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* In ''Lanark'' by Creator/AlasdairGray, after Lanark recovers from the skin disease known as "dragonhide", he becomes a doctor at the hospital. He's told by the other doctors that he's putting too much effort into the hopeless cases (who are definitely turning into dragons), and one of them outright tells him they're only being kept alive so they'll stay fresh. When he reacts with horror to this, she asks him what he thinks he's been eating.
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** The spinoff ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'' explicitly mentions the recipe has been ''changed'' to use ArtificialMeat for ethical reasons. This means that, during the occupation, it ''wasn't''...

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** The {{Interquel}} novel ''Resurrection'' notes that the official line is that they're made from "reclaimed protein", with Bradford following this up with "Reclaimed from ''what?''"
** The spinoff ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'' explicitly mentions the recipe has been ''changed'' to use ArtificialMeat for ethical reasons. This means that, during reasons, and that [[AscendedFridgeHorror not only were they definitely made from people]] but [[AbusivePrecursors this wasn't the occupation, it ''wasn't''...first time the Ethereals fed a species to themselves]].
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E12DoublemeatPalace Doublemeat Palace]]", Buffy suspects that the local fast food outlet's HighTurnoverRate is due to it using its employees as the SecretIngredient in their burgers. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out a demon is eating the workers because they taste good, and the secret ingredient is that the burgers don't have any meat in them, only a soy product with beef flavouing.]]

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E12DoublemeatPalace Doublemeat Palace]]", Buffy suspects that the local fast food outlet's HighTurnoverRate is due to it using its employees as the SecretIngredient in their burgers. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out a demon is eating the workers because they taste good, and the secret ingredient is that the burgers don't have any meat in them, only a soy product with beef flavouing.flavouring.]]
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Some small business owners love it when their workers contribute a little extra something to make the food superb. No, not the "love and care" that the packaging promises, but fingers, toes... maybe even a whole leg. Oh, they might shudder at first, but sales numbers don't lie. [[ImAHumanitarian Delicious, organic long pork]], [[PeopleFarms raised free-range on a nearby farm]], [[SecretIngredient can turn meat pies, sausages and what have you from ordinary food to pure delights.]] Of course, since you can't always count on fortunate happenstance to add a little Stu to your stew, you'll probably have to start 'recruiting,' especially when you get into large-scale production...

This subtrope of ImAHumanitarian and HumanResources seems to get off on that same impulse as the reveals of PoweredByAForsakenChild machinery or the connotations of EvilTastesGood: deep down we suspect that all the wrong and taboo things are actually the tastiest--and perhaps They have banned the peons from indulging in them to keep them for Themselves.

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Some small business owners love it when their workers contribute a little extra something to make the food superb. No, not the "love and care" that the packaging promises, but fingers, toes... maybe even a whole leg. Oh, they might shudder at first, but sales numbers don't lie. [[ImAHumanitarian Delicious, organic long pork]], [[PeopleFarms raised free-range on a nearby farm]], [[SecretIngredient can turn meat pies, sausages and what have you from ordinary food to pure delights.]] Of course, since you can't always count on fortunate happenstance to add a little Stu to your stew, you'll probably have to start 'recruiting,' "recruiting", especially when you get into large-scale production...

This subtrope of ImAHumanitarian and HumanResources seems to get off on that same impulse as the reveals of PoweredByAForsakenChild machinery or the connotations of EvilTastesGood: deep down we suspect that all the wrong and taboo things are actually the tastiest--and tastiest -- and perhaps They have banned the peons from indulging in them to keep them for Themselves.



** He got to push that boundary again in Chapter 47 by [[spoiler: both milking a minotaur cow and getting a taste of minotaur meat.]]

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** He got to push that boundary again in Chapter 47 by [[spoiler: both [[spoiler:both milking a minotaur cow and getting a taste of minotaur meat.]]



