History Main / ScreamingPlaneBaby

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Roz dressed up her daughter as a turkey (it was a ThanksgivingEpisode) for the flight home so people would think, "Aww, how cute!" and wouldn't be so annoyed if she started crying.

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--> Then, for the last half hour of our flight, as we descended into Chicago, we were serenaded by the screams of a baby whose mother didn’t seem to grasp fundamental concepts, like ‘air pressure differential’ or ‘Eustachian tube’. Poor little kid. I’ll say one thing. That kid had the lungs of a full-grown howler monkey. I wondered if the people sitting next to them would be deaf by the time the plane touched down.

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--->'''Guy on Airplane:''' Oh great, I always end up sitting next to a damn baby.
--->'''Stewie:''' What did you just say?
--->'''Lois:''' Stewie, stop fussing.
--->'''Stewie:''' Pipe down, Lois. (Slaps guy on head.) Hey big man, turn around. Oh you can't hear me now. I was going to watch the movie, but forget it. For the next 5 hours, you're my bitch.

--->'''Angry Passenger:''' Hey, can you shut that kid up?!
--->'''Francine:''' (turns around, speaking like a [[SassyBlackWoman sassy black woman]])'' Oh no! You do NOT tell me how to raise my child!
--->'''Hayley:''' You do NOT tell this woman how to raise her child!
--->'''Roger:''' Yeah! You don't tell her how to raise me!
* On ''TheSimpsons'', Bart complains about being seated next to a crying baby on a plane. The camera then reveals that said baby is his sister Maggie.

* In the first issue of ''{{Comicbook/X-Men}}'' (2013) by Brian Wood Jubilee is taking the baby she rescued from Bulgaria home on a plane when this happens, and a stewardess can be seen coming over to offer help while the people next to her plug their ears.

* On ''Series/ModernFamily'', Mitchell and Cameron try to keep Lily awake before their flight to Hawaii so that she sleeps in the plane and avoids this. Mitchell tells the story of how he sat next to a crying baby on a flight from New York, then reveals that the baby was Cameron whining about how they couldn't get tickets to ''BillyElliot''.

* An episode of ''TheRickyGervaisShow'' had a segment in Karl's Diary where Karl wrote about how he had to sit next to a crying baby on a plane.

* On a Creator/CartoonNetwork episode of ''TheAnnoyingOrange'', Pear gets on a plane and is seated next to a crying baby. After he grumbles to himself about it, [[RuleOfFunny the baby says]] that if he has a problem with his crying he should just say so, instead of being passive aggressive about it. He politely asks if he'll stop crying, and the baby refuses because he's uncomfortable.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' TB movie ''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' has a scene where Fred gets annoyed by a crying baby on the plane to Hollyrock, then having to take care of it when its mother goes to refill its bottle.

** In one episode, Peter, Joe, Cleveland and Quagmire are sapped, and flown to a mysterious island on a private cargo plane. Despite the fact that they're flying to the secret headquarters of a shadowy organization, on a private plane, there is an indignant mother with a crying baby accompanying them, to which Peter replies, "Really?"

** The third: While watching a school production of ''[[Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat God and His Magical]] [[Theatre/{{Godspell}} Rainbow Suspenders]]'', God starts explaining his rainbow suspenders "through [[FelonyMisdemeanor intrepretive dance]]!" To escape, Brian punches Stewie, who starts crying. "Oop, crying baby, I'll take him out."
** In the episode, "Big Man on Hippocampus", Stewie complains about having to move to a small, run-down apartment, saying he belongs there no more than a baby belongs on a plane. The Main/CutawayGag that follows is a father on an airplane calming his crying baby, which seems to work, until the flight attendant announces that their in-flight movie is ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', [[Main/TakeThat which causes both the father and the baby to cry]].

--->'''Francine:''' *turns around, speaking like a [[SassyBlackWoman sassy black woman]]* Oh no! You do NOT tell me how to raise my child!

** In "Screwed the Pooch", A cutaway gag references a police-documented incident in December 1996 where Brian slowly lost his temper after listening to a baby crying at a South Attleborough Denny's and ultimately snapped. Overwhelmingly livid, he started mocking the baby's crying and screamed at it to shut up.

** In the episode, "Big Man on Hippocampus", Stewie complains about having to move to a small, run-down apartment, saying he belongs there no more than a baby belongs on a plane. The Main/CutawayGag that follows is a father on an airplane calming his crying baby, which seems to work, until the flight attendant announces that their in-flight movie is ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', [[Main/TakeThat which causes both the Father and the baby to cry]].

