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A woman, probably someone [[[[Mandatory Motherhood]] |who doesn't want children]], is kidnapped, drugged, and forcibly impregnated by a [[Mad Doctor]] using someone's sperm, for all intents and purposes producing a [[Child by Rape]]. May lead to a [[Baby Factory]] situation. Definitely a [[Medical Horror]].
children]], is kidnapped, drugged, and forcibly impregnated by a
[[Mad Doctor]] using someone's sperm, for all intents and purposes producing
a [[Child By Rape]]. May lead to a [[Baby Factory]] situation. Definitely a
[[Medical Horror]].
 
Naturally, [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]], so this is a way to force a pregnancy onto someone. Possibly she will have a [[Convenient Miscarriage]], but if the plot's usually gone this far to make her have a baby, she probably won't.
onto someone. Possibly she will have a [[Convenient Miscarriage]], but if the
plot's usually gone this far to make her have a baby, she probably won't.
 
Someone that wants to perpetrate such an act is a [[Stalker Withwith a Test Tube]].
 
As {{noreallife|this is a rape trope, '''[[Noand RealAll LifeThe ExamplesTropes Pleasedoes not care to [[squick]]''' its readers.}}
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== [[Anime]] ==
* Implied to have happened in [[Lyrical Nanoha]], of all shows. Near the end of the third series, [[Big Bad]] [[Mad Scientist|Jail Scaglietti]] reveals that {{spoiler|he impregnated his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], the Numbers Cyborgs, with rapidly-growing clones of himself which he'd patterned his own mind into, ensuring that he could continue to wreak havoc across the multiverse even if the heroes arrested him}}. Whilst this appeared to be mostly consensual (though deeply squicky for [[Parental Incest|a number of other reasons]]), it's worth remembering that {{spoiler|the Numbers Cyborgs, at the time, included the kidnapped and brainwashed Ginga Nakajima, who would therefore also have been a candidate for this procedure}}. Happily, given the fact that this revelation ends up having no lasting consequences, it seems that [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]] was quite strongly averted here.
* Implied to have happened in [[Lyrical Nanoha]], of all shows. Near the end
** [[All There in the Manual|Supplementary materials]] state that this was {{spoiler|a magical procedure, intended to implant upon Jail's death, and that since Jail was taken alive, no one was actually impregnated.}} Whew.
of the third series, [[Big Bad]] [[Mad Scientist|Jail Scaglietti]] reveals
* Almost happened to {{spoiler|the titular character}} in [[Karin]], since {{spoiler|her condition as the non-vampire of her family actually was a consequences of being a ''spirit of psyche'', a special type of vampire that can bestow fertility in other vampires. Therefore she's kidnapped and locked away by another vampire clan, who plans to do this to her.}}
that [[spoiler:he impregnated his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], the Numbers
* Subverted in [[Ayashi no Ceres]]. {{spoiler|Chidori}} goes through it when she's caught by the Mikages, but {{spoiler|she ultimately dies before the embryo is implanted into her.}}
Cyborgs, with rapidly-growing clones of himself which he'd patterned his
own mind into, ensuring that he could continue to wreak havoc across the
multiverse even if the heroes arrested him]]. Whilst this appeared to be
mostly consensual (though deeply squicky for [[[[Parental Incest]] a number
of other reasons]]), it's worth remembering that [[spoiler:the Numbers
Cyborgs, at the time, included the kidnapped and brainwashed Ginga
Nakajima, who would therefore also have been a candidate for this
procedure]]. Happily, given the fact that this revelation ends up having
no lasting consequences, it seems that [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]] was quite
strongly averted here.
** [[All There in the Manual|Supplementary materials]] state that this was
[[spoiler:a magical procedure, intended to implant upon Jail's death,
and that since Jail was taken alive, no one was actually impregnated.]]
Whew.
* Almost happened to {{spoiler|the titular character}} in [[Karin]],
since [[spoiler: her condition as the non-vampire of her family actually
was a consequences of being a ''spirit of psyche'', a special type of
vampire that can bestow fertility in other vampires. Therefore she's
kidnapped and locked away by another vampire clan, who plans to do this
to her.]]
* Subverted in [[Ayashi no Ceres]]. {{spoiler|Chidori}} goes through it when
she's caught by the Mikages, but [[spoiler: she ultimately dies before
the embryo is implanted into her.]]
 
== [[ComicsComic Books]] ==
* ''[[Elephantmen (Comic Book)|Elephantmen]]'': This is how [[[[Private Military Contractor|MAPPO]] creates its half-human [[Super Soldier]]s.
MAPPO]] creates its half-human [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]].
 
