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{{trope}}
{{quote|"Able Seaman Johnson's trying to bake a pie,"
"Able Seaman Johnson said he'd 'ave a try,"
"But Able Seaman Johnson is such rotten cook,"
"Able Seaman Johnson has gone and eaten Mrs. Beaton's book!"
|Fatso Johnson, ''[[The Navy Lark]]''.}}
{{quote|"Do you know what hell it is to be fat '''and''' stupid at the same time?"
|William M. Gaines, '[[Mad Magazine]]'' parody of ''[[Up the Academy]]''.}}
In fiction, being overweight doesn't necessarily mean you're probably [[Fat Bastard|a bad person.]]
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Gluttony from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is basically a pet ball of fat who consumes everything in his path. He's dull-witted enough in the anime, but in the manga, it takes Alphonse Elric about 30 seconds to convince Gluttony to lead his enemies right past all the defenses in the headquarters and right up to the [[Big Bad]].
** Averted with Breda, who graduated top of his class.
*** On the other hand, he acts a lot less serious/intelligent than the rest of Roy's crew. Then again, he is the [[Deadpan Snarker]]...
* ''Chaosic Rune'': About users who can summon powerful "dragons" to do their bidding. One of the most powerful is Death Rex, whose limbs and body got separated from its main "head". Death Rex's "body" (who has taken possession of a human body) [https://web.archive.org/web/20091203083702/http://www.onemanga.com/Chaosic_Rune/35/17/
* Sumiyoshi of ''[[Excel Saga (
* In [[Naruto]], Choji's displays of stupidity are less spectacular than those of Naruto, but he has a lack of common sense to the point of [[Skewed Priorities|valuing food over self-preservation]], rarely has any especially clever or insightful ideas, and [[All There in the Manual|according to the Databooks, has the lowest possible score in Intelligence in Part 1, with it still being very low in Part 2]].
* Marechiyo Oomaeda in [[Bleach]] is typically fairly dim-witted and not able to understand the events that go on around him, being irritated by anything beyond his comprehension.
* Averted with Dr. Tokita in [[Paprika]]. He is one of the smartest psychiatrist in the Institute for Psychiatric Research.
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* Averted with ''[[Garfield]]''; he may be fat, but he's frequently been shown to be considerably smarter than his owner Jon.
** Not that that's much of an accomplishment.
* Averted with Bouncing Boy/Chuck Taine from the Legion of Superheroes- he has actually made a study of physics, angles, ect. to help him use his power to its fullest potential.
** Not to mention, in a game of snooker against Matter-Eater Lad, he hits three of the balls in the nets. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|At the same time.]]
* The [[Meaningful Name|appropriately named]] Schmöck from a story by [[Wilhelm Busch]].
== [[Fan
* Arnold of ''[[Soulless
* Arthur in ''A Very Special Arthur'', who becomes retarded during the course of the story and is also described as quite overweight.
* Wheatley in the ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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* Nick Frost, as "Ed" in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' and "Danny Butterman" in ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. A fat, but lovable oaf. Of course, at times you will want to push him off a cliff.
** Though in ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'', he's shown to be [[Obfuscating Stupidity|smarter than he lets on.]]
* "Baby" Brent from ''[[Cloudy
* ''[[Piedone]]'' sometimes subverts and sometimes plays this straight. In a movie where his role is that of a higher up policeman (so we're expecting him to have some brains), he's tangled in a web of corruption and doesn't know what to think about the situation anymore. In a [[So Bad It's Good]] scene basically summarising Piedone's entire film career, he says "What Piedone doesn't like, [[Hulk Smash|Piedone punches!]]" and proceeds to punch his superior into unconsciousness. {{spoiler|The guy turns out to be legit and even help Piedone in a tight spot.}}
* Mr.Sykes in ''[[Shark Tale]]''.
* King Malbert in ''[[Igor]]''.
* [[Kevin James]]'s characters in various [[Happy Madison]] productions.
* [[
== [[Literature]] ==
* This attitude shows up in [[Robin Hobb]]'s ''Soldier Son'' trilogy, including the difference in values. Among the Gernians (the "civilized" people), obesity is regarded as a sign of lack of self-control. Among the Specks (the "nature people"), it's thin people who are seen as stupid. The attitude is, "What kind of idiot can't even provide for himself?"
