...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Birthday Hater
- 441 statements
- 85 feature instances
- 53 referencing feature instances
| Birthday Hater | type |
FeatureClass | |
| Birthday Hater | label |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater | page |
BirthdayHater | |
| Birthday Hater | comment |
This character hates their birthday. And there's usually always a reason for it. Whether something traumatic happened on that day, it's overshadowed by another holiday or they just don't like getting older, they see no reason to celebrate. Or maybe the person Never Had a Birthday Party or Doesn't Know Their Own Birthday, making them resentful about the concept. Sometimes Truth in Television when a person's birthday falls on a holiday (e.g. Valentine's Day) or the day when something traumatic occurred. And some people simply don't like the feeling of getting old, especially if their life is not on the right track. For extra drama, this character is likely to be the recipient of a Surprise Party from their well-intentioned friends, leading to awkward explanations. Or maybe to a change of heart. Compare Milestone Birthday Angst (when a character is dreading a specific birthday in particular), Crappy Holidays (which includes people who hate holidays) and The Grinch (for characters who specifically hate Christmas). See also The Eeyore for characters who are in a bad mood when everyone else is celebrating. See also Birthday Party Goes Wrong. |
|
| Birthday Hater | fetched |
2024-04-09T11:15:54Z | |
| Birthday Hater | parsed |
2024-04-09T11:15:54Z | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to AlternativeCalendar: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to DeathByChildbirth: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to DownplayedTrope: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to GrowingUpSucks: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to MidlifeCrisisCar: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to PlayedWith: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy: Not an Item - IGNORE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheNotoriousBig: Not an Item - IGNORE | |
| Birthday Hater | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheStoic: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Birthday Hater | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1106aad8 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1106aad8 | comment |
Veronica from Story of Seasons (2014) is this. Like all the other residents of Oak Tree Town, you can present her with a gift on her birthday each year; if you do, it causes her to grow depressed for a moment as she realizes she's getting older. Then she suddenly reverts to her usual cheerful demeanor, assures you she meant nothing by it, and thanks you for your thoughtfulness. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1106aad8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1106aad8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Story of Seasons (2014) (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_1106aad8 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13658868 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13658868 | comment |
To Ma in Room, her twenty-sixth birthday is a painful reminder of how many years she has been imprisoned by Old Nick. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13658868 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13658868 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Room | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_13658868 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13888824 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13888824 | comment |
Morrigan from the Nevermoor series isn't very fond of her birthday, mostly because she's been cursed to drop dead at midnight when she turns eleven. While it turns out the curse isn't real, the opening to the second book shows that she's still not big on celebrating and would prefer not to acknowledge the day at all. Jupiter won't have any of that, and arranges a surprise party for her twelfth — which she enjoys, despite herself. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13888824 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_13888824 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Nevermoor | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_13888824 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1ae51709 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1ae51709 | comment |
The Mr. Men Show: Mr Grumpy doesn't like celebrating his birthday, he even sings about it. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1ae51709 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1ae51709 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Mr. Men Show | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_1ae51709 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1e5baa97 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1e5baa97 | comment |
In the Colombian telenovela, Yo soy Betty, la fea (I am Betty the Ugly), Betty Pinzon (the titular "ugly Betty"), is not looking forward to her upcoming birthday. When her boss, a handsome man whom she's having an affair with (as way for him to use her financial know how to scam his way to the top of his parents' company), ask why she dreads the date, she tells him that because of her appearance she didn't have many friends, and her birthdays were just between her, her parents, and Nicolas Mora, her friend since childhood. As Betty's fifteenth birthday approached, her parents planned a qinceañera party as per tradition, despite Betty asking them not because she knew it was going to turn out badly. Betty eventually agreed to the party, but it turned out she was right, the boys from school and the neighborhood danced with the other, "prettier," girls in attendance, and the only time she danced was during the father daughter dance and with Nicolas who asked her out of pity. The episode in question averts it since the party is a success, attended by Nicolas, Betty's boss, and her friends from work. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1e5baa97 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_1e5baa97 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Yo soy Betty, la fea | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_1e5baa97 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_22d87fc9 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_22d87fc9 | comment |
That '70s Show: Hyde isn’t very fond of his birthday, to the point when Kitty throws him a party he refuses to attend. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_22d87fc9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_22d87fc9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| That '70s Show | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_22d87fc9 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_240f41ed | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_240f41ed | comment |
Gary from A Million Little Things doesn't hate all birthdays, just his own, due to too many bad experiences. He once claimed that on his seventh birthday, his parents spent the whole party in their bedroom arguing, which was so loud that all of the party guests could hear them. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_240f41ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_240f41ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| A Million Little Things | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_240f41ed | |
| Birthday Hater / int_27831967 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_27831967 | comment |
Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation hates birthdays so much that he has gone to great lengths to keep anyone from finding out, including having it redacted from all government documents. Subverted at the end of the episode, when Leslie manages to actually give Ron a birthday present to his liking, which is having a nice, quiet evening to himself while eating meat, drinking Scotch, and watching his favorite movies (The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Dirty Dozen). Subverted in a later episode where he confesses to Leslie that she managed to find a birthday activity he would actually like A long and twisting mystery scavenger hunt inspired by the one she made for Ben for their anniversary. |
|
| Birthday Hater / int_27831967 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_27831967 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Parks and Recreation | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_27831967 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_279e6836 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_279e6836 | comment |
In Where Are the Children?, Nancy doesn't like to acknowledge her birthday because it's also the day her eldest children were murdered, with she subsequently being accused of killing them. Her second husband understands how she feels, but still urges her to try and celebrate her birthday, not wanting the day to be overshadowed by tragedy for the rest of her life. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_279e6836 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_279e6836 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Where Are the Children? | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_279e6836 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2a139e05 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2a139e05 | comment |
The Orville: It's somewhat unclear but seems Bortus doesn't look forward to his birthday | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2a139e05 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2a139e05 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Orville | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_2a139e05 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2bb73ab2 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2bb73ab2 | comment |
An episode of Hey Dad..! revolves around Betty refusing to reveal her birthday, even going so far as to claim that she doesn't have a birthday. It eventually turns out that she once knew a dying child who wasn't going to live to see his next birthday, so she gave him hers. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2bb73ab2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2bb73ab2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Hey Dad..! | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_2bb73ab2 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2d311a08 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2d311a08 | comment |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987): Episode "Mr. Nice Guy" reveals that Raphael hates birthdays and is at his most angriest on his own. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2d311a08 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2d311a08 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_2d311a08 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2dc83786 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2dc83786 | comment |
Suicide for Hire: Arcturus seems not to like his birthday, trying to sneak out of the house to avoid his parents. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2dc83786 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2dc83786 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Suicide for Hire (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_2dc83786 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2f3162e4 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2f3162e4 | comment |
In season 4 episode of Sex and the City, Carrie tries to get people together for Charlotte's "thirty-faux" birthday. Charlotte doesn't want to turn 36 because she feels she's getting old. She feels especially insecure because she longs for a healthy relationship and a child and she's not even close. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2f3162e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_2f3162e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Sex and the City | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_2f3162e4 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_30ac0866 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_30ac0866 | comment |
Mr. Snake in The Bad Guys (2022) is a noted hater of birthdays, and pouts his way through an entire surprise birthday party during one of their heists. In the third act, he reveals why: since he had no one to celebrate it with and many people look at him with fear and disdain, birthdays just became reminders that he was an unlovable monster. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_30ac0866 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_30ac0866 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bad Guys (2022) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_30ac0866 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_32fe6c12 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_32fe6c12 | comment |
Blind Courage: Zelda dislikes her birthday because her mother died on her seventh birthday. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_32fe6c12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_32fe6c12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Blind Courage (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_32fe6c12 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3558eaa2 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3558eaa2 | comment |
In one episode of Community, the quintessential cool guy Jeff Winger gets depressed because of his age (about which he had been lying to his friends) and celebrates his birthday by not telling anyone, drinking scotch and taking anti-aging pills he got from a shady Asian business. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3558eaa2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3558eaa2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Community | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_3558eaa2 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3d9e49b | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3d9e49b | comment |
Dream Machine: Leah, with her fear of aging and age-related unattractiveness. “Sheet cake is not worth the reminder of creeping decay!� | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3d9e49b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_3d9e49b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Dream Machine (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_3d9e49b | |
| Birthday Hater / int_404622d6 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_404622d6 | comment |
Mac from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is a strange subversion: he hates his birthday party because his best friend Bloo always makes it a Surprise Party where Mac is horribly humiliated. However, to make it more surprising, Bloo doesn't even throw these parties on Mac's actual birthday (except one time when he did), so the actual date doesn't matter. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_404622d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_404622d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_404622d6 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4456bd7b | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4456bd7b | comment |
