History Main / StoutStrength

** Kyriakos Grizzly, a middle-aged former Olympic Weightlifter turned {{bouncer}} from the Greek city of Kavala, known by some as "the strongest man on the internet" and (affectionately) to fans as the "Bloatlord" with his style of workout and calorie intake known as "Bloatmaxxing", is effectively a SphereOfDestruction at this point with no neck; He regularly posts videos of weighting anywhere from 190-210 kilos, and '''much''' more than you might think of that is muscle. As a result, he is absurdly strong, able to lift weights most can't even move, including sled-pulling over ''half a ton'' and being able to remain seated when men 3/4th's of his size try to pull him up by the arm. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQ2d0xUBm8 See former World's Strongest Man Brian Shaw struggle to move 2/3rd's of the weight Kyriakos does on the Zercher Shrug for yourself]].

* Gloria from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' can smash through brick walls with her power. Makes sense, since she's a hippo.

* In ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'', OCTOPUS also employs stout types to carry their heavy artillery. And it takes quite a lot to put these guys down.

* Oddjob in ''Film/{{Goldfinger})'': Short and stocky (actor Harold Sakata was a former Olympic weightlifter and professional wrestler), Oddjob could shrug off a gold bar hurled at him and was strong enough to crush a golf ball to dust with one hand.

* Oddjob in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}]'': Short and stocky (actor Harold Sakata was a former Olympic weightlifter and professional wrestler), Oddjob could shrug off a gold bar hurled at him and was strong enough to crush a golfball to dust with one hand.

* Futoshi Shimano from ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' is [[{{Expy}} basically]] the Kingpin (see the Comic Books folder above) as a {{Yakuza}} boss, whose seemingly fat with the suit on but reveals some impressive muscle when he takes it off for a beatdown with his fists or katana.
** Hiroki Awano from ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' is noticeably pudgy, but his arms are bulging with muscle. It is mentioned that he used to be a serious fighter before he let himself go, but it quickly becomes apparent that he hasn't lost much.
** Sakakiba from ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' is quite a FatIdiot but he's almost as dangerous as Honda and Koga.
** Shigeru Nakahara from ''Videogame/Yakuza3'' is a short, pudgy, grey-haired grandpa, who is also strong enough to wrestle a bull into submission and call an ambulance for himself after being shot three times at close range. A villainous example would be Tsuyoshi Kanda, the current boss of the Nishikiyama Family, who's a screaming wall of flab but also physically strong enough to rip off a massive stone plaque from a wall and swing it around as a weapon.
* Asgore in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is a giant of a goat-person, and while his sprite doesn't give that much detail on his physique, he's strong enough to wield a trident that's as tall as he is, and is tied for having the highest stats of any monster in the Underground (80 atk and def, same as Toriel). His build is not obvious in your first encounter with him, given that he wears a bulky cape and heavy plate armor, but [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/f24b4a664e7e911509b6541b2cfd5fd7/tumblr_pmjptvOXBc1tzsdl8_1280.png when he wears casual clothing]] in the True Pacifist ending of ''Undertale'' and in ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', it's clear that he has both a prominent belly and sizable muscles.
* Kabbu from ''VideoGame/BugFables'' is a thickly built beetle whose waistline is subject to a few wisecracks from his friends Vi and Leif. He's also the powerhouse of Team Snakemouth, sporting enough strength to hurl solid blocks of ice in the air and shatter huge boulders by ramming into them. Fellow beetle Stratos of Team Slacker is even bigger around the middle and is so insanely powerful that he can easily be considered to be one of the strongest characters in the setting, bar none.
* Many characters in ''VideoGame/TribalHunter'' exemplify this. Munch in particular literally revolves around this, both by game mechanics and lore.
* [[BoisterousBruiser The Iron Bull]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' is huge and powerfully built, but he has a barrel-chested powerlifter's figure rather than a leaner stereotypical HeroicBuild.
-->"[[https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dragon-age-the-ferelden-scrolls-3-iron-bulls-nipples The Iron Bull's body is fascinating. He's both muscley and fat; sometimes he looks like horned Adonis, sometimes he looks like Obelix wearing a Goth hat.]]"
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive'' introduces us to Goldlewis Dickinson, the Secretary of Defense and right-hand man of the U.S. President. Despite being so massive and hefty, he's still strong enough to [[EpicFlail swing his coffin around like a flail]] and at one point in the story mode, he manages to catch a rocket ''bare-handed'' moments before it hit some soldiers and toss it away.
%% * [[https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2021/09/11/8f8c1253/thor.jpg Thor]] in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'' is portrayed as stout with a sizable belly, leading to plenty of MemeticMutation and a bit of criticism from audiences used more to the lean, handsome Thor of Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fame. However, given that Norse mythology depicted Thor as loving a good feast just as much as he loved a good fight, many argue that the game's portrayal of him is, if anything, more accurate.
* ''VideoGame/{{Potionomics}}'': Muktuk is a humanoid walrus who comes from a culture that considers muscles a sign of both physical and spiritual power. His torso is shaped like an oblate spheroid, but his arms are thick with muscle. He works as a metalworker, and Sylvia can go weightlifting with Muktuk in his personal gym as a stress relief activity.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': Executioner Smough wears armor that makes him look morbidly obese. In fact, the art book shows that underneath the armor he's a lot more muscled than he appears, though he's still wide and stocky. Of course, he would have to be extremely strong to walk around in full plate armor and swing his HumongousHeadedHammer around.
* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'': Weightlifter Cat's evolution line is big, chunky, and extremely strong, with the final form, Pizza Cat, being able to huck around four giant pizzas at once like it's nothing.

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* Sydney Burns of ''Webcomic/MobTies'', big, fat, loud-mouthed, and pretty much unstoppable.

