Fish can be just as adorable as puppies and kittens, as long as their hideous bloated beyond all genetic recognition.

Cute, but probably worth more than my car to some people. Goldfish breeders are odd folks.

The fabled "Roger Dean fish."

I coulda been a contender. I coulda ... been ... somebody.

I'm thinking that's about 15 fish sticks right there.

No single overweight creature looks as pathetic as an overweight goldfish. And whatever other fat fish are in the tank with them.

Dear god.

its like Finding Nemo meets Wall*E

hella cellulite

You guys are cruel! These fish are obviously overweight because of ear mites.

well, flushing them down the toilet when they die is definitely not an option

No, you can't have your castle back until you lose some damned weight. That was our deal.

I have a couple of these. They're called pearl scale gold fish and they're shipped to the stores intentionally overweight. They're awesome in my tank because they just kinda sway as the other fish swim by...making fat jokes. It's awesome when they do swim and they try to get in the castle but they get stuck.

How disturbingly adorable.

They're not overweight, their spines are deformed and shortened. There isn't enough space in the fish for all its organs without it looking like that.