History Main / AsianBabymama

** ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'': {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler:The Comedian had a Vietnamese woman who was presumably his babymama, but when he told her was NOT bringing her back to America with him (as he had promised), she slashed his face with a broken bottle and he killed her.]]

* Creator/DCComics:

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is the mother of Batman's son, [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian]]. Originally the two had a child together born out of love in the "Son of the Demon" storyline until Zero-Hour happened, after which the story was taken out of continuity. Damian was reintroduced in the canon timeline in the 2006 storyline, "Batman and Son", where his original backstory was tweaked to reveal that Talia raped Batman to conceive Damian, who was kept secret from Batman for 10 years. This was later retconned to be consensual again.

** ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Mindy Hong (Chinese?) is Trickster's babymama.
** ''Aquaman'': Kako (Inuit) is Aquaman's babymama. Although she isn't Asian but indigenous, she fits the description of this trope.

** In DC's Elseworlds ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', Superman's son Joel has a Vietnamese lover who eventually married Bruce Wayne, Jr. (who was supposed to marry Superman's Daughter, Supergirl). Their marriage was more for convenience so that they could raise Joel's son as Bruce's.

** {{Subverted}} in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'': [[spoiler:The Comedian had a Vietnamese woman who was presumably his babymama, but when he told her was NOT bringing her back to America with him (as he had promised), she slashed his face with a broken bottle and he killed her.]]
* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' has (admittedly non-Asian) Kahvi playing this part with regards to (admittedly non-white...please move this if it fits another trope better) Rayek during the ''Siege of Blue Mountain'' arc, going so far as to lie to the father about their child being stillborn in order to get him out of her hair. (This comes back to bite her and her tribe when a temporarily supercharged Rayek ''returns'' just in time to get the next arc started...)

* Creator/MarvelComics:
** Puck of ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' had a half-Asian daughter, Zuzha Yu, whose mother was an unnamed Asian Babymama.

** A group of ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' villains called the Folding Circle (as well as one of the Warriors, Silhouette) was formed by a cult of Cambodian sorceresses mating with American G.I.s so [[SuperBreedingProgram their super-powered offspring could fulfill a prophecy]].
** From ''ComicBook/XMen'', Iceman's ex-girlfriend Opal once resurfaced with a baby she said was his. Turned out it wasn't, and she was just using the baby as a lure to make him help her with her drama.
* Ursula X. X. Imada, who is at least partly Japanese, was the mother of ''ComicBook/{{Nexus}}''' (Horatio Hellpop's) twins Scarlett and Sheena.
* The Seance from ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' makes a baby with an Asian Babymama. You don't see said Asian Babymama, just the baby, and the Asian Babygrandmama with whom he leaves the baby.

In the [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts genre]], she exists primarily only for angst and to give birth to a Eurasian child with l33t martial arts skills. She may have some sort of twisted motive (actually depending on the [[CrapsackWorld society]] that person lives in it might be [[ParentsInDistress an entirely reasonable and sensible choice]]) for conceiving her child, such as providing an heir for a powerful male relative or to train to be the perfect killer. Basically, when you combine Exotic DragonLady and [[MySecretPregnancy Secret Pregnancy]], you get Asian Babymama. UnfortunateImplications may follow.

* In the Music/ColePorter musical ''Theatre/AnythingGoes'', several characters (Reno, Billy and Moon) are trying to break up the impending wedding of Hope, who Billy is in love with, and Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, who is in love with Reno. At one point, Evelyn mentions that he had an affair with a Chinese girl named Plum Blossom. In the finale, Reno, Billy and Moon dress up in Chinese costumes and bad accents to break up the wedding. This leads to several great lines, including "Lord Evelyn take Plum Blossom into rice paddy and bring back Plum Tart. Pretty soon, along come Little Plum Pudding... *baby-rocking motion*" This prompts Hope to break off her wedding with Evelyn, and offer herself to Billy (aka "Plum Blossom's Uncle"), who insists that Evelyn "join club and right wrong done poor Plum Blossom." Evelyn takes the hint, proposes to Reno, and a double wedding ensues. Can have UnfortunateImplications, depending on how it's staged, [[LargeHam and how much Billy and Moon ham it up with their accents]].

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!!Examples

# She gives birth to a mixed-race child and keeps it secret from the father.

* There is an episode of ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' where a young Korean man named David seeks out Mr. Drummond believing him to be his father from his time in the Korean War. Later, Mr. Dummond is reunited with David's mother Hi-Sook it's revealed that Dummond knows he's not the father as does Hi-Sook but she told David he was to cover up the truth about his parentage. [[spoiler: That his father was an deserting American soldier who helped Hi-Sook hide after her village was attacked but then raped her when she tried to leave days later.]] Dummond says it fine by him to let David keep thinking that he is his father but Hi-Sook refuses staying it's time to tell David the whole truth. (Also one of few episodes were Arnold wasn't the star.)
* ''Series/{{Hunter}}'': Rick Hunter, the title character, a police detective in 1980s Los Angeles and a Vietnam vet, finds out that he has a teenage son from a one-time Vietnamese girlfriend.

