History Main / AsiansEatPets

[[caption-width-right:275:Why is there a cat's head if he is eating its gizzards?]]

* ''Film/RushHour'': During the first film, Carter tells Lee that, as a Hong Kong policeman, he's a FishOutOfWater in Los Angeles, saying "I'm Music/MichaelJackson, you Tito.". In ''Rush Hour 2'', they're in Hong Kong, where Lee says "[[DialogueReversal In Hong Kong, I am Michael Jackson]], [[{{Malaproper}} you are Toto]].", to which Carter says "You mean 'Tito'! [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Toto]] was what we ate last night for dinner!".

SubTrope of ForeignQueasine, since it's almost always non-Asian works making this joke. Almost always overlaps with ExoticEntree. See EatTheDog for non-racist depictions of eating "pet" animals, including in Asian media. Expect IAteWhat after someone eats a particular Asian meat dish if they manage to accidentally consume dog, cat, or other pet meat.

->''So when I told the Website/{{Cracked}} editors I wanted to write a drunken adventure story, they were skeptical. "Can't you just write another story about why it's hard for a Chinese woman to own cats?" (Point #1: You are always tempted to eat them.)''

* ''Manga/HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi'': When Kenichi and Miu [[ImagineSpot imagine]] all the ways taking a stray kitten to the Ryozanpaku Dojo could go horribly wrong, one of their fears is that Kensei (the Chinese Kenpo master) might want to cook it. Kensei is suitably insulted when he learns this.

This is TruthInTelevision to an extent, as cynophagy is practiced in many Asian countries. In fact, China used to even have dog meat festivals! However, this trope is often exaggerated by fictional stereotypes. Also, due to globalization and health concerns, many localities in these territories have been moving away from the consumption of these animals either unofficially or by law.

* In ''Film/GranTorino'', the grumpy old man protagonist pesters his Hmong neighbors with dog-eating remarks. In turn Sue, the young neighbor, snarks they only do cats. He seems to be confused about whether or not to believe in the stereotype, but is willing to give them some trust over the matter. [[spoiler:In the end, when his last will is read, it turns out he wished to leave his dog in their care on the condition they won't eat him.]]

* A new Chinese restaurant opens in front of a grocery store. A few days later, the restaurant owner goes to the store and ask for dog food. As the seller thinks Chinese don't have dogs, as they eat them; he suspects [[EatingPetFood the dog food will be served to the customers of the restaurant]]. He asks:

::The Chinese guy comes back a few minutes later with his cat in a carrier, and is then permitted to buy cat food. And a few days later, he comes back with a closed plastic container, puts it on the counter, and asks the seller to have a look inside. The latter opens the box, and is horrified to see that it contains feces.

** Issue 166 from 4/74 had a feature on how to "Eat Out and Lose Weight," which suggested dining in settings where you're likely to lose your appetite, such as a seat within smelling range of the men's room. One idea said to enter Chinese restaurants through the kitchen; the illustration depicted a cat about to be slaughtered. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/47850814770057781/

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS1E7WestieSideStory Westie Side Story]]", the Souphanousinphone family, originally from UsefulNotes/{{Laos}}, moves in next to the Hills. Hank and his friends, especially [[ConspiracyTheorist Dale]], worry if the stereotype about Asians eating dogs is true. Their suspicions aren't helped when Bobby Hill and Connie Souphanousinphone try and fail to get their families' dogs -- Ladybird and [[ADogNamedDog Doggie]] respectively -- to be friends, resulting in them running off and going missing right before a local barbecue. TheStinger has Minh trying out Peggy's various foods, but gets disgusted with her rabbit stew, stating [[NotSoAboveItAll rednecks will eat anything.]][[note]]Rabbit meat is not considered a delicacy in Asia outside of China[[/note]]

* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', one of the keys you have to get to progress through the game is found inside of a roasted dog served on a platter in a Chinese restaurant.

* ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio:Up to parody levels each time Chinese mafia is involved. A Chinese cook is seen pursuing a dog with a rolling pin near the end of ''Vito la déveine'', and Vito states you that you can't trust people who eat sliced dogs. In ''Luna fatale'', a Chinese shop owned mistake Spip for a small dog, and states that "We Chinese people love dogs". In the New York album, members of the Triad actually try to eat Spip, "a tradition", according to them. The Chinese mafiosi are also often shown eating [[ForeignQueasine unusual animals]] such as snakes, jellyfishes, lizards, or scorpions.

* ''ComicStrip/FootrotFlats''. One of the characters is Rangi Jones, a Maori kid whom the Dog worries is measuring him for a dogskin cloak, and one day he's going to wake up with his fur stretched on a rack while everything else is being cooked with vegetables in a pit oven for a hangi dinner.

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South and West Asian people are usually stereotyped the opposite way due to both cultures being known for religious dietary restrictions. For example, UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} is famously particular about which meat is halal (clean) and haram (unclean), dogs and cats both falling under the latter category. Likewise many UsefulNotes/{{Hindu|ism}}s are vegetarian, and even those who aren't tend to avoid beef in particular, so eating weird animals is not associated with them either (''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' notwithstanding).

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* In 1904, a man named Truman Hunt brought a group of locals from the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} over to the United States to perform as part of a traveling HumanZoo show. One of the most infamous parts of the show was when the performers, who were portrayed closer to HollywoodNatives than stereotypical Asians, would take a dog brought to the show from the local pound, roast it alive and eat it. Since this act was inspired by this trope as opposed to actual Filipino customs, the performers were not used to eating contaminated stray dog meat on a daily basis, and as a result many fell ill with some even dying from food poisoning.
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