History Main / ChosenConceptionPartner

* Literature/VanasHeritage: Siyana can be impregnated by a man-wolf, so she is given to Vladr for reproducing.

** During the Oath books, Kethry becomes [[BloodBrothers oathsisters]] with Tarma, the [[LastOfHisKind last survivor of the Clan of the Hawk]]. The clan can be built anew but it requires a "core" of new young members who are kin to the old clan and while Tarma's barren, thanks to their Oath Kethry's offspring count. She repeatedly offers to just start with the contributions of one-night-stands and male friends, but she ''wants'' to have a love marriage with a man who [[ThreesomeSubtext also understands and respects her closeness with Tarma]], so Tarma doesn't want her settling for anything else.

SuperTrope of the following[[note]]Note that despite the negative implications/consequences of these subtropes, the supertrope itself can be ''way'' more friendly than any of them.[[/note]]:

* The [[SmallSecludedWorld Sixth House]] in ‘’Literature/TheLockedTomb’’ has an extremely limited gene pool and a corresponding lack of choice in partners. While individual pairings aren’t designated, the list of people who aren’t your cousins can be as narrow as four so it’s rare for the union to be romantic. They also send their most beautiful people to join the Cohort and get laid by foreigners.

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* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': This is how Cassandra Cain was born in the pre-Flashpoint continuity. Her father David Cain was a member of the League of Assassins and was seeking to create the ultimate assassin using his brutal TrainingFromHell methods, but all his attempts ended in failure. He got it into his head that this was because none of them were his blood, so he sought out to find the perfect mother to have his child, and eventually found two potential candidates at a martial arts tournament in Detroit, a pair of twin sisters with a great amount of talent. He murdered one of the sisters in order to "free" the other from having to hold back her talent, and when the surviving sister went after him in revenge, he defeated her with the help of the League, but offered to spare her life in exchange for having his child. She accepted, and after Cassandra was born, the surviving sister gave her to Cain so she could continue her path to becoming the person she was meant to become--ComicBook/LadyShiva.
* Hela, in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, toward Thor. When Thor dies and winds up in her realm, she bargains to release him from the afterlife as long as he conceives a child with her. Due to the fluid nature of time in her realm, she's already heavily pregnant only a few days later and proudly muses about how their child is a "warrior born".
* ''ComicBook/TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'':
** One issue depicts several possible futures. In one of them, Tarot marries her LoveInterest Jon, has a child by him, and then lends him to her sister Raven so that she can have a child of her own.
** There is also another issue where an attractive (and giant) Troll Queen wishes for Jon (who the trolls think is a fertility god) to impregnate all of her female troll subjects. After being force-fed a drink that kept him high as a kite the whole time, he accomplishes the task without having a clue what's going on the entire time.
* In the Pre-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} ''ComicBook/SwampThing'', [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] has Swamp Thing use his body to father a child with Abby. John was a little miffed that Swampy didn't ''ask'' first before the possession, since John was going to offer to do so himself. Subsequently in his own comic book, this comes up again as John realizes the woman who's seducing him is a lesbian in a relationship.

* Maxima, the Queen of Almerac, wants Superman to be this for her. She argues that, being both powerful enough to survive the pregnancy and (possibly with technological help) genetically compatible, she can give him what he otherwise cannot have: children. The fact that she is a better option than his first cousin or his incompatible (and [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex too-fragile]]) love interest is blunted by the fact that she intends to raise those children as potential heirs to a despotic interstellar monarchy. She doesn't react well to his repeated refusals, with responses ranging from becoming a superhero on Earth to prove herself worthy according to what she thinks are his criteria for a mate, to [[AttemptedRape open combat]] to [[BestHerToBedHer force him to submit]] to her desires.

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* In the Korean Film ''Film/AFrozenFlower'', the King is pressured to produce an heir with his Queen, but is unable to do so (for unclear reasons). The King orders his lover, Hong Rim to have sex with his wife and produce an heir. Hong Rim and the Queen enjoy the sex so much that it evolves into a steamy affair, much to the King's anger. The movie ends with Hong Rim and the King killing [[MutualKill one other]].
* In the Chinese film ''Film/{{Inkstone}}'', Dang Xiang falls in love with a young master and marries him. The newlywed couple is pressured into having a child. Dang Xiang's husband is unable to perform in bed, so he orders his servant A Gen to have sex with his wife. Dang Xiang relishes the sexual act and initiates an affair with the servant. The husband is enraged and has A Gen killed, then seals his corpse in the Inkstone bed. [[AllForNothing The husband dies at the age of thirty, Dang Xiang's affair does not yield any heir, the family declines, and Dang Xiang dies of old age and loneliness in poverty.]]

