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** Likewise, an extremely early episode ("Radio Bart") had Bart's tenth birthday, and he's been ten ever since. "Treehouse of Horror III" has him celebrate a birthday, but no age is given.

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** Averted, though, in the aptly titled "Tommy's First Birthday." This was the series' 1st episode, so there wasn't any status quo to disrupt yet.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' the girls have a birthday, but they're still referred to as five year olds in future episodes.

* WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales averts this in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyTalesS1E21HappyBirthdaySweetheart Happy Birthday, Sweetheart]]", where Sweetheart’s birthday cake has candles shaped as a 10, and the song number explicitly mentions “your tenth year”.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Jade and Uncle both have these. Uncle's is in "The Dog and Piggy Show" while Jade's isn't until a much later episode called "Black and White and Chi All Over", although in the former, it is stated that Uncle was born in the year of the dog. Since Uncle appears to be in his 60s or 70s, this would make either 1922 or 1934 the two likeliest birth years for him.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] in ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''. The birthday of the main characters is always said to be their seventh one, but that event is always ignored by their next [[BirthdayEpisode birthday story]], in which they are making seven years again. This is even spoofed in one of the Mister B stories (a parody of programs explaining how magic tricks work, but with the titular character solving Monica's Gang "mysteries" instead), in which he suggests that all of the birthday stories of the main characters happened on the same day.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] in ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''. The birthday of the main characters is always said to be their seventh one, but [[NegativeContinuity that event is always ignored by their next birthday story]], in which they are making seven years again. This is even spoofed in one of Mister B stories (a parody of programs explaining how magic tricks work, but with the titular character solving Monica's Gang "mysteries" instead), in which he suggests that all of the [[BirthdayEpisode birthday stories]] of the main characters simply happened on the same day.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] in ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''. The birthday of the main characters is always said to be their seventh one, but [[NegativeContinuity that event is always ignored by their next birthday story]], in which they are making seven years again. This is even spoofed in one of Mister B stories (a parody of programs explaining how magic tricks work, but with the titular character solving Monica's Gang "mysteries" instead), in which he suggests that all of the [[BirthdayEpisodebirthday stories]] of the main characters were all simply written on the same day.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Jade and Uncle both have these. Uncle's is in "The Dog and Piggy Show" while Jade's isn't until a much later episode called "Black and White and Chi All Over", although in the former, it is stated that Uncle was born in the year of the dog, which would make either 1922 or 1934 the two likeliest birth years for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Jade and Uncle both have these. Uncle's is in "The Dog and Piggy Show" while Jade's isn't until a much later episode called "Black and White and Chi All Over", although in the former, it is stated that Uncle was born in the year of the dog.

A staple in most children's cartoons and kid-friendly sitcoms is the Ageless Birthday Episode. This is an episode that centers on a specific character's birthday but never mentions the character's new age. If this character's actual age is part of the show's status quo, then [[StatusQuoIsGod you can expect their age to remain the same even after the "birthday episode."]] The inevitable [[TwentyFourHourPartyPeople numerous guests and fancy decorations]] at their birthday party raise even more curiosity as to what this character's age is, as such a party would only seem to make sense during a monumental birthday like their 21st or 40th.

A staple in most classic sitcoms and animated television programs is the Ageless Birthday Episode. This is an episode that centers on a specific character's birthday but never mentions the character's new age. If this character's actual age is part of the show's status quo, then [[StatusQuoIsGod you can expect their age to remain the same even after the "birthday episode."]] The inevitable [[TwentyFourHourPartyPeople numerous guests and fancy decorations]] at their birthday party raise even more curiosity as to what this character's age is, as such a party would only seem to make sense during a monumental birthday like their 21st or 40th.

* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'': The episode "Happy Birthday Toodles" centers around Toodles' birthday without his age being mentioned, even though Prof. Ludwig von Drake states that he created Toodles and gave him an upgrade. Of course, not only does Toodles gain a face, but near the end, he [[SuddenlyVoiced also receives a voice as a special present.]] [[Creator/RobPaulsen Guess who is the voice actor for Toodles?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'': The episode "Happy Birthday Toodles" centers around Toodles' birthday without his age being mentioned, even though Prof. Ludwig von Drake states that he created Toodles and gave him a special upgrade. Of course, not only does Toodles gain a face, but near the end, he [[SuddenlyVoiced also gets a voice actor.]] [[Creator/RobPaulsen Guess who does the voice of Toodles?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'': The episode "Happy Birthday Toodles" centers around Toodles' birthday without his age being mentioned, even though Prof. Ludwig von Drake states that he created Toodles and gave him a special upgrade. Of course, not only does Toodles gain a face, but near the end, he [[SuddenlyVoiced also gets a voice actor.]] [[Creator/RobPaulsen Can you guess who it is?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'': The episode "Happy Birthday Toodles" centers around Toodles' birthday with his age not mentioned, even though Prof. Ludwig von Drake states that he created Toodles and gave him an upgrade. Of course, not only does Toodles gain a face, but [[SuddenlyVoiced also gets a voice actor.]] [[Creator/RobPaulsen Can you guess who it is?]]

** Another epsiode ("Pet Sitter Pat") when [=SpongeBob=] was invited to his grandmother's birthday. All was said about her age was "turning...even older".