Surprise
Template:Wiktionary Surprise can mean many things:
- Surprise (emotion)
- Surprise party, a party where the person it is for is not told it will happen
- Surprise factor, the fundamental element in humor that puts a twist on familiar subjects
- Surprise, surprisal, or self-information, the information-theoretic quantity [math]\displaystyle{ \log {1 \over p} = - \log{p} }[/math], where p is the probability of occurrence
- Symphony No. 94 (Haydn) in G major "Surprise Symphony" by Joseph Haydn
- "Surprise" (Buffy episode), an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Surprise, Arizona, a city in the United States
- Surprise, Nebraska, a village in the United States
- Surprise (Paul Simon album), a 2006 album by Paul Simon
- Surprise (Better Than Ezra album), a 1989 album by Better Than Ezra
- (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, a German science fiction parody movie by Michael "Bully" Herbig
- HMS Surprise, various real and fictional Royal Navy ships
- 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
- Surprise!, an award-winning short movie by Veit Helmer
- Surprise (animated movie), an animated short movie created by Pixar Animation Studios for Sesame Street
- Surprise Records, a record label
- "Surprise, Arizona" a song by Richard Buckner
- Surprise Moriri, a South African football (soccer) player