History Main / SignificantBirthdate

* What could be a better day for a [[SweetTooth sugar loving]] [[DeathNote detective ]]to be born than the day random strangers give candy to whoever knocks on their door, and being anonymous is perfectly normal?

* All four main characters of ''WeissKreuz'' have significant birthdays: [[ChivalrousPervert Youji's]] is March 3, which is Girls' Day in Japan; Aya's is July 4, American Independence Day, and he lives in the U.S. for a couple of years, plus his EvilCounterpart is American; Ken's December 23, the Emperor's Birthday and Christmas EEve, he's a lapsed Catholic; and Omi is the ever-popular February 29. Interestingly, it's been deduced that the WK anime takes place in 1998. Omi's canon age is 17. Count backwards and you realize that Omi's year of birth ''wasn't actually a leap year.'' [[FridgeBrilliance Of course, Omi Tsukiyono is a made up identity and doesn't technically exist; why should his birthday?]]

** Misao's birthday is July 20th, which is the original fixed date of 「「http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Day　Marine Day」」 (''Umi no Hi''), formerly Marine Memorial Day (''Umi no kinen bi''), and still falls on it when the 1st of July is a Wednesday. Hiyori says the day predicts a [[GenkiGirl high-energy life]].

* In the song and movie ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'', "Little Johnny Jones" (as played by George M. Cohan (as played by Jimmy Cagney)) claimed to have been born on the 4th of July. Cohan himself was probably born on the 3rd.

* In ''TheDarkIsRising'', Will was born on the winter solstice. (He was also born under a caul and is the seventh son of a seventh son. No wonder he ends up saving the world.)

* ''BlazBlue'' likes these. The most obvious would be Noel (who as you might guess from her name was "born" on Christmas ([[spoiler: [[RobotGirl She's reborn]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy but not in a good way]]]]). Many other characters have double dates (i.e. the same day and month).

* In ''TheSimpsons'', Bart's birthday is also April 1st. While Marge's is April 15th, "same as ''Hitler''" as Homer remembers it.

** On a side note, April 15th is also the tax filing deadline in the U.S.

* DonaldDuck's birthday often falls on Friday the 13th as well.
** His birthday is actually June 9th.

* Metal guitar virtuoso Steve Vai was born on June 6, 1960 (6/6/60). [[RockMeAsmodeus May explain where he got his near-otherworldly skills...]]

* Watanuki in ''{{xxxHolic}}'' was born on April 1st, a date with significance in both the East and the West. It's also a date personally significant to {{CLAMP}}; they consider it the anniversary of their founding.
** [[spoiler:It's also Princess Sakura's birthday, which turns out to be quite important.]]
* Sakura Kinomoto of ''CardCaptorSakura'' was also born on April 1st, which is a pretty important coincidence... The main character Sakura of ''Tsubasa Chronicle'' also has the same birthday.

May lead to an IRememberBecause.

** Hiyori's birthday is May 24th; Konata's is the 28th. This proximity gives Hiyori a greater sense of them being [[{{otaku}} kindred spirits}}. (No word on how Konata perceives it.)

** Hiyori's birthday is May 24th; Konata's is the 28th. This proximity gives Hiyori a greater sense of them being kindred spirits. (No word on how Konata perceives it.)
** The Hiiragi twins' birthday is on Tanabata.
** Misao's birthday is July 20th, which is the original fixed date of Marine Day (''Umi no Hi''), formerly Marine Memorial Day (''Umi no kinen bi''), and still falls on it when the 1st of July is a Wednesday. Hiyori says the day predicts a high-energy life.
** Fuyuki Amahara's is September 17th, which is Respect for the Aged Day (''Keiro no Hi'') when the 1st falls on a Saturday.

** And Potter himself was born on author J.K. Rowling's birthday.

* BenjaminButton's birthday was the day WorldWarI ended.

* Two of the biggest thorns in Christian Weston Chandler's side--Clyde Cash and Vivian Gee--were born on significant days. Clyde was born on July 4, while Vivian Gee was born on July 14 (Bastille Day).

* Some of the characters in ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' have these: Johji's birthday is January 1 (New Year's Day), Phill's birthday is February 14 (Valentine's Day) Asuka's is March 14 (White Day), Kaga's is April 1st (April Fool's), Henri's is June 6 as does Randoll and Bootsvorz (July 7 and August 8, respectively) and Heinel's is December 23 (Emperor's Birthday).

