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'''Basic Trope:''' A character is invited to a party being told it is a costume party and shows up wearing an elaborate costume only to find out the party wasn't a costume party.
* '''Played Straight:''' Alice invites Sarah to a party at her house and says the theme is pirates. Sarah shows up dressed as a Pirate Ship only to be embarrassed and find everyone else in normal clothes.
* '''Exaggerrated:''' Alice pulls this trick on every girl regularly. And they always fall for it.
* '''Justified:''' Alice and Sarah constantly pull pranks on each other and this is one of Alice's favourites.
* '''Inverted:''' The party is a costume party but Sarah shows up wearing a normal outfit.
* '''Subverted:''' Sarah doesn't fall for the trick and wears normal clothes to the party.
** It actually is a costume party and Sarah and the rest of the guests wear costumes.
** It isn't a costume party, but Sarah's costume looks [[Rule of Cool|cool]]/[[Rule of Sexy|sexy]] enough that no one cares.
* '''Double Subverted:''' The rest of the guests then change into costumes so Sarah is still the odd one out.
* '''Parodied:''' Alice has a checklist of all the girls she has pulled this trick on.
** Sarah calls Alice out and makes her [[Walk the Plank]] into the swimming pool.
* '''Deconstructed:''' When she is invited to the party, Sarah checks with a few people to see if it is a costume party, and when this is confirmed, she goes in costume.
* '''Reconstructed:''' The people she asked lied to her, but Sarah wears a neutral costume that helps her to blend in.
** Or, Sarah routinely dresses in clothes that most people would think looked more like a costume, so she's wearing what she would have normally worn anyway.
* '''Zig Zagged:''' The party starts out as a costume party, but Alice keeps changing her mind about it and eventually decides to make it a normal party. Nobody tells Sarah.
* '''Averted:''' It's a costume party and everyone shows up in costume.
* '''Enforced:''' "We need an excuse for Sarah to wear that Pirate Ship thing"
* '''Lampshaded:''' "Come on, Sarah, when is it actually a costume party? It's just the sort of prank Alice would pull."
* '''Invoked:''' Alice's BFF Amy suggests that she throw a party and then tell Sarah it's a costume party.
* '''Defied:''' Sarah decides not to go the party just in case she's being tricked. 
** Like the Reconstruction above, Sarah wears an outfit that could pass as both a costume and normal clothes.
* '''Discussed:''' "Alice just invited me to a costume party. You think anyone else will wear costumes?"
* '''Conversed:''' "Why did Sarah fall for that trick? It's so common"
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Sarah sees the funny side of the trick and works with it.
* '''Played For Drama:''' Sarah is a bully victim and this is the final straw that pushes her over the edge.
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