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* '''Subverted''': Joe seems to be fat at first, then later removes the fat suit he wore for a play.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Joe seems to be fat at first, then later removes the fat suit he wore for a play.play.
** Joe throws off the SatelliteCharacter part of this trope by becoming the protagonist of his own arc.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Joe quite literally [[SatelliteCharacter orbits]] around Mike.
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** Mike and Joe are enemies.

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** Mike and Joe are enemies.Mike's ArchEnemy is Joe, a FatBastard.

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* '''Inverted''': Mike, a fat protagonist, is friends with Joe, who is thin.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Mike, a fat protagonist, is friends with Joe, who is thin.thin.
** Mike and Joe are enemies.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"I wonder why the protagonist often has a friend who's overweight."



* '''Implied''': Mike mentions having a good friend who's overweight.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Joe is the FatComicRelief.



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* '''Played For Drama''': Building on the Invoked variant, Joe learns of Mike's reasoning and it makes him doubt if their friendship is genuine.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Building on the Invoked variant, Joe learns of Mike's reasoning and it makes him doubt if their friendship is genuine.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Building on the Invoked variant, Joe learns of Mike's reasoning and it makes him doubt if Mike truly likes him.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Building on the Invoked variant, Joe learns of Mike's reasoning and it makes him doubt if Mike truly likes him.their friendship is genuine.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Joe seems to be fat at first, then later removes the fat suit he wore for a play.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''':
** And then Joe's antidepressants begin slowing his metabolism...
** The thinner "Joe" turns out to be Bo, who does a a surprisingly good impression of his twin brother. The real Joe is fat.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
Joe's weight fluctuates throughout the series.
* '''Averted''': ???
'''Averted''':
** Neither Mike nor Joe are fat.
** Both Mike and Joe are fat.
* '''Enforced''': ???
The author wants to present AnAesop about being nice to people regardless of their physique.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
Joe introduces himself to people as Mike's Fat Best Friend.
* '''Invoked''': ???
'''Invoked''':
** Mike befriends Joe specifically to make himself look better.
** Joe plays this role for his troubled friends to help them remain stable.
* '''Exploited''': ???
Joe runs a business of sorts where people pay him to be their Fat Best Friend for whatever reason.
* '''Defied''': ???Joe decides he doesn't need to be friends with Mike to validate himself.



* '''Played For Drama''': Building on the Invoked variant, Joe learns of Mike's reasoning and it makes him doubt if Mike truly likes him.



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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* Straight: Mike has a best friend named Joe, who happens to be fat.
* Exaggerated:

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* Straight: '''Basic Trope''': The protagonist's best friend is fat.
*'''Straight''':
Mike has a best friend named Joe, who happens to be fat.
* Exaggerated:
fat.
*'''Exaggerated''':



* Downplayed:

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* Downplayed: *'''Downplayed''':



* Deconstructed: Joe gets teased a lot for his weight, and if Mike can't help but join in the friendship can take a beating.
* Reconstructed: Joe and Mike are VitriolicBestBuds, and jokes about Joe's weight are counterbalanced by jabs at Mike for other aspects of his personality.

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*'''Justified''': Friendship doesn't discriminate, and weight is no exception.
*'''Inverted''': Mike, a fat protagonist, is friends with Joe, who is thin.
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': ???
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
* Deconstructed: '''Deconstructed''': Joe gets teased a lot for his weight, and if Mike can't help but join in in, the friendship can take a beating.
beating.
* Reconstructed: '''Reconstructed''': Joe and Mike are VitriolicBestBuds, and jokes about Joe's weight are counterbalanced by jabs at Mike for other aspects of his personality.personality.
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Straight: Mike has a best friend named Joe, who happens to be fat.
Exaggerated:
* Mike's friend Joe is so fat that he has to be moved around using a forklift.
* ALL of Mike's friends are fat.
Downplayed:
* Joe is a little tubby, but calling him "fat" is a bit of a stretch.
* Joe and Mike are just casual acquaintances.
Deconstructed: Joe gets teased a lot for his weight, and if Mike can't help but join in the friendship can take a beating.
Reconstructed: Joe and Mike are VitriolicBestBuds, and jokes about Joe's weight are counterbalanced by jabs at Mike for other aspects of his personality.

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* Straight: Mike has a best friend named Joe, who happens to be fat.
* Exaggerated:
* ** Mike's friend Joe is so fat that he has to be moved around using a forklift.
* ** ALL of Mike's friends are fat.
Downplayed:
*
*Downplayed:
**
Joe is a little tubby, but calling him "fat" is a bit of a stretch.
* ** Joe and Mike are just casual acquaintances.
Deconstructed: *Deconstructed: Joe gets teased a lot for his weight, and if Mike can't help but join in the friendship can take a beating.
Reconstructed: *Reconstructed: Joe and Mike are VitriolicBestBuds, and jokes about Joe's weight are counterbalanced by jabs at Mike for other aspects of his personality.
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Straight: Mike has a best friend named Joe, who happens to be fat.
Exaggerated:
* Mike's friend Joe is so fat that he has to be moved around using a forklift.
* ALL of Mike's friends are fat.
Downplayed:
* Joe is a little tubby, but calling him "fat" is a bit of a stretch.
* Joe and Mike are just casual acquaintances.
Deconstructed: Joe gets teased a lot for his weight, and if Mike can't help but join in the friendship can take a beating.
Reconstructed: Joe and Mike are VitriolicBestBuds, and jokes about Joe's weight are counterbalanced by jabs at Mike for other aspects of his personality.

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