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* Creator/MarvelComics also has Daimon Hellstrom: The ComicBook/SonOfSatan. The BadassCrew he joins in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies 3'' is a team of antiheroes, including ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire and Comicbook/WerewolfByNight.

* Creator/MarvelComics also has Daimon Hellstrom: The Son of Satan. The BadassCrew he joins in ''Marvel Zombies 3'' is a team of antiheroes, including ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire and Comicbook/WerewolfByNight.

Often leads to BlackAndGrayMorality, GreyAndGrayMorality, or BlueAndOrangeMorality Overlaps often with RagTagBunchOfMisfits.

* The Straw Hat Pirates, the main characters from ''Manga/OnePiece'', don't really care about politics, and as a rule have a "live and let live" attitude when it comes to the oppressive customs of countries they visit. Barbaric cruelty towards the helpless and/or innocent WILL rouse their anger, but in general they only fight tyrants when ItsPersonal. That being said, due their friendliness and generally good nature, they tend to make friends wherever they go. As a result, they almost always inevitably come in conflict with oppressive regimes harming their new allies. When they topple said regime to save them, they earn the friendship of all the inhabitants of islands they liberated.
* The five {{Magical Girl}}s in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' are mostly anti-heroic: Madoka herself is a ClassicalAntiHero, Mami looks like a heroic character but is ultimately a KnightInSourArmor, while Sayaka ''is'' a truly heroic character but veers right into the KnightTemplar and eventually [[spoiler:TragicHero]] territory. Meanwhile, Kyouko and Homura are {{Unscrupulous Hero}}es, with a key difference that Kyouko [[ItsAllAboutMe only cares about herself]], while Homura's motivations revolve around another person, [[spoiler:specifically, Madoka]].

* The protagonists of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''. The titular duo are a pair of {{Jerkass}} {{Nominal Hero}}es who ''really'' [[PunchClockHero don't want to their job]], though Stocking evolves into a PragmaticHero, only to be [[spoiler:revealed to be TheMole [[EvilAllAlong the whole time]]]]. Garterbelt is a generally good person, but he'll rape little boys for the sake of [[spoiler:keeping the power of Hell's Gate out of the wrong hands]], and he even [[PedophilePriest enjoys what he does]]. Chuck [[ChaoticStupid is too stupid]] and [[TheChewToy is too unlucky]] to be a valuable teammate. Finally, there's Brief, the only truly white character in the series, but he's a {{useless| protagonist}} ClassicalAntiHero and DoggedNiceGuy towards Panty who [[spoiler:has the power to unleash HellOnEarth]].
* Generation X in ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' are part of the Muscle League, but their members include Clioneman/[[DubNameChange Hydrazoa]], who dismisses fellow Muscle Leaguer Seiuchin/[[DubNameChange Wally Tusket]]'s SmallStepsHero approach and hospitalized him, and [[KnightTemplar Dead Signal]]/[[DubNameChange Road Rage]], who is obsessed with rules and yet oddly has no problem with LoopholeAbuse when it comes to weapons and taking hostages in a match. Demonstrating the uniqueness of the trope, they have a TokenGoodTeammate in Jade/[[DubNameChange Jeager]], who is by far the least brutal and most conventionally heroic of the team and befriends the rest of the Muscle League, ''and'' a TokenEvilTeammate in Scarface/[[DubNameChange Eskara]], [[spoiler: Who's actually TheRemnant to the [=dMp=], the NebulousEvilOrganization the Muscle League fought and defeated in the first season]].
* The Black Bulls from ''Manga/BlackClover'' are a group of societal misfits who often cause unintentional destruction in their wake. They have little disregard for authority, breaking into the Magic Parliament Courthouse to save Asta and Nero. As Yami puts it, they'll become scoundrels or traitors if their members are messed with.

* The Four Horsemen of ''Film/{{Now You See Me}}'' both parts 1 & 2. The magicians do semi-heroic acts, but in a larcenous manner. They also have some fairly dark backstories, and are motivated by jealousy and revenge.