* The titular character from ''Comicbook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' is a HeavyWorlder, and while he looks like a walking blob, he grew up in 3G, and what looks like fat is actually pretty much solid muscle.
* Ace Dick from ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' is the strongest of the trio, even before gaining experience. After merging with two other selves, he becomes the WorldsStrongestMan.
* Rocko Sasquatch from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''

* Philomena Vasilia from ''WebComic/NeverSatisfied'' is as stocky as she is sweet, and didn't have her magic come in until she was fifteen. What's a lady of nobility to do with herself while waiting? Training for and winning [[https://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-7-page-44 every heavyweight sports championship in the country]], apparently!
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
** Mr. Tensaided's [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-11 appearance]] during the non-canon Grace-A-Monsters arc shows that he's got a decent amount of muscle and WordOfGod is that this part of his appearance is canon.
** The fantasy bartender from the Parable side story is a heavyset woman. She's also [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2020-002 strong enough]] to easily lift multiple barrels of alcohol.
* [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et5fmYXWQAETjTC.jpg Meowriza]] is a Minecraft streamer best known as cross-dressing streamer F1nnst3r's girlfriend, and is a powerlifter with a very bulky [[AmazonianBeauty(though feminine)]] build.
* ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'': [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/killsixbilliondemons/images/0/0a/TbilR.png Early concept art for Jagganoth]] (back when he was known as the "God-Eater") showed him to be massively rotund and overweight. In his current incarnation, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/killsixbilliondemons/images/a/a1/Jagganoth_loom.png he has a much more classical strongman build]] and is notably hirsute and with a belly instead of a six-pack. He is the WorldsStrongestMan, and a match for all of the other six Demiurges combined.
* ''Webcomic/{{Serix}}'': Rees is overweight but is shown to still be very strong, possibly due to her body being built for industrial work. [[ProjectedMan May]] does complain about Rees's body not being able to run fast after [[SharingABody piloting it]] during a battle, though.

* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' version one had Ian Hargrave, the baseball team's obese catcher. His profile explicitly stated that he was rarely bullied once other kids found out about his strength, and considering the TrainingFromHell the baseball team went through, it's likely that he had quite a bit of muscle under the blubber. Unfortunately, he was gunned down in his first appearance [[InformedAbility without getting a chance to use this strength]]. V4 also has Simon Grey, though he's merely pudgy rather than obese.

* In videos on their second channel where they appear on-camera, Lauri and Anni of WebVideo/HydraulicPressChannel fame both look rather stocky and strong. Lauri has been working in his family's machining business since he was thirteen, and both are competitive powerlifters. Their wedding photo even shows them powerlifting!

%%* WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse has Chunk, Coach Pacowski, Mr. Grouse, and the Stankos.

* IdiotHero Coop of ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' is a prime example: he's [[FatSlob fat]], [[LazyBum lazy]], and a BigEater extreme, having won the "Lord of the Large Pants" eating contest several years running, but he also has enough physical strength to easily lift car parts and destroy a radio with a single punch. On his own, he's a MightyGlacier, given that he lacks genuine fitness--in one episode, he angrily complains that a villain dared to "make him run half a block"--but thankfully he has a HumongousMecha to provide agility and speed.

* In ''VideoGame/TheDarkness'', Butcher Joyce is a clearly obese "{{Clean|upCrew}}er"... and strong enough to lift two dead bodies under either arm. Made particularly clear by the fact that the protagonist can only manage one in both hands.
* The Grunts of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. They may not look like it, as they're shorter and stubbier than your average human, but those who've read ''Literature/HaloFirstStrike'' remember how ODST Cpl. Locklear struggled to lift a Fuel Rod Cannon before the [[SuperSoldier Spartans]] decided it was too heavy for him and took it from him. Now notice that Grunts heft these things around no problem. In fact, Grunts are shown to be quite capable of tearing humans apart with their bare hands.
* The ''Jydge'' from 10tons, is a cyborg law-enforcer. In a blatant case of BiggerIsBetter, the Jydge can get the Shrinkify mod fairly early. This makes the Jydge [[IncredibleShrinkingMan 30% smaller]], so he's harder to accurately target and can fit in narrower spaces. Late in the game, there's the [[WeightTaller Giant]] mod which makes the Jydge much wider and taller so he's a bigger target and can't fit small spaces. However becoming a Giant has its upside, the Jydge has 4 times more health and it does far more damage in Melee plus the Jydge's reach greatly increases as well. Interestingly both Shrinkify and Giant can be combined, the resultant Jydge is now slightly beefier than the average man and is a slightly larger target, but the Jydge has all the bonuses that being a giant gives.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}} II'', Lan Di's [[TheDragon Dragon]] is Dou Niu, a very tall, fat man who is so physically powerful he's a HopelessBossFight until the very end of the game.
* [[BoisterousBruiser Grimm]] from ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars DS]]'' is a fairly heavy-set guy whose gimmick as a CO is that his units hit harder than the average (but have [[GlassCannon lower defence as compensation]]).
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Dr. Eggman, in some versions. In ''VideoGame/SonicRiders,'' for example, his alignment is "Power," which means that he can bash through obstacles and ''successfully backhand a truck'' at one point.
** [[MegaNeko Big the Cat]] also fits the trope, being both fatter than Eggman and TheBigGuy in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'', ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
** E-123 Omega from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', and ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic the Hedgehog '06]]'', is no slouch either. Then again, he may not count considering that he's a robot.
* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising2:'' ''[[UpdatedRerelease Off the Record]]'', Frank West's weight went a little north as his life and career went south, but he's still very muscular overall.
* Purple VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} are very stocky. One purple weighs as much as 10 Pikmin of other kinds, and they can lift 10 times the weight. Their downside is being [[MightyGlacier very slow]], to the point where a purple Pikmin with a leaf or bud on its head simply cannot keep up with the [[PlayerCharacter Captains]] when on the move.

