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* ''VideoGame/LonelyWolfTreat'': Treat's best friend Trick is a vegetarian wolf who has never eaten meat in their life.

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* ''VideoGame/LonelyWolfTreat'': Treat's best friend Trick is a vegetarian wolf who has never eaten meat in their life. Late in the game, Trick befriends an animal rights activist group whose members include two vegetarian jackals.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' has a trio of sharks, led by a great white [[ShoutOut named]] [[Film/{{Jaws}} Bruce]], that want to give up their fish-eating ways (with the help of a MonstersAnonymous-style rehab program) and become vegetarians. It's not made clear what they decide to switch their diet to, but it is shown in the film that they are struggling to make the change.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' has a trio of sharks, led by a great white [[ShoutOut named]] [[Film/{{Jaws}} Bruce]], that want to give up their fish-eating ways (with the help of a MonstersAnonymous-style rehab program) and become vegetarians. It's not made clear what they decide to switch their diet to, but it is shown in the film that they are struggling to make the change. [[spoiler:When Bruce inadvertently [[MyInstinctsAreShowing smells a drop of blood from Dory]], he goes into a frenzy as his friends try to hold him back, telling him [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything not to fall off the wagon.]]]]
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* “WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega”: Reba and Janice are two female omega wolves who are vegetarians. They eat mostly blueberries, which causes their mouths to stain blue.

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* WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega”: Reba and Janice are two female omega wolves who are vegetarians. They eat mostly blueberries, which causes their mouths to stain blue.

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* The striped hyena has been observed eating fruit and will sometimes raid farms for the fruit, ignoring the animals.
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* ''Bucky and Pepito'': The episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goIkWjwTgMk "The Coyote Catcher"]] had a coyote stealing ''tomatoes.''
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A subtrope of CarnivoreConfusion and ArtisticLicenceBiology. Contrast AscendedToCarnivorism for when a normally herbivorous animal decides to eat meat, or ManEatingPlant for when it's the plants that decide to switch around the food chain. Compare with {{Veganopia}}. Vampires who refuse to feed on humans are common enough to have [[VegetarianVampire their own trope]]. Being in a PredatorPreyFriendship might mean the predator invoking this.

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A subtrope of CarnivoreConfusion Carnivore Confusion and ArtisticLicenceBiology. Contrast AscendedToCarnivorism for when a normally herbivorous animal decides to eat meat, or ManEatingPlant for when it's the plants that decide to switch around the food chain. Compare with {{Veganopia}}. Vampires who refuse to feed on humans are common enough to have [[VegetarianVampire their own trope]]. Being in a PredatorPreyFriendship might mean the predator invoking this.
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* Heart from ''Anime/YouAreUmasou'' falls under this, being a ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' raised by a family of ''Maiasaura''. It's later subverted, in that he does switch to a carnivorous diet (though he is horrified at first that he actually ''likes'' the taste of meat), but he will still eat berries now and again. It's notably [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that Heart's biological father Baku later observes that he was ''slowly starving'' under his original diet of leaves and berries until he switched to eating meat.

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* Heart from ''Anime/YouAreUmasou'' falls under this, being a ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' raised by a family of ''Maiasaura''. It's later subverted, in that he does switch to a carnivorous diet (though he is horrified at first that he actually ''likes'' the taste of meat), but he will still eat berries now and again. It's notably [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that Heart's biological father Baku later observes that he was ''slowly starving'' under his original diet of leaves and berries until he switched to eating meat.meat (which his well-meaning ''Maiasaura'' family was likely unaware of, having no frame of reference for what a healthy ''Tyrannosaurus'' should look like).
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* Heart from ''Anime/YouAreUmasou'' falls under this, being a ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' raised by a family of ''Maiasaura''. It's later subverted, in that he does switch to a carnivorous diet (though he is horrified at first that he actually ''likes'' the taste of meat), but he will still eat berries now and again.

