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If you thought this was about some other type of delivery guy, you should look it up under PizzaBoySpecialDelivery.

* The classic subversion, even though the birth doesn't actually happen on screen, is from ''ILoveLucy''. Ricky and the neighbors are practicing what they'll do when the baby is about to be born: calling the doctor, grabbing Lucy's luggage, helping her on with her coat and heading out to the car, all with perfect calm and grace. Then Lucy waddles into the room and says, for real, "Ricky, this is it!" HilarityEnsues as Ricky and the neighbors run around like chickens with their heads cut off, and Lucy, looking uncomfortable but still keeping a cool head, has to remind them of what has to be done.

* Averted on {{The X-Files}}, where it is a fellow female agent, Monica Reyes, who must deliver Scully's baby while hiding from those who want to kidnap the child.
** Also averted when Scully (who is a doctor, but not an obstetrician) helps a woman give birth while they were trapped during a flood.

* In the first ''MenInBlack'' movie, Jay has to fill this role for an alien. Who's in a cab. It's two, two, two tropes in one!

** Are you kidding me? Daniel is totally a ChickMagnet! Pretty much anywhere he goes in the universe he's got women falling all over him. And for good reason too - he's intelligent, sensitive, and he truly cares about the well-being of others.
--> '''O'Neill''' "Daniel, you dog! Keep this up and you'll have a girl on every planet!"
* Teyla of ''StargateAtlantis'' didn't need much support despite giving birth while stuck on the enemy's ship, but a very reluctant Mckay does overcome his nerves to 'catch' the baby. She still names him after someone else.

* Played with in a recent Series/DoctorWho episode where a heavily pregnant Amy pretends to go into labour, and the Doctor dives down, holding his hand beneath her legs as if he was going to catch a football.

Can be subverted by having the man [[PanickyExpectantFather panic]] or even pass out while the woman just gets down to business.

If you thought this was about [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean some other type of delivery guy]], you should look it up under PizzaBoySpecialDelivery.

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Often combined with ScreamingBirth and LockedInAFreezer.

* Played with in a recent Series/DoctorWho episode where a heavily pregnant Amy pretends to go into labour, and the doctor dives down, holding his hand beneath her legs as if he was going to catch a football.

* Played with in a recent DoctorWho episode where a heavily pregnant Amy pretends to go into labour, and the doctor dives down, holding his hand beneath her legs as if he was going to catch a football.

Can be subverted by having the man panic or even pass out while the woman just gets down to business.

* ''[[StarTrek Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "Disaster": When the aforementioned disaster left groups of people trapped in different areas of the ship, it fell to Worf Of All People to assist in the delivery of Keiko O'Brien's daughter. It helped cement Worf's character as lacking in interpersonal skills after he yells "Push!" for the umpteenth time, Keiko snaps back with "I ''AM'' pushing!" and his line "You may now give birth."

* In ''BarefootGen'', the titular character's mother is pregnant at the start of the film, and the family is anxiously awaiting the birth of the child. Then Little Boy drops, and after a [[spoiler: failed]] attempt at rescuing her husband, her daughter, and her other son from their burning house, the stress causes Kimiko to go into premature labor. Six-year-old Gen tries to find a medical professional, but all the doctors and nurses are too busy attempting to treat the bomb victims. Thus Gen is forced to deliver the baby himself.

* Played with in a recent Doctor Who episode where a heavily pregnant Amy pretends to go into labour, and the doctor dives down, holding his hand beneath her legs as if he was going to catch a football.

* Averted on "{{The X-Files}}", where it is a fellow female agent, Monica Reyes, who must deliver Scully's baby while hiding from those who want to kidnap the child.

* In [[VorkosiganSaga Barrayar]] by {{Lois McMaster Bujold}} Sergeant Bothari acts as midwife to Lady Alys Vorpatril for the birth of Ivan.

* Averted on "{{The X-Files}}", where it is a fellow female agent, Monica Reyes, who must deliver Scully's baby while hiding from those who want to kidnap the chid.