Line #1 PlayingWith/FatBestFriend

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1	'''Basic Trope''': The protagonist's best friend is fat.
2	* '''Straight''': Mike has a best friend named Joe, who happens to be fat.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Mike's friend Joe is so fat that he has to be moved around using a forklift.
5	** ALL of Mike's friends are fat.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Joe is a little tubby, but calling him "fat" is a bit of a stretch.
8	** Joe and Mike are just casual acquaintances.
9	* '''Justified''': Friendship doesn't discriminate, and weight is no exception.
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** Mike, a fat protagonist, is friends with Joe, who is thin.
12	** Mike's ArchEnemy is Joe, a FatBastard.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** Joe seems to be fat at first, then later removes the fat suit he wore for a play.
15	** Joe throws off the SatelliteCharacter part of this trope by becoming the protagonist of his own arc.
16	* '''Double Subverted''':
17	** And then Joe's antidepressants begin slowing his metabolism...
18	** The thinner "Joe" turns out to be Bo, who does a a surprisingly good impression of his twin brother. The real Joe is fat.
19	* '''Parodied''': Joe quite literally [[SatelliteCharacter orbits]] around Mike.
20	* '''Zig Zagged''': Joe's weight fluctuates throughout the series.
21	* '''Averted''':
22	** Neither Mike nor Joe are fat.
23	** Both Mike and Joe are fat.
24	* '''Enforced''': The author wants to present AnAesop about being nice to people regardless of their physique.
25	* '''Lampshaded''': Joe introduces himself to people as Mike's Fat Best Friend.
26	* '''Invoked''':
27	** Mike befriends Joe specifically to make himself look better.
28	** Joe plays this role for his troubled friends to help them remain stable.
29	* '''Exploited''': Joe runs a business of sorts where people pay him to be their Fat Best Friend for whatever reason.
30	* '''Defied''': Joe decides he doesn't need to be friends with Mike to validate himself.
31	* '''Discussed''': ???
32	* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why the protagonist often has a friend who's overweight."
33	* '''Deconstructed''': Joe gets teased a lot for his weight, and if Mike can't help but join in, the friendship can take a beating.
34	* '''Reconstructed''': Joe and Mike are VitriolicBestBuds, and jokes about Joe's weight are counterbalanced by jabs at Mike for other aspects of his personality.
35	* '''Implied''': Mike mentions having a good friend who's overweight.
36	* '''Played For Laughs''': Joe is the FatComicRelief.
37	* '''Played For Drama''': Building on the Invoked variant, Joe learns of Mike's reasoning and it makes him doubt their friendship is genuine.
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