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* In the 'WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic "Past Sins" an evil cult try to Bring back Nightmare Moon, but ended giving life to a cute small black alicorn filly that ended on the care of Twilight Sparkle, who end adopting her.

Often, the couple can get their child in a much shorter timespan, it can [[OvernightAgeUp age much faster]], or be [[ReallyWasBornYesterday born mostly grown]]. As an extra bonus, the child's nature can explain PlotRelevantAgeUp, AbsurdlyYouthfulMother, the female variant of LukeYouAreMyFather and HomosexualReproduction. It can also bypass one of the obvious side effects of CantHaveSexEver.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', one way a spirit of intellect can be brought into the world is when a spiritual being and its human host [[spoiler:get so close to each other that the former sacrifices itself for the latter out of pure love. Since true love is a force of creation, the remains of the spirit mix up with the host's psyche to produce a new spirit who inherits traits of both parents and is "born" from the host's mind after a few years. This happens to Harry Dresden himself in ''Literature/SkinGame'', after Lash (a psychic copy of the Fallen Angel Lasciel who tried to possess him) sacrificed herself for him in ''Literature/WhiteNight'']].

* In "Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration" Deanna Troi gives birth a mysterious child.

* KidFromTheFuture: You haven't had the child.....yet, but they're around anyways.

* ChildFromTheFuture: You haven't had the child.....yet, but they're around anyways.

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' -- [[CuteMonsterGirl Molly the Monster]] was born when Dr. Jean Poule was running down the sidewalk carrying her [[LifesWorkRuined grand experiment in a test tube,]] while Bob ran the other way carrying a jar of crunchy peanut butter. [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060829.html They collided,]] and the combined substances [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060831.html came to life.]] A month later, she was over [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060909.html five feet tall and talking.]] She calls Jean and Bob "Mommy and Daddy."

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Journey's End", [[spoiler: the hand the Doctor lost soon after regeneration]] produces a clone after it is touched by [[spoiler:Donna Noble]]. This creates a clone of [[spoiler:the Doctor that is half-human]].

** But now they exist again as WIccan and Speed of the YoungAvengers. Apparently.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', one way a spirit of intellect can be brought into the world is when a Fallen Angel and its human host [[spoiler:get so close to each other that the former sacrifices herself for the latter out of pure love. Since true love is a force of creation, the remains of the Fallen mix up with the host's psyche to produce a new spirit who inherits traits of both parents and is "born" from the host's mind after a few years. This happens to Harry Dresden himself in ''Literature/SkinGame'', after Lash (a psychic copy of the demon Lasciel who tried to possess him) sacrificed herself for him in ''Literature/WhiteNight'']].

* In the ''StarTrek'' novel ''Literature/SpocksWorld'', Sarek and Amanda had to rely on Vulcan science to create Spock because Vulcan and human biology are not naturally compatible.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise}'' A hybrid clone child was produced using apparently stolen DNA (unspecified what kind) from Starfleet Commanders [[spoiler: Trip Tucker and T'pol]]. Neither parent was even ''aware'' of the child's conception, but once they found out they accepted her quickly enough.

* In ''Disney/Frozen'', Olaf was originally built by Anna and Elsa as children before being rebuilt by Elsa's powers. While Anna's contribution could be argued to be quite minor compared to Elsa's, the fandom pretty much considers him Anna and Elsa's child.

These children tend to have a death rate much higher than that of naturally-born children for reasons including FantasticRacism, being a LivingMacGuffin, [[YourDaysAreNumbered unable to exist for very long in the first place]], or some degreous form of SentientPhlebotinum. This makes them a choice character to use in a ParentsForADay scenario. If they live, they will often become an important plot element.

* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=4d70sy44l3nclu75pp1bq366 Mystical Pregancy]]: The supernatural conception variation.

Not to be confused with BizarreAlienReproduction, where the reproduction means is strange from a human point of view but normal for fitional beings. Compare ConvenientMiscarriage that is the closest non-SpeculativeFiction seems to be able to get if the child dies. Compare and Contrast ThatThingIsNotMyChild, where the child can have similar birth circumstances, but gets rejected by whoever involuntarily contributed to its existence (usually for a good reason).

These children tend to have a death rate much higher than that of naturally-born children for reasons including FantasticRacisim, being a LivingMacGuffin, [[YourDaysAreNumbered unable to exist for very long in the first place]], or some degreous form of SentinentPhlebotinum. This makes them a choice character to use in a ParentsForADay scenario. If they live, they will often become an important plot element.

