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** Throughout 2022, all four members played a round of ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' together on each other's birthdays, with Vernias' on February 21, Nick's on August 3, Brent's on September 15, and Sophist's on September 20. [[TheAce Brent]] manages to win 3 out of the 4 games, with the one he didn't win (Sophist's) still counting as a victory, as Nick and Sophist were trying to make him end in last place.
** 2023 saw Nick host [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MezWAGBgc a birthday session where the group competed to get the first Star on every board]]. Unlike the previous year, Nick manages to win, but he has to share his victory with Vernias due to winning the same amount of maps as the former with two maps each.

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** Throughout 2022, all four members played a round of ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' together on each other's birthdays, with Vernias' on February 21, Nick's on August 3, Brent's on September 15, and Sophist's on September 20. [[TheAce [[spoiler:[[TheAce Brent]] manages to win 3 out of the 4 games, with the one he didn't win (Sophist's) still counting as a victory, as Nick and Sophist were trying to make him end in last place.
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** 2023 saw Nick host [[https://www.In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MezWAGBgc I Made a Mario Party Challenge for my Birthday...]], Nick hosts a birthday session where the group competed compete to get the first Star on every board]]. Unlike board. [[spoiler:Unlike the previous year, Nick manages to win, but he has to share his victory with Vernias due to winning the same amount of maps as the former with two maps each.]]
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* ''[[WebVideo/LifeSMP Limited Life SMP]]'': {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Since the Day 6 episode was released on Martyn's birthday, he spends the session building a birthday party site and inviting others on the server to said party... which is rigged with TNT so that [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum he can try to get some life-time back]]. In the end, [[spoiler:no one gets ''any'' life-time after the Bad Boys faction crashes the party by attempting to rain DeathFromAbove, and by some miracle, no one dies from this]].

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* ''[[WebVideo/LifeSMP Limited Life SMP]]'': ''WebVideo/LimitedLifeSMP'': {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Since the Day 6 episode was released on Martyn's birthday, he spends the session building a birthday party site and inviting others on the server to said party... which is rigged with TNT so that [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum he can try to get some life-time back]]. In the end, [[spoiler:no one gets ''any'' life-time after the Bad Boys faction crashes the party by attempting to rain DeathFromAbove, and by some miracle, no one dies from this]].
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** Throughout 2022, all four members played a round of ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' together on each other's birthdays, with Vernias' on February 21, Nick's on August 3, Brent's on September 15, and Sophist's on September 20. [[TheAce Brent]] manages to win 3 out of the 4 games, with the one he didn't win (Sophist's) still counting as a victory, as Nick and Sophist were trying to make him end in last place.
** 2023 saw Nick host [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MezWAGBgc a birthday session where the group competed to get the first Star on every board]]. Unlike the previous year, Nick manages to win, but he has to share his victory with Vernias due to winning the same amount of maps as the former with two maps each.



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* We animation/HelloKittyAndFriendsSupercuteAdventures: Several, given the number of characters. Kuromi's also double as {{Halloween Episode}}s, as her birthday is Halloween.

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Several, given the number of characters. Kuromi's also double as {{Halloween Episode}}s, as her birthday is Halloween.
** Badtz-Maru's birthday is April 1st, and he loves to spend it doing April Fool's pranks. The others prank him by making him believe it's already April 2nd, leading him to a surprise party.
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* We animation/HelloKittyAndFriendsSupercuteAdventures: Several, given the number of characters. Kuromi's also double as {{Halloween Episode}}s, as her birthday is Halloween.
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* ''Literature/DorkDiaries'': ''Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday'' focuses on Nikki Maxwell's 15th birthday.
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* ''[[Literature/{{Fudge}} Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing]]'': In the fifth chapter, "The Birthday Bash", the Hatcher family celebrates the third birthday of Farley, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known as Fudge]]. The party guests are Fudge's friends; Ralph, a boy who eats until he throws up, Jennie, a girl who bites people and wets her pants, and Sam, a boy who cries a lot and is afraid of nearly everything.

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It's somebody's birthday! The birthday episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is where an episode is dedicated to celebrating someone's birthday.]]

