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* "Pity Party" by Music/MelanieMartinez from ''Music/CryBaby'', which interpolates Lesley Gore's "It's My Party," is about [[TheWoobie Cry Baby]] having a OnePersonBirthdayParty despite her best efforts to invite many guests. She doesn't take it well at all.
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* "Pity Party" by Music/MelanieMartinez from ''Music/CryBaby'', ''Music/{{Cry Baby|Album}}'', which interpolates Lesley Gore's "It's My Party," is about [[TheWoobie Cry Baby]] having a OnePersonBirthdayParty despite her best efforts to invite many guests. She doesn't take it well at all.
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It’s happened to me. I cried on my 22nd birthday because a website I was using to purchase a gift for myself wasn’t working.
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* It’s also common for someone to cry when [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong their birthday plans fall through or end in disaster]], especially if they’re young and/or if they’re the type of person who cries when they’re stressed. Similarly to the {{Bridezilla}} phenomenon in regards to wedding days, people expect their birthday to be a happy day where everything goes well, and the reality that it’s a day like any other and things won’t always go well can cause people to get stressed and upset.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BoyGirlDogCatMouseCheese'': In "The Cheese Ball", Cheese has a special day that she makes the others help celebrate annually due to claiming that she doesn't have a birthday. However, when Stevie and Susie end up being the only guests that show up and [[HumiliationConga with all the humiliation Cheese endures throughout the episode]], Cheese ends up tearfully crying back to the girls' room due to how much her Cheese Ball went awry.
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* One of the most common causes for this phenomenon in real life is [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_effect birthday blues]], wherein a person celebrating their birthday ends up feeling depressed as a result of their self-awareness that [[YourDaysAreNumbered they're a year closer to their death]]. This sort of psychological trickery has resulted in a large amount of deaths happening on people's birthdays, whether it's because their body has shut down due to this internal manipulation, or they've [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] because they feel they can't live with this looming sense of angst and dread.
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* One of the most common causes for this phenomenon in real life is [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_effect birthday blues]], wherein a person celebrating their birthday ends up feeling depressed as a result of their self-awareness that [[YourDaysAreNumbered they're a year closer to their death]]. This sort of psychological trickery has resulted in [[DiedOnTheirBirthday a large amount number of deaths happening on people's birthdays, birthdays]], whether it's because their body has shut down due to this internal manipulation, or they've [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] because they feel they can't live with this looming sense of angst and dread.
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* In Jacqueline Woodson's ''The Dear One'', the narrator, Feni, recalls that her then-[[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] mother had decided to quit drinking ''on Feni's birthday''. While Feni acknowledges that her mother's sobriety is a good thing for both of them in the long term, she still resents that her mother chose that particular day, as it meant that Feni's birthday was basically ruined as the whole day was consumed by her mother's withdrawal symptoms.
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* In Jacqueline Woodson's ''The Dear One'', the narrator, Feni, recalls that her then-[[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] mother had decided to quit drinking drinking, [[GoingColdTurkey cold turkey]], ''on Feni's birthday''. While Feni acknowledges that her mother's sobriety is a good thing for both of them in the long term, she still resents that her mother chose had to take that step on that particular day, as it meant that Feni's birthday was basically ruined as the whole day was consumed by her mother's withdrawal symptoms.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In "Three Jacks and a Beanstalk" from the ''Tales from the Crib'' series, Giant Angelica [[OcularGushers wails enough to accumulate several puddles]] after the babies escape her castle. It's then revealed that today is her birthday and she has [[OnePersonBirthdayParty nobody else but Giant Harold to celebrate with]].
** In "Three Jacks and a Beanstalk" from the ''Tales from the Crib'' series, Giant Angelica [[OcularGushers wails enough to accumulate several puddles]] after the babies escape her castle. It's then revealed that today is her birthday and she has [[OnePersonBirthdayParty nobody else but Giant Harold to celebrate with]].
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** In "Three Jacks and a Beanstalk" from the ''Tales from the Crib'' series, Giant Angelica [[OcularGushers wails enough to accumulate several puddles]] after the babies escape her castle. It's then revealed that today is her birthday and she has [[OnePersonBirthdayParty nobody else but Giant Harold to celebrate with]].''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':
** In "Three Jacks and a Beanstalk" from the ''Tales from the Crib'' series, Giant Angelica [[OcularGushers wails enough to accumulate several puddles]] after the babies escape her castle. It's then revealed that today is her birthday and she has [[OnePersonBirthdayParty nobody else but Giant Harold to celebrate with]].
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** In "Three Jacks and a Beanstalk" from the ''Tales from the Crib'' series, Giant Angelica [[OcularGushers wails enough to accumulate several puddles]] after the babies escape her castle. It's then revealed that today is her birthday and she has [[OnePersonBirthdayParty nobody else but Giant Harold to celebrate with]].
