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{{trope}}
Whiny, pale, and (possibly) intent on eliminating the entire human race to make way for fluffy bunnies, the Hollywood Vegetarian is a thinly-veiled [[Straw Man]] who is desperate for a bacon sarnie or would really like meat "if they just tried it". In some works, vegetarians or vegans are also shown arrogantly forcing their meat
[[Veganism and Vegetarianism|The vast majority of vegetarians, however, are not like this.]]
{{quote| This section is a pick 'n' mix of stereotypical traits -- any number of them can apply.}}▼
* [[The Ditz|Really stupid]], often a [[Dumb Blonde]]
* [[Always Female|Usually female]]
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* Possibly a member of an [[Animal Wrongs Group]].
* Almost has to be a [[Strawman Political]] by definition (generally portrayed as annoyingly self-righteous [[Straw Man Has a Point|even if they have a point]])
See also [[Meat Versus Veggies]].
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{{Noreallife|real people are not crafted for a specific purpose.}}
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* In an advert for Quorm (a type of meat-replacement protein) the vegetarian is portrayed as the classic whiner "it's-a-phase" stereotype. Which is ''really'' weird when you consider that the stuff is aimed at primarily at vegetarians.
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* In ''[[Everything Is Illuminated]]'', the (obsessive) Collector wants a memento of the field of sunflowers. He walks over to them and, instead of picking a few petals or something, he picks up a harmless, living, grasshopper and seals it in one of his polypockets where, we are forced to assume, it suffocates. He is also incredibly pale.
== [[Live
* In ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' , we find out his class is full of these at the Krelboyne picnic. Hal becomes a hero to all the beleagured dads in attendence (who very obviously were not vegetarians) by sneaking in real meat, but chaos ensues when the Krelboynes realize their "tofu" is bleeding.
* Dick Solomon became one of these as a [[Compressed Vice]] on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', reverting to his normal meat-eating ways at the end of the episode. Justified by the [[Rule of Funny]] and the fact that [[Ted Baxter|Dick's personality is just that extreme]].
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* One of these features in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130529110200/http://www.bash.org/?604861 this] story from [[bash.org|Bash]].
* [[The Best Page in The Universe]] portrays all vegetarians everywhere like this, and urges carnivores to eat more meat than usual to compensate for the animals that aren't dying.
* Averted by Karen in ''[[SBB Brothers]]''' Sims Big Brother 8. While her interview makes her sound like one, where she states her goal is to introduce one houseguest to veganism or at least vegetarianism, but she doesn't outright say it.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Lisa tries to convince everyone not to eat meat at Homer's barbeque and eventually throws away the roasted pig. At the end of that episode, Lisa learns from [[Paul McCartney|Paul]] and Linda McCartney not to be judgemental about non-vegetarians, after which she mostly settles
** Also Lisa once fell in with a crowd of environmental terrorists (on account of the leader was hot). She visits him in jail.
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'''Jesse:''' Thank you. This planet needs every friend it can get.
'''Lisa:''' Oh, the earth is the best! That's why I'm a vegetarian.
'''Jesse:''' Heh. Well, that's a start.
'''Lisa:''' Uh, well, I was thinking of going vegan.
'''Jesse:''' I'm a level 5 vegan -- I won't eat anything that casts a shadow. }}
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', goth girl Sam tries to get meat banned from the school café in favour of her parody vegetarian diet of turf (yes turf, as in grass) -- the result is [[Meat Versus Veggies|mass protests from both sides]]. It's played for laughs, however, and is an [[Affectionate Parody]] (Her opposite, Tucker, is utterly meat-obsessed).
* In ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'', [[Green Lantern| Jessica]] is an aversion, being a realistic vegan. Her [[Odd Friendship| “friend” Pamela]], however (who is secretly Poison Ivy) is the opposite, not eating any plant-based food at all (except sliced bread, once), as she views plants as more deserving of life than people. This actually makes her more of a hypocrite than most characters on this list (given that quite a lot of plant matter is used to raise cattle and process meat to make it fit for human consumption) and it is a ''very'' unhealthy diet, the likely reason Pamela is [[Ill Girl| so frail and sick-looking]] in her civilian identity.
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[[Category:Characters As Device]]
[[Category:Characterization Tropes]]
[[Category:The Only Righteous Index of Fanatics]]
[[Category:The War On Straw]]
▲[[Category:Straw Vegetarian]]
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