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** Little Alice is curious about her mother's pregnancy.

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* '''Justified''': Alice intends to earn sympathy points from the guards, making them drop their guard and allow her to toss the supplies to Bob quickly.

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Alice intends to earn sympathy points from the guards, making them drop their guard and allow her to toss the supplies to Bob quickly.quickly.
** Alice's [[ShowWithinAShow character Gabrielle]] is supposed to be pregnant for the scene.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Alice intends to earn sympathy points from the guards, making them drop their guard and allow her to quickly toss the supplies to Bob.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???
Alice smuggles supplies to Bob in a fake belly that's not large enough to make her look pregnant.
* '''Justified''': Alice intends to earn sympathy points from the guards, making them drop their guard and allow her to quickly toss the supplies to Bob.Bob quickly.



** Police coming knocking at [[OutlawCouple Bob and Alice]]'s door, inquiring about a recent jewel theft. The hugely pregnant Alice lets them and the two let them search the place. They don't find anything and leave. Once they're out of sight, Alice takes off her maternity smock and reveals that the stolen jewels were hidden in her fake belly. Bob then says "Man, we're gonna need to remember to pull that off every time the pigs come knocking on our door after [[CardCarryingVillain us bad kids]] rob yet another place."
** Alice's PillowPregnancy is actually her way of smuggling beer into a professional wrestling event. A security guard catches her, removes the prosthetic, [[WhatAnIdiot then hands her back the beer, but tells her]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she shouldn't drink when pregnant]].

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** Police coming knocking at [[OutlawCouple Bob and Alice]]'s door, inquiring about a recent jewel theft. The hugely pregnant Alice lets them and the two let them search the place. They don't find anything and leave. Once they're out of sight, Alice takes off her maternity smock and reveals that the stolen jewels were hidden in her fake belly. Bob then says says, "Man, we're gonna need to remember to pull that off every time the pigs come knocking on our door after [[CardCarryingVillain us bad kids]] rob yet another place."
** Alice's PillowPregnancy is actually her way of smuggling beer into a professional wrestling event. show. A security guard catches her, removes the prosthetic, [[WhatAnIdiot [[ComicallyMissingThePoint then hands her back the beer, but tells her]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint her she shouldn't drink when pregnant]].



** Alice sneaks Bob escape supplies using her fake belly, which a guard witnesses. Rather than arresting her, he just mutters "[[NeverHeardThatOneBefore It's the tenth one today, why bother?]]", and [[DonutMessWithACop gets another donut]].
** Alice arrives to visit Bob without looking pregnant. She reveals that she's carrying a empty bag under her clothes. Bob exclaims "But there's nothing in it! How am I supposed to get out now?" Alice replies "Simple!", then pulls Bob through the bars, stuffs him inside the bag and pulls her shirt over it. A nearby guard congratulates her on her pregnancy as Alice escapes the prison with Bob under her clothes.
* '''Implied''': Alice has an enlarged abdomen in one scene, then a normal-sized one in her next, with no hint of a TimeSkip or labour.

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** Alice sneaks Bob escape supplies using her fake belly, which a guard witnesses. Rather than arresting her, he just mutters "[[NeverHeardThatOneBefore It's the tenth one today, why bother?]]", bother?]]" and [[DonutMessWithACop gets another donut]].
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** Alice arrives to visit Bob without looking pregnant. She reveals that she's carrying a empty bag under her clothes. Bob exclaims exclaims, "But there's nothing in it! How am I supposed to get out now?" Alice replies "Simple!", then pulls Bob through the bars, stuffs him inside the bag and pulls her shirt over it. A nearby guard congratulates her on her pregnancy as Alice escapes the prison with Bob under her clothes.
* '''Implied''': Alice has an enlarged abdomen in one scene, then a normal-sized one in her next, with no hint of a TimeSkip or labour.childbirth.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice actually ''is'' pregnant.
* '''Doubly Subverted''': But not enough to be showing yet.
* '''Parodied''':

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* '''Subverted''': Alice actually ''is'' pregnant.
* '''Doubly '''Double Subverted''': But not enough to be showing yet.
* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':



** Alice's PillowPregnancy is actually her way of smuggling beer into a professional wrestling event. A security guard catches her, removes the prosthetic, [[WhatAnIdiot then hands her back the beer, but tells her she shouldn't drink when pregnant]].

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** Alice's PillowPregnancy is actually her way of smuggling beer into a professional wrestling event. A security guard catches her, removes the prosthetic, [[WhatAnIdiot then hands her back the beer, but tells her her]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she shouldn't drink when pregnant]]. pregnant]].



** ''Bob'' wears a fake [[MrSeahorse pregnant belly]] to smuggle escape supplies to his jailbird wife Alice.
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** ''Bob'' wears a fake [[MrSeahorse [[MisterSeahorse pregnant belly]] to smuggle escape supplies to his jailbird wife Alice.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???'''Zig-Zagged''': Alice wears a pregnancy prosthetic sometimes when she goes out, but not all the time.



