Editing Vegetarianism (section)

===Film===
In the 1999 film, ''[[Notting Hill (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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-the-strange-world-of-fruitarians-who-only-eat-raw-fruit/|title=Inside the Strange World of 'Fruitarians,' Who Only Eat Raw Fruit|last=Marthe|first=Emalie|website=[[Vice News]]|access-date=September 30, 2020|date=September 3, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201001001519/https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5exq4/inside-the-strange-world-of-fruitarians-who-only-eat-raw-fruit|archive-date=October 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unherd.com/2019/03/what-will-the-woke-folk-make-of-notting-hill/|title=What will the woke folk make of Notting Hill?|last=Tyrone|first=Nick|website=[[UnHerd]]|access-date=September 30, 2020|date=March 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211152149/https://unherd.com/2019/03/what-will-the-woke-folk-make-of-notting-hill/|archive-date=December 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20000915cheer.asp|title=It's hard to know what to make of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'|last=Paris|first=Barry|website=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=September 6, 2020|date=September 15, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408202723/https://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20000915cheer.asp|archive-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Legally Blonde]]'', a 2001 film, also featured a vegetarian—Elle Woods. When she introduces herself at [[Harvard Law School]], she describes herself and her dog as "Gemini vegetarians".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a32065693/legally-blonde-3/|title=Legally Blonde 3: Release Date, Spoilers, Cast, Trailer And Plot Lines|first=Blair|last=Olivia|date=May 19, 2010|work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|access-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608075808/https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a32065693/legally-blonde-3/|archive-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref>

In the 2012 film, ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'', Pi, played by [[Suraj Sharma]], is a vegetarian based on his 3 religions: Hindu, Christian, and Muslim. And in the ship scene, one Taiwanese Sailor, played by Bo-Chieh Wang, is a vegetarian from his Buddhism religion to eat rice and the vegetarian gravy.

