I Am Big Boned: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Strong Bad:''' Good grief, Bubs, you've really let yourself go.

'''Bubs:''' Hey, man, I've got a glandular problem!

'''Strong Bad:''' More like a gravy boat problem.

 

{{quote|'''Cartman''': I am not fat, I'm big-boned.

'''Molly''': Bones don't jiggle, ma. }}

* ''[[Married... with Children]]'': Al Bundy's mother-in-law isn't fat. She's "retaining water". Al replied the Hoover Dam was retaining water.

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* In a ''[[Peanuts]]'' strip, Snoopy's chubby brother Olaf says he is ''not'' fat, "I'm roly-poly!" he claims.

 

* Comedian Mikey Robins once explained that his size was indeed a result of a gland problem: He'd eaten too many glands.

* Comedian [[Gabriel Iglesias]] often quips that according to his mother he's not fat, he's "fluffy". He goes on to describe the five levels of fatness: Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, and '''DAAAAMN!'''

{{quote|''You're big assed! Dinosaurs are big boned! Put the fork down!''}}

 

* In ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' ''5: Xtreme Legends'', Meng Huo meeting Xu Zhu on the battlefield of the Legend Mode stage, Struggle for Nan Zhong:

{{quote|'''Xu Zhu:''' Hey! You're big and fat, just like me!

* Subverted in ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' when a fat pirate is turned into an undead skeleton pirate.

{{quote|'''Fat Pirate:''' (looking down at his large ribcage) Hey, whaddya know! I really am big-boned!}}

 

== Western Animation ==

'''Ms. Cartman:''' Now, now, he's not fat, he's big boned!

'''Kyle:''' Then he must have a giant bone in his ass!

* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]]:

{{quote|'''Snake:''' Give me my car, fatty!

'''Homer:''' What? This is my car! And I'm not fat, it's glandular! }}

* Manfred in ''[[Ice Age]]'': "I'm not fat. It's all this hair. It makes me look poofy."

* [[Doug]] had a crisis when he had gained weight and worked out hard to get back to his normal weight, but realized he was always a little chubby. As he talked with some chunky friends, they each gave some alternate terminology like "big boned" and "stout". When Doug asked what he was, they said, "Husky?"

'''Colt''': That's offensive. I'm small boned. Except for one. This chick gets it. }}

* There was an episode of [[Johnny Test]] where Johnny made fun of a video game vendor for being fat. He claimed it was a "glandular problem". The episode was based off of the concept of karma, so when Johnny ate an experimental candy bar, it messed with his hormones and made him fat as well. In other words, he now had a [[Laser-Guided Karma|glandular problem]].

* ''[[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone]]'' isn't fat. It's all muscle. He then dared Betty to sock his belly to show it. She answered the dare. Fred felt pain but wouldn't scream until he was sure he was out of her hearing range.

* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'': Sweetie was once adopted by an eagle she called fat. His reply was the same as Fred's. To his dismay, she enlarged her hand.

* In ''[[Animaniacs]]'', when a [[Narrator]] calls the two Hip-Hippos fat (which they are, being, you know, hippopotami):

'''Claudio:''' No, no my dear, we are simply... larger than life.}}

 

* Yes, being "big boned" does exist (though it doesn't involve actually having bigger bones). Some people are naturally born with bigger bodies, which tend to hold fat longer.

* Because of its culture, many Pacific Island natives have bigger bodies. This is because, in their culture, being larger is still seen as a sign of wealth. Because of the drive to be a bigger race, many Islanders have the same body type as described above.

 

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