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* '''Subverted''': Alice's pregnancy takes the usual nine months in the series.

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Alice's pregnancy takes the usual nine months in the series.series.
** Alice simply [[LatePregnancyRealization didn't notice her pregnancy until her third trimester]], due to [[BrawnHilda her portliness]].
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** None of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters ages appreciably during Alice's pregnancy.

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** None of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters characters ages appreciably during Alice's pregnancy.
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** There is only so much time in which to portray events in a storyline.
** The actress that plays Alice is pregnant, and so [[RealLifeWritesThePlot a storyline involving the pregnancy is shoehorned in.]]



** The storyline involves Alice having a miscarriage or abortion early in the pregnancy.
** The timeline is personal rather than calendar, so what seemed like two months was actually nine months gone by rapidly.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Didn't you just take a pregnancy test yesterday?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"Didn't you just take a pregnancy test yesterday?"yesterday?"
** [[Series/WandaVision "The baby is approximately nine months early!"]]
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice's pregnancy last five to seven months.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice's pregnancy last lasts five to seven months.

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* '''Straight''': Alice sleeps with Bob, three months later she gives birth.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice's baby is born 1 week after sleeping with Bob.

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* '''Straight''': Alice sleeps with Bob, and three months later later, she gives birth.
* '''Exaggerated''':
'''Exaggerated''':
** Alice's baby is born 1 one week after sleeping she sleeps with Bob.



* '''Downplayed''': Alice's pregnancy last 5-7 months.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice's pregnancy last 5-7 five to seven months.



** The actress that plays Alice is pregnant, and so [[RealLifeWritesThePlot a storyline involving the pregnancy is shoehorned in]].

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** The actress that plays Alice is pregnant, and so [[RealLifeWritesThePlot a storyline involving the pregnancy is shoehorned in]].in.]]



** The timeline is personal rather than calender, so what was 2 months was actually 9 months gone by fast.

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** The timeline is personal rather than calender, calendar, so what was 2 seemed like two months was actually 9 nine months gone by fast.rapidly.
** Alice's baby is born prematurely.
** Alice is carrying multiple babies simultaneously, [[TruthInTelevision a situation that often lends itself to pregnancies that are over in less than nine months.]]



* '''Subverted''': Alice's pregnancy takes the usual 9 months in the series
* '''Double Subverted''': 9 months of "storyline time" that is. The episodes were filmed according to filming time, or made use of a flash forward.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice's pregnancy takes the usual 9 nine months in the series
series.
* '''Double Subverted''': 9 Nine months of "storyline time" time", that is. The episodes were filmed according to filming time, or made use of a flash forward.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Some pregnancies go fast, others slow, and others at a realistic speed.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Some pregnancies go fast, rapidly, others slow, slowly, and others at a realistic speed.



* '''Defied''': Alice has second thoughts about taking the potion, fearing that it could hurt the baby (or her), and decides to just suck it up and deal with her discomfort.

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* '''Defied''': Alice has second thoughts about taking the potion, fearing that it could hurt the baby (or her), and decides to just to suck it up and deal with her discomfort.



* '''Implied''': When asked by other mothers how Alice handled her pregnancy, she actually seems confused before mentioning "I regularly forget I ever was".
* '''Deconstructed''': It destroys the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief; most people know that a pregnancy does not normally go that quickly. (If it does, chances are it's because of a miscarriage or abortion.)

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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
** None of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters ages appreciably during Alice's pregnancy.
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When asked by other mothers ask how Alice handled her pregnancy, she actually seems confused before mentioning saying, "I regularly forget I was ever was".
pregnant."
* '''Deconstructed''': It destroys the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief; most people know that a pregnancy does not normally go that quickly. (If it does, chances are it's because of a miscarriage due to an abortion or abortion.miscarriage.)



* '''Played For Laughs''': GilliganCut
* '''Played For Drama''':

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* '''Played For for Laughs''': GilliganCut
* '''Played For Drama''': for Drama''':



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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???[[YourDaysAreNumbered Emperor Evulz]], needing a suitable heir before he dies, specifically impregnates Alice so he can influence his child.


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* '''Implied''': When asked by other mothers how Alice handled her pregnancy, she actually seems confused before mentioning "I regularly forget I ever was".

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's baby is born 1 week after sleeping with Bob.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice's baby is born 1 week after sleeping with Bob.



* '''Played For Drama''': The baby's early arrival causes problems and/or it doesn't survive.
** Whenever this trope over crosses with FetusTerrible.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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The baby's early arrival causes problems and/or it doesn't survive.
** Whenever this trope over crosses with FetusTerrible.The baby in question is a FetusTerrible that [[SelfMadeOrphan kills its own mother]] mere instants after being born.
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** Whenever this trop crosses with FetusTerrible.

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** Whenever this trop trope over crosses with FetusTerrible.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice is [[LongestPregnancyEver pregnant for more than a year..]]

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* '''Inverted''': Alice is [[LongestPregnancyEver pregnant for more than a year..year.]]



** Alice's pregnancy is the LongestPregnancyEver
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** Alice is pregnant for a total of two minutes.


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** Whenever this trop crosses with FetusTerrible.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A pregnancy that begins and ends very quickly.
* '''Played Straight''': Alice sleeps with Bob, three months later she gives birth.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A pregnancy that begins and ends very quickly.
* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Alice sleeps with Bob, three months later she gives birth.



** The storyline involves Alice having a miscarriage or abortion early in the pregnancy.

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** The storyline involves Alice having a miscarriage or abortion early in the pregnancy.



* '''Deconstructed''': It destroys the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief; most people know that a pregnancy does not normally go that quickly. (If it does, chances are it's because of a miscarriage or abortion.)
* '''Reconstructed''': The timeline makes it clear that it's a realistic amount of time.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Didn't you just take a pregnancy test yesterday?"


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* '''Deconstructed''': It destroys the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief; most people know that a pregnancy does not normally go that quickly. (If it does, chances are it's because of a miscarriage or abortion.)
* '''Reconstructed''': The timeline makes it clear that it's a realistic amount of time.


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* '''Played Straight''': Alice is pregnant at the start of one season of [[SoapOpera As The Earth Orbits]], and gives birth next season.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's baby is born within the next couple of episodes.

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* '''Played Straight''': Alice is pregnant at the start of one season of [[SoapOpera As The Earth Orbits]], and sleeps with Bob, three months later she gives birth next season.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's baby is born within the next couple of episodes.1 week after sleeping with Bob.



* '''Inverted''': Alice is [[LongestPregnancyEver pregnant for several seasons straight.]]

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* '''Inverted''': Alice is [[LongestPregnancyEver pregnant for several seasons straight.more than a year..]]

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* '''Justified''': There is only so much time in which to portray events in a storyline.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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There is only so much time in which to portray events in a storyline.



* '''Averted''': Alice's pregnancy lasts for a normal amount of time.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Alice's pregnancy lasts for a normal amount of time.



* '''Enforced''': "We need to portray a pregnancy without taking forever to film it."

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"We need to portray a pregnancy without taking forever to film it."
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** The actress that plays Alice is pregnant, and so a storyline involving the pregnancy is shoehorned in.

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** The actress that plays Alice is pregnant, and so [[RealLifeWritesThePlot a storyline involving the pregnancy is shoehorned in.in]].
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** The timeline is personal rather than calender, so what was 2 months was actually 9 months gone by fast.

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