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See also: List of fictional vegetarian characters, List of vegan media, and Vegetarian and vegan symbolism
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Vegetarians are those who abstain from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter.[1][2] Some scholars have argued that mass media serves as a "source of information for individuals" interested in vegetarianism or veganism,[3] while there are "increasing social sanctions against eating meat"[4][5] and a continuing trend of less meta consumption in the United States due to a focus on physical health and environmental awareness.[6] Over time, societal attitudes of vegetarianism have changed, as have perceptions of vegetarianism in popular culture, leading to more "vegetarian sentiment."[7] Even so, there are still existing "meat-based" food metaphors which infuse daily speech[8] and those who are vegetarian and vegan are met with "acceptance, tolerance, or hostility" after they divulge they are vegetarian or vegan.[9] Additionally, some argue that veganism has been dismissed in news media[10] or that clickbait culture often portrays feminists and vegans as "irrational extremists."[11] This is because in Western societies, "meat-based diets are the norm" with those who avoid meat still representing "a small minority,"[12][13] with more more women than men as vegan and vegetarian, with women being "under-represented in the mass media," the latter influencing more to be vegetarians.[14]

This page examines vegetarian and vegan characters in fictional works, focusing on characters and tropes over time. For more information about other aspects of vegetarianism and veganism, see the pages on Go Vegan, South Asian Veggie Table, environmental vegetarianism, and the ethics of eating meat.

Vegetarian characters and tropes

Food selection, according to scholar Barbara E. Willard, has become more than a matter of choice or preference, becoming embued with "social meaning, cultural practice, and political ideology," with meat and other animal products "rich in social and political meaning."[15] The same applies to vegetarianism and its portrayal in the media as a whole. In Western literature, vegetarianism, and topics that relate to it, have informed a "gamut of literary genres," whether literary fiction or those fictions focusing on utopias, dystopias, or apocalypses, with authors shaped by questions about human identity and "our relation to the environment," implicating vegetarianism and veganism.[16][17] Often vegan or vegetarian characters who portrayed as "fringe characters," although other novels cast them as protagonists or encourage people to become vegetarians or vegans.[18][19] Despite this, some have argued that there are more vegan cookbooks than "vegan literature"[20] or pointed to the lack of "memorable characters" who are vegetarian.[21] There are a number of vegan stereotypes, with claims they hate meat-eaters, are always hungry, weak, angry, or moralistic.[22][23] Others pointed to vegetarianism in horror fiction,[24] science fiction[25] and poetry,[26] highlighted books which introduced "vegan identity to children,"[27] and encouraged people to "write for" animals.[28]

In 1818, Mary Shelley published the novel Frankenstein. Writer and animal rights advocate Carol J. Adams argued in her seminal book, The Sexual Politics of Meat that the unnamed creature in the novel was a vegetarian.[29] She argued that the book was "indebted to the vegetarian climate" of its day and that vegetarianism is a major theme in the novel as a whole. She notes that the creature gives an "emotional speech" talking about its dietary principles, which makes it a "more sympathetic being" than others. She also said that it connected with Vegetarianism in the Romantic Era who believed that the Garden of Eden was meatless, rewrote the myth of Prometheus, the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and feminist symbolism. Adams concludes that it is more likely that the "vegetarian revelations" in the novel are "silenced" due to the lack of a "framework into which we can assimilate them." Apart from Adams, scholar Suzanne Samples pointed to "gendered spaces of eating and consumption" within Victorian England which influenced literary characters of the time.[30] This included works such as Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem titled The Charge of the Light Brigade, Christina Rossetti's volume of poetry titled Goblin Market and Other Poems, Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Mary Seacole’s autographical account titled Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, and Anthony Trollope’s novel titled Orley Farm, to name a few. Samples also argued that vegetarian in the Victorian era "presented a unique lifestyle choice that avoided meat but promoted an awareness of health," which initially was seen as rebellious but later became more normalized.

By the early 20th century, various novels included vegetarian characters or themes. For instance, in Irene Clyde's feminist utopian novel 1909 novel, Beatrice the Sixteenth, Mary Hatherley accidentally travels through time, discovering a lost world, which is an egalitarian postgender society named Armeria, with the inhabitants following a strict vegetarian diet, having ceased to slaughter animals for over a thousand years. Some reviewers of the book praised the vegetarianism of the Armerians.[31] Some also argued that James Joyce's 1922 novel, Ulysees had vegetarian themes. Scholar Peter Adkins argued that while Joyce was critical of the vegetarianism of George A.E. Russell, the novel engages with "questions of animal ethics through its portrayal of Ireland’s cattle industry, animal slaughter and the cultural currency of meat," unlike some of his other novels. He also states that the novel "historicizes and theorizes animal life and death," and that it demonstrates the ways that symbolism and materiality of meat are "co-opted within patriarchal political structures," putting it in the same space as theorists like Carol J. Adams, Donna J. Haraway, Laura Wright, and Cary Wolfe, and writers such as J. M. Coetzee.[32]

