Line #38 Main/WhosYourDaddy


1	->''"Sophie's dad: remember how I said it was Sam? Sam the architect, who had to go home to get married? I'm not sure that it was him, because there were two other guys around the same time..."''
2	-->-- '''Donna Sheridan''', ''Film/MammaMia''
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4	[[Film/KindergartenCop ... and what does he do?]]
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6	A woman finds out she is pregnant, and is uncertain which of her lovers (often a husband and a boyfriend) is the father of the baby.
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8	This may resolve a number of ways:
9	* The mother, upon learning the child's paternity, hides it so that her current partner will not leave her. (Or alternatively, so that the biological father will be safe from negative consequences.)
10	* The mother's new partner, discovering the baby is not his, abandons her, leaves her to cope with raising the child on her own. If the child is already old enough to remember this, this can be a pivotal traumatic childhood event.
11	* The mother's husband raises the child out of a sense of duty, but always resents the child and puts his biological children first.
12	* The mother's new partner demonstrates what a good person he is by vowing to love and raise the child as his own.
13	* The biological father, upon discovering his child's paternity, vows to love and raise the child.
14	* [[TheUnReveal The truth is never revealed, leaving everyone uncertain]].
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16	In modern times, [[DaddyDNATest DNA testing]] can confirm doubts. In older tales, ChocolateBaby or another UncannyFamilyResemblance may be the only way to resolve it.
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18	A SubTrope of MamasBabyPapasMaybe.
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20	See also GeneHunting, in which ''the child'' seeks his or her parentage. Nothing to do with the stock phrase used when [[BringIt one person taunts another in a fight]]. Also to not be confused with [[VideoGame/WhosYourDaddy the video game of the same name]].
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24	!!Examples:
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29	* The BigBad of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Part 5]] of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is an inversion. His mother was [[spoiler:an inmate at an all-female prison with all female guards, and she'd already been there for two years when she gave birth. Not only that, but the pregnancy itself was unusually long]]. There are basically no possible paternity candidates at all.
30	* Hachi's first pregnancy in ''Manga/{{Nana}}''. It remains unclear which of two possible men fathered her son.
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34	* The issue of paternity shows up in ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' story "The Baby Smurf", despite the fact that the child came by DeliveryStork.
35	* Played with in ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', when a "new" Spider-Man shows up. After lots of hints that he's Peter's illegitimate son with ex-girlfriend [[DatingCatwoman Felicia Hardy]], it turns out he's really [[spoiler:the son of the first Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew]].
36	* ''ComicBook/SpiderWoman'': Jessica Drew has yet to reveal who the father of her newborn son is; the only certainty is that it isn't [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] (he was the only one who asked, and her reply was to dump a plate of food on him; clearly she has a reason to keep it secret). It's revealed she got pregnant through artificial insemination, though who donated the sperm remains unknown.
37	%%* Jotaro in ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''.
38	* Done with Lori Grimes from ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''. The truth is speculated on, but never revealed.
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42	* When Anna finds out that she is pregnant in ''ComicStrip/NorthernOverexposure'', she has no idea who the father is.
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46	* ''Film/ThreeGenerations'': It turns out [[spoiler:Ray's]] birth father is not really [[spoiler:Craig]], but [[spoiler:Craig's brother Matthew]], as a result of [[spoiler:Maggie's]] cheating with him. Due to this, [[spoiler:Craig]] broke off contact with them. Worse yet, everyone ''but'' [[spoiler:Ray]] knew, and didn't tell him.
47	* The Creator/TinaFey movie ''Film/BabyMama'' has a rare example of "who's your mommy" thanks to IVF.
48	* ''Film/BoysOnTheSide'': A panicked Holly reveals to Jane and Robin that she is quite sure that ex-boyfriend may not the father of her baby and that their may be many other potential fathers. She turns out to be right, as her baby daughter's skin color [[ChocolateBaby shows that her father was a black man]], not her ex (who's white).
49	* ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones' Baby]]'' centers on this trope.
50	* ''Film/BuonaSeraMrsCampbell'' has Creator/GinaLollabrigida trying to figure out which of three men is the father to her child.
51	%%* The movie ''Film/FathersDay1997''.
52	* In the 1979 filmatisation of ''Film/{{Hair}}'', a major (and never resolved) mystery is who got Jeanie pregnant: Hud or Woof? In the finale (Let the Sun Shine In), Jeanie and Woof are cradling the baby, but it is never stated.
