Baby Bump is one of the many stories from Pixelberry's Choices: Stories You Play collection.
A one-night stand results in an unexpected pregnancy. How will our heroine go through it while settling down in the town of Gracetown?
Baby Bump provides examples of:
- Accidental Public Confession: Chapter 4 has Bao reveal to Craig that Jen's pregnant.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Chapter 5 has Cassandra give this ultimatum to Jen for her help in renovating the dance hall: beg her to help out or leave.
- Animal Motif: A premium scene in Chapter 7 shows Luisa's is hippos since they can tear you apart and still be cute.
- Artistic License – Biology: For a story about pregnancy, it runs right into these tropes. Chapter 8 has Jen feel the baby kicking despite that kind of event happening only six months into the pregnancy. By that point in the story, she's eight weeks pregnant and still has a flat stomach. Chapter 15 is months later and she's still drawn with a flat stomach. It's not until Chapter 16 does she finally become visibly pregnant.
- Artistic License – Gun Safety: Chapter 8 has Selma give Jen a loaded shotgun expecting her to know how to shoot clay pigeons or learn on the fly, despite protests she's never fired a gun before. She also doesn't check the barrel before handing it to Jen. The premium scene with Clint or Mayor Dixon teaching Jen how to handle a shotgun is there to help alleviate that.
- Babies Ever After: If the bonus scene is unlocked, it’s revealed Jen is pregnant with a third baby.
- Bachelor Auction: Chapter 5 involves Cassandra throwing one of these as a fundraiser for the dance hall. Jen can make the right choices to squeeze some extra money out of her to keep her from getting Clint.
- Big Damn Kiss: If you get Navya and Karen to make up in Chapter 10, they share one to show they're back together.
- Big Eater: Bao is someone who loves his food. In Chapter 3, he's seen eating a sub and the best way to get him to come to Luisa's restaurant is to offer him unlimited tacos.
- Brutal Honesty: Mayor Dixon has this as both a blessing and a curse, which is why they've had a hard time in trying to convince Luisa to remodel the bar.
- Bunnies for Cuteness: A premium choice in Chapter 7 allows you to adopt a pet bunny with the default name of BunBun.
- Canine Companion: Mayor Dixon has one in their bloodhound, Boone. One of Jen's first tasks in Chapter 2 is trying to convince them to part with Boone.
- Card Games: Chapter 12 has not only blackjack played at the Governor's ball, but it's Cordonian blackjack which is the same rules as trying not to go over 21, though tying with the dealer is a loss instead of a push and cards are worth their face value. A premium choice allows you to play against Craig in Texas hold 'em.
- Character Customization: You can customize Clint Covington's looks between Caucasian, Asian and African. You can also choose if Mayor Dixon is male or female.
- The Charmer: During the party at Chapter 1, selecting all of the first choices with Clint allows Jen to be the Charmer.
- Clothing Damage: During truth or dare, Jen asks what the most embarrassing high school story is. Luisa had a crush on a boy and asked him out, but was turned down. Clint think that sounds normal, but her skirt got caught in her locker and tore, accidentally flashing him, got so embarrassed and ran into a door.
- Corrupt Politician: Craig becomes mayor in Book 2, but only because he rigged the votes.
- Cuteness Proximity: Chapter 12 has the guests at the Governor's gala get into this if you paid the premium choice in Chapter 11 to bring Boone along.
- Developers' Desired Date: Clint Covington is the father of the player character's baby and has to resolve a love triangle between her and his fiancée, even if the player takes the option of not romancing him.
- Distracted by the Sexy: Chapter 7 has Mariana be this with Clint when she's supposed to be examining Jen during a checkup.Mariana: "Oh, so sorry! Just trying to take your biceps! Er, blood pressure!"
- Don't Look Back: In Chapter 8 in a premium scene with Mayor Dixon, while stargazing they tell her the story of Orpheus and Eurydice and how he could take his love out of Tartarus so long as he never looked back...except he did.
