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"A Dingo ate my baby" is a phrase attributed both to Lindy Chamberlain and to Meryl Streep's depiction of Chamberlain in the movie A Cry in the Dark, also known as Evil Angels (1988), about the death of Azaria Chamberlain, an Australian baby girl who died in 1980 at Uluru in the Northern Territory. The Chamberlain family had been vacationing at Uluru when their daughter was taken from their tent by a dingo and killed. The authorities disbelieved the family's story about a dingo and instead convicted Lindy Chamberlain of murder and her husband of accessory.

The phrase "dingoes ate my baby" is not actually used in the film. Instead, Streep's character, upon discovering her daughter missing, cries out that "A dingo's got my baby."

In popular culture

Dingoes Ate My Baby is the name of a fictional band in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In The Simpsons episode "Bart vs Australia" (Season 6, Episode 16) Bart says to an Australian farmer "Hey! I think I hear a dingo eating your baby!".
In "The Stranded" episode of Seinfeld (Season 3, Episode 10), Elaine does a mock Australian accent and exclaims "Maybe the dingo ate your baby?"
In "Flour Child", an episode of Frasier (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 "A dingo's got your baby!"
In the "Mystery Spot" episode of Supernatural (Season 3, Episode 11), Dean refers to what Sam is saying as "Dingo-ate-my-baby crazy."
In the "Good Queen Fun" episode of Project Runway (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 Mother Tucker episode of Family Guy (season 5, episode 2), Brian and Stewie host a radio show named "Dingo and the Baby".
Modern Family's episode "Australia" 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 Hot in Cleveland's episode titled "That Changes Everything," when Joy's grandchild goes missing, Regis Philbin's character says "Maybe a Dingo ate it."

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-'''"Dingoes ate my baby"''' is a phrase attributed both to [[Lindy Chamberlain]] and to [[Meryl Streep]]'s depiction of Chamberlain in the movie ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'', also known as ''Evil Angels'' (1988), about the [[death of Azaria Chamberlain]], an Australian baby girl who died in 1980 at [[Uluru]] in the [[Northern Territory]].  The Chamberlain family had been vacationing at Uluru when their daughter was taken from their tent by a dingo and killed.  The authorities disbelieved the family's story about a dingo and instead convicted Lindy Chamberlain of murder and her husband of accessory.
+'''"A Dingo ate my baby"''' is a phrase attributed both to [[Lindy Chamberlain]] and to [[Meryl Streep]]'s depiction of Chamberlain in the movie ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'', also known as ''Evil Angels'' (1988), about the [[death of Azaria Chamberlain]], an Australian baby girl who died in 1980 at [[Uluru]] in the [[Northern Territory]].  The Chamberlain family had been vacationing at Uluru when their daughter was taken from their tent by a dingo and killed.  The authorities disbelieved the family's story about a dingo and instead convicted Lindy Chamberlain of murder and her husband of accessory.
 The phrase "dingoes ate my baby" is not actually used in the film.  Instead, Streep's character, upon discovering her daughter missing, cries out that "A dingo's got my baby."