* Hugo Strange from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' apparently trains his body to the limits every day in an attempt to be as physically fit as his hero/obsession Batman, to the extent that he could punch a dent in steel and not feel it. [[spoiler: [[InformedAbility He dies before we find out if this was empty boasting or not.]] ]]
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** The Gorons are a race of these. Strong as boulders, most have big bellies to go with their strength. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', they practice sumo wrestling (a common sight of Stout Strength), and the only way for Link to beat them is to strap on Iron Boots so that he can more easily stay in place.
** Ganondorf in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' has put on some weight since ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' due to his age, and not all of it is muscle. In particular, ''Hyrule Warriors'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' make him shorter and stouter, presumably to balance his size with the other characters. He's still extremely buff, strong, imposing and not laughably fat in the least, with ''Hyrule Warriors'' even depicting him as a wild LightningBruiser. His classic depictions as anthropomorphic pig Ganon take this even further, where he's obviously ''very'' fat and just as strong.
** King Dorephan of the [[FishPeople Zora]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. He may be round, but it's the roundness one gets from being built like a barrel full of muscles. He's incredibly strong, even having destroyed a [[MechaMooks Guardian]] by picking it up and hurling it off the edge of a cliff.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' gives us Rosso, a miner and one of the era's Seven Sages. He's a miner for a living, so while he's ''very'' large and carries extra heft, he can pick up and break rocks without any sort of effort (something that the {{Bishonen}} Link needs special equipment to do). It's implied that he might be a descendant of Darunia, the Goron Sage of Fire from ''Ocarina of Time'', given both his [[ChromaticArrangement association with the color red]] and Goron-like features including all-black eyes and a notably rounded stomach.
** [[TheHighQueen Queen Oren]] of the Zora is a Zig-Zagged example. For most of the game, she's a slim fish-like woman, but when Link first meets her, someone has stolen her Smooth Stone, a voluntary RestrainingBolt; without it, she bloats to a massive size and is said to be overflowing with power. It's not entirely clear which form is Oren's natural one.
* The ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' games has "The" Murray, who despite being TheLoad in [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus the first game]] is [[TookALevelInBadass upgraded to]] the muscle of the crew in the later games. His missions generally involve wrecking stuff and dealing with large groups of enemies.
* ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' has Enoch, the zone 3 boss, who is so bulky when you first fight him he's completely unkillable. You get to use this [[DeconstructedTrope against him]] by running away so that, when you confront him again, he's so tired he can actually be harmed.
* In ''VideoGame/ChuckRock'', not only can Chuck lift and throw heavy rocks, as the name implies, but his basic attack is bashing enemies with his enormous beer belly.
* Meg from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' appears to be chubby, but her description says that she's fat because of her large muscle. While not as strong as other Knights, [[MagikarpPower Meg can still wipe floors with enemies if trained.]] Played straighter with her father Brom, who like her has worked on a farm his whole life, but is also a veteran from the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Mad Kings War]], and despite being a little heavier than in the last game is one of the top two best [[MightyGlacier Generals]] in the game. There's also the [[LittleBitBeastly Lion King Caineghis]], who while [[HenshinHero in Lion Form]] has attack power matched only by his Nephew Skrimir, and it takes even Skrimir a fair amount of [[MagikarpPower grinding to get there.]]
* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'', you can turn the Boss into one of these -- the option to be a huge FatBastard is there and the Boss is powerful enough to pick up and throw the average human being or snap necks with minimal effort. More canonically, GeniusBruiser Oleg Kirrlov is first seen in the third game [[NakedFirstImpression held captive and naked]], and it's very clear that he's an individual of considerable girth. However, it's also patently clear that he is a [[LightningBruiser main battle tank of a man]] and could probably crush a human head in his hand like a pea. The Brutes from the same game are actually [[CloneDegeneration imperfect clones]] of him, lacking his speed, intelligence, and ability to demonstrably kill the Boss dead with a single punch if angered.
* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' there are a few characters who are notable for this trope.
** [[DrunkenMaster Gragas]], the Rabble Rouser, is pretty much the fattest character in the game by far and is stated in his background to loom over the tallest man. At first glance he's doesn't seem anything more than an uncouth though impressively large drunkard but nonetheless, he holds his own among the League's experienced soldiers and deadly assassins.
** After his relaunch, Sion also became this. While it's not as notable because of his [[GiantMook size]], he's quite portly now, and if one looks at his in-game character model, he has a very notable rotund shape. Which fits, as when he was alive he's described as "a human battering ram".
** Post-relaunch Udyr is also this, and to a fairly realistic degree. He's much portlier than the average male fighter in ''League'' (something made clear by [[WalkingShirtlessScene his perpetual shirtlessness]]), but not only is he ''not'' out of shape, he's very muscular in the places that matter, namely [[ExtremityExtremist his arms]]. If anything, his beefy physique is a tipoff to the fact that he's in fact immensely durable and can shrug off hits like it's nothing.
* In ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'', Jake, Mark, and Martin Brown are visibly rotund and strong enough to [[FiringOneHanded use long guns one-handed.]]
* Guts Man and Hard Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' respectively. The former can jump hard enough to create tremors and dislodge boulders to catch with one hand and throw at you, while the latter jumps pretty high up and launches its fists as boomerangs at you. ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'''s Grenade Man and Frost Man also have some swift physical attacks for someone of their builds. And this says nothing about various other robots such as the Devil series.
** Byte from ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'' is a Reploid with the build of a powerlifter: his body is designed to look muscular and imposing while also sporting a big belly. ''Why'' he'd be built with a round gut is a mystery since it doesn't seem to offer him an advantage in combat, but it sure as hell doesn't get in the way either. His punch combo can shave off a ton of health and makes him one of the game's most dangerous foes, ''especially'' if you're unlucky enough to run into him without any upgrades or Maverick weapons.
* King Dedede from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise carries a huge mallet, and can also jump high and land hard.
* The criminal Roadhog in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is very fat but has very developed arms. His main skill has him throw a chained hook at an enemy and pull them into close range with a single tug on the chain, one-handed. This is equally effective on every character in the game, whether they are a man-sized robot, an adult gorilla wearing armor and a jetpack, a MiniMecha, a giant of a man clad head-to-toe in PoweredArmor and carrying an enormous hammer, or another Roadhog.
** Similarly, Torbjorn is a lot rounder than his squadmates from the original Overwatch strike team, but he's far more muscular than all of them save for Reinhardt and capable of kicking ass even as an old man. His first comic story even has him infiltrating and disabling a gigantic mech before effortlessly defeating its pilot.
* Attikus from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' is a very fat and rather strong Thrall.
* Duncan Wu from ''[[VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns Shadowrun Hong Kong]]'' was this in his youth, when he was fat enough to earn the [[EmbarrassingNickname nickname]] [[PunnyName "Duncan Donut"]] and strong enough to act as muscle for several different street gangs. After joining Lone Star, he slimmed down but remains a heavy hitter.
* Is VideoGame/{{Karnov}} fat? Yes? Is he strong? Most definitely.

* Samurai Goroh from ''VideoGame/FZero'' manages to be simultaneously ripped and obese.
** Dr. Stewart is also fat but has noticeably defined biceps.
* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': Dug, a Las Vegas-based wrestler, really throws his weight around in battle. Notably, he is heavy enough to cause tremors by jumping and leaping into {{Ground Pound}}s that can do some damage to any opponent with his or her feet on the ground.
* In ''VideoGame/FableII'', Sister Hannah is a BigFun nun who fights with a [[CarryABigStick gigantic warhammer]] that she tore out of a commemorative statue barehanded. After leaving her order, she becomes known as Hammer, the Hero of Strength.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': Elaine tries to sell up George Costanza's stocky build as "powerful," claiming, "He can lift one hundred pounds right over his head!"
* DiscussedTrope in an extra scene from ''Series/{{Survivor}} Pearl Islands''; where the chubby old hippie Rupert pointed out that he was much more adept at surviving than the buff-looking Osten, because of the effects of having "working muscles" and fat to burn, instead of "gym muscles" and no endurance for camp jobs and challenges.
* Creator/ChrisFarley's characters on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' are often characterized this way. In one particular sketch, he plays an ice skater who has recently gained a considerable amount of weight. One commentator asks if there was any advantage to the extra weight. The other commentator says, "Power!" Farley then flings his partner a surprising distance. This was true of Farley himself as well, a former football and rugby player who was quite strong and [[{{Acrofatic}} surprisingly agile]] despite his appearance.
* Farkus "Bulk" Bulkmeier from ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. On the other side of the Pacific, while its source material, [[Franchise/SuperSentai Super Sentai]], has only had a handful of Rangers who were fat, their defining trait was that they were the physically strongest of their team. Incidentally, four of them were male Yellow Rangers: [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger both Daita and his temporary replacement Daigoro]], [[Series/DaiSentaiGoggleV Kijima]], and [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Raita]]. The last, [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Ramirez]], was a rare Cyan Ranger. Out-of-universe, veteran suit actor, Jiro Okamoto, is renowned for his belly despite being no less physically capable than his fellow stuntmen. It's most obvious when he wears the [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Shinken Gold]] suit, which is noticeably wider at the waist compared to the face actor.
* Sammo Hung's character Sammo Law on ''Series/MartialLaw''. Sammo Law is accused of being "out of shape", to which Sammo replies, "Not out of shape, just fat!"