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It's somebody's birthday! The birthday episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is where an episode is dedicated to celebrating someone's birthday.]]
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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' #574 centered on a birthday party for Franklin Richards, but also featured some serious {{Foreshadowing}} as an adult Franklin from the future warns Val of upcoming events, including the cryptic message, [[ArcWords "All hope lies in Doom."]]

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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' #574 centered on a birthday party for Franklin Richards, but also featured some serious {{Foreshadowing}} as an adult Franklin from the future warns Val of upcoming events, including the cryptic message, [[ArcWords "All "[[ArcWords All hope lies in Doom."]]]]"



** Issue #160 has Sonic celebrating his next birthday, but since he disappeared into space for a year, they aren’t sure how old he’s supposed to be.

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** Issue #160 has Sonic celebrating his next birthday, but since he disappeared into space for a year, they aren’t aren't sure how old he’s he's supposed to be.



* One ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' short takes place on Nana's birthday. It's presented as the cats reacting to party hats until the very end where the subtitles wish Nana a happy birthday.



* ''[[WebVideo/LifeSMP Limited Life SMP]]'': {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Since the Day 6 episode was released on Martyn's birthday, he spends the session building a birthday party site and inviting others on the server to said party… which is rigged with TNT so that [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum he can try to get some life-time back]]. In the end, [[spoiler:no one gets ''any'' life-time after the Bad Boys faction crashes the party by attempting to rain DeathFromAbove, and by some miracle, no one dies from this]].



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* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan:''''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'': Fizzy set one up for Stampy in his debut episode, Episode 393, "Fizzy Elephant". Played with in that he did a CelebrationMiscalculation and got the date wrong, but they have the party anyway.
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* One ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' short takes place on Nana's birthday. It's presented as the cats reacting to party hats until the very end where the subtitles wish Nana a happy birthday.

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* One ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' short takes place on Nana's birthday. It's presented as the cats reacting to party hats until the very end where the subtitles wish Nana a happy birthday.
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-->-- '''Boys Who Cry''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Whale of a Birthday"

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* A special X-Men publication of ''Obnoxio the Clown'' had Obnoxio hired to entertain at Kitty Pryde's birthday, only a villain named Eye Scream has ideas to ruin it.
* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': "Command Performance" (Fun-In #6) has it being Muttley's birthday and the other squadron members give him a bunch of medals. When an efficiency expert notices this and notes an evaluation report, he assigns Muttley command of Vulture Squadron.
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* ''Series/GiggleAndHoot'' had a birthday special to celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2019.



* ''Series/GiggleAndHoot'' had a birthday special to celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2019.

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* [[http://megamanspritecomic.tumblr.com/post/51877913313/if-you-overhype-yourself-you-might-just-set This]] ''Webcomic/{{Megamanspritecomic}}'' strip has Zero wanting to give Snake Man a present with help from Megaman. Predictably, this doesn't end well.

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* ''Webcomic/TheHandbookOfHeroes'': Thief gets two, both posted on January 22nd, her official birthday. The first, [[https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/throw-anything "Throw Anything"]], she spent alone because she thought the title feat meant she could throw parties. The second, [[https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/birthday-girl "Party Girl"]], is with her teammates.
* [[http://megamanspritecomic.tumblr.com/post/51877913313/if-you-overhype-yourself-you-might-just-set This]] ''Webcomic/{{Megamanspritecomic}}'' ''Webcomic/MegamanSpriteComic'' strip has Zero wanting to give Snake Man a present with help from Megaman. Predictably, this doesn't end well.



