But I Can't Be Pregnant: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Village of the Damned]]'' (from the sci-fi novel ''[[The Midwich Cuckoos]]'' by [[John Wyndham]]). Aliens impregnate every woman of child-bearing age in a small English town. Initial reactions range from joy (from a previously childless couple) to suspicion (from a husband who's been away at sea) to the above incredulous reaction from a teenage virgin.

* In the film ''Women in Trouble'', porn starlet Elektra Luxx is informed by her doctor that she is now gravid, and she responds by quoting this trope's name almost verbatim:

'''Elektra Luxx''': [[Captain Obvious|No]].<br />

'''Doctor''': Then you can be pregnant. }}

* In ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' , the character Nicole was shot and told that she would never be able to have children due to internal scarring. Lo and behold, a few years later Nicole is impreginated by EJ. {{spoiler|Which then turned into a [[Convenient Miscarriage]]}}

* In the NBC show ''[[Scrubs]]'', Dr. Cox's ex-wife, Jordan, became pregnant (as she was pregnant in real life). Since Dr. Cox had previously gotten a vasectomy, they addressed this - Dr. Cox asked if Jordan cheated on him shortly after she tested pregnant, and later when they told the rest of the staff about her pregnancy, he does a rant where he mentions his vasectomy didn't take. He and Jordan later get [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|revenge on the doctor who performed it]].

'''Dr. Cox''': [[Nightmare Fuel|Never. They ''never'' say "ribs."]] }}

** ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' did the same thing with Sookie and Jackson when they wrote in Melissa McCarthy's pregnancy despite having an episode two seasons earlier where Jackson had a vasectomy that he didn't want. They retconned it by having Jackson say he lied about getting it since he hadn't wanted it in the first place, and that he thought Sookie would stay on her birth control pills to keep her skin looking fresh.

* In ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', Gabby has a miscarriage in the second season and her doctor says she is unable to bear children any longer. By the fifth season, however, thanks to the [[Time Skip]], she has two young daughters. (The "But I can't be pregnant" scene is later shown in a flashback, complete with Gabby slapping the doctor).

* In ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', House confronts a complainy teenage girl on an airplane:

'''House''': You're pregnant. }}

** Played with in the episode "Joy to the World," where a woman is pregnant even though she and her fiance are waiting till marriage, and she swears she hasn't cheated. A skeptical House runs a DNA test and returns dumbfounded to tell them that there actually is no father, and the woman is the first ever case of human parthogenesis, an incredible phenomenon... except she's not, she just cheated on her fiance, and he's lying so that they'll be bowled over with elation and gratitude and get him a Christmas present, which he bet Wilson he could get a patient to do.

* ''[[Coupling]]'' had a pregnancy scare storyline at the end of season 3 - Sally is the one who believes she's at risk and asks the other girls to take a test as well as a control group. She then gets the tests mixed up, so when she finds out one of them is positive, she realises it can be any of them. While they're waiting to go back and buy more tests, {{spoiler|Susan}} reveals that she just found out she's infertile. Towards the end, {{spoiler|Jane}}'s test comes back negative, which results in {{spoiler|Sally}} assuming it's her, and becoming deeply unhappy since it probably wrecks her chances with {{spoiler|Patrick}}. And then {{spoiler|Susan}} walks in with a positive test.

* Parodied on ''[[The Young Ones]]'', where Vyvyan -- who is male -- announces he's pregnant:

'''Vyvyan''': Yeah, that's what ''she'' said! You just can't trust women, can you? }}

* Played with in ''[[Becker]]''. After performing a fertility test on a male patient, Becker tells his (female) employee that "Your sperm count is higher than his!" Said patient's wife ends up pregnant anyway.

'''Becker:''' [[Sure, Let's Go with That]] }}

* In ''[[Sugar Rush (TV)]]'', Kim's mother Stella becomes pregnant after getting back together with Nathan, even though in the first series she told her lover that he had {{spoiler|had a vasectomy}}.