History Main / WaveofBabies

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' episode "Salmon Sez", Daggett and Norbert find out that their dam is in the way of salmon heading upstream to spawn. After the beavers come up with a way for the salmon to pass through, the episode ends with baby salmon flooding the dam.

* Among the monsters that populate WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}} is [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/ovulooge.htm Ovulooge]], which is basically the living embodiment of this trope, doing nothing but pumping out eggs that form a massive HiveMind and cling together in a huge colony.

* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'', you'll occasionally face waves of ''[[BabyBoomers exploding zombie babies]]'' known as the Crawler.

* ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'' is the TropeNamer. In one episode, after What's Her Face refuses to jump into a lion's mouth, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a guy with a ukulele appears and sings "Wave o' babies!" as a wave of babies crashes into her]]. An Easter Egg reveals she survives, which is rather amazing considering [[KillEmAll Strong Bad's usual formula]].

[[quoteright:150:[[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/150px-Wave_of_Babies.PNG]]]][[caption-width-right:150:[[RightBehindYou Don't look now]], but there's a giant wave of babies.]]

* The surge in births in the Western world immediately post-[=WW2=], due to peace, social stability and rising prosperity, lasted from approximately 1946 to around 1963.[[note]]After about 1964, the birth-rate in the USA and United Kingdom slumped noticeably. This is attributed to a rising sense of insecurity brought about by economic stagnation, which became economic recession in the 1970's, coupled with the historically unprecedented easier availability of contraception and liberalisation of abortion[[/note]]. For this reason, the generation born during this peak of births is universally known as ''The Baby Boomers''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' When the ship is [[spoiler:hijacked by Auto]] and tilting at a dangerous angle, a very large group of babies spill out of their hover-cribs and slide across the floor. They are saved by Mary and John.

[[quoteright:150:[[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/150px-Wave_of_Babies.PNG]]]][[caption-width-right:150:[[RightBehindYou Don't look now]], but there's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a giant wave of babies]].]]

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* In ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' Opus (after getting knocked out at his wedding) had a FlashForward DreamSequence nightmare about married life in the future, in which his wife left him with 100 of their test-tube babies, leading to his [[CatapultNightmare waking up screaming]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' episode ''[=#AdventuresInBunnysitting=]'', Zatanna's magic rabbits reproduce so quickly that they produce a massive flood of baby bunnies that they knock Kara out of her house and carry her down the street.

* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'', you'll occasionally face waves of ''[[ActionBomb exploding zombie babies]]'' known as the Crawler.

'''Mary:''' John, get ready to [[{{Pun}} have some kids!]]

An [[LiteralMetaphor actual wave of literal babies]]. In massive amounts, unstoppable, they sweep over all. Possibly gurgling the whole time. It can be of any species, especially ones that [[ExplosiveBreeder reproduce at an alarming rate.]] Usually a metaphor for how parenthood is all consuming or to just be plain weird. Or it could be a visual metaphor for the Malthusian catastrophe. See also TooManyBabies.

* ''Mickey's Nightmare''

* In introductory biology course lectures on the theory of evolution, Malthusian population growth is often illustrated with examples of how one breeding pair of, e.g., sparrows, could hypothetically cover the Earth if allowed to reproduce without limit, in the absence of competition, predation or disease.

An [[LiteralMetaphor actual wave of literal babies]]. In massive amounts, unstoppable, they sweep over all. Possibly gurgling the whole time. It can be of any species, especially ones that [[ExplosiveBreeder reproduce at an alarming rate.]] Usually a metaphor for how parenthood is all consuming or to just be plain weird. Or it could be a visual metaphor for the Malthusian catastrophe.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' When the ship is [[spoiler:hijacked by Auto and tilting at a dangerous angle, a very large group of babies are saved by Mary and John.]]

* ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' had the classic instance in "The Trouble With Tribbles", when Captain Kirk opens the door and is pelted with the eponymous Tribbles.

* The CreepyDoll haunting in ''VideoGame/SilentHill4: The Room''.

%%* [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Babies/ "Babies"]] by [[WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob Weebl]]

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' had this as the ending.

[[quoteright:150:[[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/150px-Wave_of_Babies.PNG]]]][[[[RightBehindYou Don't look now]], but there's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a giant wave of babies]].]]

[[quoteright:150:[[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/150px-Wave_of_Babies.PNG]]]]

->''"No more a rake and no more a bachelor'' \\
''I was wedded and it whetted my thirst'' \\

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* In ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' When the ship is [[spoiler: hijacked by Auto and tilting at a dangerous angle, a very large group of babies are saved by Mary and John.]]

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* [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Babies/ "Babies"]] by [[WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob Weebl]]

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* ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' has a baby sidekick who makes babies at a disturbingly fast rate and shoots them out at the titular girls, like in [[http://girlyyy.com/go/641 this strip.]] [[CaptainObvious She really loves babies.]]

* In introductory biology course lectures on the theory of evolution, Malthusian population growth is often illustrated with examples of how one breeding pair of, e.g., sparrows, could hypothetically cover the Earth in a WaveOfBabies if allowed to reproduce without limit, in the absence of competition, predation or disease.

* The surge in births in the Western world immediately post-WW2, due to peace, social stability and rising prosperity, lasted from approximately 1946 to around 1963.[[note]]After about 1964, the birth-rate in the USA and United Kingdom slumped noticeably. This is attributed to a rising sense of insecurity brought about by economic stagnation, which became economic recession in the 1970's, coupled with the historically unprecedented easier availability of contraception and liberalisation of abortion[[/note]]. For this reason, the generation born during this peak of births is universally known as ''The Baby Boomers''.

* In introductory biology course lectures on the theory of evolution, Malthusian population growth is often illustrated with examples of how one breeding pair of, e.g., sparrows, could hypothetically cover the Earth in a WaveOfBabies if allowed to reproduce without limit, in the absence of competition, predation or disease.