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| ⚫ | '''"A dingo ate my baby!"''' is a cry popularly attributed to ], as part of the 1980 ] case, at ] in the ], Australia. The Chamberlain family had been camping near the rock when their nine-week-old daughter was taken from their tent. Prosecuting authorities rejected her story about a ] as far-fetched, securing convictions for murder against her, along with her then-husband ] as an accessory after the fact. After years of challenge in the courts, both parents were absolved of the crime, and a coroner found that Azaria was indeed killed by a dingo.<ref name=inq4>{{cite web|title=Inquest into the death of Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain NTMC 020|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/courtsupp/coroner/findings/other/chamberlain_findings.pdf|work=]|publisher=Northern Territory Government of Australia|access-date=23 November 2014|date=12 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612162155/http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/courtsupp/coroner/findings/other/chamberlain_findings.pdf|archive-date=2012-06-12}}</ref> | ||
| ==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
| ⚫ | The phrase was popularised via the case, but Chamberlain is reported to have either called out to her husband, "the dingo's got my baby," "a dingo took my baby!",<ref name="exploreEvidence">{{cite web |url=http://www.nma.gov.au/shared/libraries/attachments/schools/classroom_resources/chamberlain/full_colour/files/34252/NMA-Chamberlain.pdf |title=Using the Chamberlain Case to explore evidence in history |access-date=2014-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611160243/http://www.nma.gov.au/shared/libraries/attachments/schools/classroom_resources/chamberlain/full_colour/files/34252/NMA-Chamberlain.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2011 }}, National Museum of Australia, p. 7, 2001. Accessed 2014-10-25.</ref> "that dog's got my baby!" or "my God, my God, a dingo has got my baby!"<ref name=inq4/> | ||
| * In "]" episode of '']'' (Season 3, Episode 10), Elaine does a mock Australian accent and exclaims "Maybe the dingo ate your baby!" | |||
| * ] is the name of a fictional band in the television series '']'' | |||
| In the 1988 film '']'' (also known as ''A Cry in the Dark''), Chamberlain, as played by ], exclaims, "The dingo's got my baby!". | |||
| * In '']'' episode "]" (Season 6, Episode 16) ] says to an Australian farmer "Hey! I think I hear a dingo eating your baby!" | |||
| * In "Those Big Pink Things with Coconut" episode of '']'' (Season 2, Episode 14), ] says to ] "Does the dingo feel sorry for the slow-crawling Australian baby?", and also Charlie refer to his mother and says; "And the dingo found another Australian baby?" | |||
| In the 1991 '']'' episode "]", Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) uses the phrase "the dingo ate your baby" while mimicking an Australian accent in a scene at a party. | |||
| * In ''The Simpsons'' episode "]" (Season 10, Episode 7) While home from school due to illness, ] plays the "]" video game in which the main character is a dingo. As the game begins, the dingo is instructed by a large, floating Australian head that he must "find and devour the seven crystal babies". | |||
| * In "]", an episode of '']'' (Season 2, Episode 4), Eddie is attacking a bag of flour that Niles is using to simulate an infant. Daphne puts on an Australian accent and exclaims "That dingo's got your baby!" | |||
| In the 1994 movie '']'', during a game of ], a character depicts a famous woman, with a baby, and a canine with Lindy Chamberlain being the answer. | |||
| * In the "Mystery Spot" episode of '']'' (Season 3, Episode 11), Dean refers to what Sam is saying as "Dingo-ate-my-baby crazy." | |||
| * In the "Good Queen Fun" episode of '']'' (Season 5, Episode 6), guest judge RuPaul responded "Oh, did a dingo eat your baby, mate?" to contestant Keith Bryce after Bryce apparently took offense to critique from the rest of the judging panel. | |||
| In the 1994 episode of '']'' "Flour Child", when Eddie the dog is attacking a bag of flour, Daphne says in an Australian accent, "That dingo's got your baby." | |||
| * '']''{{'}}s episode "]" references this joke when Claire's computer, previously being used for a project referenced as her "baby", is nabbed from a tent by a wild dog. | |||
| In the 1995 episode of '']'' "]", when Bart receives a call from Australia to complain about a prank call, he responds, "Hey, I think I hear a dingo eating your baby!"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81FGVh1dj0A&t=63s | title=The Simpsons - HEY MR PRIME MINISTA! | website=] | date=21 February 2013 }}</ref> | |||
| * In the '']'' episode titled "That Changes Everything," when Joy's grandchild goes missing, ]'s character says "Maybe a Dingo ate it." | |||
| * In the '']'' episode titled "The Old and Restless," Shawn tries to get into a retirement home by saying, "Dingo ate my baby." | |||
| In the TV series '']'', the character ] belonged to a band called Dingoes Ate My Baby.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://film-cred.com/battle-of-the-bands-dingoes-ate-my-baby-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/|title=Battle of the Bands! Dingoes Ate My Baby from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'|work=Film Cred|first=Joshua|last=Anderson|date=August 13, 2021|access-date=October 7, 2022}}</ref> | |||
