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Line 7: == Anime and Manga == * The ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' manga explains that senior student Honey [[Older Than They Look\|looks younger than the freshman students]] since he was born on February 29. * In ''[[Karin]]'', Kenta was born on 29 Feb 1988. Elda threatens to wipe his memory back to his fourth birthday, not realizing that she is doing so ''on'' his fourth birthday. * In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ\|Gundam ZZ]]'', Haman formally declares the founding of the Neo Zeon movement on February 29, UC 0088. [[Fan Wank\|Fans have used this to try and determine at what point the calendar transitioned from AD to UC]]. * A gag in ''[[Otaku no Musume ~~San~~-san]]'' revolves around Kanau's birthday being on February 29. * Touya Kinomoto from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' also has his birthday on February 29. Line 37: == [[Tabletop Games]] == * In the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting of ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~& Dragons]]'', there is a day called Shieldmeet, which occurs only once every four years on the day after Midsummer, making it an in-universe leap day. Line 55: * In ''[[And Shine Heaven Now]]'', this is how [[Little Orphan Annie\|Annie Warbucks]] explains how she looked no older than 30 (in 1998) and still could be alive during World War II: because she was born on this day, she ages at the quarter of a rate of a normal human. Of course, she ''could'' just be pulling Seras's leg. (That particular comic ''was'' posted on April Fool's Day, after all.) * Howard Tayler of ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' is among those born on February 29. * Michelle from the webcomic ''[[Scrambled Eggs]]'' was born on February 29. The birthday parties this [[Dumb Blonde]] holds every four years have become [[Cool and Unusual Punishment~~\|Cool and Unusual Punishments~~]]s for the other characters. * In one ''[[Nedroid]]'' comic, Leap Day goes [http://nedroid.com/2012/03/the-final-leap/ horribly wrong]. == Web Original == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031215200635/http://incolor.inebraska.com/mmartins/michael.pgs/wet_dream.html "It was April the 41st, being a quadruple leap year..."] Line 70: [[Category:Comedy Tropes]] [[Category:Birthday Tropes]] [[Category:~~Leap Day~~{{PAGENAME}}]]