History Main / Veganopia

Probably stems from the issues raised by CarnivoreConfusion and LetsMeetTheMeat. See also MarySuetopia and PerfectPacifistPeople. See HerbivoresAreFriendly for the herbivorous animal equivalent.

* Many Christians believe that God originally intended for all creation to be vegetarian and that this will be the ideal that would be perfected once the Kingdom is fulfilled. Indeed, in the [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Garden of Eden]], God gave mankind the fruit of the trees to eat, and green plants to the animals. Later, in the ''Literature/BookOfIsaiah'', a vision of the New Earth states that carnivores would no longer eat other creatures, and that "the cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox." (Isaiah 11:7)

* Subverted in ''[[Literature/MythAdventures Myth-Ion Improbable]]'', in which the human inhabitants of Kowtow eat only vegetables and drink carrot juice, despite having vast herds of cattle that their cowboys look after. [[spoiler: This is because the humans lost a war with vampires, who drained every other species except humans and horses into extinction and were about to exhaust the supply of those, too. So their leader put a spell on the entire planet, turning the vampires into ordinary cows except for the monthly "roundup", when they feed on the spell-docile humans, who then have a month off to regain their strength. There's only one non-vegan human on the planet, and he's a pampered prisoner who eats horse steaks.]]

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* In ''Manga/SoulHunter'', Sennin have powers normal humans can only dream off and live in a floating, hi-tech mountain range in the sky. Because they use up less energy than normal people, they can subsist exclusively on fruits and vegetables, while eating meat or fish is forbidden. Likewise, the people of Tosenkyo (an isolated utopia country created by one of the Three Great Sennins) seemingly follow the same dietary conditions and stritc morals, only breeding sheep for wool. By contrast, Monster Sennin tend to be far more amoral and have no qualms about eating meat ([[IAmAHumanitarian or flesh]]).

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%%* Eternia is a Veganopia in the ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' movie, and has apparently been that way for a very long time, to the point that Teela doesn't realize that the ribs she eats after coming to Earth are actually meat. When Man-At-Arms informs her of this fact, she's suitably disgusted. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to mind, but he's a veteran of several wars and has probably eaten far worse to survive.

* In ''Film/CarnageSwallowingThePast'' the current generation is vegan from birth and eating meat and dairy is horrifying for them. They are also oblivious that not long ago people ate animal products. It seems that times are peaceful and people are generally very open to themselves. But it isn't equally for everyone as most of older generations struggle with their "carnist" past and they are going to therapies (similar of AA) to fight with their immense guilt.

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%%* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's ''3001: The Final Odyssey'', the future human civilization is portrayed as vegetarian and disgusted by the idea of eating animals; however, they do create dishes which imitate the taste of meat.

* Subverted with the Galactic Federation from Creator/JohnRingo's ''Literature/LegacyOfTheAldenata'', who are all not so much vegetarians as outright herbivores, and are in fact incapable of killing a living animal (a major plot point). The Darhel, one of the four races that make it up, are very obviously naturally carnivorous, with sharp, needle-like teeth. All of them are technologically far more advanced, claim moral superiority, [[spoiler: except the Darhel have had a 5000 year long stranglehold on [=GalFed=] politics and economy, treat the most populous member race as slaves, and, since shortly after contact with humans was made, have been systematically sabotaging human attempts to fight off the omnivorous alien hordes in order to keep our numbers down or exterminate us altogether.]]

* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''Dinosaur Planet'' and ''Literature/PlanetPirates'' subvert the trope. Vegetarianism is legally mandated by TheFederation, to such a strict degree that omnivorous species must unanimously swear off meat or be kicked out of the [=FSP=]. "Reversion" to hunting for meat is portrayed as a heinous crime, and leads to mutiny when the {{heavyworlder}}s indulge in this forbidden practice. In the continuation, a major conflict is that while the majority culture of the Federation considers vegetarianism to be the only civilized diet, the heavyworlders reject this, since [[spoiler: meat-eating and [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalism]] were the only way that their genetically-engineered bodies could get enough nutrition to survive their first winter on their colony, and they're not too keen on being called barbarians by people who would never go through the same tribulations]].
%%* In Creator/UmbertoEco's novel ''Literature/{{Baudolino}}'', during their journey, the main characters pass through a village of gymnosophists, people who wear no clothes, have no possessions and eat only fruits that grow naturally.

