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* Rolan Ajo is a Taiwanese girl who wanted to be a cosplayer, but was discouraged by her heavy frame. Ten years later, she's lost 44 lbs and is hailed as "[[http://www.dailydot.com/society/taiwan-cosplayer-rolan-ajo-loses-44-pounds/ Taiwan's cutest cosplayer]]" and a minor celebrity in her home country.
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* Annie from ''{{Series/Community}}''.
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* Matilda from ''{{Zoolander}}''.

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* Matilda from ''{{Zoolander}}''.''Film/{{Zoolander}}''.



* At the end of ''AustinPowers in: "Goldmember"'', FatBastard isn't fat anymore, because he went on the Subway diet. However he doesn't look that much better since he now has a lot of loose hanging skin.

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* At the end of ''AustinPowers in: "Goldmember"'', ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'', FatBastard isn't fat anymore, because he went on the Subway diet. However he doesn't look that much better since he now has a lot of loose hanging skin.



* Debbie Salt in ''[[Film/{{Scream}} Scream 2]]'' used to weigh 60 more pounds. [[spoiler: Back when she was Mrs. Loomis. That's how Gale didn't recognize her.]]

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* Debbie Salt in ''[[Film/{{Scream}} Scream 2]]'' ''Film/{{Scream 2}}'' used to weigh 60 more pounds. [[spoiler: Back when she was Mrs. Loomis. That's how Gale didn't recognize her.]]
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* Drew's girlfriend Nikki Fifer on ''TheDrewcareyShow''. One of the reasons that she broke up with Drew was that being with him was causing her to start putting on weight again.

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* Drew's girlfriend Nikki Fifer on ''TheDrewcareyShow''.''TheDrewCareyShow''. One of the reasons that she broke up with Drew was that being with him was causing her to start putting on weight again.
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* Drew's girlfriend Nikki Fifer on ''TheDrewcareyShow''. One of the reasons that she broke up with Drew was that being with him was causing her to start putting on weight again.
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* Haruka Nishiharu from GirlsSaurus.

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* Haruka Nishiharu from GirlsSaurus.''GirlsSaurus''.



* Joan Cusack's character in InAndOut is stated to have lost a ton of weight before the movie started.
* AlysonHannigan in [[SeltzerAndFriedberg Date Movie]].

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* Joan Cusack's character in InAndOut ''InAndOut'' is stated to have lost a ton of weight before the movie started.
* AlysonHannigan in [[SeltzerAndFriedberg ''[[SeltzerAndFriedberg Date Movie]].Movie]]''.



* Robin Wilson of SweetValleyHigh, always referred to as "formerly fat Robin" in the livejournal snark community 1bruce1.

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* Robin Wilson of SweetValleyHigh, ''SweetValleyHigh'', always referred to as "formerly fat Robin" in the livejournal snark community 1bruce1.



* Both Shmidt and Jess from NewGirl.

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* Both Shmidt and Jess from NewGirl.''NewGirl''.



* 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.
* Mary from ThirdRockFromTheSun was fat as a kid, and has a lot of issues with her parents about it to boot.

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* JPod ''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.
* Mary from ThirdRockFromTheSun ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' was fat as a kid, and has a lot of issues with her parents about it to boot.



* Angela on Who's the Boss.
* Riley on Baby Daddy.
* In the made-for-TV movie To Be Fat Like Me, the main character's mother gained weight due to health problems, leading to a complicated relationship with her daughter (played by Kaley Cuoco).

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* Angela on Who's the Boss.
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* Riley on Baby Daddy.
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* In the made-for-TV movie To ''To Be Fat Like Me, Me'', the main character's mother gained weight due to health problems, leading to a complicated relationship with her daughter (played by Kaley Cuoco).



* A killer on an episode of CSI: NY turned out to be a formerly fat young woman who poisoned her male tormenter from when she was fat at a basketball game after arranging for him to be the random fan chosen to make a prize-winning free-throw shot.

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* A killer on an episode of CSI: NY ''CSINewYork'' turned out to be a formerly fat young woman who poisoned her male tormenter from when she was fat at a basketball game after arranging for him to be the random fan chosen to make a prize-winning free-throw shot.



