaborator with Creator/JackieChan and Yuen Biao in Hong Kong action cinema. He suffered an injury at 16 that left him bedridden for months, and the resulting weight gain has more or less become his calling card. Even nearing the [[CoolOldGuy age of sixty]] and not getting any thinner, he can still go toe-to-toe with the likes of much younger action stars such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-zE2YFp7lU Donnie]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBIg9l4TTIM Yen]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji7oSx6AhM4 Wu Jing.]]
* Most female practitioners of traditional Middle Eastern and African dance are exactly this-- not particularly surprising, as the dances come from places where being fat is a sign of good luck and/or affluence. Though it's also because of a concerted effort made by practitioners to reach out to heavyset women, who are often rejected out of hand by ballet or modern dance studios. Dancing is a highly effective treatment for the body image problems that a lot of women face because it naturally boosts endorphins, attracts positive attention from others, and also teaches you how to move your body in a more elegant way ALL the time.
* Music/{{Lizzo}} may be a big girl, but, as many of her live performances have shown, she can ''move''. As if to emphasise this (as well as her message of body positivity), her troupe of backup dancers are all examples of this trope as well.
* Comedian Joey Diaz is a very large man and is also an accomplished jiu-jitsu practitioner.
* Heavy Impact from Americas Best Dance Crew is a group of acrofatic dancers.
* Any aging martial artists and swimmers tend to fall on this category, overlapping with StoutStrength-- Creator/BudSpencer being the prime example. Also most SCA heavy fighters.
* Creator/ChrisFarley was a football player in high school and played rugby at Marquette University. He was surprisingly agile and performed some of his own stunts. His dance moves in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqG2ihMvP0 skit]] are actually pretty hard to pull off.
* Oliver Hardy was a talented physical comedy performer and a graceful dancer, as seen in many Creator/LaurelAndHardy shorts.
* Silent film comedian Creator/FattyArbuckle, who earned his nickname (it would later cause him health problems), was very nimble as well.
* Both Curly Howard and Curly Joe De Rita in the later years of Film/TheThreeStooges. Howard was a skilled ballroom dancer and showed his dancing skills in some of the boys' shorts.
* Roy "Big Country" Nelson is one of few [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts mixed martial artist]]s to compete at a high level that could be genuinely considered "fat." He spent most of his career with a massive beer belly, which he would rub after stoppage victories. It was widely known that his entrance into the UFC was delayed considerably due to reluctance in hiring a fat fighter. On ''Series/TheUltimateFighter'', Nelson fought the most-watched MMA bout in US network history against chiseled street fighter Kimbo Slice, won a lopsided stoppage, and promptly demanded a cheeseburger. Recently, however, he has come under considerably more pressure to slim down and drop to light-heavyweight.
* Going simply by numbers, it is possible for people who are short but muscular to be classified as overweight by the Body Mass Index, even though they don't actually have that much fat on their bodies. In a way, if you were to fall under this rather curious arrangement, you're ''statistically'' acrofatic!
* Daniel Cormier is also known for his obesity and his love of Popeye's chicken. However, he moves faster than he looks and has defeated some of the best and more fit heavyweight superstars. He has recently dropped to light heavyweight and has been crowned a UFC champion after Jon Jones was stripped of it.
* Creator/JohnBelushi; just watch ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' and see the acrobatics a small fat man can perform while dancing on stage. He was a starting linebacker on his high school football team. His nickname then was "Killer".
* Actors in general, including overweight ones, are often trained in mime and other forms of movement performance since acting can rely on gesture and body language as much as it does on speech. Even bumbling comedians need to be athletically trained in order to [[StylisticSuck perform their pratfalls properly]].
* Women who play roller derby often fall under this trope. While there are many players who are slender or average, some of the best are much larger.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esch Eric Esch]], aka Butterbean. This guy is like steel wrapped in fat.
* According to ESPN the Magazine's NFL Draft Glossary, this is what is scouts refer to as a "circus elephant", a big man with stunning agility, and not just for someone his size.
** William "The Refrigerator" Perry of the Chicago Bears in the 1980s would be a prime example of the type.
** Linebackers and linemen in football almost always fit this trope since their main role is to hit hard, but they need to be quick on their feet as well. Sure, linemen may not have the speed that a running back or a cornerback does, but when the pocket collapses and the quarterback has to run to avoid a sack, he has to run ''fast''. To put this into perspective, the average NFL running back, normally the fastest member on the team, can run the 40-yard dash in a little over 4.3 seconds, while the average linebacker can run it in 4.6 seconds.
** The Kansas City Chiefs will see your William Perry and raise you Dontari Poe. During a 2016 game against the Denver Broncos, the nearly 350-pound defensive tackle Poe was put into the Chiefs' offensive line for one play. The Broncos defense lined up to try and stop Poe from running the ball... but instead he fired off [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g2vwlXBuRk a picture-perfect jump pass]] to a teammate for the touchdown.
* James "Lights Out" Toney, Sextuple Weight Class Champion. Could, on a slim day, be described as "chubby." Still one of the slickest, most technical boxers of the last twenty years. Hard to imagine such a hefty dude being so fast... He was most dominant at the lower weight classes when he was slimmer and in shape. While he did quite well as a (fat) heavyweight and WAS very slick and technical even after putting on the weight, it was from his sheer talent as a boxer: he did well in spite of the weight, rather than because of it.
