History Main / HerbivoresAreFriendly

* ZigZagged in the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series. Most herbivores, like Aptonoths, really are friendly and peaceful. However, the Kestodons and Gastodons from ''World'' or Bullfangos in the rest of the series will attack if you linger near them for too long. And some of the large monsters are herbivores, like Diablos, which is [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom anything but friendly]]. It subsists on cacti yet is one of the most aggressive monsters introduced in Low Rank.

Some herbivores ''are'' portrayed as threatening and aggressive on a fairly regular basis. [[FullBoarAction Boars]] (technically omnivorous), [[GruesomeGoat goats, rams]], [[BrutishBulls bulls]], [[HellishHorse stallions]], [[PricklyPorcupine porcupines]], [[RhinoRampage rhinoceroses]], [[CruelElephant elephants]], [[AngryAngryHippos hippopotamuses]], [[BoxingKangaroo kangaroos]], and [[KillerGorilla gorillas]] are especially prone to this. When dinosaurs are concerned, you can expect [[TemperCeratops ceratopsians]], [[HeadButtingPachy pachycephalosaurs]], [[ToughArmoredDinosaur stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs]] to also be portrayed this way. Another common exception, when herbivores are depicted as dangerous, is if they get involved in an AnimalStampede.

* Film/{{Mothra}} is among the most peaceful of all kaiju and happens to be a nectar-feeding butterfly/moth. So long as you don't [[BerserkButton kidnap Her fairy companions]] or [[MamaBear harm Her children in any way]] She won't hurt you. And if you ''do'', you'll find that [[MamaBear She wrecks cities as well as any Kaiju]].

* Manatees and dugongs are the only marine mammals to be herbivorous. They are also very docile and harmless, to the point of approaching kayakers and scratching their backs on the canoes.

Some herbivores ''are'' portrayed as threatening and aggressive on a fairly regular basis. [[FullBoarAction Boars]] (technically omnivorous), [[GruesomeGoat goats, rams]], [[BrutishBulls bulls]], [[HellishHorse stallions]], [[PricklyPorcupine porcupines]], [[RhinoRampage rhinoceroses]], [[CruelElephant elephants]], [[AngryAngryHippos hippopotamuses]], and [[KillerGorilla gorillas]] are especially prone to this. When dinosaurs are concerned, you can expect [[TemperCeratops ceratopsians]], [[HeadButtingPachy pachycephalosaurs]], [[ToughArmoredDinosaur stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs]] to also be portrayed this way. Another common exception, when herbivores are depicted as dangerous, is if they get involved in an AnimalStampede.

*** For the aversion on dinosaur side, we have ''Therizinosaurus'', which, while herbivorous, kills a deer that gets in its way and actively pursues the human pritagonists for no clear discernable reason.

* Cavies, tailless herbivorous rodents native to South America, in general are rather friendly and harmless. Capybaras are known to allow many different species (except natural predators like jaguars) of animals to rest by or perch on them.

* Even domestic species can be far more dangerous than most realize. Despite popular image, cattle are largely not docile and even dairy breeds can be temperamental. Even if the breed lacks horns (and almost all breeds do have horns in both the males and females, not just bulls), they're still big, muscular, heavy animals that can headbutt, bite, kick, and trample a human easily.

* In ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'', herbivores are as much a danger to park guests as the carnivores, which might eat a few humans but don't generally mow down crowds of people like an an angry triceratops.

** ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' [[spoiler: averts this trope, though not with the dinosaurs. While the carnivorous dinosaurs are a major threat to the heroes, the danger to civilization as a whole actually comes from genetically engineered locusts created by [=BioSyn=], which are devouring food plants around the world.]]
*** Averted with the ''Therizinosaurus'', which, while herbivorous, kills a deer that gets in its way and actively pursues the human pritagonists for no clear discernable reason.

