History ImAHumanitarian / WesternAnimation

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'' had the family go to meet their new neighbors for dinner. Brak meets the overgrown baby of the family, who eventually reveals that he and his parents are planning to eat Brak and his parents (and now he feels guilty about it, because Brak is so fun). Nobody gets eaten, but apparently the family had trouble fitting in (and looking at them, it's clear why), and..well...

** Several ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' segments use this. The earliest, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV Treehouse of Horror V]]", involves the school staff killing and cooking problem students (and eventually, all of them). Another, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]]" is a parody of ''Film/TheBlob1958'' with Homer becoming a voracious BlobMonster. Yet another, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVI Treehouse of Horror XVI]]", is a parody of ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame''... although it isn't too necessary this time.

** For a non-''Treehouse of Horror'' example, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E23KingOfTheHill Jing of the Hill]]" has a reference to Abe Simpson biting his old mountain climbing buddy.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Another Five More Short Graybles", Lemongrab 1 attempts to eat Lemongrab 2 in response to the latter accidentally destroying the doll they were using as a surrogate son. When they appear in the episode "Too Old", 2 is missing his legs and a portion of his head, and at the end of the episode 1 finishes the job.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'' had Anabelle made the queen of some bizarre-looking savages on an island out in the middle of nowhere. Problem was that, "In order for the queen to become a goddess, she must be cooked and then eaten by the king."
--> The king, tongue hanging out: ''"I like... girls.''
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. When Fry half-jokingly suggests that the secret ingredient in Slurm soda is people, he's told that no, they already have a soda like that: Soylent Cola. The taste "varies from person to person".
** There are also examples of sentient aliens eating humans, and the other way around.
--->'''Fry:''' [at a Neptunian deli] Wow, they have every kind of meat in here except human.\\

** Popplers were infant Omicronians that we're eaten by humans by the billions and only stopped when the Omicronians threatened to attack Earth (humanity didn't know they were Omicronians, at first). The Omicronians demanded an equal number of human children to eat in exchange, but settled for the one human adult that was responsible (and was placated by a hippie being eaten instead).
** Apparently, human noses in the 31st Century are equivalent to rhino horns in many alien cultures.

** The secret ingredient in the [[Series/IronChef Iron Cook]] contest between Elzar and Bender in "The 30% Iron Chef" is Soylent Green.
** An alien language sign reading "Tasty Human Burgers" can be spotting in the opening and in the episode "The Series Has Landed".
** An ad for "Glagnar's Human Rinds" appears at the beginning of "I Second That Emotion".
* The "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E12Summerween Summerween]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''
-->'''Soos''': "I ate a man alive tonight."
-->''The entire cast looks at him weirdly''
** For context, [[spoiler: Soos ate a monster made up entirely of Halloween candy.]]
** Alluded to in "Northwest Mansion Mystery".
-->'''Preston Northwest:''' Now come into the panic room. There's enough mini-sandwiches and oxygen to last you, me and a butler a full week. ''(whispering)'' We'll eat the butler.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "Tastes like Chicken" it's implied at the end that Mandy ate Irwin, and in "Which Came First?" you see Sperg eating Pud'n's arms and legs after having been stranded in the desert. [[NegativeContinuity They get better]].
** In the ''Billy & Mandy'' universe, the only way Pinocchio can become a real boy...is by ''eating the flesh of a human boy''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/{{JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream}} Only a Dream]]", the kids in Flash's nightmare attempt to eat him, completely out of nowhere. Flash resorts to SuperSpeed to get away from them, [[TimeStandsStill and...]]
* Pictured on the main page is the cannibalistic [[EatsBabies baby killer]] from the season 2 premeire of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''.

** An in-universe HistoricalVillainUpgrade ascribes this to Nightmare Moon. Particularly horrifying, no doubt, due to ponies being obligate herbivores, with all the revulsion towards eating meat that probably entails. This legend makes things awkward when Nightmare Moon is redeemed, returns as Princess Luna, and is confused as to why everyone is terrified of her. [[FloweryElizabethanEnglish Her linguistics being a thousand years out of date don't help]].
-->'''Pipsqueak:''' Help! My backside has been gobbled!\\

** In the episode "Owl's Well That Ends Well", which is a ''Season 1'' episode no less (at which point the writers weren't even entirely sure there would be adult fans and things usually didn't get as intense until the Season 2 finale), a humongous but sentient green dragon tries to eat Spike (who's also a dragon) for stumbling upon his hoard.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', the Girl fought a [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels demonic motorcycle gang]] called the Dooks of Doom (evil ''and'' bad spellers, apparently) who were cannibals.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Treehouse Of Horror episodes use this a few times. The earliest involved the school staff killing and cooking problem students (and eventually, all of them). Another was a parody of ''Film/TheBlob1958'' where Homer became a voracious slime monster. Yet another is a parody of ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame''... although it wasn't too necessary that time.
-->'''Carl:''' Homer, Burns has only been chasing us for six hours and you've already resorted to cannibalism.\\

** There was also a reference (in a non-Treehouse of Horror ep) to Abe Simpson biting his old mountain climbing buddy.
* In a particularly creepy ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark,'' Eric Cartman devises a complex plan to get his enemy to eat his own parents, ''and succeeds.'' It's okay though, later he apologizes by giving the boy a fruit basket.
** Made worse by the (somewhat questionable) reveal that [[spoiler: the father was Cartman's REAL father]].

* On ''WesternAnimation/StrokerAndHoop'', the two buddy detectives wake up in a bathtub full of ice and assume they've had their kidneys stolen by two beautiful women; but, no, they're members of an enlightened cannibal cult who eat vestigial organs safely harvested from their victims. They took the boys' appendices and tail bones. Later in the ep, the cult goes even crazier, and tries the old "giant kettle" routine on Stroker (though they claim it's because they don't like him). They had to wait a while, as 100 gallons of water takes a long time to boil.

* In the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', one of the villains is a block of sentient space tofu, selling his... essence as a meat substitute to the unwitting civilians as a cover for his alien invasion. This lands him in [[{{Pun}} a pot of hot water]] when Beast Boy (who is a vegetarian due to eating whatever animal he can become being repulsive to him) finds out.
-->'''New-Fu''' (after a SmashCut to Titans Tower mid-EvilGloating): ...What is this?\\
'''Beast Boy''': ''Lunch. (New-Fu freaks out)'' And I happen to be in the mood for a delicious meat-free substitute.\\
'''New-Fu''': ... ... [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt You're just trying to trick me!]]\\
'''Beast Boy''': Am I? Say hello to my good friend, Barbecue Sauce! ''(douses New-Fu in BBQ sauce)''\\
'''New-Fu''': ''(spitting up BBQ sauce)'' Water! New-fu reverts to its original state in the presence of water! ''Please don't eat me!!''\\
'''Beast Boy''': That's more like it. ''(raises bottle of soy sauce)'' Now let's talk cows!