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