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See also [[Fat Bastard]], [[Fat Slob]], and [[Shorter Means Smarter]]. Often an element of a [[Straw Loser]]. Contrast [[Lean and Mean]].

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

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* 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.

* One of The [[Ted Baxter|CutMan]] [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds|Brothers]] of [[Mega Man NT Warrior]] had fallen into this catagory.

* One of The [[Ted Baxter|CutMan]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Brothers]] of [[Mega Man NT Warrior]] had fallen into this catagory.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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** Though in ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'', he's shown to be [[Obfuscating Stupidity|smarter than he lets on.]]

* "Baby" Brent from ''[[Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs]]''.

* ''[[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 ~~Its~~ 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.}}

* ''[[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]]''.

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** 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 ''[[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 (Literature)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', "poor old Dim the Dim" is the largest of Alex's droogies, and he lives up to his nickname. He's a bad person too, but [[Crapsack World|who isn't?]]

* Played straight in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' with King Robert, but averted with Samwell Tarley.

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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 (TV)/Characters|Ben Swain]] MP of ''[[The Thick of It]]'', a junior minister in DoSAC under [[Jade Colored Glasses|Hugh]] [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Abbot]], is rather overweight and so amazingly dumb that one of the first things [[Wide Eyed Idealist|Nicola]] [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Murray]] does is sack him. (Swain gets sent over tho the Department of Education...TakeThat, anyone?)

* [[The Thick of It (TV)/Characters|Ben Swain]] MP of ''[[The Thick of It]]'', a junior minister in DoSAC under [[Jade-Colored Glasses|Hugh]] [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Abbot]], is rather overweight and so amazingly dumb that one of the first things [[Wide Eyed Idealist|Nicola]] [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Murray]] does is sack him. (Swain gets sent over tho the Department of Education...TakeThat, anyone?)

* 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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** 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.

* [[~~Everythings~~ Worse With Bears|Moneybags]] from the ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' series.

* [[Everything's Worse With Bears|Moneybags]] from the ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' series.

* Globox in the [[Rayman]] series and [[Rayman Origins]].