Fatness in Sonic Media

Depictions of fatness in the Sonic Franchise have, from the very early days, been a problematic element. Most fat characters in the series (Dr. Eggman, Zomom, etc.) are portrayed as villains or otherwise carry many of the typical negative traits given to fat characters in media to paint them in an unsympathetic light.

The few virtuous fat characters of the series, such as Big the Cat, are seen in a helpfully better light, however even those characters are often given many of the same stereoptyical unsympathetic traits.