And Jake MacNamara decided to throw a party at the teacher's house. Hooray! And everyone around town heard about it, and we all got up individually and thought, "Okay, let's go over there and destroy the place." I walked into this party, everyone I had ever met was there, and everyone was drinking like it was the end of the world. People were drinking like it was the Civil War and a doctor was coming to saw our legs off. It was totally unsupervised, we were like dogs without horses, we were running wild. I walk down to the basement, they had a pool table in the basement, one dude took a running start and threw his body onto the pool table and broke it in half. Another kid found out which room was Mr. MacNamara's, and went upstairs and took a shit on his computer.
So the party was going great.
So the party was going great.
— John Mulaney, "The One Thing You Can't Replace"
Mother: OH, MY GOODNESS! LOOK AT THIS MESS! LAMPS overturned! Windows smashed! A chair broken! My new coffee table scratched! The dining room set has cigarette burns! The rug is stained! Coke bottles and empty beer cans scattered all over the place! It looks like World War III took place in this house! THIS IS HORRIBLE!!
Girl: You're so right! It WAS horrible! It was the dullest party I've ever been to!!
Girl: You're so right! It WAS horrible! It was the dullest party I've ever been to!!
— MAD, "The Lighter Side of Teenage Parties"
"Have you ever been to a party where something didn't get broken?"
— Snake, Degrassi Junior High
(530): My 16 year old neighbor is throwing a rager cuz her parents are out of town and my brother and I are sitting on the porch listening to A) someone fuck on the trampoline B) a girl bawling about her parents finding out C) someone puking in what we think is the hot tub. And overall we take a shot everytime someone says "bra"
So let the speakers blow,
they'll buy another stereo!
Our folks got no clue
'bout all the shit their children do.
Why are they surprised?
Whenever we're unsupervised,
it's big fun!
they'll buy another stereo!
Our folks got no clue
'bout all the shit their children do.
Why are they surprised?
Whenever we're unsupervised,
it's big fun!
— "Big Fun", Heathers the Musical
A Halloween party is a rad excuse
to put your body through mad abuse.
And I might pass out, but it's alright,
'cause I'm Halloween partyin' hard tonight!
to put your body through mad abuse.
And I might pass out, but it's alright,
'cause I'm Halloween partyin' hard tonight!
—Halloween, Be More Chill
"SpongeBob is the only guy I know that can have fun with a jellyfish...FOR TWELVE HOURS!!"
— Squidward Tentacles, Sponge Bob Squarepants episode "Jellyfish Jam"
Driving on the lawn, sleeping on the roof
Drinking all the alcohol
All the kids from school will be naked in the pool
When our parents are out on Fire Island
Drinking all the alcohol
All the kids from school will be naked in the pool
When our parents are out on Fire Island
— "Fire Island", Fountains of Wayne
Movies need parties to be cathartic or life-changing. Superbad treats getting to a crappy house party like an epic quest during which our protagonists confront each other with huge secrets they'd been hiding all year. House Party has that big house party. All of the characters in Can't Hardly Wait use the party as the perfect time to make public declarations of love or wild, out-of-character life decisions. The party in American Pie is the holy grail for our protagonists, all of whom have vowed to lose their virginity at that party, because the best part of having sex is thinking "Hey, my buddy is doing this too, cool."
But that's just movie law. Hollywood can't make a movie about a realistic party where a bunch of people laugh and drink until the police show up at midnight because the neighbors complained about the music, because no one would care about that movie. So instead they make Project X, a teen party movie where someone drives a Mercedes into a pool, someone brings a flamethrower, and the SWAT team is called.
— Daniel O' Brien, Cracked, "4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Parties"
"This party really sucks. I mean, unless you want to get smashed, there's nothing to do."
— Paige, FoxTrot
Mae: What time is it?
Jack: Time to get up and give this place the goin' over. It looks like the marines have landed.
Mae: Well, that bunch last night was high enough to take over the marines and the navy!
Jack: Time to get up and give this place the goin' over. It looks like the marines have landed.
Mae: Well, that bunch last night was high enough to take over the marines and the navy!
"You know, there's going to be sex, drugs, rock-n-roll... chips, dips, chains, whips... You know, your basic high school orgy type of thing. I mean, uh, I'm not talking candlewax on the nipples, or witchcraft or anything like that, no, no, no. Just a couple of hundred kids running around in their underwear, acting like complete animals."
—Lisa, Weird Science