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* Heart from ''Anime/YouAreUmasou'' falls under this, being a ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' raised by a family of ''Maiasaura''. It's later subverted, in that he does switch to a carnivorous diet (though he is horrified at first that he actually ''likes'' the taste of meat), but he will still eat berries now and again. It's notably [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that Heart's biological father Baku later observes that he was ''slowly starving'' under his original diet of leaves and berries until he switched to eating meat.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Nearly all Pokémon are shown to love eating berries (mostly because of their status-healing effects, admittedly). This even includes what should be strictly carnivorous Pokémon like Mightyena (a hyena), Liepard (a leopard), Arbok (a cobra), and Rowlet (an owl). This is in the series' Bible. Pokémon are forbidden from being depicted eating each other. A few early episodes didn't follow that rule, however later seasons always do. This is, however, only true of the anime. The games have no issue discussing Pokémon dietary habits.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Nearly all Pokémon are shown to love eating berries (mostly because of their status-healing effects, admittedly). This even includes what should be strictly carnivorous Pokémon like Mightyena (a hyena), Liepard (a leopard), Arbok (a cobra), and Rowlet (an owl). This is in the series' Bible. Pokémon are forbidden from being depicted eating each other. A few early episodes didn't follow that rule, however later seasons always do. This is, however, only true of the anime. The games have no issue discussing Pokémon dietary habits.
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In RealLife, vegetation isn't necessarily the best source of food. It's hard to digest, low in some essential nutrients and requires a specialized digestive system in order to properly process it into anything useful for the animal eating said vegetation (symbiotic bacteria in the gut may even be necessary to digest some types of plants). Because of this, most carnivorous animals are not well-adapted to eating plant materials (unlike herbivores, naturally).

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In RealLife, vegetation isn't necessarily the best source of food. It's hard to digest, low in some essential nutrients nutrients, and requires a specialized digestive system in order to properly process it into anything useful for the animal eating said vegetation (symbiotic bacteria in the gut may even be necessary to digest some types of plants). Because of this, most carnivorous animals are not well-adapted to eating plant materials (unlike herbivores, naturally).



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' establishes the anthropomorphic mammals don't [[SapientEatSapient eat each other]] anymore, and the creators specified that they intentionally decided to leave insects and fish as non-sapient to allow for a socially-accepted source of protein for the carnivores. However, the trope is PlayedForLaughs with Officer Clawhauser, a cheetah who constantly eats [[DonutMessWithACop donuts]] and [[SweetTooth other sweets]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' establishes the anthropomorphic mammals don't [[SapientEatSapient eat each other]] anymore, and the creators specified that they intentionally decided to leave insects and fish as non-sapient to allow for a socially-accepted socially accepted source of protein for the carnivores. However, the trope is PlayedForLaughs with Officer Clawhauser, a cheetah who constantly eats [[DonutMessWithACop donuts]] and [[SweetTooth other sweets]].



* Siveth the Ice-dragon from ''Film/DragonheartVengeance'', she claims to have sworn off meat a long time ago.

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* Siveth the Ice-dragon from ''Film/DragonheartVengeance'', she ''Film/DragonheartVengeance'' claims to have sworn off meat a long time ago.



* Polo in ''Literature/GuardianCatsAndTheLostBooksOfAlexandria'' gets into a stash of granola which dried fruit, oats, chocolate, and nuts, Ferrets are obligate carnivores who can't properly digest vegetation. Raisins and chocolate are also deadly to ferrets.

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* Polo in ''Literature/GuardianCatsAndTheLostBooksOfAlexandria'' gets into a stash of granola which with dried fruit, oats, chocolate, and nuts, nuts. Ferrets are obligate carnivores who can't properly digest vegetation. Raisins and chocolate are also deadly to ferrets.



* The children's book ''Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas'' is about Brian, a piranha that likes fruit, much to the annoyance of his friends, who insist that they have to eat meat. Piranhas actually ''are'' omnivorous, and some kinds are even specialized fruit-eaters.

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* The children's book ''Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas'' is about Brian, a piranha that who likes fruit, much to the annoyance of his friends, who insist that they have to eat meat. Piranhas actually ''are'' omnivorous, and some kinds are even specialized fruit-eaters.



* In ''VideoGame/{{Parkasaurus}}: Sea Monsters'', ''Archelon'' is a herbivore, even thought it was an obligate carnivore in real life.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Parkasaurus}}: Sea Monsters'', ''Archelon'' is a herbivore, even thought though it was an obligate carnivore in real life.



** Averted with Bridge. The woodcrafter who adopted him knew that he wouldn't be able to subsist off the same tree-based diet as himself. At first, he fed him with fish he caught from nearby rivers, but it didn't take Bridge long to start hunting the small molodonts and smerps infesting the village of his own volition.

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** Averted with Bridge. The woodcrafter who adopted him knew that he wouldn't be able to subsist off on the same tree-based diet as himself. At first, he fed him with fish he caught from nearby rivers, but it didn't take Bridge long to start hunting the small molodonts and smerps infesting the village of his own volition.



