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* Somewhat subverted in ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind]]'', with the males of the Torumekian royal family. They're all grotesquely fat and initially somewhat villainous, but all of them show themselves capable of goodness near the end of the story, except for the one who got eaten by a giant bug before he had the chance to be redeemed like the others.

* In ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', there's Demegawa, the corrupt TV producer and presenter. His greed and corruptness make one of Light's plans fail. Moreover, as Kira grows in power and influence, he throws himself wholeheartedly into the role of [[Professional Butt-Kisser]] when it becomes clear who's in charge.

* Fat Buttcha from ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]''. The guy (when first introduced) takes this term to a new extreme: apparently his "fat" is nothing more than a pool of blood, blood that he can subsequently pump into his arms. The Bastard part? Ikki thinks that he can will a race against Buttcha because the guy is so fat, but the latter tells the former that (in his mini-hulk mode) he is just thin enough to fit down the alley they both need to pass through, but fat enough that no one can get around him.

* Nakai in ''[[Bakuman｡ (Manga)|Bakuman｡]]'' used to be sympathetic despite being overweight. But then he [[Took a Level In Jerkass]] and starts being manipulative once success starts going to his head, which disgusts the woman he viewed as his love interest. He ultimately gets [[Put On a Bus]] and moves back home with his mother. {{spoiler|By the time he returns from his bus trip, he's even more overweight, has an even more repulsive personality and is currently working with the current antagonist of the series.}}

* [[X Men|The Blob]], member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. His weight and physical appearance are played up for horror and squick whenever he shows interest in a woman. In a bit of a subversion, his weight comes not from overeating but his mutation. When he was depowered, he ended up as his true weight - which was incredibly thin. After plastic surgery to remove his excess skin, he ended up being a pastiche of Jared from the Subway commercials. In the animated series and depending on the writer, he's still a greedy, slovenly, unhygienic pig, though.

* [[Sadist Teacher|Mr. Davidson]] in [[Tokyo Mew Mew No Hope Left (Fanfic)|Tokyo Mew Mew No Hope Left]]. He "talks about George Bush and shit" and shoots aliens in the leg.

* {{spoiler|Sasuke}}, [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|of all people]] in [[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]. His evil scheme involves, among other things, turning everyone in the shinobi nations fat.

* ''[[Wonder Woman (Film)|Wonder Woman]]'''s depiction of Hades.

* [[Big Bad|Ursula]] from ''[[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|The Little Mermaid]]''.

* Lucifer [[Cats Are Mean|the cat]] from ''[[Cinderella (Disney)|Cinderella]]''.

* The corrupt mayor, after eating one too many falling cheeseburgers and hotdogs from ''[[Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs]]''.

* Anyone and everyone played by Sidney Greenstreet, though they usually softened the blow by being [[Affably Evil]]. The most famous is Kasper Gutman (no, really) in ''[[The Maltese Falcon (Film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''.

* The cruel and corrupt Porky from the ''[[Porkys]]'' series of movies.

* ''[[Blade (Film)|Blade]]'' - Pearl, the morbidly obese blob of a vampire record keeper. Heck, the only record keeping she keeps is her mouth! Might have been the basis for Balthazar in [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]].

* ''[[Overdrawn At the Memory Bank]]'' had "really, REALLY big brother". Can someone please turn off the revolving fat man?

* Mr. Creosote from ''[[Monty Pythons the Meaning of Life]]''. He is ''unquestionably'' fat, and also rather rude to the restaurant staff. If going out of your way to puke on them isn't poor etiquette...

* ''[[Paul Blart Mall Cop]]''.

* Serial killer "Crazy Fat" Ethel Janowski from the ''[[Criminally Insane (Film)|Criminally Insane]]'' duology.

* Terry Pratchett lampshades this in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', where one of the chairmen at the Grand Trunks Company is described as fat, multi-chinned and having a grating voice and an expression like a piglet, and a footnote says that it's stereotypical to say that someone like that couldn't be a kind and generous man, like it's stereotypical to say a man in a striped shirt coming in through your window in the middle of the night is a burglar.

* Basu, [[The Morbidly Obese Ninja]] from the novel of the same name by [[Carlton Mellick III]]. when he was lean he was the deadliest ninja in town, after he reached 700 pounds of weight, he also became the meanest. {{spoiler|post-character development he's more a [[Fat Bastard]] [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|with a heart of gold]].}}

* Augustus Gloop from ''[[Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]''.

* ''[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]'' [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%203:12-28&version=KJV describes] the assassination of a [[Adipose Rex|very fat king]] who leaks excrement when he is stabbed. He oppressed the Israelites for eighteen years, which perhaps explains why this particular detail was included by those who wrote the account.

* In [[Robert E Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "The Phoenix on the Sword", Ascalante sneers at one of the nobles who thought they had hired him as "the fat baron of Attalus."

* Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck, a recurring nemesis from ''[[Monk]]''. Think of him as an obese [[Sherlock Holmes|Moriarity]] or a bigger [[Spider Man|Kingpin]] if all that muscle was actually ''just'' fat.