53	* ''Film/KillersOfTheFlowerMoon'': Anna was pregnant when she died, it turns out. Given her implied promiscuity, the father's left unknown (he may well have been involved with her murder).
54	* In ''Film/LocalHero'', the protagonist asks a gang of punks whose baby is with them (the mother being the one female punk in town). They just look at each other.
55	* ''Film/TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek'' is an odd example: She bumps her head at a farewell party for draftees, gets married and pregnant in her [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything temporarily poor judgment]], and then never remembers who her husband is.
56	* In ''Film/{{Mamma Mia}}'', Donna Sheridan had quick affairs with three different men, all of whom might be the father of her child, Sophie. HilarityEnsues when Sophie invites them all to her wedding. Although the biological father is never revealed -- according to the creators [[spoiler:it's Bill]] -- they each agree to be 1/3 a father to her.
57	* Done very dramatically in ''Film/RobRoy'', where Mary is uncertain if her baby's father is her husband, the titular character… or his mortal enemy, her rapist Cunningham.
58	* ''Film/TheStoryOfLuke'': Sara never told anyone who Luke's father was.
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62	* ''Franchise/TheDarkTower''.
63	** Was Susannah's baby from Eddie, or that [[SuccubiAndIncubi incubus]] who raped her? [[spoiler: It was the incubus, say sorry.]]
64	** For added fun, the kid actually turns out to have TWO daddies [[spoiler: Roland, and the Crimson King. The incubus was just the delivery mechanism.]]
65	* In Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/LoveAndFreindship'', Philander's and Gustavus's mothers were unsure of the paternity of their sons.
66	-->''Our mothers could neither of them exactly ascertain who were our Fathers, though it is generally beleived that Philander is the son of one Philip Jones, a Bricklayer, and that my Father was Gregory Staves, a Staymaker of Edinburgh. This is, however, of little consequence, for as our Mothers were certainly never married to either of them, [[LineageComesFromTheFather it reflects no Dishonour on our Blood]], which is of [[BlueBlood a most ancient and unpolluted kind]].''
67	* Bree's pregnancy in the later ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' books is a major issue, since she lost her virginity to her caring, gentle lover Roger, and was raped by SmugSnake Stephen Bonnet in roughly the same period of time. Indirectly, Jamie's ''other'' child, William, has the paternity quandary as well.
68	* This has fairly major significance in the backstory of the fantasy novel ''[[Literature/TalesOfKolmar Song in the Silence]]''. The debate is not the heroine's, but her mother's -- since one of her lovers [[spoiler:promised his first-born child to demons in exchange for a powerful magical artifact]]. The heroine decides not to go GeneHunting, since she knows which of the men ''she'' thinks of as her father, and nothing else matters to her. [[spoiler:Of course, the one who sold her soul is her biological father. Things just never work out well for fantasy heroes, do they?]]
69	* In the ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' novel ''Lost in a Good Book'', Thursday finds herself pregnant after the Chronoguard disrupts her personal timeline and worries that Miles Hawke, a man whose relationship with her is obscured by her RippleEffectProofMemory, may be the father instead of her {{retgone}} husband Landen. The situation is resolved when Thursday learns that the relationship with Miles that she doesn't remember involves helping him conceal his SecretRelationship with her brother Joffy.
70	* In ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga,'' this is a minor, [[AbortedArc unresolved]] subplot with Embry, who turns out to be a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent shapeshifter]], which means he has ancestry in the native American Quileute tribe. The thing is, his mother is from an entirely different tribe so he can only get this from his father and the only men who could have fathered Embry were married to women other than Embry's mother at the time. It's an uncomfortable subject that most of the pack (some of whom, logically, must be Embry's half-siblings) tries to avoid.
71	* In Maurice Level's short story "The Bastard," a man becomes convinced that the young son he's raised isn't his and that his wife has been cheating on him for years, and throws the child out of the house. His paternal instincts kick back in after the boy is mauled to death by the neighbors' rabid dog.
72	* ''Literature/TheAliceNetwork'': Charlie slept with so many boys that she doesn’t know who got her pregnant.
73	* ''Literature/TheForgottenBeastsOfEld'': Tamlorn's father is unknown initially, as his mother was suspected of having an affair. The father was either her husband King Drede, or Coren's brother. [[spoiler:It turns out to be Drede. She never managed to have sex with the other fellow.]]