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* US law allows for the sponsored immigration to the United States of those fathered by Americans between 1951 and October 1982 in Cambodia, Korea, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. Significantly, it does not cover the Philippines and Japan. And these are supposed to be America's strongest allies in Asia. WhatTheHellHero
* {{Inverted|Trope}} with a subsect of Japanese women called "[[https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/6-types-of-japanese-people-youll-meet-while-living-in-japan Gaijin Hunters]]". They're a group of {{Race Fetish}}ists whom seek handsome foreign men ([[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow usually white]]) so they can become pregnant with a half-Japanese, half-foreign child, and then dump their boyfriend and vanish with the child.
* Sex tourism can [[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/02/children-sex-tourists-leave-behind-fathers-visited-philippines leave something behind]].
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* In a short story by Kelley Armstrong, it is revealed that Jeremy's mother was a Japanese AsianBabymama, who seduced his father in order to have a child with her psychic abilities. Her plan ended badly when the father freaked and killed her.

* [[Creator/DCComics Just like the comics]], ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' does this with Red Arrow and Cheshire. In the TimeSkip between Season 1 and 2, they did the dirty, Cheshire got pregnant, and she reveals the existence of Lian to her baby daddy in Season 2. Though they make an effort to be good parents to Lian together, in Season 3, Cheshire apparently left them during the TimeSkip and returned to being a supervillain (one reason is that she thought Lian deserved a better mother, but it's implied she was also blackmailed).

* {{Inverted|Trope}} with a subsect of Japanese women called "[[https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/6-types-of-japanese-people-youll-meet-while-living-in-japan Gaijin Hunters]]". They're a group of {{Race Fetish}}ists that seek handsome foreign men ([[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow usually white]]) so they can become pregnant with a half-Japanese, half-foreign child, and then dump their boyfriend and vanish with the child.

** ''ComicBook/Aquaman'': Kako (Inuit) is Aquaman's babymama. Although she isn't Asian but indigenous, she fits the description of this trope.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is the mother of Batman's son, [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian]]. Originally the two had a child together born out of love in the "Son of the Demon" storyline until Zero-Hour, after which the story was taken out of continuity. Damian was reintroduced in the canon timeline in the 2006 storyline, "Batman and Son", where his original backstory was tweaked to reveal that Talia raped Batman to conceive Damian, who was kept secret from Batman for 10 years. This was later retconned to be consensual again.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is the mother of Batman's son, [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian]]. Originally the two had a child together in the (initially) non-canon storyline, "Son of the Demon". Damian entered the canon timeline in the 2006 storyline, "Batman and Son", where it is revealed that Talia raped Batman to conceive Damian, who was kept secret from Batman for 10 years. This was later retconned to be consensual.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is Batman's babymama. In the 2006 storyline "Batman and Son", it is revealed that Talia raped Batman and had a son named [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian]] who was kept secret from Batman for 10 years. This was later retconned to be consensual.
** ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'': Lillian Worth (Cambodian) is Deathstroke's babymama.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is Batman's babymama. In the 2006 storyline "Batman and Son", it is revealed that Talia raped Batman and had a son named [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian]] who was kept secret from Batman for 10 years. This was later [[Retcon retconned]] to be consensual.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is Batman's babymama. In the 2006 storyline "Batman and Son", it is revealed that Talia raped Batman and had a son named [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian]] who was kept secret from Batman for 10 years. This was later [[Main/Retcon retconned]] to be consensual.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is Batman's babymama. In the 2006 storyline "Batman and Son", it is revealed that Talia raped Batman and had a son named [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian]] who was kept secret from Batman for 10 years. This was later [[Retcon retconned]] to be consensual.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] (Chinese/Arab) is Batman's babymama.

*** Moonday Hawke (Korean/black) is Oliver Queen's babymama.

** ComicBook/{{Daken}} is the son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased Japanese wife.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Talia Al Ghul (Chinese/Arab) is Batman's babymama.

** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Cheshire (Vietnamese/French) is Arsenal and Catman's babymama. Twist: Roy (Speedy/Arsenal/Red Arrow) actually takes full responsibility for raising Lian once he finds out. It [[spoiler:was]] working well. Then, poor kid was [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]. Now that [[spoiler:didn't work well]]. Which is why [[spoiler:''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' fixed it.]]

As those wars are less contemporary now and that stereotype is dying, this trope is becoming less common. Asian brides no longer have the same stigmas and stereotypes attached to them without setting a work back in that time period. As such it's becoming a DeadHorseTrope now. If you do see it invoked nowadays, it'll be the "Globetrotting hero knocks up mistress with an agenda" variety.

** ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Mantis was the result of one such union by a supervillain and a Vietnamese woman.