"Birthday" is the 13th episode of New Girl's third season.
It's Jess's birthday. Nick is tasked with keeping her company so she doesn't find out about the surprise party, but Jess gets upset when it comes to light that he doesn't have much planned for them.
Tropes in this episode:
- Birthday Episode: This episode is centered around Jess's birthday, a Surprise Party, and her relationship with Nick.
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Schmidt's list of people who never graduated high school: Einstein, Bill Gates, Anne Frank.Schmidt: I’m gonna take back that last one.
- Dramatic Irony: Jess thinks Nick has nothing planned when in truth he has a big party planned. Comes to a head when Jess comes home and dives headfirst onto the couch, completely missing Coach and Winston's party prepping behind her.
- Inherently Funny Words: Coach discusses the public's nebulous relationship with the word "moist".Coach: I'm gonna make a cake so moist, girls are gonna be like 'ew, why you say moist? I hate that word.' And I'm gonna say 'just taste the cake'. And they gonna be like 'damnn, it's moist.
- Surprise Party: The roommates have planned a party for Jess back at the loft, and Nick is supposed to spend the day with her so she doesn't find out. He retools it into a surprise at the movies at the last minute.
