History Main / ContraceptionDeception

--->'''Creator/KarinSlaughter''', Literature/PrettyGirls''

* ''The Duke and I'', first novel of ''Literature/TheBridgertonSeries'', plays both Type 1 and Type 3 with a side of MissConception. The series is set in RegencyEngland, and it's a plot point that romantic lead Daphne Bridgerton ''does not'' know how babies are made -- especially as her mother Violet botches TheTalk quite badly. Thus, when Daphne's new husband, Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings -- who refuses to have children [[FreudianExcuse to spite his late father]] -- uses what Wiki/TheOtherWiki calls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coitus_interruptus coitus interruptus,]] she doesn't understand the significance. Once she does, she engages in a Type 3 [[TheBabyTrap Baby Trap]] by seducing him while he's too drunk to protest -- or control himself. This is, by any legal definition, sexual assault, and the novel attracted some controversy for for not addressing the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale. (Imagine how we'd treat the situation if it were GenderFlipped.)

One character who might do this is the StalkerWithATestTube. Subtrope of SurprisePregnancy. Compare ButWeUsedACondom when safe sex practices simply fail, and ButICantBePregnant when the woman was thought to be infertile. And AMistakeIsBorn, if a child was born as the result of said deception.

* In ''Literature/EarthsChildren'', Iza, a medicine woman, would secretly prepare and drink a contraceptive herbal tea to stick it to her abusive mate, as he felt humiliated by the fact he hadn't fathered any sons. She did eventually get pregnant as the tea isn't 100% reliable, but her mate died before the baby was born ''and'' she gave birth to a girl.

* Averted on ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Terry's wife wants him to get a vasectomy, and he agrees but spills to Jake that he doesn't want to because he still wants children. He does come clean to his wife, who's cool with it.
* There's a ''Series/CSIMiami'' episode where the victim turned out to have about a hundred children via sperm donation. He'd had a secret vasectomy and told his wife he was infertile; she found out the truth after she was too old to have children, so she killed him.

* '''Sabotaging Contraception''': The partner who wants a child takes an active role in ensuring his/her partner's contraception fails. The classic example is poking holes in a condom, though most condom failures are obvious enough that the guy really ''should'' notice. If the male is the one wanting children, he can either slip the woman something that interferes with hormonal birth control or steal her pills (possibly replacing them with placebos). This is another way to set up TheBabyTrap. It's also a way to establish the saboteur as a {{jerkass}}, and in RealLife is one way domestic abusers maintain control over their victims. Another scenario is slipping off the condom partway through intercourse, though this is usually done more to increase sexual pleasure, rather than to purposely try to get their partner pregnant. If the woman is the one sabotaging the contraception, an even {{squick}}ier method may be to inseminate herself with the contents of the used condom.

One character who might do this is the StalkerWithATestTube. Subtrope of SurprisePregnancy. Compare ButWeUsedACondom when safe sex practices simply fail, and ButICantBePregnant when the woman was thought to be infertile. And AMistakeIsBorn, if a child was born the result of said deception.

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* In ''Film/TheSkeletonTwins'', Maggie is secretly taking birth control pills to prevent having a child with her husband Lance to the point where he thinks he's infertile. [[spoiler:He finds out about the pills -- and her infidelity -- later on.]]

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* In ''Literature/{{Headhunters}}'', [[spoiler:Clas Greve enlists Diana Brown's help in killing her husband Roger by promising to give her a child, the one thing Roger has consistently denied her. Clas neglects to mention that he happens to be sterile, the result of a [[CripplingCastration grievous testicular injury]] he received years earlier, and thus would never be able to impregnate her.]]

* In ''Literature/PrettyGirls'', Claire lies to Paul that she wants children (which he does), but she continues taking birth control, because of her FreudianExcuse of losing her older sister Julia when she was a kid and Julia was a teenager. This turns out to be LaserGuidedKarma, though, for Paul, who [[spoiler:created videos of himself raping, torturing, and killing kidnapped girls, and there's a pretty strong implication that he wanted kids to abuse.]]

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* ''The Duke and I'', first novel of ''Literature/TheBridgertonSeries'', plays both Type 1 and Type 3 with a side of MissConception. The series is set in RegencyEngland, and it's a plot point that romantic lead Daphne Bridgerton ''does not'' know how babies are made -- especially as her mother Violet botches TheTalk quite badly. Thus, when Daphne's new husband, Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings -- who refuses to have children [[FreudianExcuse to spite his late father]] -- uses what Wiki/TheOtherWiki calls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coitus_interruptus coitus interruptus]], she doesn't understand the significance. Once she does, she engages in a Type 3 [[TheBabyTrap Baby Trap]] by seducing him while he's too drunk to protest -- or control himself. This is, by any legal definition, sexual assault, and the novel attracted some controversy for for not addressing the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale. (Imagine how we'd treat the situation if it were GenderFlipped.)

