Homer Simpson When the Simpson's first came on the air, Homer was comically overweight. Many jokes revolved around his laziness, glutton and general lack of health. Remember the episode where he gets stuck in the waterpark ride and a crane has to get him out? Or the one where the kids play capture the flag, and Homer can't run more than fifty yards without collapsing, so the kids throw eggs at him? Homer's weight is 239lbs. Go down to your local Walmart or McDonalds. Look at the average middle aged man and make an estimation for his weight. In the span of one cartoon's original run, a character has gone from being comically overweight, to being not that far off the average for his age and gender. Hell, there was even that one episode where he goes up to 300lbs, and it was implied he was ludicrously and freakishly obese. 300lbs is definitely fatter than average, but it's really not that rare these days.