* The playable characters of ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'' are [[HunterOfHisOwnKind a demon who eats other demons]], a slave who has broken free of his binds, a traitor to the holy faction of the world, a BloodKnight samurai who only cares about beating one opponent, the first mate of the world's most infamous pirate crew, and a cynical witch who loves to [[{{Troll}} push people's buttons]], and that's not counting the people they kidnapped and forced to join them. They're outright called "a group of villains" at one point.
** Though to be fair to the traitor, she basically had no choice but to join at the point she did ''[[KnightInShiningArmor because]]'' [[KnightInShiningArmor she had at that point realized going with the more heroic]] ''[[KnightInShiningArmor looking]]'' [[KnightInShiningArmor faction would actually screw over the entire world.]] In fact, at first, she fully intends to be TheMole, but circumstances completely change when she is given proof of the Abbey's corruption, and even worse, its dogmatic extremism in just ''how'' it tries to go about saving the world. In terms of moral fiber, Eleanor never changes her ideals, she just matures them to fit a more GrayAndGreyMorality world. Tellingly, [[spoiler: by the end of the game, she joins back up with the once-villainous faction as their Christ-figure and leader, and uses what she learned traveling with Velvet's party to make the Abbey ''actually'' heroic, and starts the Shepard system that would protect the world all the way up to the sequel. Which, by the way, is a period of many thousands of years.]]
* The Star Wolf team in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' started as a generic "evil Star Fox" group, but in sequels, the team becomes more anti-heroic. The removal of the two "scum" characters Pigma (a traitor) and Andrew (nephew of the main villain in ''Star Fox 64'') and the addition of a ladies' man named Panther (who falls in love with a character on the heroes team) gave them an opportunity to work with Star Fox.

* ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters XI]]'' introduces the Anti-[[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Kyokugen]] Team, consisting of Kasumi Todo, Eiji Kisaragi, and Malin; each of whom has a personal grudge against Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, and Yuri Sakazaki respectively. Sadly for them, they end up as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxOc_TdOoM a comedic group]] of {{punch clock villain}}s.
* [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] and his/her [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits squadmates]] from the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, especially if Shepard is being played as a [[AntiHero Renegade]]. The squad from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is the most clear cut example, as Shepard is joined by two members of a paramilitary terrorist organization, a vigilante, a DeadlyDoctor, a master assassin, an AxCrazy biotic convict, a genetically "perfect" member of a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]], a KnightTemplar [[spoiler: who can be replaced by her [[OutWithABang Sex Demon]] daughter]], [[spoiler: [[TokenHeroicOrc a Geth Platform]],]] a master thief, and an OnlyInItForTheMoney mercenary. Tali is the only member who doesn't qualify as an AntiHero, and she makes it clear she is only there as [[UndyingLoyalty a favor to Shepard]].
* The Phantom Thieves of Hearts from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' are made up of delinquents and social outcasts who feel repressed in their daily lives and use their powers to correct the injustices of the world around them, regardless of the legality of their actions.
* The Homura Crimson Squad of ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' fame become this after the events of the first game, when they abandon [[AcademyOfEvil Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy]] and become renegades. While they're technically no longer evil shinobi ([[GrayAndGreyMorality though that moniker really didn't mean much even then]]), they're not as morally upright as the Hanzo elites and are more dedicated to their own personal business than being heroes. [[ChangedMyMindKid That said, they have a strong habit of getting involved against the forces of evil and fighting alongside their rivals regardless]], and in ''Deep Crimson'', [[spoiler:they're acting as more "proper" heroes since they're protecting citizens from the yoma out of their own free will while the Hanzo elites are also dealing with more morally-grey actions such as their orders to kill a seemingly-innocent person the yoma are after.]]