** A variation occurs with some of the daydreamers. They are physically designed to feed on larger prey animals like proplets and other dolfinches but after some of them come to believe that feeding on these intelligent, closely related animals is immoral, they stop eating them all together and start eating things like fish and other smaller sea creatures exclusively, much like how some humans give up meat like beef and chicken but will still eat fish for protein.

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** A variation occurs with some of the daydreamers. They are physically designed to feed on larger prey animals like proplets and other dolfinches but after some of them come to believe that feeding on these intelligent, closely related animals is immoral, they stop eating them all together altogether and start eating things like fish and other smaller sea creatures exclusively, much like how some humans give up meat like beef and chicken but will still eat fish for protein.



* Web weaving spiders will usually eat the pollen that gets stuck in their webs. Either when they clean the web or they ingest when they are done. Some species can seasonally get more than 50% of their diet this way.

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* Web weaving Web-weaving spiders will usually eat the pollen that gets stuck in their webs. Either when they clean the web or they ingest when they are done. Some species can seasonally get more than 50% of their diet this way.
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** Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs''. When Sid the sloth's three adopted ''T. rex'' children are presented with a live ''Archaeopteryx'' by their mother, he tries to get them to eat broccoli instead (insisting he wants to raise them vegetarian). Needless to say, it doesn't work.
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* Some transhumanists and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on. The question of whether this will ever be feasible or even desirable is a subject of considerably more debate, however.

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* Some transhumanists and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer Singer, and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on. The question of whether this will ever be feasible or even desirable is a subject of considerably more debate, however.
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* Some transhumanists and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on. Whether this will ever be feasible or even desirable is an object of considerably more debate, however.

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* Some transhumanists and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on. Whether The question of whether this will ever be feasible or even desirable is an object a subject of considerably more debate, however.
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* Some transhumanists and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on. Whether this is feasible or even desirable is an object of considerably more debate, however.

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* Some transhumanists and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on. Whether this is will ever be feasible or even desirable is an object of considerably more debate, however.
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* Some transhumanists and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on.

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* Some [[UsefulNotes/Transhumanism transhumanists]] and animal rights philosophers such as David Pearce, Peter Singer and Oscar Horta believe that, in the future, biotechnology should be used to turn all predators into herbivores to prevent the suffering they cause to the animals they prey on.

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* Eno in ''Series/Dinosapien'' is an evolved dinosaur descended from the carnivorous ''Dromaeosaurus'', who enjoys leaves as well as meat.

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* Myth/KoreanMythology: In a famous Korean myth, a tiger and a bear wanted to be human and, in order to do so, they had to eat nothing but garlic and herbs for 40 days. The tiger could not and gave up, while the bear persevered, became a woman, married a semi-divine being, and gave birth to the founder of the first organized Korean state. There's actually some truth here: bears are omnivores that can digest vegetable matter while tigers are obligate carnivores. This doesn't mean they can't digest plants at all, just that they need nutrients that aren't found in a strictly vegan diet, the big one for felines being taurine. (Perhaps more to the point, garlic and related plants like onions are actually fairly toxic to cats; their livers can't deal with it.)

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* Myth/KoreanMythology: In a famous Korean myth, a tiger and a bear wanted to be human and, in order to do so, they had to eat nothing but garlic and herbs for 40 days. The tiger could not and gave up, while the bear persevered, became a woman, married a semi-divine being, being named Hwanung, and gave birth to a son named Tangun, the founder of the first organized Korean state. There's actually some truth here: bears are omnivores that can digest vegetable matter while tigers are obligate carnivores. This doesn't mean they can't digest plants at all, just that they need nutrients that aren't found in a strictly vegan diet, the big one for felines being taurine. (Perhaps more to the point, garlic and related plants like onions are actually fairly toxic to cats; their livers can't deal with it.)
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** An interesting variation occurs with the various pterosaurs ("fliers") in the films such as Petrie. Petrie is a ''Pteranodon''. ''Pteranodon'' had a diet that consisted mainly of fish. However, Petrie and his family are vegetarians, yet it's never stated why [[note]]Ironically the fish are the only species [[NoCartoonFish never portrayed as sentient]][[/note]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Nibblers}}'': Jawnathan, despite being a shark, prefers eating fruit over lizards, as lizards ruin his diet.

