History Main / BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty

* In the episode ''War'' from the ''LaFemmeNikita'' TV series, assassins break into Nikita's apartment. They thought they'd get the drop on her. [[http://www.thewb.com/shows/la-femme-nikita/war/8a1525e017 They're wrong]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PyrwjNneA This]] commercial, which provides the above image.

* ''{{Coupling}}'' has a wonderfully {{Exaggerated|Trope}} variation of this. Jeff's LoveInterest blindfolds him in the office after hours and says she has a surprise for him. He jumps to the understandable conclusion that she was going to have sex with him right then and there. So, happily singing to himself, he triumphantly dances around the room stripping off every last item. At which point the Love Interest returns -- ''with his parents'' -- and reveals there was a room full of people waiting to surprise him for his birthday party, and they'd been standing there [[NoSympathy watching the whole strip]] in mute horror.

* An episode of ''LALaw'' also does the "in anticipation of sex" version.

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* Perhaps the most classic scene in ''AFishCalledWanda'', a film packed with classic scenes.
* The titular moment of ''AmericanPie'' - even funnier, more explicit and more em-bare-assing in the unrated DVD version.

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* In the episode ''War'' from the ''LaFemmeNikita'' TV series, assassins break into Nikita's apartment. They thought they'd get the drop on her. [[http://www.thewb.com/shows/la-femme-nikita/war/8a1525e017 They're wrong]].

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* in Jeffery Brown's autobiographical comic ''Funny Mishapen Body'', while in the hospital as a teenager, a group of well wishing friends from his church decided to surprise him with a visit while partly undressed from his revealing hospital gown and using the portable bedside commode. ... it was awkward.

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* Happens in the 2009 InteractiveFiction Competition winner, ''{{Violet}}''. Ending spoilers ahoy: [[spoiler:The hero is trying to work on his dissertation but is distracted by his itchy clothes. You have to remove the clothes and finish the game naked... when it turns out Violet had thrown you a special "Dissertation finished" party. Subverted in that she knew it was coming, since she rigged your office with a hidden camera, to make sure you keep working.]]

* Happens in the 2009 InteractiveFiction Competition winner, ''Violet''. Ending spoilers ahoy: [[spoiler:The hero is trying to work on his dissertation but is distracted by his itchy clothes. You have to remove the clothes and finish the game naked... when it turns out Violet had thrown you a special "Dissertation finished" party. Subverted in that she knew it was coming, since she rigged your office with a hidden camera, to make sure you keep working.]]

* The {{Cinemax}} show ''Life on Top'' manages to invert this trope: [[PornWithPlot being the kind of show that it is]], all of the ''guests'' are naked - then when the birthday girls shows up, it's with her parents in tow ...

* Happens to Jeri Ryan's character in ''BostonPublic''. She strips down to just a shirt for some goodbye sex with her ex-boyfriend in the office, only to be surprised by everyone jumping out and shouting "Surpri__ohh."

* Variation on ''TheVentureBrothers'' - it's the Monarch's birthday, and he takes hostages Brock and Hank to his lair, where Dr. Girlfriend surprises him wearing panties and a strategically placed bow - he's embarrassed, she isn't.

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* ''{{Coupling}}'' does this. Jeff's LoveInterest blindfolds him in the office after hours and says she has a surprise for him. He jumps to the understandable conclusion that she was going to have sex with him right then and there. So, happily singing to himself about how cool it is that she wants him, he triumphantly disrobes down to nothing. At which point the Love Interest returns -- ''with his parents'' -- and reveals there was a room full of people waiting to surprise him for his birthday party, and they'd been standing there watching the whole strip.
** Oh, ''Jeffrey''.
*** Still, it ends better for Jeff than any other example on this page.

* There was a sketch on ''TheBennyHillShow'' involving a man being invited back to his girlfriend's flat. She leaves to 'slip into something more comfortable'. He strips off in the expectation of sex, then all of his friends leap out shouting, "Surprise!".

* In the episode ''War'' from the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_%28TV_series%29 La Femme Nikita]]'' TV series, assassins break into Nikita's apartment. They thought they'd get the drop on her. [[http://www.thewb.com/shows/la-femme-nikita/war/8a1525e017 They're wrong]].

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[[caption-width:477:The Question is: Who was more surprised?]]

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Usually the disrobing happens for a deliberate reason. The character in question is under the impression that he or she is about to [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean get some]]. Oh, you [[LovableSexManiac adorable sex hounds]]! Obviously, this does not show up so much in G-rated versions, which rather involve NakedPeopleTrappedOutside.

* FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends. "I Only Have Surprise For You" Bloo arranges a surprise party for Mac, just as he got out of the bathtub and all the towels were gone. Bloo does this same prank again, only this time, he provides mac with a ballerina costume.

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* Happens in the 2009 InteractiveFiction Competition winner, ''Violet''. Ending spoilers ahoy: [[spoiler:The hero is trying to work on his dissertation but is distracted by his itchy clothes. You have to remove the clothes and finish the game naked... when it turns out Violet had thrown you a special "Dissertation finished" party. Subverted in that she knew it was coming, since she rigged your office with a hidden camera, to make sure you keep working.]]

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* A battle-to-the-death in Dan Simmons' ''Hyperion'' occurs during "the Detective's Tale." Ambushed in bed, Brawne Lamia learns how harrowing - and yet disconcerting to her foes - it is to fight while naked.

* An episode of ''L.A. Law'' also does the "in anticipation of sex" version.

* Non-nude variation: A '90s beer commercial had a woman coming home and finding a note from her husband: "Meet me in the living room." Grinning mischievously, she runs upstairs, changes into a slinky negligee, and comes back down to the living room...

This trope is based off an old story, as {{Snopes}} explains [[http://www.snopes.com/love/betrayal/surpriseparty.asp here]] and [[http://www.snopes.com/risque/caught/surprise.asp here]]. It almost always ends the story- very rarely does the party happen and then we see what happens next.

This trope is based off an old story, as evidenced by [[http://www.snopes.com/love/betrayal/surpriseparty.asp Snopes]]. It almost always ends the story- very rarely does the party happen and then we see what happens next.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PyrwjNneA This]] commercial.

* Subverted in the film ''In Good Company'', where Dennis Quaid's character guesses about the surprise party and comes in in his underwear as a joke.

* Happens in the movie ''Riding the Bullet'' as the main character is contemplating slitting his wrists.
* Perhaps the most classic scene in ''A Fish Called Wanda'', a film packed with classic scenes.
* The titular moment of ''American Pie'' - even funnier, more explicit and more em-bare-assing in the unrated DVD version.

* Non-nude variation: A '90s beer commercial had a woman coming home and finding a note from her husband: "Meet me in the living room." Grinning mischievously, she runs upstairs, changes into a slinky negligee, and comes back down to the living room...SoYeah.