Fatty

**"Fatty"** was a player of Sword Art Online.

## Appearance

While he initially had the appearance of a handsome 17-year-old, Fatty's true appearance is that of a slightly obese teenager, who is slightly younger than he claimed. He has short light brown hair, cut in a flattop-esque hairstyle, and light brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a light brown shirt and brown pants, and leather armor.

## Personality

Not much is known about Fatty's personality, although he seemed to be pretty normal. He seemed to be insecure about his weight, as he made an avatar that made up for his real-life figure. It's implied he might be either gay or bi as, despite the initial shock, he was happy to still be in a relationship with Girl Guy.

## Biography

### Aincrad Arc

#### Episode 1

On November 6, 2022, Fatty got his hands on a NerveGear and a copy of Sword Art Online, a VRMMO set in a multifloored castle in the sky called Aincrad. He logged into the SAO and created an avatar that made him look like a handsome 17-year-old. He then met a player who claimed to be a girl, after which they became a party and started acting like a couple.

Suddenly, the two players are teleported to the town square of the Town of Beginnings, along with all the other players. A red hexagonal warning sign then appears in the sky, followed by more hexagons surrounding it, until they cover the entire sky. Blood starts pouring out from between the hexagons, which coalesces until it forms a man in a hooded red cloak. The man introduces himself as Kayaba Akihiko, the head programmer of the game, and welcomes the players to SAO. The players then start talking amongst themselves while Kayaba struggles to get their attention. He then tries to mute their chat function, but accidentally mutes himself instead. After he realizes what happened and finally unmutes himself, Kayaba asks how many players have seen Tron. However, none of the players respond, which forces Kayaba to improvise another explanation for their situation.

Kayaba announces that, much like World of Warcraft, none of the players have any choice but to play the game anymore, except Kayaba is the one who is holding them captive, not their need to "escape [their] empty f\*\*king lives". He tells the players that there is no longer any way to log out of the game, and if someone tries to log them out by removing their NerveGears in real life, something similar to the movie Scanners will happen, which, again, no one has seen. Kayaba then shows the players a clip from Scanners, in which someone's head explodes, which makes them understand. Kayaba tells the players that the only way for them to leave the game, and keep the NerveGear from "going all Gallagher on [their] grey matter", is to clear every Floor of Castle Aincrad and beat SAO.

Kayaba then comments on the amount of men playing as girls and tells the players that he has a surprise for them. All the players find a Hand Mirror in their inventory, which triggers a blinding light that converts all the players' avatars into their true appearances, shocking Fatty that the cute girl he was flirting with was actually a guy. Despite their mutual shock, as Fatty lied about his age, the two players decide that they're "okay with this" and pursue their relationship, much to the approval of random player.

Kayaba looks at the crowd and is impressed that they aren't a bunch of stereotypes, except for Fatty, who he chastises. Kayaba then informs them that if they die in the game they will die for real, but the crowd doesn't understand this. Kayaba attempts to explain it two more times but to no avail. Annoyed, Kayaba shows the head explosion clip from Scanners again, which causes the players to finally understand. Kayaba then proceeds to leave the players to themselves, but not before revealing that he also disabled the profanity filter. Kayaba tells the players to have fun as his body turns into smoke and disappears. After hearing everything that was said, the players are stunned to silence until one player simply states that "WE'RE FUCKED!!!"

#### Post-Episode 1

It is not known what happened to him after Kayaba's speech, as neither of the two players are seen again after the first episode.

## Differences from the Original

The two players who realize one is a guy and the other isn't seventeen don't state to be "okay with this" after the initial shock, nor does someone shout out "love knows no gender". They are also seen again during Silica's story in the original, this is skipped in the abridged version.