History Main / BigBeautifulMan

* During ''[[WebVideo/CriticalRole Critical Role's]]'' campaign 1, [[Creator/MatthewMercer Matt]] the GameMaster was insistent that the non-player character Gilmore is a very handsome man despite not being muscular or fit, and he described him as having a paunch and "meaty" hands.[[note]] (Matt could not by any objective standards ever be called "chubby", but he used to be at some point in his youth and suffered from body image issues so severe that he couldn't use public swimming pools or otherwise undress in front of people. As a result, he not only takes offense at people judging others by their appearance or using the word "fat" as a casual insult, but he actually still has a bad case of body dysmorphic disorder, which means his brain cannot recognize that his body is now slender and conventionally attractive - hence the long, loose vests to conceal his torso and hips. He has mentioned that Gilmore and his healthy self-love is one of his favorite characters to play, because of "the part of [him] that wants to be more like that." So yes, it is probably quite important to Matt that Gilmore be accepted as beautiful ''and'' big.)[[/note]] Among the player group and their guests, this character's attractiveness and sky-high charisma quickly took on almost memetic proportions. And while [[CampGay Gilmore]] is probably too femme in his fashion sense and body language to appeal to gay male viewers with bearish beauty standards, [[Creator/LiamOBrien Liam]] was very happy to flirt with him while playing [[TheTwink Vax'ildan]] - the only thing that briefly dampened his enthusiasm was the quickly discarded mental image that Gilmore was wearing the "wizard-equivalent of a track suit." However, most of the fan artists predictably ignored that Gilmore is canonically a BigBeautifulMan and depicted him as a middle-aged {{Bishonen}} instead.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Stan Smith is on the chunky side, having a nice layer of fat to accompany his noticeable muscle mass, and also RatedMForManly (or, rather, comedic TestosteronePoisoning). Although Stan's perception of his looks has been explored upon. In the first episode, he's admiring himself in the mirror wearing only his underwear and thinks he's a masterpiece, but in the second season when his family points out he's a little heavyset he becomes horrified and develops anorexia. Following this, Stan appearance has shifted to an even greater musculature, though still featuring a noticeable amount of fat, and most comments about Stan's attractiveness now pertain to his prominent backside.

* Hunter of ''ComicBook/TheBackstagers'' was explicitly designed to be a bit overweight, with a visibly big belly, and is also genuinely handsome and attractive as well as charismatic, confident, and an unapologetic gay flirt.

* During ''[[WebVideo/CriticalRole Critical Role's]]'' campaign 1, [[Creator/MatthewMercer Matt]] the GameMaster was insistent that the non-player character Gilmore is a very handsome man despite not being muscular or fit, and he described him as having a paunch and "meaty" hands.[[note]] (Matt could not by any objective standards ever be called "chubby", but he used to be at some point in his youth and suffered from body image issues so severe that he couldn't use public swimming pools or otherwise undress in front of people. As a result, he not only takes offense at people judging others by their appearance or using the word "fat" as a casual insult, but he actually still has a bad case of body dysmorphic disorder, which means his brain cannot recognize that his body is now slender and conventionally attractive - hence the long, loose vests to conceal his torso and hips. He has mentioned that Gilmore and his healthy self-love is one of his favorite characters to play, because of "the part of [him] that wants to be more like that." So yes, it is probably quite important to Matt that Gilmore be accepted as beautiful ''and'' big.)[[/note]] Among the player group and their guests, this character's attractiveness and sky-high charisma quickly took on almost memetic proportions. And while [[CampGay Gilmore]] is probably too femme in his fashion sense and body language to appeal to gay male viewers with bearish beauty standards, Liam was very happy to flirt with him while playing [[TheTwink Vax'ildan]] - the only thing that briefly dampened his enthusiasm was the quickly discarded mental image that Gilmore was wearing the "wizard-equivalent of a track suit." However, most of the fan artists predictably ignored that Gilmore is canonically a BigBeautifulMan and depicted him as a middle-aged {{Bishonen}} instead.

