In 2023, Norwood filmed an unannounced cameo appearance as part of a flashback sequence to coincide with the return of Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), which aired on 29 August 2023.

[3] Fatboy meets with friend Mercy Olubunmi (Bunmi Mojekwu) to help with a project to encourage more young people to the church.

During the argument, Mercy pushes him and he falls onto a tree in the Square's gardens planted in memory of Lucas's ex-wife Trina (Sharon Duncan-Brewster), snapping it.

Ashley reports Mercy to the UK Border Agency so that Fatboy will forget about her, and she decides to leave before she has been asked to.

When Denise Fox (Diane Parish) gets unwanted attention from a man at a party, Fatboy defends her and they end up having sex.

The next morning, an embarrassed Denise tells him it was a mistake, but he cannot stop thinking about her, and eventually plucks up the courage to go to her house, where she is unable to resist him.

However, when Denise feels uncomfortable with the way fiancée Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) is treating her, she gets comfort from Fatboy and the pair are unable to resist each other.

When Fatboy is told that he is no longer needed to work at The Queen Victoria public house, he accepts a job at Ian's restaurant as a waiter.

Things between them are awkward, and when Donna's foster brother Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood) finds out, he confronts Fatboy and locks him in a cupboard.

Vincent convinces him to use his real name, Arthur, again, and gives him a job as DJ at his bar, The Albert, as long as he no longer puts on a false persona, starting with admitting to Donna that he will now be showing his true self to her.

Fearing that his mother Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas) has been kidnapped and could possibly be killed, Vincent rushes to the scrapyard to rescue her, only to find Fatboy's phone and necklace amongst some blood in the boot of the crushed car.

Fatboy, along with the other characters from E20, was created by the show's thirteen writers during a summer school run by the BBC in August 2009.

"[7] Although his co-stars Attwater and Kenny were axed from the cast in May 2010,[8] Norwood revealed his contract had been extended to December 2010, saying that the producers saw "some future in Fatboy".

[9] In January 2011 it was reported that due to the character's popularity, producers were planning to expand Fatboy's family and were in the process of casting his father, Ashley Chubb.

"[10] Norwood's contract was once again renewed in late 2013 for another year, by the new executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who promised "juicy storylines" for the character.

[15] Fatboy comes from a wealthy background, and gets what he wants from his parents, with whom he has a good relationship, but hustles to hide the fact.

[14] He described the character in an interview with entertainment website Digital Spy as "[wanting] to be a gangsta at times, a caring person, a player, a womaniser, the businessman...

[18] Additionally, a profile for the character on the official EastEnders website calls him brash, a wheeler-dealer, confident and a loveable soft-touch.

[23] In October 2012, it was confirmed by Daniel Kilkelly, a reporter for Digital Spy, that a new storyline would see Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Fatboy spend the night together after he rescues her when she gets unwanted attention from a man.

"[25] Digital Spy said of the relationship that "viewers will have to wait and see who she falls for and how things pan out as the new plot develops".

There will be an interactive section where viewers can press the red button and see a ten-minute film of how Poppy and Fatboy spent their day.

[7] On 16 October 2015, it was announced Norwood had been axed from EastEnders after nearly six years in the role of Fatboy, after show bosses chose to write the character out.

[1] It was revealed that Norwood would be filming his final scenes in the upcoming weeks and producers had chosen to keep details surrounding Fatboy's exit under wraps.

On 7 December 2015, the show's executive producer, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, said that "Someone will die on Christmas Day that we haven't revealed to anyone, so that will be a surprise.

[34][35] In August 2010, an official account on the social networking site Twitter was created for Fatboy, along with three characters from series 2 of EastEnders: E20.

[36] Posts on Twitter revealed Fatboy has sold a fake ID to Naz Mehmet (Emaa Hussen) but the photo looked nothing like her and the age was wrong.

Fatboy makes cameo appearances in series 2 of E20,[37] where his argument with Naz continues in episode 1, and she steals back her money.

[39] In the non-canon episode, Fatboy is in Walford's café while Denise Johnson and Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth) from Coronation Street argue over their similar storylines.

Fatboy was not one of them, but Stuart Heritage from The Guardian felt that he should have been, calling him "A wodge of irritating comic relief [...] who is yet to serve a purpose other than making me genuinely dislike young people.

[50] Amy Duncan from the Metro said Fatboy was one of her favourite young characters in EastEnders and said that, with Poppy, he "bring[s] some much-needed light into the soap".