** The ''Film/JurassicWorld'' website lists almost all of its herbivores as having low aggression, with the exception of the armor-plated ''Ankylosaurus'', whose aggression is listed as "medium". Indeed, only and ''all'' of the carnivorous species in the film attack people deliberately and none of the herbivorous ones. [[InvokedTrope Then again, they may have been genetically modified to be more docile to comply with visitor expectations.]]
** Across the franchise as a whole, not a single herbivorous dinosaur-- not even the stereotypically "aggressive" ones like ceratopsians and ankylosaurs-- has ever been shown killing a human onscreen.

* The herbivore dinosaurs in ''Series/TerraNova'' are shown to be playful in the pilot episode. The main character's youngest daughter even feeds them treats.

* ZigZagged in the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series. Most herbivores, like Aptonoths, really are friendly and peaceful. However, the Kestodons and Gastodons from ''World'' or Bullfangos in the rest of the series will attack if you linger near them for too long. And some of the large monsters are herbivores, like Diablos, which is [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom anything but friendly]]. Completely subverted with Diablos, which subsists on cacti yet is one of the most aggressive monsters introduced in Low Rank.

Film/TempleGrandin's book, ''Animals in Translation'', explains that domesticated cattle can be a lot harder to handle compared to most felines (wild or domestic, big, small, or medium). A bull or even a cow may attack a person in order to exert dominance, but a tiger will not do so unless its prey drive is triggered, as it is a largely solitary animal that, true to nature of all cats, does not care about social hierarchy.

Some herbivores ''are'' portrayed as threatening and aggressive on a fairly regular basis. [[FullBoarAction Boars]] (technically omnivorous), [[GruesomeGoat goats, rams]], [[BrutishBulls bulls]], [[HellishHorse stallions]], [[PricklyPorcupine porcupines]], [[RhinoRampage rhinoceroses]], [[CruelElephant elephants]], [[AngryAngryHippos hippopotamuses]], and [[KillerGorilla gorillas]] are especially prone to this. As far as dinosaurs go, you can expect [[TemperCeratops ceratopsians]], [[HeadButtingPachy pachycephalosaurs]], [[ToughArmoredDinosaur stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs]] to also be portrayed this way. Another common exception, when herbivores are depicted as dangerous, is if they get involved in an AnimalStampede.

Film/TempleGrandin's book, ''Animals in Translation'', explains that domesticated cattle can be a lot harder to handle compared to most wild felines. A bull or even a cow may attack a person in order to exert dominance, but a tiger will not do so unless its prey drive is triggered, as it is a solitary animal that does not care about social hierarchy.

* Ironically one of the few sizable herbivores to largely be this trope to some degree are gorillas, despite being [[KillerGorilla one of the chief exceptions to it]] in fiction. If not startled, attacked, threatened, or having their children harassed, they largely are docile and ambivalent towards humans and will go about their business. They can still be dangerous if agitated, especially a [[PapaWolf Silverback]] with his children or grandchildren in danger, but a majority of the time they much prefer to bluff-charge and scare a threat away than actually fight. Coincidentally, gorillas are also the most herbivorous of the apes and the meat they do eat mostly amounts to a few insects here and there.

Goes hand-in-hand with and opposite of PredatorsAreMean. Inverted with XenophobicHerbivore. Often associated with CarnivoreConfusion. Subtrope to GoodAnimalsEvilAnimals and AlwaysLawfulGood.

* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'': while most herbivores don't mind you unless you provoke them, many will fight back once provoked, and ''Therizinosaurus'' and ''Kentrosaurus'' will attack you just for being too close. Played laughably straight with ''Diplodocus'', as its only "attack" is to harmlessly nudge its target, and the Dino Dossier spells out that it's trying to play ([[TooDumbToLive even with predators]]).

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Double-subverted. When Xeno Team is approaching a group of large stick-like alien creatures that appear to be eating moss, Ebbirnoth cautious the rest that herbivores can still be dangerous. And [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-06-15 then]] it turns out the big things are actually carnivorous, digging burrowing animals out of the moss.

* Half of the plot points of ''[[Anime/Beastars]]''.

* ''Franchuse/DuckTales'':

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'':

* Half of the plot points of ''[[Beastars]]''.