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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 (manga)|Excel Saga]]'' is a subversion. He may not speak at all, but he's still probably one of the smartest and most normal people in the entire cast.
* 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 ''[[Portal 2]]'' fanfic ''[[Test Of Humanity]]''. Of course, he was dim-witted before putting on weight.
== [[Film]] ==
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* 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 ''[[
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'''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.
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** 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 on the Writer|more or less stupid]] depending on the day.
* Gibby from ''[[
* Randy from ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene|Randy]] from ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]''.
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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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== [[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 "Family Guy Lite" shows, Peter is also stupid when he's thin.
* Eric Cartman from ''[[South Park]]''. Though his hatred and spite occasionally give him moments of brilliance.
* Owen and Sadie from ''[[Total Drama Island]]''.
* 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]]''.
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* 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]]''.
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'''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 Partner's a Monkey]]''.
* Todd from ''[[Code Monkeys]]''.
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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 [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Orson Welles]].
* 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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