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A person or group of people are invited to a social ~~gathering -- a~~ party, banquet, or any other form of get-together. However, it's just an excuse to get them all together and kill them.

A person or group of people are invited to a social gathering—a party, banquet, or any other form of get-together. However, it's just an excuse to get them all together and kill them.

An [[Old Dark House]] is an ideal place to pull this off.

In [[Real Life]], this is literally one of [[The Oldest Tricks in The Book]] ~~-- it~~'s been played [[Seen It a Million Times|countless times]] since the beginning of history. It has also always been considered as an especially ruthless and evil thing to do, as it is the ultimate violation of [[Sacred Hospitality]] ~~-- transgressing~~ against the latter is frowned upon even by warlike cultures and usually crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. It's a classic nevertheless, because, after all, it is also very effective and convenient.

In [[Real Life]], this is literally one of [[The Oldest Tricks in The Book]]—it's been played [[Seen It a Million Times|countless times]] since the beginning of history. It has also always been considered as an especially ruthless and evil thing to do, as it is the ultimate violation of [[Sacred Hospitality]]—transgressing against the latter is frowned upon even by warlike cultures and usually crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. It's a classic nevertheless, because, after all, it is also very effective and convenient.

A subtrope of [[Lured Into a Trap]]. Compare [[Reunion Revenge]], [[A Fete Worse Than Death]], [[Board to Death]] and [[Ten Little Murder Victims]].

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Lupin III]]'': "Return of Lupin III" (the first episode of the second series) features the ~~gang -- including~~ the [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist|Inspector Zenigata]] ~~-- reuniting~~ after they all get invitations to a cruise ship. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a ploy by a former criminal mastermind who's out to get revenge on Lupin.

* ''[[Lupin III]]'': "Return of Lupin III" (the first episode of the second series) features the gang—including the [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist|Inspector Zenigata]]—reuniting after they all get invitations to a cruise ship. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a ploy by a former criminal mastermind who's out to get revenge on Lupin.

* A variation of this is shown in the ''[[xxxHolic|Xxx HO Li C]]'' movie, {{spoiler|although the host doesn't kill them, he simply "collects" them.}}

* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' plays with the trope; the party isn't specifically to kill the participants, but the more people that gather there, the less likely it is that someone important will die in the summoning of an ancient witch.

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== [[Theater]] ==

* Once again [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples]] is invoked in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]''. A [[Nasty Party]] forms the climax of this [[Kill'Em All|exceptionally bloody]] early work.

* Once again [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples]] is invoked in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]''. A Nasty Party forms the climax of this [[Kill'Em All|exceptionally bloody]] early work.

** [[The Movie]] does it beautiful justice. (at the end, you MUST yell "[[Mortal Kombat|FATALITY!]]", trust me.

* Nobody in ''Abigail's Party'' is trying to kill anybody, but it ends up being pretty nasty all the same.

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has the [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/091012 "Displacement"] [[Story Arc]], where a [[Mad Scientist]] holds an auction for his Displacement Drive Vehicle. He's not actually interested in selling it; he just knows that anyone who wants to steal the Displacement Drive will try doing so at the auction. So, by killing everyone who shows up, he guarantees its safety! Too bad a lot of the bidders are also [[Mad Scientist~~|Mad Scientists~~]] and supervillains who don't take too kindly to this plan.

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has the [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/091012 "Displacement"] [[Story Arc]], where a [[Mad Scientist]] holds an auction for his Displacement Drive Vehicle. He's not actually interested in selling it; he just knows that anyone who wants to steal the Displacement Drive will try doing so at the auction. So, by killing everyone who shows up, he guarantees its safety! Too bad a lot of the bidders are also [[Mad Scientist]]s and supervillains who don't take too kindly to this plan.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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== [[Truth in Television]] ==

* Niccolo Machiavelli, in his classic work of political science ''The Prince,'' describes just such a banquet hosted by Oliverotto Da Fermo. Oliverotto invited all the nobles of Fermo who might oppose him to a banquet, then invited them to meet with him privately to discuss serious political ~~matters -- in~~ a room where he had armed men waiting to massacre them.

* Niccolo Machiavelli, in his classic work of political science ''The Prince,'' describes just such a banquet hosted by Oliverotto Da Fermo. Oliverotto invited all the nobles of Fermo who might oppose him to a banquet, then invited them to meet with him privately to discuss serious political matters—in a room where he had armed men waiting to massacre them.

* Not to mention the legendary original "Night of the Long Knives" in early British history, when in around 460 AD the Saxons allegedly massacred the British nobility at a banquet to celebrate a peace treaty, reducing King Vortigern to their puppet.

* Vlad the Impaler supposedly did this a couple times, once reacting to a begging epidemic in one of his domains by inviting all of the beggars to a huge Christmas party, locking them in, then setting the place on fire.