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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: a baby is born while the mother is stuck in a stalled elevator (births in the vehicle on route to the hospital also count towards this trope). Probably the most [[Uncomfortable Elevator Moment|uncomfortable of elevator moments]]. A classic [[Sitcom]] scenario, especially when the baby has to be [[Delivery Guy|delivered by a squeamish and totally unqualified male lead]]. Cue the inevitable [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
[[Tropes Are Flexible]]; the baby doesn't need to actually be [[Born in an Elevator]] for this trope to come into play. A taxi, a car in the middle of nowhere, or any other place where paramedics would have trouble reaching the woman in labor in time to help also qualify.
See also [[Locked in a Freezer]], [[Instant Birth, Just Add Water]], and [[Screaming Birth]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* This happens in the movie ''[[Blankman]]'': when informed that a pregnant woman in labor is trapped in an elevator nerby, Darryl arrives in his super-hero costume and delivers the baby.
* Averted but referenced in ''[[Die Hard]]''. After Hans and his crew have taken the Nakatomi office workers hostage, Holly <s>McClane</s> Genaro tells him one of them is pregnant. Hans immediately rolls his eyes, expecting this to take place before Holly tells him she's not due for a couple of weeks, but that she need something more comfortable than the floor to sit at. [[Affably Evil|Hans agrees, and has his mooks move a couch from the lobby to the main hall.]]
* The going into labor in a taxi version is used in ''[[Look Who's Talking]].'' (The taxi driver sticks around and the mother, who has broken things off with the baby's father, eventually falls in love with him.)
* ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' has this with an alien giving birth to an octopus-shaped baby in a car, starring Agent Jay as [[Delivery Guy]]. (This provides the page image for [[Funny Background Event]].)
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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