History Main / AHeroIsBorn

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': 15 of the main characters are shown being born. Of course, the puppies are not so much the heroes of the tale as their parents are.
* Aladar the Iguanodon in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' is taken from his mother's nest as an egg by a Pteranodon and winds up hatching in the presence of a family of lemurs.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' - Hercules was not only once a baby, he was once a god.

* Simba in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', with definite heroic overtones as all the animals in the kingdom come to see him. The film actually begins a short time after his birth; it opens with his formal presentation to the animals as their future king.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' begins with assorted wildlife coming to view the just-born Bambi and his mother. Seeing his adorable first steps is particularly endearing.
* The Argentinian animated film ''Manuelita'' (or at least, the main story of the film) begins with the main character gradually hatching from her egg as she makes her way from a random nest in a barn to her parents' house, not fully hatching until she reaches her destination.
* In [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie their movie]], Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls weren't so much born as they were created purely by coincidence. From the get-go, they knew they were different but their sense of heroism would reach full maturation by the movie's third act.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'': The [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] opens with Link's birth, showing his Triforce mark from those games as a birthmark.

* Frequently used in the ''Literature/{{WarriorCats}}'' book series, particularly in the larger sub-series of Super Editions which typically start from the protagonist's days as a young kit. Most main series start from when the protagonist is an apprentice (essentially a t(w)eenager in this world), however.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} RPG ''Tao'' provides opening exposition while an embryo - presumably the protagonist's - gestates in the background.

* ''Fanfic/Paradoxus'': The [[Recap/ParadoxusCapitulo03 third chapter]]'s opening scene is that of Daphne, Marion, Sky, and Thore in a waiting room while Bloom gives birth to Altalune, one of {{the heroine}}s of the story and Domino's heir presumptive. As it's customary for Domino in this fic, as soon as she's born, the princess' runes are read by one of the realm's elders--they conclude that her path will diverge from that of her mother and that the one who'd inherit the crown hasn't been born yet. The trope is PlayedWith as this is not the actual beginning of the fic, although it's one of the plot-relevant, chronologically earliest events.

* ''Literature/{{Firebringer}}'' opens with the birth of [[TheHero Rannoch]]... [[spoiler: And the death of his father. The book also ends with the opposite, with [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Rannoch, now old and on his last legs, being called by Herne to join the herd of the afterlife.]]]]
** ''Literature/{{The Sight}}'' follows the above formula with [[TheHero Larka]]. Justified in that the book is set in the same universe as ''Firebringer'' and are both written by the same author.

* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld'': Haymitch knows the parents of most District 12 characters born after the Second Quarter Quell and takes note when their kids are born. He has no way of knowing they'll be heroes, though, so the casual way he discusses some of these births can be humorous at times.
--> ''Ruth has her baby at the beginning of May. I don't visit; I haven't really talked to Ruth in years, and I only see Glen on rebellion business. Glen carries the baby around the square one day, though, singing a song. The baby is a girl. They name her after some plant.''

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'': The [[Manga/TheLegendOfZelda manga adaptation]] opens with Link's birth, showing his Triforce mark from those games as a birthmark.

* ''Film/SuperMarioBros'': Combined with DoorstopBaby and given the unique twist that a heroine is ''hatched,'' being that she comes from Dinohattan.

* In their movie, WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls weren't so much born as they were created purely by coincidence. From the get-go, they knew they were different but their sense of heroism would reach full maturation by the movie's third act.

%%* ''Film/{{Twins}}''

* Stories of Myth/KingArthur tend to begin with the retelling of his conception, a rather convoluted event involving adultery, war and magic, following in the tradition of Celtic heroes having unusual affairs.