These children tend to have a death rate much higher than that of naturally-born children for reasons including FantasticRacisim, being a LivingMacGuffin, [[YourDaysAreNumbered unable to exist for very long in the first place]], or some degreous form of SentinentPhlebotinum. This makes them a choice character to use in a ParentsForADay scenario. If they live, they will usually become an important plot element.

Not to be confused with BiazarreAlienReproduction, where the reproduction means is strange from a human point of view but normal for fitional beings. Compare ConvenientMiscarriage that is the closest non-SpeculativeFiction seems to be able to get if the child dies. Compare and Contrast ThatThingIsNotMyChild, where the child can have similar birth circumstances, but gets rejected by whoever involuntarily contributed to its existence (usually for a good reason).

Compare ConvenientMiscarriage that is the closest non-SpeculativeFiction seems to be able to get if the child dies. Compare and Contrast ThatThingIsNotMyChild, where the child can have similar birth circumstances, but gets rejected by whoever involuntarily contributed to its existence (usually for a good reason).

Having such a child means both that the couple can get it in much shorter timespan and it can [[OvernightAgeUp age much faster]] or just be [[ReallyWasBornYesterday born partly or fully grown]]. As an extra bonus, the child's nature can explain PlotRelevantAgeUp, AbsurdlyYouthfulMother, the female variant of LukeYouAreMyFather and HomosexualReproduction. It can also bypass one of the obvious side effects of CantHaveSexEver.

So, you want two of your characters to have a child, but going through a normal pregnancy isn't an option. If the story is SpeculativeFiction, the universe's Phlebotinum may be sensitive to the PowerOfLove or able to generate a new life form by using some kind of contribution from two different people, thus bringing their Phlebotinum child into existence.

An essential element of this trope is that the Phlebotinum child wouldn't have existed, or at least been in the same plane of existence as the other characters, without something from each of its "parents" combining or getting mixed together one way or another. The nature of what got mixed can include anything that is NOT an actual sperm and egg or the natural conception means of the parents's species. The way these got mixed can include anything that is NOT the parents mating in a way that would have a decent chance of producing offspring without the AppliedPhlebotinum. Note that this excludes in-vitro fertilization or any obvious fantasy or science-fiction counterpart to it.

If more than two people are involoved in the child's conception, this trope can be the supernatural counterpart to ExtraParentConception. Pregnancy will be either absent from the child's generation process or [[ExpressDelivery shorter than what would be normal for the mother]]. In the absence of pregnancy, the parents may have DoorstopBaby-like scenario with the child before finding out the truth. In the latter case, the child may or may not have been generated in a UterineReplicator or something similar.

Another essential part of the trope is that the parents accept the child's existence. They can take care of it, show it affection or at least keep an eye on its well-being if it can take care of itself. The child will usually love them back. ParentsForADay is a frequent consequence of this. However, RuleOfDrama rarely stops here when it comes to these children.

They are frenquently in UncannyValley, SentientPhlebotinum or a LivingMacGuffin. Any of these or just plain FantasticRacism can cause them to be mistreated at best and their life to be in danger at worst. Their very nature may keep them from existing for very long in the first place or be a danger to themselves and/or their parents. Phlebotinum Children at any rate tend to have a death rate much higher than natural born ones, and their end is usually seen as less tragic by writers. The ones that get to live can still be PutOnABus or have other problems linked to how they were able to exist in the first place.

That trope has apparent overlap with, yet is different from BizarreAlienReprouction, aka non-humans that reproduce in a strange way : it may be an unusual means of reproduction to the audience, but it's still the natural way of having babys from the "alien" point of view. If a human gets pregnant (female [[MrSeahorse or not]]) or is the father, the only weird thing is the [[NoBiochemicalBarriers the lack of biochemical barriers]]. However, nothing keeps non-humans from having Phlebotinum children of their own. The trope can still apply if it's established that the child's orgins have something supernatural or strange ''considering the parent's species or nature'' InUniverse.

* Whether DesignerBabies and in general Phlebotinum using genetic material that is not sperm and egg can qualify is ''very'' context-sensitive. If a child born of it is enough of a freak event to qualify as a PlotPoint, it falls into this trope. If actual sperm and eggs are used and/or the Phlebotinum is routinely used to produce children, it doesn't qualify. Too much is when pepole born that way are so frequent that it's considered normal by at least some people InUniverse.