History Main / ABirthdayNotABreak

* During the fimling of WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory, the actress playing Veruca Salt had to record the [[VillainSong "I want it Now" musical number]] on her 13th birthday. The number ended with her going down the garbage chute.
* WilliamShakespeare died on his birthday.

* In the ''TwilightZone'' episode "The Shelter", a suburban doctor's birthday party is interrupted by a nuclear alert, followed by all the guests desperately trying to break into his fallout shelter, which has only enough room for the doctor's family. [[spoiler:The alert turns out to be a false alarm, but the relationships between the doctor and his friends are damaged, perhaps irreperably.]]

* ''EnolaHolmes'': Enola is horrified by the day her mother chose to ran off on. Slightly subverted, in that her mother had her reasons . . .

* In ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', when the Baudelaires are in jail for allegedly murdering Jacques in ''The Vile Village'', Klaus suddenly remembers that it's his thirteenth birthday.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
-->'''Homer:''' I can't believe it. I'm being mocked. By my own children. On my birthday!\\
'''Bart:''' It's your birthday?\\
'''Homer:''' Yes! Remember, it's the same day as the dog's.\\
'''Lisa:''' Santa's Little Helper, it's your birthday? Ooh! We've gotta get you a present.

* FullmetalAlchemist: When Ed and Al have just gone through a traumatic experience at Laboratory 5 and are both still injured, Ed remembers that it's his birthday.

* In ''Trese'', it is only after a major battle with an old war demon that the heroine, Alexandra Trese, and her companions remember that it is her birthday. By this time, a lot of damage has been done to the city, Trese herself is recovering from some battle wounds, and her two sidekicks have very nearly been murdered by their own father.

* In the ''Series/TwilightZone'' episode "The Shelter", a suburban doctor's birthday party is interrupted by a nuclear alert, followed by all the guests desperately trying to break into his fallout shelter, which has only enough room for the doctor's family. [[spoiler:The alert turns out to be a false alarm, but the relationships between the doctor and his friends are damaged, perhaps irreperably.]]

* In the [[BetterThanItSounds surprisingly good]] ''[[TheYoungOnes Young Ones]]'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5011650/1/The_Unforgiven The Unforgiven]]'', this trope gradually unfolds through [[NamedByTheAdaptation Miranda Balowski’s]] journals and memorial service: [[spoiler:she spent her sixteenth birthday giving birth to Vyvyan, and her parents threw them both out of the house shortly afterward.]]

* In the ''TwilightZone'' episode "The Shelter", a suburban doctor's birthday party is interrupted by a nuclear alert, followed by all the guests desperately trying to break into his fallout shelter, which has only enough room for the doctor's family. [[spoiler:The alert turns out to be a false alarm, but the relationships between the doctor and his friends are damaged, perhaps irreperably.]]

* A minor example, in an episode of {{Friends}}, Phoebe has to break the news to Precious, the woman whom Mike was in a relationship with while he and Phoebe were separated, that not only are they getting back together (thus ending his relationship with Precious) but he also proposed to her. Precious then remarks "This is the worst birthday ever!"

* In ''TheGreatGatsby'', after Tom, Jay, and Daisy have their big confrontation, Nick Carraway recalls that he just turned thirty today.

* In ''AceCombat04'', the AWACS Sky Eye tells the pilots it's his birthday in the BackFromTheBrink mission, implicitly asking them to give him victory for a present. Happens again exactly one InUniverse year later, during the decisive battle for Farbanti.
* In ''AceCombat5'', Grimm reveals that his birthday is coming up next week during a [[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene quiet break]] between the two final battles.

** Not only this, but had she not have run into Phoebe first, Mike would have ended things with her on her birthday anyway.

* A minor example, in an episode of {{Friends}}, Phoebe has to break the news to Precious, the woman whom Mike was in a relationship with while he and Phoebe were separated, that not only are they getting back together (thus ending his relationship with Precious) but he also proposed to her. Precious then remarks that "This is the worst birthday ever!". Not only this, but had she not have run into Phoebe first, Mike would have ended things with her on her birthday anyway.

* A minor example, in an episode of {{Friends}}, Phoebe has to break the news to Precious, the woman whom Mike was in a relationship with while he and Phoebe were separated, that not only are they getting back together (thus ending his relationship with Precious) but he also proposed to her. Precious responds with "This is the worst birthday ever!"

* In the [[BetterThanItSounds surprisingly good]] ''[[TheYoungOnes Young Ones]]'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5011650/1/The_Unforgiven The Unforgiven]]'', this trope gradually unfolds through [[NamedByTheAdaptation Miranda Balowski’s]] journals and memorial service: [[spoiler:she spent her sixteenth birthday giving birth to Vyvyan, and they were both thrown out of her parents’ home shortly afterward.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Fanfic}} ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-pinkie-pie-and-nothing-more.html Pinkie Pie, and Nothing More]]'' explains her behavior in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]" this way. Basically, [[spoiler:her parents decided to send her away from the farm to pursue her dreams, ''without'' giving her any choice in the matter]]. When she asks why they sprung this on her ''birthday'', she receives a blank stare and realizes they forgot.

* In ''JuliusCaesar'', Cassius realizes it's his birthday right before the battle where he's killed, after having noticed a ''ton'' of bad omens about the battle.

* ''TheSimpsons'':

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Fanfic}} ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-pinkie-pie-and-nothing-more.html Pinkie Pie, and Nothing More]]'' explains her behavior in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]" this way. Basically, [[spoiler:her parents decided to send her away from the farm to pursue her dreams, ''without'' giving her any choice in the matter]]. When she asks why they sprung this on her ''birthday'', she receives a blank stare and realizes they forgot.