Riverdale has an episode where Betty is told by several people that her boyfriend, Jughead, doesn't like his birthday and doesn't like parties. Naturally, she throws him a birthday party and is legitimately hurt when he isn't happy about it. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4456bd7b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4456bd7b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Riverdale | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_4456bd7b | |
| Birthday Hater / int_44e0b783 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_44e0b783 | comment |
Garfield hates birthdays, mainly because they remind him of how old he is. (Considering the strip has been around for two or three regular cat lifespans, he may have a point.) When the actual party comes, however, he usually softens up. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_44e0b783 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_44e0b783 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Garfield (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_44e0b783 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_46518682 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_46518682 | comment |
Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street hates birthdays even more than he hates holidays in general, so much that he tries to discourage a Surprise Party by putting a sign labeled Today is Not My Birthday! on his trashcan the day it is; the rest of the cast throw him one anyway - and manage to cheer him up with the type of party grouches find appealing. (As in, with broken presents, bad singing, and a mud cake, which fortunately, is the type of cake nobody wants him to share.) | |
| Birthday Hater / int_46518682 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_46518682 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Sesame Street | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_46518682 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_49340431 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_49340431 | comment |
Detective Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine really detests birthdays, and threatens violence on anyone who wishes her a happy birthday. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_49340431 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_49340431 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_49340431 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4e45b093 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4e45b093 | comment |
The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon has some mental scars from past birthdays relating to his general aversion to socialization. His twin sister’s friends making fun of him didn’t help. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4e45b093 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_4e45b093 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Big Bang Theory | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_4e45b093 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_50e2e357 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_50e2e357 | comment |
Captain Kirk in the reboot continuity doesn't like to celebrate his birthday, because his dad died on the same day, just minutes after his birth. By the time Star Trek Beyond rolls around, his birthday issues are even worse because now he's thirty years old, a year older than his dad got to be. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_50e2e357 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_50e2e357 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Star Trek (2009) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_50e2e357 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52837809 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52837809 | comment |
Kamen Rider Drive: Shinnosuke, the titular Rider, dislikes his birthday because it falls on Christmas Eve, which meant he's spent his whole life getting combined Christmas-birthday parties and presents. During the birthday depicted in the series, his Fair Cop partner Kiriko invites him out to dinner; he's happy at the prospect of a date, but is much less pleased when all their co-workers jump out and shout "Happy Birthday!"...and even less so when Da Chief announces that this party will also serve as the office Christmas party. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52837809 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52837809 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Kamen Rider Drive | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_52837809 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52c5a501 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52c5a501 | comment |
Port Sherry: The boy having a birthday party in "Two fun birds with one happy stone" hates his birthday because it falls on Halloween, and his family just has one party to save time. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52c5a501 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_52c5a501 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Port Sherry (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_52c5a501 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_5ce2f08b | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_5ce2f08b | comment |
Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler. His tenth birthday was the day his house burned down with both parents inside. And he was kidnapped, and taken off to be a slave to a cult. By his thirteenth birthday, he doesn't even acknowledge them unless made to. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_5ce2f08b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_5ce2f08b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Black Butler (Manga) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_5ce2f08b | |
| Birthday Hater / int_60156176 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_60156176 | comment |
Lord Ivan Vorpatril of the Vorkosigan Saga was born a few hours after his father was killed in a skirmish during Vordarian's Pretendership. As a result of this, his mother made the central event of his birthday celebration if he was anywhere near the capital on that date going to the spot where Lord Padma Vorpatril was shot so they could hold a memorial service for the father Ivan never met. This tradition only came to an end when Ivan was thirty-five. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_60156176 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_60156176 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Vorkosigan Saga | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_60156176 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_620665fd | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_620665fd | comment |
Peter of Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, a depressed resident of the asylum, hates his birthday. It reminds him of getting older and that his life is empty and meaningless. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_620665fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_620665fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Edna & Harvey: The Breakout (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_620665fd | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6276800c | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6276800c | comment |
