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* "Big Shot" by BillyJoel is based on the darker version of this trope.

* A one-shot character in ''SexAndTheCity'' used to be a party girl, and is now married and pregnant. She actually considers her party years her GloryDays.

* Fun Bobby from ''{{Friends}}'', who wasn't fun anymore once he sobered up.
** Also [[TheGhost Gandalf the Party Wizard]] from "The One Where They're Going To Party!".
* [[HappyDays Arthur Fonzerelli]], even after he jumped the shark.
* Meredith from ''TheOffice''. Until her hair gets set on fire at the Morrocan Christmas Party.

* ''ThirtyRock'' - Jack grudgingly accompanies Liz to her high school reunion, where he's mistaken for the class popular guy - he doesn't correct the crowd, and enjoys his star status.

* Bluto from ''AnimalHouse''
* [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roaring_party_girl.jpg This 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).
* A nerd in ''CantHardlyWait'' turns into this when he drinks for the first time.

* Gareth in ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''.

* In ''Film/TheParty'', PeterSellers' character becomes this somewhat unwittingly.

Often this can be the HardDrinkingPartyGirl, but sometimes it's the quiet one who suddenly leaps out of his or her shell.

* "Twice Shy" by FlandersAndSwann.

* Pinkie Pie from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' will try to be this if it's not a party she set up. If it is one she made, she will try to make it as lively as possible.
** She even has a party cannon - a cannon that shoots out ready made party supplies.
*** Even if, at times, she does things that could kill the party for others who are trying to enjoy themselves - such as making a band play unfitting music for the event, ravenously devouring all the sweets and snacks set out for everyone and leaving nothing for anyone else to eat (going so far as to stuff her face with a plate of cupcakes PRINCESS CELESTIA HERSELF was about to eat right in front of her) and doing things that, while usually funny to watch happen to someone else, would drive you absolutely up a wall or make you incredibly upset if you were there yourself.
*** FridgeBrilliance here. Growing up, all of Pinkie's 'friends' were inanimate objects. So she has never learned how to act appropriately in various social situations. Her first exposure to a social gathering was a fun filled party that made every pony there happy, so that is what she always uses.

Sometimes there's an episode where this character shows up, and the other characters have "grown up", while this character hasn't.

* AndrewWK, of course, is pretty much this trope in musical form. PARTY HARD

[[caption-width-right:350:"You know what this calls for? A PARTY!"]]

*** Fridge Logic here. Growing up, all of Pinkie's 'friends' were inanimate objects. So she has never learned how to act appropriately in various social situations. Her first exposure to a social gathering was a fun filled party that made every pony there happy, so that is what she always uses.

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

**** Fridge Logic here. Growing up, all of Pinkie's 'friends' were inanimate objects. So she has never learned how to act appropriately in various social situations. Her first exposure to a social gathering was a fun filled party that made every pony there happy, so that is what she always uses.

* 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.

Often this can be the BottleFairy, but sometimes it's the quiet one who suddenly leaps out of his or her shell.

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** Another[[hottip:*:played by the strident blonde from ThirdRockFromTheSun]] was the LifeOfTheParty, somewhat gone to seed. She [[spoiler: falls out of a skyscraper window midway through the episode]]...