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->''You say it's your birthday\\
It's my birthday too, yeah!\\
They say it's your birthday\\
We're gonna have a good time!''
-->-- '''Music/TheBeatles''', "Birthday"
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* This is actually enforced in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainStar'', as crews are assembled with every member having the same birthday as they feel it will help them get along better.
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'', the protagonist and his ChildhoodFriendRomance Gemma not only share a birthday, but they were born on the same day. As the game begins, they must climb a mountain as part of a coming-of-age ceremony, and it's remarked that it's almost unheard-of for more than one person to perform the ceremony at once (although Gemma hardly minds having a companion/bodyguard for the trip).
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* Ayunda Risu of ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'' shares a birthday with Oga Aragami of ''[[SpearCounterpart holostars]]'', and the two have collaborated to celebrate their shared birthday.

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* Ayunda Risu of ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'' shares a birthday with and Oga Aragami of ''[[SpearCounterpart holostars]]'', holostars]]'' both have their birthdays on January 15th, and the two have collaborated to celebrate their shared birthday.
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* Ayunda Risu of ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'' shares a birthday with Oga Aragami of ''[[SpearCounterpart holostars]]'', and the two have collaborated to celebrate their shared birthday.
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* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': When Kipo realizes it's her birthday, she learns her friend Wolf has never celebrated her own birthday and doesn't even know when it is. Kipo decides, from now on, she and Wolf will share a birthday.
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* Morgan and Amy from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' share not only a birthday, [[spoiler:but also a first name (Morgan’s real name is Amy)]].
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* The first ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' book opens with Septimus and Jenna both being born on the same day. Jenna's mother the Queen is killed, and she's adopted by the Heaps, who have just lost Septimus (they were told he died, but he was actually kidnapped for eleven years).
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* In ''TabletopGame/SpiritOfTheCentury'', the player characters are all 'Centurions': 'potent individuals of action', born on the first day of the century, and endowed with extraordinary skills and abilities.
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* In ''[[https://incorrectsmashbrosquotes.tumblr.com/ Incorrect Smash Bros Quotes]]'', Galeem and Dharkon share December 7th (the release date of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', their debut game) as their birthday.
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* ''Series/Outmatched'': Marc and Leila have a shared birthday. When their older siblings deduce that this is impossible due to them being born in summer and winter respectively, their parents admit to artificially engineering the situation. When Leila finds out, she prefers to keep the reassigned birthday because she enjoys a joint party with her brother.

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* ''Series/Outmatched'': ''Series/OutMatched'': Marc and Leila have a shared birthday. When their older siblings deduce that this is impossible due to them being born in summer and winter respectively, their parents admit to artificially engineering the situation. When Leila finds out, she prefers to keep the reassigned birthday because she enjoys a joint party with her brother.

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* ''Series/LivAndMaddie'': To encourage bonding between the PolarOppositeTwins Liv and Maddie, their parents told them they were born on the same day, when actually, Maddie was born the day after Liv. When the secret is finally revealed, they chose to keep the tradition going.
* ''Series/Outmatched'': Marc and Leila have a shared birthday. When their older siblings deduce that this is impossible due to them being born in summer and winter respectively, their parents admit to artificially engineering the situation. When Leila finds out, she prefers to keep the reassigned birthday because she enjoys a joint party with her brother.
* ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' has a variation where Jack and Syd decide to become Birthday Buddies voluntarily: Jack had grown up on the streets, NeverHadABirthdayParty, and [[DoesntKnowTheirOwnBirthday doesn't even know when it is]]; which causes conflict with Syd when he quashes her birthday plans without understanding what the big deal is. When they reconcile, Syd offers to share her birthday with him and he adopts her birthdate as his own.



* ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' has a variation where Jack and Syd decide to become Birthday Buddies voluntarily: Jack had grown up on the streets, NeverHadABirthdayParty, and [[DoesntKnowTheirOwnBirthday doesn't even know when it is]]; which causes conflict with Syd when he quashes her birthday plans without understanding what the big deal is. When they reconcile, Syd offers to share her birthday with him and he adopts her birthdate as his own.

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* ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' has a variation where Jack ''Series/StuckInTheMiddle'': Louie and Syd decide to become Birthday Buddies voluntarily: Jack had grown up on the streets, NeverHadABirthdayParty, and [[DoesntKnowTheirOwnBirthday doesn't even Beast have seperate birthdays, but did not know when it is]]; which causes conflict with Syd when he quashes her birthday plans without understanding what the big deal is. this. When Harley informs of them, they reconcile, Syd offers also choose to share her birthday with him and he adopts her birthdate as his own.keep sharing a joint birthday.

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* ''Literature/MonsterOfTheYear'': Michael and Kevver first started sitting together at lunch in first grade because they both had Frankenstein lunchboxes. Discovering they shared a birthdate (August 29) is what cemented their friendship, and they've been close as brothers ever since.



* In ''Switch'', the second sequel to ''Literature/{{Savvy}}'', Gypsy is [[GenkiGirl very energetic and happy]], but her grandmother, Pat, is a [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Woman]], and they share a birthday, so Gypsy worries that she will also be grumpy when she's elderly.


