History Main / FormerlyFat

* The main antagonist from the 5th season of ''{{Dexter}}'' was overweight as a child.

* Mycroft Holmes in ''{{Sherlock}}''. In this case, it's a MythologyGag--although the ''Sherlock'' incarnation of Mycroft is played by skinny Mark Gatiss, the character was morbidly obese in [[SherlockHolmes the original stories]].
* ''TheSopranos'': Vito Spatafore loses 160 lbs between season 5 and 6. This was RealLifeWritesThePlot, as actor Joseph R. Gannascoli had lost a similar amount of weight for health reasons.

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* In ''{{Drag Me to Hell}}'', Christine was an overweight, poor country girl in her youth. She's dropped the weight, lost her accent, and is dedicated to climbing the social ladder. Her boyfriend is from an elite, wealthy family that still makes her feel inadequate. This is what motivates her to jockey for a promotion by refusing the gypsy woman's loan extension.

[[folder: Literature]]

* Ben Hanscom of {{Stephen King}}'s ''{{IT}}'' was fat as a kid, but ended up slimming down as an adult by the time that he and [[TrueCompanions the Loser's Club]] meet up again to battle It.

* Fat Charlie Nancy of ''AnansiBoys'', who was fat for just long enough to acquire the nickname. It stuck.

* On ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Jack Hunter is revealed to have been fat in high school, to the point that people called him "Jumbo Jack". He explains that this is why he goes to the gym so much and is obsessed with his looks.

* {{JPod}} had Kaitlin Joyce: she even starred in a TV commercial promoting the "miracle diet" that helped her out. It shated more than a few traits with the ''Subway'' ads.

* Mycroft Holmes in ''{{Sherlock}}''. In this case, it's a MythologyGag--although the ''Sherlock'' incarnation of Mycroft is played by skinny Mark Gatiss, the character was morbidly obese in [[SherlockHolmes the original stories]].

* Heather from ''WesternAnimation/{{Total Drama Island}}'' [[AllThereInTheManual has been stated to have been]] a fat, unpopular, brace-faced dork in middle school. It's possible that her experiences with bullying contributed to her cutthroat personality.

* Nazz from ''EdEddNEddy'', who's the resident [[HelloNurse hottie]], was revealed to be [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110103163132/ed/images/thumb/9/9d/Kevin_Remember.jpg/503px-Kevin_Remember.jpg quite]] heavy when she was younger.

* ''TheSopranos'': Vito Spatafore loses 160 lbs between season 5 and 6. This was RealLiftWritesThePlot, as actor Joseph R. Gannascoli had lost a similar amount of weight for health reasons.

* Monica from ''{{Friends}}'' was definitely this.
** In "The One with the Rumor", she invites her old high-school friend, Will for Thanksgiving, who used to be so fat that Monica was his "thin friend". In present day, he's played by BradPitt.

* I think Maya on ''JustShootMe'' was fat as a youngster but I'm not sure about that.

* Raven Symone
** Inverted.
* Richard Simmons (or so he claims).

* In ''{{Drag Me to Hell}}'', we learn that Christine was crowned "Pork Queen" at a county fair as a child. This ties into the film's anorexia subtext.

* Han Solo Berger (AndySamberg) in ''That's My Boy''. He still has to take insulin to treat his diabetes though (since his dad let him eat cake and lollipops for breakfast as a kid).

* Overweight Reika from ''Anime/GingaEKickoff'' is accepted in a soccer team mainly because they need one more player to be be legal for an upcoming tournament. She eventually becomes more fit.

* Overweight Reika from ''GingaEKickoff'' is accepted in a soccer team mainly because they need one more player to be be legal for an upcoming tournament. She eventually becomes more fit.

* In ''GetSmart'', Maxwell proudly shows an old picture of himself to Agent 99, wherein he weighs much, much more than he does at the time. We see a short flashback wherein he exercises rigorously so he can have the proper shape to be an agent of CONTROL.

* TheNostalgiaChick was once a fat, wangsty EmoTeen who listened to ''PhantomOfTheOpera'' because he knew her pain.
* Now LeanAndMean, WebOriginal/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses used to be the size of a bulldozer and felt dead inside.

* A patient on ''{{House}}'', who was formerly morbidly obese and had become a highly successful personal trainer. [[spoiler: It turned out that she had had gastric bypass surgery, rather than "losing it the old fashioned way." It also turned out that her weight was a result of her self-medicating her genetic disorder with fatty foods. Reversing the surgery and returning to her old lifestyle would have cured her, but she opts for a lifetime of medication instead.]]

* Amy Wong from ''{{Futurama}}'' was very fat as a child; even her parents tease her mercilessly about it. In one episode, the main characters all revert to their childhood forms, and Amy, again overweight, becomes the butt of all her parents' childish jokes.
* Heather from {{Total Drama Island}} [[AllThereInTheManual has been stated to have been]] a fat, unpopular, brace-faced dork in middle school. It's possible that her experiences with bullying contributed to her cutthroat personality.