History Main / ChosenConceptionPartner

* In ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', Maude is a variation. While she did pick The Dude to impregnate her, this is solely because he's TheSlacker and unlikely to oppose her for custody or to have any impact on the child's life whatsoever. She also didn't ask for his permission first, but he had no problem with the sexual deed before finding out, and seemed fine with the arrangement once she very openly explained it. While yes, she used him for his genes, it wasn't meant in an antagonistic way.

* Queen Solaria the Monster Carver from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' had "neither time nor interest in taking a king". When she wanted to conceive a heir, she simply named her councilor Alphonse as her partner and later c gave birth to Eclipsa.

** Later still, a woman named Tamar marries one of Judah's sons, and he dies. As per custom of that time and place, she was to marry his brother Onan, to perpetuate her deceased husband's lineage; she did as she was supposed to, but he also passed away, which is attributed to divine punishment for using CoitusInterruptus instead of perpetuating his brother's lineage (the original incident as forgotten over time, hence "onanism" becoming a synonym for ADateWithRosiePalms instead). Next in line is a boy named Shelah, who is conveniently not old enough for marriage just yet. Judah believes Tamar to be [[CartwrightCurse cursed]], and doesn't want to lose his last son; he tells Tamar to move back in with her parents and wait for Shelah to grow up, at which point he'll become hers... but once Shelah comes of age, he is married to another woman. So Tamar decides to take things in her own hands by disguising herself as a prostitute and sleeping with ''Judah'' himself; he almost has her executed for engaging in illicit sex once her pregnancy begins to show, but she reveals that he is the father by using the seal, cord, and staff she took as "collateral" three months earlier. He spares her life, saying that she was more righteous than he was because she did her duty while he didn't; she gave birth to twins, who are then recognized as Judah's descendants.

** Later still, a woman named Tamar marries one of Judah's sons, and he dies. As per custom of that time and place, she was to marry his brother, to perpetuate her deceased husband's lineage; she did as she was supposed to, but he also passed away (which is attributed to divine punishment for using CoitusInterruptus instead of perpetuating his brother's lineage.) Next in line is a boy named Shelah, who is conveniently not old enough for marriage just yet. Judah believes Tamar to be [[CartwrightCurse cursed]], and doesn't want to lose his last son; he tells Tamar to move back in with her parents and wait for Shelah to grow up, at which point he'll become hers... but once Shelah comes of age, he is married to another woman. So Tamar decides to take things in her own hands by disguising herself as a prostitute and sleeping with ''Judah'' himself; he almost has her executed for engaging in illicit sex once her pregnancy begins to show, but she reveals that he is the father by using the seal, cord, and staff she took as "collateral" three months earlier. He spares her life, saying that she was more righteous than he was because she did her duty while he didn't; she gave birth to twins, who are then recognized as Judah's descendants.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': In "Lilith Needs a Favor", the titular favor is Lilith asking Frasier to donate sperm so she can have another baby. She explains that he was her first choice to the new baby will be a full sibling to their son Frederick, who's proof that their genes are compatible, and that she has no desire to get back together. Frasier eventually talks her out of the whole idea by making her see she's just trying to fill a void left now that Freddie's a teenager and doesn't need her as much.

* In ''{{Series/Letterkenny}}'' during one episode of season 8 the guys begin to wonder if the Mennonite Dyck family is asking for help on the farm for the purpose of impregnating their daughters, especially when patriarch Noah asks if they have any generic conditions. [[spoiler:The entire thing turned out to be InnocentInnuendo, since nearly everything they say could be interpreted that way]].

* In ''{{Series/Letterkenny}}'' during one episode of season 8 they guys begin to wonder if the Mennonite Dyck family is asking for help on the farm for the purpose of impregnating their daughters, especially when patriarch Noah asks if they have any generic conditions. [[spoiler:The entire thing turned out to be InnocentInnuendo, since nearly everything they say could be interpreted that way]].

* Downplayed in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', where Ethan is asked to help Robin and Leslie get pregnant ([[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2003 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).

* 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 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.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Scully had been rendered infertile during her alien abduction when her ovum were removed. In "Per Manum," it's revealed that Mulder found them and they might be viable. Scully chooses to ask Mulder to be the father of her children. As these are happening in flashbacks while Scully is pregnant in the present, it's presented as a [[WhosYourDaddy possible explanation.]] Subverted at the end, when it's revealed their IVF attempt failed.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Used in the episode "Per Manum". It plays directly into season 8's poorly-disguised WhosYourDaddy subplot; it's a flashback episode to mid-season 7 offering a potential answer to Scully's unexpected pregnancy. After her stolen ova are found and tests suggest the eggs could be viable, Scully refuses her doctor's offer of an anonymous sperm donor and asks Mulder. The audience isn't shown the scene where she asks, only a shot to a few days after Mulder has had time to think it over. Scully assumes he will refuse, but Mulder accepts. In a completely heart-wrenching twist on the trope, the IVF attempt actually fails, giving us a heartwarming scene of Mulder comforting a devastated Scully and telling her "Never give up on a miracle." And leaves the WhosYourDaddy storyline to live another day.

* In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Sarah had been struggling with infertility for a number of years, and believed herself to be nearing the end of her reproductive lifespan. So (as per the Code of Hammurabi) she got her husband Abraham to sleep with her maidservant, Hagar. (Naturally, as per the LawOfInverseFertility, Hagar conceives by sleeping with him ''once.'') This causes Sarah to become [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] (not helped by the fact that Hagar seemed to lord it over her, forgetting her place and/or her relationship to Abraham). Hagar gives birth to a boy named Ishmael (though he's ''legally'' Sarah's), and Sarah has a biological son named Isaac later, driving out Ishmael and his biological mother. They leave to the desert and, with God's help, rebuild their lives elsewhere.

