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Tends to overlap with some of the other BirthdayTropes, especially DangerousSixteenthBirthday. Doubles as EasingIntoTheAdventure.
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Tends to overlap with some of the other BirthdayTropes, especially DangerousSixteenthBirthday. Doubles as EasingIntoTheAdventure. Contrast with IronicBirthday, where we only learn it's the hero's birthday after the event.
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* ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'': Trainers are able to get their license and begin their journey on their tenth birthday.
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* ''CarBattlerJoe'' starts on Joe's sixteenth birthday.
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* ''OnceUponATime'' opens on Emma's twenty-eight birthday.
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* ''OnceUponATime'' opens on Emma's twenty-eight birthday.birthday.
* ''BreakingBad'': Walter White turns 50 in the first episode.
* ''BreakingBad'': Walter White turns 50 in the first episode.
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* ''Loom'' starts with Bobbin's seventeenth birthday.
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* ''Loom'' ''{{Loom}}'' starts with Bobbin's seventeenth birthday.
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* ''{{Fallout 3}}'' starts with the hero's ''birth'', and continues through several more birthdays before it really gets going.
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* ''{{Fallout ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' starts with the hero's ''birth'', and continues through several more birthdays before it really gets going.
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* The Ruby/Sapphire saga of ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' begins on Ruby's 11th birthday, when he and his mother move to Hoenn and he runs away from home.
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* The Ruby/Sapphire saga of ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' begins on Ruby's 11th birthday, when he and his mother move to Hoenn and he runs away from home.
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* The Ruby/Sapphire saga of ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' begins on Ruby's 11th birthday, when he and his mother move to Hoenn and he runs away from home.
** Also inverted: The same saga ends 80 days later, on Sapphire's 11th birthday.
* The Ruby/Sapphire saga of ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' begins on Ruby's 11th birthday, when he and his mother move to Hoenn and he runs away from home.
** Also inverted: The same saga ends 80 days later, on Sapphire's 11th birthday.
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* ''LordOfTheRings'' begins with Frodo's 33rd (and Bilbo's [[strike: 111th]] Eleventy-first) birthday. Since hobbits are long-lived, 33 is their coming-of-age year.
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* ''LordOfTheRings'' begins with Frodo's 33rd (and Bilbo's [[strike: 111th]] Eleventy-first) birthday. Since hobbits are long-lived, 33 is their coming-of-age year.
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* Comicbook/Scion kicks off with [[TheHero Ethan]]'s eighteenth birthday wherein he is thrust into combat against [[TheRival Bron]].
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* Comicbook/Scion {{Comicbook/Scion}} kicks off with [[TheHero Ethan]]'s eighteenth birthday wherein he is thrust into combat against [[TheRival Bron]].
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* {{Scion}} kicks off with [[TheHero Ethan]]'s eighteenth birthday wherein he is thrust into combat against [[TheRival Bron]].
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* {{Scion}} Comicbook/Scion kicks off with [[TheHero Ethan]]'s eighteenth birthday wherein he is thrust into combat against [[TheRival Bron]].
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* {{Scion}} kicks off with [[TheHero Ethan]]'s eighteenth birthday wherein he is thrust into combat against [[TheRival Bron]].
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Natter. And I liked that arc!
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** An arc [[{{Padding}} that made most readers wish they'd forgotten her birthday]].
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* ''DragonQuestIII'' begins on the hero/heroine's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth birthday]], and their being summoned for an audience with the King. The King basically tells them "Okay, [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday you're old enough now]] to pick up where your father left off and SaveTheWorld."
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* ''DragonQuestIII'' ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' begins on the hero/heroine's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth birthday]], and their being summoned for an audience with the King. The King basically tells them "Okay, [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday you're old enough now]] to pick up where your father left off and SaveTheWorld."
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* In ''ElGoonishShive'', the Before The Party arc starts with the announcement that Grace's birthday is coming up which is followed by the Grace's Birthday Party arc.
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* In ''ElGoonishShive'', ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the Before The Party arc starts with the announcement that Grace's birthday is coming up which is followed by the Grace's Birthday Party arc.
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* ''OnceUponATime'' opens on Emma's twenty-eight birthday.
* ''OnceUponATime'' opens on Emma's twenty-eight birthday.
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* ''SonicGenerations''' plot starts with a party for Sonic's birthday (and meta-wise, the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary]]).
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* ''SonicGenerations''' ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''' plot starts with a party for Sonic's birthday (and meta-wise, the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary]]).
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** ''ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' takes place on his sixteenth birthday, when the [[AllThereInTheManual mark of the Triforce suddenly appears on his hand]].
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*** This makes it surprising when [[spoiler: the Alpha session]] ''dosen't'' start on a birthday.
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** ''Skyward Sword'' subverts this somewhat, as it is the 25th anniversary of the Knights Academy that Link is attending, but it is also the day he graduates to the Senior class. Much like the Sonic Generations example below, it is also the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series.