* Hoss from ''Series/{{Bonanza}}''.
* In ''Series/{{Cannon}}'', the overweight Frank Cannon was often shown overpowering younger and fitter opponents through sheer brute strength.

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': In one season, Mac puts on 60 pounds of fat and claims that he's "cultivating mass" to make himself stronger. In the next season, he's disappointed to have lost the weight and thinks he's gotten weaker.
* Boba Fett's bulkier in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' than he was in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies, and sports a noticable gut on his otherwise muscular frame. This does not in ''any way'' lessen his badass credentials. If anything, it makes him look far more believable as a terrifying strongman who can shatter Stormtrooper helmets with a single blow.

* ''Series/CobraKai'': Captain Turner, Kreese's CO in Vietnam, is a Green Beret and Tang Soo Do master. He has a fairly sizeable gut but can use the significantly more overtly athletic Kreese as a punching bag.
** Aisha Robinson might be a bit on the thick side, but there's a reason Johnny said the "... girl's a natural Cobra." She also yanked her principal tormentor, roughly a hundred pounds lighter, off the ground by her [[GroinAttack underwear]]!
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E6 The Night of the Stag]]", HillbillyMoonshiner Silas Trout is a hefty wide figure of a man; he effortlessly knocks Smudgepot and Wilberforce on their arses as they attempt to flee arrest after the final showdown.

* Creator/GamesWorkshop games:
** The Ogres of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', and their Ogor successors from its sequel ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'', epitomize this trope. They regard a massive gut as the primary sign of strength, and the strongest Ogre character is the Tyrant Greasus Goldtooth the Shockingly Obese. This is actually a good indicator given their biology since the gut is actually a mass of muscle so strong they [[ExtremeOmnivore can devour pretty much everything]].
** The [[RatMen Skaven]] Star Player Glart Smashrip from ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' is not only insanely obese but also the strongest Skaven player in the game who isn't a [[MixAndMatchCritters Rat Ogre]].
** Dwarves are short, squat, and tend to have prominent pot bellies. And axes. And short tempers. And if the shirtless dwarf with the obvious gut has orange-dyed hair and a broken nose, what you have is a Slayer, one of the most brutal hand-to-hand combatants in the world, as more than a few clumsy bar patrons have learned just a little bit too late.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** E. Honda and Rufus. They're also {{Lightning Bruiser}}s. Honda has moves that grant him great mobility, and Rufus is a bit more of a traditional LightningBruiser.
** Ryu himself comes across as this in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for [=3DS/Wii U=]'', as he keeps his exaggerated, overly bulky musculature while other muscular characters have sleeker and/or more realistic builds, and are usually taller too (except for [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]]).
** Birdie's ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' incarnation gives him a rather large gut without sacrificing his developed musculature. While this does give him shades of the FatComicRelief to go with it (for example, his [=V-Skill=] has him drop banana peels or cans of soda to trip his opponents up), he's still very strong indeed. Several of his attacks involve snatching up the opponent [[ChainPain with a chain]] and smashing them into the ground, which is equally effective on every member of the cast, including the resident [[TheBigGuy Big Guys]] like [[LightningBruiser Alex]], [[HuskyRusskie Zangief]], [[MirrorMatch other Birdies]] and even [[GiantMook Abigail]], who's objectively even larger than him!
* ''VideoGame/BloodlineChampions'' has the Vanguard and Glutton bloodlines, both being in the toughest archetype 'Tank' in the game.
* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'', Thor possesses a very heavyset build akin to a powerlifter's, and is the strongest of the Aesir, and Asgard's deadliest warrior. He's capable of killing mountain-sized Giants, dwarfs Kratos, and can fight him to a stalemate without too much effort.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''
** [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Takuma]] Sakazaki's ''KOF XIII'' [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100422120161/snk/images/6/65/Takumkofxiii.gifsprite sprite]] puts him squarely in this category, although it's unclear exactly how much is his body and how much is just loose fabric.
** Chang Koehan is a FatBastard who fights using his body weight and a huge iron ball attached to a chain. Keep in mind that prisons used ball and chains to ''stop prisoners from escaping''.

* Earthquake from the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' games is a McNinja who mixes this with {{Acrofatic}}.
** There's also Wan-Fu who depending on the game ranges from ripped but wide to having a noticeable potbelly who nevertheless is still strong enough to lug a ''massive pillar'' around with just one arm.
* Gan Isurugi from the ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' games. His fighting style is even rooted in sumo wrestling.
* ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}''
** Bob, a fat dude entirely played for comedy. The gag has no bearing on his gameplay, as he nearly broke the first version of ''Tekken 6'' by [[LethalJokeCharacter being too good]].
** Ganryu, by virtue of being a sumo wrestler, is rather husky.

* In ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'', OCTOPUS also employs stout types to carry their heavy artillery. And it takes quite a lot to put these guys down.
%%(ZCE)* The Black Whirlwind from ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''.
%%(ZCE)* Xu Zhu from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''
** Meng Huo and Dong Zhuo are extremely large men who nonetheless can cause earthquakes with punches in the case of the former, or pick up and toss the likes of Lu Bu in the case of the latter.
** ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' gives us Goemon Ishikawa, who despite his extremely fat appearance is second only to Keiji Maeda in strength. Not only does he wield an EpicFlail, but he's also got a cannon strapped to his back!