In the 1990s, there were various vegetarian and vegan characters in popular media. In September 1998, the King of the Hill episode "And They Call It Bobby Love" aired on FOX. In the episode, "Bobby has a relationship with a vegetarian named Marie. She later dumps him after he eats a steak in front of her.[33] Then, in the 1999 film, Notting Hill, Keziah, played by Emma Bernard is a vegetarian. In one scene, Keziah tells William "Will" Thacker (played by Hugh Grant), that she is a fruitarian.[34] She says she believes that "fruits and vegetables have feeling," meaning she opposes cooking them, only eating things that have "actually fallen off a tree or bush" and that are dead already, leading to what some describe as a negative depiction.[35] Apart from this, in the 1990s and 2000s, there were two books that reviewed the perception of veganism in popular culture: Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture and The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror. These books talked about themes of vegetarianism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), True Blood (2008-2014), the Twilight novel (2005-2008) and film franchise (2008-2012), The Road (2006) and The Year of the Flood (2009).[36]

This representation continued into the 21st century. In the series, Supernatural (2005-2017), Lenore, played by Amber Benson, is a vegetarian vampiress[37] who is later killed by Castiel at her own request. Additionally, in the March 2002 South Park episode "Fun with Veal", Stan Marsh becomes a vegetarian after he learns that veal is made of baby cows, with Cartman makes fun of. The episode ends with the boys, including Stan, getting grounded, but not before going out with their parents for burgers, meaning that Stan is no longer a vegetarian. In the DVD commentary, the creators said they wanted to balance their message of not eating baby animals, by at the same time not advocating people abstain from meat consumption altogether.[38] In 2004, there was also a revealing review with J. M. Coetzee about animals, humans, cruelty, and literature.[39] In the interview, he stated that since the "mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness," it is hard for writers to realize this for animals, with a "temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart," and stated that reviewers have ignored the presence of animals in his books. He also admitted that animals are present in his "fiction either not at all or in a merely subsidiary role" because they occupy "a subsidiary place in our lives" and argued that it is not "possible to write about the inner lives of animals in any complex way." He further stated that he is a vegetarian that he finds the "thought of stuffing fragments of corpses down my throat quite repulsive." On a more positive note, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the animated series What's New, Scooby Doo? is vegetarian. Before this animated series, Shaggy, known for having an "enormous appetite" earlier in the Scooby-Doo franchise, "started leaving meat out of his meals" and in one episode it is shown that he is vegetarian. The decision to make Shaggy a vegetarian occurred after his voice actor, Casey Kasem, convinced the producers to do so, since he was a vegan who supported animal rights and opposed factory farming, saying he would refuse to voice Shaggy unless the character was vegetarian.[40][41]

By the 2010s, social media sites like Instagram became prominent in the promotion of veganism, more than a fad, with people trying to "change the world by being vegan" as stated by various media outlets.[42][43][44][a] Then, in 2014, The New Yorker published a short story by Jonathan Lethem titled "Pending Vegan"[45] which follows "one family, a husband and wife and their four-year-old twin daughters" on a trip to SeaWorld in San Diego, California.[46] The protagonist of the story, Paul Espeseth, renames himself "Pending Vegan" in order to acknowledge his "increasing uneasiness with the relationship between man and beast." A few years later, a three-part Korean novel by Han Kang titled The Vegetarian was published, which focuses a woman named Young-hye, who "sees vegetarianism as a way of not inflicting harm on anything," with eating meat symbolizing human violence itself, and later identifies as a plant rather than as a human "and stops eating entirely."[47] The novel was widely reviewed,[b] even though some complained it was more about mental illness than vegetarianism,[48] and other compared it to fictional works by Margaret Atwood.[49] Kang said that while writing the book she was harboring "questions about human violence and the (im)possibility of innocence" and noted the extreme attempt by Yeong-hye to turn her "back on violence by casting off her own human body and transforming into a plant."[50] Apart from this, a Netflix original, titled Okja, focused on vegetarianism[51] and in October 2019, South Park featured a vegetarian character. In the episode, "Let Them Eat Goo," The Goo Man, a parody of Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood, comes to town with a goal to "turn everyone in town into vegetarians by consuming his mass-produced goo."[52] While The Goo Man is successful, Randy Marsh's business of selling Tegridy Burgers (parodying Impossible Burgers) to townsfolk who are stoned fails as it is revealed that they slaughtered cows. The episode also features an unnamed vegan boy and girls protesting for "healthier, environmentally conscious food" at school. Despite this, Farhad Manjoo, in 2019, stated that "preachy vegans are something of a myth," and argued that in pop culture, and generally, it is "still widely acceptable to make fun of vegans."[53]