The only holiday The Nostalgia Critic enjoys is Christmas. He would rather not pay any attention to his birthday. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6276800c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6276800c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_6276800c | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6463ad3c | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6463ad3c | comment |
Yuuto from Omamori Himari hates his birthday, because that's also the day both of his parents died. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6463ad3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6463ad3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Omamori Himari (Manga) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_6463ad3c | |
| Birthday Hater / int_694ab80 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_694ab80 | comment |
By the time of Batman Beyond, the elderly Bruce Wayne hates birthdays because it reminds him of how he's well past his prime. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_694ab80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_694ab80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Batman Beyond | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_694ab80 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_69fa7496 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_69fa7496 | comment |
Disney Ducks Comic Universe: In Don Rosa's "The Sign of the Triple Distelfink", Donald Duck's Born Lucky cousin Gladstone Gander tries to sequester himself in his house on his birthday every year because his birthday is the one day of the year his extraordinary good luck turns bad. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_69fa7496 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_69fa7496 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Disney Ducks Comic Universe (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_69fa7496 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6eb4ca5c | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6eb4ca5c | comment |
Jackie Chan Adventures: Uncle starts out this way in "The Dog And Piggy Show". He refuses to celebrate and when asked about it, he retorts "When I am another year younger, then I will celebrate.". | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6eb4ca5c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_6eb4ca5c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Jackie Chan Adventures | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_6eb4ca5c | |
| Birthday Hater / int_71c01786 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_71c01786 | comment |
On The Odd Couple, Oscar doesn't hate his birthday, just birthday parties. In particular, he hates "a surprise birthday party, with a theme", which, of course, is what Felix has planned. He's coaxed into it when Felix points out the party really isn't just for him, it's something for is friends to celebrate and have a good time together. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_71c01786 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_71c01786 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Odd Couple (1970) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_71c01786 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_793c3360 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_793c3360 | comment |
H₂O: Just Add Water: Cleo makes it pretty clear that she doesn't want her birthday celebrated. Emma, who had a good time at the last of Cleo's birthday parties she attended, is bewildered, but Lewis has attended all of them and knows she has good reason. When Emma and Rikki arrive to the surprise party Cleo's father set up, they find that nothing has changed in the ten years since— Cleo's Sweet Sixteenth is a party more suited for children half her age. Cleo is mortified when she arrives, chews out her dad for never noticing she's grown up since then. Her friends then organize a party more suited for a teenager, and she has a good time there. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_793c3360 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_793c3360 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| H₂O: Just Add Water | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_793c3360 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7a87eeb2 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7a87eeb2 | comment |
In Miraculous! Rewrite, Chloe can't stand her birthday, turning melancholic and snappish every year. Mainly because it's a reminder of how her twin sister Amber is away with their mother. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7a87eeb2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7a87eeb2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Miraculous! Rewrite (Blog) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_7a87eeb2 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7c038c18 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7c038c18 | comment |
Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb hates his birthday because his parents never showed up for his birth. When he was five he tried to throw his own surprise party, but no one came. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7c038c18 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7c038c18 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Phineas and Ferb | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_7c038c18 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7d122312 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7d122312 | comment |
The Flintstones: In "The Birthday Party", Fred pretends to despise birthdays as childish foolishness. However, he's upset when he thinks everybody's forgotten. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7d122312 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_7d122312 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Flintstones | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_7d122312 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8095ea4e | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8095ea4e | comment |
Tree in Happy Death Day feels this way because she and her late mother shared a birthday, and Tree doesn't like being reminded of losing her mom. It doesn't help that she's also being subjected to a "Groundhog Day" Loop on her birthday that restarts when she is killed. She does get a bit better over the course of the movie once she confronts the issue. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8095ea4e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8095ea4e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Happy Death Day | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_8095ea4e | |
| Birthday Hater / int_81692f99 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_81692f99 | comment |
Star Trek: In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Kirk isn't too enthusiastic about his birthday, as it's just a reminder to him that he's no longer the young and vital captain that he used to be. Captain Kirk in the reboot continuity doesn't like to celebrate his birthday, because his dad died on the same day, just minutes after his birth. By the time Star Trek Beyond rolls around, his birthday issues are even worse because now he's thirty years old, a year older than his dad got to be. |
|
| Birthday Hater / int_81692f99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_81692f99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Star Trek (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_81692f99 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_817ec44f | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_817ec44f | comment |
