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* ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn:'' Narrowly averted. While heading to a BBQ party Team Arrow is having, Laurel admits to Dean that she's fairly certain she ''wasn't'' going to be invited, but once she walked in on them talking about the party Felicity felt they had to invite her. [[ProperlyParanoid She's absolutely correct]]. Dean reflects that there were several parties, dinners, or gatherings that the team held that she wasn't invited to, simply because the others [[TheFriendNobodyLikes didn't like her]] and didn't treat her as a real member of the team. While she's never shown complaining or being resentful over it, it does appear to have affected her psyche and self-worth.

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* ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn:'' ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn'': Narrowly averted. While heading to a BBQ party Team Arrow is having, Laurel admits to Dean that she's fairly certain she ''wasn't'' going to be invited, but once she walked in on them talking about the party Felicity felt they had to invite her. [[ProperlyParanoid She's absolutely correct]]. Dean reflects that there were several parties, dinners, or gatherings that the team held that she wasn't invited to, simply because the others [[TheFriendNobodyLikes didn't like her]] and didn't treat her as a real member of the team. While she's never shown complaining or being resentful over it, it does appear to have affected her psyche and self-worth.


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* ''Fanfic/MarinettesWeekOff'': In the sequel, Alya makes a point of excluding Marinette, Chloé and Nathaniel from a "watch party" for the red-carpet premiere of ''Disney's The Embers of Pirates and Mermaids'', stressing that she only wants her ''friends'' there. The trio is completely unbothered, since they know Marinette is ''starring'' in said movie and all three will be attending the premiere. Marinette even makes a point of telling Alya that she hopes her ex-bestie will show just as much grace and understanding once the shoe's on the other foot. Naturally, Alya [[MoralMyopia bitterly complains about being left out]] and tries to [[CrossingTheBurntBridge rekindle their friendship]] so she can start [[AllTakeAndNoGive taking advantage of her "bestie's" newfound celebrity connections]].


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* ''Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots'': In ''My Compensation'', Lila throws a picnic for all of her classmates aside from Marinette. This doesn't bother Marinette half as much as the fact that Alya not only attended the picnic, but roped her into babysitting Ella and Etta at the same time, with no intention of ''paying her'' supposed bestie for her services.
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* A RunningGag in early ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comics is for one or more characters (usually Violet, Patty, and/or Lucy) to rudely inform [[ButtMonkey Charlie Brown]] that they're having a party and he isn't invited. On [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1954/01/29 at least one occasion]] this was {{subverted|Trope}} by Charlie Brown actually being okay with it, to Violet and Patty's bemusement.

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* A RunningGag in early ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comics is for one or more characters (usually Violet, Patty, and/or Lucy) to rudely inform [[ButtMonkey Charlie Brown]] that they're having a party and he isn't invited. On [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1954/01/29 at least one occasion]] this was {{subverted|Trope}} by Charlie Brown actually being okay with it, it (or at least pretending to be), to Violet and Patty's bemusement.confusion.
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** In "Party Pooper Pants", Spongebob holds a house party until he gets locked out and tries to force his way in until the police mistakes him for a burglar. After he explains the situation, the cops agree to help him back inside, until they ask him why he didn't invite them to the party, which instead prompts the officers to arrest him instead.

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** In "Party Pooper Pants", Spongebob holds a house party until he gets locked out and tries to force his way in until the police mistakes him for a burglar. After he explains the situation, the cops agree to help him back inside, until they ask him why he didn't invite them to the party, which instead prompts the officers to arrest him instead.
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* ''WebVideo/HalfLifeButTheAIIsSelfAware's'' DancePartyEnding briefly shows a scene of Benrey (or at least, [[spoiler:one of the skeletons he controls]] standing forlornly outside of the Chuck E. Cheese's the rest of the cast is partying in. [[spoiler:Considering he's the reason why everything went to hell, it's understandable.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': In one episode, Spongebob holds a house party until he gets locked out and tries to force his way in until the police mistakes him for a burglar. After he explains the situation, the cops agree to help him back inside, until they ask him why he didn't invite them to the party, which instead prompts the officers to arrest him instead.