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* In Jacqueline Woodson's ''The Dear One'', the narrator, Feni, recalls that her then-[[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] mother had decided to quit drinking ''on Feni's birthday''. While Feni acknowledges that her mother's sobriety is a good thing for both of them in the long term, she still resents that her mother chose that particular day, as it meant that Feni's birthday was basically ruined as the whole day was consumed by her mother's withdrawal symptoms.
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* In one book in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'', the Arnold twins get upset at their birthday party because the entire setup treats them as basically a matched set, with no recognition whatsoever given to the fact that they're actually two distinct individuals despite being physically identical. The only time they show any real happiness is when they open Mallory's presents, because while all the other gifts were duplicates of the same thing, Mallory actually gave each twin something different and specific to their interests.
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* In one book in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'', the Arnold twins get upset at their birthday party because the entire setup treats them as basically a matched set, set (identical party dresses, identical birthday cakes, all the guests giving both of them the exact same gift), with no recognition whatsoever given to the fact that they're actually two distinct individuals despite being physically identical. The only time they show any real happiness is when they open Mallory's presents, because while all the other gifts were duplicates of the same thing, unlike everyone else, Mallory actually gave each twin something different and specific to their interests.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', during his party, Tyler cries in fear when he is attacked by Mei for pushing her too far after she was clearly already worked up.
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* ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse'': Having been an actress since the age of four, Yuzuki Shiraishi had never gotten the time or chance to make any friends...until she is invited on an expedition to Antarctica by three other girls. That's why when they celebrate her birthday during the trip, Yuzuki is so touched she becomes a sobbing emotional wreck.
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* ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse'': Having been an actress since the age of four, Yuzuki Shiraishi had never gotten the time or chance to make any friends...until she is invited on an expedition to Antarctica by three other girls. That's why when they celebrate her birthday during the trip, Yuzuki is so touched she becomes a sobbing emotional wreck.
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Can sometimes result from a OnePersonBirthdayParty, or because the [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong party has gone badly wrong]]. Compare ABirthdayNotABreak. In rare instances, it can be TearsOfJoy. Can occur during a BirthdayEpisode (of course) or an AgelessBirthdayEpisode.
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Can sometimes result from a OnePersonBirthdayParty, or because the [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong party has gone badly wrong]]. Compare ABirthdayNotABreak.ABirthdayNotABreak and BirthdayHater. In rare instances, it can be TearsOfJoy. Can occur during a BirthdayEpisode (of course) or an AgelessBirthdayEpisode.
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* One of the most common causes for this phenomenon in real life is [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_effect birthday blues]], wherein a person celebrating their birthday ends up feeling depressed as a result of their self-awareness that [[YourDaysAreNumbered they're a year closer to their death]]. This sort of psychological trickery has resulted in a large amount of deaths happening on people's birthdays, whether it's because their body has shut down due to this internal manipulation, or they've [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] because they feel they can't live with this looming sense of angst and dread.
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->''Judy and Johnny just walked through the door''
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->''Cry if I want to, cry if I want to''
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* In one book in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'', the Arnold twins get upset at their birthday party because the entire setup treats them as basically a matched set, with no recognition whatsoever given to the fact that they're actually two distinct individuals despite being physically identical. The only time they show any real happiness is when they open Mallory's presents, because while all the other gifts were duplicates of the same thing, Mallory actually gave each twin something different and specific to their interests.
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* In one book in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'', the Arnold twins get upset at their birthday party because the entire setup treats them as basically a matched set, with no recognition whatsoever given to the fact that they're actually two distinct individuals despite being physically identical. The only time they show any real happiness is when they open Mallory's presents, because while all the other gifts were duplicates of the same thing, Mallory actually gave each twin something different and specific to their interests.
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* The ''Music/TaylorSwift'' song "The Moment I Knew", is about the time her then-boyfriend didn't show up to her birthday party.
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* This happened to Velma in a flashback scene from ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''. As a young girl, she ends up getting an encyclopedia set for her birthday. While she's the type of person who would love a gift like that, the party clown hired for her birthday thought [[MyNewGiftIsLame it was a "yucky" idea]], and threw it in a wood chipper. [[note]] Fred noted that Velma's mother hired the only party clown in town to have a wood chipper for a prop.[[/note]] Velma immediately burst into tears, [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes and has since developed a phobia of clowns.]]
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* This happened to Velma in a flashback scene from ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''. As a young girl, she ends up getting an encyclopedia set for her birthday. While she's the type of person who would love a gift like that, the party clown hired for her birthday thought [[MyNewGiftIsLame it was a "yucky" idea]], and threw it in a wood chipper. [[note]] Fred woodchipper. [[note]]Fred noted that Velma's mother hired the only party clown in town to have a wood chipper woodchipper for a prop.[[/note]] Velma immediately burst into tears, [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes and has since developed a phobia of clowns.]]clowns]].