In the Captain N: The Game Master episode "Happy Birthday, Megaman", Mega Man hates his "birthday" (the anniversary of when he was first turned on) since it reminds him that he's different from his friends. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_817ec44f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_817ec44f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Captain N: The Game Master | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_817ec44f | |
| Birthday Hater / int_858624ba | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_858624ba | comment |
An episode of Will & Grace plays with this trope. Will, Grace, and Jack discover that Karen has a super-elaborate and expensive birthday party for herself every year, and none of them have ever been invited. They naturally get upset, but when they finally confront Karen about it, she confesses that she actually hates her birthday and doesn't want to have the parties in the first place, but does so because of social obligation. So why doesn't she invite the trio? Because she fears that if she did, they would stop taking her out to a cheap, lousy restaurant every year to celebrate...and that's the only thing she likes about her special day. Played straight with Will, who in an early episode reveals that he doesn't like his birthday because his childhood parties were never any fun. He always ended up doing things that he didn't want to do, but was too shy and self-sacrificing to speak up. Grace promises to make his next birthday great by arranging dinner at his favourite restaurant but then Jack gets them tickets to the ice capades for the same day. Once again, Will ends up miserable doing something he hates and eventually goes home in a huff. Just when it looks like the whole day is a wash Grace reveals that she got him the cowboy-themed birthday cake that he wanted, but didn't get, as a kid. |
|
| Birthday Hater / int_858624ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_858624ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Will & Grace | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_858624ba | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8ba4613a | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8ba4613a | comment |
In the Death Note fic Lies On Light Yagami isn't too fond of birthdays as he explains the holiday to Ryuk: | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8ba4613a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8ba4613a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Death Note (Manga) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_8ba4613a | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8d81f086 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8d81f086 | comment |
The titular character on Monk hates his birthday because he had a bad party as a kid. He explains that while his friends all came and his parents even hired a cowboy to perform tricks, they all left afterward and made him feel abandoned. His caretaker Natalie manages to throw him an amazing surprise bash that changes his mind—and the same cowboy from his childhood party even shows up to help catch the murderer of the week! | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8d81f086 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_8d81f086 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Monk | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_8d81f086 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_90ab7fe1 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_90ab7fe1 | comment |
In the Recess episode Bonky Fever, Mikey dreads his tenth birthday because he's afraid of growing up and having to do things without his mother's help. As the day approaches, he becomes obsessed with Bonky the Dragon and regresses to a kindergarten-like state. A heart-to-heart talk with his mother finally snaps him out of it, though. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_90ab7fe1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_90ab7fe1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Recess | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_90ab7fe1 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_988629da | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_988629da | comment |
In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Kirk isn't too enthusiastic about his birthday, as it's just a reminder to him that he's no longer the young and vital captain that he used to be. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_988629da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_988629da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_988629da | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9a0cb5f4 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9a0cb5f4 | comment |
Bob's Burgers: In "Eat, Spray, Linda", Linda feels she's at that age when your birthday isn't fun anymore. It doesn't help that everything seems to go wrong for her on that particular day, including locking herself out of the car during a trip to the grocery store, ripping her pants, taking the wrong bus trying to get home, and getting sprayed by a skunk while trying to take a shortcut through a meadow. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9a0cb5f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9a0cb5f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Bob's Burgers | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_9a0cb5f4 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9ce851a3 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9ce851a3 | comment |
On Malcolm in the Middle, one episode shows that the cadets of Francis's military school have a tradition of forcibly shaving the birthday boy's hair—a tradition that will surely make a Birthday Hater out of any of its victims. Francis's antics of that week center around trying to keep his mates from finding out that it is his birthday, and running into obstacles in keeping this secret. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9ce851a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9ce851a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Malcolm in the Middle | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_9ce851a3 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9e5f03e3 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9e5f03e3 | comment |
Ally McBeal: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling that her biological clock is ticking. However, her friends could have been handling the issue differently. Why inflict parties on her when she hates them? When she dated her big love Larry, he seemed to forget about her special day, which unsurprisingly upset her even more. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9e5f03e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_9e5f03e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ally McBeal | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_9e5f03e3 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a183d57f | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a183d57f | comment |
In Futurama, Mom hates "Mother's Day" (a day when all the robots her company built show their affection), since her true love, Professor Farnsworth, left her after an argument. It's not technically her birthday, but it serves the same purpose (being a celebration centered around her). | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a183d57f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a183d57f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Futurama | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_a183d57f | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a4955380 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a4955380 | comment |