* [[Series/WhatsHappening Fred (Rerun) Berry]] was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rDgZWqvhY quite a dancer.]] This is only to be expected from a founding member of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lockers the Lockers]]
* Creator/JackBlack. Although on the pudgy side, he is surprisingly agile and can perform physical comedy with the best of them. Specifically referenced in his appearance on ''Series/{{Community}}'', where he tries to gain access to the group by claiming they need "an agile fat guy". He then accidentally high-kicks Jeff in the face.
* While the [[http://basketbawful.blogspot.com/2007/09/word-of-day-calorie-cap.html calorie cap]] certainly exists, many professional basketball players, particularly "bigs" who usually play the center position, are notably husky-- including such all-time greats as Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal.
** Barkley was particularly an example in college. He slimmed down a little in the pros -- his official playing weight was 252 lbs. -- but was frequently up in the 280 to 290 range while at Auburn. His first national exposure came during the 1984 Olympic trials, and other players there reported being amazed that anyone so big could be so explosively quick and such a powerful jumper.
** [[Creator/TheSportsGuy Bill Simmons]] lists [[http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=4283136&wjb=&pg=3 "the five fattest NBA players of my lifetime"]] as Stanley Roberts, John "Hot Plate" Williams (the nickname is a deliberate takeoff on [[NamesTheSame John "Hot Rod" Williams]]), Thomas Hamilton, Robert Traylor and Oliver Miller, most of whom fit the trope despite weight issues.
** Boris Diaw was notably pudgy during his NBA career... yet had surprisingly graceful footwork and once recorded the highest vertical jump of any player.
*** Now that Diaw has retired, the current player who fits this mold is Nikola Jokić. Despite his weight, Jokić has established himself as perhaps the best center in the NBA today and a genuine MVP candidate.
* Pablo Sandoval of the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams San Francisco Giants]]. During the 2009 season, he was 5'11" tall and weighed close to 280lbs, but showed remarkable agility despite his size. After scoring a run by jumping over the opposing catcher's tag at home plate, a teammate gave him the affectionate nickname of "WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLv230HLRNE Aiden Trimble]], head of the FSK, is anything but a small man. Not that you'd ever notice whilst he's moving.
* Roman legionaries. They were professional soldiers who trained all the time with the gladius and were constantly marching with heavy loads or performing manual labor. They were also generally fattened up when not on campaign to increase survivability. As one book put it 'the most reliable supply train in their eyes was around their waists'.
* Fighting bulls. Nicely summed up by the Series/{{Mythbusters}}' trial of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzw2iBmRsjs the 'bull in a china shop' adage.]]
* Manx cats, as well as lacking tails, have a generally bulky body shape and faintly ridiculous long hind limbs that earned them the nickname 'cabbit'. However, they are still perfectly capable of the dainty athleticism that cats are known for.
** Any fat cat in general. Even outright obese cats can be shockingly agile and good jumpers when they decide to move.
* While it's up to you to decide whether or not crocodiles can be perceived as fat, they are easy to mistake for sluggish predators on land. It's really downright terrifying to see how fast they actually run.
* Similarly, gorillas may look overweight but are still [[StoutStrength incredibly powerful]], and a charging silverback is still quite frightening, even if it's usually just a bluff. In fact, the overweight appearance is simply due to their need for a large gut in order to sufficiently digest the amount of vegetable matter they eat.
* This also applies to the 3 biggest land animals on the planet, hippos, [[RhinoRampage rhinos]], and [[HonorableElephant elephants]]. Not only are they [[LightningBruiser surprisingly fast for animals that weigh multiple tons]], but they're also [[TheJuggernaut pretty difficult to stop when charging]].
* Troy Jackson aka "Escalade" was a 500 lbs professional streetballer.
* Thais Carla, a hefty Brazilian teenager who's a skilled, graceful dancer.
* Also from Brazil, the late comedian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussunda Bussunda]] of Casseta & Planeta, whose biography states that "defying the laws of physics, remained playing great soccer despite gaining weight". (In fact, the afternoon before his death was spent playing UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball with some foreigners.)
* Professional baseball pitcher [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBUEk0ijrk C.C. Sabathia is around 300 pounds with an obvious spare-tire.]] However, he is one of the most dominating aces playing baseball today. He won a Cy Young award while on the Cleveland Indians and he led the New York Yankees to a World Series title. He's known for his great stamina, despite his size. He can throw over 120-to-140 pitches an outing. Because of this, baseball experts call him a work-horse.
* Former pitcher Rick "Big Daddy" Reuschel actually ran well enough that he was sometimes used as a pinch-runner, a task often reserved for leaner athletes.
* David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox is ''huge'' (6'5") and has an obvious gut, and while he may not be the fastest person on the diamond can haul when he needs to and most other players will wisely get out of the way.