* Augustus Gloop from ''[[Charlie and
* This trope is largely averted in the ''[[Discworld]]'' books as the wizards are mostly very fat while being very clever (if not wise). On the other hand most of the more dynamic, forward looking wizards tend not to be fat such as Ponder Stibbons and (in a ''very'' different way) Ymper Trymon.
** Sergeant Colon is a straighter example, though he's portrayed more as an average man on the street than a moron.
*** Vetinari [[Invoked Trope|invokes the trope]] when he takes Colon along with him in ''[[
{{quote|
'''Sgt. Colon''': I'm not too good at acting, sir.
'''Vetinari''': ''Good''. }}
** Played very straight with Crispin Horsefry in ''Going Postal'', complete with a [[Footnote Fever|footnote]] expressing the author's irritation that people seem to believe in this trope in real life.
** It sometimes seems like Nanny Ogg has intentionally invoked this trope in her old age, allowing herself to get "larger than life" as part of her image as a witch (that she is the one usually present at a birth rather than a death and that she is kind-hearted and jolly but not necessarily bright).
* In ''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'', the [[Villain of the Week|villain of the book]] was Warlord Zsinj, an extremely two-dimensional baddie whose three traits were one, [[Card-Carrying Villain|stock evilness]], two, [[Ted Baxter|puffed-up idiocy]], and three, fatness. He was the first non-Hutt in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] to be described as fat, actually. The ''[[X Wing Series]]'', set before his death, made his character considerably more complex and interesting. He was a fan of [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Obfuscating Grandiosity]].
* In ''[[A Clockwork Orange (
* Played straight in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' with King Robert, but averted with Samwell Tarley.
** In the fifth book this is invoked by {{spoiler|Wyman Manderly}} who [[Obfuscating Stupidity|uses this misconception to his advantage]].
* ''Massively'' averted by [[Villainous Glutton|Baron Vladimir Harkonnen]] in [[Dune]]. He may be hugely obese, decadent and depraved, but he's also clever, cunning and very sneaky. It's just a pity (for him) that he's up against the [[Messianic Archetype|Kwisatz Haderach]].
* King Rhodar of Drasnia in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' is also a subversion. His obesity is the result of loving books and scholarship more than hunting and warfare. His personal library is the third largest library in the world, and he is shown to be an excellent administrator. Even the more martially inclined rulers defer to his expertise in strategy, due to his excellent theoretical background.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Woody in ''[[The Suite Life On Deck]]'', though he gets [[Depending
* Gibby from ''[[
* Randy from ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene|Randy]] from ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]''.
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* Chumlee from ''[http://www.history.com/content/pawn-stars Pawn Stars]'' is portrayed this way, however, occasionally he proves to be more clever than his reputation might suggest, and he's not the only overweight character on the show.
* Sergeant Garcia got this treatment in [[Disney]]'s [[Zorro]] series.
* [[The Thick of It
* Larry Kubiac in ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' isn't really fat but just really, really huge. In the first few seasons, he is depicted as a typical high-school bully who only thinks of eating. Later, he becomes more of a gentle giant and it's revealed that his simple-mindedness is just a facade and that he is in fact fairly intelligent.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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* Prince Go-go in Ligeti's opera ''Le Grand Macabre'', the gluttonous, cowardly imbecile ruler of Breughelland.
* Falstaff in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', and the opera based on it, ''Falstaff''.
** Shakespeare also invokes this trope in ''Julius Caesar'':
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* Murph from ''Pokémon Ranger 1'' and ''2''.
* Subverted in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. Ward is roughly as intelligent as most of the other characters (except maybe Quistis), and provides most of the words of wisdom for his circle of friends ([[Dumb Struck|except for when]], well...[[The Voiceless|you know]].)
* Ogres in the ''[[
* Boggy the polar bear in the ''[[Banjo
* Wario in the ''[[Super Mario]]'' series and ''[[Super Smash Brothers]] Brawl''.
** He also sort of subverts this trope, as he's a brilliant problem-solver, businessman, and inventor. Of course, all of these things are usually done with sheer brute force.
* King Dedede from the ''[[Kirby]]'' series.
* [[Everything's Worse
* Globox in the [[Rayman]] series and [[Rayman Origins]].