* In a volume of ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' almost every single one of the attendees of the superhero event the Capeys eats the catered food. Some even comment on how delicious the food is. [[spoiler: The villain dWARf, formerly Fleshmaster, has laced every single bit of food with the processed remains of Wet Blanket. Wet Blanket nullified any power in proximity. Even the vegetarian options were laced.]]

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* In a volume of ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' almost every single one of the attendees of the superhero event the Capeys eats the catered food. Some even comment on how delicious the food is. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The villain dWARf, [=dWARf=], formerly Fleshmaster, has laced every single bit of food with the processed remains of Wet Blanket. Wet Blanket nullified any power in proximity. Even the vegetarian options were laced.]]



* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In a story where Maggia bosses are turning up dead, we're told the cops who were first on the scene at a butcher's won't talk about what they found ... or why they've stopped eating meat. (It turns out that [[spoiler: they all faked their deaths ... but this guy used cloning to do so, so there ''was'' human tissue involved]].)
* In "Mess Call" in ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheCrypt'' #41 a German butcher keeps a shop which--despite rationing--is always curiously well-supplied with meat...

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In a story where Maggia bosses are turning up dead, we're told the cops who were first on the scene at a butcher's won't talk about what they found ... or why they've stopped eating meat. (It turns out that [[spoiler: they [[spoiler:they all faked their deaths ... but this guy used cloning to do so, so there ''was'' human tissue involved]].)
* In "Mess Call" in ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheCrypt'' #41 a German butcher keeps a shop which--despite rationing--is which, despite rationing, is always curiously well-supplied with meat...



-->'''[[spoiler: Rublad]]''': "Just wait here my friend, in a few moments, you will be a juicy pork pie!"

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-->'''[[spoiler: Rublad]]''': "Just -->'''[[spoiler:Rublad]]:''' Just wait here my friend, in a few moments, you will be a juicy pork pie!"pie!



* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: The Soap that the Fabricants drink? It's made from them. And if we are also going by the book, the food at Papa-Song's is essentially Film/SoylentGreen as well.]]

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* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Soap that the Fabricants drink? It's made from them. And if we are also going by the book, the food at Papa-Song's is essentially Film/SoylentGreen as well.]]



* ''Film/TheDarkMaidens'': [[spoiler: The stew that the members have been eating throughout the movie was made out of Itsumi's organs, which Sayuri made after killing her.]]

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* ''Film/TheDarkMaidens'': [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The stew that the members have been eating throughout the movie was made out of Itsumi's organs, which Sayuri made after killing her.]]



-->'''James:''' (taking a second serving of the entree) This is delicious. Is it French?\\

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-->'''James:''' (taking ''(taking a second serving of the entree) entree)'' This is delicious. Is it French?\\



--> ''T'aint no secret, it's the meat!

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--> ''T'aint -->''T'aint no secret, it's the meat!



* Jay Leno, in a monologue, pondered the horror of a commercial jingle for Ekrich brand hot dogs--"Ekrich brings good meats from the heartland--and the secret ingredient is ''MOM!!!''"

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* Jay Leno, in a monologue, pondered the horror of a commercial jingle for Ekrich brand hot dogs--"Ekrich dogs -- "Ekrich brings good meats from the heartland--and heartland -- and the secret ingredient is ''MOM!!!''"



* Rick Hautala's short story ''Breakfast at Earls'' takes place in a small town where during deer season, the titular restaurant does a lot of early morning business with Gary the cook's famous Hunter's Stew. If you want to know the twist, [[spoiler:just remove the apostrophe.]]



--> Yes, Triplanitary's chemists have done a superb technical job. Now ''you'' have to resolve the moral and philosophical issues. When I began my evidence, I used the archaic word 'carnivore'. Now I must introduce you to another: I'll spell it out the first time: C-A-N-N-I-B-A-L ...

