History Main / BornInAnElevator

* Fairly narrowly averted in the very beginning of ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh''. The scene (a warm conversation about baby names in the back of a taxi) is given without a shred of context; we work out who the principle players were in subsequent episodes, and see the scene again, de-blurred and with a lot more context, a long while later in a flashback episode.

''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'': In this [[https://youtu.be/6k95QYv46i8 episode]], Yuri's water breaks, and her family wasn't home to take her to the hospital. She eventually decided to drive there herself when the taxi was uselessly far away, but the baby was due too soon and gave birth ''inside'' of the car. A driver behind her, Tachibana, got irate and checked the car to complain to her until he sees her giving birth and calls for an ambulance.

%%* This happens in the movie ''Film/{{Blankman}}''.

* Happened in the ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' episode "Earthquake!" with Mr. Belding's wife, Becky, while trapped in the elevator with Zack and Tori. This episode provides the page image.

%%* Happened in ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' with Mr. Belding's wife.

* In ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'', Kahlua a.k.a. Pyoro-2 was born in an elevator. [[TheHero The male lead]] is initially tasked with handling the delivery, but he manages to hand it over to his love-interest fairly quickly.

** Then, in the Season 5 finale, [[spoiler: Jamie is born in an unfinished annex of the house]].

* The "birth in a vehicle" variation happens in the season three finale of ''Series/SavingHope.'' [[spoiler: Alex]] sits her surgical boards while in labor, then gives birth in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, assisted by Maggie.

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* In 2013, a woman gave birth on a packed (until they emptied it at the nearest station, anyway) commuter train at rush hour. The train did sit at the station for an hour, though suggesting that this was only a 'sudden' birth relative to the norm.

* Averted on ''Series/KungFu: The Legend Continues'' when an elevator is stuck between floors with a visibly pregnant woman, a jerk, and Kermit Griffin, a tough guy. The woman gets upset, the jerk is rude to her, and Griffin threatens him for being rude. All are rescued, and the woman does not go into labor.

* Denise on ''Series/{{Benson}}''.

* Mrs. Kotter does this on ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter.''

* In the second season of''Series/{{Community}}'', Shirley ends up giving birth to her baby right in the middle of anthropology class. According to Chang, everyone in his family was born in an inconvenient fashion.

{{Exactly What It Says on the Tin}}: a baby is born while the mother is stuck in a [[ElevatorFailure stalled elevator]] (births in the vehicle en route to the hospital also count towards this trope). Probably the most [[UncomfortableElevatorMoment uncomfortable of elevator moments]]. A classic SitCom scenario, especially when the baby has to be [[DeliveryGuy delivered by a squeamish and totally unqualified male lead]].

This trope is particularly notorious for coinciding with InstantBirthJustAddWater, since in real life labor takes hours, sometimes even days, a.k.a. more than enough time to free someone from a stuck elevator.

A type of MaternityCrisis. See also {{Locked in a Freezer}}, InstantBirthJustAddWater, and ScreamingBirth.

* Lucy and Kevin's daughter Savannah on ''Series/SeventhHeaven''.
* Happened in ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' with Mr. Belding's wife.

* This happens in the movie ''Film/{{Blankman}}''.

-->'''Brian:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, no, of course. Our first priority should be to keep the vinyl clean.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer gets trapped in an elevator with a pregnant woman named Gretchen, who goes into labor and Homer delivers her baby.

* Averted but referenced in ''Film/DieHard''. After Hans and his crew have taken the Nakatomi office workers hostage, Holly [[strike:[=McClane=]]] Genaro tells him one of them is pregnant. Hans immediately rolls his eyes, expecting this to take place before Holly tells him she's not due for a couple of weeks, but that she need something more comfortable than the floor to sit at. [[AffablyEvil Hans agrees]], and has his mooks move a couch from the lobby to the main hall.

{{Exactly What It Says on the Tin}}: a baby is born while the mother is stuck in a [[ElevatorFailure stalled elevator]] (births in the vehicle en route to the hospital also count towards this trope). Probably the most [[UncomfortableElevatorMoment uncomfortable of elevator moments]]. A classic SitCom scenario, especially when the baby has to be [[DeliveryGuy delivered by a squeamish and totally unqualified male lead]]. Cue the inevitable {{Crowning Moment of Heartwarming}}.

* Happens to Series/{{ALF}} of all creatures during his ChristmasEpisode, with [[DeliveryGuy him making the delivery]] and suggesting the name of a newly-deceased little girl he met earlier for the baby. Yes, even ALF gets a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming on Christmas, too.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Simpsons}}'': Homer gets trapped in an elevator with a pregnant woman named Gretchen, who goes into labor and Homer delivers her baby.

* TruthInTelevision: Actor Jack Lemmon was born in an elevator.