Surprise is a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event.
Surprise (sometimes spelled surprize) may also refer to:
Places Surprise, Arizona, a city in the United States Surprise, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States Surprise, Nebraska, a village in the United States Surprise, New York, a populated place in the United States Surprise Valley (disambiguation)
Arts and entertainment The Surprise (Watteau), a c. 1718 painting by Antoine Watteau
Film and television Film Surprise (1991 film), a short by Pixar Surprise (2015 film), a Chinese film directed by Show Joy Surprise! (film), a 1995 short by Veit Helmer The Surprise (film), a Dutch film directed by Mike van Diem TV Surprise (web series), a 2013–2015 Chinese web comedy series "Surprise" (The 7D), a 2014 episode "Surprise!" (Arthur), a 2014 episode "Surprise!" (Bluey), a 2024 episode "Surprise!" (BoJack Horseman), a 2019 episode "Surprise" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a 1998 episode "Surprise!" (Dexter's Laboratory), a 1997 episode "Surprise" (Dora the Explorer), a 2000 episode "Surprise" (Not Going Out), a 2014 episode "Surprise" (Scott & Bailey), a 2011 episode "Surprise" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a 1996 episode "Surprise" (Zoey 101), a 2006 episode "The Surprise", a 1972 episode of Adam-12 "The Surprise", a 2011 episode of Bananas in Pyjamas "The Surprise", a 2011 episode of CommitMental "The Surprise", a 1957 episode of Date with the Angels "The Surprise" (Don't Wait Up), a 1988 episode "The Surprise", a 2018 episode of Friday Night Dinner "The Surprise", a 2011 episode of Iconicles "The Surprise", a 1998 episode of Keeping Mum "The Surprise", a 1981 episode of Knots Landing "The Surprise", a 1988 episode of Mother and Son "The Surprise", a 1995 episode of My Brother and Me "The Surprise", a 1963 episode of The Flintstones "The Surprise", a 1982 episode of Words and Pictures Surprises!, an Australian pre-school children's television series
Music 5urprise, a South Korean band Surprise Records, a record label Surprise Symphony, nickname of Symphony No. 94 (Haydn)
Albums Surprise (Crystal Waters album), 1991 Surprise (Lynsey de Paul album), 1973 Surprise (Paul Simon album), 2006 Surprise (S.E.S. album), 2001 Surprise (Syd Straw album), 1989 Surprise (Sylvia album), 1984 Surprises (album), a 1976 album by Herbie Mann Surprise, by Better Than Ezra, 1990 Surprise!, by Fifteen, 1996
Songs "Surprise" (song), a 2022 song by Chloe Bailey "Surprise!" (song), a 1996 song by Bonnie Pink "Surprise", by HALO, 2015 "Surprise", by James from the album Millionaires, 1999 "Surprise", by Jolin Tsai from the album Lucky Number, 2001 "Surprise", by Sugababes from the album Change, 2007 "Surprise", by Gnarls Barkley from the album The Odd Couple, 2008 "Surprises", by Billy Joel from the album The Nylon Curtain, 1982 "Surprise", by Jars of Clay from the album Good Monsters, 2006 "Surprise!", by +/- from the album You Are Here, 2003
Boats Surprise 15, an American sailboat design Surprise 25, a French sailboat design
Ships HMS Surprise (includes HMS Surprize), the name of several British Royal Navy ships; also, HMS Surprise (replica ship), a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada HMS Surprise (novel), a 1973 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian USS Surprise, the name of several United States Navy ships Surprise (1777 ship), the first American naval ship of the name , a British East India Company merchant ship , a schooner launched in the U.S. that captured more than 30 British vessels before wrecking in 1815 Surprise (paddle steamer), built 1831, the first steam powered vessel built and run in Australia 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 in 1871 Surprise (schooner), built in 1917–18 and still providing daily cruises for tourists on Penobscot Bay Royal Escape (1660 ship), the ex-collier Surprise
Other uses Surprise (apple), a pink-fleshed apple Surprise Moriri (born 1980), South African footballer
See also
Self-information, a concept in information theory Shock (disambiguation) ¡Sorpresa!, a TV network whose name means "Surprise!" in Spanish Surprise factor, a storytelling technique Surprise, Surprise (disambiguation)