History Main / HeroicBuild

* {{Subverted|Trope}} by ''[[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fatfury.htm Herbie the Fat Fury.]]'' Superficially he is a fat, rotund, bespectacled loser with a [[Film/TheThreeStooges Moe Howard]] haircut, with a costume consisting of red long johns and a toilet plunger on his head. But armed with his magic lollipops, he has enough powers and abilities to take on anyone like bank robbers, alien invaders, and ''Satan''.

* ComicBook/RedTornado of Franchise/TheDCU -- not the current Red Tornado, but the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Red Tornado -- a chubby, crimefighting housewife named Ma Hunkel.

** Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}}, the Fortress of Solitude was sometimes shown with specialized workout equipment (a robot sparring partner for boxing practice appeared in the first Fortress story, for instance). Ditto the Golden Age Superman; in his mountain retreat, had some specialized workout equipment. (Said equipment appeared again in a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] "Mr. and Mrs. Superman" story). As Clark, he worked during the Silver and Bronze Age at Ma and Pa Kent's general store (not a farm) for most of his childhood/teen years, and (to protect his identity) seldom participated in sports.

** [[spoiler:Sabo]], 2nd in command of the Revolutionary Army, has a similar slender build to Luffy (to the extent that, when Luffy was wearing a face-concealing gladiator's helmet, [[spoiler:Sabo]] was able to impersonate him by simply wearing the same helmet). He's also strong enough to destroy an entire arena with a [[spoiler:fire-enhanced]] punch, and to crush an inch-thick steel mask with one hand.

* In ''Manga/BlackClover'', Asta is almost freakishly muscular for his age due to subjecting himself to TrainingFromHell from an early age to make up for his lack of magic. [[{{Hunk}} Captain Yami]] is pretty much the only character who exceeds his muscles, because most Magic Knights rely exclusively on their magic to fight and thus don't bother to exercise. [[spoiler:After the TimeSkip, further training has rendered Asta even ''more'' ripped, making him look like a shorter version of Yami.]]

-->'''Amanda Waller''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]"

* Many children's Halloween costumes have exaggerated chest and arm muscles, even if the character they are dressing up as is not so buff. The most obvious example is probably Franchise/SpiderMan, who is toned but slim in most incarnations, but the costumes look like bodybuilders.