But We Used a Condom: Difference between revisions

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'''Ross:''' No they don't! ''(Storms off to his bedroom. Pause. Returns with a box of condoms in hand)'' WELL THEY SHOULD PUT IT IN HUGE BLOCK LETTERS!!!|''[[Friends]]''}}

A standard feature of just about any modern, socially conscious show. Sometimes used after sex as a [[An Aesop|cautionary tale]], or to provide a [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin|pregnancy/STD scare]] which turns out to be nothing.

A standard feature of just about any modern, socially conscious show. Sometimes used after sex as a [[An Aesop|cautionary tale]], or to provide a [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin'|pregnancy/STD scare]] which turns out to be nothing.

Could be considered a [[Broken Aesop]], particularly in a country where abstinence-only education is being heavily promoted. Could also be seen as [[Did Not Do the Research]] as recent studies DID show that about 10% of the condoms produced are faulty, BUT there are elaborate techniques to discover those, leaving only 1 defective condom in 14,000 undiscovered. Most plots (as in the ''[[Friends]]'' example from the quote) don't even bother to explain the "3%" failure rate comes from misuse, not from production errors or [[Because Destiny Says So|fate]]. And that the "failure rate" quoted for contraceptives isn't the chance of failure in a single sex act, but the percentage of women who get pregnant during a YEAR using the method. See also [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]. The number one cause of [[Surprise Pregnancy]].

== Anime and Manga ==

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** The soap opera ran a 2006 storyline based on this trope -- in this case, the characters really did use condoms, manufactured by a company owned by the featured Quartermaine family. Unfortunately, the condoms were defective, leading to several unexpected pregnancies.

** In an effort to have a child that would save her life, Claudia Zacchara on poked holes through condoms so that Sonny would believe they worked while she knew they didn't. The result? She is now pregnant.

* The trope name is quoted verbatim by ''[[Casualty]]'' character Jude Kocarnik on getting pregnant by [[Will They or Won't They|on-off love interest]] Matt Hawley. Unusually, she proceeds to have an abortion and declare she'll go on the pill.

* The trope name is quoted verbatim by ''[[Casualty]]'' character Jude Kocarnik on getting pregnant by [[Will They or Won't They?|on-off love interest]] Matt Hawley. Unusually, she proceeds to have an abortion and declare she'll go on the pill.

* ''[[Step By Step]]''. "The only surefire way is abstinence... and we can never seem to manage that."

* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' had this as a [[Justified Trope]], since Liberty mentions them using a "king-size" condom that slipped off and led to a pregnancy storyline, suggesting that JT is of average/normal size, and that those who tease him are exaggerating or heard the details incorrectly and believe him to be small. JT himself seems to believe it as well, resulting in a lot of [[Compensating for Something]].