%%* In ''[[Literature/TimeMachineSeries The Rings of Saturn]]'', the time-traveler protagonist notes that the meals in the future don't see to contain any meat (on the other hand, the future people are sure fond of giving their food space-themed names.)

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* Inverted on ''Series/{{Zoo}}'': by the end of Season One, humans have given up on eating meat not because they care about animals, but because animals all over the world have gone kill-crazy towards human beings. Most livestock have either been destroyed or escaped, and even when meat is available, people are afraid it may be contaminated with whatever's affecting the animals.

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* Many Christians believe that God originally intended for all creation to be vegetarian, and that this will be the ideal that would be perfected once the Kingdom is fulfilled. Indeed, in the [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Garden of Eden]], God gave mankind the fruit of the trees to eat, and green plants to the animals. Later, in the ''Literature/BookOfIsaiah'', a vision of the New Earth states that carnivores would no longer eat other creatures, and that "the cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox." (Isaiah 11:7)

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%%* The Japanese of ''Videogame/AgeOfEmpires 3'' are quite nearly this, since they're the only civilization that can't gather food from wild or domestic animals, however, they can still fish.

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%%* The [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] in Christopher Paolini's ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' are revealed to be vegans, as a consequence of their {{Telepathy}} letting them experience the thoughts of animals (an attitude also adopted by [[TheHero Eragon]] after he trains his own {{Telepathy}} under an elf mentor). However, the first elf introduced in the series is a little more blasé about this (being okay with animal products like leather), implied to be because she spends so much time outside of elf lands. Likewise, once he's been back among humans for a while, Eragon's new stance on meat softens from disgust to merely ''preferring'' not to eat it.

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* In ''Manga/SoulHunter'', Sennin have powers normal humans can only dream off and live in a floating, hi-tech mountain range in the sky. Because they use up less energy than normal people, they can sussist exclusively on fruits and vegetables, while eating meat or fish is forbidden. Likewise, the people of Tosenkyo (an isolated utopia country created by one of the Three Great Sennins) seemingly follow the same dietary conditions and stritc morals, only breeding sheep for wool. By contrast, Monster Sennin tend to be far more amoral and have no qualms about eating meat ([[IAmAHumanitarian or flesh]]).

* Many Christians believe that God originally intended for all creation to be vegetarian, and that this will be the ideal that would be perfected once the Kingdom is fulfilled. Indeed, in the [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Garden of Eden]], God gave mankind the fruit of the trees to eat, and green plants to the animals. Later, in the ''Literature/BookOfIsaiah'', a vision of the New Earth reveals that carnivores would no longer eat other creatures, and that "the cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox." (Isaiah 11:7)

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%%* Many Christians believe the [[Literature/TheBible Garden of Eden]] was like this prior to the apple incident, and some believe it was that way even up to after the Flood, when God allows mankind to eat meat with the provision of not eating meat with the blood still in it. Some believe that a post-Armageddon world would be the same.
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* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''Dinosaur Planet'' and ''Literature/ThePlanetPirates'' subvert the trope. Vegetarianism is legally mandated by TheFederation, to such a strict degree that omnivorous species must unanimously swear off meat or be kicked out of the [=FSP=]. "Reversion" to hunting for meat is portrayed as a heinous crime, and leads to mutiny when the {{heavyworlder}}s indulge in this forbidden practice. In the continuation, a major conflict is that while the majority culture of the Federation considers vegetarianism to be [[MoralPosturing the only civilized diet]], the heavyworlders reject this, since [[spoiler: meat-eating and [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalism]] were the only way that their genetically-engineered bodies could get enough nutrition to survive their first winter on their colony, and they're not too keen on being called barbarians by people who would never go through the same tribulations]].

