1 | '''Basic Trope''': A woman gets pregnant on purpose, in an attempt to keep her boyfriend or husband with her. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice tells Bob that she's on the Pill (she isn't), and that they don't need to use a condom. She gets pregnant and tells him that the Pill apparently didn't work, when in reality she was never on it in the first place. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice has done this to two other guys before Bob; obviously, it didn't work. |
5 | ** Alice performs oral sex on Bob, and inseminates herself with the collected semen behind Bob's back. |
6 | ** "Proposing" marriage this way is considered the norm. |
7 | * '''Downplayed''': |
8 | ** Alice asks Bob [[BlatantLies just hypothetically, of course,]] what he would do if she told him she was pregnant right now. |
9 | ** Alice takes advantage of [[LawOfInverseFertility an accidental pregnancy]]. |
10 | * '''Justified''': |
11 | ** Alice wants to find a way to keep Bob with her. |
12 | ** Alice believes that BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, and/or [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking that her biological clock is ticking]], which is why she does this. |
13 | ** Alice and Bob [[DestructiveRomance aren't exactly in a healthy relationship or marriage]]. |
14 | * '''Inverted''': |
15 | ** Bob pokes a tiny hole in Alice's diaphragm (or in his condom) so she'll get pregnant and have to stay with him. |
16 | ** Alice tells Bob she's not using any sort of birth control even though she secretly is, because Bob wants a baby and Alice doesn't. |
17 | ** Alice gets pregnant in an attempt to get Bob to ''break up with her''. |
18 | * '''Subverted''': |
19 | ** Alice tells Bob she's pregnant, but she's lying. |
20 | ** Alice ''is'' pregnant, but the child is most likely ''not'' Bob's; she tells him it is. |
21 | ** Alice tries sabotaging her birth control, but [[LawOfInverseFertility it doesn't work.]] |
22 | ** Alice gets pregnant, tells Bob (who agrees to marry her), and [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarries]] shortly before the wedding. |
23 | ** Alice really does get pregnant, even though she was properly taking her birth control. |
24 | ** It turns out that it's just a PregnancyScare; A pregnancy test from her OB/GYN comes back negative, and Alice gets her period the very same day. |
25 | ** Alice has an abortion. |
26 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
27 | ** But then an official test from a doctor confirms that she really is pregnant. |
28 | ** A DNA test confirms that the child actually ''is'' Bob's. |
29 | ** Bob stays with her anyway. |
30 | ** When they get to the clinic, Bob persuades her [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion not to abort]], because he's willing to help her take care of the baby. |
31 | * '''Parodied''': |
32 | ** Bob tells Alice ''[[MisterSeahorse he's]]'' [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex pregnant]] to make her stay with him. |
33 | ** Bob's male partner tells him that he's pregnant. [[TooDumbToLive Bob believes said partner.]] |
34 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice thinks that Bob is not the baby's father. A DNA test says that he is, but it turns out that the test was botched and the baby's real father is Charles. |
35 | * '''Averted''': Alice does not get pregnant, and does not lie about or sabotage her birth control. |
36 | * '''Enforced''': RuleOfDrama. May result in a VerySpecialEpisode. |
37 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I thought you said you were on the Pill!" "I lied! Now you have to stay with me because I'm pregnant." |
38 | * '''Invoked''': Alice stops taking her birth control pills, and has unprotected sex with Bob. |
39 | * '''Exploited''': |
40 | ** As well as her parents and Bob, Alice scores pity with her friends. |
41 | ** Alice doesn't really want ''Bob'', [[GoldDigger only his money]]. |
42 | * '''Defied''': |
43 | ** [[EthicalSlut Alice]] believes this is unethical, and resolves to try and find other ways of fixing her relationship with Bob. Like talking about their problems in a civilized and non-accusatory manner. |
44 | ** Alice becomes pregnant ([[LawOfInverseFertility most likely accidentally]]), but doesn't care whether Bob stays with her. She may even abort. |
45 | ** A Law to legally treat this deception as domestic abuse, punish the perpetrating party and remove their right for child custody is passed, as to discourage said practice. |
46 | ** Biotech marches on enough that both partners need to actively choose if they want to possibly impregnate/become pregnant. This trope is now a bizarre anachronism that people find hard to comprehend let alone relate to. |
47 | * '''Discussed''': "What? No! I didn't get pregnant to make you stay with me. In fact, I don't care if you break up with me. I'll just raise the baby alone, or maybe [[ParentalAbandonment abandon it in the woods]]." |
48 | * '''Conversed''': "Why does Alice think a baby will make Bob stay with her? Realistically, it should have the opposite effect." |
49 | * '''Implied''': Alice and Bob have a ShotgunWedding, and Alice looks pregnant. |
50 | * '''Deconstructed''': This is not guaranteed to work, nor will it solve their relationship problems. (It might just create some interesting new ones, however.) It is also considered a form of DomesticAbuse. |
51 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
52 | ** Bob loves Alice unconditionally, [[LoveMartyr even if she is a manipulative bitch]], and marries her anyway. They work out their relationship problems, and both mature as people. [[StrangledByTheRedString And live]] HappilyEverAfter. |
53 | ** Bob gets out of this relationship and moves on, and finds a new girlfriend who treats him with love and respect. He may pay child support if the child is indeed his ([[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion assuming Alice doesn't abort it]]), but otherwise never has anything to do with Alice again. |
54 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Alice tells Bob that he she is carrying his child, and he believes her -- despite the fact that they've never actually had sex with each other. |
55 | * '''Played For Drama''': Bob doesn't want to stay with Alice, and [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] (or flees the country) to avoid paying child support. Meanwhile, Alice's parents kick her out onto the street. |
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