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** In "Gone", [=SpongeBob=] wakes up one day to find everyone in Bikini Bottom has disappeared. Only at the end of the episode does he find out why: the whole town was off throwing a huge festival on a a holiday --[[TheFriendNobodyLikes National No SpongeBob Day]]-- and being the guest of dishonor, [=SpongeBob=] was neither invited nor informed of its existence.
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* ''WebVideo/HalfLifeButTheAIIsSelfAware's'' DancePartyEnding briefly shows a scene of Benrey (or at least, [[spoiler:one of the skeletons he controls]] standing forlornly outside of the Chuck E. Cheese's the rest of the cast is partying in. [[spoiler:Considering he's the reason why everything went to hell, it's understandable.]]
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* ''Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug'' opens with Marinette learning that everyone aside from her and Chloe has been invited to attend a gala in Versailles... which not-so-coincidentally coincides with a party ''she'' was throwing for her classmates. This is entirely intentional not just on [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's]] part, but on Gabriel Agreste's, as he's learned that [[SecretIdentity she's Ladybug]] and is [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive plotting to attack her home that evening]].

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* ''Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug'' opens with Marinette learning that everyone aside from her and Chloe Chloé has been invited to attend a gala in Versailles... which not-so-coincidentally coincides with a party ''she'' was throwing for her classmates. This is entirely intentional not just on [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's]] part, but on Gabriel Agreste's, as he's learned that [[SecretIdentity she's Ladybug]] and is [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive plotting to attack her home that evening]].

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* A RunningGag in early ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comics is for one or more characters (usually Violet, Patty, and/or Lucy) to rudely inform [[ButtMonkey Charlie Brown]] that they're having a party and he isn't invited. On [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1954/01/29 at least one occasion]] this was subverted by Charlie Brown actually being okay with it, to Violet and Patty's bemusement.

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* A RunningGag in early ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comics is for one or more characters (usually Violet, Patty, and/or Lucy) to rudely inform [[ButtMonkey Charlie Brown]] that they're having a party and he isn't invited. On [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1954/01/29 at least one occasion]] this was subverted {{subverted|Trope}} by Charlie Brown actually being okay with it, to Violet and Patty's bemusement.



* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Ms. Bustier convinces Marinette that she needs to ''earn'' back her friends by throwing a party for Lila and the rest of the class. After an entire week coordinating everything, nobody shows up... because the class decided to throw their own picnic in Lila's honor in the park right in front of the Dupain-Cheng Bakery, and nobody bothered to invite her. To rub more salt into the wound, the majority [[EntitledBastard expect her to keep holding the party]] while they show up 'later', with Kim asking if she'll have the banana cinnamon buns he likes so much. Even after she'd discovered that they were donating all of the clothes she'd made for them to a FakeCharity. Marinette cancels the party outright instead, not wanting to have to deal with her [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]] anymore.
* In [[https://sturchling.tumblr.com/post/682700949273346049/i-hope-you-had-a-happy-holiday-not-sure-if-you this one-shot]] for ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Alya uninvites Marinette from her birthday party after a [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstanding]]: her parents had secretly commissioned a dress for their daughter from her that year, and asked Marinette to turn her away if she tried ordering one herself. (Though Alya ''[[EntitledBastard demanded it]]'' on short notice.) Marinette still makes the dress, dropping it off the day of the event and confusing Marlene and Otis when she doesn't stick around.



* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverHell'' has Stella refusing to let Loona attend Via's eighteenth birthday party. Octavia attempts to soften the blow by telling Loona that the party would be too dull for her tastes; Loona sees right through the deception and is frustrated.



* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverHell'' has Stella refusing to let Loona attend Via's eighteenth birthday party. Octavia attempts to soften the blow by telling Loona that the party would be too dull for her tastes; Loona sees right through the deception and is frustrated.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Ms. Bustier convinces Marinette that she needs to ''earn'' back her friends by throwing a party for Lila and the rest of the class. After an entire week coordinating everything, nobody shows up... because the class decided to throw their own picnic in Lila's honor in the park right in front of the Dupain-Cheng Bakery, and nobody bothered to invite her. To rub more salt into the wound, the majority [[EntitledBastard expect her to keep holding the party]] while they show up 'later', with Kim asking if she'll have the banana cinnamon buns he likes so much.
* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]'' opens with Marinette learning that everyone aside from her and Chloe has been invited to attend a gala in Versailles... which not-so-coincidentally coincides with a party ''she'' was throwing for her classmates. This is entirely intentional not just on [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's]] part, but on Gabriel Agreste's, as he's learned that [[SecretIdentity she's Ladybug]] and is [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive plotting to attack her home that evening]].
* In [[https://sturchling.tumblr.com/post/682700949273346049/i-hope-you-had-a-happy-holiday-not-sure-if-you this one-shot]], Alya uninvites Marinette from her birthday party after a [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstanding]]: her parents had secretly commissioned a dress for their daughter from her that year, and asked Marinette to turn her away if she tried ordering one herself. (Though Alya [[EntitledBastard demanded it]] on short notice.) Marinette still makes the dress, dropping it off the day of the event and confusing Marlene and Otis when she doesn't stick around.

