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{{trope}}
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For whatever reason, there is a party. Whilst a party is normally going to be a fairly festive affair in its own right, sometimes it just needs spicing up - this is where
This character will [[Lampshade-Wearing|don lampshades]] ([[Lampshade Hanging|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 inappropriately - say, by drinking excessively at a fancy, upper class tuxedo party and hitting on the mayor's daughter.
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Sometimes there's an episode where this character shows up, and the other characters have "grown up", while this character hasn't.
Often this can be the [[
Contrast with [[Lampshade-Wearing]], which is just someone killing the party.
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== Film ==
* Bluto from ''[[Animal House]]''
* [[media:
* A nerd in ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]'' turns into this when he drinks for the first time.
* ''[[The Mask (film)|The Mask]]''
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== 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.
* [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] in the novel ''Murder Must Advertise''.
== Live Action Television ==
* A one-shot character in ''[[Sex and the City]]'' used to be a party girl, and is now married and pregnant. She actually considers her party years her [[Glory Days]].
** Another<ref>played by the strident blonde from [[3rd Rock from the Sun]]</ref> was the
* Once in [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]], Odo got [[Locked in a Room|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.
* Fun Bobby from ''[[Friends]]'', who wasn't fun anymore once he sobered up.
** Also [[The Ghost|Gandalf the Party Wizard]] from "The One Where They're Going To Party!".
* [[Happy Days|Arthur Fonzerelli]], even after he jumped the shark.
* Meredith from ''[[The Office]]''. Until her hair gets set on fire at the Morrocan Christmas Party.
== [[Music]] ==
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[[Category:Extraversion Tropes]]
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