%%(ZCE)* Similarly, Olaf from ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings''. Somehow he's still able to use his shield as a ParasolParachute.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** VideoGame/{{Wario}} is the strongest of all the mustached plumbers. He is also the fattest.
** Bowser isn't so much ''fat'' as he is naturally large, which comes from being the King of Koopas. He was originally an ox, in fact. While not plump in the literal sense of the word, his minions reference his natural mass by calling him "Your Chunkiness", "Your Chubbiness", etc.
** Mario himself, though nowhere near as fat as Wario (in fact, Mario may not be fat per se and could just be round design-wise, but it's worth noting he's stouter than his brother Luigi), and he can [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 lift and throw Bowser]] by the tail; not to mention his jumps, flips, and somersaults that would impress an Olympic gymnast. He's not slow, either.
** Sledge Brothers are overweight versions of the Hammer Brothers that can jump way higher than Mario and shake the ground upon landing.
** Also, Sumo Brothers, who carry enough horsepower in their feet to stomp with and shake a flame-spreading lightning bolt down from whatever row of blocks they occupy.
** [[VideoGame/PaperMario Tubba Blubba]] is another example. His name says it all: he's a fat, but powerful Clubba.
* Likewise, King K. Rool, the immensely fat Kremling king from the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' series. When you're one of the strongest beings in a land where ''Donkey Kong'' is considered average, that's saying something. ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' gives K. Rool a sumo build where he has an exaggerated gut, but also has muscular arms and can be quite nimble at times.
* King Hippo, Bear Hugger, and Mad Clown from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' Are all fat, but strong.
* Hong from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' is the fattest of the three possible inheritors of the Earthen Heart style, but also the strongest in terms of brute force.
* Kiesha Phillips and Dmitri Petrovich of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports''. Both are fat but strong in every game.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has a few examples:
** Seeq, from the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games revolving around VideoGame/{{Ivalice|Alliance}}. You can tell right off that the intelligent and wiry Bangaa are physical powerhouses. The Seeq who coexist with them, on the other hand, are played more comically with their dim wit, jiggling bellies, and snorting, but they are just as powerful as Bangaa -- and surprisingly fast to boot.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Gilgamesh]] appears this way in ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012: Duodecim]]'', in that he's similar in size to some of the {{Tin Tyrant}}s (like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Garland]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]]), but he doesn't share their comparatively narrow waistlines.
** The Vanu Vanu in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' are a race of bird beastmen that are very portly while also having muscular arms. In combat, they can easily smash you with their knuckle dusters to put on the hurt while others will use knives or fire magic.

* Miss Blubberidge in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''. The pirates never had a chance.

%%* Characters played by Donald Gibb:
%%** Ogre in ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''
%%** Ray Jackson in ''Film/{{Bloodsport}}''










* All characters played by Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, a 6'6, 340-lb actor, opera singer, and Olympic wrestler:
** Grossberger in ''Film/StirCrazy''
** Terror in ''Film/TheWanderers''
** Dynamo in ''Film/TheRunningMan''
* All roles played by Randall "Tex" Cobb, a stocky, bearded former boxer:
** Leonard Smalls in ''Film/RaisingArizona''
** Wolf in ''Film/{{Diggstown}}''
** Slash in ''Film/BlindFury''
* The Trunchbull in ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' is a former Olympian in shot-put, javelin, and hammer-throw, with a physique to match. She's still shown regularly practising those sports even 20+ years after competing (using both actual equipment and the occasional child), and at one point she even lifts the back of her car off its axles.
* ''Film/TheRoadHouse:'' Both Tinker the {{Mook}} and Jack (one of the bouncers) are chubby guys who handle themselves decently well in fistfights, although neither is a match for top-notch combatants like Dalton, Jimmy, and Wade.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'': Mario and Luigi run into Big Bertha, a corpulent (VERY corpulent), hulking woman who introduces herself by lifting an old lady overhead and hurling her off a catwalk (she deserved it). Later she manhandles Mario during a dance and knocks out a Koopa guard with one punch.
* In ''Film/{{Swashbuckler}}'', Polanski (Avery Schreiber) is noticeably overweight but is also the strongest member of Lynch's crew. He smashes his way through a wooden wall at the customs house and is able to snap the steel hasp holding shut Moonbeam's [[StockPunishment pillory]].
* In ''Film/HobokenHollow'', Weldon Broderick is noticeably overweight but is strong enough to hoist a dead body over his head and impale it on a spike hanging from the ceiling.
* In ''Film/AReasonToLiveAReasonToDie'', Eli is the largest of the {{Boxed Crook}}s and is constantly insulted being called fat. However, he is also strong enough to lift up a man in each hand before [[PutTheirHeadsTogether slamming their heads together]]. Given he is played by Creator/BudSpencer, this comes as no surprise.
* ''Film/TodayWeKillTomorrowWeDie'': Being played by Creator/BudSpencer, O'Bannion has this as one of his defining traits. His feats include [[HoistHeroOverHead hoisting one of the Comancheros over his head]] and hurling him out through the window, and [[BenchBreaker snapping the solid wooden chair he has been tied to]].
* SantaClaus in ''Film/ViolentNight'' might be thinner than the rounder depictions of St. Nick, but he still has a bit of a noticeable gut, and can do serious physical damage.
* ''Film/WildRiver'': Joe John Garth is not a thin man. But after Chuck calls Mrs. Garth senile, Joe John is capable of picking up Chuck head over heels, marching him several feet, and throwing him in the river.

* Haymitch Abernathy from ''Literature/TheHungerGames''.
* Prince Egil and Ambassador Baindur from ''Literature/AHarvestOfWar''.
* Haegr in William King's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Literature/SpaceWolf'' novel ''Wolfblade''. Massively fat and [[BigEater continuously eating]]. Torin warns Ragnar that a lot of that bulk is muscle, and he fights well. At one point he uses a Thunder Hammer, a weapon most marines can only use at all while wearing full Terminator armor, as a thrown weapon with deadly accuracy.

* In Creator/JimButcher's Literature/TheDresdenFiles novel ''Literature/FoolMoon'', Dresden watches a young man he's found himself allied to, and is pleased because of the way he moved, most of his (considerable) weight is muscle, not fat.