* Done in a very downbeat and realistic manner in one of George Pelecanos's ''Literature/NickStefanos'' private eye novels. Nick agrees to have sex with a lesbian buddy so that she can have a child to raise with her partner. The sex scene is depicted graphically but unerotically, with a lot of emphasis on how uncomfortable it is for both of them despite their existing relationship, to the point that Nick has difficulty performing.

* Naturally, as a Harem anime, ''Literature/AntiMagicAcademyThe35thTestPlatoon'' has the protagonist, Takeru. In an early episode, his teammate Usagi reveals that she's in an ArrangedMarriage to a creepy nobleman who [[EntitledToHaveYou considers Usagi his future property]]. When Takeru invites her to his place after she confides in him, she assumes his plan is to get her pregnant so that the engagement will be nullified. At first, she behaves as though this is tolerable because she's desperate, but then she has an ImagineSpot and gets immensely excited at the idea of bearing Takeru a child. However, it turns out that [[CluelessChickMagnet Takeru had no such designs]] and was bringing her over to his house so that they (and the other girls) can have a strategy meeting about how to save Usagi.
* PlayedForLaughs a couple of times in ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD''. Xenovia has [[ItMakesSenseInContext decided her life goal is to be a mother]], and tries to sleep with Issei for that reason alone. She doesn't get far, however, since her [[TheStoic stony-faced come-ons]] freak Issei out more than anything. And then there's [[TheVamp Kuroka]], who basically introduces herself by asking if Issei wants to make a baby, but whether she's serious, just looking to get laid, or only saying it to fluster him is [[TheTease difficult to say]]. This becomes increasingly common as Issei grows ever more powerful, and several female characters express interest in having his child simply because they know any child of his will be very powerful.
* ''Literature/{{Ravensong}}'': How Stacey and her siblings were born, as her father of record was effectively infertile, given a trial period of three years, and his twin was chosen instead:
--> Grampa Thomas told a story of twin brothers, one the father of children, the other the woman's husband. Stacey choked. She isn't going to tell me that Jim is not my father. Momma's monologue softened, became reverent, telling Stacey precisely what she did not want to hear. To prevent divorce and still have children she had spent time in the city with Ned-four times, in fact. It had hurt Jim but he had to decide between no wife and no children or a wife and his twin brother's children.

* ''Literature/MermaidMoon'': Baroness Thyrla, a powerful witch, has had a number of children conceived through one-night stands, born in secret, and sacrificed in infancy to [[ImmortalitySeeker keep Thyrla young]]. Eventually she decided that a living child might be of use to her, so she married Lot, a weak, passive man who wouldn't get in her way. Once she was pregnant with their son Peder, she killed Lot too. Few people noticed his absence.

* In the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S3E17AHundredDays A Hundred Days]]", Jack O'Neill is trapped offworld for three months after a meteorite strike buries the Stargate. He romances a local woman who, after the harvest festival, phrases her desire to sleep with him as, "I want you to give me a child." But since the SGC is able to rescue him the next afternoon, we never find out if they had one - though the HandOnWomb shot seems to iply that they did.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}''. Brennan, who had always been indifferent to children in the past, suddenly announces that she wants to be a mother. She asks Booth for sperm, since she believes he has the right genes to supply an above-average baby (along with her genius genes of course). He reluctantly acquiesces, but then just as he decides not to he collapses with a brain tumor. As he goes into surgery he tells Brennan "If I die I want you to have my 'stuff.'" It later ends up moot though because they get married and have kids the traditional way.
* In ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', Ann spends months trying to find a nice man to impregnate her as a sperm donor, after years of never finding a lasting, stable romance to settle down in. She plans on having some sort of friendly, responsible contact with the father as the child grows up, since it would be a choice by both of them. [[spoiler:She ends up choosing Chris. But this dramatic reunion between exes becomes a revived romance, so he impregnates her the traditional way!]]

