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Spontaneous Generation
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That's right, kids: Pasteur Was Wrong. Funny thing, science. For ages, there was no certain way of determining that maggots grew from eggs laid by flies, so it was generally assumed they arose naturally from putrefying meat and other sources. It was a different time then — heavier rocks fell faster; bloodletting cured illness, etc. Funny aside: Spontaneous Generation is an ancient example of Artistic License – Biology and Pregnancy Does Not Work That Way. It makes it possible for living things to spring up from non-living — or at least non-fecund — things through a vague and inexplicable process. It's most noticeable in myths — creation myths generally have no choice but to resort to this explanation for the First Mover that comes into existence after chaos. However, some scientists continued to believe in spontaneous generation of small creatures (e.g., flies appearing on carrion) up until the 18th century or so, when experiments with sterile, vacuum-sealed containers disproved it for good. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })It should be noted that abiogenesis, the extremely simple chemical processes scientists propose as the origins of life, is not the same as spontaneous generation, the emergence of complex organisms from non-living matter, such as maggots forming from rotting flesh or truffles from small rocks. See also Born of Magic and Love Imbues Life. Sometimes, It Came from the Fridge. Examples |
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Thud!: According to the dwarfs' creation myth, the god Tak's first action was to write himself into existence. Further, the first troll sprung unbidden from the stone egg that Tak used to make the first man and dwarf. In the traditional, conservative version of the myth, the troll went unregarded and so wanders through the world without purpose; in an alternate version, however, Tak was pleased with the stone's tenacity and gave the troll His blessing. | |
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In Hayy ibn Yaqzan, this is given as a possible explanation for how Hayy came to be a Wild Child on a Deserted Island. The intense heat of the sun combined with a particular mixture of elements in a certain spot under the ground and spirit infused by God to create life. Hayy gestates until the mud around him dries and cracks, revealing a fully-formed infant. | |
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Paradise Lost: Satan claims that he arose spontaneously, out of "pregnant possibility", i.e. the idea of him was so fundamentally awesome that he couldn't not exist. This is his justification for disobeying God and rejecting him as a creator. | |
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The Wooing of Étaín: Etain is reduced to a puddle of water by a jealous rival. As it is heated by the sun, eventually a maggot is born from the puddle, which moults into a beautiful fly. | |
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Object Invasion: Sometime after all life on Earth went extinct, objects spontaneously evolved to be living beings. | |
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The Kingkiller Chronicle: The Adem believe that babies just sort of happen and are completely unable to accept the idea that men have anything to do with their creation, to the point of openly mocking and rejecting Kvothe's assertion to the contrary. | |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: During Knights of the Eternal Throne, the PC visits the Sith Emperor's home planet Nathema, where thousands of years ago he enacted a Sith sorcery ritual that consumed the life and Force essence from every living thing on the planet. When you revisit the planet in the "Nathema Conspiracy" flashpoint after destroying the Emperor, the Force has come back and the previously barren, dusty wasteland is starting to green up again despite the fact the planet was literally lifeless before, barring whatever its few offworld visitors might have imported. | |
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The Sims: All the Sims have to do in order to make a baby (before expansion packs and later editions with the "Woo Hoo" function came out) is kiss passionately, and suddenly a baby bassinet arrives in a shower of daisies. | |
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Goodbye Strangers centers around strange creatures called strangers that seem to manifest spontaneously when conditions are right. There are many different kinds of strangers that all have different conditions for appearing. They exclusively appear in areas that are populated by humans and all except one of them, which is always the first kind to appear, require the presence of at least one other kind of stranger to manifest so once an infestation of them has started they will appear in somewhat predictable patterns. | |
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Earth's Children: No one except Ayla believes conception involves men having sex with women. Rather, in their view the Great Mother (for the Others) or totem spirits (among the Clan) are said to do this. However, at least the Others acknowledge children's looks can have an influence by men's spirits, though it still isn't something physical for them. Ayla manages to convince people over time however, pointing out how children usually resemble their mother's mates, virgins don't have them etc. It's hinted this is going to usher in a social revolution afterward, as men become more possessive over women as a result to make sure their mates' children are theirs genetically. | |
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Diablo: It's said that demons arise spontaneously in the footsteps of the Prime Evils. This is borne out considering how demon-infested places that they've been are. | |
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TRON: Legacy: The Isos spontaneously generated themselves from the Sea of Simulation and became an unknown, uncontrollable factor on the Grid. Flynn was thrilled, but his administrator / counterpart Clu viewed them as a threat, setting into motion the events of the film. | |
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Journey to the West: Sun Wukong hatched full-grown from a giant stone egg. Not much detail is given as to how or why this happens. | |
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Ōkami: According to his backstory, sub-boss Red Helm spontaneously sprung from the spilled blood of Orochi, a bigger bad. | |
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Clash of the Titans (1981): In this adaptation of the myth of Perseus, it's giant scorpions that sprout from drops of Medusa's blood. | |
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Babylon 5: Lorien claims that his entire super-advanced species was created spontaneously by the universe. | |
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