* During ''[[WebVideo/CriticalRole Critical Role's]]'' campaign 1, Matt the GameMaster was insistent that the non-player character Gilmore is a very handsome man despite not being muscular or fit, and he described him as having a paunch and "meaty" hands.[[note]] (Matt could not by any objective standards ever be called "chubby", but he used to be at some point in his youth, and he suffered from body image issues so severe that he couldn't use public swimming pools or otherwise undress in front of people. As a result, he not only takes offense at people judging others by their appearance or using the word "fat" as a casual insult, but he actually still has a bad case of body dysmorphic disorder, which means his brain cannot recognize that his body is now slender and conventionally attractive - hence the long, loose vests to conceal his torso and hips. He has mentioned that Gilmore and his healthy self-love is one of his favorite characters to play, because of "the part of [him] that wants to be more like that." So yes, it is probably quite important to him that Gilmore be accepted as big ''and'' beautiful.)[[/note]] Among the player group and their guests, this character's attractiveness and sky-high charisma quickly took on almost memetic proportions. And while [[CampGay Gilmore]] is probably too femme in his fashion sense and body language to appeal to gay men with bearish beauty standards, Liam was very happy to flirt with him while playing [[TheTwink Vax'ildan.]] However, most of the fan artists predictably ignored that Gilmore is canonically a BigBeautifulMan and depicted him as a middle-aged {{Bishonen}} instead.
** On the other hand, quite a few female and queer male fans consider the ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' player Creator/TaliesinJaffe to be dead sexy. regardless of his current body size. He's got a lot of charisma, wit

* Gloria the hippo's [[RomanticFalseLead suitor]] Moto Moto, in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}: Escape 2 Africa'', is clearly intended to be one. And it would seem that hippos as a species find chubbiness attractive, since Moto Moto and Gloria's flirting is made entirely of fat jokes.

* ''Bad Signs'': Philip is a bit on the chubby side, but is easy on the eyes and is even stated by Rachel to be very handsome. Also helps that he's a NiceGuy and likes making people laugh which is always appealing.

* ''Film/SpiderMan2'' has Otto Octavius/Doc Ock, who is quite ugly in the comics, but gets hit with AdaptationalAttractiveness for the movie. He's still a paunchy, out of shape, middle-aged man, but his genuine charisma, badassery, and TragicVillain storyline still earns him [[EvilIsSexy some serious points with the fanbase]], and even the DVD commentary mentions how they deliberately tried to make him charming. Even in-universe, he's been HappilyMarried to a beautiful woman for many years. Upon the trailer release for ''[[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Spiderman: No Way Home]]'', Octavius experienced a resurge of fan popularity and even became a Tumblr sexyman.

* In ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'', Frank Zhang becomes this through the series. When he is first described and introduced in ''The Son of Neptune'' he is said to be a large and stocky boy, muscular enough to have a wrestler-like body but chubby enough for it to be a ''sumo'' wrestler's body. Interestingly, while he starts out as cute and cuddly (like a "Koala bear with muscles") it is pointed out that he isn't actually "handsome" due to the fatness and muscles not mixing well on him: his burly build and chubby face only make him look like a "giant baby on steroids". In ''The House of Hades'', thanks to a blessing from Mars, he actually gets "handsome", a rougher and "warlike" handsome, but in the process he loses his fatness, as the blessing makes him taller and more muscular, while also removing his "spare tire" and "baby cheeks", making him very lean. (In-story it is pointed out he went from a "teddy bear" to a "grizzly bear".) However, by ''The Tyrant's Tomb'', Frank's natural weight caught up with this "magical growth spurt" resulting in him becoming a living example of this trope: big and girthy, but also large and muscular, with the warrior's handsomeness AND the chubby baby cheeks.

** Samwise Gamgee fits the bill for being the [[WorkingClassHero biggest]] of the Hobbits and hit with AdaptationalAttractiveness, both of which have ''not'' downgraded his adorkable features one bit.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Creator/SebastianStan bulked up ''a lot'' for his role as Bucky Barnes in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' compared to his appearance in the previous two Captain America movies, enough that the prosthetic he wore to create his metal arm in ''The Winter Soldier'' couldn't be reused. Most of it was [[HeroicBuild muscle]], but he was carrying enough padding to appeal to fans who appreciate bigger men. His solid build and round face made a good visual {{foil}} to Creator/ChrisEvans' more stereotypically superheroic [[MemeticMutation Dorito]]-shaped figure and LanternJawOfJustice.
** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler:Thor packs on the pounds in the five years after Thanos' snap as a side result of trying to cope with failing to kill Thanos [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the first time]]. Given that he's still Creator/ChrisHemsworth, he doesn't look half-bad despite being physically comparable to (and compared to by Tony) [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]].]]
** M'Baku in ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' has a thicker, barrel-chested build that contrasts with T'Challa and Killmonger's leaner and more defined musculature, and gets plenty of thirst from the fanbase. Also a case of StoutStrength.