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The Empress of Blood in ''[[The Order of the Stick
* Harold from ''[[Plus EV]]''.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Homer Simpson from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
** Chief Wiggum, Ralph Wiggum, and Barney (although one flashback depicts him as Harvard-
* Peter Griffin and Chris Griffin from ''[[Family Guy]]''. Of course, to be fair - and as the episode
* Eric Cartman from ''[[South Park]]''. Though his hatred and spite occasionally give him moments of brilliance.
* Owen and Sadie from ''[[
* Haroun El Plassid in ''[[Iznogoud]]''.
* Bill Dauterive in ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090604161628/http://www.shaunthesheep.com/downloads/wallpapers/shirley/1024 Shirley] from ''Shaun The Sheep'': fat, good natured and dim as a broken lightbulb.
* Stimpy from ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]''.
* Heffer from ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''.
* Mongo from ''[[
* Eugene "Snotty Boy" Beady from movie ''[[Barnyard]]'' and spinoff series "Back at the Barnyard".
* Jack Fenton in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. He's often portrayed as dim-witted, an incompetent ghost hunter, and slow to catch hints. But then, he also has several [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moments Of Awesome]] that occasionally remind you that he ''is'' a scientist.
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** He seems to be more of a [[Genius Ditz]], actually.
** There's also [[Fat Slob]] neighbor Kendra.
* Ed, from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''.
** Subverted with Eddy who is noticeably overweight, but can be quite cunning at times. He tends to fail a lot at school, but that's more due to laziness and indifference rather than actual stupidity.
* Patrick Star from ''[[
* Beezy from ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''.
* The unnamed Giant from the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short "Jack Wabbit and the Beanstalk" may very well be the fattest and stupidest enemy Bug Bunny ever faced off against. Here are a few examples of his idiocy: he's thinks he's smarter than Bugs due to that fact that he's a moron, he spells smart like c-a-t, it took him about 5 hours to realize that Bugs wasn't coming back in the jar he trapped him in after escaping, and it took him about 20 seconds to realize his head was on fire.
** There is also Rocky's henchman Mugsy.
* Averted with Bouncing Boy from the Legion of Superheroes, who actually has an admirable knowledge of both strategy and mechanics. Plus he's pretty Genre Savvy.
* Steve's friend Barry from ''[[
* Coop from ''[[Megas XLR]]'''s entire personality is based around this trope and ''[[Idiot Hero]]''.
* Fred Flintstone from ''[[The Flintstones]]''.
* Rancid Rabbit from ''[[
* Mr. Mufflin from ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]''.
* Kyle from ''[[Squirrel Boy]]''.
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* Most of Dean's Prisoners from ''[[The Goode Family]]''.
* The Giant Brain from ''[[Futurama]]''.
{{quote|
'''Brainspawn''': "''Earth'', you
* Eek from ''[[Eek!
* Muscle Man from ''[[Regular Show]]''. He's one of those characters that seems to think he's smarter than he really is.
* Tommy Turkey from ''[[Birdz]]''.
* Reggie Bullnerd, Officer O'Neil and Brick Buster from ''[[
* Adam Lyon, The Prietties and Bear in a red shirt from ''[[My Gym
* Todd from ''[[Code Monkeys]]''.
* Cheif from ''[[Tak and
* [[Camp Gay|Eddie Gourmand]] from ''[[The Garfield Show]]''.
* Doctor Barber and Lolly Poopdeck from ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]''.
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* Dave the skunk from ''[[Scaredy Squirrel]]''.
* Subverted with T.J. Detweiler from ''[[Recess]]''. While he's pudgy, his dim side comes out of laziness than actual stupidity.
* Penny from [[The Mighty B!]].
* [[Gonk|Baby Taz]] from [[Baby Looney Tunes]].
* Goomo from [[Jelly Jamm]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Averted in [[Real Life]] by such stout yet undoubtedly clever individuals as [[
* There may be some [[Truth in Television]] since a five-year study in France has found a possible link between weight and brain function. People with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) scored lower on a cognitive test than average people. This has been nicknamed the "[[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] effect". [https://web.archive.org/web/20100121110343/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23370854-obese-people-lose-iq-through-homer-simpson-effect.do See for yourself.]
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