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77	* Every SoapOpera ever. Ever! So common that ''Soap Opera Digest'' actually needed to ''applaud'' ''Series/GeneralHospital'' for avoiding this trope when Brenda slept with husband Jax and ex-lover Sonny.
78	** One particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} example: on ''Series/OneLifeToLive'', Nora intentionally got pregnant by Sam and pretended the baby, Matthew, was Bo's son. Then everyone found out he was Sam's son. Then it turned out he was really Bo's son. Then it turned out he was really Sam's son. Then it turned out he was really Bo's son. Sam is now dead, so the volley is probably over.
79	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' parodies and [[LampshadeHanging repeatedly]] [[ShoutOut mentions]] the ''Mamma Mia!'' example below.
80	* ''Series/TheAffair'': Noah and Alison's affair eventually results in her becoming pregnant again. However, she also had sex once with her ex-husband Cole at the approximate time of conception, so isn't sure about the parentage for a while and keeps this from Noah. [[spoiler:Later it is confirmed to be Cole's child through DNA tests taken during the trial.]]
81	* ''Series/TheAliens'': When Lewis' mother got pregnant, she'd assumed it was by her husband, as Antoine (whom she had been having an affair with) is from a [[HumanAliens human-like alien species]], which he'd agreed with. It turns out they were wrong though, and Lewis ''is'' his biological son.
82	* ''Series/AnotherLife2019'': Once she gets pregnant, [[spoiler:August]] isn't sure of who the father is, given she'd been sleeping with two men at once.
83	* ''Series/AvocadoToast'': Elle wasn't sure who had gotten her pregnant, but it's left moot since she very soon decided to have an abortion.
84	* [[spoiler:Cally]] on ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' hid the paternity test results from her husband. It wasn't until after [[spoiler:her death]] he learned of it and shared the results with the biological father.
85	* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': Carole spends a considerable portion of the episode "Temple Of The Body" trying to find out the father of her unborn twins. Unfortunately for her, all she knows is that it was conceived at a New Year's party (the father had been wearing an animal suit at the time). Not helping matters was that the rugby team had gatecrashed the party, expanding the list of potential fathers considerably. [[spoiler: It is revealed in the episode that the father was none other than Gordon Brittas himself, although he and Carole don't find out until the very end of the show]].
86	* This trope ccurs several times in ''Series/CallTheMidwife''.
87	** In Series 1, the nurses encounter an older couple with a very involved father and a very detached mother. The baby is a ChocolateBaby, but the father calls him "the most beautiful baby in the world" and names him Edward Jr.
88	** In Series 2, Trixie and Sister Evangelina are called to deliver a baby on a Swedish cargo ship. They're confused at first because women aren't allowed on cargo ships. The expectant mother explains that her father is the captain, who brought her on board after her mother died... and pimped her out to the crew. All the sailors stand outside the cabin door while the baby is born and sing to their possible daughter when they hear her crying, but in the end the mother decides to abandon ship and give her daughter a proper life.
89	** In Series 3, a married woman asks for help secretly giving her baby up for adoption because it's not her husband's. Sister Julienne suggests that it would be kinder to let the husband raise the baby as his own, but the mother confesses the biological father was black. When the husband sees the little girl, he threatens to murder her, forcing Nurse Leigh to drag her from her mother's arms for her own safety.
90	* Sue Ellen became pregnant on ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' after an affair with Cliff Barnes. Turned out the baby was indeed JR's. And they did it ''again'' years later when Cliff bumped into old girlfriend Afton and her daughter. Despite Cliff's hopes, this child too turned out to be someone else's daughter.
91	* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'': When Clare finds out she's pregnant, she figures the father is Drew, a one-night stand, because he was the last guy she slept with. A few weeks later at her ultrasound, she finds out she's further along than she thought, meaning the father is actually her ex-boyfriend Eli.
92	* The paternity of Aeryn's pregnancy became a prevalent source of angst during season four of ''{{Series/Farscape}}''. Thanks to FantasyContraception, Peacekeeper females can hold an embryo in stasis for up to seven cycles (years), so Aeryn had no way of knowing if the child was Crichton's until she made it to a medical facility near the end of the season.
93	* ''Series/TheFive2016'': It turns out that Jesse was really fathered by Frank, a neighbor whom his mother had an affair with. She suspected he might be the father, but insisted otherwise to Frank.
94	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Played with. Erica doesn't know which of two men got her pregnant. The father is either a golden boy or an imprisoned murderer. It's resolved when she confides the details of her two relationships to Monica and Monica realizes that Erica's sex education must be severely lacking; what she did with the prisoner could never have gotten her pregnant.
