History PlayingWith / FatIdiot

** The constant criticism of both Dave's weight and his stupidity destroys Dave's mental health, with food being his only source of happiness. It is a vicious cycle.

* '''Lampshaded''': "If you can understand this, Dave, stop eating and do exactly as I say. You clearly don’t understand how serious this situation is, so keep your mouth shut. Your input will not be helpful."

* '''Justified''': As a child, Dave was allowed to eat his fill of fatty and sugary foodstuffs, which was not kind to his concentration or waistline.

** Dave starts out as a skinny nerd with a genius intellect, but he gains about 50 pounds ([[TookALevelInDumbass while losing about 50 IQ points]]).

** Anyone who overeats and gains weight will suffer from [[TookALevelInDumbass a severe decline in IQ]], even if they had a genius intellect. But if they burn off the fat with exercise, they begin to function at their previous cognitive capacity.
** Or even merely wearing a ''fat suit'' will go to the wearer's head, and cause him or her to take comical pratfalls every three steps.

* '''Double Subverted''': [[GeniusDitz But he's still very clueeless]], because going on a glorious adventure takes him ''waaaaay'' out of his depth.

* '''Subverted''': Dave seems dull, but is really ObfuscatingStupidity — he's actually extremely cultured.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[GeniusDitz He's still completely useless]], because going on a glorious adventure takes him ''waaaaay'' out of his depth.

** Overeating and weight gain leads directly to a severe decline in IQ, even if one had a genius intellect. But once you sweat it back out, you begin to function at your previous cognitive capacity.
** Merely wearing a ''fat suit'' will go to the wearer's head, and cause him or her to take comical pratfalls every three steps.

* '''Straight''': [[TheDitz Dave]] is BookDumb and weighs 300 pounds.
* '''Exaggerated''': Dave can’t speak more than monosyllables or count to five, and weighs 500 pounds.
* '''Downplayed''': Dave [[CloudCuckoolander has his head in the clouds]] and weighs 250 pounds.

** Dave is stupid, but also short and skinny.
** GeekPhysiques
* '''Subverted''': Dave seems dull, but is really ObfuscatingStupidity — he’s actually extremely cultured.
* '''Double Subverted''': He’s still completely useless because going on a glorious adventure takes him ''waaaaay'' out of his depth.

** Overeating leads directly to a decline in IQ. Once you sweat it back out, you begin to function at your previous cognitive capacity.
** Merely wearing a fat suit will go to the wearer’s head and cause him or her to take pratfalls every three steps.
* '''Zig Zagged''': His idiocy is his defining characteristic, but for every time he gives away the team’s plan, Dave gets a DumbassHasAPoint moment.

* '''Lampshaded''': “If you can understand this, Dave, stop eating and do exactly as I say. You clearly don’t understand how serious this situation is, so keep your mouth shut. Your input will not be helpful.”

** Dave’s parents catch him about to gorge on candy for the first time when he’s young, immediately separate him from it, and embark him on a childhood of healthy eating.
* '''Discussed''': “We shouldn’t bring the lardass along. It’s only a matter of time before he inadvertently blows our cover.”
* '''Conversed''': “You would think writers would have learned that some stereotypes just aren’t universally true. There’s being overweight, and there’s being dumb. They are not identical conditions.”

** … and then he blunders into the villain’s lair and eats ''him''.
** Dave’s early death inspires TheTeam to go on so that they won’t lose their other beloved idiots.

-->“We need to return to FatIdiot, posthaste, unless you trust that guy not to stop for a meal and give everything away.”
-->“Give ''what'' away? I was just talking to [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], and he asked … where … you guys were …”

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Justified''': As a child, Dave was allowed to eat his fill of fatty and sugary foodstuffs, which diminished his concentration and expanded his waistline.

* '''Subverted''': Dave appears dull, but is really ObfuscatingStupidity.
* '''Double Subverted''': He was just regurgitating obscure and altogether useless facts he had found packed with bubble gum.

** ... and then he blunders into the villain’s lair and eats ''him''.

'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz has a high body mass.
* '''Straight''': Bob is BookDumb and weighs 300 pounds.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob can’t speak more than monosyllables or count to five, and weighs 500 pounds.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob [[CloudCuckoolander has his head in the clouds]] and weighs 250 pounds.
* '''Justified''': As a child, Bob was allowed to eat his fill of fatty and sugary foodstuffs, which went straight to his waist and ruined his ability to concentrate.

** Bob has as little body mass as he does brainpower.

* '''Subverted''': Bob appears dim, but is really ObfuscatingStupidity.

* '''Zig Zagged''': His idiocy is his defining characteristic, but for every time he gives away the team’s plan, Bob gets a DumbassHasAPoint moment.
* '''Averted''': Bob is a RidiculouslyAverageGuy.

* '''Lampshaded''': “If you can understand this, Bob, stop eating and do exactly as I say. You clearly don’t understand how serious this situation is, so keep your mouth shut. Your input will not be helpful.”

* '''Exploited''': The BigBad separates Bob from his smarter friends and extracts the entire plan from him.
* '''Defied''': In a moment of lucidity, Bob recognizes how pitiful he really is, and resolves to smarten up and slim down.

** Bob [[LethallyStupid accidentally kills]] [[ImAHumanitarian and partially consumes]] TheLeader of his team.
** Bob is just TooDumbToLive and is the first casualty of the story.

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