History Main / LifeOfTheParty

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Slurms McKenzie is the most absolutely pathetic deconstruction of this trope possible. His only escape from partying is ''[[HeroicSacrifice death.]]''

* [[{{Futurama}} Slurms McKenzie]] is the most absolutely pathetic deconstruction of this trope possible. His only escape from partying is ''[[HeroicSacrifice death.]]''

** She even has a party cannon - a cannon that shoots out instant parties.

* Once in StarTrekDeepSpaceNine, Odo got [[LockedInARoom stuck in an elevator]] with Lwaxana Troi, and he talks about how he tried to fit in years before, including trying to use his shapeshifting to impress people at parties. He doesn't like parties anymore.

* Pinkie Pie from ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''. Unlike the usual examples, she's more often throwing ''her own parties'' than livening up those of others.
** She's not just the life of the party; according to the show's mythos, her '''entire reason of existence''' is to create parties for everyone. In one episode, her friends all mysteriously refuse to attend one of her parties, eventually causing her to snap; her [[ExpressiveHair mane deflates,]] she throws the party with [[CompanionCube inanimate objects]] serving as guests, and her expressions get [[SanitySlippage more and more wild]]. [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]

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* Pinkie Pie from ''[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''. Unlike the usual examples, she's more often throwing ''her own parties'' than livening up those of others.

** Even better ([[{{YMMV}} or worse, depending]]), she has a party cannon - a cannon that shoots out instant parties.

* ''TheMask''

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* Pinkie Pie from ''[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.

** She's not just the life of the party; according to the show's mythos, her entire reason of existence is to create parties for everyone. In one episode, her friends all mysteriously refuse to attend one of her parties, eventually causing her to snap; her [[ExpressiveHair mane deflates,]] she throws the party with [[CompanionCube inanimate objects]] serving as guests, and her expressions get [[SanitySlippage more and more wild]]. [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]

** She's not just the life of the party, she's practically addicted to them. In one episode, her friends all mysteriously refuse to attend one of her parties, eventually causing her to snap; her [[ExpressiveHair mane deflates,]] she throws the party with [[CompanionCube inanimate objects]] serving as guests, and her expressions get [[SanitySlippage more and more wild]].

* [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roaring_party_girl.jpg This pic]] comes from the film ''The Carpetbaggers'', where one of the main characters gets drunk at a costume party and dances around a chandelier until it comes crashing down (she lives, though).

* [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roaring_party_girl.jpg This pic]] comes from the film ''[[HaroldRobbins TheCarpetbaggers]]'', where one of the main characters gets drunk at a costume party and dances around a chandelier until it comes crashing down (she lives, though).

* Pic comes from the film ''TheCarpetbaggers'', where one of the main characters gets drunk at a costume party and dances around a chandelier until it comes crashing down (she lives, though).

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[[caption-width-right:275:Best. Costume Party. Ever.]]

[[AC: Literature]]
* Damon Knight's short story ''The Handler'' is about an enormous charismatic man who is the Life Of A Party, but is also a puppet controlled by the despised pathetic little man crammed inside his chest.
* [[LordPeterWimsey Lord Peter Wimsey]] in the novel ''Murder Must Advertise''.

** She's not just the life of the party, she's practically addicted to them. In one episode, her friends all mysteriously refuse to attend one of her parties, eventually causing her to snap; her [[ExpressiveHair mane deflates,]] she throws the party with [[CompanionCube inanimat objects]] serving as guests, and her expressions get more and more wild.

* Meredith from ''The Office''. Until her hair gets set on fire at the Morrocan Christmas Party.

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* [[{{Futurama}} Slurms McKenzie]] is the most absolutely pathetic deconstruction of this trope possible (even if he is based on a kind of mascot [[DeadUnicornTrope I'm not sure actually ever existed]] due to [[TestosteronePoisoning the way beer]] is [[FanService usually advertised]]). His only escape from partying is ''[[HeroicSacrifice death.]]''

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[[caption-width:275:Best. Costume Party. Ever.]]

For whatever reason, there is a party. Whilst a party is normally going to be a fairly festive affair in it's own right, sometimes it just needs spicing up - this is where LifeOfTheParty comes into play.

This character will [[LampshadeWearing don lampshades]] ([[LampshadeHanging no not necessarily that kind]]), dance on tables, swing from the chandelier and generally party harder and wilder than anybody else. Sometimes this is done to signify just how awesome a party is, other times it can be to show that the character is immature or is acting inappropriatly - say, by drinking excessively at a fancy, upper class tuxedo party and hitting on the mayors daughter.