The Ass Was Fat / Arthur Sees A Fat Ass
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The Ass Was Fat is a catchphrase used by a person who notices someone with a butt they consider attractive. The phrase spawned an image macro series, Arthur Sees A Fat Ass, which features the title character of both the book series and children's television show Arthur peeking into a room and staring wide-eyed at what is assumed to be a person with a large or round butt. The text on the image usually shows Arthur describing one of the person's flaws (usually a physical one), but justifying his behavior by saying "but the ass was fat."
Origin
On February 7th, 2012, an anonymous 4chan poster started a thread in which he requested pornographic images of the cartoon characters Arthur Read and Sue Ellen Armstrong from the children's cartoon Arthur. He went on to describe Sue Ellen, and another character from the show named Molly, in a very graphic and sexual manner. Most notably when giving these descriptions, he repeatedly used the phrase "the ass was fat". The following image shows the first post of the thread, along with several replies (click the image to enlarge):
![ile : 1328674369 KB, 548x333, Arthur and Sue Ellen png) Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)231249 No 379691064 Someone PLEASE provide me with some nasty pics of these two. Im the type of person that always ships two characters whenever I watch a cartoon...and for Arthur, it was this couple. Whenever I watched Arthur, Id always pretend I was him, and I was trying to hook up with Sue Ellen-that's why my favorite episode is the one where Sue Ellen lost her diary. That's the episode where at the end, she hints at Arthur that she likes him That's the greatest episode of Arthur EVER-yet the show's creators never really expanded on that. Instead they continued to make references to Arthur and Francine being together F--- Francine, she looks like a monkey. I wouldin't mind if it was Muffy - she got a monkey face too but at least she's light-skinned. With Sue Ellen, you got the best of everything: she's light-skinned, got a cute face, plus the ass was fat Ialso wouldnt mind that rabbit bitch who always had her hair over her eyes; I think her name was Molly. She never used to get my d--- hard until that episode 'Arthur Makes Waves', where she came out wearing this sexy swimsuit, showin off her B cups and them sexy white legs. Bitch was lookin thick as f---...the ass was fat. Anyway, I digress. The point is, I wanna see some pictures of Arthur diggin out Sue Ellen Jesus Christ, Ive been fantasizing about Sue Ellen ever since that episode where she was wearing that green bikini when she went to the beach with Arthur, Buster, Brain and Binky. Oh God, yall should've seen this bitch in that bikini. She was lookin' fine. The ass was fat, and you could tell she had some good-ass p---- 've already tried Googling for some quality pics but I got nothing more than the same 3 pictures Ive already seen a million times. Please help, /bi Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23:18.05 No.379692232 File1328674685129-(34 KB. 370x389, pnntB51Jpg) What.... w.hat am I reading? Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23:18 27 No.379692310 File 1328674707 ipg(67 KB, 600x450, 1319274937 jpg) Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue123.29:34 No.379694826 been watching the rest of the episode, arthur is so in with a hot well developed chick, what with being the nerd he is, how the tuck.. he should have tapped that sweet ass 02107/12(Tue 123:31:08 No.379695161 File1328675468 ipg-(14 KB, 479x462, 129462947524 jpg) 379691064 Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23.31.34 No 379695259 379694794 We just find your descriptions of bunnies and rodents that are like 12 being thick, hot, and whatever else you said pretty funny othe ass was fat Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23 40 36 No 379697274 OP again. I don't think it's any different from the anime and furry pom s--- we always see on here. Only difference is the characters are a bit underage and are from an American kids' cartoon. Not a big deal to me And also, they look more human than animal so it's not that weird. And it's not my fault the animators drew the little girls to look so shapely and wear skimpy clothes. Look at the episode where Sue Ellen went to the beach with the boys and NO ather girls. You cant tell me they weren't trying to sencd a message, with her being the only girl with them, and wearing a skimpy bikini. The show's creators knew what they were doing there s 02/07/12(Tue )23:44:00 No.379697986 File13286762401 2416 KB. 377x527, Ⅲ.jpg) OP dosent realise he's a comedy genius 02/07/12(Tue123:53:26 No.379699770 File132867EBO5 ing-(50 KB, 320x232, 1308642142. jpg) got a cute face, plus the ass was fat the ass was fat s the ass was fat If this phrase isnt meme-worthy then I don't know what is Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue23.53.27 No 37969977 File-3286768071294% KB. 281x211, lolol.pg) Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)00.41.32 No.379709116 File 1328679692 jpg(78 KB, 450x752, sue ellen.jpg) A STORY I JUST WROTE FOR OP I sat alone on my comforter as I listened to DW talk to to her