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'''Note:''' Under the examples, PLEASE only include those who are ''explicitly identified as overweight'' despite ''not actually being overweight''! This is NOT the page for actors of normal body type playing characters of normal body type, nor for genuinely fat actors playing genuinely fat characters. Anything that is drawn or animated is also extremely unlikely to qualify (Garfield, for example, doesn't even look ''like a cat''), unless the depiction is intended to be realistic or the trope itself is being parodied. If the only time the character's said or implied to be fat is when another character is tossing out insults, it probably belongs under [[You Are Fat]] instead of this trope.

 

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* Though he rarely (if ever) does it [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|without]] [[Slap Slap Kiss|provocation]], ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]'''s [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|title character]] often calls Akane "fat," "thick-waisted," or "wide-hipped," just [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|to deny being attracted to her]]. [[Tsundere|Akane]]'s response is [[Megaton Punch|swift and certain]]. There was a story later in the manga about a magical gi. When female Ranma tries to wear it she learns it only fits someone with Akane's supposedly dumpier physique.

* Subverted in ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro (Manga)|Ichigo Mashimaro]]'': when Chika and Miu start obsessing about their weight gain, Nobue points out to them that they are still growing.

* One story in ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors (Manga)|Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' deals with dieting by following three people. The first person is a high school girl who genuinely is overweight because of low self-esteem issues (she overeats when she's upset). The second person is a boxer who needs to keep his weight down so that he can stay in the proper weight class. The third person is a model who is rail skinny as she is but asks the Count to give her a mysterious pill that her fellow model told her about. The model explains that her body is her "calling card" and gaining even a pound could mean losing a lot of expensive clients. Throughout the chapter, the animals are all very distressed and confused at the thought of someone willingly starving themselves as they know what it is like to really be without food. While the first two people get happy endings ({{spoiler|the girl loses the weight thanks to self-esteem boosts from a training partner the Count loans her and the boxer makes his weight class}}), the model {{spoiler|becomes violently sick after taking the pill for some time, until her body becomes dried up and breaks open to let an alien version of the model out. It is also revealed that the other model - who told her about the pill to begin with - had the same thing happen to her}}. The message of the chapter seemed to be that there was more to life than shedding a few pounds, especially since {{spoiler|the characters that were dieting for non-selfish reasons actually had happy endings and got more out of it}}.

* ''Happy StrikerS'', the official ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' four-koma gag comic shown together with the preview manga of ''Nanoha Force'' in ''NyanType magazine'', uses this as a [[Running Gag]] with Teana, with her worrying that she had gotten a bit pudgy since [http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6524/85958460.png she's been swamped with desk work recently]. (Note: Link may be [[NSFW]])

* Averted in the film ''Real Women Have Curves'', in which America Ferrera, in her feature film debut, looks like a typical overweight but healthy teen. (She eventually slimmed down once hitting stardom with ''[[Ugly Betty]]'') Nevertheless, young actresses showed up at the casting call at about 120 pounds under the belief that that was the idea of "overweight".

* Discussed in ''[[The King's Speech (Film)|The King's Speech]]'' when Elizabeth complains to Bertie about how his brother's lover [[Wallis Simpson]] calls her the "Fat Scottish Cook". Elizabeth is played by the petite [[Helena Bonham Carter]], and Simpson is portrayed as a horrible person, so it's apparently not meant to be taken seriously.

* Margaret Dumont is constantly mocked for her weight by the ''[[Marx Brothers]]''. While consistently the largest women in the Marx films, and among the largest in period film, she's average for modern America and only slightly above normal for current actresses playing characters her age. Her height helped in the characterization, since all of the Marx brothers were fairly short and slender, making her look larger in comparison.

* Discussed in the [[Eddie Murphy]] remake of ''[[The Nutty Professor]]'' ([http://youtu.be/CtC9xFS_3RU from 0:32-1:21]) when Prof. Sherman Klump is having dinner with his family, much of whom, like Sherman, is obese.

* Peggy Olson of ''[[Mad Men]]'' gains weight throughout Season One. We're led to believe it's because she's trying to avoid being treated as a sex object at work - {{spoiler|it's actually because she's pregnant}}.

* Rodney McKay of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' is occasionally referred to as fat by other characters, and frequently in fanfic and discussion, and he typically can't keep up with other characters in their running, jumping, and climbing up trees. To be fair, he does show noticeable "wattle", and most of those he interacts with on Atlantis are in prime physical condition, either being USAF or alien [[Super Soldiers]].

* Occurs accidentally in ''[[Black Adder|Blackadder the Third]]'', where several people describe Prince George as fat. The '''historical''' Prince George was actually fat, but here he's played by the tall and lanky [[Hugh Laurie]], so the insults just seem to come out of nowhere. Which of course just serves to make it even funnier.

* Actual pudgy example,''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' has Jerry the father. Maybe it's just her curves and unique styles, but Harper fits this trope as well.

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