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* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverHell'' has Stella refusing to let Loona attend Via's eighteenth birthday party. Octavia attempts to soften the blow by telling Loona that the party would be too dull for her tastes; Loona sees right through the deception and is frustrated.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Ms. Bustier convinces Marinette that she needs to ''earn'' back her friends by throwing a party for Lila and the rest of the class. After an entire week coordinating everything, nobody shows up... because the class decided to throw their own picnic in Lila's honor in the park right in front of the Dupain-Cheng Bakery, and nobody bothered to invite her. To rub more salt into the wound, the majority [[EntitledBastard expect her to keep holding the party]] while they show up 'later', with Kim asking if she'll have the banana cinnamon buns he likes so much.
* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]''
''Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug'' opens with Marinette learning that everyone aside from her and Chloe has been invited to attend a gala in Versailles... which not-so-coincidentally coincides with a party ''she'' was throwing for her classmates. This is entirely intentional not just on [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's]] part, but on Gabriel Agreste's, as he's learned that [[SecretIdentity she's Ladybug]] and is [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive plotting to attack her home that evening]].
* In [[https://sturchling.tumblr.com/post/682700949273346049/i-hope-you-had-a-happy-holiday-not-sure-if-you this one-shot]], Alya uninvites Marinette from her birthday party after a [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstanding]]: her parents had secretly commissioned a dress for their daughter from her that year, and asked Marinette to turn her away if she tried ordering one herself. (Though Alya [[EntitledBastard demanded it]] on short notice.) Marinette still makes the dress, dropping it off the day of the event and confusing Marlene and Otis when she doesn't stick around.
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* In ''Literature/DolphinSong'', AlphaBitch Priscilla hosts a poolside barbecue party at her house. Melody isn't invited, but everyone else is, including her best friend Kim and her crush Wayne.
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* There's a ''Series/{{Castle}}'' where Alexis has to deal with an ex-friend who invites their whole class to her birthday party except for Alexis, including Alexis' boyfriend. The girl plans to break up Alexis and her boyfriend by kissing him at the party and putting the photos up on social media, but fortunately, Alexis doesn't fall for it. ''Un''fortunately, Castle [[UnwantedAssistance escalates the situation]] by getting Ryan to take the photos down, resulting in a BathroomBrawl. Turns out the girl felt abandoned by Alexis and chose the stupidest way of dealing with it possible.

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* There's a ''Series/{{Castle}}'' ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' where Alexis has to deal with an ex-friend who invites their whole class to her birthday party except for Alexis, including Alexis' boyfriend. The girl plans to break up Alexis and her boyfriend by kissing him at the party and putting the photos up on social media, but fortunately, Alexis doesn't fall for it. ''Un''fortunately, Castle [[UnwantedAssistance escalates the situation]] by getting Ryan to take the photos down, resulting in a BathroomBrawl. Turns out the girl felt abandoned by Alexis and chose the stupidest way of dealing with it possible.
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* They're generally [[CoolLoser considered unpopular]], and thus not wanted at a popular person's party. This is most common for school scenarios.

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* In [[https://sturchling.tumblr.com/post/682700949273346049/i-hope-you-had-a-happy-holiday-not-sure-if-you this one-shot]], Alya uninvites Marinette from her birthday party after a [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstanding]]: her parents had secretly commissioned a dress for their daughter from her that year, and asked Marinette to turn her away if she tried ordering one herself. (Though Alya [[EntitledBastard demanded it]] on short notice.) Marinette still makes the dress, dropping it off the day of the event and confusing Mylene and Otis when she doesn't stick around.

