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The Big Beautiful Woman, or BBW for short, is a subversion of Hollywood's usual standards of size and beauty. She isn't sexy ''despite'' her full figure, she's sexy ''because'' of it. She's comfortable with the fact that her weight is part of her just like her hair color. [[Weight Woe|Any angst or insecurity over her body]] was [[Defied Trope|resolved long ago]] (or over the course of the story, if this trope is the end result), and she's a confident woman who has a healthy dating life and knows how to find outfits that look fantastic on her. Sloppier works might give her the same feel as a [[Pet Homosexual]]: a raunchy best friend who's always talking about sex but is never seen having it. Writers can avoid this by making her part of the [[Beta Couple]] or (believe it or not) making her the main heroine as an everywoman.

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Baya San from ''[[Crying Freeman]]''.

* Satsuki Yotsuba in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is just on the near side of chubby, but is just plain adorable. Akamatsu compares her to a Koala.

* Averted by the Great Lakes Avengers' [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/6071/234923-125723-big-bertha_super.jpg Big Bertha], a skinny model whose superpowers are only available when she is in her Superhero form. It looks just like her usual self, if she became obese.

* Volcana from the original ''Secret Wars'' mini-series.

* In the Five Years Later continuity of ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Book)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' Dream Girl became this, although this depended on her wardrobe.

** This trope was somewhat averted with Bouncing Boy's one-time girlfriend Iresa from the Silver Age. Plump sure, but she was rather plain. The joke, however, was that BB had dated her after he lost his powers and become svelte.

* Francine from ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' is often depicted as such.

 

 

* Boule de Suif

* This seems to be a matter of [[Author Appeal]] [[Chubby Chaser|for]] [[Terry Pratchett]].

** Death's adopted daughter is repeated said to be [[BBW|"chubby",]] too. Her soon to be love interest even notes that her chest ''alone'' "contained enough puppy fat for a whole ''litter'' of Dobermans."

** This is noted as the standard of attractiveness in Ramtops. Lancre men are much more interested in big women from families that clearly enjoy their food than they are in slim figures and corsetry.

* The main character of ''[[The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]'' novels and TV series is the "traditionally built" Precious Ramotswe. On TV she's played by Jill Scott, who counts as well.

* Prof. Colette of ''[[The Princess 99]]'' has elements of this.

* [[Sassy Black Woman|Lula]], former prostitute turned bounty hunter('s sidekick) in the ''[[Stephanie Plum]]'' series.

* Title of the book escapes me, but there was a book about a high-school girl going to work at a dance/strip club for extra cash--one of the most popular dancers there is a BBW whose stage name is [[Ironic Nickname|"Sweet Petite."]]

* Freya Rasmussen from ''[[Mortal Engines]]''.

* By 2085 in Larry Niven and Steven Barnes ''The Moon Maze Game'' this type has become the fashion ideal.

 

 

* Mellie from ''[[Dollhouse]]''.

* Jane (or really Deb in Jane's body) in ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]''.

* [[Roseanne]] is mostly this; she appears to have a healthy sex life with Dan and while she's depicted as just an average-looking woman, she certainly doesn't come across as ''un''desirable.

* Suzanne Sugarbaker of ''[[Designing Women]]''.

* ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' is widely regarded as one of these in-show.

** Dawn French gets cast as this a lot in comedies, including some episodes of ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]'' and ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]''.

 

 

== [[Music]] ==

* One of the first examples from modern media - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbI84m2HBVI Short Fat Fannie] - though it may have simply been made as a song ''filled'' with [[Shout-Out|ShoutOuts]] to other songs.

* [[This Is Spinal Tap|Big bottom! Big bottom! Talk about bum-cakes, my girl's got 'em!]]

* ''Perfect 10'' by the Beautiful South. "She's a perfect 10/But she wears a 12" Unusually, it's a duet, and both the male and female singers comment favourably on the size of their partner - although Wikipedia says [[Bigger Is Better in Bed|that's not the kind of size the woman is talking about]].

* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzh8G4HdWVU What I Go To School For] by Busted, the [[Teacher-Student Romance|teacher]] is played by plus-size model [http://www.judgmentofparis.com/Lorna.htm Lorna Roberts.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eEgPE0NmpM&feature=related Big Fat Blonde] by the Rainmakers is a very good example of this trope, as well.