stupid invisible friend. I found myself wish I could have an friend that I could talk to about things that noone else would ever give enough of a s--- to listen to. And suddenly I realized, WHY NOT? I closed my eyes and began to imagine who the perfect friend would be; perferably someone both attractive and cool. I decided it would be a gil, since the most attractive male I could imagine was Buster, my b, and I already talked to him so often, it would be awkward dI tried to finish a discussion with real Buster I had with fake Buster accidentally Then I realized: SUE ELLEN Sue Ellen's a pretty cool chick, and since I dont talk to her eveyday, she would make for a perfect imaginary friend when I really needed to talk Suddenly I heard her voice, opened my eyes, and there she was, dressed in her lovely green bikini What's up, Arthur?" she asked me Just realizing how bad I wanted to talk to you," I told fake Sue Ellen Talkings for p------," she said, ripping of her sweet bikini bottom, revealing her soft but s-----------. She pushed me down, climed on top, her Yeah, talkings for p------" her crotch whispered into my face. □ Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)01:04 49 No 379713071 THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT ■ Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)01:05 00 No 379713101 OMGWTFLMADBACON 10 minutes ago >Yeah, talkings for p------" her cratch whispered At the 6:29 mark..the ass was fat 15 minutes ago the ass was fat Sue Elen Armstrong is a fat-assed 3rd grader in Mr. Ratbum's class at Lakewood Elementary School She was originaly voiced by Patricia Rodriguez, but is currently voiced by Jessica 贂Anonymous 02/08/1 2rwed)01: 10:38 No. 379714150 ago File 1328681438 ipa(206 KB, 477x357 ipg) You know Mr. Ratbum wants to get it in! Bitch was lookin thick as f---. the ass was fat Fstar15 1 hour ago Contents [show] The ass was fat Anonymous 0208/12(Wed)01 13:17 No 379714646 File 1328681597 ipg-(216 KB, 477x357, arthurseesafatass2 jpg) EONLY Sue Ellen is a cat who is depicted with a tan complexion, curly orange hair worn in pigtails, and wears a teal dress with a cream-colored vest over it and rod and white sneakers. Her ass was fat. In the early Arthur books, her hair was worn loose; although she was given her pigtails starting with the book Arthur's TV Trouble. In some of the later books, her hair color ranged from blonde to yellow-orange. Sue Ellen is assertive DMJR13 The ass was fat. WAS FAT □ Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)01: 1 523 No. 3797 15021 A CARTOON THE ASS WAS FAT WASFA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/249/534/94e.jpg "94e.jpg")
The post was met with disgust and ridicule from posters who believed that his request was legitimate, and laughter from other posters who believed that the thread was made as a joke. The phrase 'the ass was fat' was then repeated by other posters, and an image macro series was created in the same thread. The thread was also archived.
Spread
Several variations of the image macro can be found on Quickmeme.[1] Also, on February 8th, 2012, several Reddit users began submitting screencaps of the 4chan thread.[2] One Reddit user by the name 'Zanhana' submitted a link to the screencap on the 'WTF' subreddit,[3] where it gained 659 upvotes and an overall score of 399. Many of the edits involving the meme use the same image of Arthur describing a person's flaw but adding "the ass was fat" (examples shown below).
The phrase has also been used in non-Arthur related images (examples shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Quickmeme – Arthur Sees A Fat Ass / Posted on 2-08-2012
[2] Reddit – the ass was fat search results
[3] Reddit – the ass was fat [xpost from r/4chan] / Posted on 2-08-2012
![ile : 1328674369 KB, 548x333, Arthur and Sue Ellen png) Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)231249 No 379691064 Someone PLEASE provide me with some nasty pics of these two. Im the type of person that always ships two characters whenever I watch a cartoon...and for Arthur, it was this couple. Whenever I watched Arthur, Id always pretend I was him, and I was trying to hook up with Sue Ellen-that's why my favorite episode is the one where Sue Ellen lost her diary. That's the episode where at the end, she hints at Arthur that she likes him That's the greatest episode of Arthur EVER-yet the show's creators never really expanded on that. Instead they continued to make references to Arthur and Francine being together F--- Francine, she looks like a monkey. I wouldin't mind if it was Muffy - she got a monkey face too but at least she's light-skinned. With Sue Ellen, you got the best of everything: she's light-skinned, got a cute face, plus the ass was fat Ialso wouldnt mind that rabbit bitch who always had her hair over her eyes; I think her name was Molly. She never used to get my d--- hard until that episode 'Arthur Makes Waves', where she came out wearing this sexy swimsuit, showin off her B cups and them sexy white legs. Bitch was lookin thick as f---...the ass was fat. Anyway, I digress. The point is, I wanna see some pictures of Arthur diggin out Sue Ellen Jesus Christ, Ive been fantasizing about Sue Ellen ever since that episode where she was wearing that green bikini when she went to the beach with Arthur, Buster, Brain and Binky. Oh God, yall should've seen this bitch in that bikini. She was lookin' fine. The ass was fat, and you could tell she had some good-ass p---- 've already tried Googling for some quality pics but I got nothing more than the same 3 pictures Ive already seen a million times. Please help, /bi Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23:18.05 No.379692232 File1328674685129-(34 KB. 370x389, pnntB51Jpg) What.... w.hat am I reading? Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23:18 27 No.379692310 File 1328674707 ipg(67 KB, 600x450, 1319274937 jpg) Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue123.29:34 No.379694826 been watching the rest of the episode, arthur is so in with a hot well developed chick, what with being the nerd he is, how the tuck.. he should have tapped that sweet ass 02107/12(Tue 123:31:08 No.379695161 File1328675468 ipg-(14 KB, 479x462, 129462947524 jpg) 379691064 Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23.31.34 No 379695259 379694794 We just find your descriptions of bunnies and rodents that are like 12 being thick, hot, and whatever else you said pretty funny othe ass was fat Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue)23 40 36 No 379697274 OP again. I don't think it's any different from the anime and furry pom s--- we always see on here. Only difference is the characters are a bit underage and are from an American kids' cartoon. Not a big deal to me And also, they look more human than animal so it's not that weird. And it's not my fault the animators drew the little girls to look so shapely and wear skimpy clothes. Look at the episode where Sue Ellen went to the beach with the boys and NO ather girls. You cant tell me they weren't trying to sencd a message, with her being the only girl with them, and wearing a skimpy bikini. The show's creators knew what they were doing there s 02/07/12(Tue )23:44:00 No.379697986 File13286762401 2416 KB. 377x527, Ⅲ.jpg) OP dosent realise he's a comedy genius 02/07/12(Tue123:53:26 No.379699770 File132867EBO5 ing-(50 KB, 320x232, 1308642142. jpg) got a cute face, plus the ass was fat the ass was fat s the ass was fat If this phrase isnt meme-worthy then I don't know what is Anonymous 02/07/12(Tue23.53.27 No 37969977 File-3286768071294% KB. 281x211, lolol.pg) Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)00.41.32 No.379709116 File 1328679692 jpg(78 KB, 450x752, sue ellen.jpg) A STORY I JUST WROTE FOR OP I sat alone on my comforter as I listened to DW talk to to her stupid invisible friend. I found myself wish I could have an friend that I could talk to about things that noone else would ever give enough of a s--- to listen to. And suddenly I realized, WHY NOT? I closed my eyes and began to imagine who the perfect friend would be; perferably someone both attractive and cool. I decided it would be a gil, since the most attractive male I could imagine was Buster, my b, and I already talked to him so often, it would be awkward dI tried to finish a discussion with real Buster I had with fake Buster accidentally Then I realized: SUE ELLEN Sue Ellen's a pretty cool chick, and since I dont talk to her eveyday, she would make for a perfect imaginary friend when I really needed to talk Suddenly I heard her voice, opened my eyes, and there she was, dressed in her lovely green bikini What's up, Arthur?" she asked me Just realizing how bad I wanted to talk to you," I told fake Sue Ellen Talkings for p------," she said, ripping of her sweet bikini bottom, revealing her soft but s-----------. She pushed me down, climed on top, her Yeah, talkings for p------" her crotch whispered into my face. □ Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)01:04 49 No 379713071 THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT THE ASS WAS FAT ■ Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)01:05 00 No 379713101 OMGWTFLMADBACON 10 minutes ago >Yeah, talkings for p------" her cratch whispered At the 6:29 mark..the ass was fat 15 minutes ago the ass was fat Sue Elen Armstrong is a fat-assed 3rd grader in Mr. Ratbum's class at Lakewood Elementary School She was originaly voiced by Patricia Rodriguez, but is currently voiced by Jessica 贂Anonymous 02/08/1 2rwed)01: 10:38 No. 379714150 ago File 1328681438 ipa(206 KB, 477x357 ipg) You know Mr. Ratbum wants to get it in! Bitch was lookin thick as f---. the ass was fat Fstar15 1 hour ago Contents [show] The ass was fat Anonymous 0208/12(Wed)01 13:17 No 379714646 File 1328681597 ipg-(216 KB, 477x357, arthurseesafatass2 jpg) EONLY Sue Ellen is a cat who is depicted with a tan complexion, curly orange hair worn in pigtails, and wears a teal dress with a cream-colored vest over it and rod and white sneakers. Her ass was fat. In the early Arthur books, her hair was worn loose; although she was given her pigtails starting with the book Arthur's TV Trouble. In some of the later books, her hair color ranged from blonde to yellow-orange. Sue Ellen is assertive DMJR13 The ass was fat. WAS FAT □ Anonymous 02/08/12(Wed)01: 1 523 No. 3797 15021 A CARTOON THE ASS WAS FAT WASFA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/657/485/17d.jpg "17d.jpg")
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