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* In [[https://sturchling.tumblr.com/post/682700949273346049/i-hope-you-had-a-happy-holiday-not-sure-if-you this one-shot]], Alya uninvites Marinette from her birthday party after a [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstanding]]: her parents had secretly commissioned a dress for their daughter from her that year, and asked Marinette to turn her away if she tried ordering one herself. (Though Alya [[EntitledBastard demanded it]] on short notice.) Marinette still makes the dress, dropping it off the day of the event and confusing Mylene Marlene and Otis when she doesn't stick around.

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* ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn:'' Narrowly averted. While heading to a BBQ party Team Arrow is having, Laurel admits to Dean that she's fairly certain she ''wasn't'' going to be invited, but once she walked in on them talking about the party Felicity felt they had to invite her. [[ProperlyParanoid She's absolutely correct]]. Dean reflects that there were several parties, dinners, or gatherings that the team held that she wasn't invited to, simply because the others [[TheFriendNobodyLikes didn't like her]] and didn't treat her as a real member of the team. While she's never shown complaining or being resentful over it, it does appear to have affected her psyche and self-worth.
* ''Fanfic/PlusFiveToCharisma'': Mirabel didn't get a quinceañera because her adventuring party had been called away on another adventure. When Julieta finds out, it leads to the entire second generation of Madrigals [[CallingTheOldManOut confronting Alma]] about her refusal to do anything to mark the occasion, not even a belated party. She only relents after Felix proposes throwing their own celebration, with ''Alma'' as the only one not invited.
* ''Fanfic/TaylorIsDoomed'': Four factions fail to show up to Piggot's truce: the Merchants, the ABB, Coil's mercs, and the E88. While she would have liked each of the first three to show up, there were complications in each case; with the E88, Piggot was simply too pissed off at Kaiser for how he tried to recruit Overkill, so she deliberately excluded him.
* ''Fanfic/TitaniaAndOberon'': Despite being effectively banned from all of Z-Man's parties, Lance still shows up to one and tries picking a fight with Harris. This only gets Lance's backside handed to him by Roxanne and the Carrie Nations.
* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverHell'' has Stella refusing to let Loona attend Via's eighteenth birthday party. Octavia attempts to soften the blow by telling Loona that the party would be too dull for her tastes; Loona sees right through the deception and is frustrated.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Ms. Bustier convinces Marinette that she needs to ''earn'' back her friends by throwing a party for Lila and the rest of the class. After an entire week coordinating everything, nobody shows up... because the class decided to throw their own picnic in Lila's honor in the park right in front of the Dupain-Cheng Bakery, and nobody bothered to invite her. To rub more salt into the wound, the majority [[EntitledBastard expect her to keep holding the party]] while they show up 'later', with Kim asking if she'll have the banana cinnamon buns he likes so much.
* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]'' opens with Marinette learning that everyone aside from her and Chloe has been invited to attend a gala in Versailles... which not-so-coincidentally coincides with a party ''she'' was throwing for her classmates. This is entirely intentional not just on [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's]] part, but on Gabriel Agreste's, as he's learned that [[SecretIdentity she's Ladybug]] and is [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive plotting to attack her home that evening]].
* In [[https://sturchling.tumblr.com/post/682700949273346049/i-hope-you-had-a-happy-holiday-not-sure-if-you this one-shot]], Alya uninvites Marinette from her birthday party after a [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstanding]]: her parents had secretly commissioned a dress for their daughter from her that year, and asked Marinette to turn her away if she tried ordering one herself. (Though Alya [[EntitledBastard demanded it]] on short notice.) Marinette still makes the dress, dropping it off the day of the event and confusing Mylene and Otis when she doesn't stick around.
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* Subverted in ''Series/ANTFarm''. [[AlphaBitch Lexi]] spends an entire episode trying to find out why she wasn't invited to a fellow cheerleader's birthday party, but never confronts her since she doesn't want to sound desperate. In the end, it's revealed that she actually ''was'' invited but her [[TheDitz stupid friend]] Paisely was in charge of the invitations and read hers upside down, thinking it's for a robot called "[=IX=]37".