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--> Yes, -->Yes, Triplanitary's chemists have done a superb technical job. Now ''you'' have to resolve the moral and philosophical issues. When I began my evidence, I used the archaic word 'carnivore'. Now I must introduce you to another: I'll spell it out the first time: C-A-N-N-I-B-A-L ...



* There's a story somewhere in the ''Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae'' of a King wounded and stranded on a deserted island. In desparation, his loyal servant and nephew Brian cuts a slice out of his own leg and serves it to the King as pork, and the King finds it to be the most delicious meat he's ever tasted, and totally revitalizing to boot.
* In the Literature/JoePickett novel ''Stone Cold'' it turns out that a ranch owner named Critchfield has been using the bodies of people he wanted to get rid of to make sausage that he sells at the ranch, which conveniently leaves no remains left to identify. When Joe and Nate discover this Nate even references how human meat is supposed to taste kind of like pork, and admits [[CrossesTheLineTwice he kind of liked those sausages]].

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* There's a story somewhere in the ''Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae'' of a King wounded and stranded on a deserted island. In desparation, desperation, his loyal servant and nephew Brian cuts a slice out of his own leg and serves it to the King as pork, and the King finds it to be the most delicious meat he's ever tasted, and totally revitalizing to boot.
* In the Literature/JoePickett novel ''Stone Cold'' Cold'', it turns out that a ranch owner named Critchfield has been using the bodies of people he wanted to get rid of to make sausage that he sells at the ranch, which conveniently leaves no remains left to identify. When Joe and Nate discover this Nate even references how human meat is supposed to taste kind of like pork, and admits [[CrossesTheLineTwice he kind of liked those sausages]].



* The Stanley Ellin story "Specialty of the House" deals with an exclusive restaurant which occasionally offers kitchen tours to its (fattened) premier customers, who are never seen again. It's implied but not stated outright that they become the titular dish, which the proprietor claims is lamb (rather than pork) sourced from one extremely specific flock of sheep in Afghanistan. Kind of an unusual example in that there is no indication of this trope being in play because of financial difficulties--it's more to the effect that humans taste good.

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* The Stanley Ellin story "Specialty of the House" deals with an exclusive restaurant which occasionally offers kitchen tours to its (fattened) premier customers, who are never seen again. It's implied but not stated outright that they become the titular dish, which the proprietor claims is lamb (rather than pork) sourced from one extremely specific flock of sheep in Afghanistan. Kind of an unusual example in that there is no indication of this trope being in play because of financial difficulties--it's difficulties -- it's more to the effect that humans taste good.



* Run into a restaurant in the middle of nowhere in ''Literature/WaterMargin'', odds are it serves the guests by, well, serving the guests. This is not actually depicted as a particularly big deal, and the heroic bandits of Liangshan Marsh run several inns that operate on this principle--[[MightMakesRight if you're a mighty warrior, they recruit you, and if you're not, the mighty warriors have something special for their larders]].

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* Run into a restaurant in the middle of nowhere in ''Literature/WaterMargin'', odds are it serves the guests by, well, serving the guests. This is not actually depicted as a particularly big deal, and the heroic bandits of Liangshan Marsh run several inns that operate on this principle--[[MightMakesRight principle -- [[MightMakesRight if you're a mighty warrior, they recruit you, and if you're not, the mighty warriors have something special for their larders]].



* Rick Hautala's short story ''Breakfast at Earls'' takes place in a small town where during deer season, the titular restaurant does a lot of early morning business with Gary the cook's famous Hunter's Stew. If you want to know the twist, [[spoiler: just remove the apostrophe.]]



* In one ''Series/{{Bones}}'' ColdOpen two homeless men smell a dinner which someone threw out: one thinks it's chicken while the other is sure it's pork. Turns out it's the VictimOfTheWeek set on fire and cooking in a 55 gallon drum.

