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Surprise is something that is unsuspected. "Surprise" may refer to:

Unsuspected things

• Surprise (emotion)
• Surprise party, a party of which the honored person is not told of beforehand.
• Surprise factor, the fundamental element in humor that puts a twist on familiar subjects
• Surprise, surprisal, or self-information, the information-theoretic quantity , where p is the probability of occurrence
• Ambush or military surprise, a military strategy to strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which they are unprepared

Places

In the United States:

• Surprise, Arizona, a city
• Surprise, Indiana, an unincorporated town
• Surprise, Nebraska, a village

Entertainment

Music

• Symphony No. 94 (Haydn) in G major, the "Surprise Symphony" by Joseph Haydn
• Surprise (Sylvia album), a 1984 album by Sylvia
• Surprise (Paul Simon album), a 2006 album by Paul Simon
• Surprise (Better Than Ezra album), a 1989 album by Better Than Ezra
• Surprise Records, a record label

Television and film

• Surprise (Buffy episode), an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Surprise!, an award-winning short film by Veit Helmer
• Surprise (animated film), an animated short film created by Pixar Animation Studios for Sesame Street
• Traumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, a German science fiction parody film by Michael "Bully" Herbig

Novels

• HMS Surprise (novel), the third novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.

Ships

Naval ships

• HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, the name of thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy
• Surprise, the name of one ship of the Continental Navy of the United States, and USS Surprise, the name of four ships of the United States Navy.

Other ships

• HMS Surprise, a modern replica of an 18th-century Royal Navy frigate named HMS Rose, modified to represent the 6th rate frigate HMS Surprise in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and now owned by the San Diego Maritime Museum.

People

• Surprise Moriri, a South African football (soccer) player

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