%%* In Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''Dinosaur Planet'', vegetarianism is legally mandated by TheFederation, to such a strict degree that omnivorous species must unanimously swear off meat or be kicked out of the [=FSP=]. "Reversion" to hunting for meat is portrayed as a heinous crime, and leads to mutiny when the {{heavyworlder}}s indulge in this forbidden practice.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' inverts this with the [[OurElvesAreBetter Bosmer (Wood Elves)]], who are religiously obliged to follow the "Green Pact" they made with their patron deity, Y'ffre, the [[NatureSpirit God of the Forest]], leading to them having a highly carnivorous diet within their homeland of Valenwood in order to protect their sacred plants. Culturally, they are also obliged to [[ImAHumanitarian eat their fallen enemies after killing them in battle]] as they are not allowed to rot within (and thus taint) Valenwood. Both of these restrictions appear to be heavily relaxed on Bosmer who live outside of Valenwood, however. Even within Valenwood, there is much LoopholeAbuse. Using fallen deadwood and eating fruit that fell off of trees naturally is allowed. Mushrooms may also be eaten, as they do not count as plants.

%%* The [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]] in Christopher Paolini's ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' are revealed to be vegans, as a consequence of their {{Telepathy}} letting them experience the thoughts of animals (an attitude also adopted by [[TheHero Eragon]] after he trains his own {{Telepathy}} under an elf mentor). However, the first elf introduced in the series is a little more blasé about this (being okay with animal products like leather), implied to be because she spends so much time outside of elf lands. Likewise, once he's been back among humans for a while, Eragon's new stance on meat softens from disgust to merely ''preferring'' not to eat it.

* Parodied by Creator/FrankMiller in ''ComicBook/TalesToOffend'' #1 where a woman from a typical Veganopia is rescued from a rampaging dinosaur by 'real man' Lance Blastoff. She starts to berate Lance for his unenlightened ways but is overwhelmed by the smell of the roasting dinosaur and immediately begins gorging herself on the freshly killed and cooked meat.
* ComicBook/TheSmurfs are portrayed mostly as vegetarians, though sometimes they will be shown eating meat-based products. Where they get the meat is anybody's guess.
* ComicBook/TheInhumans do not eat meat. When a group of them are sent to a human university, one of them tries a hamburger for the first time and enjoys it.

* Eternia is a Veganopia in the ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' movie, and has apparently been that way for a very long time, to the point that Teela doesn't realize that the ribs she eats after coming to Earth are actually meat. When Man-At-Arms informs her of this fact, she's suitably disgusted. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to mind, but he's a veteran of several wars and has probably eaten far worse to survive.
* Subverted in ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' They eat people... but only after turning them into plants.
* The United States becomes this in ''Film/EscapeFromLA'', when [[StrawCharacter an uber-Christian man]] is elected President-for-life and imposes new laws for the "Moral America", such as no smoking, drinking, red-meat-eating, guns, swearing, non-Christian religions, or premarital sex. Anyone who disagrees is kicked out to live in Los Angeles, which has been separated from the mainland by an earthquake and turned into a penal colony. It's hardly a utopia, though. In fact, the President's plan is to use a series of {{EMP}} {{Kill Sat}}s to cripple the rest of the world and conquer it.
* In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', San Angeles has outlawed meat, along with cigarettes, alcohol, and swearing.
* The advanced alien race on ''Film/KPax'' are vegetarians.
* ''Film/CarnageSwallowingThePast'' is almost straight example. Current young generation is completely vegan from birth and eating meat and dairy is completely horrifying for them. They are also oblivious to that that not long ago people ate animal products. It seems that times are peaceful and people are generally very open to themselves. But it isn't equally for everyone as most of older generations struggle with their "carnist" past and they are going to therapies (similar of AA) to fight with their immense guilt.

* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's ''3001: The Final Odyssey'', the future human civilisation is portrayed as vegetarian and disgusted by the idea of eating animals; however, they do create dishes which imitate the taste of meat.
* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's short story ''The Food of the Gods'', the fact that synthetic foods are designed to imitate the taste of meat is not mentioned in polite society, and the narrator's testimony on that point nearly causes one member of a Congressional committee to become physically ill. [[spoiler:The narrator is leading up to an accusation that one of his competitors is producing and marketing a synthetic duplicate of ''[[ImAHumanitarian human]]'' meat.]]

* Humans in James Gurney's ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' are generally vegans -- "No milk, no meat, and no eggs." Not that milk is easy to come by, given that the only large mammals on the island live in inhospitable mountains. And when the local cow- and chicken-equivalents are the sentient dinosaurs who make up a large portion of the population, well... They used fish as part of diplomatic terms with some T-Rexes so fish seem OK.
** Material in subsequent books (including a mammoth being milked in ''Journey to Chandara'' and mentions of shellfish catching in ''Hand of Dinotopia'') suggest that most of Dinotopia is actually pescatarian.
* In Frank Herbert's ''Literature/ConSentiency'' series, most people no longer eat animals for meat. Meat (or at least protein) is produced in flesh vats.
* The future humans in Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''Literature/TheShipWho'' universe are all vegetarians, except for some "backward" {{mutants}}.
* The [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]] in Christopher Paolini's ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' are revealed to be vegans, as a consequence of their {{Telepathy}} letting them experience the thoughts of animals (an attitude also adopted by [[TheHero Eragon]] after he trains his own {{Telepathy}} under an elf mentor). However, the first elf introduced in the series is a little more blasé about this (being okay with animal products like leather), implied to be because she spends so much time outside of elf lands. Likewise, once he's been back among humans for a while, Eragon's new stance on meat softens from disgust to merely ''preferring'' not to eat it.

** The Hork Bajir are a straight example, of the NobleSavage variety. Before the Yeerks enslaved them, they were stone age herbivores with no concept of war. They eventually ''do'' learn to defend themselves, but remain among the more unambiguously good characters in the series.
* The peaceful Eloi in Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' were vegans. (However, they weren't especially bright.) They didn't have much of a choice though, since all other animals were (at least locally) extinct by then. Not to mention that the [[IAmAHumanitarian Morlocks]] treat them as cattle.
** In his ''Island of Dr. Moreau'', the strict Laws under which the beast-men live forbid them to consume meat. This isn't imposed for moral reasons, but because their creator fears (rightly) that tasting flesh will accelerate the mental reversion of any beast-man that was created from a carnivore.
* In the Creator/MercedesLackey[=/=]Creator/PiersAnthony novel ''If I Pay Thee Not In Gold'', one of the societies the heroine encounters is like this. Subverted in that their better health and such is just an illusion. They wear masks to hide their age, and the elders "go on a quest" when they reach a certain age. (Actually they die and the bodies are hidden.)
* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Tolkien's Elves, nature spirits (Beorn, for ex.), and Maiar tend to be like this, as was Beren. They generally favour bread and milk rather than vegetables, though.
** Beren is specifically said to have given up meat because of the aid animals gave him during his adventures. The Laiquendi or 'Green Elves' also seem to be vegetarian but the Noldor and Sindar most certainly are ''not'' as hunting is a favoured pastime and the Valar include Oromë, a huntsman.
*** The Mirkwood Elves (who are partially Laiquendi) are also hunters. In fact, it's the agricultural elves which are hard to find in Tolkien's work -- which makes vegetarianism very problematic.

