Quotes / The Baby Trap

Fred: Probably because we don't want her to know that her father's a screw-up.
Supergirl: Come on, Fred. She won't care—
Fred: That he fooled around with his partner's wife and lost the business. Or that when he isn't drunk he isn't awake—! Or that he never would have married that witch if she hadn't skipped her pill on purpose—!

— DCU Infinite Holiday Special issue #1

"Look! Read the results. They still had Mom's DNA profile in the records. She must've had an egg left over from the MAGI, and... Oh, fucking hell. She was sleeping with him. She must have been. Why else would she do this? She was trying to baby trap Gendo."

—Ritsuko, Doing It Right This Time, chapter 1

He wanted to be something but she knows he never will
She's got him where she wanted and forgot to take her pill
And he thinks that she'll be happy when she's hanging out the nappies
If that's a happy marriage I'd prefer to be unhappy

— The Specials, "Stupid Marriage"

Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son

— Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean"

Claudia: I'm not your daughter.
Lestat: Oh, yes you are. You're mine and Louis's daughter now. You see, Louis was going to leave us, he was going to go away, but now he's not. Now he's going to stay and make you happy.

— Interview with the Vampire

Mr. Halevy: You see, you start one baby, just as a kind of experiment, and then you find it's a life sentence. (Pause.) For both of you.
Bobby: But—if you have a husband—and you want to keep him all your life long—then maybe a baby is the best thing—isn't it?

— Saturdays Children

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