History Main / ContraceptionDeception

* In the FailedPilotEpisode of ''Film/WEIRDWorld'', Bryan Mayhew's horribly exploitative relationship with Abby O'Reardon has remained intact solely due to him promising to provide Abby with a child. As such, Abby is enraged to discover that Mayhew secretly got a vasectomy and has been stringing her along for years, presumably for the sake of using her for credit theft. [[spoiler: As such, Abby's revenge features her dosing Mayhew with her prototype [[FountainOfYouth youth serum]] and not giving him the antidote until he's a toddler and due to become a baby in the next few seconds, making Mayhew into the child she always wanted.]]

* Discussed in the film ''Film/{{Conspiracy}}''; when one Nazi official mentions that Jews and other undesirables could be sterilized instead of killed outright, another official mentions that they themselves could get a (false) certificate that they too have been sterilized, in the event of future sexual encounters.

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Whilst trying to figure out who got Dee pregnant, [[BoisterousWeakling Mac]] and [[ChaoticStupid Charlie]] interview all the men she slept with in that time frame, including [[FatBastard Bill Ponderosa]]. Bill reveals that it could be him as he lies to every woman he sleeps with that he had a vasectomy simply because he doesn't like wearing condoms. Whilst Bill finds it hilarious, [[EvenEvilHasStandards it causes Mac and Charlie to stare at him in utter disgust]].

* In the last episode of ''Series/MadAboutYou'', Jamie convinces Paul to have a vasectomy, then to have the vasectomy reversed, then to have the vasectomy *again*. He doesn't go through with it the last time, and Jamie ends up pregnant (though she loses the baby in a miscarriage).

Contraception Deception is when one partner lies about his/her reproductive status in order to have sex with the other partner. It comes in three varieties:
* '''Claiming Sterility''': One partner insists that there's no need for contraception because he/she's unable to impregnate or be impregnated. A male might claim he's had a vasectomy or suffered some illness/injury (such as testicular cancer) that left him capable of sex but sterile. A female could claim to have gotten a tubal ligation or hysterectomy, or simply say she's on a contraceptive implant or the pill. Either way, the other partner freely engages in what should be consequence-free sex -- no kid can result, it's just for fun. And then the woman's pregnancy test is positive. Depending on the exact setup, this can result in TheBabyTrap.

* '''Sabotaging Contraception''': The partner who wants a child takes an active role in ensuring his/her partner's contraception fails. The classic example is poking holes in a condom, though most condom failures are obvious enough that the guy really ''should'' notice. If the male is the one wanting children, he can either slip the woman something that interferes with hormonal birth control or steal her pills (possibly replacing them with placebos). [[note]] Although this one is ''extremely'' difficult to pull off effectively, because birth control pills these days come in tamper-evident packaging. [[/note]] This is another way to set up TheBabyTrap. It's also a way to establish the saboteur as a {{jerkass}}, and in RealLife is one way domestic abusers maintain control over their victims. Another scenario is slipping off the condom partway through intercourse, though this is usually done more to increase sexual pleasure, rather than to purposely try to get their partner pregnant. If the woman is the one sabotaging the contraception, an even {{squick}}ier method may be to inseminate herself with the contents of the used condom.

* Accidentally done in a PoorCommunicationKills way in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Apparently during the one night stand that sired Trunks, Bulma asked Vegeta if he was wearing protection and he affirmed that he was. Turns out said "protection" was his Saiyan Armor, not a condom.

* In ''Film/TheInvisibleMan2020'', Cecelia confesses that she had been secretly taking birth control pills without telling her husband Adrian, because she knew if they had a child, then she would never be able to leave him. However, Adrian's brother Tom tells her that Adrian found out about her deception and swapped her birth control pills for "something else". [[spoiler:Late in the film, Cecelia learns that she is pregnant.]]

* In ''Film/TheSkeletonTwins'', Maggie is secretly taking birth control pills to prevent having a child with her husband Lance to the point where he thinks he's infertile. [[spoiler: He finds out about the pills -- and her infidelity -- later on.]]

** Ayla secretly provides Ovra with the contraceptive tea Iza told her about, as Ovra will probably never have a living child, and the physical and emotional toll of the multiple pregnancies, miscarriages and stillbirths she goes through could end up killing her one day.