* The ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' has Ithorians, a.k.a. "hammerheads". They're pacifists who don't eat meat and tend to sentient trees. It's also averted by Yoda, who despite being [[CantArgueWithElves an old wise Jedi]], has more issues with Luke's [[FutureFoodIsArtificial artificial food]] than with actual meat.
** Another example are the Advozsec who are all vegetarians as they can't digest meat.
* The Kindar in the ''Literature/GreenSkyTrilogy''. Justified somewhat by the fact their social structure was engineered since day one to make violence of any kind unthinkable. Their Erdling brethren are omnivores, mostly because their underground-dwelling condition isn't conducive to harvesting and agriculture. This also features as a [[SugarWiki/GeniusProgramming game mechanic]] in the video game adaptation; Kindar take a hit to their spirit stat if they eat meat while Erdlings are unaffected.
* In the (rather odd) novel ''Cat Karina'', eating meat and working metals are both illegal in the far future, presumably to discourage [[AfterTheEnd a return to technological warfare]]. Nevertheless, the most popular food is the "tortuga": a type of turtle, presumably genetically engineered, which grows a spherical, softened shell after breeding and is marketed as a delicious fruit.
* In Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''Dinosaur Planet'', vegetarianism is legally mandated by TheFederation, to such a strict degree that omnivorous species must unanimously swear off meat or be kicked out of the [=FSP=]. "Reversion" to hunting for meat is portrayed as a heinous crime, and leads to mutiny when the {{heavyworlder}}s indulge in this forbidden practice.
** In the ''Planet Pirates'' series in the same 'verse, it's not quite so hard-line. Fish are eaten on colony worlds, while the heavyworlders and Seti ignore the rule on their own worlds. "Don't ask, don't tell" seems to be the effective rule.
* In Creator/UmbertoEco's novel ''Literature/{{Baudolino}}'', during their journey, the main characters pass through a village of gymnosophists, people who wear no clothes, have no possessions and eat only fruits that grow naturally.
* The society in the ''Literature/{{Uglies}}'' trilogy is at least vegetarian; upon arriving at The Smoke, Tally is disgusted by the main course meal of rabbit stew because eating meat is seen as cruel and uncivil in her home society.

* ''Literature/LeftBehind'''s ''Kingdom Come'' has everyone in the Millennial Kingdom (including the animals) go vegetarian. The meat restriction was only lifted for the wedding feast at the beginning of the Millennium.
* In ''[[Literature/TimeMachineSeries The Rings of Saturn]]'', the time-traveller protagonist notes that the meals in the future don't see to contain any meat (on the other hand, the future people are sure fond of giving their food space-themed names.)
* The leading civilization on the eponymous planet in ''Literature/KPax'' is described as this by prōt, the mental patient very convincingly claiming to be a visitor from said planet.
* Maliciously subverted this in ''[[Literature/TheDemonPrinces The Book of Dreams]]'', which describes a world in which a colony of fanatical human vegetarians degenerated into mindless grazing animals.

* In the ''Literature/StarDarlings'' franchise, no one on Starland, including animals, eats meat. When Libby sees an Earth zoo exhibit about sea lions eating fish, she's unsure how to feel, having never seen carnivores before.
* In ''Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark'', the [[HumanAliens Kni'lina]] are vegetarians and are disgusted by the thought of eating meat. Their derogatory name for humans is "mshaks", after small carnivorous rodents on their homeworld. Another reason for the name is the dislike of facial and head hair (their heads and faces are totally bare), which they associate with the same furry critters.
* Nastily subverted in ''[[Literature/MythAdventures Myth-Ion Improbable]]'', in which the human inhabitants of Kowtow eat only vegetables and drink carrot juice, despite having vast herds of cattle that their cowboys look after. [[spoiler: This is because the humans lost a war with vampires, who drained every other species except humans and horses into extinction and were about to exhaust the supply of those, too. So their leader put a spell on the entire planet, turning the vampires into ordinary cows except for the monthly "roundup", when they feed on the spell-docile humans, who then have a month off to regain their strength. There's only one non-vegan human on the planet, and he's a pampered prisoner who eats horse steaks.]]

** Riker eats eggs (Owon eggs), Heart of Targ, gagh (live and dead), pipius claw... but claims people have moved beyond enslaving animals. Perhaps this refers to raising livestock as opposed to wild animals.

* In an episode of ''Series/SapphireAndSteel'', humans from the far future are all vegan. Perhaps atypically, this has nothing to do with any sense of immorality about eating meat: humans of the future find animals disgusting and unclean and ''[[MoralEventHorizon have exterminated all of them]]''.

