History PlayingWith / TeenPregnancy

* '''Implied''': [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Alice is around 21 years old, while her son, Carlos, is 5.]]

* '''Enforced''': The producers of the show decide to do a VerySpecialEpisode to [[ScareEmStraight warn viewers about the danger of having sex]]. In the episode, Alice and Bob have sex and [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin Alice becomes pregnant]]. After all, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped. Alice either gives birth and doesn't know what to do with the baby, or [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarries]] and says, "That was too close a call. No more vaginal sex for me."

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Carlos is 5 years old, and in one episode, Alice claims to be 21. This was originally an oversight on the part of the writers (who didn't calculate the difference between the two characters' ages), but they decide to make it canon.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has a lot of foibles during her pregnancy, but [[Film/{{Juno}} takes it all in stride.]]

** Alice does not become pregnant. [[NatureAdoresAVirgin She's a virgin and remains as such for the whole work]]

** Alice does not become pregnant. (BonusPoints if [[NatureAdoresAVirgin she's a virgin and remains as such for the whole work]].)

** Alice had sex for the first time, at age 12, and got pregnant before she even had her first period.

* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob have sex. ''Bob'' somehow becomes pregnant.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice had sex for the first time, at age 12, and got pregnant before she even had her first period.

* '''Parodied''':
** As a trend, every girl in Alice's class becomes pregnant.
** Alice and Bob have sex. ''Bob'' somehow becomes pregnant.

* '''Conversed''': "Poor Alice. What will she do?" "She'll [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarry]]. Trust me. That's how other shows handle TeenPregnancy episodes."

* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice becomes pregnant, but she is a 19-year-old college student, not a HighSchool or JuniorHigh student.
* '''Justified''':

* '''Inverted''':

** She may be of childbearing age, but she is an adult with the means to support the child, and a long-term partner to help her.
* '''Subverted''':

* '''Double Subverted''':

* '''Parodied''': As a trend, every girl in Alice's class becomes pregnant.
* '''Zig Zagged''':

** Alice found an abandoned egg and decided to raise it. While not counted as pregnancy, she is taking care of it and would have to pay for its expenses after it hatches.
* '''Averted''':

* '''Enforced''': VerySpecialEpisode, CantGetAwayWithNuthin, ScareEmStraight, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped

* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob either use a condom correctly, or don't have vaginal sex in the first place.
* '''Discussed''': "Poor Alice. What will she do?"
* '''Conversed''': "Yeah...it's tough to have a baby in high school..."
* '''Implied''': Alice is around 21 years old, while her son, Carlos, is 5.

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice has people who love and support her, no matter what. They make sure her pregnancy is a safe and healthy one, and help her either care for the baby, or find an adoption agency to give it to. If she decides to keep the baby, Alice manages to balance completing high school (or at least getting a GED), holding a job, and taking care of the baby. (And, of course, Bob [[ShotgunWedding marries her.]])
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has a lot of foibles during her pregnancy, but [[Film/{{Juno}} takes it all in stride.]]

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Implied''': Alice is around 21 years old, while her son, Carlos, is 5.

** Alice is 21 when she becomes pregnant, not technically a teenager, yet still extremely young to be having a child.

** Alice lied that she was 19. She's really 16.
** Or even without [[ReallySeventeenYearsOld lying about her age]], she still has to deal with the possibility of putting her education on hold, etc.

* '''Parodied''': Every girl in Alice's class becomes pregnant.
* '''Zig Zagged''': [[RealLife Some teenage girls become pregnant, others get through adolescence without having children.]]

** No teenagers become pregnant.

* '''Invoked''': AliceAndBob have sex, but they don't know how to use a condom correctly (or don't use one at all, [[MissConception thinking that they won't need one.]])

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is 21 when she becomes pregnant, not technically a teenager, yet still extremely young to be having a child.

* '''Averted''': No teenagers become pregnant.

