History Main / NeverGetsFat

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Despite eating a lot and being lazy in general, Usagi still remains slim. Played with in a couple of episodes where it is implied that she ''has'' put on a couple of pounds (albeit not enough to classify her as overweight) as a result of her poor diet and exercise.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with Beavis and Butt-Head themselves. They are somehow very slim in spite of their diet consisting of nothing but junk food such as nachos, cheeseburgers, and pizza. One possibility is that they burn most of the calories by walking around town a lot. The only times they become out-of-shape are in "Supersize Me" and as middle-aged men.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'':

* ''Manga/SailorMoon'': Despite eating a lot and being lazy in general, Usagi still remains slim. Played with in a couple of episodes where it is implied that she ''has'' put on a couple of pounds (albeit not enough to classify her as overweight) as a result of her poor diet and exercise.
* Justified in-universe in ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', where practically half the cast consists of {{Big Eater}}s, as spellcasting requires high caloric intake.

* Justified with Catarina in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. She eats a lot of sweets, but she usually overeats due to her lack of self-control and [[VomitDiscretionShot makes herself sick]]. Also, her two main hobbies are rather physically demanding (farming and climbing trees), so any calories she does manage to digest get burned off pretty quickly.

** Zig-zagged on account of Luffy's eating habits. Luffy eats so much food like there's no tomorrow pretty much all the time. He does get fat, but only in a short amount of time. Whenever does he get fat, he always gets back to skinny in no time. Probably justified since he's a RubberMan and his fighting style is stated to use lots of calories.

When a character eats too much food, no matter how much or how unhealthy, but just won't gain any visible weight. Maybe they will but [[TemporaryBulkChange only for a few seconds of screen time]] as a gag or perhaps for a VerySpecialEpisode. Then they will go back to fighting bad guys or performing neat moves like backflips.

A common {{justifi|edTrope}}cation would be that such characters are always active (like running every day, fighting bad guys that always cause trouble or carrying heavy objects everywhere they go), [[CastFromCalories they use magic]], they have a high level of metabolism, or the food they eat is healthy. This trope can be {{Zig Zagged|Trope}} if the character gets fat in a short time, but gets skinny and/or fit again afterwards.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with Beavis and Butt-Head themselves. They are somehow very slim in spite of their diet consisting of nothing but junk food such as nachos, cheeseburgers, and pizza. It is implied most of the calories are burnt from walking around town a lot. The only times they become out-of-shape are in "Supersize Me" and as middle-aged men.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' features probably the most gluttonous version of Daffy ever, who is constantly lazing about and eating junk food (some really weird). Despite this, he retains his thin build. [[spoiler: "A Lame Duck Mind" reveals he stole a miracle diet pill created by I.Q. High and Manobrain, that allows one to stay thin no matter what they eat. The Cadet immediately lampshades this.]]

Whenever a character eats too much food, no matter how much or how unhealthy, this person just won't gain a huge gut or end up in a mobile chair. Maybe they will but [[TemporaryBulkChange only for a few seconds of screen time]] as a gag or perhaps for a VerySpecialEpisode. Then they will go back to fighting bad guys or performing neat moves like backflips.

This often happens to a BigEater. Compare HyperactiveMetabolism, where a video game character regains HP/stamina through eating, usually with no weight-related consequences simply because the concept of weight itself was never programmed.

* Jughead from the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' series eats staggering amounts of food that should make him fat but he is always portrayed as very thin.

* Maggy from ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' is the poster child for this trope, as she eats large amounts of food at one time, yet she is always drawn as very thin. This gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the teen spinoff manga, where she still loves to eat food, but she is now extremely worried about her health.

* Lampshaded in ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' with Richard and incessant love of sweets. He claims to stay in shape by boxing and that his blood sugar isn't a concern, but Seigi doesn't seem fully convinced, and Seigi wonders if half the people staring at them in restaurants aren't just distracted by his beauty, but wonder how he looks like ''that'' while eating like ''that''.

* Greg Heffley in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' is well aware of how constantly skinny he is, no matter how much food he eats, which he notes in "The Meltdown."

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' has Shaggy and Scooby eat huge amounts of food in one sitting, but they remain pretty trim. [[JustifiedTrope Jusitifed]] since they're always running away from danger and the speeds that Shaggy can go through can rival ''Olympian athletes.'' The original cartoon even noted Shaggy was in track and a gymnast. Little wonder he goes through so much food with Scooby if they're burning it through regular amounts of panic-induced exercise. Though several episodes and some of the movies show the two can gain a lot of weight from how much they consume, they also tend to burn it off almost immediately either because they metabolize everything fairly quickly or because they run like Hell after being scared. So it's more that they never ''stay'' fat.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[HilariousInFlashback Ironically]], this was true of Homer Simpson when he was a teenager. While he appears to have been the same BigEater all his life, his youthful "metabomolism" protected him from the visible effects until he was in his 20s.

* [[HilariousInFlashback Ironically]], this was true of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] when he was a teenager. While he appears to have been the same BigEater all his life, his youthful "metabomolism" protected him from the visible effects until he was in his 20s.

* In ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', one of the powers granted by the Yin-Yang Orb is the ability to eat sweets without getting fat.

* In the ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}''[=/=]''Franchise/OnePiece'' crossover, ''Fanfic/{{Justice}}'':

* Justified in-universe in ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'', where practically half the cast consists of [[BigEater big eaters]], as spellcasting requires high caloric intake.

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* Spoofed in an issue of ''ComicBook/EarthX'', featuring a very fat and balding Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} who married Comicbook/JeanGrey (also immensely overweight). As the couple snark with each other Logan insists that his HealingFactor prevents him from getting fat (despite the ample evidence to the contrary).

* Queen Memory in ''VideoGame/TwinkleStarSprites'' is a notorious BigEater who never seems to gain a single pound no matter how much she eats. It's implied that all the fat goes to her breasts, which probably explains why they're GagBoobs in ''La Petite Princesse''.

* Justified with Catarina in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. She eats a lot of sweets, but she usually overeats due to her lack of self-control and [[VomitDiscretionShot makes herself sick]]. Also, her two main hobbies are rather physically demanding (farming and climbing trees), so any calories she does manage to digest get burned off pretty quickly.