- Dude Magnet: Whether Jen helped her hook up with Officer Keith or not, Chapter 10 sees Mariana is this at the club the girls go to.
- Embarrassing Tattoo: Chapter 7 has Mayor Dixon and Luisa reveal in a game of "Never Have I Ever" that they have these. Dixon's tattoo is "I promise" in cursive.
- Enemy Mine: Clint suggests Jen work with Cassandra, someone who already hates her, to get funding for the dance hall renovation. He knows it wouldn't be out of the goodness of her heart, but because she likes to flaunt her money.
- Enormous Engagement Ring: Cassandra shows her ring off to Jen to show not only how wealthy she is, but that she's engaged to Clint.
- Evil Is Petty: Chapter 12 has Cassandra be this, showing she had Governor Finch stop Mayor Dixon's programs all just to get back at Jen having Clint's baby regardless if she's with him or not.
- Fire-Breathing Diner: In Chapter 4 during truth or dare, Mayor Dixon prefers to take a dare and Luisa gets out ghost peppers. They take a bite and thinks it's not so bad at first until the heat kicks in and they're begging for milk.
- Flipping the Table: Craig does this in Chapter 12 if you take the premium choice to play him in Texas hold 'em, beating him with a full house.
- Food as Bribe: In Chapter 3 when getting people to come to the grand opening of Luisa's restaurant, the best way to get Bao as well as his clients to come in is to offer him unlimited tacos.
- Food Slap: A premium choice in Chapter 4 allows Jen to throw a drink in Cassandra's face. She ends up slipping on the way out after her humiliation and it's recorded. Happens again as a premium choice in Chapter 12.
- Gender-Blender Name: Averted with Mayor Dixon, whose default name is Myles if male, and Myra if female (unlike most Choices stories with gender-customizable characters).
- Generic Graffiti: Jen's dare in truth or dare is to graffiti the "Welcome to Gracetown" sign and she draws a smiley face on it. It remains there all book long.
- Get Out!: Chapter 11 has Mayor Dixon fire Craig regardless of him being Governor Finch's nephew.
- Girl's Night Out Episode: Chapter 10 is this as Jen, Anna, Luisa and Mariana take Navya out to forget about her girlfriend.
- Hand on Womb: The cover of the book has Clint doing this to a very pregnant Jen.
- Heel–Face Turn: Cassandra starts out as an antagonist in Book 1, but she softens up in Book 2.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: As with almost every Choices game, you can name your character. The default name is Jen Cassidy. Your sister also gets this with the default name of Anna, as well as Covington's first name (default name is Clint). For Mayor Dixon, their name is Myles if male and Myra if female. The twin babies' default names are Elizabeth and William.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: Chapter 6 has Jen's reputation be ruined by Cassandra, making her look like a gold digging slut after Clint to the point it costs her her job at City Hall.
- How We Got Here: Chapter 1 cuts to six weeks before when Jen met Clint, and what led to her becoming pregnant with his child.
- I Never: During a long car trip in Chapter 7, the group plays this with anyone who did so having to eat a mystery jellybean from Craig's stash. Immediately Mayor Dixon and Luisa bite down on revealing they have tattoos.
- Innocently Insensitive: Chapter 9 has Anna realize she was this since it takes place on the anniversary of Bao's wife's death.
- Insult to Rocks: In Chapter 4 after Craig finds out Jen's pregnant and she tells Clint about him laughing about how she'll get bigger, he offers to make a table to put him through. She likes the offer, but feels that would be a waste of good lumber.
- Interface Spoiler: The Baby Blanket in Book 1 shows there will be at least 16 chapters, despite being revealed early on in the story. The second Baby Blanket shows that there are 14 chapters from the beginning of Book 2 to the point when Jen gives birth. Chapter 15 introduces another collectible (a collection of photos of Jen's newborn twins) that reveals Book 2 will have at least 23 chapters.
- Internal Reveal: Chapter 8 has Jen reveal to Luisa and Mayor Dixon she's pregnant when the baby starts kicking in the womb.
- Karaoke Box: Chapter 8 has a premium scene of the group getting into a karaoke room, which Luisa is excited to do.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: Anna is the opposite of Jen where she can't get pregnant, which she reveals in Chapter 2.
- Like Brother and Sister: Chapter 3 reveals Clint reveals he thinks of Cassandra like this and the only reason she has an engagement ring is cause his mother is a Shipper on Deck for them.
- Look Behind You: In Chapter 10, a premium scene has the girls taking turns with a mechanical bull while Jen has the controls. She can make Luisa fly off by saying Elijah's here, getting her distracted.
- The Lost Lenore: Bao reveals to Jen that he used to be married until his wife died.
- Man on Fire: Chapter 7 reveals in a game of "Never Have I Ever" that Jen caught her hair on fire. It involved lighting up Fireballs (the drink).
- Money, Dear Boy: In universe. In Chapter 1 at the party, when Clint asks Jen why she got into business, one of the options is basically this trope."I want to be filthy, filthy rich, plain and simple."
- Morning Sickness: Happens to Jen at night in Chapter 3. If you bought the Baby Basket in Chapter 1, she sucks down an anti-nausea lollipop. Clint also makes an anti-nausea tea to go with it.
- Nepotism: Chapter 9 has Craig reveal his uncle is the Governor of the state Gracetown is in, which is why Mayor Dixon has to keep him around.
- Noodle Incident: Luisa had one of these when she was 15, with Officer Keith calling her the vandalizer.
- Chapter 8 reveals that Clint has been shot before and Jen can be surprised it never came up during their game of "Never Have I Ever."
- Once Done, Never Forgotten: In a premium scene in Chapter 6, Bao talks about how he had an accident sewing his finger into his pants with the sewing machine. Anna rushed him to the hospital and accidentally said she was his wife, and Jen can say she's never letting her sister live that story down. Anna does it back to Jen for when the latter called her teacher "mom" fifteen years ago.
- One-Night-Stand Pregnancy: Jen's pregnancy is the result of a one-night stand with Clint.
- The One Thing I Don't Hate About You: Chapter 13 has a premium scene with the group in Grace Hill where they can say while they weren't impressed with the hors d'oeuvres, they can all agree the bacon-wrapped shrimp was the best.
- Papa Wolf: In this case, Papa Buck in a premium date with Clint in Chapter 3 when he and Jen see a fawn as well.
- Parlor Games: A premium choice in Chapter 4 allows Jen to join Luisa, Clint and Mayor Dixon in a game of Truth or Dare and earn a patch for the baby blanket.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: The twins' premium blankets are pink for Elizabeth and blue for William.
- Pose of Supplication: In Chapter 5 if Jen begs Cassandra in helping to restore the dance hall, she does this for her.
- Real Men Wear Pink: A male Mayor Dixon is this in Chapter 13 if you play Two Truths and a Lie and you correctly guess the lie is he doesn't like pumpkin spice.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Jen usually has to play blue to Mayor Dixon's red, especially when it comes to convincing Luisa to remodel her bar.
- Remember the New Guy?: In-Universe, Anna's boyfriend Bao is this to Jen.
- Rich Bitch: Cassandra is this, looking down on anyone who isn't super wealthy like her or Clint.
- The Roaring '20s: Chapter 11 has the Governor's party have this as the theme, and you get a patch for the Baby Blanket if you buy the Bee's Knees premium outfit.
- Secret Ingredient: Chapter 3 allows you to guess at a new flavor of ice cream on your date with Clint. It’s bacon avocado.
- Sequel Hook: Collecting enough of the Baby Blanket patches (at least 12 out of 16) shows scenes for Book 2. Craig is running for Mayor of Gracetown, Clint's father has arrived, and Jen is finally in labor.