** This trope applies to a lot of Creator/AlfredMolina characters, as well as the man himself.

* Ray Stantz of the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' franchise has a definite belly, but many fans find him all the more attractive because of it, as it only contributes to his already adorkable personality.
* Creator/SethRogen has a stocky build at best, but he's also very sweet and charming so his build makes him rather attractive.
** The same could also be said of most characters portrayed by Creator/JackBlack, as well as the man himself.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Stan Smith is on the chunky side, having a nice layer of fat to accompany his noticeable muscle mass, and also RatedMForManly (or, rather, comedic TestosteronePoisoning) Although Stan's perception of his looks has been explored upon. In the first episode he's admiring himself in the mirror wearing only his underwear and thinks he's a masterpiece, but in the second season when his family points out he's a little heavyset he becomes horrified and develops anorexia. Following this, Stan appearance has shifted to an even greater musculature, though still featuring a noticeable amount of fat, and most comments about Stan's attractiveness now pertain to his prominent backside.

* The ChubbyChaser viewpoint song "Three Hundred Pounds Of Hongry," may or may not be about one: The {{Love Interest}}'s gender [[DependingOnTheArtist varies]] by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpSawQyZuIk exact version]] of the song; however, they're definitely fat, definitely a BigEater (which the narrator finds endearing), and decidedly attractive from the narrator's perspective.

The SpearCounterpart of BigBeautifulWoman. Big Beautiful Man can overlap to some degree with {{Acrofatic}}, {{Bara}}, TheBear, BigFun, TheBigGuy, CharlesAtlasSuperpower, FatAndProud, HollywoodPudgy and StoutStrength. In fact, this trope overlaps with TheBear ''so often'' that some people consider them the same trope -- except that technically this trope is about body fat and the other trope is about body hair.

The SpearCounterpart of BigBeautifulWoman. Big Beautiful Man can overlap to some degree with {{Acrofatic}}, {{Bara}}, TheBear, BigFun, TheBigGuy, CharlesAtlasSuperPower, FatAndProud, HollywoodPudgy and StoutStrength. In fact, this trope overlaps with TheBear ''so often'' that some people consider them the same trope -- except that technically this trope is about body fat and the other trope is about body hair.

* In ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'', Frank Zhang becomes this through the series. When he is first described and introduced in ''The Son of Neptune'' he is said to be a large and stocky boy, muscular enough to have a wrestler-like body but chubby enough for it to be a ''sumo'' wrestler's body. Interestingly, while he started out as cute and cuddly (like a "Koala bear with muscles") it is pointed out that he isn't actually "handsome" due to the fatness and muscles not mixing well on him: his burly build and chubby face only make him look like a "giant baby on steroids". In ''The House of Hades'', thanks to a blessing from Mars, he actually gets "handsome", a rougher and "warlike" handsome, but in the process he loses his fatness, as the blessing makes him taller and more muscular, while also removes his "spare tire" and "baby cheeks", making him very lean. However, by ''The Tyrant's Tomb'', Frank's natural weight caught up with this "magical growth spurt" resulting in him becoming a living example of this trope: big and girthy, but also large and muscular, with the warrior's handsomeness AND the chubby baby cheeks.

** [[UpToEleven Goes even further]] if your male character has the "[[BigFun Brawny]]" and "[[BoisterousBruiser Strong]]" traits, which further boost attraction opinion by a whopping ''+40'' - in addition to [[{{Acrofatic}} boosting your combat skills.]]

* ''Film/SpiderMan2'' has Otto Octavius/Doc Ock, who is quite ugly in the comics, but gets hit with AdaptationalAttractiveness for the movie. He's still a paunchy, out of shape, middle-aged man, but his genuine charisma, badassery, and TragicVillain storyline still earns him [[EvilIsSexy some serious points with the fanbase]], and even the DVD commentary mentions how they deliberately tried to make him charming. Even in-universe, he's been HappilyMarried to a beautiful woman for many years. Upon the trailer release for ''[[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome]]'', Octavius experienced a resurge of fan popularity and even became a Tumblr sexyman.

* ''Film/SpiderMan2'' has Otto Octavius/Doc Ock, who is quite ugly in the comics, but gets hit with serious AdaptationalAttractiveness for the movie. He's still a paunchy, out of shape, middle-aged man, but his genuine charisma, badassery, and TragicVillain storyline still earns him some serious thirst from the fanbase in an EvilIsSexy kind of way, and even WordOfGod has said they deliberately tried to make him charming. Even in-universe, he's been HappilyMarried to a beautiful woman for many years. Upon the trailer release for ''Spiderman: No Way Home'', Octavius experienced a resurge of fan popularity and even became a Tumblr sexyman.