In the 2020s, some expected a shift in representation. For example, VegNews predicted that 2020 would be the "biggest year yet for veganism," noting cookbooks and literature coming out in the coming year that reflect a "mainstream shift."[54] In March 2020, scholar Nathan Poirer reviewed Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture: Towards a Vegan Theory, a book edited by Emelia Quinn and Benjamin Westwood, and he concluded that veganism could "infiltrate popular culture without being perceived as threatening," while noting others who contribute to the book examing vegan cinema that "challenges the normality of human supremacy by situating humans as potential prey," and stating that the essays outline ways veganism can be successful in popular culture.[55][c] He also mentioned the "prevalence of whiteness within mainstream veganism" and the possible role of intersectionality." The following month, in April 2020, a novel by Agustina Bazterrica, titled Tender is the Flesh, portrayed a world where a virus renders "other animals inedible," with human cannibalism becoming normalized.[56]

Prominent examples

Apart from the unnamed creature in Frankenstein,[57] there are many other prominent characters in animation, comics, film, games, literature, and live-action television who were vegetarian. Most prominent is Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons. In the October 15, 1995 episode, "Lisa the Vegetarian," Lisa decides to stop eating meat after bonding with a lamb at a petting zoo. Her schoolmates and family members ridicule her for her beliefs, but with the help of Apu as well as Paul and Linda McCartney, she commits to vegetarianism.[58] The staff promised that she would remain a vegetarian,[59][60] resulting in one of the few permanent character changes made in the show.[61][62] Apart from Lisa, Aang, in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra was vegetarian. According to the show's creators, "Buddhism and Taoism have been huge inspirations behind the idea for Avatar."[63] As shown in "The King of Omashu"[64] and "The Headband",[65] a notable aspect of Aang's character is his vegetarian diet,[66] which is consistent with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism.[63] In the Brahmajala Sutra, a Buddhist code of ethics, vegetarianism is encouraged.[67] Additionally, Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern, a lead character in the animated series, DC Super Hero Girls is not only pacifist, but also a vegan and environmentalist,[68][69] resulting in her becoming friends with Pam Isley. She often professes her commitment to the environment and plant-based meals.[70][71] Apart from the aforementioned examples, Steven Universe, the protagonist in the show Steven Universe and the limited epilogue series, Steven Universe Future, is a vegetarian. In the episode "Snow Day" of Steven Universe Future, Steven tells the Gems he lives with that he has been a vegetarian for a month, drinks protein shakes and mentions that he does "his own skincare routine."[72] There are other characters in animation who are vegetarian and vegan, but they are either not as prominent or represent negetive stereotypes of vegetarians.[d]

Comics also featured various vegetarian and vegan characters.[e] Most prominent among these many characters were Bruce Banner in Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk, where it is shown that he is vegan,[73] Karolina Dean in Runaways, who is also known as Lucy in the Sky or L.S.D., who is a lesbian, a vegan, and "an ardent animal lover...committed to a life completely free of meat and dairy."[73][66] and Animal Man / Bernhard "Buddy" Baker in Animal Man. In the latter case, Buddy, otherwise known as Animal Man, argued with his wife "about meat consumption," criticized conditions in factory farms, and opposed scientific testing on animals. He also, in another comic, assists animal rights activists in helping save dolphins, leading some to call him "probably most active in fighting for animal rights" of all the superhero characters.[74][73][66] At the same time, Millie in Mutts is a vegan. | In a number of comic strips in Thanksgiving 2013, Millie, who owns a cat, "decides to cook a vegan meal" for Thanksgiving,[75] with her husband not "sold on the idea,"[76] but later admits he "didn't miss the turkey."[66][77] Also, Zatanna Zatara in Hawkman is powerful magician, she is a vegetarian, works with animals in her magic acts, and "has a particular affinity for bunnies."[73][66] Due to her long history in DC Comics, she has been named as one of DC's best and most powerful female characters[78][79] and one of the Justice League's greatest and most important characters.[80][81] Also, there's Persephone in Lore Olympus. A 19-year-old woman, also known as Persie and Kore, she is the goddess of spring, and a naive, warmhearted newcomer to Olympian life, and is searching for her independence.[82] She is revealed to be vegetarian in episode 79 of the webcomic.[83]