* PlayedForDrama in the last episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'', when Hawkeye had a HeroicBSOD as a result of this trope: [[spoiler:He was trapped on a bus full of refugees who are trying to hide from North Koreans when a baby starts to cry, and the mother chooses to smother her own child rather than risk exposing them to danger. The real kicker is that Hawkeye was the deciding factor in the murder, by telling her, "Will you shut that damn thing up?" It traumatized him so badly he accused an anesthesiologist of trying to smother a patient, altered his memories of the event until they were unrecognizable, then drove a jeep through a wall in the officers' club and ordered a double bourbon, which he never drank, finally causing him to be sent to a mental hospital.]]

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* A similar situation happens in an episode of "WesternAnimation/AmericanDad", where Stan, Francine, Hayley and Roger, who is disguised as a little girl, are stuck on a grounded plane. Because of his disguise, Roger can't order any alcohol and becomes very upset, wailing his head off and annoying the other passengers.

* A similar situation happens in an episode of "WesternAnimation/American Dad", where Stan, Francine, Hayley and Roger, who is disguised as a little girl, are stuck on a grounded plane. Because of his disguise, Roger can't order any alcohol and becomes very upset, wailing his head off and annoying the other passengers.

--->'''Francine:''' *turns around, speaking like a [[SassyBlackWoman]]* Oh no! You do NOT tell me how to raise my child!

* On ''ModernFamily'', Mitchell and Cameron try to keep Lily awake before their flight to Hawaii so that she sleeps in the plane and avoids this. Mitchell tells the story of how he sat next to a crying baby on a flight from New York, then reveals that the baby was Cameron whining about how they couldn't get tickets to ''BillyElliot''.
* ''BigWaveDaves'' (a short-lived Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom): Marshall has to go back to the mainland from Hawaii for a business meeting. In a throwaway joke he says he doesn't want to, because he knows he'll have to sit between a fat sweaty guy and a mother with a crying baby. In TheStinger he's boarding the plane; when the flight attendant asks him if he'd like help finding his seat, he replies no thanks, he knows where it is. [[CallBack He just finds the fat sweaty guy and mother with a crying baby with a vacant seat between them.]]

* In one episode of ''{{Frasier}}'', Roz dressed up her daughter as a turkey (it was a ThanksgivingEpisode) for the flight home so people would think, "Aww, how cute!" and wouldn't be so annoyed if she started crying.

* Mentioned in the note underneath [[http://wondermark.com/504/ this]] ''{{Wondermark}}'' strip. The characters in the strip obliquely express a desire to shake a crying baby, and the note reads, "Anyone who is offended by this was not on my flight last night."
* [[http://www.johnnywander.com/comics/88 This]] ''JohnnyWander'' strip.

-->--'''The Noise An Airplane Makes'''

** In "Screwed the Pooch", A cutaway references a police-documented incident where Brian snapped after listening to a baby crying at a South Attleborough Denny's and slowly lose his temper. Overwhelmingly livid, he starts mocking the baby's crying and screams at it to shut up.

** A cutaway has Brian snap after listening to a baby crying at a Denny's and slowly lose his temper. Overwhelmingly livid, he starts mocking the baby's crying and screams at it to shut up.

* PlayedForDrama in the last episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'', when Hawkeye had a HeroicBSOD as a result of this trope: [[spoiler:He was trapped on a bus full of refugees who are trying to hide from North Koreans when a baby starts to cry, and the mother chooses to smother her own child rather than risk exposing them to danger. The real kicker is that Hawkeye was the deciding factor in the murder, by telling her, "Will you shut that damn thing up?" It traumatized him so badly he accused an anesthesiologist of trying to smother a patient and then drove a jeep through a wall in the officers' club and ordered a double bourbon, which he never drank, causing him to be sent to a mental hospital.]]

* PlayedForDrama in the last episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'', when Hawkeye had a HeroicBSOD as a result of this trope: [[spoiler:He was trapped on a bus full of refugees who are trying to hide from North Koreans when a baby starts to cry, and the mother chooses to smother her own child rather than risk exposing them to danger.]]

** The third: While watching a school production of ''[[Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat God and His Magical]] [[{{Godspell}} Rainbow Suspenders]]'', God starts explaining his rainbow suspenders "through [[FelonyMisdemeanor intrepretive dance]]!" To escape, Brian punches Stewie, who starts crying. "Oop, crying baby, I'll take him out."