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* In one ''Series/{{Bones}}'' ColdOpen ColdOpen, two homeless men smell a dinner which someone threw out: one thinks it's chicken chicken, while the other is sure it's pork. Turns out it's the VictimOfTheWeek set on fire and cooking in a 55 gallon drum.



* An episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has Dee and Charlie eating Frank's meat from the fridge, which he tells them is human flesh. They start disturbed, but then realize they're addicted to it and nothing else satisfies them, and plan to eat more. [[spoiler: Subverted in the end, it was just raccoon flesh and the reason nothing else satisfies their hunger is likely thanks to tapeworms.]]

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* An episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has Dee and Charlie eating Frank's meat from the fridge, which he tells them is human flesh. They start disturbed, but then realize they're addicted to it and nothing else satisfies them, and plan to eat more. [[spoiler: Subverted [[spoiler:Subverted in the end, it was just raccoon flesh and the reason nothing else satisfies their hunger is likely thanks to tapeworms.]]



* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'': Many of the tcho-tcho (a race of cannibal pygmies from southeast Asia from some of Creator/AugustDerleth's Cthulhu mythos stories) have immigrated to the United States, where some run restaurants that serve "bak bon dzhow"--human nerve-cell paste--which induces dreams of cannibalism in people who eat it. They do this for no apparent reason other than to be evil.

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* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'': Many of the tcho-tcho (a race of cannibal pygmies from southeast Asia from some of Creator/AugustDerleth's Cthulhu mythos stories) have immigrated to the United States, where some run restaurants that serve "bak bon dzhow"--human dzhow" -- human nerve-cell paste--which paste -- which induces dreams of cannibalism in people who eat it. They do this for no apparent reason other than to be evil.



* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'': [[spoiler: As Mandus' diary entries first hint at and then ultimately confirm, the Machine is processing ''human flesh'' which Mandus is then distributing as pork. It's unclear if all the meat he produced was human, or if he was offering a mixture of human flesh and real pork. Several late-game diary notes reveal that Mandus took a particular cruel delight in first feeding human meat to oblivious wealthy individuals at parties held at his estate, and then abducting as many of those people as he could without generating panic to feed them to the next party's guests.]]
-->'''Professor''': My dear Mr. Mandus, I admire your vision, I truly do--but there are surely not enough pigs in the whole of London to feed the appetite of such a machine.\\
'''Mandus''': That all rather depends, Professor, ''on what one considers to be a pig.''

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* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'': [[spoiler: As [[spoiler:As Mandus' diary entries first hint at and then ultimately confirm, the Machine is processing ''human flesh'' which Mandus is then distributing as pork. It's unclear if all the meat he produced was human, or if he was offering a mixture of human flesh and real pork. Several late-game diary notes reveal that Mandus took a particular cruel delight in first feeding human meat to oblivious wealthy individuals at parties held at his estate, and then abducting as many of those people as he could without generating panic to feed them to the next party's guests.]]
-->'''Professor''': -->'''Professor:''' My dear Mr. Mandus, I admire your vision, I truly do--but do -- but there are surely not enough pigs in the whole of London to feed the appetite of such a machine.\\
'''Mandus''': '''Mandus:''' That all rather depends, Professor, ''on what one considers to be a pig.''pig''.



* Subverted in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' at the Dimir farm. At first it's heavily implied that they're using human meat ... they aren't, and they're offended you'd even suggest it. [[spoiler: The meat is indeed from thinking, talking creatures; they're just not ''humans.'' The very idea!]]

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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' at the Dimir farm. At first it's heavily implied that they're using human meat ...meat... they aren't, and they're offended you'd even suggest it. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The meat is indeed from thinking, talking creatures; they're just not ''humans.'' ''humans''. The very idea!]]



* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[spoiler:Gamzee]] shows up out of the blue in Act 6 to sell "potions" to [[spoiler:Jane]] that suspiciously have the same (blood) color and promised properties as [[spoiler:each of the dead trolls whose bodies he had hidden away]]. You can try to turn him down, ButThouMust [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer buy them from him either way]].
** [[spoiler:A mind controlled/corrupted Jane]] continues the tradition by reselling the "potions" to [[spoiler: Kanaya]]. They don't even bother hiding what they are since the the buyer is a [[spoiler: a vampire and thus wouldn't mind (and in fact killed one of them). She seems to lack any control and buys THOUSANDS of bottles.]]

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[[spoiler:Gamzee]] shows up out of the blue in Act 6 to sell "potions" to [[spoiler:Jane]] that suspiciously have the same (blood) color and promised properties as [[spoiler:each of the dead trolls whose bodies he had hidden away]]. You can try to turn him down, ButThouMust [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer buy them from him either way]].
** [[spoiler:A mind controlled/corrupted Jane]] continues the tradition by reselling the "potions" to [[spoiler: Kanaya]]. [[spoiler:Kanaya]]. They don't even bother hiding what they are since the the buyer is a [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a vampire and thus wouldn't mind (and in fact killed one of them). She seems to lack any control and buys THOUSANDS of bottles.]]



* ''Webcomic/TheBikiniBottomHorror'': What's the secret ingredient in [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Krabby Patties]]? [[spoiler: '''Pat'''rick Star! Namely, a clone that regenerated from a severed limb, which Mister Krabs keeps restrained and carves up for meat.]] Everyone who finds out [[IAteWhat understandably takes it badly]], but [[spoiler: the original (we think) Patrick]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge takes it]] [[EldritchAbomination worst]].

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* ''Webcomic/TheBikiniBottomHorror'': What's the secret ingredient in [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Krabby Patties]]? [[spoiler: '''Pat'''rick [[spoiler:'''Pat'''rick Star! Namely, a clone that regenerated from a severed limb, which Mister Krabs keeps restrained and carves up for meat.]] Everyone who finds out [[IAteWhat understandably takes it badly]], but [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the original (we think) Patrick]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge takes it]] [[EldritchAbomination worst]].



* Found in the home of serial pedophile and suspected serial killer Nathaniel Bar-Jonah were a series of notebooks containing hand-written recipes for cooking children. Notably, after the disappearance of suspected victim Zach Ramsay, Bar-Jonah's financial records show no significant grocery purchases for a month. Also, hair and human tissue was found in a meat grinder owned by Bar-Jonah, specifically hair and human tissue confirmed not to belong to Zach Ramsay. [[{{Squick}} Bar-Jonah was also well known for hosting large barbecues and cookouts, where 'funny tasting meat' was served.]]

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* Found in the home of serial pedophile and suspected serial killer Nathaniel Bar-Jonah were a series of notebooks containing hand-written recipes for cooking children. Notably, after the disappearance of suspected victim Zach Ramsay, Bar-Jonah's financial records show no significant grocery purchases for a month. Also, hair and human tissue was found in a meat grinder owned by Bar-Jonah, specifically hair and human tissue confirmed not to belong to Zach Ramsay. [[{{Squick}} Bar-Jonah was also well known well-known for hosting large barbecues and cookouts, where 'funny "funny tasting meat' meat" was served.]]served]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Backbone}}'': [[spoiler:When Howard gets to the depths of The Bite, he finds out that the operation the place is running is not just a whorehouse, but that they're killing patrons and turning them into meat.]]


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* ''VideoGame/TailsNoir'': [[spoiler:When Howard gets to the depths of The Bite, he finds out that the operation the place is running is not just a whorehouse, but that they're killing patrons and turning them into meat.]]
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* In Creator/FilmCow's "The Walrus Song", the singer reveals that [[spoiler:he has been feeding the walrus the meat of other walruses]], and rubs it in her face for the rest of the song.

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* In Creator/FilmCow's "The Walrus Song", the singer reveals that [[spoiler:he has been feeding the walrus the meat of other walruses]], and rubs it in her his face for the rest of the song.

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