History Main / BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty

* Played with in ''Literature/TheXWingSeries: Solo Command''. Wes, having spent the past three books pranking his commander Wedge, finally tips Wedge over into taking "revenge" - patiently and resourcefully arranging events until Wes wanders naked and smeared in smelly "Ewok food" into a dark room, at which point the lights come on and the entire squadron is there. They knew about this plan, helped bring it about, and are only too happy to tease him. Wes takes it well and accepts the mocking cape they drape over his shoulders so he can cover himself, and the brandy they hand him as they all take the opportunity to celebrate.

[[NakedPeopleAreFunny Nakedness]]. Nobody ever gets tired of it. The exact reasons for being naked are irrelevant, for inevitably the time must come when we must end this plot. Cast aside the foolishness of a naked person traipsing around the universe [[HaveAGayOldTime gay as a chickadee]], and finally have them [[HomeNudist safely at home where the nakedness can bother no one]] and so-

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In "[[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen A Bacon Strip]]" (the second segment of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E14TheACMEAcresZone The Acme Acres Zone]]"), Hamton finds himself naked outside after doing something stupid at Plucky's urging (namely, SkinnyDipping in Montana Max's personal pool, at which point he has his clothes stolen). When Hamton finally makes it home, a [[BirthdayEpisode surprise party]] is awaiting him and Plucky was aware of it. Note that this time, we do see what happens next: Hamton uses a "happy birthday" banner as a loincloth and starts eating the cake.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In "[[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen A Bacon Strip]]" (the second segment of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E14TheACMEAcresZone The Acme Acres Zone]]"), Hamton finds himself naked outside after doing something stupid at Plucky's urging (namely, SkinnyDipping in Montana Max's personal pool). When Hamton finally makes it home, a [[BirthdayEpisode surprise party]] is awaiting him and Plucky was aware of it. Note that this time, we do see what happens next: Hamton uses a "happy birthday" banner as a loincloth and starts eating the cake.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Hamton finds himself naked outside after doing something stupid at Plucky's urging (namely, skinny dipping in Montana Max's personal pool). When Hamton finally makes it home, a surprise party is awaiting him and Plucky was aware of it. Note that this time, we do see what happens next: Hamton uses a "happy birthday" banner as a loincloth and starts eating the cake.

* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora and Walburt throw Haara one of these in one story, though since it's ''this'' series, there's no awkwardness as they're already naked as well.

* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora and Walburt throw Haara one of these in one story, though since it's ''this'' series, they're naked as well!

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-->-- '''Creator/BennyHill''', "Anna Marie" ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''

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* There was a sketch on ''Series/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!".

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* This is inverted in one page of ''Webcomic/LeftoverSoup'', where [[http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=433 it's the ones yelling "surprise" who are naked]], much to Maxine's delight.

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* One poster on alt.folklore.urban joked that this urban legend had first been committed to parchment by Geoffrey Chaucer, and provided [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.folklore.urban/JtGtGu6VajA/e_Gjv_S2EM8J a version]] in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe to 'prove' it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/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, [[UnplannedCrossdressing he provides Mac with a ballerina costume]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS5E4Surprise Surprise]]", Mickey asks his friends to not throw him a surprise party this year due to previous ones horrifying or embarrassing him. In a video tape he shows of the previous surprise parties, one was thrown by his friends while he was in the shower.

* Variation on ''WesternAnimation/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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* In Jeffery Brown's autobiographical comic ''Funny Misshapen 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.

* Subverted in the film ''Film/InGoodCompany'', where Dennis Quaid's character guesses about the surprise party and [[ItAmusedMe comes in in his underwear as a joke]].

* Happens in an episode of the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' where George loses his loincloth and tries to get back to the treehouse without being seen.

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-->-- '''Creator/BennyHill''', "Anna Marie" ''Series/TheBenny Hill Show''

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* Although the party's not for him, this still happens to Creator/PatrickDempsey's character in the movie ''Some Girls''.

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* The titular moment of ''Film/AmericanPie'' - even funnier, more explicit and more em-bare-assing in the unrated DVD version.
* PlayedWith in ''Film/ChaletGirl'' - Kim is having her birthday party at the Chalet she works on and she and her friends are hanging out in the hot tub when a drunk Kim climbs out of it naked to dance in the snow... just as the Chalet owners arrive to catch her naked, including her LoveInterest.

* ''Series/{{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. Still, it ends better for Jeff than any other example on this page, as the girlfriend herself found the whole thing a bit of a turn-on...
* An episode of ''Series/LALaw'' also does the "in anticipation of sex" version.

* Happens to Kenan on ''Series/KenanAndKel'', although he was not completely naked--just below the waist.

* The Creator/{{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 girl shows up, it's with her parents in tow ...

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Hamton finds himself naked outside after doing something stupid at Plucky's urging (namely, skinny dipping in Montana Max's personal pool). When Hamton finally makes it home, a surprise party is awaiting him and Plucky was aware of it. Note that this time, we do see what happens next: Hamton uses a "happy birthday" banner as a loincloth and starts eating the cake.
-->'''Hamton:''' [[{{Pun}} Good thing I'm in my birthday suit.]]

* Variation on ''WesternAnimation/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.

* ''WesternAnimation/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.

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

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Hamton finds himself naked outside after doing something stupid at Plucky's urging (namely, skinny dipping in Montana Max's personal pool). When Hamton finally makes it home, a surprise party is awaiting him and Plucky was aware of it.
** Note that this time, we do see what happens next: Hamton uses a "happy birthday" banner as a loincloth and starts eating the cake.

See also CaughtWithYourPantsDown. Compare OpenTheDoorAndSeeAllThePeople. A NakedFreakOut is an entirely justified reaction. Subtrope of BirthdayPartyGoesWrong.