History Main / ProudPapaPassesOutTheCigars

These days, this is a ForgottenTrope, though people occasionally pass out ''chocolate'' [[note]]or sometimes bubble gum[[/note]]cigars (which might also happen if the character is too young to smoke). See also SmokingHotSex.

These days, this is a ForgottenTrope, though people occasionally pass out ''chocolate'' cigars (which might also happen if the character is too young to smoke). See also SmokingHotSex.

-->--'''Creator/MitchHedberg'''

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] for a laugh in an episode of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. Darrin claims to know what a pregnant Samantha is going through, so [[ObnoxiousInLaws Endora]] decides to punish his hubris by casting a spell that makes him [[MrSeahorse suffer pregnancy symptoms]]. When Darrin realizes what's going on, he imagines himself giving birth in a hospital, with ''Sam'' passing out cigars to the men in the waiting room as a Proud Mama.
* In the fourth season of ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Joe gives out cigars to the team as a way to announce that his girlfriend Cecile is pregnant, though no one is seen actually smoking them.
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In a flashback to just after the birth of Riker and Troi's son, Troi video-calls Riker as he sits in a bar with Picard, and sarcastically inquires if he's passing around the whiskey and cigars, before telling him to get his butt home to help her with their newborn.

-->'''Jenkins''': Cigars, sir?\\
'''Wintergreen''': No. Cigarettes this time! A boy and a girl! Well!
* In ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', Mr. Wormwood enters the maternity ward smoking a cigarette upon hearing of the birth of his son. The doctor chastises him, and he agrees that it's inappropriate--"[[ComicallyMissingThePoint This calls for a proper smoke!]]" Mr. Wormwood reaches into his pocket and produces a fancy cigar instead.

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** In "WesternAnimation/CaseyBatsAgain", Casey is so excited about his wife's pregnancy that he doesn't even wait for the birth, he goes straight to the bar and holds out a fistful of cigars.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'': When the Grand Duke tries to inform the King that Cinderella ran away from the ball, the King believes that his son has made the decision to wed her already and, [[IWantGrandkids unable to wait for his grandchildren to come]], stuffs the Duke's face with cigars ("Got to practice passing these out"!).
* In the opening of ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'', Herb is excitedly rushing home and celebrating that his baby is being delivered. He shoves metallic cigars into the mouths of two men on a bench in his celebration, which rev like engines when the two robots smoke.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt'' (''New Year's Ned''), a proud papa passes out the choco cigars.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', Timon uses an elaborate lie to make it seem that Pumbaa is a language translator. When a chef [[ContrivedCoincidence who speaks Pumbaa's supposed foreign tongue]] tries to warn everybody about a gas leak, Pumbaa makes them think he said 'It's a boy' and '[[StuffBlowingUp Does anybody have a light?]]'.
* Following Pebbles' birth in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred and Barney smoke cigars to celebrate. They are then promptly taken away by Pebbles' nurse.
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts
** The short "WesternAnimation/FathersArePeople" opens with WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} passing out cigars to his coworkers to celebrate him becoming a father.
** In "No Smoking", Goofy tries to get a cigar from a coworker who became a father, but it gets yanked away because he just quit smoking.
** In the Disney short "WesternAnimation/CaseyBatsAgain" Casey is so excited about his wife's pregnancy that he doesn't even wait for the birth, he goes straight to the bar and holds out a fistful of cigars. Watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq9ur0VfVn0&t=1m36s here]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfDavidTheGnome'', David recalls when his friend, Harry, became a father, saying he was so excited, he passed out cigars to everyone for a month, but David later admits ''he'' was worse than Harry when his granddaughter, Susan was born.
* The 1967 ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' short "In the Pink" has a scene where the Panther is about to practice boxing on a speedbag, which suddenly shrinks down to egg-sized, and he chucks it away in frustration. A random chicken wanders by and sits on the speedbag, whereupon it suddenly it suddenly grows to about the size of a person. The chicken is so pleased with its egg-sitting prowess that it shoves a cigar in the Panther's mouth and runs off, clucking happily. [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} Yeah, the shorts were weird.]]

* In an episode of ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', one of [[PointyHairedBoss Michael's]] employees gives birth. Michael isn't the father, but he ''[[TeamDad feels]]'' like one, so he celebrates with a cigar (and an Creator/EdwardGRobinson impression)... [[TooDumbToLive while still in the hospital hallway]].

* In an episode of ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', one of [[PointyHairedBoss Michael's]] employees, [[spoiler: Pamela]], gives birth. Michael isn't the father, but he ''feels'' like one, so he celebrates with a cigar... [[TooDumbToLive while still in the hospital hallway]].

* Invoked in Webcomic/SomethingPositive, where a Texan childbirth is referred to as being marred by the absence of "[[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/making-deliveries-pt-4/ it's a mulatto girl]]" cigars.

* ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'' (published in 1979) mentions this happening at Chris's birth (in the 40s). When half-uncle Christopher and half-niece Corrine married, their family was lividly angry, saying their children would come out heinously deformed. After a very nervous first pregnancy, their son Christopher Jr was born perfectly fine. Christopher Sr gave away 6 boxes of cigars in his joy and relief.

In most works of fiction, usually in the 1960s to 1970s, when a child is born, the new father likes to celebrate by passing out cigars to everyone. The origin of this is likely a variation of opening a champagne bottle in a toast for a momentous occasion. It could also be attributed to the new father being so excited about his kid that he feels generous enough to pass out his quality smokes to his friends. Alternatively, he may be [[PanickyExpectantFather so nervous]] that he needs something to calm him down.

'''Chandler:''' Yes, Joey's made arrangements to have his baby in a movie from the fifties.

* Referenced in the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One With The Birth." When Joey is grossed out by details of Carol's labour, Rachel asks him how he'll cope when he has kids himself.

-->'''Joey:''' I'll be in the waiting room, handing out cigars!\\
'''Ross:''' So your plan is to have your baby in the fifties?

* At the end of ''Film/Parenthood'', Frank Buckman celebrates the arrival of his newest grandchild by tearing down the "No Smoking" sign in the hospital waiting room and lighting up a cigar, chuckling all the while.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': in one of the Novels, "Enterprise: The First Adventure" Scotty hands out cigars to celebrate the birth of his nephew. Spock, knowing the harmful effects of cigars, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint mistakes it as a form of lottery to thin the population to make room for the new life]] and politely declines.

* Referenced in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One With The Birth." When Joey is grossed out by details of Carol's labour, Rachel asks him how he'll cope when he has kids himself.

* ''Series/SportsNight'' has a grandfather version. After Isaac spends most of "Thespis" worried about his pregnant daughter being rushed to the hospital ten days before her due date and him not being able to do anything because she's in San Francisco and he's in New York. When he gets word at the end of the episode that she successfully delivered a healthy baby boy, he passes out cigars among the crew.
* After Kelso becomes a father on ''Series/That70sShow'', he gets cigars for himself and his friends. They smoke them in the circle and find them disgusting...except for Jackie.

->''I went into a cigar store and the man behind the counter asked me, "What kind of cigars do you like?" I said, "It's-A-Boys."''
-->--Creator/MitchHedberg.

* In the fourth season of ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Joe gives out cigars to the team as a way to announce that his girlfriend Cecile is pregnant, though no one seen actually smoking them.

-->'''Jenkins''': Cigars, sir?
-->'''Wintergreen''': No. Cigarettes this time! A boy and a girl! Well!

-->'''Bugs:''' I just wonder if he's as dumb as he looks.