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* Po from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', 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.]]

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

** Homer and Flanders have a
[[LeParkour parkour]] sequence in one episode. Flanders is quite fit, but Homer is, well, Homer.
Then there was the time [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI7kThauHS0 the time he trained for Whacking Day]]. In a high school flashback, Homer was shown to be a talented gymnast until his father distracted him in the middle of a competitive floor routine, cutting his career short.

** Despite Homer's usual clumsiness, he can be very athletic if he needs to be, best evidenced by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI7kThauHS0 the time he trained for Whacking Day]]. In a high school flashback, Homer was shown to be a talented gymnast until his father distracted him in the middle of a competitive floor routine, cutting his career short.

** Homer's pal Barney is also fat, but when he's sober, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKTZqgLj410 he can do backflips with ease!]]

* Owen, [=LeShawna=], and Beth from the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series compete in the same physical challenges as the other contestants without any problems. While Owen and [=LeShawna=] are sometimes out of breath, it never seems to cause them any big problems. Owen's weight and/or size has occasionally posed a problem for his team when the challenge involved moving or lifting other teammates; but as often, he's the one doing the lifting or moving of someone else and his accompanying strength is a real asset. Plus, [[AcceptableTargets being fat]], the smell of food can motivate him to incredible speeds.

** Homer and Flanders have a [[LeParkour parkour]] sequence in one episode. Flanders is quite fit, but Homer is, well, Homer. Then there was the time he was training for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43RID9cIEAE Whacking Day]]. He's even been shown to be able to walk with his hands.
** In a high school flashback, Homer was shown to be a talented gymnast until his father distracted him in the middle of a competitive floor routine, cutting his career short.

** Homer's pal Barney is more overweight that he is, but when he's off the sauce, he can do backflips ''while singing the MajorGeneralSong!''

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' are [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]] and correspondingly chubby, but can all leap several times their own height and travel at speed by belly-sliding even on not particularly smooth surfaces.

* By the third season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', since semi-retiring from superhero work to focus on raising his daughter Lian and run his private security business, Red Arrow's put on some pounds and sports a visible dad gut. He's still shown to be as nimble as he was years prior and has no problem kicking ass when expected to suit up again.

* 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."

* Deliberately invoked with the video for Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE 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."

** Also, Big Mom, though it's to be expected since she's one of the [[WorldsStrongestMan four strongest pirates in the world]]. She's perfectly capable of chasing down opponents, climbing tall buildings, and (in the anime) even performing (evil) musical numbers.

* Both Gru and El Macho from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' and [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2 its sequel]] are much more agile than one would guess based on their bulk, with the latter especially pulling off some truly impressive salsa moves.

* Tongpu, a.k.a. (Mad) Pierrot from Episode 20: ''Pierrot le Fou'' of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', the maniacally grinning rogue assassin. However, it's not clear how much of it is actual fat, and how much is an anti-grav suit. Or the absurd amount of hardware he's packed into his coat, ranging from hand grenades and shotguns to a frikkin' ROCKET LAUNCHER.

* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'': For an ''elephant'', Horton is quite graceful. He does a perfect swan dive into the river. He also climbs up a steep cliff.

* ''Series/LizzosWatchOutForTheBigGrrrls'': 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.

** Bob Newby managed to outrun the Demdogs for a while, a great feat, but hadn't he stopped to take his breath and steal a LongingLook at Joyce, he could have lived.
** Barb, [[AllThereInTheManual the official handbook said she was on Varsity Softball]] before she died along with more nerdier extracurricular, wasn't able to outrun the Demogorgan in time.

* In ''The Lion's Cavalcade'' by Alan Aldridge, Madame Pavlovna Majeste Nijinska is a hippopotamus ballerina.

%%* Josh Nichols in ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' during their talent show performance based on the ''Film/BluesBrothers'' entry above.

* Arthur the miner, from the video for The Avalanches' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpqm-05R2Jk Since I Left You]]".

* In Music/MeghanTrainor's video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk All about That Bass]]", there is a large male Tongan dancer, Sione Kelepie, who was discovered through Vine. The man pulls off some very difficult dance moves, including an incredible split.

* SantaClaus is traditionally depicted as a "fat and jolly man", but to make his deliveries, he would have to be able to run at hypersonic speeds, even disregarding the speed of his sleigh. He'd also have to be extremely superhumanly strong to carry thousands of tons of coal and toys, making him a LightningBruiser.

* 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"]].

** Babs Seed is drawn chunkier than the average filly but she is shown to be light on her hooves. She chases the Crusaders while bullying them in "One Bad Apple" and later keeps pace with her cousin Apple Bloom in "Apple Family Reunion".

** 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.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E29SurvivalOfTheIdiotsDumped "Survival of the Idiots"]], Sandy is in the middle of hibernating, and she engorged herself on acorns before she went to sleep, causing her to be about 5x her normal weight and height. When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick inadvertently wake her up in a sleepwalking trance, she's currently dreaming that she's a sheriff back in Texas chasing down two outlaws named Dirty Dan and Pinhead Larry. As such, she projects them onto [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, attempting to kill them, and despite her being fattened up, she's ''blisteringly'' fast on all fours, can rip off Patrick's forehead just by ''grabbing it'', and was able to knock [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick out [[StealthPun cold]].

** Smokey Quartz, the fusion of [[spoiler: Steven and Amethyst]]. They're massive in most senses of the word (though on the short side as fusions go), but in their debut they pull off some major acrobatics to the point where their opponent,[[spoiler: Jasper, the Ultimate Quartz,]] can't even ''touch'' them. [[spoiler:It helps that they have the same NotQuiteFlight as Rose]].

* ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy'' has Serena [=McGrady=], the daughter of [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Harold and Leshawna]]. Much like her mother, she's a BigBeautifulWoman, but she's also surprisingly agile. Especially when she's [[NinjaRun Naruto-running]].

* The title character in Joe R. Lansdale's short story "The Fat Man." A morbidly obese HumanoidAbomination and VillainousGlutton with a second mouth in his stomach, the Fat Man is surprisingly fast and agile for such an enormous and flabby individual, described as leaping gracefully into the air to dive at his victims. [[spoiler:He pretty effortlessly chases down and eats both protagonists in the story.]]

* In the first film of ''Film/TheGodfather'' trilogy, Vito's rather surprising quickness saves his life during Sollozzo's ambush.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles,'' Mr. Incredible is this post–time skip, before he gets himself back in shape, along with StoutStrength of course.

* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'': For an ''elephant'', Horton is ''quite'' graceful. He does a ''perfect swan dive'' into the river. He also climbs up a steep cliff.

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

* The overweight ninja from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama''.