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* In ''Anime/BlueExorcist,'' the rest of the class discovers that [[{{Tsundere}} Izumo]]'s birthday is coming up and try to throw her a surprise party. She eventually finds out and objects that they didn't do this for anybody else, and decrees that this will be one big party for everyone's birthday.
* ''Anime/BProject'': Episode 10 is Yashamaru's, and the group tries to do their darndest to give him the best possible birthday party for all that he's done for them. Unfortunately, he's nowhere to be found, and he didn't answer to anyone the whole day, making everyone at Gandala suitably worried.
* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'': Marcus' sister Kristy has her birthday celebrated in "A Birthday Kristy Will Never Forget!". Unfortunately for Marcus that same day, he has to take a make up test in school and has Thomas to take his place and take good care of Kristy.
* ''Literature/{{Haganai}}'': Episode 7 of season 2 has the main characters celebrating Kobato's birthday.
* ''Anime/DokiDokiPreCurePrettyCure'': In episode 42, it's Aguri's birthday, so Makoto and DB set up a surprise party and buy ingredients to make her a cake.
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' have a few episodes celebrating the birthdays of either Nobita or his friends, including one where Nobita and Doraemon plans a surprise party for Shizuka and another where Nobita is celebrating his own b-day and decide to skip over a decade into the future via the TimeMachine to see how his adult life would look like. There's also ''The Genius Nobita's Airship Amusement Park'', a 2005 two-parter episode dedicated to the titular robot cat's 903rd b-day.
* Two filler episode in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' have the celebrations of the birthdays of Umigame/Turtle and Gohan. In the former, Kuririn's girlfriend Marron breaks up with him.
* In ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Beerus and Whis show up on Earth for the first time when Bulma is celebrating her birthday. In the film, she claims to be 38, although she should be seven years older.
* Episode 10 of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' takes place on Honoka's birthday, and Nagisa frets about being too broke to get her a present.
* ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'': One episode focuses on Jeudi celebrating her 14th birthday at the Dunant mansion with Lundi, Leonhardt, Martha and all her friends. She also receives a special heart-shaped pendant from Hélène, while [[ElegantClassicalMusician Leon]] plays a special melody for her.
* ''Anime/Jewelpet'':
** ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'' dedicates one episode to Akari's birthday, and another to her mother's.
** ''Anime/JewelpetTheMovieSweetsDancePrincess'': Princess Mama's tries to celebrate her 7th birthday celebration, but it's put on hold when Gumimin arrives and eats her whole birthday cake in one go. Things don't get serious until he transforms into a monster and starts to uncontrollably eat the buildings of Sweetsland.
* ''Anime/KazeNoShojoEmily'': One of the later episodes centers around Rhoda's birthday party. She invites Emily to it, hoping she would recite one of her poems, but Emily freezes on the spot. Luckily, Emily has a good time since she manages to dance with her crush, Teddy.
* ''Manga/{{Lady}}'': One episode has Lynn throw Paul a birthday party at her house, with Sophie in attendance. She spends most of it being rude to Lynn, angering Paul until he yells at her to stop, and reveals that he didn't want to invite her but Lynn asked him to. Sophie then runs off in tears.
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
** There's an entire story arc devoted to Kaguya wanting to celebrate Shirogane's seventeenth birthday without revealing her feelings for him.
** Kaguya's seventeenth birthday is very briefly touched upon in Chapter 162. Fujiwara mentions in the following chapter that she wants to throw her a belated suprise birthday party (as Kaguya spent the whole day at her family's home in Kyoto) to insure that [[ItsAllAboutMe Kaguya will get her something good for her own birthday]], but she never gets around to it.
** Chapter 200 is devoted to the student council celebrating [[{{BirthdayBuddies}} Fujiwara and Ishigami's birthday]].
** Played For Laughs in spin-off series ''We Want to Talk About Kaguya'' where [[{{Fangirl}} Karen and Erika]] throw a birthday party for Kaguya without her actually being in attendance (comparing it to celebrating Jesus' birthday on Christmas).
* The 43rd episode of ''Anime/KiraKiraHappyHirakeCocotama'' is about the Cocotamas throwing a birthday party for Haruka.
* ''Literature/MayoChiki'': Kureha, the resident token little sister, has a dedicated birthday episode to add more flavor to the protagonist's character. Not to mention, the episode was complete with a female cast birthday song with some GratuitousEnglish.
* ''Anime/MischievousTwinsTheTalesOfStClares''
** On Janet's birthday, the girls throw her a surprise party in the middle of the night, and manage to get away with it. Miss Kennedy finds out, but stays quiet, being the CoolTeacher.
** A few days before the twin's birthday, they have a fight and give each other the silent treatment. Thankfully, they make up just in time to celebrate their birthday together.
* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' has chapter 62, dedicated to the birthday of... [[OldMaid Akari]] of all people. Between Akari being obviously not very enthusiastic and [[{{Troll}} Akane]] doing her best to twist the knife, her students desperately try to cheer her up -- with every attempt backfiring in some way.