95	* Blair on ''Series/GossipGirl'' nearly had one of these in S1 (turned out to be a false alarm) and then does have one in S5. [[spoiler: [[ConvenientMiscarriage Not that it lasts.]]]]
96	* ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}'' did a rather convoluted plotline where the mother of the child had a serious relationship with the guy who ''wasn't'' the father, but he was the only one who knew that he wasn't the father. Then the mother died and left him the baby, and he got together with the dead mother's sister (I know, c'est la {{squick}}) and their relationship ended horribly. So then they had a big custody war over the baby because of the complicatedness.
97	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney and his brother [[ChocolateBaby James]] were raised by single mother Loretta, who never told either of them who their real fathers were. When Barney was growing up, she told him Creator/BobBarker was his dad and he continues to believe the lie into adulthood. However, in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS6E02CleaningHouse Cleaning House]]" he admits that he knows it is a lie but still found it comforting. His mom offers to tell him who his father is in the same episode, but Barney decides he isn't ready. Later in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS6E14LastWords Last Words]]", he decides to get in contact with his father after Marshall suddenly loses his own father. They finally meet in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS6E19Legendaddy Legendaddy]]", and Barney is dismayed to learn that he has settled down with a new family after missing his entire childhood.
98	* The ''Jeremy Kyle Show'' does this a lot with DNA tests. "And the test reveals that John… ''(thirty second pause)'' …'''is''' the father of Jean's baby!"
99	* In the LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek (of course) ''The Secret She Carried'', a woman is raped and later finds out she's pregnant, but is uncertain if her husband or the rapist is the father. Adding to the drama is that by the time the pregnancy is advanced enough for her to do a paternity test, it will be too late for an abortion should the rapist be the father. As it turns out, her husband is the father after all, but in true ''{{Creator/Lifetime}}'' style, it doesn't stop the rapist from believing otherwise and promptly stalking and terrorizing her in an effort to claim "his" child.
100	* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Sun had an affair before coming to the island, and had been told Jin was infertile. Thus, Sun is not certain if Jin is her baby's father until a sonogram in "D.O.C." shows the baby was conceived on the island (and Juliet reveals the island increases sperm count), so the issue ''seems'' to be settled. Some fans were still convinced that Michael was actually the father, however, due to some ShipTease hints early on in the series. It was definitively put to rest in the episode "Ji Yeon", where [[spoiler:Sun gives birth to a baby girl that is completely Korean looking -- not a lick of mixed racial heritage in her]].
101	* ''{{Series/Manifest}}'': Grace is initially unsure whether Danny or Ben fathered her baby. [[spoiler:It turns out that Ben did.]]
102	* PlayedForLaughs (of course) on ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' from time to time:
103	** In "Requiem For a Dead Barber" has a moment where Bud and Kelly argue over which one is truly Al's child. Once Peg sets them straight and insists that they both belong to him, they end up ''breaking down and crying.''
104	** In "Kiss of the Coffee Woman", Al has a moment of "tenderness" [[ItMakesSenseInContext to convince Kelly not to do a commercial:]]
105	--->'''Al:''' Honey, why do you think I carry your picture in my wallet?\
106	'''Kelly:''' ''(annoyed)'' Dad, that's not me.\
107	'''Bud:''' ''(angrily)'' [[BaitAndSwitch That's the picture that came with the wallet!]]\
108	'''Al:''' Well, I had to choose! It was between the little boy and the little girl, and I chose the little girl! She's...symbolic!\
109	'''Kelly:''' She's ''[[EpicFail Chinese,]]'' Dad!\
110	'''Al:''' THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD BE! ''(immediately has an OhCrap look on his face)''\
111	'''Kelly:''' ''(tearfully)'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I'm sorry I'm not Chinese, Daddy...]]
112	* ''Series/{{Maury}}'' once had varied topics. Nowadays, the show mostly deals with ''nothing'' but women giving men paternity tests. Sometimes, one woman will take up the entire show testing seven or eight men, find out it's none of them, and ''return another day''.
113	* The central concept of ''Series/MyTwoDads'' -- the mother died without knowing who the father was, and a judge ruled both potential fathers had to raise the daughter together. HilarityEnsues.