* 90's R&B singer Kelly Price, who was arguably hotter before she lost the weight. This trope is even invoked in one of her videos, where she leaves a man who won't accept her for her size, only for a stud to drive up and ask "What does it take to make a big beautiful woman like you happy?"

* Bow wow's song Big Girl.

* Effie White from ''[[Dreamgirls]]'', [[Captain Ersatz]] of founding Supremes member Flo Ballard. In [[The Movie]], Jennifer Hudson was certainly gorgeous in the role, but she actually had to gain weight for it, and is normally at the upper end of [[Hollywood Pudgy]].

* Burlesque star [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meCzRWF3i0w Miss Dirty Martini.]

* Seraghina from Nine is supposed to be a large woman who is beautiful and sexually confident, and teaches the protagonist about romance and sexuality in his childhood (the film adaptation had a decidedly [[Hollywood Pudgy]] Seraghina).

 

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Major Nelly from ''[[Battalion Wars]]''.

* [[Ugly Guys Hot Daughter|Rayn]] of ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak X Combat Racing]]'' was [[What Could Have Been|originally going to be this]] according to [[Word of God]].

** A female PC in either ''Fable II'' or ''Fable III'' could be one; while fatness normally detracts from attractiveness (except in the case of "fat-loving" NPCs found on Knothole Island in II), one could overcome this with the right hair, make-up, and outfits.

*** As well as one of the vendors of Oakdale who finds a female player more attractive the more she gains weight.

* Ririka Yamamoto, star of the h-game ''Debu Plus.''

* Kurumi Kasugaoka from the cancelled dating sim ''Hachi Koi.''

** Yuyuko Saigyouji is also sometimes portrayed as a BBW due to her [[Big Eater|eating habits]].

* Justine in ''[[Shadows of the Damned]]'' appears to have been one before her death.

* Samantha Lovi from ''[[The Zombie Hunters]]''. Her heavyset figure can actually make her seem more attractive than the other female cast.

* [[The Blonde Marvel]] is a superhero that is also a BBW. Site has a NSFW warning.

* Carol from ''[[Between Failures]]''. Her 'ample figure' is attractive to at least two other cast members.

* Lorenda the Demon-Cow from ''[[DMFA]]''. She's noticeably fat, and apparently put a lot of effort into getting that fat, as seen most clearly in the strip [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_101.php when Dan first meets her].

* Karen of ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' is no lightweight, even post-makeover, but has "learned how to work it." Also subverted a bit in that the confidence is an act; she remembers her pre-makeover days and fears that people (especially her boyfriend) will "realize" she's not pretty.

* Cho from ''[[Kagerou]]'' is this, though it's not apparent until later in the comic, after [[Art Evolution]] has taken place.

* Siobhan McCarthy of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'': [[Spin-Off|The Program]] seems to be one of these, thanks to her..."assets".

* "Annoying Girl", later renamed "Special Girl", the character based on the woman who later became the author's wife, in ''The [[Binder of Shame]]''. At first he refuses to date her for fear of what his friends might think of him seeing a fat girl, but upon realising exactly what a [[Dysfunction Junction]] his gaming group is, he decides to drop them in favour of her.

 

 

** In "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story" Stewie's future self lost his virginity to one. Surprisingly, there were no jokes made at his expense for this, and only one line that referred to her weight at all, about "cracking open those Lane Bryant stretch pants."

*** This may be because they were too busy making fun of what an utter weiner Stewie turned out to be. For example, said cherry-popping was such a horrendously embarrassing experience that if you had precognition and saw that in your future, you'd just stay a virgin all your life.

* In ''[[Home Movies]]'', Coach McGuirk dresses in drag for Halloween (which really turns on the girl he's with) - he describes himself as "a big beautiful woman".

** Considering the occasional [[Fan Yay]] one may encounter, Coach McGuirk's girth is attractive even when he's not in drag. Makes one wonder what the [[Spear Counterpart]] of this trope is.

* Miss Kitty from ''[[An American Tail]]: Fievel Goes West'' falls under this; she's husky and very good-looking.

* An episode of [[Futurama]] had Fry and Bender stranded on the moon. A farmer offers them shelter with the stipulation that they stay away from his [[Farmers Daughter|three beautiful robot daughters]]: two [[Dukes of Hazzard|Daisy Duke]] types and The Crushinator, a pink combine / tank. Later, we see Bender fleeing from an irate, shotgun-weilding farmer.

{{quote| '''Fry:''' Oh, Bender. You didn't touch the Crushinator, did you?<br />