30 Times The Gender Reveal Trend Failed

Gender reveal parties have become a ubiquitous and often extravagant trend in celebrating the impending arrival of a new bundle of joy. While these events are intended to be joyous occasions filled with excitement and anticipation, sometimes things don't go according to plan. Let's take a lighthearted look at some times when the gender reveal trend took an unexpected and often comical turn, proving that in the world of confetti cannons and colored smoke, anything can happen.

#1 So This Was Supposed To Be The Gender Reveal, But Somehow The "Gender Reveal" Part Got Left Out, And Typical For My Husband, He Ate The Cupcake Whole Not Even Noticing The Pink Cream Center

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#2 We Found Out At Our 32-Week Growth Scan That Our Little Girl Was Actually A Little Boy

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#3 My Friend's Family Wore The Colors Of The Gender They Preferred For The New Baby

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#4 There Was An Attempt To Have A Gender Reveal

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#5 Everybody Makes Mistakes

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#6 Gender Reveal Cake Fail

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#7 He Or She? We Don’t Know Either. Mislabeled Streamers Lead To A Confusing Gender Reveal! This Is Something We Won’t Forget. It’s A Girl

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#8 When You Order The Gender Reveal Cake From The Babushka At The Russian Bakery

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#9 My Friend Had A Gender Reveal Party... I Hope

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#10 My Dad Thought My Brother’s Gender Reveal Party Was Him Coming Out As Transgender

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#11 Congrats! It's A Girl

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#12 Chocolate: Boy, Strawberry: Girl. There Is Only One Baby And I See Two Flavors

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#13 According To This Gender-Reveal Lasagna, The Baby's Gone Bad

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#14 How Wrong Could A Gender Reveal Go?

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#15 Let's Do The Reveal Inside. What's The Worst That Can Happen? The Aftermath Was Crazy

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#16 Gender Reveal Surprise

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#17 This Was Supposed To Be My Gender Reveal For The Grandparents. Total Flop, Should Read "It's A Boy", But Domino's Apparently Doesn't Know How To Place Pepperonis Close Together

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#18 Gender Reveal Epic Win Or Fail?

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#19 Gender Reveal Parties In The South

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#20 Cara And I Are So Excited To Announce Another Workman Boy Is On The Way. He Will Be Here In September And We Can’t Wait To Meet Him. Epic Gender Reveal Fail Caught. Treat Yourselves

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#21 My Wife And I Cut Into Our Gender Reveal Cake Today. The Baby Is?

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#22 The Gender Reveal Balloon Was Missed

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#23 I Just Came For The Cake

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#24 I'm Not Sure If I Was More Shocked To See A Blank Gender Reveal Cake Or That I’m Going To Be An All-Boy Mom. Fail On Bakery, Have Receipt That Says "Blue Icing"

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#25 Sister Had A Gender Reveal At A Club. I Can't Tell If They're Just Dumb Or Screwed-Up And Didn't Bother To Fix It

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#26 Sorry Folks

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#27 Gender Reveal Fail. It Went For The Camera

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#28 Before Finding Out He Was Getting A Baby Sister And After. Hopefully, We Will Get Him To Warm Up To The Idea Before She Gets Here

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#29 It's Supposed To Be A Pumpkin For A Gender Reveal

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#30 Well, It Was An Epic Gender Reveal, That's For Sure. This One Will Go Down In Family Story Books And Will Be Retold For Years To Come. It Was Almost Like "Tractors Or Bows"

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