* Sharon of GeneralProtectionFault used to be much heavier than she is. Some harsh comments made to the obese Dexter regarding his weight cause him to nearly turn down a full-time position at GPF, but Sharon was motivated by concern for him and apologizes.

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* Sharon of GeneralProtectionFault ''GeneralProtectionFault'' used to be much heavier than she is. Some harsh comments made to the obese Dexter regarding his weight cause him to nearly turn down a full-time position at GPF, but Sharon was motivated by concern for him and apologizes.
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* Seth Rogen, who was once fairly chunky, dropped weight to play TheGreenHornet. His weight loss is noted in ''FunnyPeople''

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* Seth Rogen, who was once fairly chunky, dropped weight to play TheGreenHornet.Film/TheGreenHornet. His weight loss is noted in ''FunnyPeople''
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* Ira in ''FunnyPeople'' has recently dropped a lot of weight. His roommates mention it a few times and say he's less funny and looks weird because of it. This is some RealitySubtext, as Seth Rogen had lost weight to play ''TheGreenHornet''.

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* Ira in ''FunnyPeople'' has recently dropped a lot of weight. His roommates mention it a few times and say he's less funny and looks weird because of it. This is some RealitySubtext, as Seth Rogen had lost weight to play ''TheGreenHornet''.''Franchise/TheGreenHornet''.
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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/MaidSama'' was this when he was a kid and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer was bullied]] because of that. His feelings for Misaki stems from her protecting him from these bullies and he moved to his grandparents in the country and he slims down by eating their vegetables.

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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/MaidSama'' was this when he was a kid and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer was bullied]] because of that. His feelings for Misaki stems from her protecting him from these bullies and he moved to his grandparents grandparents' in the country and he slims down by eating their vegetables.
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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/MaidSama'' was this when he was a kid and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer was bullied]] because of that. His feelings for Misaki stems from hher protecting him from these bullies and he moved to his grandparents in the country and he slims down by eating their vegetables.

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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/MaidSama'' was this when he was a kid and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer was bullied]] because of that. His feelings for Misaki stems from hher her protecting him from these bullies and he moved to his grandparents in the country and he slims down by eating their vegetables.

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* In the made-for-TV movie To Be Fat Like Me, the main character's mother gained weight due to healt problems, leading to a complicated relationship with her daughter (played by Kaley Cuoco).

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* In the made-for-TV movie To Be Fat Like Me, the main character's mother gained weight due to healt health problems, leading to a complicated relationship with her daughter (played by Kaley Cuoco).


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* Regina and Aisha on ''TheSteveHarveyShow'' were both fat as kids. Aisha's mom sent her to a fat camp to lose the weight while nothing much is said about how Regina lost hers. It's implied that she lost weight between high school and college.
* Prof. Olgevee on ''TheParkers'' was fat as a kid and this was shown in a flashback. He was teased by the neighborhood kids. He was embarrassed to reveal this to Nikki and her equally-heavy friends.
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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/MaidSama'' was this when he was a kid and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer was bullied because of that]]. His feelings for Misaki stems from hher protecting him from these bullies and he moved to his grandparents in the country and he slims down by eating their vegetables.

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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/MaidSama'' was this when he was a kid and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer was bullied bullied]] because of that]].that. His feelings for Misaki stems from hher protecting him from these bullies and he moved to his grandparents in the country and he slims down by eating their vegetables.
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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/KaichouWaMaidSama'' was this when he was a kid.

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* Shintani Hinata from ''Manga/KaichouWaMaidSama'' ''Manga/MaidSama'' was this when he was a kid.kid and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer was bullied because of that]]. His feelings for Misaki stems from hher protecting him from these bullies and he moved to his grandparents in the country and he slims down by eating their vegetables.
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* In ''MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm'', Jax reveals to Sonya that he used to be the fattest kid in his school.
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* A killer on an episode of CSI: NY turned out to be a formerly fat young woman who poisoned her male tormenter from when she was fat at a basketball game after arranging for him to be the random fan chosen to make a prize-winning free-throw shot.
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* In ''Film/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.