* Buster Mathis and his son Buster Mathis Jr. were overweight heavyweight boxers during the golden era of heavyweight boxing. However, they were both known for having great agility, flexibility, and defensive skills, despite their size. They both would be contenders who only lost to the elite level of boxers during their careers.
* Pretty much any sumo wrestler. Notable however as a good example that, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome for all the benefits of acrofatism, being overweight still carries significant health risks]]. Indeed, recent times have seen much urging for the wrestlers to slim down.
* Jack Patillo from Creator/RoosterTeeth is not exactly the thinnest guy around (admittedly not the fattest, either, but still), yet he can move with surprising speed when he needs to. Case in point is his tennis match against the lighter and faster Gavin Free, [[spoiler:where he utterly curbstomps him, mostly owing to his better grasp of the game but also with surprising bursts of speed to make shots count]].
* Roman gladiators. Recent studies had proved that gladiators' diet had high levels of calories that were enough to make one hell of a gut. The guys behind the studies believe that the gladiators ate large volumes of calorie-rich food in order to built up fat that would be protective against wounds and hits, but of course, like other overweight athletes, behind all that fat there were large muscles that could swing heavy sword and shields just as fast and easy with no problems.
** That and a cut that just went through fat was impressively bloody and brutal looking without being lethal. The crowds wanted to see blood, but gladiators were too expensive to kill in most matches.
* Creator/MelissaMcCarthy (''Film/BridesMaids'') doing a dance routine in the "Honey Baked Ham competition" skit, the second time she hosted ''SNL''.
* Creator/BobHoskins was a former circus acrobat who did many of his own stunts on the set of ''Film/SuperMarioBros''
* Daniel Lambert was an English prison keeper at the end of the 16th century. He became famous for being incredibly fat. At the time of his death, he weighed 52 stones (330 kg or 739 lbs). But he could still run 11 km "''with much less apparent fatigue than several middle-sized men who were of the party''" He also gave swimming lessons and could stay afloat with two men over him.
* Drag performer Divine was a ''very'' large man in real life but was known for doing pretty much anything Creator/JohnWaters asked during their collaborations on films, including wading through a river in full drag requiring only a single take and doing quite a bit of physical comedy in the film ''Lust In the Dust''. Later in life, many of his friends were concerned by how much strain Divine put on his body during club performances with a ton of dancing, during which he was often seen dripping with sweat. Sadly, he died at the age of 42 of a massive heart attack.
* Boxers in the upper weight classes can be this. For one, there is the practice of weight-cutting where competitors diet and dehydrate themselves before a weigh-in to make the cut for a lower weight class than they would usually qualify for since it is advantageous to be in the upper range of your weight class. Since weigh-in day was traditionally a day before a fight, the competitors would have time to put weight back on for the match. Obviously, fighting an opponent above your weight-class is considered dangerous, however boxers usually tend to gain weight as they age. It isn't uncommon for boxers to move up a weight class or two during their career and still keep good win/loss records. Gaining weight basically makes them tougher or at least less likely to get a concussion from a heavier opponent.
* Veteran baseball pitcher Bartolo Colon is short and pudgy, but he's a consistent pitcher who has given many solid starts throughout his long career. He has over 200 wins and counting. In 2015, at 40 plus years old, Bartolo is still going strong. He is also very quick for his size; able to field his position when a ground ball occurs.
* D. Boon of the Music/{{Minutemen}} was constantly jumping around and energetically dancing on stage despite his weight.
* Former Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Kevin Pressman might not have been the thinnest of players, but was surprisingly agile and had good reflexes in his prime. What he lacked in grace, he made up for in shot stopping. As [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtrp0oYqAJY this clip]] attests, he also scored a mean penalty. Off the pitch, he also made headlines when he ''[[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GOALIE+KEV+SAVES+HIS+MERC+FROM+JOYRIDER%3B+He+nabs+thief+after+car...-a060608375 chased down a car thief over fields for a mile and a half, and eventually caught him]]''.
** While Wednesday had Big Kev, Everton had Big Nev, aka Neville Southall, one of Everton's longest-serving players with over 500 league appearances to his name, and widely considered to be one of their best goalkeepers of all time.
* [[http://i.imgur.com/LGOOqFp.mp4 This guy.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUo6mmYbAA&feature=youtu.be Sebastien Charron]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMfbZh51AaE one heck of]] a [[LeParkour freerunner]].
* Manatees are capable of swimming much faster than their chubby bodies suggests, up to 20 miles per hour. And they're graceful enough that from a distance, sailors used to think they were mermaids.
* Creator/ZachGalifianakis, during his [[FormerlyFat heavier days]], was pretty agile despite having a noticeably round gut, and would regularly perform a bit of physical humor in his standup routines, and sometimes even a little ballet.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0TsO5u4c5s Jessamyn Stanley]] is a plus-sized and body positive yoga instructor who possesses a full and plump body shape, especially in the belly, but she is a talented yogi who can do complex moves like going on her head that would leave the most slender amateur yogi stunned.
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** Dodo in ''SuperMarioRPG'' is so rotund that he needs help fitting through a castle door, yet he's one of the fastest enemies in the game.

