Subset of Settings, the places in Troperville one goes to have a good time on a Friday or Saturday night - pubs, clubs, and other hot spots.
Compare Party at My Index, Hard-Drinking Tropes, Dancing Tropes.
See also Eating Establishments.
Contrast Rest and Relaxation Tropes.
Venues:
- Adjective Animal Alehouse: A common structure for bar names.
- Bad Guy Bar: Villains, thugs, and other lowlifes drink and socialize here
- Bar Full of Aliens: Where creatures of all sorts go.
- Coolest Club Ever: A club that's so cool, people are always partying at it.
- Dances and Balls : An elegant, but still fun, gathering with plenty of dancing.
- Den of Iniquity: An area where all sorts of sin take place
- Drive-In Theater: A giant outdoor screen where movies are projected for an audience in their cars.
- Good-Guy Bar : Heroes of all sorts frequent there
- Host Club: A place in Japan, where woman go to talk with handsome men
- Inn Between the Worlds : A space between different worlds but part of none. Often a hotel.
- Inn of No Return: A hotel that kills its customers
- Local Hangout: Place where the main character spend a lot of time
- Malt Shop: A '50s-styled restaurant that usually only appears in period pieces
- My Local: A British pub
- The Need for Mead: A classic fantasy tavern.
- Red-Light District: A area in a city where all of the more seedy stuff takes place
- Smoky Gentlemen's Club: Club where a bunch of rich people hang out
- Vampires Own Nightclubs: A vampire owns a nightclub, usually has a front for getting blood
- Where Everybody Knows Your Flame: A gay bar/club will always be very gay.
- Gay Bar Reveal: A character thinks they walked into a normal bar, but it’s actually a gay bar
Related phenomena:
- Bad Guys Play Pool: Billiards is the preferred game of villains.
- Ballroom Blitz: A fight happens at a ball
- Bar Brawl: A fight breaks out at the bar.
- Bar Slide: A bartender slides a drink to another person at the opposite end of a bar
- Bouncer: A burly man that stands at the front, making sure nobody gets too out of line
- Dance-Off: A dancing competition.
- Dancing Royalty: A character is treated like royalty because of their dancing skill.
- Drink-Based Characterization: You can tell something about a character from their drink of choice
- Fire of Comfort: Relaxing by the fireplace.
- Flair Bartending: Fancy bartending moves
- Grievous Bottley Harm: Breaking a glass bottle and brandishing it as a weapon.
- Lounge Lizard: A tacky performer that’s usually the entertainment at a bar/nightclub
- No Fame, No Wealth, No Service: You can only get attention by being rich and famous
- Not on the List: A character tries to get into some where, but is denied
- Red Light Business Rendezvous: People meet at a red light business to discuss seedy business
- A Round of Drinks for the House: A character gives everyone in the bar a free drink
- Saloon Owner: Someone who owns a saloon.
- Wannabe Line: People waiting outside a popular spot that are never gonna get in
- You All Meet in an Inn: An adventuring party's members first meet in an inn.