* In ''Literature/{{Headhunters}}'', [[spoiler: Clas Greve enlists Diana Brown's help in killing her husband Roger by promising to give her a child, the one thing Roger has consistently denied her. Clas neglects to mention that he happens to be sterile, the result of a [[CripplingCastration grievous testicular injury]] he received years earlier, and thus would never be able to impregnate her.]]
* In ''Literature/KrisLongknife: Unrelenting'', Kris and about 70 other women under her command have [[SurprisePregnancy Surprise Pregnancies]] because a disgruntled supply noncom sabotaged their contraceptive implants. This was meant as a protest against Kris relaxing [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades fraternization regulations]] for practical reasons and ends with the petty officer summarily discharged and sentenced to hard labor in the manure works. Kris and her husband decide to keep the baby.

* ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'': In "Whoopee We're All Going to Die", [[ReallyGetsAround Rhona]] wants a child and gets her boyfriend Tony to agree he will impregnate her promising him that won't have to have a role in the child life if he didn't want. However, when it comes down to doing the deed, Rhona struggles to get an unresponsive Tony in the mood who finally confesses at the end of the episode he's just not ready to be a father even if he wasn't involved. Seemingly accepting it, Rhona suggests as they're already here to just have sex for the fun of it, which Tony can agree with. However, the last shot shows her poking a hole in his condom with a needle.

* ''Series/BlackIsh'' episode "Sex, Lies, and Vasectomies": Bow learns that her husband Dre never had the vasectomy he had supposedly scheduled a few years ago, and waits to see if he'll tell her the truth.

* ''Series/Charmed1998'': Cole becomes possessed by the Source of Evil midway through the fourth season. After he and Phoebe get married, The Seer provides him with chocolates to give Phoebe that have been laced with a tonic that will override any birth control measures she's on. Two episodes later Phoebe's doctor confirms that she's pregnant (after first getting a false negative on a home test).

* In one episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al and Peg are trying for another child, because the first child born in the family would inherit a lot of money from a relative. Only Peg does not want to get pregnant again, so she is taking birth control in secret (telling Al that these pills are to ''improve'' her fertility) and enjoying much more sex than usual. Eventually, her deception comes to light and at the same time, another family member appears with a new-born baby that would get the money, so they can stop trying.

** In one episode, Kimmie is dating a rich guy, and asks Jacqueline for advice on the relationship. Jacqueline's immediate response is "you'll need a condom and a needle".

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', cousins Bobby and Luanne become engaged in an EscalatingWar with pranks, and Bobby ends up replacing some of Luanne's birth control pills with Sweet Tarts. Fortunately, she notices immediately, but then escalates it with the help of Hank and Peggy, who convince Bobby that his sabotage led to her getting pregnant, and [[ShotgunWedding therefore he must marry her]].

* In ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'', [[spoiler: Steven]] never told his wife that he had gotten a vasectomy before they met, despite knowing she wanted kids. [[spoiler: In the epilogue, she's shown to be pregnant, indicating that Steven had the vasectomy reversed]].

** In one episode, Turk was slipping Carla birth control pills because she wanted to have kids before he was ready. It's somewhat played for humor when J.D. accidentally eats a brownie Turk baked the pill into and it comes up on his urine test.

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->Her husband made it clear he wanted a big family. He wanted lots and lots of kids to inoculate himself against loss and Claire had tried and tried with him until she had agreed to go see a fertility expert who had informed Claire that she couldn't have children because she had an IUD and was taking birth control pills.
-->'''Creator/KarinSlaughter''', ''Literature/PrettyGirls''

* ''The Duke and I'', first novel of ''Literature/TheBridgertonSeries'', plays both Type 1 and Type 3 with a side of MissConception. The series is set in RegencyEngland, and it's a plot point that romantic lead Daphne Bridgerton ''does not'' know how babies are made -- especially as her mother Violet botches TheTalk quite badly. Thus, when Daphne's new husband, Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings -- who refuses to have children [[FreudianExcuse to spite his late father]] -- uses what Wiki/TheOtherWiki calls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coitus_interruptus coitus interruptus,]] she doesn't understand the significance. Once she does, she engages in a Type 3 [[TheBabyTrap Baby Trap]] by seducing him while he's too drunk to protest -- or control himself. This is, by any legal definition, sexual assault, and the novel attracted some controversy for not addressing the DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale. (Imagine how we'd treat the situation if it were GenderFlipped.)

-->Her husband made it clear he wanted a big family. He wanted lots and lots of kids to inoculate himself against loss and Claire had tried and tried with him until she had agreed to go see a fertility expert who had informed Claire that she couldn't have children because she had an IUD and was taking birth control pills.
--->'''Creator/KarinSlaughter''', ''Literature/PrettyGirls''