History Main / WeightTaller

* The main protagonist Munch from ''VideoGame/TribalHunter'' grows as his belly gets bigger. This even affects gameplay, as after a certain weight level he can't fit into tight spaces and can cause him to get stuck in said tight spaces if he gets to that size while in them. His final weight level can even span most of the screen height wise (even though at that point he's immobile)!

** [[Characters/DragonBallZMovieVillains Broly]] is already very tall in his base form, but gains several feet as a Legendary Super Saiyan. This is the most immediate contrast between his and Trunks's "Super Saiyan 3rd Grade" his form was inspired by. Trunks ''only'' gained muscle mass.

* The Main protagonist Munch from ''VideoGame/TribalHunter'' grows as his belly gets bigger. This even affects gameplay, as after a certain weight level he can't fit into tight spaces and can cause him to get stuck in said tight spaces if he gets to that size while in them. His final weight level can even span most of the screen height wise (even though at that point he's immobile)!

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** The sequel, ''Omega'', introduced Carlos Medel, a boxer who has changed his weight class several times throughout his boxing career, and appears to grow taller as his weight class increases.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{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 gains muscle mass, suddenly he is 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.

* In episode 9 of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', Jumbo Johnny, Johnny impatiently downs an 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 an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' that spoofed ''[[{{Series/TheDeadZone}} The Dead Zone]] a convolution of events leads to a baby raccoon abandoned in the Smith's basement with only a stockpile of protein powder for food and a workout machine to pass the time. It ends up bulking up to an estimated eight foot tall behemoth.

* In the 1937 short "WesternAnimation/{{Pigs Is Pigs|1937}}'', Piggy starts the short as a slightly chubby, but tiny piglet. After he's force-fed by a mad scientist for an entire day, he's swollen to look like a giant beach ball with little stubs for limbs, and is far taller than he was before getting captured thanks to having been fattened up.

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* In the 1937 short ''WesternAnimation/PigsIsPigs'', Piggy starts the short as a slightly chubby, but tiny piglet. After he's force-fed by a mad scientist for an entire day, he's swollen to look like a giant beach ball with little stubs for limbs, and is far taller than he was before getting captured thanks to having been fattened up.

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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.

* Taken to an extreme during Sherman's NightmareSequence in ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor'' where he grows fatter and fatter to the point of becoming tall as a giant as well.

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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 agonized screams during the process.]]

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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 ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', Mayor Shelbourne was a rather small looking guy when he was first introduced. After gorging himself on the food created by Flint Lockwood's FLDSMDFR, he becomes super fat and grows several times his normal height.

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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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* ''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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* ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'': Halflings are typically quite short, but the tremendously fat Melvin Underbelly is also taller than the Overlord!

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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 an 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 [[YouAreWhoYouEat became one]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' has the Cluemaster, who looks to be about nine feet tall and a thousand pounds.

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** [[Characters/DragonBallZMovieVillains Broly]] is already very tall in his base form, but gains several feet as a Legendary Super Saiyan.

** Several Super Saiyan transformations in general use this trope in the anime where they grow in size as their muscles grow.

In RealLife, you have a set adult height (unless you have some sudden growth disorder) and no amount of weight gain whether from fat or muscle will increase it. In fiction however, especially in animation, getting fat or muscular will increase a character's height. This is done both to exaggerate how big the character has become, as well as making the character easier to draw.

* 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 [[YouAreWhatYouEat became one]].