* There's a ''Series/{{Castle}}'' where Alexis has to deal with an ex-friend who invites their whole class to her birthday party except for Alexis, including Alexis' boyfriend. The girl plans to break up Alexis and her boyfriend by kissing him at the party and putting the photos up on social media, but fortunately, Alexis doesn't fall for it. ''Un''fortunately, Castle [[UnwantedAssistance escalates the situation]] by getting Ryan to take the photos down, resulting in a BathroomBrawl. Turns out the girl felt abandoned by Alexis and chose the stupidest way of dealing with it possible.
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'''Alexis:''' Kinda.\\
'''Castle:''' That's my girl.
* In the "Eye of the Tiger" episode of ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' after Spinner's role in Jimmy's shooting is revealed, he ends up hated by the students and univited to an intimate homecoming party that the latter was throwing. Upon getting together with [[ToxicFriendInfluence Jay]] (whose fault it was that Jimmy ended up getting shot in the first place as they bullied Rick, then blamed Jimmy for the prank they did of having paint and feather dumped on him, leading to his shooting), he crashes the party at Jimmy's drunk and begging for forgiveness. He refuses and after eventually admitting to the principal his and Jay's role in the shooting, [[LaserGuidedKarma she expels them both.]]
* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'':
** In one episode, their friend Thorton is having a massive birthday party, complete with gift bags that have cellphones in them, and Drake and Josh are invited...until Thorton catches Drake making out with his girlfriend unknowingly. Drake and Josh are officially uninvited, and in desperation, they give him Drake's autographed ''Music/AbbeyRoad'' record as a present...and he still doesn't let them into the party. So they pull off an elaborate scheme to crash it...just to get the record back and ditch.
** One episode sees Josh becoming a teacher for Megan's 5th-grade class. He's so tough on the kids that they all turn on Megan as a result. She attempts to go to a friend's birthday party at The Premier but is rudely told she's no longer invited, and uses this as her motivation to sabotage Josh's class the next day.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** Monica learns she wasn't invited to a cousin's wedding when Ross asks if she wants to carpool to the reception. She forces Ross to ditch his date and bring her instead. When she confronts the bride at the reception she discovers she wasn't invited because the groom is one of her ex-boyfriends.
** Monica is on the other side of this when she throws a baby shower for Rachel but forgets to invite Rachel's mother. She tries to claim the party was a last minute idea but Mrs. Green had already heard about it from Rachel's sisters (who aren't going). Despite Monica's repeated attempts to apologize Mrs. Green remains cold towards her throughout the party.
* In the ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' episode "Forgiveness and Stuff", Emily uninvites Lorelai from the Gilmores' Christmas party over, among other things, what happened with Rory and Dean in "Rory's Dance".
* Inverted in ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', where Merlin is repeatedly invited to druidic conclaves but doesn't want to go for multiple reasons: there's no booze, [[IneptMage he can't turn into an animal like most other druids]], and most important of all he CannotTellAJoke to save his life. Arthur tries to coach him through telling a joke but in the end, agrees Merlin shouldn't go.
* In one episode of ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'', Miranda is throwing a party at her house and wants it to be perfect. This means she invites everyone...except for the geeky Larry, who she fears will ruin her party. Larry is heartbroken to not get an invite while everyone else is excitedly preparing for the party, and Lizzie decides to sneak him inside. He's disguised as a cool and mysterious student named "Lawrence", who Miranda starts flirting with, claiming she'd have invited him if she saw him at school. Hurt, Larry breaks the disguise, and Miranda feels guilty enough to let him stay at the party.
* ''Series/VeronicaMars'':
** In the backstory, Veronica crashing a party she wasn't invited to ends in tragedy. She was uninvited in the first place because her popularity spiraled downward due to the circumstances surrounding the Lilly Kane murder investigation. Everyone hated her so much that, when she crashed the party to try and make a point, she ended up being drugged and raped, traumatizing her for the rest of the series and emphasizing just how unpopular she is, as well as how much she wants to have her normal life back.
** In Season 2, in a parallel to Veronica's own situation pre-series, Jackie Cooke is unofficially "uninvited" to the winter carnival by AlphaBitch Madison Sinclair, over the mistaken belief that Jackie's father, Terence, had something to do with the school bus crash. Jackie shows up anyway, which results in her being so hated and reviled by the rest of the school that she's forced to sit in the dump tank and being forced into freezing water, while wearing a bikini, in the middle of December.
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'', if Amy finds out exactly how Arnold didn't adequately care for the title character while she was sick, she will disinvite him from her birthday dinner.