* The Blood Order in ''Literature/TheriomorphChronicles qualifies because Warren Hiedler is a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinistic]] [[DarkMessiah messiah and salvator]] to the [[HalfHumanHybrid Theriomorphs]], Meredith Young is a UnscrupulousHero and a seductress, Dalton Francis a [[GeniusBruiser mad brute]] and Rory Kennedy is a idealistic spokesperson and a [[TheLancer knight]]

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Vox Machina is this, which is pretty standard for a D&D adventuring party, best emphasized in Episode 26. Keyleth means well, but is a ClassicalAntihero with her self-doubt and awkwardness; Tiberius is a classist loner without remorse for [[spoiler: buzz-sawing an old woman to death]]; Vax and Vex are prideful (nearly to the point of self-destruction in Episodes 24/25) and money-obsessed, respectively; Percy seemed level-headed, but is hiding a survivor complex among other psychological issues that are only getting worse with time; Grog doesn't even bother with a pretense of Good, being a BloodKnight hedonist with a ChaoticNeutral alignment and only his alignment sets him apart from Scanlan. Even Pike slit an unconscious guard's throat once (and paid for it). The Whitestone arc also has a lot of the team getting darker and darker, with enemies who are running away being executed, being tortured, and instigating a violent, bloody revolution.

* Team ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Running down the list, we have an [[TheAlcoholic alco]][[OffTheWagon holic]] ex-insurance agent who [[TheChessmaster plans and runs cons]], a [[ConMan grifter]], a [[GeniusBruiser hitter]] with a ''[[TheAtoner very]]'' [[TheAtoner dark past]], a [[TheCracker computer hacker]], and a world-class cat burglar. TheyFightCrime and are heroes to many people, but their methods are less than legal, and have involved hurting some innocent folks, as well.

-->-- '''Peter Quill''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' (trailer)

* ''Manga/DarknessHeelsLili'': The Darkness Heels (composed by [[Franchise/UltramanZero Ultraman Belial]], [[Film/UltramanTigaTheFinalOdyssey Camearra]], [[Series/UltramanTiga Evil Tiga]], [[Series/UltramanNexus Dark Zagi]], [[Series/UltramanOrb Jugglus Juggler]] and [[OriginalCharacter Lili]]) are built up to be a team of very reluctant anti-heroes composed of a power-hungry galactic conqueror (Belial), a possessive and jealous conqueror (Camearra), a manipulative and ambitious individual who wished to rule Earth (Evil Tiga), a cunning berserker who wished to cause ruin (Dark Zagi), an AntiVillain[=/=]AntiHero swordsman obsessed with proving his strength at all costs (Jugglus Juggler) and finally a supporter of an opressive regime who slowly grows a consciense (Lili). It's telling that Lili is so far the least evil and closest to pure good out of the team.

* ''Manga/DarknessHeelsLili'': The Darkness Heels (composed by [[Franchise/UltramanZero Ultraman Belial]], [[Film/UltramanTigaTheFinalOdyssey Camearra]], [[Series/UltramanTiga Evil Tiga]], [[Series/UltramanNexus Dark Zagi]], [[Series/UltramanOrb Jugglus Juggler]] and [[OriginalCharacter Lili]]) are built up to be a team of very reluctant anti-heroes composed of a power-hungry galactic conqueror (Belial), a possessive and jealous conqueror (Camearra]], a manipulative and ambitious individual who wished to rule Earth (Evil Tiga), a cunning berserker who wished to cause ruin (Dark Zagi), an AntiVillain[=/=]AntiHero swordsman obsessed with proving his strength at all costs (Jugglus Juggler) and finally a supporter of an opressive regime who slowly grows a consciense (Lili). It's telling that Lili is so far the least evil and closest to pure good out of the team.

* ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'''s main playable cast consists of an former corporate assassin, a cybernetic mercenary, a sadomasochistic bandit killer, a service bot reprogrammed into a killing machine, a doppleganger for one of the series' future {{Big Bad}}s, and an amoral, bloodthirsty aristocrat who joins them solely to kill things for fun. They're on a mission to save the moon and the planet it orbits from destruction, but commit morally gray acts to do it along the way with having varying degrees of moral dilemmas. [[TokenEvilTeammate If even that.]]