* Possibly the case with Aquator, the planet where the Alien Rangers (a mostly-aquatic species) come from on ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. They express horror when they discover that humans eat fish, clearly considering that a taboo.
* In ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' Valencia is said to have had a religious prohibition against eating meat. When King Richard conquered them he burned their vegetable fields, among other atrocities.

* In an episode of ''Series/BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'', Buck and another pilot get their fighter ships downed and are stranded in the desert. Buck quickly suggests they hunt some small animals so they don't starve. The other pilot is shocked to learn people ate animals 500 years ago.

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* Many Christians believe the [[Literature/TheBible Garden of Eden]] was like this prior to the apple incident, and some believe it was that way even up to after the Flood, when God allows mankind to eat meat with the provision of not eating meat with the blood still in it. Some believe that a post-Armageddon world would be the same.

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* In ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'', "fauxflesh" has led to UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion becoming a slight Veganopia. The absence of "fauxfish" means that there's still aggressive aquaculture, though.
** Fauxfish exists, it's just more expensive than the real thing, while fauxbeef, -pork, and -chicken are all cheaper. And the aquaculture {{Mega Corp}}s have spent a lot on memetic engineering to convince people that a slab of fauxoyster just isn't the same as prying a real one out of its shell.
* Subverted in ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The [[ScaryDogmaticAliens K'kree]] are [[AnimalWrongsGroup fanatics devoted to annihilating all carnivores]]...with their definition of "carnivore" being "''any'' organism that feeds on animals in any way whatsoever." This [[ExaggeratedTrope includes fungi and bacteria]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** It's implied that the Tau are like this, and indeed may have evolved from plains-dwelling grazing animals, though more in expanded universe literature then the actual game. Most prominently in the form of the AlienLunch served in one of Literature/TheLastChancers novels, ''Kill Team''.
*** Of course, significant doubt has been raised on whether the Tau are truly vegan (they participate in game hunts and may make confections out of seafood, at least to serve to guests) ''or'' [[TotalitarianUtilitarian utopian]].
*** Curiously, the Kroot, one of the Tau's allies, are very much carnivorous--eating is how they acquire new DNA characteristics that can be passed on the next generation.
** Played straight with the Imperium- whatever [[Film/SoylentGreen soylens viridiens]] and protein bars are made of, it ain't vegetables, and are nearly the sole food source on the more dystopian worlds.

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* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' inverts this with the [[OurElvesAreBetter Bosmer (Wood Elves)]], who are religiously obliged to follow the "Green Pact" they made with their patron deity, Y'ffre, the [[NatureSpirit God of the Forest]], leading to them having a highly carnivorous diet within their homeland of Valenwood in order to protect their sacred plants. Culturally, they are also obliged to [[ImAHumanitarian eat their fallen enemies after killing them in battle]] as they are not allowed to rot within (and thus taint) Valenwood. Both of these restrictions appear to be heavily relaxed on Bosmer who live outside of Valenwood, however. Even within Valenwood, there is much LoopholeAbuse. Using fallen deadwood and eating fruit that fell off of trees naturally is allowed. Mushrooms may also be eaten, as they do not count as plants.
* ''Videogame/HarvestMoon'' games all take place in a ''pescatarian'' society (i.e. they eat fish, but not meat). Of course, since the idea of the game is to [[VideoGameCaringPotential make you care for your animals]], it would be a little cruel to be able to eat them as well.
** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' games take place in the same sort of society, but it's probably more because monsters [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence vanish as soon as they're defeated]] than any moral conflict.
* Subverted by the Quarians of ''Franchise/MassEffect''. Quarians are stated to be naturally omnivorous, but subsist on a vegan diet. They live on a fleet, and raising animals for food is less than optimally space- and energy-efficient. The Quarians are not exactly a ProudWarriorRace, but live in a state of perpetual martial law, and their entire society is geared towards the day when they can reconquer their homeworld. As a result, quarians who ''can'' get their hands on meat will gorge themselves. Their severely weakened immune systems (due to generations of life in sterile environments) will promptly rebel, but Quarians [[WorthIt just don't care about that]].
* The Japanese of ''Videogame/AgeOfEmpires 3'' are quite nearly this, since they're the only civilization that can't gather food from wild or domestic animals, however, they can still fish.
* In ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite:''
** The simple, pacifistic villagers of the first game only farm grain, despite having sheep and cows on hand, and the player gains evil points for putting animals into the village store to be eaten.
** Zig-zagged in the second game, where using animals for food is still evil, but one can also raise a grain-fed genocidal army.
* In ''VideoGame/XCOM2'', the aliens have banned the keeping of pets and livestock. Despite this, 'advent burgers' are still available. Lore states they are made of reconstituted protein, but suspiciously does not reveal what the protein is reconstituted from.
* Parodied and subverted in ''VideoGame/ImprobableIsland'': The cafe in Kittania is introduced by a server going on a spiel about using only locally-grown produce to produce their selection of vegetarian and vegan meals... the effect of which is rather marred by the lovingly-detailed ''dripping, bloody steak'' that's also on the menu. As the server admits when you point this out, Kittymorphs are still carnivores, and just because they ''try'' to "tread lightly on Mother Earth" doesn't mean they can actually completely give up meat.

