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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[One Piece]]'' revealed that the government went on a newborn hunt trying to find the unborn baby of {{spoiler|Gold Roger.}} The baby's [[Mama Bear]] protected her child ''[[Longest Pregnancy Ever|by staying pregnant for twenty months]]'' so the child could not be associated with his father.
** Also, (very, ''very'' big spoiler here) {{spoiler| the Gorosai seem to have known for more than eight centuries that the Gomu Gomu no Mi (Luffy's devil fruit) would fall into the hands of a dangerous enemy, as they tried to find and confiscate it many times during that 800 years to prevent this enemy from being created, always failing. In fact, the reason Shanks had it to begin with right before Luffy ate it is because he foiled their latest (and last, it seems) attempt. The Gorosai alone seem to know that the true name of the Gomu Gomu no Mi is Hito-Hito-No Mi Model Nika, and that rather than being a Parmecium (as most believed) it was a mythical Zoan named after the God of the Sun.}}
* An interesting variant in ''[[Elfen Lied]]''—the antagonists actively seek out and imprison [[Person of Mass Destruction|diclonii]] as they're born. Their primary approach is to visit hospitals daily and inspect the nurseries, looking for horns. If one is found, they then make every effort to persuade the unlucky parents into giving up the infant, and if that fails, they take it by force [[Paranoia Fuel|with the assistance of hospital security]]. {{spoiler|Then they go on to enslave and torture the children and, down the line, are surprised when they turn out twisted and angry.}}
* ''[[Scrapped Princess]]''. Legends speak of a royal princess who will destroy the world. When she is born, the [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Church of Mauser]] throws her off a cliff. {{spoiler|The queen arranges for someone to catch her.}}
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* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' also has an example of this, though the infant is well identified. Renegade Gemini Saint Saga murdered the rightful ruler of Sanctuary, and tried to assassinate Athena's reincarnation which was still an infant. She was saved in the nick of time thanks to the sacrifice of Sagittarius Aiolos, Saga somewhat convinced himself that he had succeeded in getting rid of her, and had his comeuppance and a lot of cold sweating when he found out she was well alive, and had founded her own guard of Saints.
* ''[[The Storm Riders]]'' has a bit of a variation of this. Lord Conquer was given a prophecy for the first half of his life, which led to him slaughtering the families of the two heroes and adopting them to secure his reign, but isn't given the second part, in which they will bring him down, until they're grown. However, his attempt to stop this from happening cause it anyway.
== Comic Books ==
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