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has the Avengers, based on their MCU counterparts who are also this, with the addition of a ReformedButNotTamed Loki to the roster. On the one hand, they're arguably more prone to doing questionable things than their canon counterparts in some respects, but individually, Thor and Tony are more classically heroic (if in a KnightInSourArmor sort of way).

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': [[Characters/YuYuHakushoTeamUrameshi Team Urameshi]] is one of these consisting of individuals like the Honor-bound {{Delinquent}} [[KnightInSourArmor Kuwabara]], JerkWithAHeartOfGold [[PragmaticHero Yusuke]] [[ByronicHero Urameshi]], [[MagnificentBastard Strategist Supreme]] Kurama, and TokenEvilTeammate [[NominalHero Hiei]]. In addition, CynicalMentor [[CoolOldLady Genkai]], who sometimes [[SixthRanger gets involved]] in the team's conflicts, also qualifies.

Often leads to BlackAndGrayMorality, GreyAndGrayMorality, or OrangeAndBlueMorality Overlaps often with RagTagBunchOfMisfits.

* The Homura Crimson Squad of ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' fame become this after the events of the first game, when they abandon [[AcademyOfEvil Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy]] and become renegades. While they're technically no longer evil shinobi ([[GrayAndGreyMorality though that moniker really didn't mean much even then]]), they're not as morally upright as the Hanzo elites and are more dedicated to their own personal business than being heroes. [[ChangedMyMindKid That said, they have a strong habit of getting involved against the forces of evil and fighting alongside their rivals regardless]].

Often leads to BlackAndGrayMorality or GreyAndGrayMorality. Overlaps often with RagTagBunchOfMisfits.

** Ironically, the original Guardians, back in the 1970s (and from the 31st century) were a straight up heroic team, right up to a former Avenger, Vance Astro, wielding Captain America's shield.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has the Avengers, based on their MCU counterparts who are also this, with the addition of a ReformedButNotTamed Loki to the roster. On the one hand, they're arguably more prone to doing questionable things than their canon counterparts in some respects, but individually, Thor and Tony are more classically heroic (if in a KnightInSourArmour sort of way).

* The Outlaws in ''Fanfic/TheVirtueOfRevenge'' are a team of superheroes who have no issues with killing their enemies as well as torturing them. This puts them at odds with the Justice League, who adhere heavily to a Thou Shall Not Kill policy.

* ''[[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy The Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', like their film counterparts below, feature the half Spartax Starlord, the deadliest woman in the galaxy Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer. They also feature members such as [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]], Iron Man, Mantis, and ComicBook/KittyPryde

** In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', the eponymous team is comprised of one hero, four anti-heroes, and one anti-heroine. Moreover, the anti-heroic characters exemplify [[Analysis/AntiHero different shades of anti-heroism]]: [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce]] is a ClassicalAntiHero (Hulk is a NominalHero), [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony]] and ComicBook/{{Thor}} are [[KnightInSourArmor Disney Anti-Heroes]], while ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and ComicBook/BlackWidow are {{Unscrupulous Hero}}es. ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is the only proper hero on this superhero team.

* Generation X in ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' are part of the Muscle League, but their members include Clioneman/[[DubNameChange Hydrazoa]], who dismisses fellow Muscle Leaguer Seiuchin/[[DubNameChange Wally Tusket]]'s SmallStepsHero approach and hospitalized him, and [[KnightTemplar Dead Signal]]/[[DubNameChange Road Rage]], who is obsessed with rules and yet oddly has no problem with LoopholeAbuse taking hostages in a match. Demonstrating the uniqueness of the trope, they have a TokenGoodTeammate in Jade/[[DubNameChange Jeager]], who is by far the least brutal and most conventionally heroic of the team and befriends the rest of the Muscle League, ''and'' a TokenEvilTeammate in Scarface/[[DubNameChange Eskara]], [[spoiler: Who's actually TheRemnant to the [=dMp=], the NebulousEvilOrganization the Muscle League fought and defeated in the first season]].

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