History Main / CapturedByCannibals

* ''CannibalFerox''
* The entire second half of ''CannibalHolocaust''.
* ''PrisonerOfTheCannibalGod''

* In EvelynWaugh's novel ''Black Mischief'', the black tribesman are cannibals in the fictional East African country in which the novel is set. Ultimately, one group of characters has a plane crash/is slaughtered by them, and one of the protagonists ends up eating them, not realizing what or who he is eating until the natives tell him.

* Several stories in the early years of ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'' featured cannibal tribes, including a few tribes in the Phantom's own neighborhood who were officially reformed but prone to backsliding when they thought he wasn't looking. (One much later story ends with the Phantom placing the villain of the piece in the custody of one of these tribes, encouraging good behaviour by warning him of their history and carefully neglecting to mention that since then not only have they kicked the cannibalism but have all become vegetarians.)

* A comic this troper read as a child spoofed this by having an expedition come across the famous lost explorer they were searching for, inside a cooking pot over a fire. After they charge in to rescue him, the indignant explorer complains that he was just having a bath.

* The 1985 movie of ''KingSolomonsMines'' has our hero and TheChick being thrown into an enormous cooking pot. They escape by swimming back and forth until the pot turns over and they roll away downhill.

* ''SinCity'' has a variation of this. One of the protagonists and his parole officer are trapped by a cannibal SerialKiller and the occaisional cannibal cardinal. Unlike most of the examples here, they weren't a part of a native tribe. They were just crazy.

* In a way, this trope figures in ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''. One of the only African characters Marlow describes as an individual is among a group of rowers for the European explorers (for lack of a better term), and they are described as being cannibals, but considerate enough not to practice that while Europeans are watching.

* This is one of the biggest fears of Literature/RobinsonCrusoe. He eventually acquires one of the cannibals as a faithful servant he names Friday, but remains convinced that Friday's people will eat him if he ever ventures over there, despite Friday's insistence otherwise.

* This is one of the biggest fears of Literature/Robinson Crusoe. He eventually acquires one of the cannibals as a faithful servant he names Friday, but remains convinced that Friday's people will eat him if he ever ventures over there, despite Friday's insistence otherwise.

* In a way, this trope figures in ''HeartOfDarkness''. One of the only African characters Marlow describes as an individual is among a group of rowers for the European explorers (for lack of a better term), and they are described as being cannibals, but considerate enough not to practice that while Europeans are watching.

One specific, [[DiscreditedTrope discredited]] version of ImAHumanitarian is the idea that when people from the "civilized world" encounter "natives" in a locality, they are in danger of being eaten by them. They may initially think they are being treated as a respected guest or even a god, but then, without fail, out come the pots and the chanting.

* Happened a number of times to LittleNemo and his friends. One time a missionary showed up, trying convert the natives to vegetarianism.

* Spoofed in ''SurfsUp''. Chicken Joe is captured by native penguins who put him in a pot, which the oblivious Joe mistakes for a hot tub. He eventually befriends them with roast squid on a stick, which the natives find it TastesLikeChicken.

* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' had this with a tribe that captured Jack and several of his crew. This example is a good illustration of this trope being discredited. At first, the natives doing this were identified as Caribs, and the few surviving Caribs complained- that they were cannibals is a false accusation against them (in fact, I think the name Carib, given by Europeans, derives from the same root as cannibal).

* An episode of ''{{Torchwood}}'' had the team investigating missing persons. They ended up finding out what happened to the people who went missing when they got captured themselves.

* In one of the more recent ''Series/JonathanCreek'' episodes, the titular character's American friend had got in trouble with the media for saying words to the effect of "We'll be eaten alive" while visiting an African nation ([[MistakenForRacist He was, apparently, talking about locusts]]).

--> Tosh: We're food.

* An episode of ''TheGoodies'' had the lads placed in a native cooking-pot. They got out of it by encouraging the natives to cook "human clear soup" - the point being that when cooking clear soup you remove the meat before serving.

* Several stories in the early years of ''ThePhantom'' featured cannibal tribes, including a few tribes in the Phantom's own neighborhood who were officially reformed but prone to backsliding when they thought he wasn't looking. (One much later story ends with the Phantom placing the villain of the piece in the custody of one of these tribes, encouraging good behaviour by warning him of their history and carefully neglecting to mention that since then not only have they kicked the cannibalism but have all become vegetarians.)

* In ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', Our Intrepid Heroes are captured by Ewoks, except for Princess Leia (who has befriended one of them) and C-3PO (whom they revere as a god). C-3PO has the unhappy task of informing the captives that they are scheduled to be the main course in a feast in his honor.

* In one of the more recent ''JonathanCreek'' episodes, the titular character's American friend had got in trouble with the media for saying words to the effect of "We'll be eaten alive" while visiting an African nation ([[MistakenForRacist He was, apparently, talking about locusts]]).

* BobHope and BingCrosby are captured by cannibals in ''{{Road to}} Zanzibar''.

* {{Music/Voiltaire}}'s "Cannibal Buffet" is all about this.

* The entire second half of ''CannibalHolocaust''.

* CannibalFerox
* CannibalHolocaust
* PrisonerOfTheCannibalGod

* Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are captured by cannibals in ''Road to Zanzibar''.