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* In ''Film/GetSmart'', Maxwell during the flight to Russia, Smart proudly shows an old picture of himself to Agent 99, wherein he weighs much, much more than he does at the time. We In fact, when speaking to the Chief, earlier we see a short flashback FlashbackCut wherein he exercises rigorously so he can have the proper shape to be an agent of CONTROL.a CONTROL employee. In return for Smart showing his photo, 99 produces a photo showing her MagicPlasticSurgery.
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* Josh Peck
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* Both Shmidt and Jess from NewGirl.
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* One of the 4-koma comics on ''GaiaOnline'' has Liam blackmailing athletic ValleyGirl Sasha with high-school yearbook photos of her as an obese, terribly-dressed teenager.

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* Mycroft Holmes in ''Series/{{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]].

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* Mycroft Holmes in ''Series/{{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]].stories]] and Sherlock frequently pokes fun of Mycroft for supposedly "gaining" weight again.



* In ''{{Persona 4}}'', Ai Ebihara, the Moon Social Link.

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* In ''{{Persona 4}}'', Ai Ebihara, the Moon Social Link. Excessive bullying and a sudden upgrade in her family's wealth led her to shed all of it in an effort to abandon her past life.
* ''{{Persona 2: Innocent Sin}}'' reveals this to the be past of Eikichi Mishina, who completely changed his image after frequent bullying culminated in a thug pulling his pants down in front of the girl he liked. He is now extremely attractive and popular and nobody at his current school realizes his past.
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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Wings Helen Chapel]] was very fat as a child.
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** Monica's reason for wanting to lose weight was because at one Thanksgiving with her family, Chandler wound up calling her fat to Ross behind her back and she overheard it. This hurt her because not only she had a crush on Chandler, but hearing someone she liked make fun of her weight simply broke her heart. She decided to start maintaining her diet in order to slim down and make Chandler jealous that he could have had her. It was working until Monica accidentally dropped a knife on Chandler's toe and it couldn't be saved. Cut to present day Chandler now upset that he lost a toe because he called Monica fat.
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* Hanna, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars''who struggles with self-image issues and bulimia. She used to be mocked by [[PosthumousCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "It Girl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.

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* Hanna, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars''who ''PrettyLittleLiars'' who struggles with self-image issues and bulimia. She used to be mocked by [[PosthumousCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "It Girl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.
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* Hanna, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars'' used to be mocked by [[PosthumousCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "It Girl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.

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* Hanna, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars'' ''PrettyLittleLiars''who struggles with self-image issues and bulimia. She used to be mocked by [[PosthumousCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "It Girl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.
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* Hanna Marin, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars'' used to be mocked by [[PosthumousCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "It Girl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.

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* Hanna Marin, Hanna, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars'' used to be mocked by [[PosthumousCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "It Girl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.
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* Hanna Marin, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars'' used to be mocked by [[PosthumusCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "ItGirl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.

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* Hanna Marin, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars'' used to be mocked by [[PosthumusCharacter [[PosthumousCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "ItGirl") "It Girl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.
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* [[FemmeFatale Rachel]] [[TheCheerleader Gatina]] from ''OneTreeHill'' was originally obese before undergoing plastic surgery treatments to alter her appearance.
* Hanna Marin, the "It Girl" from ''PrettyLittleLiars'' used to be mocked by [[PosthumusCharacter Alison]] (the AlphaBitch and former "ItGirl") for being overweight. Over the summer, after Alison's disappearance, Hanna became gorgeous and skinny.
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* PeterJackson.

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* PeterJackson.Creator/PeterJackson.
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* Riley on Baby Daddy.

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* Riley on Baby Daddy.



* Both Jack and Kelly Osbourne, although more chubby than fat.

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* Both Jack and Kelly Osbourne, although more chubby than fat.



** Likewise the reality show My 600-lb life.

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** Likewise the reality show My 600-lb life.



* Al Roker from ''Today'' on {{NBC}}.

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* Al Roker from ''Today'' on {{NBC}}.Creator/{{NBC}}.
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* Both Jack and Kelly Osbourne, although more chubby than fat.
* Ricki Lake


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** Likewise the reality show My 600-lb life.


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* Carnie Wilson underwent lap-band surgery, broadcast online. (Although as of 2011 she'd gained back quite a bit due to stress and pregnancy).

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