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

1 Unsuspected things
2 Places
3 Entertainment
4 Ships
5 People

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 $\log {1 \over p} = - \log{p}$ , 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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