| * In '']'', a news reporter on the scene of the Pickles' house asks Didi: "Is it true that a dingo ate your baby?" | |||
| * In "Product Recall" episode of ''The Office'' (Season 3, Episode 20), Kevin makes a few Australian stereotypes in an Australian accent, including "Alligators and dingo babies." | |||
| In a 1998 children's film '']'', the young toddlers are discovered to be missing, resulting in the involvement of law enforcement and the media. There is a line where one of the reporters at the scene asks, "Is it true a dingo ate your baby?"<ref>{{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIU9LnNfQLA] }}</ref> | |||
| * In season three episode five of '']'', titled "", Mr. Mental, disguised as a baby and being cared for by The Tick, is attacked by government agents disguised as dingoes. For a moment a newspaper can be seen with a picture of The Tick and the headline "dingoes stole my baby!" | |||
| * In the 2008 comedy film '']'', character Alpa Chino (]) says: "I'm sorry a dingo ate your baby." during an argument with the Australian character Kirk Lazarus (]). | |||
| In the 2003 comedy film '']'', when Charlie and Louis encounter a pack of dingoes in a desert, Louis comments: | |||
| * Pro-wrestler Chris Jericho on WWE Raw. March 18th 2013. He offered his various mocking pronunciations of rival Fandango, which included in an Australian accent - "Fan-Dingo ate my Baby-O!" | |||
| "Charlie you gotta help me out man they gonna to get me like they got that baby".{{cn|date=November 2024}} | |||
| * During the "] Talk Show VI" sketch on '']'' (Season 39, Episode 10), ] (as Barry Gibb) takes offense to a guest's actions and goes on a usual hubristic rant, with one of his hyperbolic claims to importance being "My baby ate a dingo!" | |||
| * In the episode “Grandpa” of the show '']'' after Gatsby the dog jumps on The Guy he says “that dingo better not eat no baby” to Beth. Beth (played by the Australian ]) replies “that’s not even funny. It’s a real thing.” When The Guy tries to excuse himself since he hasn’t seen the movie Beth soberly replies “it’s real people’s lives”. | |||
| In the 2006 episode "]" from '']'', ] references the phrase in the announcement, "From the station that reaches the beaches, you're listening to Dingo and the Baby". In the 2012 episode "]", Peter buys a dingo named Bingo and uses it to get rid of his vestigial twin, Chip Griffin. But the plan backfires and Bingo takes Stewie away.{{cn|date=May 2024}} | |||
| *In one of Gary Larson's "The Far Side" comics, "Ed's Dingo Farm" sits next to "Doreen's Nursery." The caption reads "Trouble brewing." | |||
| In the 2008 comedy film '']'', "I'm sorry a dingo ate your baby" is a line used by ]'s character in a mocking way towards ]’s character, an Australian actor who plays an African American and gets offended, stating, "You know that’s a true story? Lady lost a kid? You about to cross some lines." | |||
| In the 2011 song "Lullaby" by ], appearing to be sung ironically to a baby that won't go to sleep, a reference is made stating "Now all I have left is to hope that a dingo will sneak in and rip off your fat bitching head".<ref>{{Citation |title=Lullaby by Tim Minchin | date=16 February 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESFANzZTdYM |access-date=2024-01-03 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| In season 4, episode 12 of the comedy series '']'', the group buries Karl (]), a recently deceased cannibal. At his grave, Erica (]) says, "I'm sorry you had to die. Um, but you are a people eater, and I couldn't risk you eating my baby." Phil (]) responds, "Well said, Erica. That job belongs to dingoes." Erica replies, "National tragedy, but...it's fine."<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl's funeral and Gail finally says thank you to Tandy | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcImuZHSb3c |website=youtube.com |format=video |date=2022-11-07 |access-date=2024-12-01 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| In season 5, episode 20 of the sitcom '']'', Claire spends the majority of the family vacation in Australia working on a big project for her company. When the family chide her for this, she tells them how invested she is in the project, repeatedly saying, "It's my baby." Near the end of the episode, whilst trying to complete her presentation, a dingo goes into the tent and steals the laptop. Claire announces to the family, "A wild dog just stole my laptop!", to which Alex responds, "That seems like a missed opportunity." | |||
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"A dingo ate my baby!" is a cry popularly attributed to Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, as part of the 1980 death of Azaria Chamberlain case, at Uluru in the Northern Territory, Australia. The Chamberlain family had been camping near the rock when their nine-week-old daughter was taken from their tent. Prosecuting authorities rejected her story about a dingo as far-fetched, securing convictions for murder against her, along with her then-husband Michael Chamberlain as an accessory after the fact. After years of challenge in the courts, both parents were absolved of the crime, and a coroner found that Azaria was indeed killed by a dingo.