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Mario, as he is more of a PintSizedPowerHouse. He's not noticeably fat like Wario, but he does have a belly, and yet is still capable of pulling off acrobatic feats that would put real-life gymnasts to shame. He wasn't originally called "Jumpman" for nothing, and his speed, agility, and hang-time have only increased since then. Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto explained that his plump shape was to allow for easier collision detection in '80s hardware. Design-wise, Mario probably isn't fat in a technical sense but just appears round, especially in comparison to the other and much more extreme examples in this trope.[[note]]And by that logic, the same could be said of his brother, Luigi, who has a pear-shaped body. It's worth noting that since Luigi started out as a color palette of Mario in the '80s, he was chubby like Mario until technology advanced and he was slimmed down considerately to contrast with Mario.[[/note]] Mario's current design looks to be much thinner with longer limbs and is possibly an average size who is just ''slightly'' pudgy at best, compared to previous decades when he was shorter and quite tubby. Played straight with ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' (due to how extra chubby he looked in that game, he is called "Fat Mario" for a reason); in the cartoons, he was depicted with a huge potbelly.

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* ''WebAnimation/CalicoElectronico'': The villainous Cálico Lúbrico. Despite being short and kind of overweight, he pulls off some ''Film/TheMatrix''-style bullet dodging in his first faceoff with Cálico Electrónico.
* Pom Pom from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' is a lot like a big balloon, but that doesn't mean he can't be a skilled martial artist, as seen in [[Recap/HomestarRunnerSummerShortShorts "Summer Short Shorts"]] and the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE108PomPom "pom pom"]].
* Cinderella from the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eOty1tn7FM Fatty Girl]]'' series is one. She was cursed by Devil to be overweight, but she was still able to chase him down because she was just as athletic as when she was thin.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'':
** Power Rams look pretty pudgy and have very tiny legs, but they were very fast.
** Even outside of the arctic Icer exhibit, K-Seal is very mobile for his massive size.

