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* Weird sci-fi flick ''[[Lifeforce]]'' has an unusual spin on vampire mythology: vampires are actually aliens who visit humanity from time to time to suck us dry of life energy.
* In ''[[Men in Black (Film)|Men in Black 2]]'', this is Serleena's preferred method of killing a victim, although she can shoot them if she has to.
* In ''[[Star Wars]]'' lore, the Colicoids are insect-like aliens notorious for two things, designing and selling dangerous war machines (they invented [[Elite Mooks|the Droidekas]] used by the Trade Federation in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'') and their habit of preying on other sapient beings, including other factions of Colicoids. As might be expected, most other civilized races are wary of them. There is a story about how a Jedi Master got a lot of flack for hiring them to repair her ship; when asked why she would deal with such monsters, she answered, "To most races, eating the flesh of sentient beings is considered an atrocity; [[Blue and Orange Morality|to a Colicoid, ''not'' doing so is considered insanity]]."
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* In ''[[Adventure Time]]'', Jake invites his rainicorn girlfriend's parents over for dinner. He tells them Finn is his goblin servant to impress them. When he finally fesses up that yes, Finn is a human, they start licking him. When they realize Jake and Finn are friends, though, they settle for artificial human.
* ''[[Regular Show]]'' episode "Meat Your Maker": A group of hot dogs (the leader of which is voiced by [[Tim Curry]]) marinate the cast with this as the intention. Then Rigby squirts mustard on them, and they eat each other instead.
* Non-human [[Black Comedy]] example in ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]''; Caitians and Betazoids used to be a predator-prey matching, but while such ended centuries ago, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IusqGtyng8 T'Ana still seems tempted to attack three Betazoid ambassadors] - especially when under a [[Hate Plague]] and the Betazoid ambassadors are complete jerks.
** Something of a [[Genius Bonus]] for Trekkies, seeing as ''[[Star Trek]]'' lore claims [[Stock Animal Diet|Betazoids evolved from fish.]]
** Also, rather... disturbing that Starfleet even ''needs'' a clause in the oath taken by doctors that forbids them from preying on patients.
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