Ballroom Blitz/Playing With

Basic Trope: The villain attacks during a party.

• Straight: Bob is attacked by Alice at his birthday party.
• Exaggerated: While everyone's celebrating Bob's party, Alice's forces begin a full scale invasion of the city.
• Downplayed: A fight breaks out at Bob's party when he has an argument with Alice.
• Justified: The party was the perfect time to attack while everyone was distracted.
• Inverted: Bob prevents Alice from attacking him by going to a public place (namely a large party).
• Subverted: Alice wasn't attacking; she was in on a surprise everyone set up for Bob.
• Double Subverted: ...which Alice exploited to sneak in her minions.
• Parodied: Alice is initially opposed by a bouncer, who tries to turn her away for lacking an invitation.
• Deconstructed: Bob is too afraid to celebrate his birthday in case Alice attacks while all his friends and family are in one convenient place.
• Reconstructed: Being brave enough to defy Alice by holding it becomes the defining moment of his struggle against her.
• Zig Zagged: Alice turns up to intimidate Bob, but it isn't immediatly clear if it's going to turn into a brawl or she'll leave after making her point.
• Averted: Bob doesn't attend any parties which are at risk of being attacked.
• Enforced: The writers want an excuse to dress everyone up, but the executives still demand a battle of some sort occur.
• Lampshaded: "I sure hope nobody attacks while we're celebrating."
• Defied: Bob holds his party in a secure location and has the Hero Secret Service keep it that way.
• Discussed: "When are we attacking, Alice?" "As soon as the party begins."
• Conversed: "A party...you know they'll end up fighting while dressed up."
• Exploited: Bob holds a party in order to use himself as bait to lure Alice out into the open.
• Played for Laughs: The attack is just one of several disasters that aflict the party.
• Played for Drama: The attack on his party serves as a reminder of how hard it is for Bob to have a normal life.

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This playing with entry's getting a bit tense, maybe you should get back to Ballroom Blitz before- *CRASH* ...too late.