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* In the space arc of ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Arthur asks Guenevere if she's ever wondered why some flavours are named after animals. She doesn't want to know.
* What the [[DesignatedHero protagonists]] of ''Webcomic/VeganArtbook'' want to achieve one day... even if they have to [[AnimalWrongsGroup kill all of the dirty meat-eaters to do so]]. [[AuthorTract This is played completely straight]].

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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' when Johnny comes across a Veganopia that is revealed to be so only because they trash other planets. (But the BigBad Alien's daughter decides that this was against the spirit of their society, so it may turn into a true Veganopia later.)
* It is suggested that the Air Nomads in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' were vegetarians[[note]]Though not vegan, as they do eat egg[[/note]], due to the belief that all life is sacred. Aang is known to be a vegetarian.
* Lampooned in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' when an AnimalWrongsGroup claimed to have [[VegetarianCarnivore a lion that eats nothing but tofu]] - and said lion is sickeningly thin.

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* ''Film/CarnageSwallowingThePast'' is almost straight example. Current young generation is completely vegan from birth and eating meat and dairy is completely horrifying for them. They are also oblivious to that that not long ago people ate animal products. It seems that times are peaceful and people are generally very open to themselves. But it isn't equally for everyone as most of older generations struggle with they "carnist" past and they are going to therapys (similar of AA) to fight with they immense guilt.

* Parodied by Creator/FrankMiller in ''Tales to Offend'' #1 where a woman from a typical Veganopia is rescued from a rampaging dinosaur by 'real man' Lance Blastoff. She starts to berate Lance for his unenlightened ways but is overwhelmed by the smell of the roasting dinosaur and immediately begins gorging herself on the freshly killed and cooked meat.
* TheSmurfs are portrayed mostly as vegetarians, though sometimes they will be shown eating meat-based products. Where they get the meat is anybody's guess.
* Comicbook/TheInhumans do not eat meat. When a group of them are sent to a human university, one of them tries a hamburger for the first time and enjoys it.

* The [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]] in Christopher Paolini's ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' are revealed to be vegans. Which is rather funny, considering the first elf introduced in the series was wearing leather armour. According to WordOfGod, said leather-wearing elf doesn't give a flying nut about her culture's stigma of using animal products, though she does not eat meat.

* Many Christians believe the [[Literature/TheBible Garden of Eden]] was like this prior to the apple incident. Some believe that a post-Armageddon world would be the same.

* The gnomes of the idyllic society of ''{{Literature/Gnomes}}'' don't eat meat, probably because they also [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speak fluent animal]], though the do consume songbird eggs and also dairy products if given by others.

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* Subversion: The ancient Assyrians were a culture of almost-vegetarian agrarians ''and'' a cruel warrior race who brutally tortured and killed those they defeated.
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* In ''VideoGame/XCOM2'', the aliens have banned the keeping of pets and livestock. Despite this, 'advent burgers' are still available. Lore states they are made of reconstituted protein, but suspiciously does reveal what the protein is reconstituted from.