* Toward the end of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Morrigan offers the Grey Warden a way to avoid dying in the impending battle against the Archdemon. The catch is, one of the (male, obviously) Grey Wardens must agree to help her conceive a child, and she is pretty vague about what the consequences of this decision might be and what exactly she plans to do with the kid once it's born. The potential fathers can be the Male Warden PlayerCharacter, Alistair, or [[spoiler:Loghain]]. It's played with if a male Warden persued an actual romance with her, since at the end of the final DLC they reconnect and can end up settling down to raise him together. In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'' we finally get to meet the kid, Kieran, and he turns out to be a pretty normal child after all minus having Urthemiel's soul if the ritual was performed and some neat powers as a result.

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* ''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood'':
** [[TheOjou La Folia Rihavein]] wants [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Kojou Akatsuki]] as her future husband and at one point, her first reaction to seeing Kojou [[FreakyFridayFlip after his mind is transferred into a female body]] is to say, "This is a problem. I can't bear an heir with him like this!"
** Later, while on the ship of another vampire lord, several beautiful maids approach him for sex. When Kojou suspects that they aren't really maids, they reveal themselves as political hostages from foreign countries and say they want to bear Akatsuki's children because as a vampire lord even more powerful than the one they serve, they'd gain incredible status and privilege.

* In ''LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars'', this is the standard reproductive process among the Abh, who do not practice marriage. Thanks to their mastery of genetic engineering, they can combine the genes of any two people, be they of the same sex or even close family members, and produce a viable child. Or they can just clone the parent and have that be the child. That said, conceiving a child naturally with one's lover is considered to be the most special and blessed form of having children, and those children are known as "Children of Love".
* Naturally, as a Harem anime, ''LightNovel/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 ''LightNovel/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.

* Subverted in the backstory for ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha''. [[spoiler:Arturia married Guinevere for political purposes, as Arturia was really MarriedToTheJob. However, as Arturia needed a biological heir, [[EasySexChange Merlin magically gave her a penis until she could conceive an heir with someone]]. For whatever reason, that someone wasn't Guinevere (it was ''Morgan'' via rape).]]

* ''Fanfic/UmeiNoMaisUnchained'' opens with Uchiha Izuna abducting Senju Tobirama in order to make him her concubine. It's political as Tobirama is the younger brother to the future Senju clan Head, and Izuna also wants to add his potent chakra, sensing and tactical skills to her own lineage. Tobirama isn't exactly thrilled by the prospect to give children to his kidnapper, but muses he can stomach her pragmatical viewpoint much better than if she had acted on sheer lust.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' has the daughter of ComicBook/RasAlGhul, Talia. Her greatest desire is to sire a worthy heir for her father's empire with the Caped Crusader (although she has made the offer to other men at times, such as [[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Jason Todd]]). In fact, Ra's has several daughters (and a sister) that exist solely for this purpose. Usually, they happily choose their mate, although they will cross over into StalkerWithATestTube territory if jilted as his sister did with [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim Drake]], though she had further things she intended to gain from her ConceiveAndKill plan.

* Toward the end of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Morrigan offers the Grey Warden a way to avoid dying in the impending battle against the Archdemon. The catch is, one of the (male, obviously) Grey Wardens must agree to help her conceive a child, and she is pretty vague about what the consequences of this decision might be and what exactly she plans to do with the kid once it's born. The potential fathers can be the Male Warden PlayerCharacter, Alistair, or [[spoiler:Loghain]]. In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'' we finally get to meet the kid, Kieran, and he turns out to be a pretty normal child after all minus having Urthemiel's soul if the ritual was performed and some neat powers as a result.

* In ''Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGateLiesAHighSchoolLibrary'', Coira Sitri (who is the [[TangledFamilyTree aunt/stepmother]] of [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Sona Sitri and Serafall Leviathan]]) asks the girls' boyfriend, [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]], if he would be interested in the role (no need for sex, as she is uninterested in that and knows Harry wouldn't want to, either), since it would potentially lead to their kids being very magically powerful and it would also be a way to metaphorically flip off the traditionalist devils.

* In the sequel to ''Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGateLies'', Coira Sitri (who is the [[TangledFamilyTree aunt/stepmother]] of [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Sona Sitri and Serafall Leviathan]]) asks the girls' boyfriend, [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]], if he would be interested in the role (no need for sex, as she is uninterested in that and knows Harry wouldn't want to, either), since it would potentially lead to their kids being very magically powerful and it would also be a way to metaphorically flip off the traditionalist devils.

* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' has male prostitutes whose sole job is to father children. As men are only 10% or so of the population, being a ChosenConceptionPartner is not so much of a compliment to a man - men are considered handsome if they have no deformities. Only rich women can afford to fulfil a DarwinistDesire.

* PlayedForLaughs a couple of times in ''LightNovel/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.

* In the sequel to ''Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGateLies'', Coira Sitri (who is the [[TangledFamilyTree aunt/stepmother]] of [[Anime/HighSchoolDXD Sona Sitri and Serafall Leviathan]]) asks the girls' boyfriend, [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]], if he would be interested in the role (no need for sex, as she is uninterested in that and knows Harry wouldn't want to, either), since it would potentially lead to their kids being very magically powerful and it would also be a way to metaphorically flip off the traditionalist devils.