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': As a result of being abducted by aliens, Scully's ova were removed and she was rendered infertile. Yet, somehow at the end of season seven, she finds out she's unexpectedly pregnant. In "Per Manum," told mostly in flashbacks, a [[WhosYourDaddy possible explanation]] is given: Mulder found her ova frozen in a lab and they could be viable. Scully asks Mulder to be the father, and he accepts. Subverted, however, as the last flashback reveals the IVF attempt failed.
** Played for ultra-creepy effect in the reboot, when the writers took a hard left and decided [[spoiler: that the Cigarette Smoking Man was William's father, having [[MedicalRapeAndImpregnate chosen Scully]] as his conception partner. This did not go over well with the fans, but that [[ChrisCarterEffect should have been expected.]]]]
* ''Saving Hope'': Dawn decides she wants to have a baby and chooses her ex-husband (and current Friend-with-Benefits) to be the father, though she insists she wouldn't ask him to co-parent. It all turns out to be a moot point when they go in for fertility testing and find out Dawn's eggs aren't viable.
* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', Joy finds out she has a half-sister named Liberty, who also happens to be her arch-nemesis since childhood. [[spoiler:It's revealed that it's because Liberty was jealous of Joy for having a father-figure in her life, though Joy's deliberately antagonizing her didn't help any.]] It just so happens that Liberty is training to become a pro-wrestler, but her husband (a white {{Expy}} of Darnell) wants them to live a quiet life in their trailer park and have a baby. Meanwhile, Joy is preparing for her trial, and losing would mean being sent to {{Prison}} for life... but she reads that juries tend to be more sympathetic to pregnant women. She tries to get Darnell to get her pregnant, but he thinks (rightly) that that's a terrible reason to bring a child into the world. Earl [[PlanningWithProps teaches]] both couples about the possibility of surrogate mothering. Eventually, after they [[CatFight air their grievances]], Joy agrees to be Liberty's surrogate. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot This was to explain the bump she would be sporting due to Jaime Pressly's real-life pregnancy]].
* When ''Series/AllMyChildren'''s Liza Colby decides she wants to have a baby, she asks her ex-boyfriend Jake Martin to be the father. Her ex-husband Adam, determined to get back into her life, enlists Jake's angry girlfriend Allie to swap Jake's sperm sample with his, thus committing a far-reaching BedTrick [=/=]RapeByProxy--indeed, when Liza finally learns the truth several years later, having conceived and given birth to the child, she calls it rape.
* Bette and Tina attempt this in the pilot of ''Series/TheLWord'' by having sex with a random guy without telling him why. When they try to convince him not to use a condom, he puts two and two together and angrily leaves.

* In ''Series/PeepShow'', Mark and Sophie have sex for the first time since they were engaged. Since then, they have been married, divorced, and have endured several arguments. The condom breaks, but rather than panicking, Sophie holds her legs to her stomach, a technique that supposedly assists in sperm movement. She falls pregnant and Mark becomes a father. Although this was somewhat accidental, it could be said that this would have happened regardless.
* In ''Series/NewGirl'', Nick's cousin and his wife visit and ask for his sperm. Through a lot of debating and consideration with Schmidt's help, he decides to go along with it. They discover the IVF is too expensive so they ask Nick to have sex with her instead. The moment comes, but Nick succumbs to his anxiety and he realises he can't go through with it.

* Downplayed in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', where Ethan is asked to help Robin and Leslie get pregnant ([[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/catchphrase by using a Super Soaker to implant Leslie's DNA in his sperm in order to impregnate Robin]]). Since he and Leslie are both gay and Robin is most likely bi, it removes a great deal of drama (that and Robin's alien-modified body makes the pregnancy last three weeks).

* At the end of season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' it's revealed that Lana is pregnant. The next season reveals that she used a sperm donor. In the last episode, the baby is born, [[spoiler:and Lana explains to Archer that she knew he had frozen a bunch of his sperm, and that not only is he a genetically fit specimen, but she loves him despite what a mess he is. She then introduces Archer to his daughter.]]

* In the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S3E17AHundredDays A Hundred Days]]", Jack O'Neill is trapped offworld for three months after a meteorite strike buries the Stargate. He romances a local woman who, after the harvest festival, phrases her desire to sleep with him as, "I want you to give me a child." But since the SGC is able to rescue him the next afternoon, we never find out if they had one.

** Satyavati's son, Vichitravirya was married to two princesses of Kashi. However, after Vichitravirya's premature death, Satyavati summons her other son, Veda Vyasa, to beget sons on Vichitravirya's widows. However, the first widow was repulsed by Vyasa'a appearance and closed her eyes. Consequently, their son, Dhritarashtra, was born blind. The second widow turned pale upon seeing Vyasa, so their son, Pandu, was born with an unnaturally pale complexion.