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** ''Skyward Sword'' subverts this somewhat, downplays this, as it is the 25th anniversary of the Knights Knights' Academy that Link is attending, but it is also the day he graduates to the Senior class. Much like the Sonic Generations example below, it is also the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Interestingly enough, none of the other Zelda games have this.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Interestingly enough, none of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', where it also justifies Link's [[ClothesMakeTheLegend classic green tunic]]: He would normally be wearing something else, but village tradition dictates that on their birthday all boys must dress like the other Zelda games have this.[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime hero of legend]].
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* ''TheLegendOfZelda: TheWindWaker''. Interestingly enough, none of the other Zelda games have this.
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* Played with in {{Portal}} 2 - [=GLaDOS=] claims the day Chell woke up was her birthday, but this may just be a lie made up to hurt Chell, and give [=GLaDOS=] an excuse to give her a "surprise".
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* Played with in {{Portal}} 2 ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' - [=GLaDOS=] claims the day Chell woke up was her birthday, but this may just be a lie made up to hurt Chell, and give [=GLaDOS=] an excuse to give her a "surprise".
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* SonicGenerations' plot starts with a party for Sonic's birthday (and meta-wise, the SonicTheHedgehog franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary]]).
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* SonicGenerations' ''SonicGenerations''' plot starts with a party for Sonic's birthday (and meta-wise, the SonicTheHedgehog ''SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary]]).
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* [[TheOldKingdom Lirael]]'s book opens on her fourteenth birthday. However, to her it's a humiliation because she has not yet had the Sight, or been Seen with the Sight, and is therefore ''still a child'' among the Clayr.
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-->--''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', the very first page
GoodMorningCrono! Happy birthday! Come downstairs and open your presents!
This trope is when the story more or less begins with the announcement that it's the main character's birthday. Often it isn't just any birthday, either; it's the day the hero finally reaches adulthood.
Why is this? Well... birthdays represent the start of a new chapter in one's life, which is suitably fitting for the beginning of the story itself. And it's a convenient way to establish how old a character is.
This can let the story start off with people deciding that it's time for the hero to learn an important secret about themselves. Or a mysterious character giving a bizarre, plot -related birthday present, amongst other things.
Tends to overlap with some of the other BirthdayTropes, especially DangerousSixteenthBirthday.
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* In the MarvelUniverse, most mutants gain their powers during puberty. In a surprising number of cases, this happens specifically on their fourteenth or fifteenth birthday.
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* ''SixteenCandles''. Subverted in that everyone in her family forgot Samantha's birthday.
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* ''LordOfTheRings'' begins with Frodo's 33rd (and Bilbo's [[strike: 111th]] Eleventy-first) birthday. Since hobbits are long-lived, 33 is their coming-of-age year.
* In the YA novel ''The Silver Crown'', the heroine gets the titular crown for her birthday.
* SusanCooper's ''TheDarkIsRising'' series. The events of book 2 (which has the same name as the series) start shortly before Will Stanton's 11th birthday.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' learned he was a wizard at more or less the hour he turned 11, and most of the other books started on or near his birthday.
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* ''TheLegendOfZelda: TheWindWaker''. Interestingly enough, none of the other Zelda games have this.
* ''{{Fallout 3}}'' starts with the hero's ''birth'', and continues through several more birthdays before it really gets going.
* ''Loom'' starts with Bobbin's seventeenth birthday.
* ''DragonQuestIII'' begins on the hero/heroine's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth birthday]], and their being summoned for an audience with the King. The King basically tells them "Okay, [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday you're old enough now]] to pick up where your father left off and SaveTheWorld."
* Played with in {{Portal}} 2 - [=GLaDOS=] claims the day Chell woke up was her birthday, but this may just be a lie made up to hurt Chell, and give [=GLaDOS=] an excuse to give her a "surprise".
--> '''[[ManipulativeBastard GLaDOS:]]''' [[spoiler:I made it all up...surprise!]]
* Players of ''TheNeverhood'' learn that the game begins at Klaymen's birth (well, seeding) through Willie Trombone's video confession.
* SonicGenerations' plot starts with a party for Sonic's birthday (and meta-wise, the SonicTheHedgehog franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary]]).
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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. See the page quote above.
** Likewise, the Trolls' session started on Karkat's birthday – or rather, "Wriggling Day". The date of John's birthday, 4/13, is also [[ArcNumber plot-relevant.]]
* In ''ElGoonishShive'', the Before The Party arc starts with the announcement that Grace's birthday is coming up which is followed by the Grace's Birthday Party arc.
** An arc [[{{Padding}} that made most readers wish they'd forgotten her birthday]].
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* ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'': The start of Version 1 is [[MadeOfIron Jacob Starr]]'s [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth birthday]], though he counts more as a villain than a hero. Also, [[AllThereInTheManual according to her profile]] the day of the Version 4 abductions was [[PerkyGoth Anna Chase]]'s eighteenth birthday. And finally, played with in regards to [[PsychopathicManchild Cillian Crowe]], who after being taken out of the asylum assumes that they're letting him out because it's his birthday, and [[IronicNurseryTune sings Happy Birthday to himself]]. Again, he qualifies more as a villain than a hero, seeing as he slaughters the next character he sees after cheerfully telling him that it's his birthday.
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* At the start of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' story "Pain Strikes Underdog", Sweet Polly Purebred told Underdog that she was planning a party for his birthday the next day.
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