Surprise

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Surprise (or, rarely, surprize) may refer to:

  • Surprise (emotion), a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event

Places

  • Surprise, Arizona, a city in the United States
  • Surprise, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States
  • Surprise, Nebraska, a village in the United States
  • Surprise, New York, a populated place in the United States
  • Surprise Valley (disambiguation)

Arts and entertainment

  • The Surprise (Watteau), a c. 1718 painting by Antoine Watteau

Film and television

Film

  • Surprise (1991 film), a short by Pixar
  • Surprise (2015 film), a Chinese film directed by Show Joy
  • Surprise! (film), a 1995 short by Veit Helmer
  • The Surprise (film), a Dutch film directed by Mike van Diem

TV

  • "Surprise", an episode of Zoey 101
  • "Surprise!", an episode of Dora the Explorer
  • "Surprise!", an episode of Arthur
  • Surprise (web series), a 2013–2015 Chinese web comedy series
  • Surprise! (BoJack Horseman), a 2019 television episode
  • "Surprise" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a television episode
  • "Surprise!" (Dexter's Laboratory), a television episode
  • "Surprise" (The 7D), a television episode
  • "Surprise" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Music

  • 5urprise, a South Korean band
  • Surprise Records, a record label
  • Surprise Symphony, nickname of Symphony No. 94 (Haydn)

Albums

  • Surprise (Crystal Waters album), 1991
  • Surprise (Lynsey de Paul album), 1973
  • Surprise (Paul Simon album), 2006
  • Surprise (S.E.S. album), 2001
  • Surprise (Syd Straw album), 1989
  • Surprise (Sylvia album), 1984
  • Surprises (Herbie Mann album), 1976
  • Surprise, by Better Than Ezra, 1990
  • Surprise!, by Fifteen, 1996

Songs

  • "Surprise" (song), a 2022 song by Chloe Bailey
  • "Surprise!" (song), a 1996 song by Bonnie Pink
  • "Surprise", by HALO, 2015
  • "Surprise", by James from the album Millionaires, 1999
  • "Surprise", by Jolin Tsai from the album Lucky Number, 2001
  • "Surprise", by Sugababes from the album Change, 2007
  • "Surprise", by Gnarls Barkley from the album The Odd Couple, 2008
  • "Surprises", by Billy Joel from the album The Nylon Curtain, 1982
  • "Surprise", by Jars of Clay from the album Good Monsters, 2006
  • "Surprise!", by +/- from the album You Are Here, 2003

Boats

  • Surprise 15, an American sailboat design
  • Surprise 25, a French sailboat design

Ships

  • HMS Surprise (includes HMS Surprize), the name of several British Royal Navy ships; also,
    • HMS Surprise (replica ship), a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • HMS Surprise (novel), a 1973 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian
  • USS Surprise, the name of several United States Navy ships
    • Surprise (1777 ship), the first American naval ship of the name
  • Surprize (1780 ship), a British East India Company merchant ship
  • Surprise (1813 privateer), a schooner launched in the U.S. that captured more than 30 British vessels before wrecking in 1815
  • Surprise (paddle steamer), built 1831, the first steam powered vessel built and run in Australia
  • Surprise (clipper), an 1850 clipper ship in the San Francisco and tea trades
  • Surprise, a Sydney schooner that took London Missionary Society missionaries to Torres Strait Islanders in 1871
  • Surprise (schooner), built in 1917-18 and still providing daily cruises for tourists on Penobscot Bay
  • Royal Escape (1660 ship), the ex-collier Surprise

Other uses

  • Surprise (apple), a pink-fleshed apple
  • Surprise Moriri (born 1980), South African footballer

See also

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  • Self-information, a concept in information theory
  • Shock (disambiguation)
  • ¡Sorpresa!, a TV network whose name means "Surprise!" in Spanish
  • Surprise factor, a storytelling technique
  • Surprise, Surprise (disambiguation)
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