In the 2018 Hollywood blockbuster, ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'', M’Baku (voiced by [[Winston Duke]]), the Jabari tribe leader who lives in the mountains of Wakanda, declares to a White CIA agent named Everett Ross (voiced by [[Martin Freeman]]), "if you say one more word, I'll feed you to my children!" After Everett is shaken by these words, he jokes, saying he is kidding because all those in his tribe, including himself, are vegetarians.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/2/20/17033330/winston-duke-mbaku-black-panther-breakout |title=M'Baku Is the Best Surprise of 'Black Panther' |last=Giorgis |first=Hannah |date=February 20, 2018 |website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417152603/https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/2/20/17033330/winston-duke-mbaku-black-panther-breakout |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some praised this scene for challenging a stereotype of Black culture and the perception of what vegetarians look like.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eater.com/2018/2/16/17020564/black-panther-food-wakanda |title='Black Panther' Challenges a Bogus Food Stereotype |last=Selvam |first=Ashok |date=February 16, 2018 |website=[[Eater (website)|Eater]] |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031639/https://www.eater.com/2018/2/16/17020564/black-panther-food-wakanda |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Duke later said that some Black outlets cooked vegan meals for him, and said that the scene is "kind of teaching kids that eating vegetables is cool," which is something he is for.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/04/black-panther-star-winston-duke-talks-mbakus-vegetarian-co-signs |title='Black Panther' Star Winston Duke Talks M'Baku's Vegetarian Co-Signs |last=Elder |first=Sajae |date=April 24, 2018 |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040543/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/04/black-panther-star-winston-duke-talks-mbakus-vegetarian-co-signs |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Vegetarian themes have also been noted in the ''Twilight'' [[Twilight (novel series)|novel]] (2005–2008) and [[The Twilight Saga (film series)|film]] franchise (2008–2012), ''[[The Road]]'' (2006) and ''[[The Year of the Flood]]'' (2009).<ref name="publicbooks" /> 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 examining 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Poirier |first1=Nathan |date=March 13, 2020 |title= Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture: Towards a Vegan Theory [Review] |journal=The Journal of Popular Culture |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=235–237 |doi=10.1111/jpcu.12876 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Reviewers said that the Netflix original film, ''[[Okja]]'', which focused on [[factory farming]], talks about [[genetically modified]] animals, and features a [[Radical environmentalism|radical environmentalist]] group, had an impact on people's diets. Some said the film would convince audience members to become vegetarians, saying the film encourages people to eat less meat, comparing it to the impact of the documentaries ''[[Food, Inc.]]'', ''[[Blackfish]]'', ''[[The Cove (film)|The Cove]]'', and ''[[Cowspiracy]]'',  Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, ''[[Eating Animals]]'', the films ''[[Charlotte’s Web]]'', ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'',  and ''[[Chicken Run]]'', and to the themes of ''[[Watership Down]]''. The film was also described as the "ultimate vegetarian film."<ref>{{cite web|last=Phillip|first=Tom|url=https://www.gq.com/story/the-people-who-saw-okja-and-became-vegetarians|title=The People Who Saw Okja and Became Vegetarians|website=[[GQ]]|date=January 26, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226023656/https://www.gq.com/story/the-people-who-saw-okja-and-became-vegetarians|archive-date=February 26, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Leszkiewicz|first=Anna|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2017/07/how-okja-combines-two-netflix-trends-make-ultimate-vegetarian-film|title=How Okja combines two Netflix trends to make the ultimate vegetarian film|website=[[New Statesman]]|orig-date=July 4, 2017|date=October 4, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915105323/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2017/07/how-okja-combines-two-netflix-trends-make-ultimate-vegetarian-film|archive-date=September 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's co-writer, [[Jon Ronson]], who is also vegetarian, said that while the film will "turn people vegetarian", this was not his intention nor that of director Bong Joon-ho. In an interview with [[The Independent]], Joon-ho said that he did not "expect the entire audience to convert to veganism after watching the film" and said that he does not have an issue with [[meat consumption]], but asked the audience to consider where their food comes from, and said if that happens, then the "level of meat consumption will gradually decline."<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neil|first=Shana|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/okja-just-might-convince-you-go-vegetarian-1017294/|title=‘Okja’ Just Might Convince You to Go Vegetarian|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 28, 2017|access-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206165037/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/okja-just-might-convince-you-go-vegetarian-1017294/|archive-date=February 6, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loughrey|first=Clarisse |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/okja-interview-bong-joon-ho-release-date-netflix-veganism-vegan-cannes-controversy-a7807771.html|title=Okja interview: Bong Joon-ho on GM foods, his chaotic mindscape, and the Netflix controversy|website=[[The Independent]]|date=June 28, 2017|access-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217214225/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/okja-interview-bong-joon-ho-release-date-netflix-veganism-vegan-cannes-controversy-a7807771.html|archive-date=February 17, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Joon-Ho told LA Times that in his view, the [[food industry]] is "always trying to do is try to thicken the walls of the slaughterhouse so that nobody can peer inside it," with LA Times noting that Joon-Ho became vegan after visiting a slaugherhouse in South Korea, but ended the diet change after two months.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ellwood|first=Gregory|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-mn-bong-joon-ho-okja-20171109-story.html|title=With its real-world messaging, ‘Okja’ and director Bong Joon-ho tap into something special|website=[[LA Times]]|date=November 9, 2017|access-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415011913/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-mn-bong-joon-ho-okja-20171109-story.html|archive-date=April 15, 2024|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Paul Dano]], who plays Jay in the film, also told [[GQ]] that that while he is a meat-eater, it made him want to "be more conscientious consumer" and said it is easy to "forget that when we put our dollar down we are supporting something."<ref>{{cite web|last=Phillip|first=Tom|url=https://www.gq.com/story/paul-dano-okja|title=How Okja's Paul Dano Pulled Off a Masterfully Human Performance Alongside a Giant CGI Pig|website=[[GQ]]|date=June 27, 2017|access-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701145211/https://www.gq.com/story/paul-dano-okja|archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Other scholars noted vegetarian themes in the films ''[[The Fault in Our Stars (film)|The Fault in Our Stars]]'',<ref name="thehub">{{cite news |url=http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/10/23/vegetarian-awareness-month/ |title=Celebrate Vegetarian Awareness Month with Vegetarian Characters in YA Lit |last=Lind |first=Jessica |date=October 23, 2013 |work=[[Young Adult Library Services Association]] |access-date=September 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603044358/http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/10/23/vegetarian-awareness-month/ |archive-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Princess Diaries (film)|The Princess Diaries]]'' series,<ref name="Martin2016" /><ref name="thehub" /> and the 2009 film, ''[[Vegetarian (film)|Vegetarian]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/vegetarian-1117942042/|title=Review: 'Vegetarian'|first=Justin|last=Chang|date=February 1, 2010|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221048/https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/vegetarian-1117942042/|archive-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref>