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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The manga adaptation of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Manga)|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' opens with Link's birth, showing his Triforce mark from those games as a birthmark.
* The manga adaptation of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (manga)|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' opens with Link's birth, showing his Triforce mark from those games as a birthmark.
* ''[[Rose of Versailles (Manga)|Rose of Versailles]]'' begins just a moment before the birth of Oscar.
* ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' begins just a moment before the birth of Oscar.


== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* ''Look Who's Talking'' starts at conception. Actually a few moments ''before'' conception.
* ''Look Who's Talking'' starts at conception. Actually a few moments ''before'' conception.
* James Kirk in the latest ''[[Star Trek (Film)|Star Trek]]'' movie. A deleted scene would also have done this with Spock.
* James Kirk in the latest ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie. A deleted scene would also have done this with Spock.
* ''[[Gattaca]]''
* ''[[Gattaca]]''
* ''[[Amelie]]'' actually begins with the ''conception'' of the heroine.
* ''[[Amelie]]'' actually begins with the ''conception'' of the heroine.
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** Averted with Beowulf, oddly enough for an epic, who enters the story from a foreign land, long grown up, and little about his childhood is ever revealed, save that he was weak as a child. This seems a small subversion of the typical hero story when they are born under unusual circumstances and have remarkable childhoods, but the unassuming child has become a recognizable trope in itself.
** Averted with Beowulf, oddly enough for an epic, who enters the story from a foreign land, long grown up, and little about his childhood is ever revealed, save that he was weak as a child. This seems a small subversion of the typical hero story when they are born under unusual circumstances and have remarkable childhoods, but the unassuming child has become a recognizable trope in itself.
* ''[[White Fang]]'' (it starts a little before the birth of White Fang, actually).
* ''[[White Fang]]'' (it starts a little before the birth of White Fang, actually).
* ''[[Tristram Shandy (Literature)|Tristram Shandy]]'' by Laurence Sterne, which begins with the hero's ''conception''. And his troubled birth sets up much of the humor that follows.
* ''[[Tristram Shandy]]'' by Laurence Sterne, which begins with the hero's ''conception''. And his troubled birth sets up much of the humor that follows.
** It's kind of a parody of this trope, considering the rest of the book(s).
** It's kind of a parody of this trope, considering the rest of the book(s).
* In [[RA Salvatore]]'s ''Drizzt Do'Urden'' series, one of the prequel books starts off with Drizzt's birth, and the consternation surrounding it.
* In [[RA Salvatore]]'s ''Drizzt Do'Urden'' series, one of the prequel books starts off with Drizzt's birth, and the consternation surrounding it.
* Both Moses and Jesus in [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]].
* Both Moses and Jesus in [[The Bible]].
* ''[[Tarzan]]'' The original story "Tarzan of the Apes" starts with the adventures of his parents and is already well into its third chapter before Alice Clayton saves her husband's life, kills a bull ape, becomes insane and bears Tarzan in less than a day.
* ''[[Tarzan]]'' The original story "Tarzan of the Apes" starts with the adventures of his parents and is already well into its third chapter before Alice Clayton saves her husband's life, kills a bull ape, becomes insane and bears Tarzan in less than a day.
* The ''[[Gormenghast]]'' novels were conceptualized as the fictional biography of the protagonist from birth to death. The first book begins on the day of his birth and follows the events surrounding his infancy. Instead of going on with a [[Time Skip]], the first book ends before our protagonist is even old enough to speak.
* The ''[[Gormenghast]]'' novels were conceptualized as the fictional biography of the protagonist from birth to death. The first book begins on the day of his birth and follows the events surrounding his infancy. Instead of going on with a [[Time Skip]], the first book ends before our protagonist is even old enough to speak.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The protagonist of ''[[Fallout 3 (Video Game)|Fallout 3]]''
* The protagonist of ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* The first memory in ''[[Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed II]]'' is of Ezio's birth.
* The first memory in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' is of Ezio's birth.
* ''[[Dragon Quest V (Video Game)|Dragon Quest V]]''.
* ''[[Dragon Quest V]]''.
* The [[Famicom]] RPG ''Tao'' provides opening exposition while an embryo - presumably the protagonist's - gestates in the background.
* The [[Famicom]] RPG ''Tao'' provides opening exposition while an embryo - presumably the protagonist's - gestates in the background.
* ''Traverse: Starlight & Prairie''.
* ''Traverse: Starlight & Prairie''.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Bambi in ''[[Bambi (Disney)|Bambi]]''
* Bambi in ''[[Bambi]]''
* Littlefoot in ''[[The Land Before Time]]''
* Littlefoot in ''[[The Land Before Time]]''
* Simba in the ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]''.
* Simba in the ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* ''[[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' - 13 of the main characters were shown being born.
* ''[[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' - 13 of the main characters were shown being born.
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' - Nemo was shown as an egg.
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' - Nemo was shown as an egg.
* ''[[Hercules (Disney)|Hercules]]'' - Hercules was not only once a baby, he was once a god.
* ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' - Hercules was not only once a baby, he was once a god.
* After the opening [[The Oner|Oner]], ''[[Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron]]'' begins with Spirit's mother in labour.
* After the opening [[The Oner|Oner]], ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]'' begins with Spirit's mother in labour.


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=== Examples of type 2: ===
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== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095806/ The Outside Chance of Maximillian Glick]'' opens up at the title character's [[Useful Notes/Jewish Life Events|bris]].
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095806/ The Outside Chance of Maximillian Glick]'' opens up at the title character's [[Useful Notes/Jewish Life Events|bris]].
* Years before the version of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' everyone remembers, there was [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016544/ a silent adaptation] of ''The Wizard of Oz'' that, [[In Name Only|among many, MANY other changes]], established Dorothy Gale's arrival in Kansas as a [[Door Step Baby]] delivered by a mysterious, supernatural figure.
* Years before the version of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' everyone remembers, there was [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016544/ a silent adaptation] of ''The Wizard of Oz'' that, [[In Name Only|among many, MANY other changes]], established Dorothy Gale's arrival in Kansas as a [[Door Step Baby]] delivered by a mysterious, supernatural figure.


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]], in full [[Door Step Baby]] mode.
* [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]], in full [[Door Step Baby]] mode.


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Mario and Luigi for the entire game of ''[[Yoshis Island (Video Game)|Yoshi's Island]]''.
* Mario and Luigi for the entire game of ''[[Yoshis Island|Yoshi's Island]]''.


== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Drow Tales]]'': [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=63 here].
* ''[[Drowtales]]'': [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=63 here].


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' - Yes, Quasimodo was a baby.
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' - Yes, Quasimodo was a baby.
* Aladar the Iguanodon in ''[[Dinosaur (Disney)|Dinosaur]]'' is taken from his mother's nest as an egg by a Pteranodon and winds up hatching in the presence of a family of lemurs.
* Aladar the Iguanodon in ''[[Dinosaur]]'' is taken from his mother's nest as an egg by a Pteranodon and winds up hatching in the presence of a family of lemurs.


=== Please sort if you know which type the examples are ===
=== Please sort if you know which type the examples are ===
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