Basic Trope: A creature that gives live birth... Except that, according to (Earthen) biology's rules, it shouldn't be supposed to do so!
- Straight: Shelly the Turtle gets pregnant and gives live birth to baby turtles.
- Exaggerated:
- Every single animal on planet Earth gives live birth!
- Pokey, a male turtle, gives live birth.
- Carlos, a male car gives live birth.
- Downplayed:
- Right after Shelly's mother got pregnant with Shelly, she was immediately born.
- A snake incubates its eggs and gives the appearance of live birth.
- Justified:
- Due to genetic engineering, Shelly's reproduction system causes her to give live birth instead of laying eggs.
- Shelly is from a planet where turtles actually do give live birth.
- Shelly is a reptile that is ovoviviparous.
- Shelly is a humanoid-bodied Funny Animal (which may even border on Beast Man), and therefore has humanlike biology and can reproduce like a human.
- Inverted: Whale Egg
- Subverted:
- Turns out, that her baby bump was actually a Balloon Belly that Shelly gained.
- Shelly tries to give live birth.
- Double Subverted:
- However, she ends up getting pregnant afterwards.
- Once Shelly was just about to give up, she successfully gave birth.
- Parodied:
- Shelly gets pregnant and instantly gets pregnant with a bunch of babies.
- Carlos the car gets pregnant from Serena the smartphone.
- Zig Zagged: Shelly's baby bump turns out to be a Balloon Belly, which later goes away. She tries to get pregnant for real, but fails.
- Averted: Shelly lays an egg.
- Enforced:
- "We need to a way to show that these anthropomorphic animals act like humans" "I know! A turtle who gets pregnant!"
- The show uses Hollywood Science as a Running Gag.
- Lampshaded: "Yes, I really gave birth to this turtle." "That's impossible." "I know. I did it anyway."
- Exploited: Shelly becomes a Pregnant Badass.
- Discussed: "...and she gave birth to that turtle!" "Really?"
- Conversed: "I'm puzzled. Why does Shelly give live birth when her species should lay eggs?"
- Plotted A Good Waste: "Hey! If our character gets pregnant, a fanbase will arrive for her. It is usually unexpected, but...!"
- Played For Laughs:
- Shelly can give birth to anything that can make the audience laugh.
- Shelly gets pregnant, and experiences human-like pregnancy symptoms.
- Played For Drama:
- Shelly has an abortion.
- Shelly's baby is born prematurely.
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