Judging Amy: Maxine Gray informs Amy that she doesn't want a birthday party and skips the party that her daughter throws for her. In a subversion of the normal aesop, it's Amy who is chastised for throwing the unwanted party and told that she is selfish, not Maxine. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a4955380 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_a4955380 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Judging Amy | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_a4955380 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ab59a0ce | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ab59a0ce | comment |
Jim of Trollhunters will accept a birthday celebration, but doesn't like making a big deal about it as it reminds him of his father, who abandoned him and his mother on his fifth birthday. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ab59a0ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ab59a0ce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Trollhunters | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_ab59a0ce | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ac67074d | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ac67074d | comment |
Raven in the Teen Titans animated series. Of course, hers does mark The End of the World as We Know It. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ac67074d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ac67074d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Teen Titans | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_ac67074d | |
| Birthday Hater / int_b0417f78 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_b0417f78 | comment |
Jim from According to Jim hates his birthday as a result of having been Caught with Your Pants Down on his 13th birthday. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_b0417f78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_b0417f78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| According to Jim | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_b0417f78 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bbdf1b3b | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bbdf1b3b | comment |
Mad About You: Paul always has terrible birthdays. The following dialog occurs while they get ready for his birthday dinner. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bbdf1b3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bbdf1b3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mad About You | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_bbdf1b3b | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bd310eaa | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bd310eaa | comment |
In El Goonish Shive, Susan's birthday is on New Year's Day, and she reasons that celebration of her birth is pointless since her friends would be celebrating with or without her anyway. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bd310eaa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_bd310eaa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| El Goonish Shive (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_bd310eaa | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c1aca350 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c1aca350 | comment |
Wyatt from 6teen revels he hates his birthday because his parents always throw theme parties and since he comes from a big family, all of the good themes were taken years ago. The recent themes were "Diseases we're glad we don't have," "The color brown (where everything, including the gifts and the food was brown)" and "Trailer park party." | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c1aca350 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c1aca350 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| 6teen | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_c1aca350 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c72c2d06 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c72c2d06 | comment |
Ezra from Star Wars Rebels, who was born on the day the Empire was founded, later to be declared "Empire Day". His parents' resistance against the Imperials led to him losing his parents on his seventh birthday. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c72c2d06 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_c72c2d06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Star Wars Rebels | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_c72c2d06 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cad40a0e | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cad40a0e | comment |
Subverted at the end of the episode, when Leslie manages to actually give Ron a birthday present to his liking, which is having a nice, quiet evening to himself while eating meat, drinking Scotch, and watching his favorite movies (The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Dirty Dozen). | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cad40a0e | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cad40a0e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_cad40a0e | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ccf875f7 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ccf875f7 | comment |
On Criminal Minds, agent Rossi doesn't celebrate his birthday. The day has been spoiled for him by a Serial Killer he captured, Tommy Yates, who made a deal with the FBI to reveal one of his victims' locations each year on a specific day— purposely picking Rossi's birthday. Naturally, that leaves him in no mood to celebrate. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ccf875f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ccf875f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Criminal Minds | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_ccf875f7 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ced066dc | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ced066dc | comment |
iCarly (2021): "iM Cursed" shows that Carly doesn't like celebrating her birthday. This is because of her dreaded "birthday curse" that causes bad things to happen. Examples include the incident with the goat on her fifteenth birthday, her room catching fire on her sixteenth birthday (both referencing "iGot a Hot Room" from the original show), chipping her tooth on a banana on her nineteenth birthday, and getting mugged for her Tamagotchi named Kuchipatchi on her twenty-fourth birthday. Freddie was served both of his divorce papers on July 24th, which is Carly's birthday. And when thrown a surprise party on her twenty-seventh birthday, a man dies at her party and Freddie injures his neck. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ced066dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ced066dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| iCarly (2021) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_ced066dc | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cf39ca4f | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cf39ca4f | comment |
Pearls Before Swine: Larry the Crocodile is revealed to really hate his birthday. He tries some strange tricks like hiding from his birthday cake, and covering his ears and saying "Me can't hear you!" more than once when his name is called in the "Happy Birthday" song. He does these things because he thinks he won't grow a year older if he does them. He wants to think of himself as 26 years old, when he's apparently twice that age! | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cf39ca4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_cf39ca4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pearls Before Swine (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_cf39ca4f | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d1fbfbbc | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d1fbfbbc | comment |
