History Main / SlumberPartyPloy

* In ''Manga/MyLoveStory'', Yamato's mother calls friends to ask if she's with them since she hadn't come home yet. As far as her friends knew, Yamato was last seen on a date with her boyfriend Takeo. They assume that Yamato and Takeo are spending the night together and immediately invoke this trope to cover for her.

%%* ''Toothpaste For Dinner'' had a comic about this once. [[http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/111603/plans-with-hamster.gif Here it is.]]
%%* The Flea in ''ComicBook/PS238'', [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2011-02-07 here.]]

* In ''ComicBook/UltimateXmen'', Kitty is introduced about to attempt this with two friends with each saying they're sleeping over at each other's houses. Her mom isn't fooled and already knew she was trying to sneak out to a boy's pool party.
* In a flashback sequence in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] and Thara want to go on a dangerous camping trip which their parents will never allow. So Thara tells her parents she will be sleeping over at Kara's home (while the latter's parents are away), Kara tinkers with a robot butler so it says they are sleeping in bed if someone calls, and both girls set out towards the Fire Falls.

* ''Literature/TheBody'' by Creator/StephenKing. The boys claim they're camping in the field behind Vern's house but they're actually going into the woods to look at the body of a missing kid. Also happens in the film version, ''Film/StandByMe''.
%%* In one of ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' books, the characters do this in order to find out who sent a mysterious necklace. Subverted in that [[spoiler:they eventually do hold a slumber party]].
* In ''Literature/TheLancelotClosesAtFive'', Abby and Hutch tell their parents their sleeping over at each other's house, while they're really spending the night in a model house, the titular Lancelot.

** Willow and Buffy explain the concept (also known as "round robin") to Giles in an episode and how they've been using lying to their parents that they are staying at each others' places to free up time and suspicion for some late night slaying and "world saving".
** In "Band Candy" Buffy tells mother Joyce and father-substitute Giles that she's staying with the other so she can sneak off and see Angel. Unfortunately they quickly tumble to this ruse.
%%** Unfortunately, it's karmic; after being [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]], Buffy gets tricked the same way by Dawn.

** In the season ten finale, Kate's niece Meg and her friend Markayla do this so that they can sneak out to meet a hot boy they've been chatting with online... who turns out to be a serial-killer-victim trafficking ring. Kate and Markayla's mother's reactions (before the whole trafficking reveal) indicate that they've done this sort of thing before. Or at least that they're GenreSavvy enough to recognize the ploy.
** One episode had a quartet of boys pull this, even leaving their cell phones at the appropriate house, in order to investigate a local legend. Their parents don't find out until no one shows up in the morning.
* On ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', Astor, Dexter's stepdaughter, shows up in Miami drunk after running away from her grandparents' house with her friend Olivia, who explains she lied to her mom that she was staying at Astor's in order to go on the trip.

** One episode has Zack, Slater and Screech having a slumber party over at the former's house in order to sneak out to an over-18 club called "The Attic". Zack's mother eventually finds out what was happening and punished all three of them.

%% * ''Toothpaste For Dinner'' had a comic about this once. [[http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/111603/plans-with-hamster.gif Here it is.]]
%% * The Flea in ''ComicBook/PS238'', [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2011-02-07 here.]]
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%% * In one of ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' books, the characters do this in order to find out who sent a mysterious necklace. Subverted in that [[spoiler:they eventually do hold a slumber party]].

%% ** Unfortunately, it's karmic; after being [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]], Buffy gets tricked the same way by Dawn.

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* In the "Sister" arc of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', in order to sneak into a SecretGovernmentWarehouse, Elliot tells his parents that he's spending the night at Tedd's house. Tedd doesn't need to tell any lies as his dad is out of town at the time.
%% * Early in ''Webcomic/JuvenileDiversion'', [[http://juvenilediversion.comicgenesis.com/d/20060908.html the boys used the "round robin" plot.]]

%% * In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" the boys do this in order to attend the Raging Pussies concert without their parents knowing.
* In a ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode where Helga got locked in Arnold's closet and couldn't leave without being seen (long story), she called Phoebe on a cell phone and told her to call her parents and tell them Helga was sleeping over at Phoebe's.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', Carl and Hoodsey lie to their parents that they are staying over each others' houses in order to tag along on the junior high field trip to the mountains for a skiing trip. However, Joanne later calls Lois to remind Hoodsey to take his nasal medicine before going to sleep. Lois is visibly confused since Hoodsey is supposed to be there with Carl until Joanne reveals that she was told that they are sleeping over at her house, thereby giving away to Lois that she had been lied to.
%% * The ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' episode "#[=SoulSisters=]" has Barbara pull this to keep her father from noticing that the villains they were stashing had their souls stolen. And once they found out, [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain they immediately decided to forget it ever happened]].

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Willow and Buffy explain the concept (also known as "round robin") to Giles in an episode and how they've been using lying to their parents that they are staying at each others' places to free up time and suspicion for some late night slaying and "world saving".

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* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': A girl said she was sleeping over at a friend's when really she was off getting supernatural invisible snakes removed.

* ''The Body'' by Creator/StephenKing. The boys claim they're camping in the field behind Vern's house but they're actually going into the woods to look at the body of a missing kid. Also happens in the film version, ''Film/StandByMe''.