** Alice had no intention of having sex until she was an adult, yet unfortunatly she was {{Date Rape}}d. She [[ChildOfRape goes through with the pregnancy]] because she either doesn't believe in abortions or [[SurprisePregnancy didn't find out she was pregnant]] until it was too late.

** But later it turns out that she lied about her age and she is 16 actually.

** Alice had no intention of having sex until she was an adult, yet unfortunatly she was {{Date Rape}}d. She [[ChildOfRape goes through with the pregnancy]] because she either doesn't believe in abortions or [[IDidntKnowIWasPregnant didn't find out she was pregnant]] until it was too late.

** Alice becomes pregnant, but she is a 19-year-old college student, not a HighSchool or JuniorHigh student.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** The story is set during a time period where there ''was'' no period of adolescence; a girl was considered a marriageable adult as soon as she had her first period and married off.

* '''Basic Trope''': A teenage girl becomes pregnant.
* '''Played Straight''': [[NaiveEverygirl Alice]], age 16, finds she is pregnant [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin not long after]] [[ButWeUsedACondom she lost her virginity to her boyfriend, Bob.]]

* '''Justified''': Teenagers can become pregnant, and may not necessarily be educated about birth control and its proper use, especially in places with abstinence-only sex education, or with none to speak of.
** Alternatively, the story is set during a time period where there ''was'' no period of adolescence; a girl was considered a marriageable adult as soon as she had her first period and married off.
* '''Inverted''': [[CoolOldLady Alice]] becomes pregnant, but she is well past childbearing age.
** Or, she may be of childbearing age, but she is an adult with the means to support the child, and a long-term partner to help her.
* '''Subverted''': Alice thinks she's pregnant, but it turns out to be a false alarm.
** Alternatively, Alice becomes pregnant, but she is a 19-year-old college student, not a HighSchool or JuniorHigh student.

* '''Double Subverted''': But then she actually does become pregnant.

*** Or even without [[ReallySeventeenYearsOld lying about her age]], she still has to deal with the possibility of putting her education on hold, etc.
** But then she gets pregnant again, and decides this time to keep the baby (after lots of [[{{Angst}} angsting]] over what happened last time).
* '''Deconstructed''': This is going to cause a lot of problems for Alice. She is not educated enough to qualify for a job that will allow her to support herself and the baby, and all her dreams for the future will have to be put on hold. And Bob may not stay with her. Or, if she decides not to keep the baby, she'll probably suffer some {{Angst}}, and [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion might endure scorn from others.]] On the subject of "scorn from others," she'll have to endure people whispering as she starts to show, because of MyGirlIsNotASlut. And let's not even mention MorningSickness and other [[SarcasmMode "joys"]] of pregnancy, and how that might affect her at school, or what her parents might do.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice has people who love and support her, no matter what. They make sure her pregnancy is a safe and healthy one, and help her either care for the baby, or find an adoption agency to give it to. If she decides to keep the baby, Alice manages to balance completing high school (or at least getting a GED), holding a job, and taking care of the baby. (And, of course, Bob [[ShotgunWedding marries her.]])

* '''Lampshaded''': "I can't have a baby! I'm only 16!"

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has a lot of foibles during her pregnancy, but [[{{Juno}} takes it all in stride.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.

* '''Justified''': Teenagers can become pregnant, and may not necessarily be educated about birth control and its proper use.

** Alice becomes pregnant while in the womb. Not likely to appear outside hyperbole.

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice has people who love and support her, no matter what. They make sure her pregnancy is a safe and healthy one, and help her either care for the baby, or find an adoption agency to give it to. If she decides to keep the baby, Alice manages to balance completing high school (or at least getting a GED), holding a job, and taking care of the baby. (And, of course, Bob [[ShotgunWedding marries her.]])
* '''Parodied''': Every girl in Alice's class becomes pregnant.

* '''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A teenage girl becomes pregnant.]]

* '''Exploited''': [[{{Yandere}} Alice]] tries TheBabyTrap, in an attempt to get Bob to stay with her.

* '''ZigZagged''': [[RealLife Some teenage girls become pregnant, others get through adolescence without having children.]]