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* An InvokedTrope in ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'', as it takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals where all animals are sapient and meat is illegal. Carnivores typically eat plant or dairy-based proteins, while chickens and cows can get paid for their unfertilized eggs and milk to be sold for food. [[spoiler:The truth that everyone ignores, however, is that most carnivores do actually eat meat obtained from the Black Market that exists specifically to deal in meat.]]

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* An InvokedTrope in ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'', as it ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'' takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals where all animals are sapient and meat is illegal. Carnivores typically eat plant or dairy-based proteins, while chickens and cows can get paid for their unfertilized eggs and milk to be sold for food. [[spoiler:The truth that everyone ignores, however, is that most carnivores do actually eat meat obtained from the Black Market that exists specifically to deal in meat.]]



* Several of the carnivores including the hero in ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' became this trope when they are no longer allowed to eat each other under Kimba's new rule.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Pretty much ''all'' Pokémon are shown to love eating berries (mostly because of their status-healing effects, admittedly). This even includes what should be strictly carnivorous Pokémon like Mightyena (a hyena), Liepard (a leopard), Arbok (a cobra), and Rowlet (an owl). This is in the series' Bible. Pokémon are forbidden from being depicted eating each other. A few early episodes didn't follow that rule, however later seasons always do. This is, however, only true of the anime. The games have no issue discussing Pokémon dietary habits.

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* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'': Several of the carnivores including the hero in ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' became this trope become vegetarians when they are no longer allowed to eat each other under Kimba's new rule.
* ''Manga/KiteretsuDaihyakka'': The anime features living plesiosaurs that eat vegetables and weeds. Real life plesiosaurs are carnivores.
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''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Pretty much ''all'' Nearly all Pokémon are shown to love eating berries (mostly because of their status-healing effects, admittedly). This even includes what should be strictly carnivorous Pokémon like Mightyena (a hyena), Liepard (a leopard), Arbok (a cobra), and Rowlet (an owl). This is in the series' Bible. Pokémon are forbidden from being depicted eating each other. A few early episodes didn't follow that rule, however later seasons always do. This is, however, only true of the anime. The games have no issue discussing Pokémon dietary habits.



* In ''[[Anime/TamaAndFriends Uchitama: Have You Seen My Tama?]]'', Pochi the puppy usually eats tofu because his owner runs the local tofu shop.

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* ''All'' the carnivorous characters in ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', with the occasional exception of Peter Porkchops's old nemesis Wolfie. This is portrayed as a serious psychological problem on Wolfie's part and eventually leads [[spoiler: to him becoming a terrifying human-like creature called the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wuz-Wolf]].]]

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* To avoid CarnivoreConfusion, Sonic's favorite food in ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' is bean burgers (unlike the animated series, where it was chili dogs). Hedgehogs are carnivorous and are historically known as insectivores.

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* To avoid CarnivoreConfusion, ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': Nelson the circus lion who only eats lentil soup, because the lion is just too old to chew on solid food. When he is sent loose in the street he only scares the sheriff so he can eat the grub he was serving to the prisoners.
* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': In ''ComicBook/ThePowerOfShazam'', Mr. Tawny is a sapient vegetarian tiger...which makes his shilling a barbecue sauce awkward.
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* In ''Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears'', the bears are introduced cooking a meal of porridge. Technically bears are omnivorous, but literary scholars have pointed out that the porridge serves the narrative function of helping young readers feel less worried that the bears will eat Goldilocks.

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* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan''. Thestrals are omnivores, and ''must'' eat flesh and drink blood to survive. But since this scared the rest of the pony races, they made up some nonsense about the blood hunger being a mental disorder, made it extremely illegal to drink blood or sell it as a drink, and forced the thestrals to use an alchemical substitute which ''barely'' keeps them alive. This gets many thestrals easily swayed to Darth Vulcan's side, and when Princess Luna finds out that her sister Celestia permitted all this to happen, she gets ''very'' angry.

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Thestrals are omnivores, and ''must'' eat flesh and drink blood to survive. But since this scared the rest of the pony races, they made up some nonsense about the blood hunger being a mental disorder, made it extremely illegal to drink blood or sell it as a drink, and forced the thestrals to use an alchemical substitute which ''barely'' keeps them alive. This gets many thestrals easily swayed to Darth Vulcan's side, and when Princess Luna finds out that her sister Celestia permitted all this to happen, she gets ''very'' angry.