-->'''Akari:''' ''[looking at Aizawa's hand-made cake with a single candle]'' ... I'm sorry... I guess there isn't enough space on the cake to put all the candles of my age, huh...
* ''Anime/NijiNoKanataEShoujoDianaMonogatari'': Near the end of the short, the school surprises Diana by planning a surprise party for her 7th birthday, with a cake and candles.
* ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' begins on the main character's 10th birthday and ends on her 11th birthday.
* A birthday movie in fact. ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Run Away Locomon]]'' is set on Rika's birthday. She finds out about and bemoans Jeri throwing her a surprise party from Takato. The movie essentially boils down to the Tamers going to Rika's house for the party and dealing with said Locomon on the way. Rika's DisappearedDad issues are used against her by the Parasimon to control her and attack Takato. She does make it to the party in the end, but she's pretty much the only one not enjoying herself.
* In Chapter 10 of ''Manga/{{Ojojojo}}'', Haru becomes jealous when Kawayanagi and Tendou refuse to invite her to their outing in the city. After following them around all day, she learns that they were trying to pick out the right birthday present for her. Haru is very touched by their gesture, since it's the first time she's received such a meaningful gift.
* ''Manga/OjamajoDoremi'': Hazuki gets this on Valentine's Day in Naisho. Doremi also gets one in Motto.
* The 20th episode of the ''Anime/PaRappaTheRapper'' anime revolves around Matt's birthday.
* The tenth episode of ''Anime/PJBerriNoMoguMoguMunyaMunya'' has [=PaRappa=] being bummed that no one appears to remember his birthday, then get pleasantly surprised when he learns his friends have arranged a party after all.
* ''Anime/ParappaTheRapper'': Matt's birthday is celebrated in episode 20. Because of his NiceGuy personality, many people attend.
** ''Anime/PJBerriNoMoguMoguMunyaMunya'': The tenth episode has PaRappa bummed that no one seems to remember his birthday, then find out that his friends have arranged a surprise party.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' had this in a Japan-exclusive Pikachu Short called ''Pikachu's Big Sparkling Search.'' In this short, Pikachu and Piplup find out that it is a Bellossom's birthday, but due to an incident involving Pikachu and Piplup with a ball that caused the bracelet's jewels to scatter, Pikachu, Piplup, a Spiky-eared Pichu and a Smoochum set out to find the missing jewels before Meowth does.
* ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'': Annie's birthday is celebrated in ''Birthday Blues'', where she expresses happiness that for the first time in years she won't celebrate it alone. The narrtaor adds that the Robotech Rebels have at this point become a family.
* ''Anime/SakuraWars'': Episode 12 focuses on Sakura and the others trying to throw Iris the first ''real'' birthday party she's ever had.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** ''Anime/SailorMoon'': The titular character is thrown a surprise party by her friends and is targeted by the villains.
** Act 28 of ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' happened on Rei's birthday.
* The twelfth episode of ''Anime/SakuraWars2000'' centers on the protagonists trying to throw Iris the first ''real'' birthday party she's ever had.
* ''Manga/SquidGirl'': In one episode, Squid Girl discovers the surface dwellers' custom of birthday parties, and declares today to be her birthday to take advantage of the goodies.
* The ''Manga/StrikeWitches'' episode "[[Recap/StrikeWitchesEp6WereTheSame]]" takes place during Yoshika and Sanya's birthday.
* Early in their partnership in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', Kotetsu finds out Barnaby's birthday is coming up a plans a surprise party involving a fake mugging. It ends up being a disaster and gets hijacked by an actual criminal chase, but this leads to the first real "power of teamwork" moment for the pair.
* Episode 21 of ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' revolves around the resident {{Stoic}} Meia's birthday. The problem is, she is an avid BirthdayHater and the rest of the crew goes to ridiculous lengths to rope her into at least some kind of celebration--which doesn't go well. Suffice to say, she almost performs a HeroicSacrifice before it is over.
* ''Anime/Wowser'': The episode "Slap Happy Birthday" focused on Wowser's birthday, which involves him throwing a party for all of his friends. Unfortunately, thanks to Ratso adding extra spices to the cake that Wowser was making, this results in everyone who's had a taste of the cake to act berserk.
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*''Anime/BProject'': Episode 10 is Yashamaru's, and the group tries to do their darndest to give him the best possible birthday party for all that he's done for them. Unfortunately, he's nowhere to be found, and he didn't answer to anyone the whole day, making everyone at Gandala suitably worried.