* ''Myth/HinduMythology'': If a couple could not conceive a child, the husband's younger brother was permitted to beget a child on the wife. In many myths, if a king could not beget any children of his own or died without leaving any heir, a qualified ascetic would be called to beget worthy children on the queens. The most famous case was the birth of the five Pandavas- King Pandu of Hastinapura had two beautiful queens. Unfortunately, Pandu was cursed with DeathBySex, which prevented him from having any children. So he ordered his queens to use a Mantra to invoke various demigods, who begot five excellent sons on them.

** A demon tricked King Sudasa to serve meat to his priest, Sage Vashistha. Vashistha cursed Sudasa to become a cannibalistic demon for twelve years. Under the influence of Vashistha's curse, Sudasa devoured a Brahmana, whose wife cursed him with DeathBySex. After Sudasa became a human once again, he requested Vashistha to beget a son on his queen, Madayanti, thus continuing the lineage.

* ''Myth/HinduMythology'': If a couple could not conceive a child, the husband's younger brother was permitted to beget a child on the wife. In many myths, if a king could not beget any children of his own or died without leaving any heir, a qualified ascetic would be called to beget worthy children on the queens. The most famous case was the birth of the five Pandavas- King Pandu of Hastinapura had two beautiful queens. Unfortunately, Pandu was cursed with death by sex, which prevented him from having any children. So he ordered his queens to use a Mantra to invoke various demigods, who begot five excellent sons on them.

* ''Literature/BooksOfTheRaksura'': The Raksura live in colonies, default to polyamory, and raise their young communally, so it's common to choose a conception partner for non-romantic reasons. Nonetheless, when Moon needs to give a challenging order to a panicking colony-mate in the middle of an emergency and offers to sire her children if she complies, it startles her out of her panic -- and they follow through on it later.

* Done in a very downbeat and realistic manner in one of George Pelecanos's ''Nick Stefanos'' private eye novels. Nick agrees to have sex with a lesbian buddy so that she can have a child to raise with her partner. The sex scene is depicted graphically but unerotically, with a lot of emphasis on how uncomfortable it is for both of them despite their existing relationship, to the point that Nick has difficulty performing.

* In the Korean Film ''A Frozen Flower'', the King is pressured to produce an heir with his Queen, but is unable to do so (for unclear reasons). The King orders his lover, Hong Rim to have sex with his wife and produce an heir. Hong Rim and the Queen enjoy the sex so much that it evolves into a steamy affair, much to the King's anger. The movie ends with Hong Rim and the King killing [[MutualKill one other]].
* In the Chinese film, ''Inkstone'', Dang Xiang falls in love with a young master and marries him. The newlywed couple is pressured into having a child. Dang Xiang's husband is unable to perform in bed, so he orders his servant A Gen to have sex with his wife. Dang Xiang relishes the sexual act and initiates an affair with the servant. The husband is enraged and has A Gen killed, then seals his corpse in the Inkstone bed. [[AllForNothing The husband dies at the age of thirty, Dang Xiang's affair does not yield any heir, the family declines, and Dang Xiang dies of old age and loneliness in poverty.]]

Expect at least ''one'' character to fit this trope in a HaremGenre story. If they're middle-aged, they may be an OldMaid or state that "MyBiologicalClockIsTicking", and if homosexual, this is a case of AllLesbiansWantKids. If the baby-seeker is a non-human, expect this to overlap with "DoYouWantToCopulate". If MateOrDie is also a factor, it may overlap with OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace.

** Also the case sometimes elsewhere in ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'', especially among the Tayledras. Regardless of the sexualities and marital status of the participants, sometimes two people will pair off explicitly for procreation, use magic in the process to ensure that twins are born, and each come away with one child and no more than a cordial relationship between genetic parents.

* ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy''. This happens to Vanyel. Van is not at all interested in women, but King Randale is sterile, and his life-bonded mate, Shavri, desperately wants to be a mother. Since the king must appear fertile in case he needs to make an alliance marriage, Van agrees to sire a child with Shavri and acts as HonoraryUncle to the resulting daughter. He also fathers children with a few other women on request, starting a SecretLegacy that later books' protagonists turn out to be part of.