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the ''[[NCIS]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7773844/1/Laboring_to_Love ''Laboring to Love''] a mad scientist kidnaps most of the team to perform such a procedure, except the team member left out of the kidnapping is {{spoiler|Ziva. The mad scientist has been working on an artificial womb for men, and [[Mister Seahorse|McGee]] is the test subject.}}
* In the ''[[NCIS]]'' fanfic
[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7773844/1/Laboring_to_Love ''Laboring to
Love'']] a mad scientist kidnaps most of the team to perform such a
procedure, except the team member left out of the kidnapping is
[[spoiler: Ziva. The mad scientist has been working on an artificial
womb for men, and [[Mister Seahorse|McGee]] is the test subject.]]
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''Devil's Due,'' it's been determined by people who can see the future that a child between Lucia and Ben would be some kind of [[The Chosen One|Chosen One]]. They try to blackmail Ben into seducing and impregnating Lucia. Ben is interested in Lucia, but is a gentleman and just can't bear to do it. So Lucia is infected with anthrax, kidnapped, and impregnated with Ben's sperm to do the job. The two agree to keep the child, even if they aren't thrilled with the circumstances of the conception.
* In ''Devil's Due,'' it's been determined by people who can see the
* ''Demon Seed'' by [[Dean Koontz]] has this happen, and the perpetrator is an [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|artificial intelligence]] who calls himself Prometheus. He just wants to help humanity get rid of all its pain and misery and disease and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|male pattern baldness]] and of course, to live a life [[Become a Real Boy|of the flesh]] by transplanting his consciousness into the child once it is born. It should also be mentioned that this child is [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|not entirely human]].
future that a child between Lucia and Ben would be some kind of
* In [[The Merchant Princes Series]], Miriam/Helge is forcibly impregnated by the [[Mad Doctor]] with her fiance's sperm (her fiance is in no way able to perform sex, it's an [[Arranged Marriage]] as is). She agrees to keep the child for political reasons, but eventually has a (semi) [[Convenient Miscarriage]].
[[The Chosen One|Chosen One]]. They try to blackmail Ben into seducing and
* In ''[[Friday the 13th|Jason X: Planet of the Beast]]'', a drugged woman is impregnated with Jason's... genetic material.
impregnating Lucia. Ben is interested in Lucia, but is a gentleman and
just can't bear to do it. So Lucia is infected with anthrax, kidnapped,
and impregnated with Ben's sperm to do the job. The two agree to keep
the child, even if they aren't thrilled with the circumstances of the
conception.
* Demon Seed by [[Dean Koontz]] has this happen, and the perpetrator is an
[[AI Is a Crapshoot|artificial intelligence]] who calls himself Prometheus.
He just wants to help humanity get rid of all its pain and misery and
disease and [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|male pattern baldness]] and of
course, to live a life [[Become a Real Boy|of the flesh]] by transplanting
his consciousness into the child once it is born. It should also be
mentioned that this child is [[[[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]] not
entirely human]].
* In [[The Merchant Princes Series]], Miriam/Helge is forcibly impregnated by
the [[Mad Doctor]] with her fiance's sperm (her fiance is in no way able to
perform sex, it's an [[Arranged Marriage]] as is). She agrees to keep the
child for political reasons, but eventually has a (semi)
[[Convenient Miscarriage]].
* In ''[[Friday the 13 th|Jason X: Planet of the Beast]]'', a drugged woman
is impregnated with Jason's... genetic material.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This plays a major role in the [[Myth Arc]] of ''[[The X -Files]]'', although the ''X-Files'' version involves extraterrestrial DNA instead of somebody's sperm. {{spoiler|It's strongly implied to have happened to Scully during her abduction.}} Mulder even calls some of the conspirators "medical rapists" at one point.
* An episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' had a couple who were kidnapping women and forcing them to get pregnant so that the wife could have a baby boy to replace her stillborn. Unfortunately for the women, when it even worked they tended to give birth to girls.
''X-Files'' version involves extraterrestrial DNA instead of somebody's
* ''[[Law and Order]]'' episode 8x14, "Grief" one of the more disturbing episodes of the series: a woman was accused of paying off a hospital orderly to impregnate her comatose daughter. A [[Downer Ending]] all around due to the fact that {{spoiler|the daughter dies after delivering a healthy baby via C-Section. And the parents of the orderly sue for custody of the baby.}}
sperm. [[spoiler:It's strongly implied to have happened to Scully during