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* In ''Switch'', the second sequel to ''Literature/{{Savvy}}'', Gypsy is [[GenkiGirl very energetic and happy]], but her grandmother, Pat, is a [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Woman]], and they share a birthday, so Gypsy worries that she will also be grumpy when she's elderly.
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* In the ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'' series, there's a chapter where the four main characters realize none of them know or celebrate their birthdays. They then decide to celebrate them all together as a family on the same day.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunkd}}'': Both Tiffany Chen and Hazel Swearington were born on the same day. This was best exampled in "Boo Boos and Birthdays" when Hazel overhears Emma and Lou's party plans for Tiffany and believe they're for her and they remembered; matter of fact, ''no one'' remembers Hazel's birthday anyway.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunkd}}'': ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'': Both Tiffany Chen and Hazel Swearington were born on the same day. This was best exampled in "Boo Boos and Birthdays" when Hazel overhears Emma and Lou's party plans for Tiffany and believe they're for her and they remembered; matter of fact, ''no one'' remembers Hazel's birthday anyway.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunkd}}'': Both Tiffany Chen and Hazel Swearington were born on the same day. This was best exampled in "Boo Boos and Birthdays" when Hazel overhears Emma and Lou's party plans for Tiffany and believe they're for her and they remembered; matter of fact, ''no one'' remembers Hazel's birthday anyway.
* ''Series/EmilyOwensMD'': Emily's and Cassandra's birthdays happen to be on the very same day. They're young doctors who used to be classmates in high school, Cassandra being the gorgeous popular mean girl who enjoyed tormenting Emily. Now they're interns in the very same hospital and Cassandra still enjoys toying with the very nervous Emily. Emily doesn't really celebrate her day and doesn't want anyone to know, but Cassandra reveals it to everyone, enjoying everyone's attention and Emily's embarrassment. Emily's friend Will forces her to throw an impromptu birthday party in her flat. Emily is also talked into playing the cello for her guests and everyone ends up being impressed with her musical skills. Cassandra on the other hand looks like a sourpuss and is unhappy the party doesn't revolve around her.
* ''Series/FullHouse'' has Becky go into labor with Nicky and Alex at Michelle's birthday party. The episode ends with the entire Tanner family singing "Happy Birthday to You" to all three of them in Becky's hospital room.
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': The Duncans' fifth child, Toby, who was born midway through the third season, shares the same birthday as Charlie three years apart. To call them buddies, however, would be pushing it, as in TheStinger of "Charlie 4, Toby 1", Charlie's birthday wish [[InfantSiblingJealousy is for Toby to disappear]].
* Played with in the ''Series/GrowingPains'' episode "Birth of a Seaver". Maggie goes into labor with Chrissy on Ben's birthday, leaving Ben [[InfantSiblingJealousy upset about being ignored]] until he has a heart-to-heart talk with [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition a dying elderly man in the hospital.]] But the labor takes so long that by the time Chrissy is finally born, it's past midnight, and Ben is relieved that he won't have to share his birthday with his new sister after all.



* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': The Duncans' fifth child, Toby, who was born midway through the third season, shares the same birthday as Charlie three years apart. To call them buddies, however, would be pushing it, as in TheStinger of "Charlie 4, Toby 1", Charlie's birthday wish [[InfantSiblingJealousy is for Toby to disappear]].
* Played with in the ''Series/GrowingPains'' episode "Birth of a Seaver". Maggie goes into labor with Chrissy on Ben's birthday, leaving Ben [[InfantSiblingJealousy upset about being ignored]] until he has a heart-to-heart talk with [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition a dying elderly man in the hospital.]] But the labor takes so long that by the time Chrissy is finally born, it's past midnight, and Ben is relieved that he won't have to share his birthday with his new sister after all.
* Similar to the ''Series/GrowingPains'' example above, ''Series/FullHouse'' has Becky go into labor with Nicky and Alex at Michelle's birthday party. The episode ends with the entire Tanner family singing "Happy Birthday to You" to all three of them in Becky's hospital room.



* ''Series/EmilyOwensMD'': Emily's and Cassandra's birthdays happen to be on the very same day. They're young doctors who used to be classmates in high school, Cassandra being the gorgeous popular mean girl who enjoyed tormenting Emily. Now they're interns in the very same hospital and Cassandra still enjoys toying with the very nervous Emily. Emily doesn't really celebrate her day and doesn't want anyone to know, but Cassandra reveals it to everyone, enjoying everyone's attention and Emily's embarrassment. Emily's friend Will forces her to throw an impromptu birthday party in her flat. Emily is also talked into playing the cello for her guests and everyone ends up being impressed with her musical skills. Cassandra on the other hand looks like a sourpuss and is unhappy the party doesn't revolve around her.