* Literature/{{Discworld}} series:
** Sergeant Jackrum from ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment''. To call Jackrum fat would be to miss out on an opportunity to use the word "gross". To call Jackrum dangerous would be to miss out on an opportunity to use the word "badass".
** To a lesser extent, Agnes Nitt in the Lancre Witches subseries. It takes her split personality to notice that she's much stronger than she believes herself to be because the fat hides a lot of functional muscle mass. Also notable is that her heavy build is considered desirable in Lancre, where a woman is expected to be able to carry a pig under each arm and a young man is given to consider the evidence of how well a family enjoys its food. (As some older married men in Lancre are known to say, over the years kissing loses its fire, but cookery tends to just get better.) It is her emotional isolation and personality that keeps her single, not her looks.
** Mustrum Ridcully is a pretty large individual, tall and carrying the sort of weight large University dinners produce as a matter of course (if nowhere near the size of the Dean). He is also a vocal advocate for fresh air and exercise, a keen outdoorsman, angler, hunter, boxer, and quarterstaff fighter, and is in pretty terrific shape all told.
** The Upwright brothers, Harry and Jim, who run the Ankh-Morpork's mail carriages are this, with their apparent obesity looking even more so due to their heavy clothing.
** Willie Hobson, the owner of a large stable complex, described in ''Literature/GoingPostal'' as "what you would probably get if you shaved a bear".
** Reacher Gilt is described as wearing clothes fit for two men and being capable (though he deliberately refrains from it) of a bone-crushing handshake.
** Lady Sybil as well. When she draws herself up or inhales such that her bosom moves, metaphors involving continent drift are used. She's also capable of whacking a werewolf with an iron bar so hard that '''she bends the bar'''.
* The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse

* Caramon from the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' series. Practically a paint-by-numbers TheBigGuy in the original trilogy, he had to battle obesity (with varying levels of success) his entire life yet, for the most part, remained quite powerful.
* Captain Jack Aubrey from the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' novels. He is depicted in the books as a very large, heavy man, weighing something like 18 stone (252 pounds). He is also a skilled and fearless fighter and, of course, being TheCaptain, he leads his crew into close combat rather than hanging back and giving orders.
* Being Aubrey's {{Expy}} [[RecycledInSpace In Space]], Daniel Leary of the Literature/{{RCN}} series. He tries to keep his weight down, but he's been noted as sitting down with particular care on occasion because he fears bursting the seams of his uniform.
* Ben from Creator/FredSaberhagen's ''Literature/BookOfSwords'' series. Ben's a tall guy, but he's also very broad--big shoulders, big hips. He's not attractive--in fact, people assume he's stupid (he's not, by any means)--and he's so packed with muscle that if he's wearing a robe or something which just shows his general outline, it's easy to think he's fat. His arms and legs are described as looking stubby, they're so thick in proportion to their length. But, when Ben arm-wrestles a carnival strongman--one who's strong and looks it, with thick knots of muscle clearly defined against each other--the man is absolutely no challenge for Ben. In fact, the arm-wrestling involved two lit candles--whoever cried out first from their hand being against the flame would also lose. Ben used the back of the guy's hand to crush the candle so quickly the man wasn't burned.
* Jean Tannen from the ''Literature/GentlemanBastard Sequence'' was fat as a child, but spent most of his teens in intensive martial arts training. He never lost the fat, but put on a ''lot'' of muscle underneath it. The narrative tracks when Jean has gained or lost weight based on his activity level. He serves as the Bastards' chief enforcer and is perfectly capable of dismantling minor street gangs on his own.
* Rubeus Hagrid from the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series is described in his introduction as being "twice as tall as a normal man, and five times as wide". His enormous size is attributed to his being half-giant. His displays of strength are few and far between in the series, but he is seen alternately knocking a door completely off the hinges by simply knocking, picking up a grown man with one hand and pinning him to a tree, single-handedly hauling 50-foot Christmas trees across the grounds every year, and knocking pursuers unconscious with a single blow. He even offhandedly (and quite dismissively) mentions altercations with "Mad trolls on the Polish border" and "a vampire in a pub in Minsk" [[NoodleIncident that are never described in detail]] but are nonetheless... intriguing...
** Dudley is a less extreme example, being a Muggle and a pre-teen when the series starts out but is still capable of some pretty impressive physical feats for a FatSlob. In the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]], when he takes up boxing, he very quickly becomes quite formidable, and a growth spurt helps him [[FormerlyFat shed the weight]]. As an adult, Dudley is described as being large and muscular.
* Cord [=MaKiy=] in ''Literature/TheColSecTrilogy'' plays with the trope. He's baby-faced and built like a fireplug, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower well ahead of the rest of the cast in terms of raw strength]], and is stated to look chubby in baggy clothing. However, when he [[ClothingDamage gets his shirt]] [[ShirtlessScene torn off]] during a fight in the first book, he's revealed to be quite toned.

* ''Literature/TheDuelOfSorceryTrilogy'' Hern Heslin is yet another little fireplug of a guy, and actually ''is'' somewhat pudgy. However, he's both strong and [[{{Acrofatic}} nimble enough to untie himself]].
* ''Reality Check'' by Charlie Brooks features Mick Mannus, a man whose weight is estimated at around 300 pounds. Due to cybernetic enhancements, though, he's immensely strong. Unlike many other characters in this trope, he's not too likely to be taken lightly, what with having half his face made of metal and all.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
** Strong Belwas has a fat belly covered in scars--because he lets each opponent cut him exactly once before he kills them.
** Robert Baratheon is a powerful warrior gone to seed. He's put on eight stone in weight (112 pounds) from the time when he was "muscled like a maiden's fantasy," but has apparently retained at least some of his strength. At one point he shoves badass knight Jaime Lannister off his feet and laughs about how he can still push men like Jaime into the dirt. He also has enough strength to [[spoiler: stab a wild boar to death with his guts ripped out]].
* Marco from the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' is emphatically ''not'' this trope -- until he [[LetsGetDangerous assumes his preferred combat morph]], a 400-pound silverback gorilla.
* Chet in various ''[[Literature/TheHardyBoys Hardy Boys]]'' books is described as this.
* Annie Wilkes in ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' is a fairly heavy-set woman, but is also capable of moving Paul Sheldon, an adult man, around as she cares for him. As her insanity becomes clearer to him, he realizes that, due to her strength, escape might be quite difficult, so he starts using his typewriter as a makeshift weight set.
* Creator/DashiellHammett's Literature/TheContinentalOp is 5'6" and admits that some of his 190 pounds is fat, but not ''all'' of it. He's a very tough customer.
* In ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', Mr. Croup refers to his partner, Mr. Vandemar, as stout. Vandemar, for his part, grouses a bit at this, considering it a poke at his weight.
* ''Literature/DreamPark'': Both played straight and {{inverted|Trope}} in ''The Barsoom Project''. Max Sands is a hefty wrestler and TheBigGuy of his group during the "fat ripper" Fimbulwinter Game. However, when the team needs to shove their way through an icy barrier, it's the skeletal-scrawny bulimic Keven whose meager muscles achieve what his heavyweight companions can't, due to the strength-enhancing magical token he'd received in-Game.
* Frank Burly, the protagonist of John Swartzwelder's ''The Time Machine Did It'', describes himself as "190 pounds of rock hard muscle, underneath 40 pounds of sturdy protective fat".
* William Kraft in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' is an old and more than somewhat bulky man, but still stronger than many who are younger and more fit. At one point, when he is angry with his number two man, John Rumford, he almost rips his door off its hinges.
* ''Literature/WaywardChildren'': Cora has been fat all her life and is by far the best athlete out of the main characters in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''; in particular, she's a phenomenal swimmer, able to pull an unconscious person and still greatly outpace the others. She's deeply tired of people's assumption that ''fat'' means ''idle''.
* ''Literature/ADesolationCalledPeace'': The FourStarBadass Nine Hibiscus has a generous curve of fat over solid muscle. She's described as projecting an image of power and stability that would be the envy of any casting agency trying to find an actor for her role.
* ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon:'' Possibly the most common body type for the denizens of the Barbaric Archipelago, where the men are [[TheBigGuy Big Guys]] and the women are [[BrawnHilda Brawn Hildas]] - examples include the aptly-named Stoick the Vast, Gobber the Belch, Big-Boobied Bertha and Valhallarama.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* In ''Manga/PlusSizedElf'', three of the monster girls, despite being overweight, are still considered quite strong. The best example is a cyclops girl known as Hitome, who is not only the tallest monster girl, but despite looking stocky appearance, all her fat is firm padding for her well-muscled physique. In fact, unlike most of the monster girls, she seems to have always had a bulky figure, barring the paunch and plumpish thighs she developed from her stay on earth.
** Oga is another example as, despite the beer belly a majority of abs melted into from bar hopping, she is still quite beefy with muscle power. And is the only one who can match Hitome's bulk and raw strength in a battle.
** Oeda also lost a portion of her strong abdominal muscles as she indulged in soft serves and grew a plump potbelly like her niece. But despite being somewhat out of shape like her niece, Oeda is still considered a very robust and athletic woman who is more than capable of utilizing her centuries of combat experience.