* The standard excuse used in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' is that everyone is sleeping over at someone else's house.

** The Animorphs eventually stopped using this in favor of getting the [[RobotBuddy Chee]] (who can create incredibly advanced holograms) to fill in for them. The main difference is that [[PreferableImpersonator the Chee are better-behaved than the Animorphs]].

** The "All in the Mall" episode has the gang (sans Jessie) camping out at the mall to buy Music/{{U2}} tickets. While Zack connects a plan for them to call each other's parents and say they're sleeping over at the other one's house, they would all share a tent in a sporting goods store. Unlike the other time, they weren't caught, [[HumiliationConga but still had to deal with plenty of other hijinks.]]

** In "Band Candy" Buffy tells mother Joyce and father-substitute Giles that she's staying with the other so she can sneak off and see Angel. Unfortunately they quickly tumble to this ruse.

** Willow and Buffy explain the concept (also known as "round robin") to Giles in an episode.
--> '''Willow:''' It's when everybody calls everybody else's mom and tells them they're staying at everyone's house.\\
'''Buffy:''' Thus freeing us up for world saveage.

** Discussed in an episode:
-->'''Giles:''' Round robin?\\
'''Willow:''' It's when everybody calls everybody else's mom and tells them they're staying at everyone's house.\\

* ''Toothpaste For Dinner'' had a comic about this once. [[http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/111603/plans-with-hamster.gif Here it is.]]

* In one of ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' books, the characters do this in order to find out who sent a mysterious necklace. Subverted in that [[spoiler:they eventually do hold a slumber party]].

* Used on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':

** Unfortunately, it's karmic; after being [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]], Buffy gets tricked the same way by Dawn.

* On ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', Astor, Dexter's stepdaughter, shows up in Miami drunk after running away from her grandparents' house with a friend.
-->'''Astor's friend Olivia:''' My mom thinks I'm staying at Astor's.\\
'''Dexter''' (to Astor)''':''' Let me guess, your grandparents think you're staying at Olivia's.
* On ''Series/{{Skins}}'', Pandora's mother is the [[OnlySaneMan one parent]] who seems to be concerned about how drugs and sex will impact her daughter. Pandora gets around this by telling her mother she's staying over at Effy's house every time she's getting up to some bad behavior.
* On ''Series/KenanAndKel'', The two get stuck near the top of the CS Tower, and both realize that their parents won't know where they are since Kel told his parents he was staying over at Kenan's, and Kenan told his parents that he was staying over at Kel's.

* Early in ''Webcomic/JuvenileDiversion'', [[http://juvenilediversion.comicgenesis.com/d/20060908.html the boys used the "round robin" plot.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" the boys do this in order to attend the Raging Pussies concert without their parents knowing.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', Carl and Hoodsey do this in order to tag along on the junior high field trip to the mountains for a skiing trip. However, Joanne later calls Lois to remind Hoodsey to take his nasal medicine before going to sleep. Lois is visibly confused since Hoodsey is supposed to be there with Carl until Joanne reveals that she was told that they are sleeping over at her house, thereby giving away to Lois that she had been lied to.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' episode "#[=SoulSisters=]" has Barbara pull this to keep her father from noticing that the villains they were stashing had their souls stolen. And once they found out, [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain they immediately decided to forget it ever happened]].

* Used during the "sister" arc in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' a girl said she was sleeping over at a friends when really she was off getting supernatural invisible snakes removed.

* In ''Manga/ShesMyKnight'', when Nikaido and Miyoshi find Mogami and Ichinose [[NotWhatItLooksLike embracing in the gym shed]] long after school ended, they suggest telling their parents that Ichinose is at Miyoshi's house and Mogami is at Nikaido's.

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* In ‘’ComicBook/UltimateXmen’’ Kitty is introduced about to attempt this with two friends with each saying they’re sleeping over at each other’s houses. Her mom isn’t fooled and already knew she was trying to sneak out to a boy’s pool party.

-->'''Astor's friend Olivia:''' My mom thinks I'm staying at Astor's.
-->'''Dexter''' (to Astor)''':''' Let me guess, your grandparents think you're staying at Olivia's.

** The Animorphs eventually stopped using this in favor of getting the [[RobotBuddy Chee]] (who can create incredibly advanced holograms) to fill in for them. The main difference is that the Chee are better-behaved than the Animorphs.

* In the season ten finale of ''Series/CriminalMinds,'' Kate's niece Meg and her friend Markayla do this so that they can sneak out to meet a hot boy they've been chatting with online... who turns out to be a serial-killer-victim trafficking ring. Kate and Markayla's mother's reactions (before the whole trafficking reveal) indicate that they've done this sort of thing before. Or at least that they're GenreSavvy enough to recognize the ploy.

* On ''WesternAnimation/KenanAndKel'', The two get stuck near the top of the CS Tower, and both realize that their parents won't know where they are since Kel told his parents he was staying over at Kenan's, and Kenan told his parents that he was staying over at Kel's.

** The Animorphs eventually stopped using this in favor of getting the [[RobotBuddy Chee]] (who can create incredibly advanced holograms) to fill in for them.

* In one of the "BabySittersClub" books, the characters do this in order to find out who sent a mysterious necklace. Subverted in that [[spoiler:they eventually do hold a slumber party]].