** However, basically subverted in the [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] books. The Doctor's [[Worthy Opponent]] Sabbath (who serves as an [[Expy]] of the Master, but more reasonable) is rather on the chubby side of [[Stout Strength]], because he just doesn't care about his appearance (for the same reason, his hair is so short as to almost count as [[Bald of Evil]]). Once in a while, [[I Shall Taunt You|other characters make unflattering remarks about it]], but only rarely. And it provides for an excellent [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] opportunity in one book, where with a suit which is ''only slightly'' [[Bigger On the Inside]], he almost effectively disguises himself ''and'' proves that the Doctor doesn't realize that humans can lose weight or something.<ref>''‘Your suit distracted me for a while,’ he added. ‘I couldn’t understand how you managed to squeeze your rather ample form inside it.’''</ref> He falls just short of being [[Affably Evil]], and has a number of [[Enemy Mine]] situations (and quite a lot of [[Foe Yay]]) with the Doctor. He just happens to be quite evil and quite large.<ref>And [[Big Eater]] Fitz, who is in actual fact described as looking like he's "made of pipe cleaners", seems to eat more than he does, so Sabbath is hardly a [[Villainous Glutton]].</ref>

* Newman from ''[[Seinfeld (TV)|Seinfeld]]''.

* Balthazar from the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode ''Bad Girls''.

* ''[[24 (TV)|Twenty Four]]'' avoids this with Edgar.

* Ugly Naked Guy in ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]''.

* ''[[Stargate SG 1]]'': has two examples: Jim and Nerus. Jim was the persona of Anubis's projection onto the [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence|Ascended Plane]]. He was a fat, abrasive man at the Astral Diner who delighted in mocking the ascended being who made his ascension possible: {{spoiler|Oma Desala}}. Keep in mind that Anubis was a [[Complete Monster]] [[Omnicidal Maniac]] with [[A God Am I|a god complex]] [[Even Evil Has Standards|who was considered evil even by Goa'uld standards.]] Nerus was a minor Goa'uld who appeared in two episodes: "Beachhead" and "Off the Gird", both in Season 9. He was likely inspired by [[Greek Mythology|Dionysus]]/[[Roman Mythology|Bacchus]]. He was described by Vala Mal Doran as the definition of "avarice and gluttony". He was deceitful and had many [[Squick|...appetites]]. He got what was coming to him though when the SGC sent him back to Ba'al (whom he had betrayed in his first appearance) with a box of the Hostess cakes he so loved with claiming to have only served the [[Religion of Evil|Ori]] as a spy. {{spoiler|[[Hoist By His Own Petard|The cakes contained subspace transmitters that planted a virus in the ship's shields and navigation systems and broadcast their location to human forces who quickly arrived and took them all out,]] [[You Have Failed Me|though not before Ba'al killed him.]]}}

* Fatman from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2]]'' is a fat and bald bomb-building maniac. He considers himself an artist and wants to become known as the greatest bomb-builder who ever lived. He also wears a bomb-disposal coat {{spoiler|filled with more explosives}} which makes him seem even fatter.

* Cronos from ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]'' is actually described as this by Ben Croshaw. Clotho also qualifies so much she actually makes Jabba the Hutt seem like Michael Phelps.

* Interesting case in ''[[Bio Shock|Bioshock 2]]''. Buck Raleigh is a fat, ruthless, [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]. However, he is the most sympathetic of the multiplayer characters. He was never interested in plasmids but started using them when {{spoiler|his wife disappeared. Almost a year later it turns out she was leading a revolt against him.}}

* [[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario]], though he's got [[Stout Strength|plenty of muscle]] as well.

* Porky Minch, the [[Enfante Terrible]] co-[[Big Bad]] of ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]]''; his name is something of a [[Lampshade Hanging]], and his [[Fat Bastard]] status is later played up in full force as an [[Animal Motif]] in his [[Big Bad]] status in ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'', where his [[The Empire|empire]], army and everything else are pig-themed.

** ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]]'' also provides a subversion in the form of Apple Kid. He's fat, apparently unhygienic and socially awkward, and accordingly less popular among the citizens of Twoson than rival Orange Kid, who's thinner, has considerably better social skills, and uses this to get funding for his work. Then the subversion comes into play - Orange Kid is a [[Ted Baxter]] with virtually no talent to back up the formidable sums of money he asks for, whereas Apple Kid is an absolute genius who actually cares about the fate of the world, plays a massive role in enabling the heroes to defeat Giygas, and never asks for anything in return.

* In ''[[Quake IV (Video Game)|Quake IV]]'' there is a gigantic obese Strogg thing which the player kills by overfeeding.

* The Governor from Phatt Island in ''[[Monkey Island 2]]''.

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' has at least ''three'' characters that fit this trope to a T: President Shinra, Palmer, and Heidegger.

