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== [[Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'', Dr. Doom, age 11, had his father drop his entire family history on him, and then leaves him alone in the parlor. Several hours later, Victor realizes 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.
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Fanfic]] ''[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-pinkie-pie-and-nothing-more.html Pinkie Pie, and Nothing More]'' explains her behavior in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* In the surprisingly good ''[[The Young Ones|Young Ones]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5011650/1/The_Unforgiven The Unforgiven]'', this trope gradually unfolds through [[Named by the Adaptation|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.}}
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* In the ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' 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.}}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]:'' Buffy's birthday in seasons 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 is marked by some sort of tragedy or crisis that she has to deal with.
* 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!"
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