History Main / DeliveryStork

'''Calvin:''' ''[[InsultBackfire Cool!]]''\\

'''Calvin's dad:''' In most cases, yes, but ''you'' were unceremoniously dumped down the chimney by a big, hairy pterodactyl.

The myth has mostly died down, to the point where [[UndeadHorseTrope TV is usually the only place you'll see kids who believe in "the stork"]]. Showing childbirth in the media hasn't been taboo since the 50's, so most children know babies come from the mother's body, just not how it got there in the first place. But then again, [[FridgeLogic it's also never explained where storks get babies either]]. Nonetheless, the symbolism of storks and babies has persisted to this day, where the image of a stork with a bundled baby hanging from its beak is still a symbol of pregnancy, childbirth, and babies. In FunnyAnimal related works, this trope may be invoked in spirit by depicting anthropomorphic storks working as midwives or in maternity wards.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': Inverted with [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-918 SCP-918]], an abandoned mill that creates storks that steal infants and turns them into talcum powder.

The myth has mostly died down, to the point where [[UndeadHorseTrope TV is usually the only place you'll see kids who believe in "the stork"]]. Showing childbirth in the media hasn't been taboo since the 50's, so most children know babies come from the mother's body, just not how it got there in the first place. But then again, [[FridgeLogic it's also never explained where storks get babies either]]. Nonetheless, the symbolism of storks and babies has persisted to this day, where the image of a stork with a bundled baby hanging from its beak is still a symbol of pregnancy, childbirth, and babies.

* In ''VideoGame/VivaPinata'', after two Piñatas romance, their eggs are delivered to them... not by an actual stork, but by a lady with a vaguely stork-shaped outfit named Storkos.

* In ''VideoGame/VivaPinata'', after two Piñatas romance, their eggs is delivered to them... not by an actual stork, but by a lady named Storkos.

* In ''VideoGame/VivaPinata'', after two Piñatas romance, their eggs is delivered to them... not by an actual stork, but by Storkos.

* WordOfGod says this is how ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' eggs are delivered to the [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Day Care Center]]. The Pokédex also implies that Celebi may be the stork.

* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries'' alludes to the idea of babies being delivered by storks by establishing that Death is also the personification of life, appearing as a stork when not wearing his shroud.

* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries'' establishes that Death is also the personification of life, appearing as a stork when not wearing his shroud.

* ''Fanfic/BecomingFemale'': At one point in the sequel ''Fanfic/BeingFemale'', [[Franchise/HarryPotter Umbridge]] takes over the wizarding world, and decides to [[NoSexAllowed ban sex]]. She adds, "From now on, all babies will be delivered by storks."

* ''Fanfic/BecomingFemale'': At one point in the sequel ''Being Female'', [[Franchise/HarryPotter Umbridge]] takes over the wizarding world, and decides to [[NoSexAllowed ban sex]]. She adds, "From now on, all babies will be delivered by storks."

* Parodied in ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'',as Wednesday and Pugsley sit in the waiting room while Morticia is in labor:

* ''Alien Nations'' ([[MarketBasedTitle also known as]] ''The Nations'' or ''Aliens & Amazons'') is facetiously based on an interstellar version of this trope: in the first game, we're shown that the reason three very different sentient species share the same planet is because the storks who were tasked with delivering them to their respective worlds [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy stopped off at a bar]] while they were supposed to be on the job. They also double as a ProudMerchantRace and are the driving force of commodity market prices and the transportation of goods.

* ''Alien Nations'' (known in some locales as ''Aliens & Amazons'') is facetiously based on an interstellar version of this trope: in the first game, we're shown that the reason three very different sentient species share the same planet is because the storks who were tasked with delivering them to their respective worlds [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy stopped off at a bar]] while they were supposed to be on the job.

* A Harvey Comics cartoon feature showed a stork delivering a mother and a father in a bundle to a baby.

* Music/LeonardBernstein's "My Name is Barbara":

For those wondering exactly how storks became associated with pregnancy: The tradition apparently started in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain. The White Stork was considered a symbol of happiness, fertility, and prosperity. Storks were known to nest on chimney tops in England, so the mythology of storks dropping baby humans down the chimney was made quite quickly.

* ''Fanfic/EverythingChangesMilkywayScribbles'': At age 9, Ash still thinks a Pidgeot dropped him at his parent's door.

* One is featured in one of the plays from ''WesternAnimation/TheBigBadFoxAndOtherTales''. In it, he [[spoiler:fakes his injury to laze around, leaving other animals to find the baby a home]]. The [[AnimatedActors actor]] that plays him seems to be a similar JerkAss, brushing off his co-worker's concern and raving about an avant-guard play he'll be featured in.

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* Simon parodied this in ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries YogLabs]]'' when they're trying to make a clone of him, which (due to the weird way the mod works) involves incubating an egg as the final step:

* Inverted with {{Wiki/SCP|Foundation}}-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-918 918]], an abandoned mill that creates storks that steal infants and turns them into talcum powder.

* The early drafts of ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' included a delivery stork, but after the sponsors requested a CelebrityVoiceActor (Burl Ives) narrate to increase appeal, the stork was cut to make room.