* '''Enforced''': Bob sends a letter to Alice, telling her to disguise herself as pregnant on her next visit and smuggle the escape supplies in the prosthetic.
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': '''Invoked''': Bob sends a letter to Alice, telling her to disguise herself as pregnant on her next visit and smuggle the escape supplies in the prosthetic.
* '''Exploited''': ???Alice isn't up to nefarious business per se, but she is not above using the appearance of pregnancy to gain favours.



* '''Played For Laughs''':

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* '''Played For Laughs''': for Laughs''':



** Alice arrives to visit Bob without looking pregnant. She reveals that she's carrying a empty bag under her clothes. Bob exclaims "But there's nothing in it! How am I supposed to get out now?". Alice replies "Simple!", then pulls Bob through the bars, stuffs him inside the bag and pulls her shirt over it. A nearby guard congratulates her on her pregnancy as Alice escapes the prison with Bob under her clothes.

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** Alice arrives to visit Bob without looking pregnant. She reveals that she's carrying a empty bag under her clothes. Bob exclaims "But there's nothing in it! How am I supposed to get out now?". now?" Alice replies "Simple!", then pulls Bob through the bars, stuffs him inside the bag and pulls her shirt over it. A nearby guard congratulates her on her pregnancy as Alice escapes the prison with Bob under her clothes.

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* '''Implied''': Alice has an enlarged abdomen in one scene, then a normal-sized one in her next, with no hint of a TimeSkip or labour.
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** Alice arrives to visit Bob without looking pregnant. She reveals that she's carrying a empty bag under her clothes. Bob exclaims "But there's nothing in it! How am I supposed to get out now?". Alice replies "Simple!", then pulls Bob through the bars, stuffs him inside the bag and pulls her shirt over it. A nearby guard congratulates her on her pregnancy as Alice escapes the prison with Bob under her clothes.

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** Alice arrives to visit Bob without looking pregnant. She reveals that she's carrying a empty bag under her clothes. Bob exclaims "But there's nothing in it! How am I supposed to get out now?". Alice replies "Simple!", then pulls Bob through the bars, stuffs him inside the bag and pulls her shirt over it. A nearby guard congratulates her on her pregnancy as Alice escapes the prison with Bob under her clothes.clothes.

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* * '''Straight''': Alice wears a fake pregnant belly to smuggle escape supplies to her jailbird husband Bob.

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* * '''Straight''': Alice wears a fake pregnant belly to smuggle escape supplies to her jailbird husband Bob.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character uses a fake pregnant belly for some purpose.
* * '''Straight''': Alice wears a fake pregnant belly to smuggle escape supplies to her jailbird husband Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice literally just has a pillow up her shirt. Nobody suspects a thing.
** Alice, who appears [[ObviousPregnancy so pregnant she can barely fit through the door]], arrives to visit her husband Bob. The guard is surprised by how big she is, but she tells him she's expecting dectuplets. And by that she means she has two shotguns, three C4s, a hacking tool, a SpyCatsuit, a pair of night vision goggles and two bags of dynamite for Bob, all hidden in a bag inside her giant maternity smock.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Alice intends to earn sympathy points from the guards, making them drop their guard and allow her to quickly toss the supplies to Bob.
* '''Inverted''':
** HideYourPregnancy
** Alice [[StomachOfHolding physically swallows the objects]] she intends to give to Bob, making her look pregnant.
* '''Subverted''': Alice actually ''is'' pregnant.
* '''Doubly Subverted''': But not enough to be showing yet.
* '''Parodied''':
** Police coming knocking at [[OutlawCouple Bob and Alice]]'s door, inquiring about a recent jewel theft. The hugely pregnant Alice lets them and the two let them search the place. They don't find anything and leave. Once they're out of sight, Alice takes off her maternity smock and reveals that the stolen jewels were hidden in her fake belly. Bob then says "Man, we're gonna need to remember to pull that off every time the pigs come knocking on our door after [[CardCarryingVillain us bad kids]] rob yet another place."
** Alice's PillowPregnancy is actually her way of smuggling beer into a professional wrestling event. A security guard catches her, removes the prosthetic, [[WhatAnIdiot then hands her back the beer, but tells her she shouldn't drink when pregnant]].
** [[FreeRangeChildren Jack and Charlie]] use a pillow and TotemPoleTrench to disguise themselves as their pregnant mother Alice to visit their sick older sister Jane in the hospital.
** ''Bob'' wears a fake [[MrSeahorse pregnant belly]] to smuggle escape supplies to his jailbird wife Alice.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice's bump is real.
* '''Enforced''': Bob sends a letter to Alice, telling her to disguise herself as pregnant on her next visit and smuggle the escape supplies in the prosthetic.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "You can stop playing, I can tell your belly's fake."
* '''Played For Laughs''':
** Alice sneaks Bob escape supplies using her fake belly, which a guard witnesses. Rather than arresting her, he just mutters "[[NeverHeardThatOneBefore It's the tenth one today, why bother?]]", and [[DonutMessWithACop gets another donut]].
** Alice arrives to visit Bob without looking pregnant. She reveals that she's carrying a empty bag under her clothes. Bob exclaims "But there's nothing in it! How am I supposed to get out now?". Alice replies "Simple!", then pulls Bob through the bars, stuffs him inside the bag and pulls her shirt over it. A nearby guard congratulates her on her pregnancy as Alice escapes the prison with Bob under her clothes.

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