'''Basic Trope''': The villain attacks during a party.
* '''Straight''': [[ABirthdayNotABreak Alice attacks Bob at his birthday party.]]
* '''Exaggerated''':
** While everyone is celebrating Bob's party, Alice's forces begin a full scale invasion of the city.
** KingBobTheNth presides over a DecadentCourt where life is one long round of DancesAndBalls, royal garden parties, diplomatic functions, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick assassinations and coup attempts]], usually at the same time and several times a night. For Alice, her one-shot attempt at revenge. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday For the King, just another day at the office.]]
* '''Downplayed''': A fight breaks out at Bob's party when he has an argument with Alice.
* '''Justified''':
** The party was the perfect time to attack while everyone was distracted.
** The party is a huge media event, and terrorists target it so that the public will be freaked out.
** The attack is an assassination attempt, and the assassins know full well that the target of the assassination will be at the party and off guard.
** The attack is a mass assassination attempt, and the assassins know that at the party, all their targets will be present and off guard.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob prevents Alice from attacking him by going to a public place (namely a large party).
** Alice throws a party as cover for her attack on Bob.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice wasn't attacking; she was in on a surprise everyone set up for Bob.
** Alice creates a minor disturbance while bypassing Bob's party on her way to attack someone else whom Bob cares about.
** Alice didn't even know that Bob lived in So-and-so town when she raided it [[ButForMeItWasTuesday during the Tuesday]] that just happened to be his birthday.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...which Alice exploited to sneak in her minions.
* '''Parodied''':
** A bouncer tries to turn Alice away for lacking an invitation.
** The attack uses water pistols.
** The attackers are mistaken for waiters, and roped into serving drinks.
** The party is one big excuse for everyone to get together and [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery kick ass in all their finery]], because [[FriendlyWar that's what]] [[CombatSadomasochist they enjoy doing]]. They even try to [[DanceBattler look as if they're dancing]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice turns up to intimidate Bob, but it isn't immediately clear whether it will turn into a brawl or she'll leave after making her point.
* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't attend any parties which are at risk of being attacked.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want an excuse to dress everyone up, but the executives still demand a battle of some sort to occur.
* '''Lampshaded''':
** "I sure hope nobody attacks while we're celebrating."
** [[StealthPun One of the songs playing in the mix]] was [[Music/{{Sweet}} the song]] that [[TropeNamers gave the trope its name.]]
* '''Invoked''': Bob makes sure Alice hears about the party so he can spend the evening battling her forces instead of giving an awkward speech.
* '''Exploited''': Bob holds a party in order to use himself as bait to lure Alice out into the open.
* '''Defied''': Bob holds his party in a secure location and has the HeroSecretService keep it that way.
* '''Discussed''': "When are we attacking, Alice?" "As soon as the party begins."
* '''Conversed''': "A party...you know they'll end up fighting while dressed up."
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is too afraid to celebrate his birthday in case Alice attacks while all his friends and family are in one convenient place.
* '''Reconstructed''': Being brave enough to defy Alice by holding it becomes the defining moment of his struggle against her.
* '''Played for Laughs''':
** The attack is just one of several disasters that afflict the party.
** Alice's "attack" amounts to a pie thrown at Bob. Bob ducks. Charlie picks up a plate of mashed potatoes and hurls it at Alice -- and it quickly becomes a silly FoodFight.
* '''Played for Drama''': The attack on his party serves as a reminder of how hard it is for Bob to have a normal life.
* '''Implied''': Bob goes to the party behind a closed door, and we don't go with him. We do hear scuffling, hard contact of various body parts against each other, and screams of pain before Bob or Alice comes out looking shaken and injured.
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