Surprise (or, rarely, surprize) may refer to: *

Surprise (emotion) Surprise () is a rapid, fleeting, mental and physiological state. It is related to the startle response experienced by animals and humans as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can have any Valence (psychology), valence. That is, it can ...

, a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event

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", an episode of ''Zoey 101'' * "Surprise!", an episode of ''Dora the Explorer'' * "Surprise!", an episode of ''

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'' * ''Surprise'' (web series), a 2013–2015 Chinese web comedy series * "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" (''Not Going Out''), a 2014 episode * "Surprise" (''The 7D''), a 2014 episode * "Surprise" (''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''), a 1996 episode * "The Surprise" (''Don't Wait Up''), a 1988 episode

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'' (Herbie Mann album), 1976 * ''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 ''

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'', 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 Torres Strait Islanders ( ) are the Indigenous Melanesians, Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal peoples of the res ...

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