*''Anime/DokiDokiPreCurePrettyCure'': In episode 42, it's Aguri's birthday, so Makoto and DB set up a surprise party and buy ingredients to make her a cake.



*''Anime/Jewelpet'':
**''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'' dedicates one episode to Akari's birthday, and another to her mother's.
**''Anime/JewelpetTheMovieSweetsDancePrincess'': Princess Mama's tries to celebrate her 7th birthday celebration, but it's put on hold when Gumimin arrives and eats her whole birthday cake in one go. Things don't get serious until he transforms into a monster and starts to uncontrollably eat the buildings of Sweetsland.
*''Anime/KazeNoShojoEmily'': One of the later episodes centers around Rhoda's birthday party. She invites Emily to it, hoping she would recite one of her poems, but Emily freezes on the spot. Luckily, Emily has a good time since she manages to dance with her crush, Teddy.



*''Anime/NijiNoKanataEShoujoDianaMonogatari'': Near the end of the short, the school surprises Diana by planning a surprise party for her 7th birthday, with a cake and candles.



*''Manga/OjamajoDoremi'': Hazuki gets this on Valentine's Day in Naisho. Doremi also gets one in Motto.



*''Anime/ParappaTheRapper'': Matt's birthday is celebrated in episode 20. Because of his NiceGuy personality, many people attend.
**''Anime/PJBerriNoMoguMoguMunyaMunya'': The tenth episode has PaRappa bummed that no one seems to remember his birthday, then find out that his friends have arranged a surprise party.



* ''Anime/PrincessDiana'': Near the end of the short animation, the school surprises Diana by planning a surprise party for her 7th birthday.

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* ''Anime/PrincessDiana'': Near *''Anime/{{Robotech}}'': Annie's birthday is celebrated in ''Birthday Blues'', where she expresses happiness that for the end of first time in years she won't celebrate it alone. The narrtaor adds that the short animation, Robotech Rebels have at this point become a family.
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the school surprises Diana by planning a surprise others trying to throw Iris the first ''real'' birthday party for her 7th birthday.she's ever had.


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*''Anime/Wowser'': The episode "Slap Happy Birthday" focused on Wowser's birthday, which involves him throwing a party for all of his friends. Unfortunately, thanks to Ratso adding extra spices to the cake that Wowser was making, this results in everyone who's had a taste of the cake to act berserk.
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*''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'': One episode focuses on Jeudi celebrating her 14th birthday at the Dunant mansion with Lundi, Leonhardt, Martha and all her friends. She also receives a special heart-shaped pendant from Hélène, while [[ElegantClassicalMusician Leon]] plays a special melody for her.
*''Manga/{{Lady}}'': One episode has Lynn throw Paul a birthday party at her house, with Sophie in attendance. She spends most of it being rude to Lynn, angering Paul until he yells at her to stop, and reveals that he didn't want to invite her but Lynn asked him to. Sophie then runs off in tears.


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*''Anime/MischievousTwinsTheTalesOfStClares''
**On Janet's birthday, the girls throw her a surprise party in the middle of the night, and manage to get away with it. Miss Kennedy finds out, but stays quiet, being the CoolTeacher.
**A few days before the twin's birthday, they have a fight and give each other the silent treatment. Thankfully, they make up just in time to celebrate their birthday together.

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