* A variation/subversion: In ''HigashiNoEden'', Takizawa Akira and Morimi Saki were born one day apart, in the last week of the Showa era. Subverted in that Takizawa Akira is an alias that he picked specifically because of the similar birthdays.

* All four main characters of ''WeissKreuz'' have significant birthdays: [[ChivalrousPervert Youji's]] is March 3, which is Girls' Day in Japan; Aya's is July 4, American Independence Day, and he lives in the U.S. for a couple of years, plus his EvilCounterpart is American; Ken's December 23, the Emperor's Birthday and Christmas Eve, he's a lapsed Catholic; and Omi is the ever-popular February 29. Interestingly, it's been deduced that the WK anime takes place in 1998. Omi's canon age is 17. Count backwards and you realize that Omi's year of birth ''wasn't actually a leap year.'' [[FridgeBrilliance Of course, Omi Tsukiyono is a made up identity and doesn't technically exist; why should his birthday?]]

* All four main characters of ''WeissKreuz'' have significant birthdays: [[ChivalrousPervert Youji's]] is March 3, which is Girls' Day in Japan; Aya's is July 4, American Independence Day, and he lives in the U.S. for a couple of years, plus his EvilCounterpart is American; Ken's December 23, the Emperor's Birthday and Christmas EEve, he's a lapsed Catholic; and Omi is the ever-popular February 29. Interestingly, it's been deduced that the WK anime takes place in 1998. Omi's canon age is 17. Count backwards and you realize that Omi's year of birth ''wasn't actually a leap year.'' [[FridgeBrilliance Of course, Omi Tsukiyono is a made up identity and doesn't technically exist; why should his birthday?]]

* Some of the characters in ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' have these: Johji's birthday is January 1 (New Year's Day), Phill's birthday's is Febuary 14 (Valentine's Day) Asuka's is March 14 (White Day), Kaga's is April 1st (April Fool's), Henri's is June 6 as does Randoll and Bootsvorz (July 7 and August 8, respectively) and Heinel's is December 23 (Emperor's Birthday).

* A variation/subversion: In HigashiNoEden Takizawa Akira and Morimi Saki were born one day apart, in the last week of the Showa era. Subverted in that Takizawa Akira is an alias that he picked specifically because of the similar birthdays.

* For SlamDunk, super rookie Rukawa is born on New Year's Day (1/1), TheAce Sendoh on Valentine's Day and protagonist Sakuragi on April Fool's.
* Interesting variation in {{Bleach}}: [[HeartwarmingOrphan Rangiku Matsumoto]] [[CrapsackWorld did not have a birthday]] until her [[UsedToBeASweetKid childhood friend]] [[CheerfulChild Gin]] found out and made the day they met her birthday. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming CMOH]] for many. "Wait, what, that guy?!" moment for everyone else.

** Any troper care to specify why those dates are important/special in Asian culture?

* All four main characters of ''WeissKreuz'' have significant birthdays: [[ChivalrousPervert Youji's]] is March 3, which is Girls' Day in Japan; Aya's is July 4, American Independence Day, and he lives in the U.S. for a couple of years, plus his EvilCounterpart is American; Ken's December 23, the Emperor's Birthday and Christmas Eve Eve, he's a lapsed Catholic; and Omi is the ever-popular February 29. Interestingly, it's been deduced that the WK anime takes place in 1998. Omi's canon age is 17. Count backwards and you realize that Omi's year of birth ''wasn't actually a leap year.'' [[FridgeBrilliance Of course, Omi Tsukiyono is a made up identity and doesn't technically exist; why should his birthday?]]

* ''BlazBlue'' likes these. The most obvious would be Noel (who as you might guess from her name was "born" on Christmas ([[spoiler: [[RobotGirl She's reborn]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy but not in a good way]]). Many other characters have double dates (i.e. the same day and month).

** April 20th is Hitler's birthday (same as national Stoner's Day), the 15th is Lassie's (or at least that's what Homer says). The original line was that "Barney's birthday in April 20th, same as Hitler's", but it was changed to the 15th because... ya know, Hitler.

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* In the 1970 Disney film ''Boatnicks'', the main character, a clumsy Coast Guard ensign, was born on December 7, 1941. On Pearl Harbor. SoYeah.

** On a side note, April 15th is also the tax filing deadline in the U.S. Yeah...

* Donald Duck's birthday often falls on Friday the 13th as well.