Bella from The Twilight Saga. She just hates the attention and how it reminds her that she still ages while Edward doesn't. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d1fbfbbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d1fbfbbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Twilight Saga | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_d1fbfbbc | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d4efb984 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d4efb984 | comment |
Blanche on The Golden Girls hates her birthday because she hates being old (and tries very hard to keep her real age unknown to the public). In one episode, the girls throw her a surprise party, and she only comes around when they learn they invited all of Blanche's gentlemen callers. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d4efb984 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d4efb984 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Golden Girls | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_d4efb984 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d8cdd857 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d8cdd857 | comment |
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Hercules was always too humble for parties in his honor, but he lost all interest in celebrating his birthday after Hera killed his wife and children. Season 3's "Surprise" has Alcmene arrange a Surprise Party attended by Iolaus, Jason, Iphicles, and Falafel, but the newly resurrected Callisto crashes the party on Hera's behalf and poisons the guests before Hercules can arrive. In the end, after the day is saved, Hercules admits this experience has taught him more than ever to appreciate the family he still has. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d8cdd857 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_d8cdd857 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_d8cdd857 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc217e32 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc217e32 | comment |
Chapter 30 of Pokémon Reset Bloodlines implies that Misty never enjoyed her birthdays. Considering the treatment she received from her parents and sisters, it's no surprise. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc217e32 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc217e32 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pokémon Reset Bloodlines (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_dc217e32 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc8e27c4 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc8e27c4 | comment |
An episode of Mike, Lu & Og has Og tell his mom that he doesn't want a birthday because his dad is always trying to take him hunting. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc8e27c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dc8e27c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mike, Lu & Og | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_dc8e27c4 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_de6659ec | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_de6659ec | comment |
Snow White/Mary Margaret in Once Upon a Time. What was supposed to be her most special birthday of all, when she would be given the crown that marked her as the future queen at a ball held in her honor, instead ended up being the funeral for her mother, who had been poisoned by Cora. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_de6659ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_de6659ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Once Upon a Time | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_de6659ec | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dff248f8 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dff248f8 | comment |
Kid Pickles from The Adventures of Puss in Boots isn't thrilled about birthdays. As an orphan, they aren't that great for him to begin with, but he also doesn't like any of the presents he gets and cake has no appeal to him because the only thing he likes is pickles. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dff248f8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_dff248f8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Adventures of Puss in Boots | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_dff248f8 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e03940f | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e03940f | comment |
Mickey Mouse Comic Universe: An Italian story from '98 (for celebrate the 70 years of Mickey Mouse), reveal that Mickey hates his birthday because he is assaulted by every major character from both the Mouse and Duck Universes that wants to throw a party (even the villains!) and give him original presents. This always turn into a disaster. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e03940f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e03940f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mickey Mouse Comic Universe (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_e03940f | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e293455a | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e293455a | comment |
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the titular character never outright said that she hated her birthday, but when they featured such events as her boyfriend Angel losing his soul because of Buffy (17th), Buffy forced to face a vampire without her powers as part of a test by the Watcher's Council (18th), her Watcher Giles being turned into a demon (19th), her sister Dawn learning that she technically didn't exist until a few months ago (20th), and everyone being trapped in her house by a wish from a demon (21st), it's easy to see how fans developed the idea that she doesn't enjoy the event. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e293455a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e293455a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_e293455a | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e530e3d2 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e530e3d2 | comment |
Emily Owens, M.D.: Emily's torturer Cassandra blabs (on purpose) that she and Emily both celebrate their birthday on the same day. Cassandra loves all the attention, but Emily honestly keeps repeating she's not a birthday type. She's insecure and dislikes being in the focus. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e530e3d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e530e3d2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Emily Owens, M.D. | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_e530e3d2 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e936047a | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e936047a | comment |
Grandpa Phil from Hey Arnold! is shown to be cranky that his 81st birthday is coming up. Unlike other examples, he wasn't upset on any of the prior birthdays. Rather, he's convinced that there's a family curse that will end his life the moment he turns 81, just like his father and grandfather before him. It turns out that he doesn't die, and that the family curse is actually 91. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e936047a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_e936047a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Hey Arnold! | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_e936047a | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ec8919e8 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ec8919e8 | comment |