* Horrorshow of the Oktober Guard in ''Franchise/GIJoe'' comics. No, he isn't named for his intimidating girth, but for his astounding strength ("khorosho" meaning "good" in Russian).

* Believe it or not, Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk used to be this. Never ''fat'', but early on he was lacking in definition, which has become almost a trademark of the character. This may be the result of time marching on; when the Hulk was first made the popular idea of strong men still had a bit of fat on them and didn't care about being as cut.

** The Thing of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' often had the same thing going for him in early stories. Jack Kirby drew both characters with a wide, boxy body type.

[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'': Chief Tannabok is very fat and kind, but incredibly strong, although we don't see it until the climax.

* Chien-Po, the GentleGiant monk-turned-soldier in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', is a very quiet man who is probably bigger than the rest of the squad together. He also proves to be ''stronger'' than the rest of the squad together, being able to lift all of their weight plus pull a mounted horse up a cliff at the same time.

* Big Bill from ''WesternAnimation/ShinboneAlley''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': The Sheriff, Friar Tuck, and Little John are all obese, but are also the most physically formidable characters in the film (which makes sense, since they are a wolf, badger, and bear, respectively). Lady Kluck, Marian's handmaiden and the resident ViolentGlaswegian, also qualifies with flying colours.
* Baymax from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' is rather round and pudgy for a [[BenevolentAI robot]], but he's still capable of lifting up to 1000 pounds and can deal even more damage while wearing the armor Hiro makes for him.
* Franchise/{{Shrek}} may be a fat green ogre, but boy is he strong. Humorously enough, ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' shows that Shrek is actually [[LargeRunt a bit of a runt for ogres]], showing larger and beefier ogres.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* Characters played by Donald Gibb:
** Ogre in ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''
** Ray Jackson in ''Film/{{Bloodsport}}''
* GentleGiant Mose in ''Film/OpenRange'' is noted to never ''start'' a fight, but reportedly kicked the asses of an entire bar full of goons.

* The two strongest players in ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' are played by Rosie O'Donnell and Megan Cavanagh.
* ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'': Andy, the jealous boyfriend of Simone.
* ''Film/{{Popeye}}'': Oxheart Oxblood and Bluto.
* In ''Film/Godzilla2014'', Godzilla's more heavily built than other versions of the character, but it doesn't make him any less dangerous.

* Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' is extremely muscular, but has a stocky build that does not include washboard abs.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Volstagg of the Warriors Three is a classic version of this trope, being the [[BigEater most heavyset]] of Thor's companions, as well as a BoisterousBruiser who shares Thor's love of drink and battle.
** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': Hulk has a spare tire around his gut, in contrast to previous versions.
** ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': M'Baku and his fellow Jabari warriors are formidable {{Badass Normal}}s and have notably stockier builds than most of the other Wakandans. This fits the tribe's AnimalMotifs, as gorillas aren't known for washboard abs.
** Thor himself becomes this after the time skip in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', having spent five years [[DrowningMySorrows depressedly gorging himself on booze and food]]. It makes him no less dangerous or capable on the battlefield, however.
* Rasputia in ''Film/{{Norbit}}'' who is more frightening than her three crook brothers combined.
* Jacob Kowalski in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' isn't skinny and doesn't look very muscular, but he can throw an effective punch or kick a door down. {{Justified|Trope}} as he was [[RetiredBadass a soldier]] in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Myth/PaulBunyan in ''Film/TallTale'' is not a giant, just "Three Hundred Pounds of Raging ''Fury''!

%%* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Volstagg of the Warriors Three from Asgard in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.

* Boxers in Ancient Greece are thought to have pudgier figures than modern boxers. A possible explanation is that bouts were barehanded, focusing the sport more on body blows, and big bellies are thought to offer additional protection. It might also be simply because they had no weight classes, so fighters had incentive to be as big as possible. Classical artwork of the era, however, usually depicted boxers with classical heroic proportions favoring broad shoulders, narrow waists, with the "pudginess" coming from extremely well-developed lateral muscles which were more common due to the absurd amount of pulling strength required in the manual labor of said times.

* Yet another NBA example would be Shaquille O'Neal. While Shaq was always one of the tallest men on the court at 7'1", he was also the biggest, tipping the scales at around 350lbs and his build could be best described as like a refrigerator. However, Shaq was excellent at using his size and strength to overpower and bully his opponents. Shaq was a living nightmare on the court due to his size and strength, and he was so feared that teams took to intentionally fouling the big man and relying on his notoriously poor free-throw shooting rather than trying in vain to stop him from dunking at will. It's also widely believed that Shaq's large frame (much of which was muscle, to be certain) was the reason why he was able to avoid the career-ending injuries often suffered by men of his height. His big body could handle a pounding, while his spindly counterparts could not.