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':
her abduction.]] Mulder even calls some of the conspirators "medical
** In "The Doctor's Daughter", the Doctor is forcibly cloned at gunpoint. He's disgusted by it and considers his forced fatherhood this trope.
rapists" at one point.
** A variant in the sixth season: {{spoiler|While Amy's daughter was conceived on her wedding night with Rory, she spends the first half of the season actually being held captive by sinister people, not waking up until she was literally having contractions. Her consciousness was walking around freely in a duplicate body, and she spent nine months thinking her pregnancy test had just been a false alarm. And then her baby is kidnapped and raised as an assassin to kill her best friend.}}
* An episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' had a couple who were kidnapping women
* Scorpius's origins on ''[[Farscape]]'': His Sebacean mother was kidnapped and raped by a Scarran as part of experimental trials to create Scarran-Sebacean hybrids. Apparently Scorpius was the only one to survive. Despite his powerful intellect, due to his weak physiology (combing a Scarran's heat generation with a Sebacean's extreme vulnerability to that very heat) the experiment was deemed a total failure and the Scarrans marked the Sebaceans down as a species to wipe out rather than conquer and rape. Scorpius himself dedicates his entire life to making sure the Sebaceans wipe out the Scarrans instead.
and forcing them to get pregnant so that the wife could have a baby boy
** Also when the Scarrans attempt to {{spoiler|forcibly transplant Aeryn's baby into Chiana}}.
to replace her stillborn. Unfortunately for the women, when it even
* Happened in an episode of ''[[Picket Fences]]'' where the doctor was trying to produce a "miracle" by causing a virgin to give birth to a child.
worked they tended to give birth to girls.
* An episode of [[Law and Order SVU]] has this too. The team was called in when a doctor found that his comatose patient was pregnant. It turns out that {{spoiler|other patients were also impregnated and given abortions to extract stem cells for stem cell research, mainly for an elderly rich man with Parkinson's who is desperate for a cure. The case ends with the comatose patient remaining pregnant, and the elderly man seeking parental rights in order to get access to the umbilical cord, which contains stem cells.}}
* ''[[Law and Order]]'' episode 8x14, "Grief" one of the more disturbing
episodes of the series: a woman was accused of paying off a hospital
orderly to impregnate her comatose daughter. A [[Downer Ending]] all around
due to the fact that [[spoiler:the daughter dies after delivering a
healthy baby via C-Section. And the parents of the orderly sue for
custody of the baby.]]
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'':
** In "The Doctor's Daughter", the Doctor is forcibly cloned at
gunpoint. He's disgusted by it and considers his forced fatherhood this
trope.
** A variant in the sixth season: [[spoiler: While Amy's daughter was
conceived on her wedding night with Rory, she spends the first half of
the season actually being held captive by sinister people, not waking up
until she was literally having contractions. Her consciousness was
walking around freely in a duplicate body, and she spent nine months
thinking her pregnancy test had just been a false alarm. And then her
baby is kidnapped and raised as an assassin to kill her best friend.]]
* Scorpius's origins on ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'': His Sebacean mother was
kidnapped and raped by a Scarran as part of experimental trials to
create Scarran-Sebacean hybrids. Apparently Scorpius was the only one to
survive. Despite his powerful intellect, due to his weak physiology
(combing a Scarran's heat generation with a Sebacean's extreme
vulnerability to that very heat) the experiment was deemed a total
failure and the Scarrans marked the Sebaceans down as a species to wipe
out rather than conquer and rape. Scorpius himself dedicates his entire
life to making sure the Sebaceans wipe out the Scarrans instead.
** Also when the Scarrans attempt to [[spoiler:forcibly transplant
Aeryn's baby into Chiana]].
* Happened in an episode of ''[[Picket Fences]]'' where the doctor was trying
to produce a "miracle" by causing a virgin to give birth to a child.
* An episode of [[Law and Order SVU]] has this too. The team was called in when
a doctor found that his comatose patient was pregnant. It turns out that
[[spoiler: other patients were also impregnated and given abortions to
extract stem cells for stem cell research, mainly for an elderly rich
man with Parkinson's who is desperate for a cure. The case ends with the
comatose patient remaining pregnant, and the elderly man seeking
parental rights in order to get access to the umbilical cord, which
contains stem cells.]]
 
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[[Category:Rape Tropes]]
[[Category:Pregnancy Tropes]]
[[Category:Women Are Delicate]]
[[Category:Medical Horror]]
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