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Named for the classic ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode (itself based on a short story by Damon Knight) that dramatically shows you [[Subverted Suspicion Aesop|cannot judge a book by its title]]. See [[I'm a Humanitarian|I'm A Humanitarian]] for plain old cannibalism, and [[How to Invade An Alien Planet]] for additional reasons why this doesn't work so well. May lead to [[People Farms]]. Related to [[Horror Hunger]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* The ''[[Cyborg 009]]'' 2001 series has the Athans, a race of talking an telephatic dinosaurs that invade the peaceful Kingdom of Yomi to use its citizens as their living food stock. Hence why the five Princesses of the kingdom first latch on Black Ghost, and later on the Cyborgs as the BG Group betrays them...
* This is ''literally'' a genetic imperative of the aliens in ''[[Parasyte]]'' - as one tells the main character, the first thing all of them hear in their heads when they take over a body is "Kill and eat this species!" This is further expanded on early in the story, when the main character sees a Parasyte that accidentally landed in a dog - it's eating another dog.
* The demons in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', combined with [[Carnivore Confusion]]. It doesn't say whether ''all'' species of demon have to eat human flesh to survive, though. This leads, later in the series, {{spoiler|to a [[What Measure Is a Non
* In their first appearance in [[Dragonball]], Vegeta and Nappa are shown successfully invading an alien planet and eating the remains of the planet's [[Humanoid Alien]] inhabitants.
** YMMV, though, as the "[[Humanoid Aliens]]" had a lot of insect-like features to them.
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** After the brontosaur stampede ends with the entire herd of sauropods literally left in a pile - which, given their huge size, would have left most of their skeletons effectively pulverized and probably killed instantly in [[Real Life]] - the predatory ''[[Raptor Attack|Venatosaurus]]'' pack promptly ignores the already-disposed of banquet before them in order to pursue the small band of fleeing humans (who are armed with Tommy guns, no less).
* [[The Matrix]] has humans being used by robots as food (well, batteries). [[You Fail Physics Forever|Thermodynamic concerns]] notwithstanding, wouldn't cows be less trouble?
** There's a long story here involving wetware computers and [[Executive Meddling]] based on the idea of [[Viewers
* In the M. Night Shamayalan movie ''[[Signs]]'', the aliens want to "harvest" humans, but are afraid of, and affected badly by, water. The liquid that makes up most of human biology. Maybe they planned to turn us all into jerky.
* In the 2009 film ''[[Star Trek]]'' Kirk is marooned on the planet Delta Vega where he is attacked by a large predator. That predator is killed by an even [[Always a Bigger Fish|larger]] predator which drops its huge, freshly killed prey in order to pursue the miniscule Kirk.
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== Literature ==
* In ''The Awakeners'' by [[Sheri S Tepper]], humans are allowed to immigrate to the planet Northshore after the government essentially makes a [[Deal With the Devil]] with a native species (that resemble human sized, talking birds). {{spoiler|When a person dies they are fed a liquid, The Tears of Viranel, which supposedly helps them on into the afterlife. In reality this liquid turns them into walking zombies, and tenderises their flesh so the native species can eat them.}} Um, yeah...
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]: The Silver Chair'' the children are invited to stay in the giants' castle, where they will be "part of the great Autumn Feast in their honor". The older female giants fawn and tut-tut over their charges. Then they discover a [[To Serve Man|giant-sized cookbook]] in the kitchen... it lists Man as a delicacy, albeit with very little actual meat. The cookbook goes so far as to list Marshwiggle ([[Non
** What courses are Man served at the Autumn Feast? <small>''"MAN. This elegant little biped has long been valued as a delicacy. It forms a traditional part of the Autumn Feast, and is served '''[[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|between the fish and the joint]].''' Each Man--"''</small> We don't know what it says after that because Jill stopped reading.
** The "be part" should have [[Exact Words|tipped them off]].
* Subverted a bit in [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Draco Tavern]]'' stories. A minor character tells the (protagonist) bartender his tale of being in the first diplomatic mission to the Glig, where they're given standard DNA testing among other things. And then cloned as a meat source.
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