History Main / BornAfterTheEnd

* In the second season of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'', the ZombieApocalypse's survivors include Rebecca, a pregnant woman who gives birth at the end of the fourth episode, [[DeathByChildbirth dying in the process]]. In the third and fourth seasons, Clementine becomes a ParentalSubstitute to her son, Alvin Jr.

* ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'': Since all of the (initially known) survivors of TheVirus had yet to hit puberty during the disaster, all of the second generation survivors (including guest character children of two main characters) were born after society collapsed and are more self-sufficient and wary as a result. They aren't the focus of the show, but the ones in "Red Kiss" view Jeremiah and Kurdy as angels and the VillainOfTheWeek as a vampire largely due to an arcade game in their community. The finale reveals that many, if not all, of the children born after the Big Death are displaying higher [=IQ=]s than normal, which is suggested to be either evolutionary or a divine boon to compensate for the losses humanity has suffered.

* The German rap group K.I.Z. has a song named "Hurra, die Welt geht unter" ("Hooray, the world ends") that describes the happiness with the new situation after the system collapsed. The protagonists also tell about their children, in particularly, how they are scared when one of the adults tells them about the pope, and how they have no understanding of money, therefore don't get how Monopoly is supposed to work.

* In Season 2 of ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'', this is part of the reason Lori is trying to secretly abort her unborn child before she starts to show, because she dreads the idea of raising a child in the [[NotUsingTheZedWord walker]] apocalypse.

* In ''Children of the Dust'' by British author Louise Lawrence, the children born after the nuclear war fall into two categories. Those born in government bunkers are unmutated as their parents have not been exposed to radiation, whereas those born in outside communities are all deformed in one way or another. Among the latter, a mutation involves the child being born with [[MonochromaticEyes white eyes with black pinprick pupils]], a covering of white hair all over the body and PsychicPowers becomes dominant within a few decades. The book ends by suggesting that these people are destined to build a better world than the one that was destroyed.

* In ''Children of the Dust'' by British author Louise Lawrence, the children born after the nuclear war fall into two categories. Those born in government bunkers are unmutated as their parents have not been exposed to radiation, whereas those born in outside communities are all deformed in one way or another. Among the latter, a mutation which involves the child being born with [[MonochromaticEyes white eyes with black pinprick pupils]], a covering of white hair all over the body and PsychicPowers becomes dominant within a few decades. The book ends by suggesting that these people are destined to build a better world than the one that was destroyed.

* Main protagonsits Rudi Mackenzie and Mathilda Arminger were born after The Change that happens in the first book of the ''Literature/{{Emberverse}}''.

* ''Literature/TheNightOfTheTriffids'': The story follows one of the first generations of young adults born after almsot everyone was blinded by a comet and most of the survivors died from starvation, disease, or Triffid attacks. The British characters have grown up in a Utopia of sorts, while the Amefican ones are mistreated subjects of a despotism.

* ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'': In [[Recap/TheLastOfUs2023S1E1WhenYoureLostInTheDarkness the first episode]] Tess explains away the bruises on her face (given to her by Robert's goons) to Joel by claiming she got jumped by a couple of teenagers. Later she tells him the truth:

* In Season 2 of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', this is part of the reason Lori is trying to secretly abort her unborn child before she starts to show, because she dreads the idea of raising a child in the [[NotUsingTheZedWord walker]] apocalypse.

* ''Literature/{{Semiosis}}'' is a GenerationalSaga about a space colony that fled the EarthThatWas. The second generation ultimately rebels against the original colonists, finding them too conservative to live symbiotically with the local PlantAliens, and subsequent generations have a complicated relationship with the founders' legacy.

* ''Literature/SkyJumpers'': About fifty years after a war that resulted in a DepopulationBomb, there are plenty of kids who have grown up in a farming community where science fair grade inventions are seen as wonderful and complex things that provide a boon to the community.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] an entire generation had grown up largely not knowing what life was really like under the Galactic Empire. This leads many New Republic citizens to become complacent in the years just before ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' took place. In the novel "[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]" the young X-wing pilot Joph Seastriker had very little actual combat experience before going to work for Princess Leia, having been born after the Galactic Civil War ended.

* The second half of ''Literature/EarthAbides'' deals with the protagonist trying to teach these children some of the old ways, only to learn they're more interested in returning to tribal days for now.

** Though in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', it's revealed that he lived through the attack as a boy in the new timeline.

* The Boy who neatest ''Literature/TheRoad'' was born after the catastrophe that killed most people and plants.

* PlayedForDrama in ''Film/AQuietPlace'': Evelyn is heavily pregnant (which is implied to be unplanned). The monsters that nearly killed humanity hunt by sound and Evelyn goes into labor while she's alone in the house (Lee and Marcus go out to do their usual business and Regan walks out of the house a bit after). She is forced to stay quiet despite her labor pains when one of the aliens enters the bathroom where she is hiding.