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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'', if Amy finds out exactly how Arnold didn't adequately care for the title character while she was sick, she will disinvite him from her birthday dinner.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** "Princess Day" has the titular event being celebrated at the Breakfast Kingdom with Lumpy Space Princess interrupting saying she is bored from the whole thing. Breakfast Princess tells her to be quiet and asks why she was even invited, only for LSP to reply that she actually ''wasn't'' and ate a ton of the food being served. LSP then later teams up with Marceline to prank BP out of revenge for being humiliated by her.
** "Princess Potluck" has the Ice King trying (poorly) to sabotage the titular event because he wasn't invited. Then it turns out he ''was'' invited, he just didn't get the invitation, so he happily joins the festivities.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Bar Mitzvah Hustle", Snot's cousin, Etan, gives the whole school a classy invite to his Bar Mitzvah, except Steve, primarily because he wants to hit on his girlfriend, Debbie. A vengeful Steve enters the party as a "plus one" anyway, and gaslights Etan into thinking he'll crash it, throwing a paranoid tantrum in front of everyone.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "[[Recap/ArthurS2E18ArthurVsTheVeryMeanCrossingGuardDWsVeryBadMood D.W.'s Very Bad Mood]]", the reason behind D.W.'s bad mood is that she wasn't invited to a classmate's party while her friend Emily was. When D.W. is forced to admit that she's not really friends with the girl who threw the party, this leads to the lesson that you can't expect to be invited to every event.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': [[TheFriendNobodyLikes The Toiletnator]] is so disliked by his villainous peers that he is given fake invites to their gatherings that send him to places like Antarctica. Somehow, he always manages to figure out the real location but never the fact that the villains don't want him around.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': Penumbra decides to finally give "Earth fun" a try when she learns that she was the only Moonlander ''not'' invited to Pallas's party. She wasn't supposed to know the party had happened at all.
* Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' involve the title characters not being invited to a party the other kids are having, largely because their antics keep ruining them. The one time they did get invited was to Jonny's Labor Day party, but to Eddy's frustration, none of the other kids show because they never intended on going in the first place.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': The plot of "Enter the Cuervo" is kicked off by Frida inviting everyone in school except Zoe Aves to her birthday party. Zoe wouldn't have gone if she was invited, but since she wasn't, she decides to crash the party as Black Cuervo.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': [[RichBitch Trixie]] deliberately passes out birthday-party tickets to her entire class... except Timmy, [[ThoseTwoGuys Chester, and AJ]]. She actually had three tickets reserved for them, solely for her bodyguard to dramatically tear up.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Stew-Roids", Connie became Chris' girlfriend and made him popular. They even plan a house party at the Griffin residence for all popular students, and Meg was rudely informed by Chris that she wasn't invited. Meg was upset that Chris had uninvited her to the party at their own house.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'': Ingrid doesn't get invited to a popular girl's party on the grounds of being "too new." Ingrid probably wouldn't have minded so much if the girl didn't make such a big deal of inviting the entire rest of the class, with the previous new student practically thanking god that he was ''finally'' able to go.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' had Hades invite the Gods to an pool party in the underworld in hopes of using his "Pool of Forgetfulness" to make the Gods have amnesia so he can rule Olympus. However, the one God he does not invite is [[TheSmartGuy Trivia, God of Where Three Roads Meet]], due to seeing him as harmless on account of being a bore. Too bad Trivia, with the help of Hercules, manages to stop his plan.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Rhonda holds a party for all the cool kids including her best friend, Nadine, and Arnold. She didn't invite her classmates particularly Gerald due to a grudge she had against him. Later on, Arnold dislikes how Rhonda labels Gerald and their friends as "geeks" which causes him to leave her party and hold his own party with the "geeks" on the roof of his boarding house.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'', Charlie Brown is invited to Violet's annual Halloween party, [[ButtMonkey much to his surprise]]. Lucy promptly tells him that there were two lists for the party - one of the people to invite, and one of the people not to invite and that he must have been put on the wrong list.
* ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'': The episode "Party Pooper" has all the members of L. O. S. E. being invited to their neighbor's birthday party except Voltar, whose attempts to get in fail each time. He then decides to ruin the party instead, only for all his plans to [[SpringtimeForHitler make the party even more fun for all the guests]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "The Waiting Game" focuses on Lincoln and Clyde being uninvited to their classmate Chandler's birthday party and trying to butter him up so he'll invite them.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'', Tigger is in a funk because he wasn't invited to a birthday party, but then it turns out that his friends just forgot to invite him.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Subverted in one episode. Discord is less offended that Celestia didn't invite him to the Grand Galloping Gala in the first place than he is that Fluttershy didn't ask him to be her plus one (she assumed he had his own invitation). Then it turns out that he ''was'' invited, but because his home is in a dimension of pure chaos, the mailpony couldn't find it. He does wind up receiving the invitation in plenty of time to get to the party, but he already feels snubbed and decides to pull a platonic OperationJealousy to get back at Fluttershy.
* ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'': One episode of ''Make Way for Noddy'' has Noddy throwing a party for all of his friends. Until then, Martha Monkey angrily confronts Noddy that she didn't receive an invitation from him. Noddy then realizes that he forgot to invite her. As a result, Martha then vows to never forgive him.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', [[HarmlessVillain Lord Boxman]] crashes a yacht party held by a bunch of his fellow supervillains, most of whom [[TheFriendNobodyLikes consider him an obnoxious idiot]]. He doesn't go because he actually ''wants'' to; he hates his fellow villains as much as they hate him, and he goes purely to ruin their fun by making an ass of himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'': Princess Morbucks throws a party for her sixth birthday and everyone in Townsville is invited... everyone except Blossom. This turns out to be a BatmanGambit where the trap she set up for all three girls counted on her crashing the party.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' titled "See You There" has Mordecai and Rigby being uninvited by to Hi-Five Ghost's birthday party by Muscle Man. In order to get into the party, Hi-Five Ghost's brother turns them into ghosts. Later on in the episode, it turns out that it was all just a prank.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': In one episode, Spongebob holds a house party until he gets locked out and tries to force his way in until the police mistakes him for a burglar. After he explains the situation, the cops agree to help him back inside, until they ask him why he didn't invite them to the party, which instead prompts the officers to arrest him instead.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** "Casa Bonita" revolves around Kyle having his birthday at the titular restaurant and refuses to invite Cartman. Cartman then tries to become nicer so Kyle will invite him, and when that fails he manipulates Butters into going missing so he can take his place.
** "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" has the girls invite several boys over for a party. Wendy isn't invited on grounds of not being slutty enough. Cartman, who also wasn't invited, later tries to get in only to be turned away each time.
** In "Damien", both [[TheChewToy Pip]] and Damien are rudely refused invitations for Cartman's party. Realising TheChainOfHarm, Damien bullies Pip in front of the boys, impressing Cartman enough to get an invite. Granted, Cartman only invited every other kid on the grounds they buy him the exact birthday present he asked for. When Kyle buys him a cheap board game instead, Cartman throws an epic tantrum and kicks ''everyone'' out.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' subverts this in the 2003 series.
** Ginger Snap tries to fake this condition just to get out of a camping trip in "Ginger Snap's No-light Night of Fright" due to her [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes nyctophobia]].
** "Sleeping Beauty" has a moment where the Brambleberry Fairy[[note]]Maleficent[[/note]] crashes a party due to her lack of an invite... except she committed two errors: firstly, those brambleberry bushes not just defend the house from robbers, but [[GoneHorriblyRight also end up]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough being an effective "No solicitors" sign]], and she FailedASpotCheck and lied to herself about not getting one at all. Prince Huckleberry mentions those points in [[WhatTheHellHero his lecture to her]] near the end.
* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' where the villain, the Caped Cod, plans to ruin an aristocrat's wedding due to not being invited as he went to middle school with said aristocrat. During his plan, he looks through his mail and sees that he ''did'' get invited and out of mortification, considers halting his plan before changing his mind when he sees that fish will be served at the wedding.
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Oh, and they're never going to just brush off their lack of an invite due to being uninterested in the party because if they did, there'd be no drama. No, they'll care deeply about this, more so than would often be expected, especially if a so-called "friend" is the host. This is where the real meat of the trope comes in. This character is left feeling hurt or angry by their lack of an invite, and may even try to crash – but crashing often ends in tragedy, as they're often humiliated into leaving. Of course, that's assuming they didn't crash the party to [[RevengeSVP get revenge]], in which case it's the other party-goers being made miserable.

