History Main / BigBeautifulMan

* Mace Tyrell from Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire has put on a lot of weight with age. He is also described as a handsome man by [[HollywoodBeautyStandards Sansa]].

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Raymond Holt, the notably thickset ([[StoutStrength yet strongly built]]) captain of the 99 precinct. His subordinates generally views him with great admiration, and he is HappilyMarried to university professor Kevin Cozner, whose colleagues sees Holt as a ”[[BrainlessBeauty brainless bimbo]]”. It’s also clear that his arch-enemy Madeline Wuntch is attracted to him, despite their [[IncompatibleOrientation incompatible orientations]] and general hostility towards each other.

* ''Series/Letterkenny'' has Squirrely Dan, who's got no shortage of heft, but is still a good-looking man who seems to have little trouble getting attention from ladies. It helps that he's a legitimately nice guy who respects women and doesn't push their boundaries.

* ''The Wrong House'' has [[NiceGuy George]], who's intially the only one of the PowerTrio with a name, as well as the one with [[BiggusDickus the most to offer]] the [[NoNameGiven girl]] before the series was expanded and Flanderized him as a KavorkaMan and AscendedExtra that gets/has gotten/will get virtually ''every'' possible woman available, including [[NunTooHoly a supposed]] [[HeelFaithTurn reformed nun that became a registered sex offender for sleeping with him before he was 18]], and [[LaserGuidedKarma doing his Jerk Jock/Ted Baxter friend's girlfriend right in front of him as payback for him cheating on her with]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext a Tifa cosplayer]]. The apparent in-series reason why he gets so much tail: [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan he's sincere and actually gives a damn about the girls]].

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* ''Series/SuperFunNight'' had James, Kimmie's second love interest. Although he at first appears a slob and dumb fat guy, he later develops in a funny guy that attracts Kimmie, and by the time he appears again, he is portrayed as completely attractive, by the time, he and Kimmie start dating.
* ''Series/Letterkenny'' has Squirrely Dan, who's got no shortage of heft, but is still a good-looking man who seems to have little trouble getting attention from ladies. It helps that he's a legitimately nice guy who respects women and doesn't push their boundaries.

* In the third season the UnCancelled ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' cartoon, Red Arrow seems to have gained a few pounds. His belly is more visible while in costume. This is mainly a sign of him having settled into being a RetiredBadass content at being a father and owning a successful private security company. Nevertheless, he's still hot ''and'' is still physically fit, having no trouble fighting alongside Nightwing, Arsenal, and Guardian.

* Calvin Young of Series/CrazyExGirlfriend is a bigger fellow who instantaneously attracts the eye of both Paula and Naomi on sight.

* Randy from the Canadian {{mockumentary}} series Series/TrailerParkBoys has a rather large, hairy gut and is [[WalkingShirtlessScene ALWAYS shirtless]] (as wearing a shirt will give him a rash). He is seen as quite sexy at various times throughout the series by the trailer park owner, Barbara Lahey, Sarah, Lucy, and of course his long-term partner, trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey. He is also seen to have several signed photos from male celebrities from his days as "Smokey" the male prostitute.

* In the third season the UnCancelled ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' cartoon, Red Arrow seems to have gained a few pounds alongside a BadassBeard. His belly is more visible while in costume. This is mainly a sign of him having settled into being a RetiredBadass content at being a father and owning a successful private security company. Nevertheless, he's still hot ''and'' is still physically fit, having no trouble fighting alongside Nightwing, Arsenal, and Guardian.

* Bouncing Boy from ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', especially his reboot counterpart Chuck Taine.

* In ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', Volstaag of the Warriors Three is a [[LargeHam bold]], [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]], [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness braggadocious]] adventurer who is very fat and [[FatAndProud utterly unashamed]] of it.

* British YouTuber Daz Black is fat, attractive, and he knows it.

