History Main / VegetarianCarnivore

* ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'': Zilla is something of an inversion. Marine iguanas are strictly vegetarians dining on seaweed, but Zilla's diet consists mainly of fish.

* Inverted with Goril'a Grodd in ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', who is occasionally implied to eat ''people'' -- or at least [[BrainFood their brains.]]
-->'''Blue Beetle:''' Scarab says gorillas are herbivores.\\
'''Grodd:''' Most are. ''I'm'' not.

* Inverted in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', where a character who failed to realise the difference between Orcs being herbivores and vegetarians (in this universe they're the former) tried to convince an Orc character to eat jerky to prove that they can eat meat. [[SubvertedTrope Vomiting ensues.]]
** The reason for the confusion is because orcs have massive tusks. The reason for ''that'' is because plant life in their native land is impossibly tough (when Luna saw an orc plant at one point, she thought it was the cutting board).

* Bizarrely inverted by Leslie from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', who is a strict carnivore despite being an anthropomorphic ''flower''. He reasons that this way he's "[[CarnivoreConfusion not eating [his] own kind]]", and tries to get his cousin (a peanut) to do the same by taking an outraged tone while describing the way vegetables are prepared (in a parody of the way a stereotypical vegetarian talks about how livestock are treated). If Leslie also lives off sunlight like an actual flower isn't stated here, but is shown in later episodes.

* Pet foods for dogs and cats typically contain a lot of vegetable matter, albeit processed for easy digestion by a carnivore. Both are mildly omnivorous. Dogs can even be trained to eat vegetarian foods, though this is best done with the advice of a veterinarian to insure they get the nutrients they need. Otherwise the dog's health is going to be put at risk.

* In ''Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears'', the bears are introduced cooking a meal of porridge. Technically bears are omnivorous, but literary scholars have pointed out the porridge serves the narrative function of helping young readers feel less worried that the bears will eat Goldilocks.

* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' establishes the anthropomorphic mammals don't [[SapientEatSapient eat each other]] anymore, and shows Nick (a fox) as liking blueberries, while Officer Clawhauser (cheetah) constantly eats [[DonutMessWithACop donuts]] and [[SweetTooth other sweets]]. In Nick's case this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as foxes are omnivores ([[TruthInTelevision and they really do like blueberries]]). WordOfGod has specified they need ''[[SubvertedTrope some]]'' meat, but have socially-accepted methods such as meat made from insects.

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* {{Subverted}} 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 blood to be drunk, and forced the thestrals to use an alchemical substitute which ''barely'' keeps them alive. Needless to say, Princess Luna gets ''very'' angry when she finds out that Celestia permitted all this to happen.

* There's at least [[http://www.vegetarismus.ch/vegepet/tyke.html one known]] example of a vegetarian lion that lived 9 years. Note that this could ''never'' have happened in the wild. Cats--including lions--are obligate carnivores (which means they need nutrients that are simply not found in plants) and hypercarnivores (meaning that more than 70% of their diet is meat). The diet of the "vegetarian lion" therefore contained many artificial supplements. (Certainly taurine, for a start; cats that don't get taurine in their diet go blind.)

* PlayedForDrama in the children's film [[WesternAnimation/TheSeventhBrother.]] The main character is a dog who gets adopted by a family of rabbits and who attempts to act more like a rabbit. This includes eating grass. However, later on, it's shown that [[RealityEnsues not having any meat is making him sick,]] and the third act drama is him needing to get back to humans so he can eat properly.

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

* The Giant Panda is a classic RealLife example. It's really an omnivore, and has a digestive system better suited for eating meat. However, its main diet consists of bamboo. This is because bamboo is plentiful and easy for the slow-moving panda to obtain as a food source rather than expending all of its energy chasing after prey. Their very inefficient digestion of bamboo makes them even more unsuited for hunting afterwards. So despite their reputation giant pandas ''will'' eat meat if given the opportunity. A video shows a panda eating a cow. This is one example of a species that [[CripplingOverspecialization evolved to be too specialised.]]

** Many other carnivores like to supplement their diet with plant material of some fashion, the most famous being dogs and cats occasionally eating grass to settle their stomachs.

* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'': There are many types of Friends based on herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores. But all of them feed on the park's Japari buns, due to this, Friends don't hunt or fight each other unless they are playing, allowing friendships between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.

* In the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 very first]] ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' game, the crocodilian Kremlings stole the Kongs' Banana Hoard for its nutritional value. This is [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness never brought up in later games]], where the Kremlings and other villains take the bananas to distract the Kongs from their bigger schemes (''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'') and/or to exploit the magical powers of the fruits (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''). In regards of the first game this becomes AccidentallyCorrectWriting considering crocodilians do occasionally eat fruit, including bananas.

* Bizarrely inverted by Leslie from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', who is a strict carnivore despite being an anthropomorphic ''flower''. He reasons that this way he's "[[CarnivoreConfusion not eating [his] own kind]]", and tries to get his cousin (a peanut) to do the same by taking an outraged tone while describing the way vegetables are prepared (in a parody of the way a stereotypical vegetarian talks about how livestock are treated). If Leslie also lives off sunlight like an actual flower isn't stated.

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

* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' establishes the anthropomorphic mammals don't [[SapientEatSapient eat each other]] anymore, and shows Nick (a fox) as liking blueberries, while Officer Clawhauser (cheetah) constantly eats [[DonutMessWithACop donuts]] and [[SweetTooth other sweets]]. In Nick's case this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as foxes are omnivores ([[TruthInTelevision and they really do like blueberries]]). WordOfGod has specified they need ''[[SubvertedTrope some]]'' meat, but have socially-accepted methods including like meat made from insects.

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

* A cat named Dante, in the United Kingdom, [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5148172/The-UKs-only-vegetarian-cat.html developed a strange and inexplicable aversion to meat,]] and only eats vegetables and fruit: very unusual indeed for felines, who happen to be obligate carnivores. Dante's owner in fact has to hide pieces of meat into his food to make sure he gets the nutrients he needs, though he's been known to leave them behind if he tastes them in his meals.

* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' establishes the anthropomorphic mammals don't [[SapientEatSapient eat each other]] anymore, and shows Nick (a fox) as liking blueberries, while Officer Clawhauser (big cat) constantly eats [[DonutMessWithACop donuts]] and [[SweetTooth other sweets]]. WordOfGod has specified they need ''[[SubvertedTrope some]]'' meat, but have socially-accepted methods including like meat made from insects.

* Over half the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maned_wolf maned wolf's]] diet consists of vegetation, including sugarcane, tubers, and fruit. Hell, [[Solanum lycocarpum one particular fruit]] is known as the wolf apple because of how much maned wolves like to eat it.

** Despite their close resemblance to the carnivorous dromaeosaurids a.k.a. raptors, troodontids are believed to have been omnivores due to the shape of their teeth.

* Over half the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maned_wolf maned wolf's]] diet consists of vegetation, including sugarcane, tubers, and fruit. Hell, [[Solanum lycocarpum one particular fruit]] is known as the wolf apple because of how much mane wolves like to eat it.

* Over half the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maned_wolf Maned wolf's]] diet consists of vegetation, including sugarcane, tubers, and fruit.

* In ''{{Webcomics/Meadowhawk}}'' a modern dragon muses on what his medieval ancestors would think of them [[http://meadowhawk.net/2013/04/13/bigger-questions/ eating tofu-and-broccoli stir fry.]]