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* Series/{{Castle}} mentions in one episode that he liked taking Alexis to the park when she was little since it was a great place to pick up single mothers.

* In [[TheFilmOfTheBook the film of]] ''Film/MarleyAndMe'', John is on a walk with his friend Sebastian. When Sebastian sees an attractive girl at an ice cream stand, he takes the stroller with baby Patrick away from John and walks toward her, with John good-naturedly protesting, "Come on, that's my son!"

* On ''Series/CornerGas'', Wanda asks Brent to babysit her EnfanteTerrible son Tanner, which he flatly refuses. Later, Lacey mentions she finds men who like kids attractive, at which point Brent''offers'' to babysit Tanner. He asks Lacey to join him, but she tells him "No way, I hate kids".

* Sid the Sloth tries to use this in ''WesternAnimation/IceAge''... and it actually DOES seem to be working, until Manny the Mammoth steps in. A cut-out scene shows Sid attempting to complete the 'score' after Manny's taken away their youthful charge, and predictably it ends badly.
* Gru in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' is forced to take the girls to their dance class where he is the only male parent present. When Agnes gives him his ticket for the recital, which he promises to attend, every single mom present goes instantly from being bored to instantly smitten for Gru.

* In [[http://snapetales.com/index.php?fic_id=7506 The Single Father]], a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic, Peter Pettigrew becomes a KavorkaMan thanks to this trope. He goes to walk with Voldemort, disguising the latter as a normal baby, and multiple women swoon over the sight of a man taking care of a child.

The idea that babies (or small children) put women in a Romantic Mood. (Not their own babies, of course, but somebody else's). Particularly true for an OldMaid, as it warns them that their biological clock is ticking. After all, it's a given that everyone thinks babies are cute. Complete strangers stop and tell you, "What a cute baby!"

-->-- ''Series/FullHouse''

Contrast with SingleParentsAreUndesirable

* Done inadvertently by Homer on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode Large Marge. Home gets tricked by Lisa into participating in Habitat for Humanity and while working he removes his wedding ring to not get any paint on it. As he helping Lisa, Lindsey Naegle and Cookie Kwan take notice for being a decent parent.

* ''Series/FullHouse'': Jesse, in the quoted example, used Michelle this way... apparently, quite frequently.

** In another episode a potential future step-sister played by Raven Simone tried to reassure him, "When you take me to the parks, I can pick up more babes than a puppy."

* Joey and Chandler intend to use Ben to pick up women in the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One With the Baby on the Bus," but the first woman Ben snares [[MistakenForGay thinks Joey and Chandler are a gay couple]]. Later they get chatting to a couple of women... and, distracted, manage to ''leave'' the baby on the bus when they get off.
* Eric from ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' combined this with additional lies about being in law school and the Secret Service with reckless abandon.

* In one episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Barney and Ted decide to become parents together. Then Barney mysteriously produces a baby ([[spoiler:he was just babysitting his niece]]). It takes about ten seconds after walking outside for some two dozen women to swarm around them.

* In ''Series/TheBrothersGarcia'', after the kids believe their mom is having another baby, Carlos has an ImagineSpot of himself doing this.