Misaki from Action Heroine Cheer Fruits dislikes her birthday because it falls on an unlucky day, which only furthers her perception that she's Born Unlucky and that she jinxes everyone she cares about. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ec8919e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ec8919e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Action Heroine Cheer Fruits | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_ec8919e8 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f2041376 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f2041376 | comment |
In the Charmed episode "Dead Man Dating", a man gets annoyed by his mother throwing him a birthday party and walks out on it, only to get murdered. After his death is avenged and his ghost is ready to go to the afterlife, he admits how foolish he was, and tells Prue to always cherish her birthday, because each one might be her last. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f2041376 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f2041376 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Charmed (1998) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_f2041376 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f502a38a | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f502a38a | comment |
Grouchy Smurf in The Smurfs (1981) hates (among other things) his birthday, and in "The Secret Of Shadow Swamp" tries to escape celebrating it. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f502a38a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f502a38a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Smurfs (1981) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_f502a38a | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f554e011 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f554e011 | comment |
in Katawa Shoujo, Hanako Ikezawa completely breaks down every year around her birthday. Its implied that this is because her birthday was when the fire that disfigured her body and killed her family happened, but the truth is, well, not quite so simple: | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f554e011 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f554e011 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Katawa Shoujo (Visual Novel) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_f554e011 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f6c05e8e | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f6c05e8e | comment |
Episode "The One where They All Turn Thirty" from Friends shows the entire gang having a hard time dealing with their thirtieth birthdays, which is mostly shown in flashbacks. Chandler is only one who actually seems okay with his birthday, but Joey ruins the party with his wailing about his friend getting old too. The episode takes place on Rachel's birthday who is the youngest. Rachel feels old and gets depressed mostly because she feels she's "behind" regarding her life plan. It gets worse when Chandler's birthday card says "grandma" and she realizes she would like to get married and have a baby pretty soon. Monica comes home completely wasted because she felt nervous about turning thirty. Chandler is throwing her a formal party with her parents. Monica overreacts and makes a huge scene. Joey freaks out at his birthday, pleading with God that they had a deal to not let him get old. Ross bought a red sports car, claiming he's a sports car enthusiast, despite the fact he didn't know what the horse power is which clearly points to it being a Mid-Life Crisis Car. Ross's car gets locked in by two cars. He spends his birthday trying to get out. His joy is completely spoilt when an unattractive old man in the very same red car greets him and Ross gets dejected. Phoebe was pretty ok with turning thirty. That is until her twin sister Ursula tells her they are in fact thirty-one. Suddenly Phoebe's plan of stuff she wanted to accomplish falls apart and she feels particularly bad. |
|
| Birthday Hater / int_f6c05e8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f6c05e8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Friends | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_f6c05e8e | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f8956ef3 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f8956ef3 | comment |
Mukuro from YuYu Hakusho because of her tragic backstory and an abusive parent. Revealed to be so because her adopted father made a special note to molest her on all of her birthdays. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f8956ef3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f8956ef3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| YuYu Hakusho (Manga) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_f8956ef3 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f90f1b9f | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f90f1b9f | comment |
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers: Monterrey Jack normally hates birthdays, but in one episode, he was artificially aged into near-decrepitude by a villain and still manages to help his fellow Rangers defeat him. At that, the artificial ageing is reversed and Monterrey Jack notes that he considers the whole experience a terrific birthday, after all, "It's the only one where I got younger!" | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f90f1b9f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_f90f1b9f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_f90f1b9f | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbace96 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbace96 | comment |
Gravity Falls: In "Blendin's Game", Dipper and Mabel see Soos' ID and are surprised to see that it's his birthday that day, a fact which he hadn't mentioned to anyone; their attempt at a birthday party only makes him act depressed, and they're informed that Soos gets like this whenever somebody mentions his birthday. Time Travel reveals that his Disappeared Dad would always promise to show up for his birthday, only to blow it off for some sort of pleasure trip. Soos eventually moves past this when he learns to focus on his Family of Choice rather than his disappointing parental situation. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbace96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbace96 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Gravity Falls | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_fdbace96 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbc8ae2 | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbc8ae2 | comment |
Misfortunes happen to Kankichi Ryotsu in Kochikame. His birthday is on March 3 which is Girls' Day in Japan. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbc8ae2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_fdbc8ae2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Kochikame (Manga) | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_fdbc8ae2 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ff9ab17f | type |
Birthday Hater | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ff9ab17f | comment |
Star Trek: The Next Generation: In "Parallels", Worf doesn't look forward to his birthday as he doesn't like to be surprised, and knows that his shipmates always want to throw him a surprise party. | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ff9ab17f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Birthday Hater / int_ff9ab17f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | hasFeature |
Birthday Hater / int_ff9ab17f |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.