In popular culture
The phrase was popularised via the case, but Chamberlain is reported to have either called out to her husband, "the dingo's got my baby," "a dingo took my baby!", "that dog's got my baby!" or "my God, my God, a dingo has got my baby!"
In the 1988 film Evil Angels (also known as A Cry in the Dark), Chamberlain, as played by Meryl Streep, exclaims, "The dingo's got my baby!".
In the 1991 Seinfeld episode "The Stranded", Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) uses the phrase "the dingo ate your baby" while mimicking an Australian accent in a scene at a party.
In the 1994 movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, during a game of charades, a character depicts a famous woman, with a baby, and a canine with Lindy Chamberlain being the answer.
In the 1994 episode of Frasier "Flour Child", when Eddie the dog is attacking a bag of flour, Daphne says in an Australian accent, "That dingo's got your baby."
In the 1995 episode of The Simpsons "Bart vs. Australia", when Bart receives a call from Australia to complain about a prank call, he responds, "Hey, I think I hear a dingo eating your baby!"
In the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the character Oz belonged to a band called Dingoes Ate My Baby.
In a 1998 children's film The Rugrats Movie, the young toddlers are discovered to be missing, resulting in the involvement of law enforcement and the media. There is a line where one of the reporters at the scene asks, "Is it true a dingo ate your baby?"
In the 2003 comedy film Kangaroo Jack, when Charlie and Louis encounter a pack of dingoes in a desert, Louis comments: "Charlie you gotta help me out man they gonna to get me like they got that baby".
In the 2006 episode "Mother Tucker" from Family Guy, Stewie Griffin references the phrase in the announcement, "From the station that reaches the beaches, you're listening to Dingo and the Baby". In the 2012 episode "Vestigial Peter", Peter buys a dingo named Bingo and uses it to get rid of his vestigial twin, Chip Griffin. But the plan backfires and Bingo takes Stewie away.
In the 2008 comedy film Tropic Thunder, "I'm sorry a dingo ate your baby" is a line used by Brandon T. Jackson's character in a mocking way towards Robert Downey Jr.’s character, an Australian actor who plays an African American and gets offended, stating, "You know that’s a true story? Lady lost a kid? You about to cross some lines."
In the 2011 song "Lullaby" by Tim Minchin, appearing to be sung ironically to a baby that won't go to sleep, a reference is made stating "Now all I have left is to hope that a dingo will sneak in and rip off your fat bitching head".
In season 4, episode 12 of the comedy series The Last Man on Earth, the group buries Karl (Fred Armisen), a recently deceased cannibal. At his grave, Erica (Cleopatra Coleman) says, "I'm sorry you had to die. Um, but you are a people eater, and I couldn't risk you eating my baby." Phil (Will Forte) responds, "Well said, Erica. That job belongs to dingoes." Erica replies, "National tragedy, but...it's fine."
In season 5, episode 20 of the sitcom Modern Family, Claire spends the majority of the family vacation in Australia working on a big project for her company. When the family chide her for this, she tells them how invested she is in the project, repeatedly saying, "It's my baby." Near the end of the episode, whilst trying to complete her presentation, a dingo goes into the tent and steals the laptop. Claire announces to the family, "A wild dog just stole my laptop!", to which Alex responds, "That seems like a missed opportunity."
References
- ^ "Inquest into the death of Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain [2012] NTMC 020" (PDF). Coroners Court of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Government of Australia. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- "Using the Chamberlain Case to explore evidence in history" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2011. Retrieved 2014-10-25., National Museum of Australia, p. 7, 2001. Accessed 2014-10-25.
- "The Simpsons - HEY MR PRIME MINISTA!". YouTube. 21 February 2013.
- Anderson, Joshua (August 13, 2021). "Battle of the Bands! Dingoes Ate My Baby from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'". Film Cred. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- {{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIU9LnNfQLAYouTube }}
- Lullaby by Tim Minchin, 16 February 2011, retrieved 2024-01-03
- "Karl's funeral and Gail finally says thank you to Tandy" (video). youtube.com. 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2024-12-01.