History Main / DoorstopBaby

* [[http://afternoonsnoozebutton.com/post/51702293599/a-pastor-in-seoul-south-korea-has-created-a-baby A pastor in Seoul, South Korea has created a “baby box” for people so that people who would otherwise abandon or kill their newborns can leave them somewhere safe instead.]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E9AscensionOfTheCybermen "Ascension of the Cybermen"]], a subplot concerns an Irishman named Brendan, who was found as a baby in a basket on the road by his adoptive father with no note or anything else to identify him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': A bandaged cat does this to [[Main/SneezeOfDoom Li'l Sneezer]] at the beginning of the cartoon, ''Awful Orphan.'' The place where he drops him off? [[Main/AndCallHimGeorge Elmyra Duff's]] house.

* In Creator/PoppyZBrite's ''Literature/LostSouls'', Nothing is left on the doorstep of a human couple.

* The main character's daughter in the video game ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' is left by the side of the road in a manner like this. The protagonist takes her in and soon officially adopts her. Seven years later, he probably ends up wondering whether that was a good idea.

* In an episode of ''Anime/MazingerZ'', Sayaka and Kouji find a baby boy in the doorstep of the Institute, plus a note that explains why was he left there. [[spoiler:His mother is a WidowWoman who not only was hit hard by the death of her husband, but has just found out she's seriously ill and can't take care of him any longer, so she's leaving him there to GiveHimANormalLife. Koji goes to finds her... ''when she's about to commit suicide''.]]

* Happened in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie, in an opening scene. Daisy's mother leaves her (in an egg… yeah) at a chapel in Brooklyn, along with a [[OrphansPlotTrinket meteorite shard]], which Daisy later wears as a necklace. Yes, Samantha Mathis plays a [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Reptite]]. Sounds good already, doesn't it?

The live-action movie ''Film/TheGrinch'' has this trope be a part of the Grinch's extended backstory. The Grinch arrived in Whoville as a baby (apparently by mistake) and was adopted by two women (both sisters). The identity of the Grinch's real parents are unknown.

* A ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' fan-made reboot adds to this trope by having the King of Mobius join Queen Aleena, him also being in a cloak when he has to separate the triplets. However, rather than Manic go to neither the slums of the thieves, he is given to be raised by Uncle Chuck. In addition, rather than have Sonic go to the two commoners living on the outskirts of Mobotropolis, Sonic is also given to Lady Windermere along with Sonia. However, five years later, the Windermere Estate is burned down by SWATBots and the Windermeres are arrested, reuniting all three triplets and having them live with their uncle.

* A ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' fan-made reboot adds to this trope by having the King of Mobius join Queen Aleena, him also being in a cloak when he has to separate the triplets. However, rather than Manic go to neither the slums of the thieves, he is given to be raised by Uncle Chuck. In addition, rather than have Sonic go to the two commoners living on the outskirts of Mobotroplis, Sonic is also given to Lady Windermere along with Sonia. However, five years later, the Windermere Estate is burned down by SWATBots and the Windermeres are arrested, reuniting all three triplets and having them live with their uncle.

* A ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' fan-made reboot adds to this trope by having the King of Mobius join Queen Aleena, him also being in a cloak when he has to separate the triplets. However, rather than Manic go to neither the slums of the thieves, he is given to be raised by Uncle Chuck.

[[GrayRainOfDepression It's raining]], and a mother (sometimes a mother ''and'' father) is carrying a baby in a basket. The baby is wrapped up in a blanket, but is obviously a main character. The mother may or may not be kept anonymous by a cloak.

* This happened to all three protagonists of ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''; one was raised by his aunt and uncle, one by an aristocratic family, and the last by a skilled thief.
** The aforementioned third hedgehog baby, Manic, is a minor subversion of the "there's always someone there to answer the door" part of this trope, he was actually stolen at the doorstep of where he was intended to be left, but was raised by the very thief who stole him.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'': Popeye's son Swee' Pea wasn't left on a doorstop- he was delivered to him in the mail. In fact, due to being in a box when delivered, Popeye thought the sound of his rattle meant there was a snake in the package, and was prepared to shoot the thing until he heard crying.

[[GrayRainOfDepression It's raining]], and a mother is carrying a baby in a basket. The baby is wrapped up in a blanket, but is obviously a main character. The mother may or may not be kept anonymous by a cloak.

So the mother goes up to a doorstep, puts the baby down, may or may not add a letter and/or an OrphansPlotTrinket, rings the doorbell and slips quietly into the night. The door is opened by the child's adoptive parents, who are (usually) fully accepting of the baby and their new roles as parents instead of contacting the authorities (and it just so happens that someone is always home and awake to answer the door, thus sparing the baby from dying of exposure). [[TimeSkip Cut to several years later]]...

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': One of the responsibilities Myne winds up taking on is being the temple orphanage's director. Only so much time passes before someone leaves a baby with the man guarding the temple's gate.

* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', "Beginnings", has this occur, but sadly Manic is stolen from his intended foster family's doorsteps and he is subsequently cared for by thieves.

* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', "Beginnings", has this occur, but sadly Manic stole from his intended foster family's doorsteps and he is subsequently cared for by thieves.

* In the ''Series/{{MASH}}'' episode "Yessir, That's Our Baby", a baby girl fathered by an American G.I. is abandoned by her Korean mother at the 4077th M*A*S*H. After the doctors try, unsuccessfully, to send the infant to the United States, they follow Father Mulcahy's advice and deposit her at a nearby monastery via a foundling wheel.

* Played with in ''Film/{{Annie|2014}}''. Annie was actually 4 years old when she was left at an Italian restaurant with her locket and a note written on the receipt by her real parents. Played straighter in the original stage and earlier screen versions, where she was left at the orphanage as a baby (see {{Theatre}} below).

* One episode of ''Anime/PumpkinScissors'' has the eponymous unit searching for the mother of one such baby after everybody except [[GentleGiant Corporal Oland]] fails to pacify it.

* In an episode of ''Anime/MazingerZ'', Sayaka and Kouji find a baby boy in the doorstep of the Institute, plus a note that explains why was he left there. [[spoiler:His mother is a WidowWoman who not only was hit hard by the death of her husband, but has just found out she's [[IllGirl seriously ill]] and can't take care of him any longer, so she's leaving him there to GiveHimANormalLife. Koji goes to finds her... ''when she's about to commit suicide''.]]

* In "My Little Brother is a Monster", the first story in ''[[Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters]]'', Jason and his mother discover a baby boy on their doorstep with a (badly written) note which asks them to take care of "Little Dumpling". Jason's mother cheerfully takes in the baby, though Jason isn't exactly thrilled about it. Things become more complicated on the night of the full moon, when Dumpling turns back into his true monster form. Turns out Dumpling is actually the prince of a kingdom of monsters who was taken to the human world to protect him from the usurpers of the kingdom. Dumpling's real name is actually "Dum Pling" which is "Prince" in the monster language. By the end of the story, Jason has accepted Dumpling as his brother and is prepared to protect him.