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Fat Kid Rules the World
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Troy Billings is a miserable teenage boy. At only seventeen, he weighs 296 pounds and is constantly gawked at by peers. His mother died of cancer years ago, his little brother hates him, and his father is disappointed in him. Friendless and ostracized, Troy starts to contemplate suicide.While staring at subway tracks, wondering whether it'd be funny if he was splattered by a on-coming train, Troy meets a ratty-looking fellow his age. Skinny beyond belief and incredibly dirty looking, Troy is surprised to find out that he's met the local music legend Curt MacCrae. No one at their school has heard from him in a year and many think he's dead. As it turns out, he's dropped out and is now living as semi-homeless. Troy is even more surprised when Curt tells him he has to pay for his lunch in debt for saving his life.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Before the end of the day, Troy is in a punk rock band with Curt. The problem? Troy can't play drums.Fat Kid Rules the World is a 2003 coming-of-age novel by K. L. Going. In 2012 it received a film adaptation, in which Curt is renamed Marcus. | |
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Annoying Younger Sibling | |
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Annoying Younger Sibling: Troy's younger brother Dayle is embarrassed by him and bullies him as a result, when he doesn't just ignore Troy. | |
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Bullied into Depression | |
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Bullied into Depression: The protagonist Troy is an obese teenage boy who's miserable and depressed because of his weight, which is caused by stress eating started after his mother's death and only got worse because of the bullying. | |
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Big Eater: It's heavily implied that Troy began overeating after his mother died. Curt is also shown to eat a lot. | |
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Abusive Parents: Curt's step-father hates him and repeatedly threatens to kill him (admittedly, because Curt keeps on breaking into his house and stealing his food, but their relationship was bad even before Curt got kicked out). | |
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