Various outwardly vegetarian characters appeared in films and video games.[f] In the 2000 film, But I'm A Cheerleader, before Megan, one of the film's protagonists, is sent to a conversion therapy camp, her parents and others claim she is a lesbian because she is a vegetarian.[84] A film released the following year, Legally Blonde also featured a vegetarian. When Elle Wood introduces herself at Harvard Law School, she describes herself and her dog as "Gemini vegetarians."[85] Then there's Yeong-hye in the 2009 film, Vegetarian, a portrait of a woman, Yeong-hye, who "swears off meat before retreating into a literally vegetative state," based off the book of the same name.[86] When it comes to video games, Bryce the Cow in Steer Madness is perhaps one of the most prominent vegetarian characters. In this animal rights inspired action-adventure game, the player assumes the role of Bryce the Cow, a walking, talking bovine determined to put an end to animal exploitation and turn everyone vegetarian.[87] During gameplay, the player goes on a series of missions to save the animals using many different tactics. The game is based in an open city environment and features several transportation methods, with gameplay similar to the game Grand Theft Auto III (without the guns or violence), and was given a PETA award.[88]

Finally, there are characters in literature and live-action television who stand out among others. For instance, Elizabeth Costello in J.M. Coetzee's novel of the same name,[21] Hazel Lancaster in Fault of Our Stars,[89] and Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries series[21][89] to name a few.[g] Although there are other examples in live-action TV series,[h] Spock stands out. Said to be "television's first vegetarian," he and other Vulcans avoided eating meat due to a "philosophy of non-violence.""[41] He is identified as vegetarian following an episode where he was "transported back to pre-civilised times" and ate meat.

Notes

  1. ^ Also see AvocaDee's "How has Social Media Affected the Vegan and Vegetarian Movements? and Kate Good's article "Media Culture Meets Food Culture: The Secret Behind the Rapid Rise of Vegan Food" in One Green Planet
  2. ^ This included reviews in the New York Times, Boston Globe, The Lancet, HuffPost, London Magazine, The Oxford Student, LA Review of Books, and CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture.
  3. ^ He also noted Laura Wright's The Vegan Studies Project and Castricano and Simonsen's Critical Perspectives on Veganism as two other books which focus on popular culture and veganism.
  4. ^ For instance, Beast Boy in Teen Titans Go is vegetarian but some have criticized his character as a stereotype of a "militant crybaby vegetarian." Also, Count Duckula in Count Duckula is vegetarian, making him "an egotistical vegetarian vampire duck" within a castle, Draculaura in Monster High has been described as "one of the very few outspoken vegan cartoon characters out there," and the The Goode Family in a [[[The Goode Family|series of the same name]] is made up of a number of vegetarian environmentalists who attempt to be "politically correct in every way. Furthermore, Petratishkovna "Tish" Katsufrakis in The Weekenders is intelligent, artistic, and openly vegetarian, eating a "carrot in a bun" in the show's opening credits while Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a vegan, as revealed in the season 7 episode "Lisa the Vegetarian",
  5. ^ There were other minor characters who are vegetarian, such as Broo in Astonishing X-Men Vol. 3, Connor Hawke / Green Arrow in More Fun Comics, Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness, Magneto in Ultimate X-Men no. 1 through Ultimatum no. 5, who chose to "abstain from animal products" for unknown reasons, possibly because he "feels for the animals and does not want to harm innocent creatures." Additionally, Wanda Maximoff in Scarlet Witch vol. 2 who was originally introduced in 1964 as a villain, Wanda, otherwise known as the Scarlet Witch, later became "a member of the Avengers," and it is later revealed that she doesn't eat meat or drink alcohol. Adrian Alexander Veidt / Ozymandias in Watchmen, began as a hero but later became a villain, is a vegetarian, perhaps because of his "love for his feline companion" and Robin / Damian Wayne in Batman Incorporated Vol. 2, no. 1 becomes a vegetarian after "a mission that took place in a slaughterhouse," adopting a cow, which dubs a "Bat-Cow." His decision to continue being a vegetarian was also "referenced several issues later."
  6. ^ Not as prominent was Lenny in Shark Tale and Monica in Doki Doki Literature Club!
  7. ^ Others include August Engelhardt in Imeprium, Simon Lewis in The Mortal Instruments series, Lola Nolan in Lola and the Boy Next Door, Dawn Read Schafer in The Baby-Sitters Club series, and
  8. ^ These other examples include Rachel Berry in Glee, Temperance "Bones" Brennan in Bones, Phoebe Buffay in Friends, Topanga Lawrence in Boy Meets World, Angela Martin in The Office, and Britta Perry in Community

See also

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