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An index of tropes either about parties, or that often take place in one. The kind of party could range from abirthday party, to a house party, to a school dance, to a nightclub, to a royal ball.

Tropes:

• 24-Hour Party People:Living props who appear in party/dance scenes.
• Awkward First Sleepover: A character is nervous because it's their first slumber party.
• Ballroom Blitz: Protagonist or bad guys interrupt the party.
• Binge Montage: A montage that shows characters getting drunk during a long night of partying.
• Birthday Party Goes Wrong: A birthday party is going horribly, so the birthday person ends up unhappy or disillusioned.
• Birthday Suit Surprise Party: Someone stumbles upon a surprise party while naked.
• Black-Tie Infiltration:The Infiltration takes place at a formal social event.
• Celebration Miscalculation: Someone celebrates a special occasion... on the wrong day.
• Charity Ball: A dance done to raise money for charity.
• Chekhov's Party: If a party happens or is mentioned, pay close attention. Something important happened there.
• Coolest Club Ever: A club that's so cool, people are always partying at it.
• Crying at Your Birthday Party: Someone marks their party by crying at it.
• Dance Party Ending: The episode ends with everyone dancing.
• Dances and Balls: A society dance is a plot point.
• Decade-Themed Party: A party centered around a particular decade.
• Dreaded Kids' Party Entertainer Job: People who entertain at kids' parties, especially clowns, have a rough job.
• The Dreaded Pretend Tea-Party: A child ropes someone into playing tea party.
• "Everyone Comes Back" Fantasy Party Ending: A fantasy sequences where everyone who previously appeared comes back for a party.
• Exposition Party: Characters gather at a party as an excuse to drop exposition.
• Fantastic Fireworks: Fireworks shaped into anything the writers want due toRule of Cool.
• A Fête Worse than Death: Festivities that revolve around killing people.
• Fight Fur Your Right to Party: Music videos that center around parties have at least one person in an animal suit.
• Gender-Invading Sleepovers: Characters (usually kids) invade slumber parties held by the opposite gender.
• High-School Dance: Plots about high or middle school dances, usually involving romance.
• Invited as a Joke: A character is invited to a party because the inviter wants to humiliate them.
• It's a Costume Party, I Swear!: A character is tricked into showing up in costume at what they are led to believe is a costume party.
• Life of the Party: A character that parties harder and wilder than anyone else.
• Masquerade Ball: A dance where a person can wearGorgeous Period Dress and a mask to hide their identity.
• Missing Your Own Party: A party is being thrown for a character who is running late to the party.
• Mistaken for Special Guest: Someone's expecting a guest who's special in some way (an inspector, a celebrity, etc), and mistakes a random person for the special guest.
• Nasty Party: A person or group of people are invited to a party. However, it's just an excuse to get them all together and kill them.
• Never Had a Birthday Party: A character has never celebrated their birthday, and their friends try to fix this by throwing them a party.
• Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A festival of Japanese demons and spirits.
• Non-Voyage Party: A party for a character is mistaken for a party celebrating their departure.
• Not a Party Person: A character is attending a party they'd rather not be at.
• One-Person Birthday Party: A friendless person celebrates their birthday alone.
• Opening Credits Cast Party: The opening credits to a show feature the cast partying in some staged manner.
• Parade Peril: A parade (usually part of a holiday) is the setting for horror and/or threat.
• Parlor Games: Old school games that people play at parties.
• A Party, Also Known as an Orgy: All wild parties that are not meant to be orgies lead to sex.
• Party Game: A Minigame Game in which two to four players compete against each other in a board game-like environment.
• Party Scheduling Gambit: A character schedules a party to conflict with another party.
• Persona Non Grata: A specific location has forbidden you from ever entering or returning there.
• Princess for a Day: When a woman dresses up as an upper-class person to go to a royal ball.
• Prom Baby: A pregnant teenage girl goes into labor while at the prom.
• The Prom Plot: High school juniors/seniors attend their prom or an adult is a chaperone/someone's date at a prom.
• Prom Wrecker: A character tries to ruin the school dance.
• Race to Clean Up: If a party is held at a house the host doesn't own, the host may try to clean it up before the homeowner's come back.
• Scary Surprise Party: Something nasty happens to a character (kidnapped, in danger) but it turns out to be a surprise party.
• Screw the War, We're Partying: People throw parties and goof off for fun despite the fact that a war is raging all around them.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: An unattractive character who dresses up for a party looks beautiful.
• Shock Party: A surprise partyGone Horribly Wrong.
• Shoddy Shindig: A party that is boring and underwhelming.
• Slumber Party: A party where the people invited sleep the night (usually women or girls).
  • Slumber Party Ploy: A group of kids go on a wacky adventure by lying to their parents that they're sleeping at each other's houses.
• Spin the Bottle: A party game where a group of people take turns spinning a bottle and have to make out with whoever the bottle ends up pointing at.
• Stag Party: A wild party held for the groom before his wedding day.
• Surprise Party: Characters throw a surprise party for someone to celebrate an occasion.
• Themed Party: A party centered around a theme with matching décor, music and dress code.
• Tickertape Parade: Flashy Parade with lots of confetti and music.
• Underdressed for the Occasion: Somebody is embarrassed because they aren't wearing formal enough clothes.
• Uninvited to the Party: The one character whodoesn't get to go.
• Wacky Fratboy Hijinx: College fratboys often throw wild parties.
• What Did I Do Last Night?: Someone recovers from a night of heavy drinking and worries about what they may have done while inebriated. May be the aftermath of a — wait for it! —
• Wild Teen Party: A rambunctious party full of teenagers.