* Tiger from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' is a cat who is appalled at the very thought of eating mice. He does occasionally eat [[NoCartoonFish fish]], though, making him a pescetarian, despite [[ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare calling himself a vegetarian]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': Tiger from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' is a cat who is appalled at the very thought of eating mice. He does occasionally eat [[NoCartoonFish fish]], though, making him a pescetarian, despite [[ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare calling himself a vegetarian]].



* The protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/LeoTheLion'' is a lion who is a vegetarian. It's never really explained why this is, but he has a song about being one. That being said, he looks ''horribly'' emaciated... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which is exactly what one would expect from an obligate carnivore trying to be a vegetarian.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/LeoTheLion'': The protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/LeoTheLion'' is a lion who is a vegetarian.vegetarian lion. It's never really explained why this is, but he has a song about being one. That being said, he looks ''horribly'' emaciated... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which is exactly what one would expect from an obligate carnivore trying to be a vegetarian.]]



* The titular giant in ''Literature/TheBFG''. While his species is carnivorous, he has decided to eat a nasty-tasting vegetable called a "Snozzcumber" instead since he finds the idea of eating children appalling. Interestingly enough, it's the only other option he has besides eating humans since no other plants grow in Giant Land. Once he's ''out'' of Giant Land, however, he has no problem eating normal human food, including sausages and bacon.

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* ''Literature/HowDroofusTheDragonLostHisHead'': Droofus is a dragon, but after picking an insect out of a spider's web, he finds he doesn't want to eat it and begins eating the grass instead. This makes him useful to a local farmer, who uses him as a plowhorse, letting him pull up and eat the grass while his tail breaks up the soil.



* Invoked but averted in ''Literature/TheUnadulteratedCat'', also by Creator/TerryPratchett. The entry for "the green, organic, whole-earthbox cat" features a vegan couple who worked out "a vegetarian diet with occasional treats of fish" for their Siamese, and were blissfully unaware that it had consequently become one of the most dedicated hunters in the area.

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* Invoked but averted in ''Literature/TheUnadulteratedCat'', also by Creator/TerryPratchett.''Literature/TheUnadulteratedCat''. The entry for "the green, organic, whole-earthbox cat" features a vegan couple who worked out "a vegetarian diet with occasional treats of fish" for their Siamese, and were blissfully unaware that it had consequently become one of the most dedicated hunters in the area.



* In a famous Korean myth, a tiger and a bear wanted to be human and, in order to do so, they had to eat nothing but garlic and herbs for 40 days. The tiger could not and gave up, while the bear persevered, became a woman, married a semi-divine being, and gave birth to the founder of the first organized Korean state. There's actually some [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Mythology]] here: bears are omnivores that can digest vegetable matter while tigers are obligate carnivores. This doesn't mean they can't digest plants at all, just that they need nutrients that aren't found in a strictly vegan diet, the big one for felines being taurine. (Perhaps more to the point, garlic and related plants like onions are actually fairly toxic to cats; their livers can't deal with it.)
* In ''Literature/TheBible'', [[Literature/BookOfIsaiah Isaiah]] prophesies that when the Messiah comes to reign, "the lion shall eat straw like the ox," and animals will live together in peace. As this is mentioned to be a state of paradise similar to Eden, some theologists think this means that the cycle of predation only came about as a result of The Fall and all animals could once subsist on the plentiful fruits and greens in the garden.
* According to some Young Earth Creationists, carnivorous dinosaurs such as ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' were (or once were) herbivores. When asked what the ''T. rex's'' razor-sharp teeth were used for, they replied that they were used for cracking open coconuts.
** "Answers In Genesis" states that they either ate things like watermelons or had different dental equipment before the fall of man (...long story there).
** There's a common creationist belief that ''T. rex'' was a herbivore because its teeth are shallow-rooted and thus tooth breakage would be a major problem for the animal. Before you point out that tyrannosaur teeth have roots twice the length of the crown and were firmly rooted in the jaw, consider this question: Why would tooth breakage be an issue for an animal whose teeth constantly regenerate throughout its lifetime?
** [[http://pristichampsus.deviantart.com/art/The-Creationist-T-rex-165003798 Parodied here.]]
* [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]] found a flower with rejuvenation properties, but it was eaten by a snake while he took a bath. It's believed that this is a JustSoStory meant to explain why snakes shed their skin.