* The Seeq in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Tactics a 2]]''. A race of pigs so the fat factor is already settled in. They are described as being gluttonous, dimwitted, slow, and are mostly common thieves. in FFTA2, sometimes a newly recruited Seeq will ask what is for lunch after he joins your clan or they may also say that there won't be any problems as long as you feed him. There are a few kind hearted Seeq in the games, but most are portrayed as unlikable.

** Although their size and [[Heavy Sleeper|sleeping habits]] are a [[Broken Bridge|game-important obstacle]] for both players and Ash of the ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime, and their habit of [[Big Eater|eating islands worth of food]] when awake aside, Snorlax can be [[Gentle Giant|pretty nice otherwise]].

* Oliver in ''[[Fire Emblem (Video Game)|Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]''. {{spoiler|Though he [[Unexplained Recovery|somehow]] survives the game and joins your party in ''Radiant Dawn'' thanks to his status as the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]].}}

* The Heavy is seen as one of these by the other classes in ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'', or so their domination/revenge quotes would seem to indicate.

* Juan "The Banker" Borgia in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]''.

* ''[[Hector Badge of Carnage]]'' has Detective Inspector Hector, a surly, corrupt and lazy [[Heroic Sociopath]] who also happens to be one of the few competent individuals on the police force.

* Luther from the ''[[SSX (Video Game)|SSX]]'' series, voiced by Oliver Platt.

* The Mancubi from ''[[Doom (Video Game)|Doom]]'' are ludicrously fat (or at least [[South Park|big-boned]]), and their idiosyncratic projectile patterns are sure to make more than a few new players find them to be quite the bastards.

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|Pigma]] [[Only in It For The Money|Dengar]] from ''[[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox]]'' is the em[[Stealth Pun|bodi]]ment of this trope.

* Azmodan in ''[[Diablo III (Video Game)|Diablo III]]''. "Bastard" is probably an understatement, since he's the Prime Evil embodiment of Sin leading a demonic army bent on Sanctuary's destruction. His girth is justified since Gluttony is a Sin.

* Eric Cartman of ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]''. Most notably in two episodes where 1), during his family reunion, all of his family members, save for his mother and grandmother who are thin and caring, are fat annoying slobs. 2) Where Eric from the future, who lost weight and became a better person in general (and wealthy to boot), came to the past to tell Eric to be a good human being. Eric (thinking it was a trick) delivered the generic "screw you" line and said he would stay the way he was, after the other characters were out of view the future Eric transformed into a dirty obese mechanic as a result of his younger self not "changing for the better".

* In ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', Peter Griffin's tendency to invoke this trope is probably the most obvious difference between him and [[The Simpsons (Animation)|Homer Simpson]]. While Homer can gobble down platefuls of food for laughs, Peter's usually only shown in the same context as food when the point is supposed to be that he's a [[Jerkass]].

** Only averted sometimes by Chris Griffin and averted always with Cleveland (now a protagonist all his own), and Cleveland Jr., who are all fat but are also among the show's few genuinely decent tempered characters. Chris is with his dad in the [[Fat Idiot|fat idiot]] trope though, but he's still far less vicious generally. Cleveland is rather intelligent.

* Speaking of Homer, despite what one may initially think, ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' mostly averts this trope. When 75% of the entire cast is fat - Springfield is the fattest city in America! - the fat people come in all temperaments. Everyone who's fat has their [[Fat Bastard]] moments, but it isn't always consistent, especially with the [[Negative Continuity]].

* Tohru from ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' was this before his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* Tubbimura, the fat ninja from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]''. A moderately competent (and relatively unsympathetic) villain, and quite certainly a Jerkass.

* [[Pig Man|Hoggish Greedly]] from ''[[Captain Planet and The Planeteers]]''. Also Sly Sludge to a lesser extent.

* ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename Kids Next Door]]'', a lot of the recurring adult villains the KND face are rotund in appearance.

* ''[[The Oblongs (Animation)|The Oblongs]]'' gives us Helga, a rude, ugly, mobidly obese little girl with delusions of grandeur. At least, they connect it to being underpriveleged (she can only affored to eat thrown out wedding cakes, she lives next to an abandoned factory...) And she is still awesome!

* One episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' had Bruce Wayne, with amnesia, kidnapped and forced to work in a mining camp by a white-suited obese man who was always munching on a turkey leg. When one of the man's henchmen tried to remind him that the exhausted slaves have to eat, he replied, "''I'' have to eat. ''They'' have to ''work''."

* Patrick from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' occasionally shows traits of this. For example, "Spongebob Naturepants".

* Fat Cat from ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''.

* Cobbler from ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''.

* Cheif from ''[[Tak and The Power of Juju]]'' is 100% Fat Basbard, seeing at [[Maurice La Marche|Principal Pixiefrog]] does his voice and seeing the [[The Napoleon|Tak]] ruins most of Pupununu kind.

* [[Oggy and The Cockroaches|Oggy]].

* Peg-Leg Pete from ''[[Classic Disney Shorts]]'' and the rest of the Disney canon. The degrees of bastardy have varied over the years, from being a ''[[Complete Monster]]'' to ''[[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]'', but he always qualifies.