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Oh, and they're never going to just brush off their lack of an invite due to being uninterested in the party because if they did, there'd be no drama. No, they'll care deeply about this, more so than would often be expected, especially if a so-called "friend" is the host. This is where the real meat of the trope comes in. This character is left feeling hurt or angry by over their lack of an invite, and may even try to crash – but crashing often ends in tragedy, as they're often humiliated into leaving. Of course, that's assuming they didn't crash the party to [[RevengeSVP get revenge]], in which case it's the other party-goers being made miserable.
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Compare ItsACostumePartyISwear, where a character ''does'' get invited to a party, but as a way to humiliate them; PartySchedulingGambit, where someone deliberately schedules another shindig to conflict with a disliked character's party; and ForgottenBirthday, where other people ''don't'' care about someone's big day. See also NotOnTheList, in which a not-invited person is told by a bouncer or doorman that they just simply aren't on the guest list and can't come in.

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Compare ItsACostumePartyISwear, where a character ''does'' get invited to a party, but as a way to humiliate them; PartySchedulingGambit, where someone deliberately schedules another shindig to conflict with a disliked character's party; and ForgottenBirthday, where other people ''don't'' care about someone's big day. See also NotOnTheList, in which a not-invited person is told informed by a bouncer or doorman that they just simply aren't on the guest list and can't come in.
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Oh, and they're never going to just brush off their lack of an invite due to being uninterested in the party because if they did, there'd be no drama. No, they'll care deeply about this, more so than would often be expected, especially if a so-called "friend" is the host. This is where the real meat of the trope comes in. This character is left feeling hurt or angry by their lack of an invite, and may even try to crash- but crashing often ends in tragedy, as they're often humiliated into leaving. Of course, that's assuming they didn't crash the party to [[RevengeSVP get revenge]], in which case it's the other party-goers being made miserable.

Compare ItsACostumePartyISwear, where a character ''does'' get invited to a party, but as a way to humiliate them, PartySchedulingGambit, where someone deliberately schedules another shindig to conflict with a dislike character's party, and ForgottenBirthday, where people ''don't'' care about someone's big day. See also NotOnTheList, where a not invited person is told by a bouncer or doorman that they just simply aren't on the guest list and can't come in.

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Oh, and they're never going to just brush off their lack of an invite due to being uninterested in the party because if they did, there'd be no drama. No, they'll care deeply about this, more so than would often be expected, especially if a so-called "friend" is the host. This is where the real meat of the trope comes in. This character is left feeling hurt or angry by their lack of an invite, and may even try to crash- crash – but crashing often ends in tragedy, as they're often humiliated into leaving. Of course, that's assuming they didn't crash the party to [[RevengeSVP get revenge]], in which case it's the other party-goers being made miserable.

Compare ItsACostumePartyISwear, where a character ''does'' get invited to a party, but as a way to humiliate them, them; PartySchedulingGambit, where someone deliberately schedules another shindig to conflict with a dislike disliked character's party, party; and ForgottenBirthday, where other people ''don't'' care about someone's big day. See also NotOnTheList, where in which a not invited not-invited person is told by a bouncer or doorman that they just simply aren't on the guest list and can't come in.
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Compare ItsACostumePartyISwear, where a character ''does'' get invited to a party, but as a way to humiliate them, PartySchedulingGambit, where someone deliberately schedules another shindig to conflict with a dislike character's party, and ForgottenBirthday, where people ''don't'' care about someone's big day. See also NotOnTheList, where an uninvitation is physically enforced by bouncers.

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Compare ItsACostumePartyISwear, where a character ''does'' get invited to a party, but as a way to humiliate them, PartySchedulingGambit, where someone deliberately schedules another shindig to conflict with a dislike character's party, and ForgottenBirthday, where people ''don't'' care about someone's big day. See also NotOnTheList, where an uninvitation a not invited person is physically enforced told by bouncers.
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Parties are fun. Whether it's a gathering of friends, a WildTeenParty thrown by the BigManOnCampus, or a formal dance, people enjoy getting to cut loose and have fun. There's also an aspect of social-status; being invited means you're well-liked enough to be wanted. And if you're not invited, well...

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Parties are fun. Whether it's a gathering of friends, a WildTeenParty thrown by the BigManOnCampus, a birthday party, or a formal dance, people enjoy getting to cut loose and have fun. There's also an aspect of social-status; being invited means you're well-liked enough to be wanted. And if you're not invited, well...

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