# Surprise

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**Surprise** (sometimes spelled **surprize**) may refer to:

- [Surprise (emotion)](/source/Surprise_(emotion)), a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event

## Places

- [Surprise, Arizona](/source/Surprise,_Arizona), a city in the United States
- [Surprise, Indiana](/source/Surprise,_Indiana), an unincorporated community in the United States
- [Surprise, Nebraska](/source/Surprise,_Nebraska), a village in the United States
- [Surprise, New York](/source/Surprise,_New_York), a populated place in the United States
- [Surprise Valley (disambiguation)](/source/Surprise_Valley_(disambiguation))

## Arts and entertainment

- [*The Surprise* (Watteau)](/source/The_Surprise_(Watteau)), a c. 1718 painting by Antoine Watteau

### Film and television

#### Film

- [*Surprise* (1991 film)](/source/Surprise_(1991_film)), a short by Pixar
- [*Surprise* (2015 film)](/source/Surprise_(2015_film)), a Chinese film directed by Show Joy
- [*Surprise!* (film)](/source/Surprise!_(film)), a 1995 short by Veit Helmer
- [*The Surprise* (film)](/source/The_Surprise_(film)), a Dutch film directed by Mike van Diem

#### TV

- [*Surprise* (web series)](/source/Surprise_(web_series)), a 2013–2015 Chinese web comedy series
- ["Surprise" (*The 7D*)](/source/Surprise_(The_7D)), a 2014 episode
- ["Surprise!" (*Arthur*)](/source/Surprise!_(Arthur)), a 2014 episode
- ["Surprise!" (*Bluey*)](/source/Surprise!_(Bluey)), a 2024 episode
- ["Surprise!" (*BoJack Horseman*)](/source/Surprise!_(BoJack_Horseman)), a 2019 episode
- ["Surprise" (*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*)](/source/Surprise_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)), a 1998 episode
- ["Surprise!" (*Dexter's Laboratory*)](/source/Surprise!_(Dexter's_Laboratory)), a 1997 episode
- ["Surprise" (*Dora the Explorer*)](/source/Surprise_(Dora_the_Explorer)), a 2000 episode
- ["Surprise" (*Not Going Out*)](/source/Surprise_(Not_Going_Out)), a 2014 episode
- ["Surprise" (*Scott & Bailey*)](/source/Surprise_(Scott_%26_Bailey)), a 2011 episode
- ["Surprise" (*Space Ghost Coast to Coast*)](/source/Surprise_(Space_Ghost_Coast_to_Coast)), a 1996 episode
- ["Surprise" (*Zoey 101*)](/source/Surprise_(Zoey_101)), a 2006 episode
- ["The Surprise" (*Don't Wait Up*)](/source/The_Surprise_(Don't_Wait_Up)), a 1988 episode
- [Surprises!](/source/Surprises!), an Australian pre-school children's television series

### Music

- [5urprise](/source/5urprise), a South Korean band
- [Surprise Records](/source/Surprise_Records), a record label
- *Surprise Symphony*, nickname of [Symphony No. 94 (Haydn)](/source/Symphony_No._94_(Haydn))

#### Albums

- [*Surprise* (Crystal Waters album)](/source/Surprise_(Crystal_Waters_album)), 1991
- [*Surprise* (Lynsey de Paul album)](/source/Surprise_(Lynsey_de_Paul_album)), 1973
- [*Surprise* (Paul Simon album)](/source/Surprise_(Paul_Simon_album)), 2006
- [*Surprise* (S.E.S. album)](/source/Surprise_(S.E.S._album)), 2001
- [*Surprise* (Syd Straw album)](/source/Surprise_(Syd_Straw_album)), 1989
- [*Surprise* (Sylvia album)](/source/Surprise_(Sylvia_album)), 1984
- [*Surprises* (album)](/source/Surprises_(album)), a 1976 album by Herbie Mann
- *Surprise*, by [Better Than Ezra](/source/Better_Than_Ezra_discography), 1990
- *Surprise!*, by [Fifteen](/source/Fifteen_(band)), 1996

#### Songs

- ["Surprise" (song)](/source/Surprise_(song)), a 2022 song by Chloe Bailey
- ["Surprise!" (song)](/source/Surprise!_(song)), a 1996 song by Bonnie Pink
- "Surprise", by [HALO](/source/HALO_(South_Korean_group)), 2015
- "Surprise", by James from the album *[Millionaires](/source/Millionaires_(album))*, 1999
- "Surprise", by Jolin Tsai from the album *[Lucky Number](/source/Lucky_Number_(album))*, 2001
- "Surprise", by Sugababes from the album *[Change](/source/Change_(Sugababes_album))*, 2007
- "Surprise", by Gnarls Barkley from the album *[The Odd Couple](/source/The_Odd_Couple_(album))*, 2008
- "Surprises", by Billy Joel from the album *[The Nylon Curtain](/source/The_Nylon_Curtain)*, 1982
- "Surprise", by Jars of Clay from the album *[Good Monsters](/source/Good_Monsters)*, 2006
- "Surprise!", by +/- from the album *[You Are Here](/source/You_Are_Here_(%2B/-_album))*, 2003

## Boats

- [Surprise 15](/source/Surprise_15), an American sailboat design
- [Surprise 25](/source/Surprise_25), a French sailboat design

## Ships

- [HMS *Surprise*](/source/HMS_Surprise) (includes HMS *Surprize*), the name of several British Royal Navy ships; also, - [HMS *Surprise* (replica ship)](/source/HMS_Surprise_(replica_ship)), a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada - [*HMS Surprise* (novel)](/source/HMS_Surprise_(novel)), a 1973 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian
- [USS *Surprise*](/source/USS_Surprise), the name of several United States Navy ships - [*Surprise* (1777 ship)](/source/Surprise_(1777_ship)), the first American naval ship of the name
- [*Surprize* (1780 ship)](/source/Surprize_(1780_ship)), a British East India Company merchant ship
- [*Surprise* (1813 privateer)](/source/Surprise_(1813_privateer)), a schooner launched in the U.S. that captured more than 30 British vessels before wrecking in 1815
- [*Surprise* (paddle steamer)](/source/Surprise_(paddle_steamer)), built 1831, the first steam powered vessel built and run in Australia
- [*Surprise* (clipper)](/source/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](/source/Torres_Strait_Islanders#Coming_of_the_Light) in 1871
- [*Surprise* (schooner)](/source/Surprise_(schooner)), built in 1917–18 and still providing daily cruises for tourists on Penobscot Bay
- [*Royal Escape* (1660 ship)](/source/Royal_Escape_(1660_ship)), the ex-collier *Surprise*

## Other uses

- [Surprise (apple)](/source/Surprise_(apple)), a pink-fleshed apple
- [Surprise Moriri](/source/Surprise_Moriri) (born 1980), South African footballer

## See also

- [Self-information](/source/Self-information), a concept in information theory
- [Shock (disambiguation)](/source/Shock_(disambiguation))
- [¡Sorpresa!](/source/%C2%A1Sorpresa!), a TV network whose name means "Surprise!" in Spanish
- [Surprise factor](/source/Surprise_factor), a storytelling technique
- [Surprise, Surprise (disambiguation)](/source/Surprise,_Surprise_(disambiguation))

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