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The
What makes this different from most of the other Fat tropes is that this character is always a [[Satellite Character]] and we rarely see things from their perspectives. They're there to enhance the [[Main Character]]'s traits and to simply be a friend. See [[Fat Girl]], [[Big Fun]] and [[Fat and Skinny]]. Compare to [[Black Best Friend]], [[Pet Homosexual]], and [[Satellite Character]]. Contrast [[Fat Bastard]], [[Fat Slob]], and [[Fat Idiot]].
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== The [[Big Fun]], brash character ==
=== [[Comic Books]] ===▼
▲== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Ganke is the best Friend of the v3 ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', he's more intelligent and extroverted than Miles.
* Tubby from ''[[Little Lulu]]'' would be a Type A, as he mostly tries to play pranks on Lulu. Despite this, he is a good friend to Lulu.
* Etta Candy, [[Wonder Woman]]'s sidekick from the forties and early fifties, was a rare female version.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Tiny Cooper in ''[[Will Grayson Will Grayson]]''
=== [[Live
* Piper, the best friend of Anna on short-lived [[Teen Nick]] series, ''Gigantic''.
* Kim Parker, ''Moesha's'' best friend. She later broke out the mold and got her very own show.
* Mo Maskour from ''[[Degrassi]]'', along with Bruce the Moose.
* Ivy from [[Good Luck Charlie]].
* Trish from [[
* Eddie from ''[[That's So Raven]]'', though his weight doesn't come up at all really.
* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': Alex, one of Noahs 4 main friends and the loud, fun, outspoken and confrontational one of the group.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Heffer from ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''. He loves to eat, is brash and annoying, but he is a good friend to Rocko.
* LeShawna from ''[[Total Drama Island]]''.
== The [[Shrinking Violet]] ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===▼
* In ''[[
▲== [[Anime]] ==
▲* In ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]'', [http://zeronotsukaima.wikia.com/wiki/Malicorne_de_Grandple_Brimir Malicorne] is this to resident [[Bishonen]] [http://zeronotsukaima.wikia.com/wiki/Guiche Guiche]. He has a huge appetite and has a hard time getting dates until he falls for Irukukwu.
* [[Slam Dunk]]: Mikio Kawata.
=== [[Film]] ===
* Gaz's best friend, Dave, in ''[[The Full Monty]]'' is a tubby bastard and he hates it. He's always trying to lose weight and he feels so bad about it he can't even get it up for his wife. Of course Gaz pushes him into stripping to earn a bit of cash; nothing can go wrong there.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Samwell Tarly in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is a good friend of hero Jon Snow and is a very extreme Type B, having terrible self esteem due to being constantly demeaned by his abusive father. Jon and others have tried to make him feel better about himself but it hasn't really taken yet.
=== [[Live
* Terri Macgregor from ''[[Degrassi]]''. She is friend to both the [[Alpha Bitch]] and [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]] in the show and their personalities just completely dominate hers. She's shy and withdrawn and thinks she can never get a boyfriend.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* Nella is the BFF ([[Fun
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* The whole trope is inverted with ''[[King of the Hill]]'', with fat kid Bobby and his satellite friend, Joseph. Joseph is especially awkward around girls as opposed to Bobby. Bill is a example played straight.
== [[The Ditz]]/[[Cloudcuckoolander]] ==
''(previously called "Type C")''
=== [[Literature]] ===▼
* Rowley from ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]''.
===
* Gibby from ''[[
=== [[
*
* Barry, Steve's school friend in ''[[
▲* Juicy, Calvin's slow witted friend on ''[[The P Js]]''.
▲* Barry, Steve's school friend in ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' is a Type C with shades of Type B. Granted his [[Kindhearted Simpleton]] persona is actually the result of {{spoiler|some perscribed vitamins that mellow his personality, unknown to him, he is actually a ruthless conniving sociopath without them.}}
* Stimpy acts as a Type C with elements of Type B to Ren in ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'', being compassionate and dim witted in comparison to the smart yet manic Ren.
* Tiger, Fievel's friend from ''[[An American Tail]]''. How dim-witted he is [[Depending
* Mikey on ''[[Recess]]'', though he's more naive and a bit of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] than stupid. Subverted in the case as he's not a satellite character.
==
=== Anime and Manga ===
▲* Gibby from ''[[I Carly]]'', who is so completely eccentric and odd that it dazzles the rest of the cast.
* Kurita of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' is a mix of all three. He's a lot friendlier then Hiruma, but also a lot less confrontational. He's also a bit of an airhead, but then again, about half of the team is too.▼
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Chet Morton is the best friend of ''[[The Hardy Boys]]'', and has been described as fat, plump, chubby, stout, heavy-set, etc. He has a huge appetite, and vacillates between types A, B and C as the plot dictates. ▼
===
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': Kramer's buddy and Jerry's antagonist Newman.▼
===
▲* Kurita of [[Eyeshield 21]] is a mix of all three. He's a lot friendlier then Hiruma, but also a lot less confrontational. He's also a bit of an airhead, but then again, about half of the team is too.
* Patton Oswalt recounts an anecdote where he's at a Hollywood party, and feeling depressed about not being able to get thin so he could be in movies. And then he's approached by Brian Dennehy, who reassures him that "Character Actors! Who gives a fuck if we're fat?"
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▲== [[Literature]] ==
▲* Chet Morton is the best friend of ''[[The Hardy Boys]]'', and has been described as fat, plump, chubby, stout, heavy-set, etc. He has a huge appetite, and vacillates between types A, B and C as the plot dictates.
▲* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': Kramer's buddy and Jerry's antagonist Newman.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Though [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] himself is pretty fat, his drunken buddy Barney Gumble is even worse. He can lean as all three types [[Depending
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