All The Tropes

Acrofatic: Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

Acrofatic (view source)

Revision as of 09:30, 7 May 2014

13 bytes removed ,  10 years ago
m
update links
VisualWikitext
m (Mass update links)
m (update links)
Line 229:
* Silent film comedian [[Fatty Arbuckle]], who earned his nickname (it would later cause him health problems) was very nimble as well.
* "Curly" Joe De Rita, in the later years of [[The Three Stooges]].
* Roy "Big Country" Nelson is the the only [[Useful Notes/Mixed Martial Arts|mixed martial artist]] to compete at a high level that could be genuinly considered "fat." He spent most of his career with a massive beer belly, which he would rub after stoppage victories. It was widely known that his entrance into the UFC was delayed considerably due to reluctance in hiring a fat fighter. On ''[[The Ultimate Fighter]]'', Nelson fought the most-watched MMA bought in US network history against chiseled street fighter Kimbo Slice, won a lopsided stoppage, and promptly demanded a cheeseburger. Recently, however, he's come under considerably more pressure to slim down and drop to light-heavyweight.
* John Belushi; just watch ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' and see the acrobatics a small fat man can perform while dancing on stage. He was a starting linebacker on his high school's football team. His nickname then was "Killer".
* Women who play roller derby often fall under this trope. While there are many players who are slender or average, some of the best are much larger.
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1013467"