Fat Albert is a 2004 live-action/animated film based on the
Filmation animated series
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The movie was produced by
Davis Entertainment for
20th Century Fox, and stars
Kenan Thompson as the title character.
The plot surrounds
Fat Albert and the gang leaving the cartoon world and entering the real world in order to help a teenage adolescent deal with the challenges of being unpopular, and not having any friends except her foster sister. Her unpopularity stemmed from her tendency to withdraw into a world of her own as a consequence of the death of her grandfather, Albert Robertson, who was actually the inspiration for the Fat Albert character. It is up to Fat Albert and the gang to show her that she is special and can make friends.