- Shipper on Deck: A premium choice in Chapter 5 allows you to help Mariana bid on Officer Keith at the bachelor auction.
- Shooting Gallery: Chapter 8 has Selma interview Jen by having her shoot clay pigeons.
- Shotgun Wedding: Initially defied, with the possibility of a double subversion. Clint immediately proposes to Jen upon learning that she is pregnant, but she refuses for a multitude of reasons, including the fact that this would be a shotgun wedding. Jen can choose to romance Clint, which leads to a normal wedding in Book 2.
- Shout-Out:
- A premium date with Clint in Chapter 3 has him and Jen come up to a lake that she likens to a Bob Ross painting come to life.
- Chapter 8 has a premium karaoke scene which Jen can ace. This is not the first time a character with Jen's face has been an expert singer. Also her and Clint or Dixon can have a duet with one of Raleigh Carrera's songs.
- In Chapter 10 after a clubgoer offers Mariana his business card for a date, she says this.
- In Chapter 15, getting 4+ fixes gives you the "Boss Baby Mama" achievement.
- Spicy Latina: Luisa, the owner of the bar, who switches between angry English and Spanish, and usually at and about Mayor Dixon.
- Slave to PR: Chapter 6 has Cassandra make Jen look like the bad guy by making her be the evil harpy trying to break up her and Clint's engagement, and Mayor Dixon has to let her go over public opinion.
- Squish the Cheeks: One of the things Jen can look forward to with their baby being born is this trope. Of course, Anna calls first dibs on cheek squishing as an aunt.
- Statuesque Stunner: A female Mayor Dixon is this, being at least taller than Jen.
- Stern Teacher: A premium scene in Chapter 9 has Mayor Dixon tell they used to be an English teacher, and as they call it, "one of those hardass teachers nobody liked."
- Surprise Pregnancy: At the start of the story, Jen finds out that she's pregnant. She can either be confused or be sarcastic and say to the doctor she's pregnant too.
- Starstruck Speechless: Chapter 6 can have Jen lapse into this with the first choice talking to Selma Hayes.
- Talking in Your Sleep: Chapter 11 has Jen fall asleep on the limo ride to the Governor's party. A premium scene can have her listen in on what the group thinks of her while still mostly asleep, telling whoever her love interest is to hold her or that they have a nice butt.
- The Teetotaler: Quite justified in Jen's case as a pregnant woman. Chapter 6 has her offered whiskey by Selma.
- This Cannot Be!: Cassandra has this reaction in Chapter 8 when she finds out Jen is pregnant with Clint's child.
- Trash of the Titans: Book 2 Chapter 20 has Jen find evidence of Craig's vote rigging in his mansion full of trash, old food, and dirty laundry lying around everywhere.
- Troll: Craig, Mayor Dixon's secretary, tells Jen that the mayor loves football. Turns out it's a trap and they hate it. He's heard cackling on the other side of the office if Jen uses that choice.
- Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born: During the gender reveal party in Book 2, Chapter 1, it's revealed that Jen's twins are a boy and a girl. She gives birth to them in Chapter 14.
- Wacky Cravings: Chapter 3 has Jen deal with a strawberry ice cream and pickle craving. Clint tries it and immediately regrets it.
- We Need a Distraction: Chapter 8 has a premium scene where Luisa can distract Selma so Clint and Mayor Dixon can teach Jen how to properly shoot a gun at clay pigeons. One option is to say a copperhead is going to the horse stables while the other is to say she's sick.
- Wham Line: Book 1 ends with Mariana saying that Jen is having twins.
- Wishing Well: Chapter 9 has a premium scene of Jen taking Anna to the park where people throw coins in the fountain for wishes. When it comes time to make a wish, you can choose for your baby to be healthy...or to have unlimited pizza rolls.
