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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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== [[Web Originals]] ==
* Demons in ''[[Tales of MU]]'' are required to feed on humans, either something physical or intangible, depending on the individual. Even ones who feed on blood apparently find human flesh tasty, as do other races such as ogres and even {{spoiler|mermaids (Why did you think they were so attracted to sailors?)}}. With members of these races integrated at a human university, it can lead to culture clash.
* From ''[[SCP Foundation]]'':
** [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-050-pt SCP-050-PT] ("the Sackman") is a [[Humanoid Abomination]] that preys on humans for a simple reason - it hates them. Of course, nobody knows exactly ''why''. Most of the time, it [[Swallowed Whole| swallows a victim whole]] like a snake would, but prey who ''really'' cheese it off are beaten to death with the sack it carries (the contents of which, the Foundation has never discovered) before consuming them.
** [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2396 SCP-2396] (“Ms. Sweetie”); whenever she eats sugar (which she does almost constantly) small pieces of candy appear within a radius of a few miles, and any male who eats them becomes a [[Slave Mook]] made of candy (sometimes also turned into the shape of a unicorn) who slavishly obeys any female they encounter (fortunately, that includes female SCP operatives), and SCP-2396 is not averse to eating them later. When asked why she does this, SCP-2396 claims she [[Clarke's Law for Girls' Toys| was designed as a toy for girls]], and girls tend to have bratty brothers who try to wreck their toys. She also states that little girls love unicorns and get bored quickly, so it's practical to make toy unicorns that are edible. Meaning [[Orange and Blue Morality| she assumes a young girl would not object to eating her own brother.]]
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'''Fry:''' Really? how's it taste?
'''Leela:''' It varies from person to person. }}
{{quote|'''Announcer:''' It's a buncha muncha cruncha humans!}}
* Subverted in an episode of Sunbow's ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', of all things, where Scarlett mentions that animals actually find that humans taste rather bad (all while being chased by a mind-controlled T-Rex).
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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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