* In ''VideoGame/FableII'', Sister Hannah is a BigFun nun who fights with a [[DropTheHammer gigantic warhammer]] that she tore out of a commemorative statue barehanded. After leaving her order, she becomes known as Hammer, the Hero of Strength.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': Executioner Smough wears armor that makes him look morbidly obese. In fact, the art book shows that underneath the armor he's a lot more muscled than he appears, though he's still wide and stocky. Of course, he would have to be extremely strong to walk around in full plate armor and swing his [[DropTheHammer ludicrously huge hammer]] around.

*** Hippos can be considered a subversion, since, although they look quite pudgy, they have one of the lowest body fat percentages of all animals and what looks like chub is actually pretty much all solid muscle.

* [[UsefulNotes/SumoWrestling Sumo wrestlers]], practically by default though with some exceptions, cultivate extremely large physiques to give them additional pushing power, and because being difficult to move is practically the most important thing in sumo. They have quite a lot of fat, but over short distances, they pack an [[LightningBruiser enormous wallop in surprising bursts of speed and explosiveness]].

* Sumo wrestlers, practically by default, cultivate extremely large physiques to give them additional pushing power, and because being difficult to move is practically the most important thing in sumo. They have quite a lot of fat, but over short distances, they pack an [[LightningBruiser enormous wallop in surprising bursts of speed and explosiveness]].

** Kyriakos Grizzly, a middle-aged former Olympic Weightlifter turned {{bouncer}} from the Greek city of Kavala, known by some as "the strongest man on the internet" and (affectionately) to fans as the "Bloatlord" with his style of workout and calorie intake known as "Bloatmaxxing", is effectively a SphereOfDestruction at this point with no neck; He regularly posts videos of weighting anywhere from 190-210 kilos, and '''much''' more than you might think of that is muscle. As a result, he is absurdly strong, able to lift weights most can't even move, including sled-pulling over ''half a ton''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQ2d0xUBm8 See former World's Strongest Man Brian Shaw struggle to move 2/3rd's of the weight Kyriakos does on the Zercher Shrug]].

* Sumo wrestlers, practically by default, cultivate extremely large physiques to give them additional pushing power, and because being difficult to move is practically the most important thing in sumo. They have quite a lot of fat, but over short distances, they pack an [[MightyGlacier enormous wallop]].

* Boxer George Foreman became a prime example of this during his comeback; opponent Evander Holyfield wore himself out throwing body blows, while Foreman (to quote Holyfield) "just sorta wobbled a bit". Despite no longer looking as chiseled as in his youth, George still punched ''every bit'' as hard as he did in his first boxing run. [[HorrifyingTheHorror Mike Tyson notably refused Don King trying to set a fight with the middle-aged Foreman]], quoting as saying "[[KnowWhenToFoldThem I ain't fighting that fuckin' animal!]]"

* In ''Manga/PlusSizedElf'', three of the monster girls, despite being overweight, are still considered quite strong. The best example is a cyclops girl known as Hitome, who is not only the tallest monster girl, but despite looking stocky, all her fat is firm padding for her well-muscled physique. In fact, unlike most of the monster girls, she seems to have always had a husky figure, barring the paunch and plumpish thighs she developed from her stay on earth.

** Oeda lost a portion of her strong abdominal muscles as she indulged in soft serves and grew a plump potbelly. But despite being somewhat out of shape like her niece, Oeda is still considered very robust and can be more than capable of utilizing her centuries of combat skills.

** Kyriakos Grizzly, a former Olympic Weightlifter turned {{bouncer}} from the Greek city of Kavala, known by some as "the strongest man on the internet" and (affectionately) to fans as the "Bloatlord" with his style of workout and calorie intake known as "Bloatmaxxing", is effectively a SphereOfDestruction at this point with no neck from it being overtaken by trapezius and shoulder muscles; He regularly posts videos of weighting anywhere from 190-210 kilos, and '''much''' more than you might think of that is muscle. As a result, he is absurdly strong, able to lift weights most can't even move, including sled-pulling over ''half a ton''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQ2d0xUBm8 See former World's Strongest Man struggle to move 2/3rd's of the weight Kyriakos does on the Zercher Shrug]].

* In ''ChuckRock'', not only can Chuck lift and throw heavy rocks, as the name implies, but his basic attack is bashing enemies with his enormous beer belly.

* A repeated trope in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', filled as it is with heroes and villains who are past it but determined to carry on reliving the glory days. Amongst the main cast, Sergeant Hatred, 21, and Brock Samson all fit the bill.

* Duncan Wu from ''[[VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns Shadowrun Hong Kong]]'' was this in his youth, when he was fat enough to earn the [[EmbarrassingNickname nickname]] [[IncrediblyLamePun "Duncan Donut"]] and strong enough to act as muscle for several different street gangs. After joining Lone Star, he slimmed down but remains a heavy hitter.

* * ''Literature/AngiesFirstCase'': One of the Wolfpack members tries to avoid a police search (the cops are looking for two teenaged boys travelling together) by hiding in the trunk of their car. Jess's gut is repeatedly commented on by his enemies, but he is a fast runner and wins a fistfight.

* The dwarves in ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' are quite short and very chunky, but they can wield guns that are larger than they are and they can also vault themselves up ledges.

** Makuhita and Hariyama, given that they are strong Fighting types but they also look like they're fat (as opposed to the Machop line, which has obvious muscles). This is mainly due to the fact that they're designed to resemble sumo wrestlers.

*** Hell, trained [[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist wrong on purpose, as a joke]], Snorlax is still nothing to sneeze (or [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Yawn_(move) yawn]]) at.
** Slaking is also quite fat, and has the fourth-highest base Attack of all Pokémon (so far), tied with Regigigas.
*** Though Slaking ''is'' stuck with the physical equivalent of BrilliantButLazy. (Entire teams are built around removing this weakness, because, once it's off, [[BadassNormal Slaking can easily stand toe-to-toe with even the most powerful of]] OlympusMons.)

** As for humans, there's two notable Gym Leader examples, [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Chuck]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Crasher Wake]]. Chuck is an older man, and it's implied that he use to be in fantastic shape. While he still trains, he clearly settled down after marriage, and his BigEater appetite, once needed to keep his strength up, is now a determent to his slower metabolism. Wake, meanwhile, is a masked wrestler, which are typically a bit doughier around the middle.
*** Hikers also fit this trope, being overweight in all generations but having the stamina to explore mountains and canyons. One in Hoenn even tells you post-battle how to get in shape by carrying a full, heavy backpack and really stomping through rugged terrain.

%%(ZCE)* Hong from ''VideoGame/LiveALive''
%%(ZCE)** Pogo may be a more mild example, it's difficult to tell with the chapter's art style.