History PlayingWith / ConvenientMiscarriage

** The original plan was to add the baby to the cast. However, the writers decide to have Alice miscarry for dramatic effect.

* '''Lampshaded''': "It's a good thing you miscarried, Alice. If you had a baby to look after, you couldn't hang out with [[JerkAss us.]]"
* [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel "Is this loss?"]]

** [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel "Is this loss?"]]

** Alice is sad that she miscarried, but her [[Jerkass friends are thankful.]]

* '''Lampshaded''': "It's a good thing you miscarried, Alice. If you had a baby to look after, you couldn't hang out with [[Jerkass us.]]"

** Alice is sad that she miscarried, but her friends are thankful.

* '''Lampshaded''': "It's a good thing you miscarried, Alice. If you had a baby to look after, you couldn't hang out with us."

** Denise is pregnant while playing Alice, but the writers couldn't easily add a baby to the cast. Instead of [[TheOtherDarrin recasting Emma as Alice]], they keep her and say her character became pregnant. It is stated that Alice (the character) miscarried after the baby is born in RealLife.

** Alice gives birth to a healthy baby, but it [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse inexplicably vanishes]] [[ResetButton before the next episode]].

** Alice is pregnant for the second half of one season. In the next season's premier, Alice is shown with a baby.

** Alice has a stillbirth at 36 weeks.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is pregnant for the second half of one season. In the next season's premier, Alice is shown with a baby. The baby is revealed to be Alice's niece or nephew, but it is later revealed that Alice carried the baby as a surrogate for her sister.

** The actress playing Alice is pregnant, but the writers couldn't easily add a baby to the cast. Instead of [[TheOtherDarrin replacing Alice's actress]], they keep her and say her character became pregnant. It is stated that Alice (the character) miscarried after the baby is born in RealLife.

* '''Conversed''': "Why do pregnancies on TV always end in miscarriage?" "I assume it's to avoid changing the plot. They'd get in trouble for writing about an abortion, you know."

** Alice is [[TruthInTelevision severely traumatised by her miscarriage, and falls into depression over the death of her child]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob convinces everyone in town that Alice did not have an abortion.
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[BlackComedy Alice has a dark sense of humor about her own miscarriage]]. ("[[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion I didn't terminate my pregnancy.]] [[StatusQuoIsGod God did.]]")
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice dies [[DeathByChildbirth giving birth to her stillborn]], and Bob is DrivenToSuicide over her death.

* '''Exploited''': Charles the rapist doesn't want to find a DoorstopBaby at his house, so he only rapes women who always miscarry (like Alice) or who are sterile.

* '''Deconstructed''': No matter how many times Alice insists that she miscarried, everyone assumes she had an abortion. [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion She becomes an outcast.]]

* '''Parodied''': Alice gives birth to a healthy baby, but suddenly [[StatusQuoIsGod the Status Quo God]] enters the hospital room and uses a BoltOfDivineRetribution to [[BlackComedy kill the baby]] against Alice's will.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The original plan was to add the baby to the cast. However, the writers decide to have Alice miscarry for dramatic effect.

** The baby is Alice's niece.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is pregnant for the second half of one season. In the next season's premier, Alice is shown with a baby. The baby is revealed to be Alice's niece, but it is later revealed that Alice carried the baby as a surrogate for her sister.

** The scene mirrors a scene in a previous work, but ends with a healthy birth instead of a miscarriage.

** The scene marries a scene in a previous work, but ends with a healthy birth instead of a miscarriage.

* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice gets pregnant several times over the course of the series, always resulting in miscarriage.
** Alice, Bertha, and Claire all get pregnant. Claire wants to miscarry, Alice wants a baby, and Bertha is indifferent. Alice and Bertha miscarry, but [[LawOfInverseFertility Claire gives birth to a live baby.]] Because she is Alice's friend, Claire gives her baby to Alice.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice gets pregnant several times over the course of the series, always resulting in miscarriage.

