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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'': Keroro does this to Natsumi in one episode, while Fuyuki insists that Natsumi wouldn't enjoy it. Much to his chagrin, he finds his sister not only has a good time at the party, but completely fell for the
* ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' episode 10. Made somewhat more surprising for the audience (and thus less [[Anvilicious]]) by not revealing what exactly Mai is upset about until the very end.
* Inverted in episode 7 in the first season of ''[[Beyblade]]'', (well, in the dub version at least) Tyson is so excited about his match with Kai, he forgets about his own 13th birthday.
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* In an episode of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', this happened to Michaelangelo.
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'': Orko, of all characters, believed everyone had forgotten his birthday and nearly ran away.
* In one episode each of ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' and the children's program ''[[Today's Special]]'', a character ([[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] and Scott the living mannequin, respectively) feels left out because they are not truly alive and therefore cannot have a birthday. Special surprises are prepared for each; in the Mega Man example, it means a chance to become a living being.
* ''Quack Pack'' had such an episode. Instead of Donald Duck getting depressed Huey, Dewey and Louie "forgot" his birthday, though, Donald got so ANGRY at them he thought they were doing something illegal behind his back. They were sent to a correctional facility as a result.
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** The trope was initially inverted in "Birthday Bashed". Timmy became 13 and had to hide it from Jorgen to avoid losing his fairies. It became no easy task as it seemed his parents remembered and he had to get rid of anything they brought for the party. It was eventually revealed they were celebrating another thing and had really forgotten Timmy's birthday. That, among other things, was held by Jorgen as a reason to believe Timmy would still need fairies.
* An episode of ''[[Johnny Test]]'' had Dukey thinking Johnny had forgotten his birthday. As it turns out, he was just waiting until he got his present before he acknowladge it.
* In ''The World of [[Strawberry Shortcake]]'' (1980), some of her friends did forget Strawberry's birthday, but even ''she'' doesn't seem aware that it's her special day (to be fair, Strawberry's said to be turning six). Once they're reminded and start to arrange a party, they deliberately keep it a secret from her and turn down her lunch invitation so they can set it up; she thinks no one likes her anymore but is directed by [[The Face of the Sun|the narrator]] to the party when he can't bear to see her that sad. Notably, this plot isn't the whole focus of the story, but instead sets up the circumstances that allow the evil Purple Pieman to force the kids to give him all their berries (he sells them a magic watering can they give to her as a
* ''[[Dragon Tales]]'': Done with Ord's birthday in the first-season story "Ord's Unhappy Birthday"
* In an episode of ''[[Ka Blam!]]'', Henry and June celebrate their birthdays (since they were drawn on the same day, they were celebrating theirs on the same day). June gets Henry a remote-controlled car, but Henry forgot June's birthday! He makes up for it in the end, though.
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* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': After being freaked out and then downright terrified by [[The Dragon|Shego's]] [[Emotion Bomb|moodulator-induced]] mood swings from giddiness to weeping to fury, Drakken works up the nerve to ask "Did I forget your birthday? Is that what this is about?"
* In an episode of ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', Pooh (sticky with honey) accidentally pulls several pages off Rabbit's calendar, leading Rabbit to mistakenly believe it's his birthday and misinterpret his friends' activities as preparations for a surprise party. Angst ensues when he concludes they've forgotten, but fortunately there's a party on his actual birthday the next week.
* The short-lived English cartoon series ''The Pondles'' had an episode in which the main character, Pip, is led to believe that everyone had forgotten his
* Inverted in ''[[Scooby Doo on Zombie Island]]'': Daphne apparently spent so much time getting ready for her talk show, she didn't realize her birthday had arrived until the other Mystery Inc. members showed up and surprised her.
* On the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "Hank's Dirty Laundry," Bobby assumes his parents are buying him a birthday present while shopping for a dryer. (His birthday is a month away.) He later, on a different day, assumes his birthday party is that day. (It isn't.) He bemoans to Luanne that he "can't believe my parents forgot my birthday." Luanne says that "they've still got a whole month to remember." Hank and Peggy's new dryer is then delivered and Bobby believes it his birthday present and ''loves'' it.
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