114	* ''Series/NipTuck'' has this with [[spoiler:Julia]] and the paternity of [[spoiler:Matt]]. After finding out that [[spoiler:Christian]] is his father, due to a one night stand before [[spoiler:Julia's]] wedding to [[spoiler:Sean]], she hides it from her husband. She reveals it to her son's father, her son, and her husband (in that order) causing her husband to kick her out. Her husband doesn't treat her son any differently and eventually forgives both his wife and his son's father for the affair.
115	* A subplot in ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'', involved a new station master at a rural English train station finding an old flame running the canteen. She has a daughter who could be the new station master's, and it turns out that the mother was seeing both her husband and the station master at the same time. The paternity was never disclosed, but was hinted to be [[spoiler:her husband after all]].
116	* ''{{Series/Outlander}}'':
117	** Brianna isn't sure whether her baby is Roger's, or fathered by her rapist, since the rape took place on the same day as her having consensual sex with Roger. However, they later realize that he's Roger's son, as he grows the same mole.
118	** Lizzie reveals she is pregnant, but she doesn't know if Josiah or Keziah is the father. It does not bother her as she is in love with both of them and is happy if either of them is the father.]]
119	* On ''Series/PeepShow'' there were at least three candidates for the father of Sophie's baby -- Mark, Jeremy, and Jeff. Mark has claimed fatherhood on the basis of Sophie telling him DNA tests have revealed it is his.
120	* ''Series/TheRepublicOfSarah'': Due to having had sex with both of them in close proximity Corinne has been uncertain for years whether Adam or Danny is her son's father. [[spoiler:It turns out Danny is.]]
121	* In ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'', there were two candidates for the father of Anne's son: her ex-husband George and her new boyfriend David. David had been told he was sterile, but George had gotten a vasectomy years earlier, so everyone assumed that David was, in fact, ''not'' sterile and the father. Then George confessed that he had lied about getting a vasectomy. This led David to conclude that George was the father. David [[PutOnABus broke up with Anne and left]] and that was that. We [[spoiler: are initially led to believe that George is the father, but we later find out it's David.]]
122	* ''Series/Sense8'': Amanita's biological father isn't known, but all three possible guys love her anyway as her dad.
123	* This pops up with Claudia Black again in season 9 of ''Series/StargateSG1''. Vala, upon accidentally arriving in the Ori galaxy, finds herself pregnant with no explanation and gets married to avoid punishment from the incredibly religious townspeople. Vala and her husband do eventually find out that the child is "the will of the Ori", making Vala's pregnancy a rather dark take on immaculate conception.
124	** Played with when Vala tells SG-1 about it and they immediately assume she was just really promiscuous.
125	--->'''Mitchell''': And I ask this not 100% sure I want to know the answer: Whose baby is it?\
126	'''Vala''': That's the thing: I don't know.\
127	'''Carter''': As in…\
128	'''Vala''': I swear, I did none of the necessary bits.
129	* Shows up in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' of all places. Dean meets an old flame who has a son who acts and looks like a mini-Dean and was born roughly nine months after they were together. The woman assures him that the son is not his and the real father left them shortly after her son was born. Some fans, however, [[WildMassGuessing theorize]] that she was lying, although this possibility is never addressed in-show. Dean eventually [[spoiler: settles down with them after Sam's death, but leaves when Sam comes back and winds up having Cas erase their memories of him to protect them.]]
130	* ''Series/{{Terriers}}'': Britt's girlfriend Katie gets pregnant shortly after a drunken one-night stand with her professor. Britt eventually finds out when he confronts her about why she hid the pregnancy from him. He's angry at first, but later asks her to throw away the paternity test results without looking, because he wants to believe the child is his.
131	* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': A brief story arc over a couple of seasons had this conflict. To summarize, Alan's ex-wife Judith's marriage to her second husband Herb hits a rough patch and they separate for some time. A series of events play out in which Alan and Judith wind up sleeping together during the separation before Judith and Herb patch things up. Shortly afterward, Judith finds out she's pregnant and immediately Alan starts worrying about the child's paternity. When the baby girl, Milly, is born, many people remark she bears a strong resemblance to Alan while Herb is completely oblivious and believes she's his daughter. The question of who the father is ultimately is [[TheUnreveal never answered]].
132	* Another central concept of the trope -- the Creator/{{Fox}} reality show ''Who's Your Daddy?''. A person who had been adopted as an infant must pick out his or her biological father out of a group of 25 men. It gained a lot of controversy and massive backlash and was pulled off the air after only one episode. The remaining 5 episodes aired on their reality cable channel.
