Sans: so how do you know papyrus?
Reader: Oh, I'm, um, I'm dating his brother! But enough about me, how do you know Papyrus?
Sans: oh, you didn't know? i'm the brother.
—First chapter summary
The Party Incident and Other Embarrassing Anecdotes
(also known as The Party Incident, or TPI) is an Undertale fanfic written by Poubelle Squelette about a woman (often referred to as Reader) who meets Sans. As the title implies, Reader has many, many embarrassing moments thereafter, involving anime, fake dating, crushes, Mettaton, and much more.
Has a companion fic that features extras, including various chapters written from Sans's point of view.
The Party Incident and Other Embarrassing Anecdotes contains examples of:
- Actually, I Am Him: Sans waits until after he's introduced Reader to Papyrus as his girlfriend to tell her that he's the boyfriend she lied about dating.
- …But He Sounds Handsome: While Reader is lying about dating "Papyrus's brother," she says she's not ashamed of dating a monster. Sans replies "good, cuz he’s a pretty swell guy."
- Cringe Comedy: The title does not include the phrase "other embarrassing incidents" for nothing.
- Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Immediately after the realization mentioned in Distracted by the Sexy, she wonders "How does a skeleton have sex?"
- Digging Yourself Deeper: Reader frequently responds to embarrassment with "word vomit."
- Distracted by the Sexy: Reader catches Sans staring as she eats a popsicle, and wonders about his odd reaction before realizing that "a dude skeleton was still a dude, right?"
- Emotionally Tongue-Tied: Papyrus claims Sans to be this during his training with Reader.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: After the Unfortunate Item Swap, Reader declares "I'm going to drink until this embarrassment goes away."
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Reader has a severe case of foot-in-mouth disease.
- New Job as the Plot Demands: Sans has been an art model, a nice cream vendor, a clerk at a grocery store, a bouncer at a strip club, and a mall Santa.
- Second-Person Narration
- Unfortunate Item Swap: For Christmas, Reader gives Sans his present, declaring that she spent a lot of time picking it out and they think he's really going to like it. Unfortunately, she was part of a Secret Santa exchange, and accidentally gave Sans a bright pink dildo meant as a gag gift for her friend Wyatt.
