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

In [[Real Life]], this is literally one of [[The Oldest Tricks in The Book]]—it — 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 — 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.

* ''[[Lupin III]]'': "Return of Lupin III" (the first episode of the second series) features the gang—includinggang — including the [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist|Inspector Zenigata]]—reuniting — 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 ''[[×××HOLiC]]'' movie, {{spoiler|although the host doesn't kill them, he simply "collects" them.}}

* In ''[[One Piece]]'' , going to one of Big Mom's tea parties is usually a lot more pleasant than what she'll do to you if you refuse to go. However, during the Whole Cake Island Arc, where the party was supposed to cement an alliance between her and [[The Syndicate| the Vinsmoke family]], she was actually planning to assassinate them. The plan was foiled because Sanji (who was to be married to Pudding at the party [[Arranged Marriage| as part of the deal]]) overheard the plan beforehand. Of course, Vinsmoke Judge and Capone Bege were both planning - independently - to do so to her at the party; the good guys prevailed because the bad guys [[Evil Versus Evil| were too concerned with each other.]]

* ''The [[James Bond]] film ''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]'' features the titular villain explaining his villainous plot, Project Grand Slam, to a group of foreign crime lords, just before releasing poisonous gas into the room. It's often wondered why he would have bothered, other than to provide an eavesdropping James Bond with the details.

* The movie version of ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]''.:

** A strategy supposed to have been used by some Pictsie clans in [[Discworld]]. Always seems to fail because everybody gets too drunk to carry the plan out effectively.

** Also referenced as a strategy in ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]''. However, Cohen points out it would not be appropriate to their situation, as they are up against 700,000 enemy soldiers. He also notes at great length that he would never use poison; his preferred method is to get everyone drunk and then cut their heads off.

*** Though one of Cohen's fellow octogenarian barbarians says they could still pull it off, if they did something easy for dinner, "like pasta".

* The example above might be directly inspired by ''[[Conan]]''. In one story, he starts a fight in the middle of a victory feast, wiping out the warriors of the tribe they were allied with but no longer need to. Apparently, this form of betrayal is a local tradition and thus not dishonorable (Conan's men were simply faster to act).

* In the short story "Invitation to a Poisoning" by Peter Tremayne, the villain Nechtan invites all his enemies to dinner and then poisons {{spoiler|[[My Death Is Just the Beginning|himself]] since he believes that he is dying of cancer and would like to frame one or more of his enemies for his murder.}} Inviting the heroine, who happens to be a professional investigator, to the party proves to be a mistake.