* '''Inverted''': Alice does not want a baby, and deliberately exposes herself to several conditions that would make it ''much'' more likely for her to miscarry. Nevertheless, she gives birth to a healthy baby.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice, Bertha, and Claire all get pregnant. Claire wants to miscarry, Alice wants a baby, and Bertha is indifferent. Alice and Bertha miscarry, but [[LawOfInverseFertility Claire gives birth to a live baby.]] Because she is Alice's friend, Claire gives her baby to Alice.

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice's friend Bob says, "Good thing you miscarried, Alice. If you had a baby to look after, you couldn't hang out with us."

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The original plan was to add the baby to the cast. However, the writers decide to have Alice miscarry for dramatic effect.

* '''Deconstructed''': No matter how many times Alice insists that she miscarried, everyone assumes she had an abortion. [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion She becomes an outcast.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob convinces everyone in town that Alice did not have an abortion.

* '''Inverted''': Despite being exposed to several conditions that would make it ''much'' more likely for her to miscarry, Alice gives birth to a perfectly healthy baby.
* '''Subverted''': Alice always miscarries early on (possibly as a RunningGag) except this time.
* '''Double Subverted''': She has a stillbirth at 36 weeks.
* '''Parodied''': Alice gives birth to a healthy baby, but suddenly [[StatusQuoIsGod the Status Quo God]] enters the hospital room and [[DeadBabyComedy kills the baby]] with a BoltOfDivineRetribution.

** The actress playing Alice is pregnant, but instead of replacing her, they keep her, say her character became pregnant and that she miscarried after the baby is born in real life.
* '''Lampshaded''':
** Alice's friend Bob says, "Good thing you miscarried, Alice. If you had a baby to look after, you couldn't hang out with us."

* '''Defied''': Alice refuses to have sex, for fear that she will miscarry again.

* '''Implied''': Alice gains weight over the course of one season of the show, but then suddenly loses it (and there is no sign of a baby at her house).
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[BlackComedy Alice has a dark sense of humor]] [[DeadBabyComedy about her own miscarriage]]. ("[[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion I didn't terminate my pregnancy.]] [[StatusQuoIsGod God did.]]")

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice gives birth to a healthy baby, but immediately puts it up for adoption. The baby is never seen or mentioned again.

* '''Inverted''': Despite being exposed to several conditions that would make it more likely for her to miscarry, Alice gives birth to a healthy baby.
* '''Subverted''': Alice always miscarries - except this time.

* '''Parodied''': Alice gives birth to a healthy baby, but suddenly [[StatusQuoIsGod the Status Quo God]] enters the hospital room and [[DeadBabyComedy kills the baby]]... With a BoltOfDivineRetribution.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Adding a baby to the show's cast would alter the plot too much, but the writers still want to use pregnancy for dramatic effect.

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice's friend Bob says, "Good thing you miscarried, Alice. If you had a baby to look after, you couldn't hang out with us."
* '''Invoked''': Alice knows that she always miscarries due to her rare condition, but continues to get pregnant anyway.

* '''Conversed''': "Why do pregnancies on TV always end in miscarriage?" "I assume it's to avoid changing the plot."
* '''Implied''': Alice gains weight over the course of one season of the show, but then suddenly loses it (and doesn't suddenly have a baby).
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[BlackComedy Alice has a dark sense of humor]] about ''her own miscarriage''.

* '''Played For Laughs''': [[Black Comedy Alice has a dark sense of humor]] about ''her own miscarriage''.

* '''Parodied''': Alice gives birth to a healthy baby, but suddenly [[StatusQuoIsGod thee Status Quo God]] enters the hospital room and [[DeadBabyComedy kills the baby]]... With a BoltOfDivineRetribution.

* '''Played For Drama''': No matter how many times Alice insists that she miscarried, everyone assumes she had an abortion. [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion She becomes an outcast.]]

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* '''Averted''': Alice gives birth to a healthy baby.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice gives birth to a healthy baby, but suddenly [[StatusQuoIsGod thee Status Quo God]] enters the hospital room and [[DeadBabyComedy kills the baby]].

* '''Enforced''': Adding a baby to the show's cast would alter the plot too much, but the writers still want to use pregnancy for dramatic effect.

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