* The first season of ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'' plays both Type 1 and Type 3 with a side of MissConception. The series is set in RegencyEngland (albeit with Creator/ShondaRhimes's CreatorThumbprint of "HotterAndSexier"), and it's a plot point that romantic lead Daphne Bridgerton ''does not'' know how babies are made, and her mother Violet Bridgerton botches TheTalk quite badly. Thus, when Daphne's new husband, Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, (who refuses to have children to spite his late father) uses the withdrawal method at the end of every intercourse, she doesn't understand the significance. Once she does, she engages in a Type 3 [[TheBabyTrap Baby Trap]] by getting on top and staying there, forcing him to inseminate her. The show, as with its source novels, attracted some controversy for not addressing the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale.[[note]]Nonconsensual insemination is a form of criminal battery.[[/note]]

* A rich girl was knocked up on
''Series/SantaBarbara''. Kirk Cranston knocked up his rich wife Eden after replacing her birth control pills with placebos.

* In ''Film/YourSistersSister'', Jack and Hannah (who is a lesbian) get drunk and sleep together. Later, Hannah's sister Iris brings up in conversation that Hannah wants a child. After hearing this, Jack inspects the used condom, and to his horror finds multiple small holes in it. The film ends with all three waiting for the results of a pregnancy test.

* There was a ''Series/{{House}}'' episode where the illness turned out to be caused by taking fertility treatments and birth control pills at the same time. Turns out that the woman was married to a man who really wanted kids, but she didn't, and was unwilling to admit it to him. She went through the whole process of actively trying to get pregnant, while secretly sabotaging it, reasoning that he'd be more likely to accept infertility than a wife who just didn't want more children.

* The first season of ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'' plays both Type 1 and Type 3 with a side of MissConception. The series is set in RegencyEngland (albeit with Creator/ShondaRhimes's CreatorThumbprint of "HotterAndSexier"), and it's a plot point that romantic lead Daphne Bridgerton ''does not'' know how babies are made, and mother Violet Bridgerton botches TheTalk quite badly. Thus, when Daphne's new husband, ChildHater Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings[[note]]Yes, that's a "LiesToChildren" version of his DarkAndTroubledPast, but it works for this trope's purposes[[/note]], uses the withdrawal method at the end of every intercourse, she doesn't understand the significance. Once she does, she engages in a Type 3 [[TheBabyTrap Baby Trap]] by getting on top and staying there, forcing him to inseminate her. The show, as with its source novels, attracted some controversy for not addressing the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale.[[note]]Nonconsensual insemination is a form of criminal battery.[[/note]]

* The first season of ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'' plays both Type 1 and Type 3 with a side of MissConception. The series is set in RegencyEngland (albeit with Creator/ShondaRhimes's CreatorThumbprint of "HotterAndSexier"), and it's a plot point that romantic lead Daphne Bridgerton ''does not'' know how babies are made, and mother Violet Bridgerton botches TheTalk quite badly. Thus, when Daphne's new husband, A ChildHater[[note]]Yes, that's a "LiesToChildren" version of Simon's DarkAndTroubledPast, but it works for this trope's purposes[[/note]], pulls out at the end of every intercourse, she doesn't understand the significance. Once she does, she engages in a Type 3 [[TheBabyTrap Baby Trap]] by getting on top and staying there, forcing him to inseminate her. The show, as with its source novels, attracted some controversy for not addressing the UnfortunateImplications of the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale.[[note]Nonconsensual insemination is a form of criminal battery.[[/note]]

* The first season of ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'' plays both Type 1 and Type 3 with a side of MissConception. The series is set in RegencyEngland (albeit with Creator/ShondaRhimes's CreatorThumbprint of "HotterAndSexier"), and it's a plot point that romantic lead Daphne Bridgerton ''does not'' know how babies are made, and mother Violet Bridgerton botches TheTalk quite badly. Thus, when Daphne's new husband, who DoesNotLikeChildren[[note]]Yes, that's a "LiesToChildren" version of Simon's DarkAndTroubledPast, but it works for this trope's purposes[[/note]], pulls out at the end of every intercourse, she doesn't understand the significance. Once she does, she engages in a Type 3 [[TheBabyTrap Baby Trap]] by getting on top and staying there, forcing him to inseminate her. The show, as with its source novels, attracted some controversy for not addressing the UnfortunateImplications of the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale.[[note]Nonconsensual insemination is a form of criminal battery.[[/note]]