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* Shinra Banshomaru from ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100''. While it's referenced a lot about Shinra's weight, making physical comedy out of his jiggling stomach as well as being mistaken for a local pervert at a playground (and soon goes after the real culprit who was snooping around), he also happens to be a local psychic in town and proves himself to be a badass after taking down a terrifying urban legend found in woods and survives being slashed by its knife-like claws and nearly is drowned to death from it, as well as being able to dodge its attacks by pulling off [[InASingleBound some astonishing acrobatic moves with surprising swiftness]] one wouldn't expect of someone his size.
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* [[http://slowrobot.com/i/39229 This gentleman]] who, despite being on the pudgy side, can apparently do a cartwheel into a backflip with little difficulty.
* The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/revenge-is-sweat/ this]] ''Website/NotAlwaysLearning'' story has not just agility but also stamina, keeping up through an hour and a half of back-to-back Zumba classes, while a skinnier woman who tries to bully her is the first to give up.
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* Shinra Banshomaru from ''Manga/MobPsycho100''. While it's referenced a lot about Shinra's weight, making physical comedy out of his jiggling stomach as well as being mistaken for a local pervert at a playground (and soon goes after the real culprit who was snooping around), he also happens to be a local psychic in town and proves himself to be a badass after taking down a terrifying urban legend found in woods and survives being slashed by its knife-like claws and nearly is drowned to death from it, as well as being able to dodge its attacks by pulling off [[InASingleBound some astonishing acrobatic moves with surprising swiftness]] one wouldn't expect of someone his size.

* "The Urban-American Dream" Willie "Da Bomb" Richardson of Wrestling/DaSoulTouchaz is around 300 lbs. and the group's power wrestler. As his nickname should indicate, he is an {{Expy}}[=/=]LegacyCharacter of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes himself.

* Saber Julius Caesar of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is portrayed as comically obese, which he claims is the result of a half-failed summoning ritual. He's still one of the best units in the low-cost metagame for [[CriticalHitClass Quick-style attacks]], has a high Agility rank, and widely considered one of the best 3-star Sabers overall.

Compare {{Kevlard}} (which often goes hand-in-hand with this trope) and StoutStrength (where the fat guy is strong rather than agile). When both Kevlard and StoutStrength are in play, an acrofatic character is a LightningBruiser. GlacierWaif is the [[InvertedTrope inverse]]. A very good way to establish a character as BigFun. Characters like this rarely have their weight [[YouAreFat commented on]], unless indicating a benefit.

* Cheng Shin Zan of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', he has no problems flipping about like any of the thinner fighters in the series. It's the most evident in the ''Real Bout'' series where one of his supers has him floating in the air like a blimp.

* Cheng Shin Zan of ''Franchise/FatalFury'', he has no problems flipping about like any of the thinner fighters in the series. It's the most evident in the ''Real Bout'' series where one of his supers has him floating in the air like a blimp.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* Marvel's [[StoutStrength fat-with-muscle]] ComicBook/TheKingpin is agile enough to fight ComicBook/SpiderMan[[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 Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} 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.