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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': A twist occurs in "Party of One"; Pinkie Pie's birthday lands one day after the birthday of her pet alligator Gummy.
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* In ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', Nadeshiko Kagamihara and Aoi "Inuko" Inuyama are both pleasantly surprised to find that they share a birthday on March 4.
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* ''WebVideo/The8BitDrummer'' shares his birthday with his wife.
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* ''Manga/LetterBee'': Lag and Sylvette are both born on the Day of Flicker. Being born on the Day of Flicker caused Sylvette's legs to be non-functional from birth, while Lag has an eye missing. As one may guess, the Day of Flicker later turns out to have been the sign of something bigger going on.

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* ''Manga/LetterBee'': ''Manga/TegamiBachiLetterBee'': Lag and Sylvette are both born on the Day of Flicker. Being born on the Day of Flicker caused Sylvette's legs to be non-functional from birth, while Lag has an eye missing. As one may guess, the Day of Flicker later turns out to have been the sign of something bigger going on.
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* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': The Duncans' fifth child, Toby, who was born midway through the third season, shares the same birthday as Charlie three years apart.

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* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': The Duncans' fifth child, Toby, who was born midway through the third season, shares the same birthday as Charlie three years apart. To call them buddies, however, would be pushing it, as in TheStinger of "Charlie 4, Toby 1", Charlie's birthday wish [[InfantSiblingJealousy is for Toby to disappear]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]" reveals Homer shares his birthday with the family dog, Santa's Little Helper. However due to the AlienEpisode plot that Homer is trying to prove he had an encounter, no one believes his story and instead gives the birthday attention to the dog.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]" reveals Homer shares his birthday with the family dog, Santa's Little Helper. However However, due to the AlienEpisode plot that Homer is trying to prove he had an encounter, no one believes his story and instead gives the birthday attention to the dog.
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** Both Fujiwara and Ishigami were both born on Hinamatsuri (March 3rd). [[SecretlySelfish Fujiwara immediately begins complaining upon hearing this because she doesn't want to have to share her birthday party]].

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** Both [[SitcomArchNemesis Fujiwara and Ishigami Ishigami]] were both born on Hinamatsuri (March 3rd). [[SecretlySelfish Fujiwara immediately begins complaining upon hearing this because she doesn't want to have to share her birthday party]]. When their birthday is celebrated later in the series, Fujiwara spends the whole time whining.
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* In ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes,'' Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade have separate birthdays but were born two minutes apart (before and after midnight on October 30th and 31st, respectively).
-->By their voices, the boys had told the tale all their lives, proud of their mothers, living house next to house, running for the hospital together, bringing sons into the world seconds apart; one light, one dark. There was a history of mutual celebration behind them. Each year Will lit the candles on a single cake at one minute to midnight. Jim, at one minute after, with the last day of the month begun, blew them out.
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* ''Film/HappyDeathDay'': Tre and her mother shared the same birthday; as she explained to Carter, this was part of the reason they were so close, and her death is also the reason Tre dislikes and tries to ignore her birthday in the present.

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* ''Film/HappyDeathDay'': Tre Tree and her mother shared the same birthday; as she explained to Carter, this was part of the reason they were so close, and her death is also the reason Tre Tree [[BirthdayHater dislikes and tries to ignore ignore]] her birthday in the present.
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* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': The Duncans' fifty child, Toby, who was born midway through the third season, shares the same birthday as Charlie three years apart.

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* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': The Duncans' fifty fifth child, Toby, who was born midway through the third season, shares the same birthday as Charlie three years apart.
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* ''Film/HappyDeathDay'': Tre and her mother shared the same birthday; as she explained to Carter, this was part of the reason they were so close, and her death is also the reason Tre dislikes and tries to ignore her birthday in the present.
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* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': The Duncans' fifty child, Toby, who was born midway through the third season, shares the same birthday as Charlie three years apart.

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* Both Fujiwara and Ishigami from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' were both born on Hinamatsuri (March 3rd). [[SecretlySelfish Fujiwara immediately begins complaining upon hearing this because she doesn't want to have to share her birthday party]].

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Both Fujiwara and Ishigami from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' were both born on Hinamatsuri (March 3rd). [[SecretlySelfish Fujiwara immediately begins complaining upon hearing this because she doesn't want to have to share her birthday party]].party]].
** Kaguya and her ShadowArchetype/cousin Maki (and by extention Maki's twin brother Midado) were born on New Years Day.
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* Literature/HarryPotter and Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter were actually born a day apart,[[note]]on the 31st and 30th of July 1980, respectively[[/note]] but this turns out to be an incredibly SignificantBirthDate since the Chosen One prophecy said that "the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies." Voldemort took that to mean Harry, but Neville also fits the criteria and could have ended up the Boy-Who-Lived had Voldemort made a different choice.

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* Literature/HarryPotter and Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame were actually born a day apart,[[note]]on the 30th and 31st and 30th of July 1980, respectively[[/note]] but this turns out to be an incredibly SignificantBirthDate since the Chosen One prophecy said specified that "the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies." Voldemort took that to mean Harry, but Neville also fits the criteria and could have ended up the Boy-Who-Lived as The Boy Who Lived had Voldemort made a different choice.

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