History Main / DeliveryGuy

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' 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 [[TheComicallySerious lacking]] [[NoSocialSkills 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." The baby is named Molly Miyaki Worf O'Brien in his honor. The birth gets a CallBack in ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'': when Worf is told that Keiko is having another baby, his immediate reaction is a panicked "Now!?"

* Pauline plays Borovnian Emperor Charles doing this for Empress Deborah (Juliet) for the birth of Diello in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures''. Juliet enacts contractions and proper breathing pretty convincingly in a semi-ScreamingBirth. Charles is pretty inept, telling his wife to push ''between'' contractions.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'', Diego has to coach Ellie through her delivery... ''while'' fighting away hungry raptors.

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* In the first ''Film/MenInBlack'' movie, Jay has to fill this role for an alien.
-->'''Kay:''' Congratulations; it's a...squid.
* John Ford's ''The Three Godfathers'' has three main male characters, so only one has to go in and help with the birth, which takes place offscreen (though the man [[GoneWithTheWind still knows nothin' about birthin' no babies.]]) Miraculously, the baby is ''still'' named after John Wayne's character. (Well, named after all three of them, but Wayne gets the first name.)
* In ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'', Theo helps Kee deliver her baby in a rundown building in the middle of a battle-torn refugee camp. She names the baby after his [[DeadGuyJunior son]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'', Diego has to coach Ellie through her delivery... ''while'' fighting away hungry raptors.

* The main character of ''Film/Legion'' has to give premature birth in a diner surrounded by hostile, possessed humans who want to kill the child. Her birth attendants are the ArchangelMichael and Audrey, a teenage girl who insists that, "Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I know how to do this." Nevertheless, it's a case of CleanPrettyChildbirth with a ThreeMonthOldNewborn.

* Non-professional-woman subversion: Daphne in ''{{Nation}}.''
* In ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Barrayar]]'' by LoisMcMasterBujold, Sergeant Bothari acts as midwife to Lady Alys Vorpatril for the birth of Ivan. Unusually well justified, in that the others present have never attended a birth (well, apart from Cordelia, but she was the patient having the C-section at the time), and his mother was a midwife/prostitute who used to take him along on her rounds.

* In one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', a pregnant woman who has been kidnapped by her ex-husband has been found by Elliott. She is scheduled for a C-section because the placenta formed over her cervix (meaning the baby would otherwise burst through it a la ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' and cause her to bleed to death). Elliott calls an ambulance, but the baby is coming too quickly. He delivers the baby (using knowledge gained from being present at the births of each of his own children), but [[DeathByChildbirth the mother does not survive.]]

* Pictured above: In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold's'' episode "The Journal" has Arnold's father Miles in the role, when his wife/Arnold's mom Stella is forced to have her son in an abandoned San Lorenzo temple while lava from a nearby erupting volcano flows past. Understandably, poor Stella is screaming her head off and poor Miles can barely hold 'self from panicking.

Whoever he is, he's treated as a hero for having done this (even though all he did was hold her hand and tell her to push, and maybe "catch" the baby as it's born), and tends to be given more attention than even the mother. If he's not the father, he might be given impromptu "father figure" status (especially if there's no actual father to feel threatened about this), and be the first to proudly hold the baby while standing at the beaming mother's bedside. The baby might even be [[LastMinuteBabyNaming named after him]].

-->'''Kay:''' Congratulations; it's a... squid.

* In ''Series/Everybody Loves Raymond'': New York cops are legendary for having seen just about everything and for being able to cope with just about anything. Until Sergeant Robert Barone tries to take charge of his sister-in-law's pregnancy scare and attempts to run her into hospital. He succeeds in getting stuck in a traffic jam on Queensboro Bridge and, faced with delivering Debra's baby, flounders terribly. Ray is no help. Fortunately for Sergeant Barone, who panics completely, it's a false alarm.

* Theo does this for Kee in ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'', in a rundown building in the middle of a battle-torn refugee camp. She names the baby after his [[DeadGuyJunior son]].

-->-- ''Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}'', [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo:Deliver_a_Baby,_A_Concise_and_Easy-to-follow_Guide_Developed,_Tested,_and_Approved_by_the_AMA_(No,_Not_that_AMA._The_Other_One)_and_Reprinted_with_the_Permission_of_the_JAMA_(Also_a_Different_One) "HowTo:Deliver a Baby, A Concise and Easy-to-follow Guide Developed, Tested, and Approved by the AMA (No, Not that AMA. The Other One) and Reprinted with the Permission of the JAMA (Also a Different One)"]]

->''5. Gaze at area that you normally try to get to as often as possible but now, for some reason, can't wait to get away from.''

->''5. Gaze at area that you normally try to get to as often as possible but now, for some reason, can't wait to get away from.''

* Theo does this for Ki in ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'', in a rundown building in the middle of a battle-torn refugee camp. She names the baby after his [[DeadGuyJunior son]].

* A variation in {{Psych}}. Chief Vick gets to a hospital before the baby is born, but her husband is stuck in traffic, so she asks Lassiter to stay with her.

* 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 burned bomb victims. Thus Gen is forced to deliver the baby himself.

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* In the first ''Film/MenInBlack'' movie, Jay has to fill this role for an alien. Who's in a cab. It's two, two, two tropes in one!
** [[Series/SesameStreet Ah! Hah! Hah! Hah!]]

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* In ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Barrayar]]'' by LoisMcMasterBujold Sergeant Bothari acts as midwife to Lady Alys Vorpatril for the birth of Ivan.
** Unusually well justified, in that the others present have never attended a birth (well, apart from Cordelia, but she was the patient having the C-section at the time), and his mother was a midwife/prostitute who used to take him along on her rounds.

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** Niles & Frasier are medical doctors, for crying out loud. Sure, they're psychiatrists, but they would have had to go through maternity rotations in medical school/internships.

* Superman's done this loads of times, including once in ''LoisAndClark'', when the father says afterwards, "I've just thought of the perfect name." There was also a story in the comics where he saved a guy from suicide, left him with the expectant mother while he rescued someone else, and came back to ask the guy if he still thought he'd never achieved anything in his life.

* ''KyleXY'' has an episode where Kyle must help a stranger give birth on the side of the road. It had to be him even though there were others with him because he's so smart that everything comes to him naturally.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', Diego has to coach Ellie through her delivery... ''while'' fighting away hungry raptors.

** Unusually well justified, in that the others present have never attended a birth (well, apart from Cordelia, who was the one having the C-section done to her), and his mother was a midwife/prostitute who used to take him along on her rounds.

* In ''Their Own Place of Fame'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10635183/1/Their-Own-Place-of-Fame]], a retelling of the ending to 80's musical ''Theatre/RockOfAges'', [[spoiler: Drew is shown to deliver his and Sherrie's baby, but rather in a semi calm state, with the occasional shock of witnessing the event dead front and center.]] In the actual staged version, it is unclear who actually lends their hands in the ExpressDelivery, but if observed closely an audience member can see it narrows down to [[spoiler: Drew, Justice, or even Lonny of all people!]]