History Main / OnePersonBirthdayParty

* ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] [[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/11299736/ wishes himself a happy birthday]]'' has that blue hedgehog celebrating his birthday, all alone.

* ''WebVideo/StacheBros'': In "Episode 2-4 - The Creature From The Egg" of "Mario & Luigi! Stache Bros", Waluigi is introduced alone at his birthday party. Depressed that no one seems to care about his birthday, Waluigi just sits and listens to his mood music...that is, until the boombox explodes.

* During the Exile-arc of the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', Tommy held a beach party in Logstedshire, and invited practically everyone. However, only Dream showed up, and when he did, it was twenty minutes late. Not even Ghostbur, the one in charge of delivering the invitations, showed up. [[spoiler:Later, this turns out to be {{invoked|Trope}}, [[StalkerWithoutACrush Dre]][[ManipulativeBastard am]] took the invitations from Ghostbur, sent him off to go for a walk in the snow ([[KillTheCutie Ghostbur melts]] [[KillItWithWater when he touches water]], though he thankfully survived that ordeal), and [[{{Gaslighting}} played dumb]] when Tommy asked if anything happened to the invitations.]]
-->'''Dream:''' [[spoiler:I made sure nobody would show up to your party, so that you'd have [[StockholmSyndrome no friends except me]].]]

* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': In the second ep character, Yuuichi "Icchi" Taira, had this happen to him as his classmates think he was the one who struck a fellow classmate, Shougo, as Lil Slugger due to wearing gold colored roller blades. Despite trying to state otherwise, only his tutor, Harumi, shows up.

* Played with in one ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' [[https://reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/wf7dc5/quiet/ comic]] by Creator/MoringMark, where Eda actually has a large group of people band together to throw her a birthday party despite the fact that they're all trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Luz on the other hand is shown sitting in the dark with a cupcake on Earth, quietly wishing Eda a happy birthday while not even knowing if she's ''alive'' much less that she has others with her.

* During the Exile-arc of the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', Tommy held a beach party in Logstedshire, and invited practically everyone. However, only Dream showed up, and when he did, it was twenty minutes late. Not even Ghostbur, the one in charge of delivering the invitations, showed up. [[spoiler:Later, this turns out to be {{invoked|Trope}}, [[StalkerWithoutACrush Dre]][[ManipulativeBastard am]] took the invitations from Ghostbur, sent him off to go for a walk in the snow ([[KillTheCutie Ghostbur melts]] [[KillItWithWater when he touches water]], though he thankfully survived that ordeal), and [[{{Gaslighting}} played dumb]] when Tommy asked if anything happened to the invitations.]]

* The ''LetsPlay/TacoMan [[VideoGame/MarioPaint Paint]]'' short "Today is My Birthday" has the title character throw one for himself, because [[spoiler:all his friends died beforehand]].

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]", it's Lisa's 8th birthday. She begs Bart not to forget, but of course he does. She sits with only the baby Maggie for company, singing:

* In ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' (Season 2, Episode 2 for the anime), a PensieveFlashback to [[ChildMage Megumin]] and [[UnknownRival Yunyun's]] memories of their time in the academy depicts Yunyun throwing a birthday party all to herself, presumably due to her FriendlessBackground.

* While technically a two-people-party, an omake of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' shows Urahara and Yoruichi celebrating their birthdays together but alone from everyone else. The reason for this is because their birthdays are December 31 and January 1, thus all of their friends are celebrating New Year's Eve and New Year somewhere else at the time. According from their dialogue, this happens ''every year''.

Compare NotSoForgottenBirthday and ABirthdayNotABreak.

At least this character is making an effort. ContrastNeverHadABirthdayParty, where a character does not bother with the pretense of a celebration, maybe because they do not even understand the idea.

You've spent hours hanging balloons, decorations, and banners on the wall. You've cooked the food to perfection. The cake is ready, and the candles have already been lit. There's presents to be opened. You even have the music all sorted out. It's a perfect birthday party.

There's just one problem - nobody else is coming.

Writers tend to use this trope to establish that the character in question is TheWoobie (if PlayedForDrama) or TheChewToy (if PlayedForLaughs). It may also be a CloudCuckooLander since these will often understand the "everything is about you" tendency literally (if a friend is with you, then not everything is, technically, about you).

Compare NotSoForgottenBirthday and ABirthdayNotABreak. Has absolutely nothing to do with TwoPersonPoolParty.