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* Myth/KoreanMythology: In a famous Korean myth, a tiger and a bear wanted to be human and, in order to do so, they had to eat nothing but garlic and herbs for 40 days. The tiger could not and gave up, while the bear persevered, became a woman, married a semi-divine being, and gave birth to the founder of the first organized Korean state. There's actually some [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Mythology]] truth here: bears are omnivores that can digest vegetable matter while tigers are obligate carnivores. This doesn't mean they can't digest plants at all, just that they need nutrients that aren't found in a strictly vegan diet, the big one for felines being taurine. (Perhaps more to the point, garlic and related plants like onions are actually fairly toxic to cats; their livers can't deal with it.)
* ''Literature/TheBible'': In ''Literature/TheBible'', [[Literature/BookOfIsaiah Isaiah]] ''Literature/BookOfIsaiah'', Isaiah prophesies that when the Messiah comes to reign, "the lion shall eat straw like the ox," and animals will live together in peace. As this is mentioned to be a state of paradise similar to Eden, some theologists think this means that the cycle of predation only came about as a result of The Fall and all animals could once subsist on the plentiful fruits and greens in the garden.
* According to some Young Earth Creationists, carnivorous dinosaurs such as ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' were (or once were) herbivores. When asked what the ''T. rex's'' razor-sharp teeth were used for, they replied that they were used for cracking open coconuts.
** "Answers In Genesis" states that they either ate things like watermelons or had different dental equipment before the fall of man (...long story there).
** There's a common creationist belief that ''T. rex'' was a herbivore because its teeth are shallow-rooted and thus tooth breakage would be a major problem for the animal. Before you point out that tyrannosaur teeth have roots twice the length of the crown and were firmly rooted in the jaw, consider this question: Why would tooth breakage be an issue for an animal whose teeth constantly regenerate throughout its lifetime?
** [[http://pristichampsus.deviantart.com/art/The-Creationist-T-rex-165003798 Parodied here.]]
* [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]]
''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': Gilgamesh found a flower with rejuvenation properties, but it was eaten by a snake while he took a bath. It's believed that this is a JustSoStory story meant to explain why snakes shed their skin.



* ''VideoGame/DragonCity'': The Food of the dragons all consist of plants and are represented by red berries. Some dragons are shown to be eating insects, and the Pure Sea Dragon eats fish, but those are meant to be aesthetic animation.



* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' it's unusual, and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything generally frowned upon]], but happens now and then.

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* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' it's unusual, and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything generally frowned upon]], upon, but happens now and then.



* In ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'', [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/scorchy/ Scorchy]] is similar to the ''Futurama'' example below, but even sadder due to happening voluntarily -- Scorchy is a dragon who told a little girl they'd stop eating people, and after getting caught one too many times, finally hold themselves to it. Scorchy wastes away, content with her happiness, as she feeds them leaves without noticing Scorchy dying in front of her.

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* In ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'', [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/scorchy/ Scorchy]] is similar to the ''Futurama'' example below, but even sadder due to happening voluntarily -- Scorchy is a dragon who told a little girl they'd stop eating people, and after getting caught one too many times, finally hold themselves to it. Scorchy wastes away, content with her happiness, as she feeds them leaves without noticing Scorchy dying in front of her.
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* According to WordOfGod, this is the case for every carnivorous animal in the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' universe. Tigress, Viper, and Mantis are shown to greatly enjoy Po's homemade noodles in vegetable broth, while in the spin-off series ''Legends of Awesomeness'', other characters, like the [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Croc Bandits]], eat apples and other fruits. Wolf Boss in ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' threatens to eat a bunny, but it's unclear whether it's literal or just a figure of speech.

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* According to WordOfGod, this is the case for every carnivorous animal in the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' universe. Tigress, Viper, and Mantis are shown to greatly enjoy Po's homemade noodles in vegetable broth, while in the spin-off series ''Legends of Awesomeness'', other characters, like the [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Croc Bandits]], eat apples and other fruits. Wolf Boss in ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' threatens to eat a bunny, but it's unclear whether it's literal or just a figure of speech.
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* Tiger from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' is a cat who is appalled at the very thought of eating mice. He does occasionally eat [[NoCartoonFish fish]], though, making him a pescetarian, despite [[ArtisticLicense calling himself a vegetarian]].

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* Tiger from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' is a cat who is appalled at the very thought of eating mice. He does occasionally eat [[NoCartoonFish fish]], though, making him a pescetarian, despite [[ArtisticLicense [[ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare calling himself a vegetarian]].

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