133	* A big part of the plot during season 8 of ''Series/TheXFiles''. Though, being a paranormal show, and with Scully not actually supposed to be able to have children, it was both this and a 'How the heck did this happen?' [[spoiler: It was later revealed that the Smoking Man [[MedicalRapeAndImpregnate had artificially inseminated her with his sperm]]. At which point, the fans lost any patience they had with [[ChrisCarterEffect Chris Carter.]]]]
134	* ''Series/WarOfTheWorlds2019'': [[spoiler:Chloe]] was unsure initially of who fathered her son, because she had slept with a lot of boys and also been raped around the same time. After his birth, she realized her rapist was the father as they had the same eyes.
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138	* Happened on ''Radio/TheArchers'', when Emma wasn't sure whether her baby was Ed's or William's.
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142	* ''Theatre/MammaMia'', in which there are three prospective men who could be Sophie's father… and all three are invited to her wedding. HilarityEnsues!
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146	* In ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'', the identity of Emily's father is deliberately kept vague, but is heavily hinted to be [[spoiler:Corvo]]. Eventually, WordOfGod and [[Videogame/Dishonored2 the sequel]] outright confirm it.
147	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'': Late into the game, Eli begins to demand to talk to his father, whom he claims is Big Boss, leaving Big Boss's lieutenants wondering if he could really be Eli's father. [[spoiler:...or his clone, a product of the ''Les Enfants Terribles'' project. A DNA test is conducted after Eli launches a coup and steals Metal Gear ''Sahalanthropus'', which turns up negative: Big Boss couldn't be Eli's son, nor his genetic progenitor. This, however, is a major clue to the fact that Big Boss ''isn't'' Big Boss...]]
148	* ''VideoGame/SummertimeSaga'':
149	** If MC impregnates either Grace or Odette, they will both keep his identity secret, because he's already dating Grace's little sister Eve. This can become quite comical if he impregnates all three of them within a day or so of each other, meaning Eve will bring her baby home from the hospital in front of a heavily pregnant Grace and Odette, neither of whom has any idea who the "mysterious father" of their own children could be right after MC came into their lives.
150	** If Jenny gets pregnant, she will also tell Debbie that she has no idea who the father is, for [[BrotherSisterIncest obvious reasons]].
151	* In ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'' Haruka had a child by the time of the game and a major plot point is figuring out who the father is. Eventually, it's revealed to be [[spoiler:Yuta Usami, whose own secret heritage as the illegitimate son of a Chinese crime lord makes things even more complicated]].
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155	* [[http://www.marriedtothesea.com/091906/LOVE-SEAT.gif This]] ''Webcomic/{{Married To the Sea}}'' comic.
156	* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Davan]] goes back home and has a one-night stand with an old friend named Donna. When he moves back home a few years later, Donna has a young son, Rory, and admits that she doesn't know for sure if the father is Davan or the guy she dated after their fling. A DaddyDNATest shows that Davan [[spoiler:isn't the father. He becomes Rory's ParentalSubstitute anyway, though]].
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160	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "The Kidney Stays in the Picture", it's revealed that [[spoiler: Stan may not be Hayley's father. The truth is never discovered or revealed, but Stan chooses to believe she's his, regardless.]]
161	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': One of the Christmas specials reveals that the Nerd wasn't fathered by his mother's husband. She tells him that his father is actually Santa Claus, prompting him to take a journey to the North Pole for some family bonding. Once there, Santa reveals that he's sterile, and the timeline indicates that the Nerd was actually conceived during a three-way between his mother, Santa, and [[spoiler:the Krampus]]. Probably not canon, but with ''Robot Chicken'', who knows?
162	* Played with on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in the episodes "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut"/"Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut", where Cartman tries to figure out who his biological father is. It doesn't help that his mom ReallyGetsAround, and is also a {{Hermaphrodite}}. [[spoiler: Episode 201 reveals that she lied about that last part, and it is, in fact, one of the Denver Broncos, and that Scott Tenorman, an older bully whose parents Cartman had killed and fed to him, is [[{{Patricide}} his half-brother.]]]]
163	* A major plot point in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' focus on this trope. Sterling's mother, Malory, had slept with a handful of men, so she is unsure who might be the father, and she does everything she can to hide it if she ''does'' know. The most likely candidate was her old flame, KGB head Nikolai Jakov. There was no confirmation, and Barry kills him in Season 3, putting an end to the storyline with no resolution.
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