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{{quote|''The weightier members of our society include among their number some of its soundest and most grounded individuals. These are people who are comfortable in their weight; they fill out empty space; they have a presence, and they know it and like it. They like food, they like a lot of it, and they make no apologies. Their flab improves them; it betokens a sensual, epicurean approach to life, which is only to be commended. When Shakespeare's Julius Caesar said "Let me have men about me that are fat", these are the kind of people he meant.''|Stephen Bond, [http://plover.net/~bonds/fat.html "Fat Whiners"]}}

 

'''Lorenda''': Why yes I am! It's so good to see all my efforts finally being noticed!|''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]''}}

 

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Chouji from ''[[Naruto]]''. Getting called "fat" is his [[Berserk Button]], but he takes it really well when phrased any other way.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Obelix from ''[[Asterix]]'', [[I Am Big Boned|He doesn't consider himself fat]], instead, he considers it unhealthy to be any less fat than his normal size.

** He spends an entire album insisting that he is [[Insistent Terminology|"low-chested"]] and eventually even a knocked out roman soldier puts an APB for [[Got Me Doing It|a low-chested suspect.]]

* [[Wonder Woman]]'s sidekick Etta Candy, before the reboot.

* [[Garfield]]. To quote one of his earliest strips:

** Garfield even used to have yearly Fat Day strips.

 

== Literature ==

* [[Winnie the Pooh]]. He even sings about it!

''I'm a hefty, happy Pooh!'' }}

* Queen Sollace from the ''[[Lyonesse]]'' novels by [[Jack Vance]]. Large, blonde and very pale, she compares herself favourably with her gamine granddaughter, who "can never have a truly fashionable figure."

* Being grossly overweight is actually a point of pride for Speck Great Ones in the [[Soldier Son]] trilogy, since they store magical power as fat.

== Live Action TV ==

* Although Jason Segel isn't ''fat'' per se, just a bit overweight and very big-boned, in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Marshall has a line of this while he's [[It Makes Sense in Context|arguing with Barney over which one of them]] [[Ho Yay|Ted would rather have sex with:]]

'''Marshall:''' Here's the thing, Barney. I'm snuggly. You're not. Who wouldn't want to snuggle up next to this business on a Sunday morning, wrapped in a comforter, and it's raining outside and there's muffins warming in the oven - [[Crowning Moment of Funny|I'm cuddly, bitch, deal with it!]] }}

* Mercedes in ''[[Glee]]''

* Beth Ditto, lead singer of the queercore band Gossip.

* Jamie Madrox of [[Twiztid]] is rather proud of his girth, to the point that he has even released a solo album called "Phatso". His weight, much like his partner Monoxide Child's [[Smoking Is Cool|chain smoking]], has become one of his signature features.

''Pullin' aerial maneuvers at three hundred pounds or more!'' }}

* Referenced in "Beer Gut" by [[Da Yoopers]], a polka singing praise to those with beer guts and asking them to "stand up if you can".

 

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', when Lois first started gaining weight, Peter was upset but later began to really like it. So much so, that he tries fattening her up even more and even faster, which she is happy to do. When [[Reset Button|she had to have liposuction]], he was found in the closet having sex with her removed fat.

** In "The Fat Guy Strangler", Peter establishes the NAAFP: The National Association For The Advancement of Fat People. The members? All of them were ''fatter than Peter''.

* The FAs, fetishists, and so on...

* Comedienne Mo'Nique, herself a [[BBW]], hosted the F. A. T. (Fabulous And Thick) Chance Beauty Pageant. Contestants had to be size 14 or higher to enter.

** [[Running Gag|He's not fat. He's fluffy!]].

* [[Stout Strength|Sumo wrestlers, of course!]]

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