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In fiction, getting really fat or really muscular also increases your height. This is done to exaggerate how big the character is or just because it makes the character easier to draw. Of course, in RealLife, you have a set adult height (unless you have some sudden growth disorder) and no amount of weight gain will increase it.

* Whenever ''ComicBook/{{Bane}}'' uses Venom to increase his strength, he usually also gets taller and more muscular. More so in media outside the comics.

* In ''Franchise/DragonBall'', Broly is already very tall in his base form, but gains several feet as a Legendary Super Saiyan.
** Likewise, in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', the female Universe 6 Saiyan[[note]]Mostly [[MirrorUniverse heroic and further evolved versions]] of Universe 7 Saiyans that we know.[[/note]] Kale is the [[GenderFlip counterpart]] to Broly. As a result, when she accesses her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide "Super Saiyan Berserker" form]], her average muscle mass and stature drastically increase to [[StatuesqueStunner tower over most of her comrades]].

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In fiction, getting really fat or really muscular will increase your height. This is done to exaggerate how big the character is or just because it makes the character easier to draw. Of course, in RealLife, you have a set adult height (unless you have some sudden growth disorder) and no amount of weight gain will increase it.

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* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the supersoldier serum makes Steve Rogers taller as well as more muscular. Possibly this is the main cause of [[NightmareFuel his agonised screams during the process.]]

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* In ''ComicBook/{{DP7}}'', after the White Event, David Landers puts on a huge amount of muscle and height, which hurts him whenever he has a growth spurt.

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* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', the eponymous character starts off scrawny looking and is shown to be short or about the same height as those around him. When he gained muscle mass, suddenly he was taller than almost every other character in the movie. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that Hercules was about 14 when he started training and nearly 18 when he concluded it.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' has a dream [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1987/ga870517.gif where he never stops eating and grows to the size of a planet]].

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* Justified in ''Webcomic/QuantumVibe'', Seamus's obesity and gigantism are both caused by a botched LongevityTreatment. And even after he has his metabolism stabilized and drops 117 kilos he is still more than 2.3 meters tall.

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* In episode 9 of WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo, Jumbo Johnny, Johnny impatiently downs a entire months supply of a muscle building supplement to bulk up and wakes up morbidly obese the next morning. He's clearly taller than he normally is, but it isn't until he drinks one more can that he grows into a stories tall blubbery giant.

* In a WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer eats and eats and eats and eats, eventually growing to the size of a small building. This is because he ate an alien BlobMonster and [[YouAreWhatYou became one]].

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* A rather extreme example in ''OnePiece''. Usopp is initially 174 cm, and he gets sent to an island where he meets Heracles who seems to be almost twice his height. Usopp feasts on the food of the island and becomes very obese. He also suddenly is twice Heracles' height. There may be some YourSizeMayVary involved (which Oda tends to do with his very short and very tall characters), but still, Usopp should have grown to well over 5 meters. And yes, when he loses all that weight, he becomes his former height again.

* In a TreehouseOfHorror episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer eats and eats and eats and eats, eventually growing to the size of a small building. This is because he ate an alien BlobMonster and [[YouAreWhatYou became one]].
* Justified in the episode "Grande Size Me" of KimPossible. At first Ron's weight gain is portrayed realistically, he just grows a BalloonBelly with all the consequences of being unhealthy. After he falls into a vat if MutagenicGoo however, he loses all apparent health issues and grows taller as he gains weight. Turns out the stuff was a failed SuperSerum that only worked when subjects ate extremely unhealthy food, and even then [[HulkingOut the results]] were undesired. This leads to a parody AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle stinger where Ron warns the [[SpoofAesop dangers of exposure to mutagenic substances]] to the audience, to the confusion of onlookers.

* In a TreehouseOfHorror episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer eats and eats and eats and eats, eventually growing to the size of a small building.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode "Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", Tails balloons up after eating a ton of instant food powder and washing it down with water. Not only does he become bloated, he becomes huge in height, too.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the supersoldier serum makes Steve Rogers taller as well as more muscular.

* Justified in ''Webcomic/QuantumVibe'', Seamus's weight and height are both caused by a botched LongevityTreatment. And even after he drops 117 kilos he is still more than 2 meters tall.

In fiction, getting really fat or really muscular will increase your height. This is done to exaggerate how big the character is or just because it makes the character easier to draw. Of course, in RealLife, you have a set adult height and no amount of weight gain will increase it.

* There was a ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' claymation short where Bogus comes across a container full of [[FoodPills dehydrated food tablets]] and a vial of water used for the re-hydration process. After experimenting with one of the tablets, he eats all of the tablets and drinks the entire vial of water, which in turn causes him to become massively bloated within seconds. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-ToXffeO-E here]], starting at 1:24.

* Stocking ends up gaining so much weight in one episode of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' that she stands about 20 feet tall. She's so fat that Panty--aside from taking a moment to laugh at her--runs on top of Stocking while kalinka dancing to travel around the city on her like a giant ball.

* On ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', when Jade turns into T-Girl she gains muscle all over her body, but only her upper body gets taller while her lower body stays the same height.

In fiction, getting really fat or really muscular will increase your height.

This is done to exaggerate how big they are or just because it makes it easier to draw.

Of course, in RealLife, you have a set height and no amount of weight will change it.

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* Stocking ends up gaining so much weight in one episode of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' that she stands about 20 feet tall. She's so fat that Panty- aside from taking a moment to laugh at her- runs on top of Stocking while kalinka dancing to travel around the city on her like a giant ball.

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* In ''ComicBook/{{DP7}}'' after the White Event David Landers puts on a huge amount of muscle and height, which hurts him whenever he has a growth spurt.

[[AC: {{Film}}]]
* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', the titular character starts off scrawny looking and is shown to be short or about the same height as those around him. When he gained muscle mass all the sudden he was taller then almost every other character in the movie. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that he was about 14 when he started training and nearly 18 when he concluded it.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' episode "Sumo Kaz" Kaz, Ami and Yumi get super fat and grow several times their height.
* On ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' when Jade turns into T-Girl she gains muscle all over her body, but only her upper body gets taller while her lower body stays the same height.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' episode "Frenchfry" Lilo, Stitch and Pleakley get taller as they're fattened up. Averted with Gantu, as he's really tall to begin with.

* In a TreehouseOfHorror episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer eats and eats and eats and eats, eventually growing to the size of a small building.