Sue Ellen Vegges Out

Summary
When Sue Ellen decides to stop eating meat, Muffy and Francine compete to be the best vegetarian. Can they successfully resist meat? Or was this a missed steak?

Plot
Sue Ellen tells the viewers about her new friend, a pig named Sally that she met a couple weeks ago. In fact, Sally means so much to Sue Ellen, she helped her make one of the biggest decisions of her life.

We later find out Sue Ellen is now a vegetarian (which she reveals to Arthur, Buster, and Francine at the Cinco de Mayo festival). However, her exact reasons are not made clear. Muffy overhears Sue Ellen and says she has been thinking about becoming a vegetarian as well, ever since Capri De Vapida switched to a vegetarian diet. Although Francine doubts her sincerity, Muffy becomes a vegetarian from that very moment. However, it quickly becomes clear that she can't handle not having meat in her life (even though Sue Ellen said nobody is forcing her to be a vegetarian). Muffy finds out Capri is now on a bologna diet, and is thrilled to go back to eating meat. When Sue Ellen tries to explain her vegetarianism isn't because of a celebrity's eating habits and for personal reasons, Francine interrupts her and says she knew Muffy couldn't last. When Muffy challenges Francine to do better, she does exactly that by becoming a vegetarian. Sue Ellen starts to become concerned that Francine and Muffy are only using vegetarianism for competition. Muffy tries various methods to get Francine to eat meat (from trying to lure her with double Bubsy burgers to ordering meaty Chinese food for her). However, Francine survives every time. Muffy apologizes to both Francine and Sue Ellen and invites them both to a potluck the next day, where everyone brings a dish. Once again, Sue Ellen is concerned for Francine.

It turns out Muffy planned to lure Francine into eating meat (every dish at the potluck is meat-oriented). Sue Ellen and Francine respectively bring sauteed breaded cauliflower and ratatouille to the potluck, but Muffy throws them away so they can't eat them. Just as soon as Muffy tries to finish off Francine, Buster comes with vegetables from the community garden (he was supposed to bring pizza with chicken and sausage, but his mom had no time to make it). Francine ends up finding Ladonna's collard greens to eat, but they're actually simmered in duck fat for three hours, making them non-vegetarian. As soon as Francine and Muffy argue, Sue Ellen angrily scolds them both for not being sincere vegetarians, only competitors. She then reveals her reasons for being vegetarian: Because she considers some animals friends, Sue Ellen naturally lost her taste in eating them, and considers them better friends than Francine and Muffy.

The next day at school, a remorseful Francine and Muffy reveal to Sue Ellen their new plan: A Meatless Monday at lunch every week, with 100% vegetarian meals. The two, however, plan to eat double Bubsy's after school.

Characters

 * Francine Frensky
 * Muffy Crosswire
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong
 * Ladonna Compson
 * Arthur Read
 * Buster Baxter
 * Binky Barnes
 * Sally
 * Burgers

Trivia

 * This episode's title is similar to "Sue Ellen Chickens Out."
 * While being a vegetarian, Francine mentioned eating salmon and a baked potato, making her a pescetarian.

Cultural references

 * The cafeteria has special dishes to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which is on May 5th.

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