* Bobby of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a young "thinks he's hot stuff" variant. However, even though he's pudgy and not terribly handsome, his rather high self-esteem translates to him having a ''lot'' of self-confidence, and so he gets plenty of female attention anyway.
* Coop from ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''. While the show makes jokes about how big and out of shape he is, his face isn't bloated and exaggerated and the animators draw him looking somewhat rugged and down to Earth handsome instead of conventionally good looking, similar to Rikio Kammamoto from ''Anime/ProjectK''. It helps that he's also got a fun loving personality, is loyal to his friends, and [[FatAndProud proud of his fatness]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Arguably, Nathan Explosion. At least, he's a big guy, it's not entirely muscle, he has plenty of groupies in-universe (being a rock star helps) and many of the show's PeripheryDemographic find him attractive.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[=MMMMystery=] on the Friendship Express", Rarity comments that the pudgy pastry chef Donut Joe would look good in a tuxedo. Before this, when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Pinkie explains how he supposedly stole the cake]], she pictures him as a super spy in a tux with mares hanging on him.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter Griffin, despite being an obese idiot, has had no shortage of women interested in him, not to mention his [[UglyGuyHotWife hot wife]].
* In an odd, one time only use of this trope, [[CoolOldGuy Jerry]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. In the "Passion Patties" episode, the girls are investigating why the Happy Girls, a Girl Scouts knock off, are selling cookies that are insanely delicious and addictive and have been causing widespread riots and obesity. Jerry, [[NotSoAboveItAll despite knowing better]], tastes one of the cookies and immediately becomes addicted. The next time he's seen at the end of the episode, he's doubled in size. Despite that, he has a strange sort of attractiveness for an older guy of his size and he carries his bulk rather well. Since this series tended to work in numerous kinds of kinks and fetishes, this was obviously the intended result.

* Lord Boxman from ''OKKOLetsBeHeroes''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Greg Universe was this combined with IWasQuiteTheLooker; in the present, he's got a gut, a bald spot, and a farmer's tan that makes him look rather schlubby. As a young man, he had a body type closer to Rose Quartz and a full head of hair, so he looked much more like an attractive rock star. His son seems to be on the same track as of the Future arc, only the "big" part is downplayed on account of him being much taller than his dad was around the same age range.
* Subverted with Zapp Brannigan in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', who is shown to be quite handsome even with his clearly visible gut (which is actually bigger than it looks due to him wearing a girdle). However, Zapp's also a moronic, self-absorbed, lecherous asshole and has only been able to get one woman (Leela) to ever sleep with him, and that was out of pity. Zapp's essentially a FatBastard where the "fat" aspect has nothing to do with the "bastard" part.
* [[SadClown Jesús]] from ''WesternAnimation/SeisManos'' essentially looks like a Latino version of Coop from ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', with a similar level of comfort in his own skin (although he's a bit more self-deprecating about it).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Arguably, Nathan Explosion. At least, he's a big guy, it's not entirely muscle, he has plenty of groupies in-universe (being a rock star helps) and many of the show's PeripheryDemographic find him attractive.

* Bobby of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a young "thinks he's hot stuff" variant. However, even though he's pudgy and not terribly handsome, his rather high self-esteem translates to him having a ''lot'' of self-confidence, and so he gets plenty of female attention anyway.

* The titular rapper in ''WesternAnimation/{{Chozen}}'' is on the heavyset side, but is not necessarily unattractive.

%% * Cuba, the local BigFun, from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''.

* ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' has Shirota, the polar bear that Retsuko gets set up with. Even after realizing her mother clearly Photoshopped his picture to make him look more like a traditional {{Bishounen}}, she seems to be taken with him as they spend some time together, particularly [[{{WhenSheSmiles}} when he smiles.]]

But while this is mostly true for women, it becomes a DoubleStandard with men. The sheer size of the UglyGuyHotWife page shows that Hollywood is more likely to let a fat man attract a lover with his personality and sense of humor. But per RuleOfFunny, their beauty in another character's eyes is usually an InformedAttractiveness that doesn't even pretend to try to resonate with the audience.