** DependingOnTheWriter, ComicBook/ThePenguin, who is always depicted as portly, is often more agile and a far better fighter than most men of his girth. While he has sometimes been written as a physical match for Batman, he has also been written as a character the masked vigilante can floor with a solid punch, but it usually takes him a while to actually land one. He's also a skilled judoka, which definitely helps.

* Franchise/WonderWoman's pal ComicBook/EttaCandy has been BigFun and surprisingly quick and good in a fight ever since her [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age debut]].

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', Chien Po went from anxiously balancing on poles above water to gracefully cartwheeling over them during training. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTqIsB98a1E here]] at 2:46 and 4:16.

* Serious actor Raymond Burr (''Franchise/PerryMason'', ''Series/Ironside1967'') does a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hPq9qFgBtY comic entrance]] on ''The Jack Benny Show''.

* Arthur the miner, from the video for The Avalanches' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUyKdaNKHzo Since I Left You]]".

* E. Honda and Rufus (pictured above) in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. Mostly Rufus though. While Honda is no slouch, capable of leaping very high in the air (even doing somersaults in some versions) and launching himself at opponents like a missile, he's still got elements of MightyGlacier. Oddly, the most recent games depict him with a sumo's build that seems to be ''completely'' made of muscle without any visible body fat. Conversely, look at the gelatinous, almost-spherical Rufus: He's not only strong but among the most agile characters in the game. This combination makes many complain that he's broken (after all, the whole point of the MightyGlacier is that he's powerful, but is slow, so as to give lighter and faster characters a chance).
* Joe Barbaro from ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' is extremely capable in combat.
* The Grendel ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' is stocky, rotund of build, and quite the glutton. Despite this, he's still a warframe, and is still more than capable of bullet jumping, wall running, and other such acrobatic feats - all the better to catch up to a prospective meal.
* Bob in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6''. Justified as [[StoutStrength much of his considerable bulk is actually muscle]]. He's a Sammo Hung tribute. According to his backstory, Bob was once a very fit fighter who wanted to take his skills to the next level, and developed his body accordingly; implicitly, he was ''less'' agile before he gained all that weight. You can use the average-build version of Bob in ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' (he's still pretty nimble but some of his moves account for weight he no longer has, which trips him up and changes some of the properties of his moves).
** The [[VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken Ultimate Showdown]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64DNpYiqlEc of Ultimate Obesity.]]
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' has JokeCharacter Bad Box Art Megaman, who is a middle-aged, overweight man in an ill-fitting jumpsuit, yet he is surprisingly athletic. He is based on the infamous North American NES cover art for the original ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' game where instead of appearing as an adorable blue robot boy, he had appeared as a hideous, out-of-shape man in spandex with weird legs.

* ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'':
** King K. Rool, despite being the most rotund of all Kremlings, is able to outrun Diddy Kong and jump from one side of Gangplank Galleon's deck to the other during his FinalBoss battle in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'''s [[BigBad Lord Fredrik]] is so obese that his belly jiggles and bounces with his every movement, and yet he can dodge rapidly, run quickly, and leap great distances with apparently little effort.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Wario in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' games and ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' is very agile and acrobatic for somebody his size. It has gotten to a point where he is able to catapult himself up high by swinging on bars.[[note]]This however gets [[{{Pun}} heavily]] subverted if he becomes Fat Wario, who's so fat that he can't even jump very high, let alone move fast. Then again, that's probably not the point since he can use his increased bulk to destroy otherwise-unbreakable blocks.[[/note]] In the ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers'' series, he can backflip and kick a ball ''in mid-air'' as well as celebrate by doing the splits. In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', he has some very fast attacks and extreme aerial maneuverability for a heavyweight. His [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] form, Wario-Man, is even faster and stronger and can jump absurdly high to boot. Oh, and The Shake King from ''VideoGame/WarioLand Shake It.'' He can do everything Wario can (jump across the room, charge, etc.) as well as fly while shooting laser beams and electricity at things. It's downplayed in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64DS'' as Wario is the least agile of the four playable characters, but he's still able to do jumps that average humans would struggle to pull off.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Mario, as he is more of a PintSizedPowerHouse. He's not noticeably fat like Wario, but he does have a belly, and yet is still capable of pulling off acrobatic feats that would put real-life gymnasts to shame. He wasn't originally called "Jumpman" for nothing, and his speed, agility, and hang-time have only increased since then. Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto explained that his plump shape was to allow for easier collision detection in '80s hardware. Design-wise, Mario probably isn't fat in a technical sense but just appears round, especially in comparison to the other and much more extreme examples in this trope.[[note]]And by that logic, the same could be said of his brother, Luigi, who has a pear-shaped body. It's worth noting that since Luigi started out as a color palette of Mario in the '80s, he was chubby like Mario until technology advanced and he was slimmed down considerately to contrast with Mario.[[/note]] Mario's current design looks to be much thinner with longer limbs and is possibly an average size who is just ''slightly'' pudgy at best, compared to previous decades when he was shorter and quite tubby. Played straight with ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' (due to how extra chubby he looked in that game, he is called "Fat Mario" for a reason); in the cartoons, he was depicted with a huge potbelly.
** [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] dips in and out of this trope, depending on the game. Bowser is typically the MightyGlacier, living up to the "slow but powerful" character type, but in some games, Bowser can run and jump as well as Mario can. Even when he's portrayed as slow and a bad jumper, Bowser's still usually shown as quite agile, pulling off the flips and spins Mario is so known for with just as much ease. If ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix'' is anything to go by, Bowser is also an incredible dancer and can pull off breakdancing with ease, despite his bulk.
*** This is shown beautifully in the fourth iteration of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', which invoked an AnthropomorphicShift on Bowser to make him align more with his official depiction. This resulted in a fighter who was once [[MightyGlacier a lumbering kaiju-esque beast]] to suddenly become [[LightningBruiser a deceptively agile and acrobatic brawler]], doing cartwheels in the air and finishing off his opponents [[WrestlerInAllOfUs with flying dropkicks and high-flying triple-flip moonsaults]].
* You know [[FatBastard Ronk]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy''? Apparently, [[LargeHam Moe the clam]] is quick to note that the fat, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green-headed]] [[DumbMuscle stupidly strong punching]] guy has astonishingly high running speed, despite those tiny stubs for legs.

* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson in almost every game where he's a selectable character.
* One of the bosses in ''[[VideoGame/DoubleDragon Super Double Dragon]]'' is a [[MonsterClown fat clown]] named [=McGuire=] whose special attack is an [[RollingAttack air somersault]].
* The WallJump is something usually given to nimble characters. Folks with, say, ninja training. Thus, the ninjas in the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' series tend to pull this off. Including Earthquake the Texan ninja, who lives up to his name.
* The description of the Seeq in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' indicates that, despite their rotundity, they're surprisingly agile. They's generally faster than Bangaa and Nu Mou, which isn't that speedy, but they can jump higher than any other race, allowing them to navigate paths that would otherwise be inaccessible.
%%* Mad Clown from the SNES version of ''Super VideoGame/PunchOut''.
%%* The Elven Priestesses from ''VideoGame/OverlordII''.

%%* Kiesha Phillips of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports''.

* Luther from the ''VideoGame/{{SSX}}'' games. Obese? Definitely. Capable of decatuple backflips under the right circumstances? Oh yeah.
* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'': Do ''not'' try to spring an attack on Scott Shelby.
* Barry of ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' is heavyset, double-chinned, and can keep pace with the much slimmer Alan and the toned sheriff Sarah Breaker. He occasionally complains and bends over to catch his breath, but Alan himself is a non-athletic protagonist who can only sprint a few meters before he has to do the same.
* ''VideoGame/HitmanCodename47'': In spite of his gargantuan size, Tzun is as fast as any other enemy.
* Baragon in ''VideoGame/GodzillaUnleashed'' is, [[KillerRabbit despite being the smallest monster in the game]], noticeably round. However, he's also the most agile monster in the game, fighting his opponents with flips, cartwheels, jumps, and spinning.
** Spacegodzilla, much like his film version, is noticeably bulky and quite slow normally. But, if the player uses his levitate/fly ability, he becomes noticeably faster and more agile.
* Murray from the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series qualifies when you play as him from the second game on. He can jump through the air and sidle along walls just as sneakily as Sly can.
* Multiple examples from ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series:
** The [[http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Merchant_King Merchant King]] of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' runs very fast for a guy that big.
** The Borgia messengers in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' are visibly overweight, yet are among the most able freerunners in medieval Italy. Rodrgio and Juan Borgia are no slouches in this department themselves.
** The Blacksmith and Engineer from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', despite being noticeably rotund, can freerun just as well as the other multiplayer characters. Their "rotundness" probably seems to come from the clothing they're wearing.
* Helga, the pleasantly plump robot from the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, is introduced as Captain Qwark's personal fitness trainer. Although Helga is constantly portrayed as being extremely physically fit due to her high standards, the only proof of this is the ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Up Your Arsenal]]'' skill point, "Beat Helga's Best Time", in which it is suggested that she conquered the VR Hacker & Hypershot training course in 0:50 seconds.
* King Dedede from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series can fly the same way that Kirby does, despite being really fat. [[FridgeLogic And a non-flying bird.]] For that matter, Kirby's not exactly slim himself!
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Slaking, while being lazy enough to only attack [[AwesomeButImpractical every other turn]], is fat like [[MightyGlacier the slow-moving giant bear-sized]] Snorlax but has much higher Speed.
*** In ''Videogame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', Snorlax gains the [[LimitBreak Z-Move]] "Pulverizing Pancake", where it wakes up, does a flip to its feet and proceeds to run at its enemy at top speed before jumping up into the air and sitting on them.
** Purugly are pretty fat and bulky looking Pokémon with FragileSpeedster-like stat distributions.
** Stoutland is a fat doglike Pokémon that, nonetheless, moves pretty fast as a Ride Pokémon in the Gen VII games. It can also have the ability Sand Rush, which boosts its speed when a sandstorm is happening.
** At over 8ft. tall and weighing 442 lbs., Scolipede is the largest and heaviest Bug-type. However, it is also a FragileSpeedster that edges into LightningBruiser territory. Its Hidden Ability is even ''Speed Boost'', an ability that increases their speed stat every turn.
** Typhlosion does not look like it should have a base 100 Speed (that's faster than some nimble Pokémon like Lucario) with those little stubs for legs, nor should Gengar, who's even faster.
** According to the Pokedex entries, Hydreigon spends all its time [[BigEater eating everything in sight with its three snake heads]], all of which goes to one bloated body somehow able to fly with those six skinny little wings... and what do you mean, it has a base 98 speed?! It's also able to use both Acrobatics and U-Turn, which are otherwise reserved for the more agile-looking fliers.
** Tierno, one of the rivals in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is a dancer who is very round.
** With its [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]], Metagross takes the crown for this trope in the Pokémon series thus far. It weighs almost ''one metric ton'', making it the ''second'' heaviest Pokémon right after Groudon while being as fast as ''Gengar''.
** A human character that fits is [[spoiler:Evice, the true FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum''. An overweight old man, he can nonetheless do ''backflips and somersaults'' during the battle]].
** Another human character that fits is [[DishingOutDirt Gordie, the Circhester Rock-type Gym Leader]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', [[VersionExclusiveContent though you only face him in Sword]]. He's the most heavyset of the Galar Gym Leaders, and also has the physical prowess to pull off a backflip somersault while throwing his Poké Ball.
* Bo Rai Cho in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series. (In fact, in at least one game, he uses Sumo as one of his fighting styles.)
* Dynamo and Alternator from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' are very rotund but can swing and charge very fast.
* ''VideoGame/LightningLegendDaigoNoDaibouken'' has Mokomoko, a giant furball [[KillerRabbit rabbit-like creature]], who can run at blazing speeds, and can pull off very fast combos.

* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' gives us Goro, a stout little boy who can climb a tree with a few well-placed jumps. Unfortunately, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation this agility doesn't carry over to his gameplay abilities]]. In fairness, nobody can actually jump except [[CatGirl Xiao]].
%%* Tuba from ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' falls under this banner.

** ''World Of Warcraft'' features Bear Druids. Their main role is to use [[KevLard their bulk to soak up damage]].

* Peater in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' is rotund and looks incredibly out of shape, but is quick enough with his tiny sword to cut a stalk of bamboo upwards of 30 times before it falls. This odd combination is {{justified|Trope}} as he was once a top-ranked Sky Knight but has since retired--presumably, Peater was once even better than he is now.
* Smough in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' isn't as fast as LightningBruiser Ornstein, but he's pretty quick for someone so huge and bulky. Smough might not actually be that bulky under the armor.
* Ganondorf of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', while still seven and a half foot tall mass of muscles, has gained some extra padding over the years. You'd think he'd be a [[MightyGlacier strong but slow]] type of boss, right? [[LightningBruiser Nope]]. In fact, he's the one swordsman faster to the draw than Link, able to effortlessly react to and block all of Link's sword strikes regardless of what direction they're coming from. Unlike most other forms of Ganondorf, the difficulty in this boss fight is due to his incredible speed and hyperalertness.
* Oinkie of ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'', who is an obese and round martial artist (Not unlike Rufus). And he gets even faster when he transforms!
* In ''[[VideoGame/MondayNightCombat Super Monday Night Combat]]'':
** The Veteran is a pro wrestler [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed inspired by]] Vader. He's a hybrid of the Enforcer class type and the Commando class type, making him a heavy and powerful pro who can move like greased lightning.
** Where the Veteran is hefty, the Wascot is just flabby, but his lunge is very acrobatic and he's an accomplished breakdancer, much like the focus of his obsession, SMNC mascot Bullseye.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'':
** Fatman can zoom around the map and pirouette on his in-line skates, in spite of his size ''and'' heavy blast suit. While drinking glasses of red wine through a straw.
** Similarly, ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' features the leader of the Desperado PMC, Sundowner. He's easily the tallest, widest member of the group, and his armor even incorporates a visible beer gut. Despite this, he leaps from the ground to the roof of a building in his introduction cutscene, and can move quickly enough to almost count as a FlashStep during his boss fight.
* The volus in the multiplayer part of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. They are actually a odd subversion of this trope. The basic character is capable of both rolling in all 4 directions (forward, back, both sides) and taking cover behind walls, corners and low objects. Tougher races such as Krogan and Batarians can use cover, but can't roll. A few races can use cover, but can only hop (roll) to the sides (Quarians, Salarians, Geth). The Volus are short race of ammonia breathers who always wear environmental suits that make them look like short (half the height off anything else), round teddy bears. In an odd subversion off this trope, they can run as fast as any other character(which looks odd, given their short legs) and can roll in all 4 directions... but cannot use cover. I.E. they have the same agility as anyone else, but cannot do one thing that every other character can.
* The mobile phone game ''VideoGame/SubwaySurfers'' features you being chased by a large police officer or security guard. He's always behind you even as you're running across train tracks and jumping from train to train.
* ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga'' features a dragon, Denize, with a very swollen belly from eating a lot of sweets, which the game is often quite reluctant to show along with her legs, and yet such flab doesn't stop her from outswimming the fastest boats, drawing upon an explosive burst of fuel from her diet.
* The Placerias in ''VideoGame/CarnivoresTriassic'' can run rather quickly, especially for the purpose of trampling an unwary hunter.
* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', Randy Tugman is disturbingly obese, but during his boss battle, he can run around the room like a track star. He does have to stop to rest once in a while.
* Drei Belanos from ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone''. He's pretty limb for a big guy. As in doing a WallJump in thin air.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhZah_35g9A This boss]] from the Creator/{{SNK}} BeatEmUp game ''P.O.W. Prisoners of War''.
* The Thanatos in ''[[VideoGame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'' is an ''extremely'' wide [[HumongousMecha battlemech]] -- often likened to a barn with legs -- which is the most agile and quickest Heavy mech around, comparable to many medium mechs. It typically mounts either [[NitroBoost MASC]] or [[JumpJetPack jump jets]] for maximum agility, and is [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange capable of rotating its torso in a 360-degree arc]] to always keep an enemy within its sights. It's not the most powerful heavy around, but its combination of speed, armor, and overall firepower make it a potent LightningBruiser. It has a WeaksauceWeakness in its terrible hill-handling ability thanks to its ChickenWalker design.
* Toy Freddy in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' is noticeably bigger in terms of girth than the other animatronics, yet he still moves at a rather high rate of speed.
* Attikus from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' has a noticeable gut yet is quite agile like a raging gorilla.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'': The King unit, mostly seen in Regicide games, but also present in some campaign scenarios, is an AdiposeRex that can still run faster than some cavalry units. This is because kings can't fight and running away is their only defense (since regicide games are only won when you kill your opponent's king).
* ''VideoGame/ClarencesBigChance'': Clarence can jump several times his own height while still being fat enough to crush enemies with his sheer mass.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, there's a fat man in a cowboy hat and underwear in the hospital level who has [[PlotCoupon a piece of the tickets to the GWAR concert]]. To get the ticket piece from him, Beavis and Butthead must escape from him on an electric scooter without crashing into too many first aid kits. The level is [[NintendoHard much harder than it looks]], as the fat man is able to move very fast despite his weight and [[OneHitKill destroy the scooter in one hit]] when he jumps on it.
* The [[BigBad Great Administrator]] in ''VideoGame/HoverRevoltOfGamers'' is shown to be quite tubby, and yet he's still able to keep up with the [[LaResistance Gamers]] in the penultimate stage. Hell, the mission name even describes him as "chubby". He's also a LightningBruiser, capable of charging towards his foes at breakneck speeds and knocking the ball out of their hands in the last stage. Must be those cybernetic implants he's got on him...
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Lard Lass in ''VideoGame/BaconManAnAdventure''; while she does move more slowly than her fellow teammates, the fact that she's able to perform athletic feats like wall jumps at all cements her as this trope.
* The title character of ''Action Henk'' may [[FormerlyFit not be as fit]] as he used to be, but he's still capable of running really fast and maneuvering himself around the courses' loop-de-loops and jumps, not to mention being able to keep up with his more slim rivals.
* Saber Julius Caesar of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is portrayed as comically obese, which he claims is the result of a half-failed summoning ritual. He's still one of the best units in the low-cost metagame for [[CriticalHitClass Quick-style attacks]], has a high Agility rank, and widely considered one of the best 3-star Sabers overall.

* Bounce Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' is the biggest and roundest Robot Master in the series, but due to being essentially a giant rubber bouncy ball with limbs his fighting style involves a lot of bouncing around the screen. He's even equipped with a Speed Gear instead of a Power Gear.
* Hard as it is to tell from the art style of ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'', Mae is indeed supposed to be quite overweight, as stated in her dialogue and sprite's general roundness, and she just spent the last year mostly eating pizza and not moving. This doesn't stop her at all from running around, making high jumps, and balancing on phone lines. Then again, she ''is'' a cat.
* Octosamurai in ''Videogame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' is an incredibly large, incredibly rotund Octarian, but one who lives up to his name, performing quick slashes with his weapon, leaping across the stage, and in general moving a lot faster than any boss in [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} the first game]]. He also spends a lot of time on what appears to be a unicycle and controls it so well that he's a better fighter thanks to it.

* Broadway from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' is agile for his bulk, though the fact that he has the largest wingspan of the Manhattan clan may have something to do with that.
** The same applies to the [[OldSoldier clan elder]], Hudson. He's solidly built, but still quite nimble.

* Creator/BobHoskins was a former circus acrobat who did many of his own stunts on the set of ''Film/SuperMarioBros''.

* Cheng Shin Zan of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', he has no problems flipping about like any of the thinner fighters in the series. It's the most evident in the ''Real Bout'' series where one of his supers has him floating in the air like a blimp.