* ''Series/TheGoodWife'': Sleazy rich guy Colin Sweeney is sued for child support by a woman claiming he got her pregnant. He insists to his attorneys at Lockhart and Gardner that he always used condoms with her, but after a paternity test comes back positive, family law specialist David Lee theorizes that she impregnated herself with a used condom. Ultimately, she admits to it, and Sweeney is [[RefugeInAudacity so impressed with her audacity]] that he settles the suit and even resumes dating her (for a couple of seasons at least).

* In ''Manga/EdenItsAnEndlessWorld'', Sophia the cyborg hacker did that in her youth, having unprotected sex claiming she was on the pill, undergoing pregnancies and giving the resulting kids to adoptive homes.

* In ''Literature/KrisLongknife: Unrelenting'', Kris and about 70 other women under her command have [[SurprisePregnancy Surprise Pregnancies]] because a disgruntled supply noncom sabotaged their contraceptive implants. This was meant as a protest against Kris relaxing [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades fraternization regulations]] for practical reasons, and ends with the petty officer summarily discharged and sentenced to hard labor in the manure works. Kris and her husband decide to keep the baby.

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* Subverted in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', Bates and his wife Anna agree to try to have children but after some time passes Anna is still not pregnant. Then Bates finds a diaphragm in Anna's stuff. This leads him to believe that she is sabotaging their attempts to have children. It turns out that she is not. The diaphragm is for her employer, Lady Mary, who is sleeping with Anthony Gillingham but doesn't want any extra-marital children.

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Whilst trying to figure out who got Dee pregnant, [[BoisterousWeakling Mac]] and [[ChaoticStupid Charlie]] interview all the men she slept with in that time frame, including [[FatBastard Bill Ponderosa]]. Bill reveals that it could be him as he lies to every woman he sleeps with that he had a vasectomy simply because he doesn't like wearing condoms. Whilst Bill finds it hilarious [[EvenEvilHasStandards it causes Mac and Charlie to stare at him in utter disgust]].

* ''Series/{{Weeds}}'': Silas and Megan's relationship threatens to finish once she leaves for college (she, a very serious student, is going to Princeton, while mediocre student Silas is going to a local school).While having a sexual marathon, Silas punctures a hole in one of their condoms in an attempt to [[TheBabyTrap get her pregnant so she won't leave for college]].

* A variation in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''; after Santa's Little Helper had puppies with Dr. Hibbert's dog, Homer reveals that he didn't have the heart to get him neutered.

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* In Manga/EdenItsAnEndlessWorld, Sophia the cyborg hacker did that in her youth, having unprotected sex claiming she was on the pill, undergoing pregnancies and giving the resulting kids to adoptive homes.

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* In ''Film/{{Parenthood}}'', Susan pokes holes in her diaphragms to get pregnant.

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* In an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', Lois and Hal are fighting because he lied about getting a vasectomy years earlier, which led to Lois being currently pregnant with their fifth son, Jamie. When Hal tries to counter her argument on him needing a vasectomy, Lois fires back that they have a "rhythm child," a "diaphragm child," a "condom child," and "two abstinence children."

* ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'': In "Whoopee We're All Going to Die", [[ReallyGetsAround Rhona]] wants a child and gets her boyfriend Tony to agree he will impregnate her promising him that won't have to have a role in the child life if he didn't want. However, when it comes down to doing the deed, Rhona struggles to get an unresponsive Tony in the mood who finally confesses at the end of the episode he's just not ready to be a father even if he wasn't involved. Seemingly accepting it, Rhona suggests as they're already here to just have sex for the fun of it, which Tony can agree with. However, the last shot shows her poking a hole in his condom with a needle.
* In ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'', [[spoiler: Steven]] never told his wife that he had gotten a vasectomy before they met, despite knowing she wanted kids. [[spoiler: In the epilogue, she's shown to be pregnant, indicating that Steven had the vasectomy reversed]].

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* There was a ''Series/{{House}}'' episode where the Big Secret was that the wife and husband were both trying for kids, except the wife didn't actually want them so she was taking contraceptives without him knowing about it.