History Main / BadassCrew

* In ''LightNovel/GatheringTheEnchanted'', it would be our main crew. You've got fire hot enough to melt bullets mid-shot, deadly poison breathing, and magical leg armor just to name a few.

** The brave, loyal, and hypercompetent crew of the USS ''Enterprise'' on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Always ready, willing, and able to do whatever their Captain requires of them to complete their mission, no matter how crippled their ship or desperate their circumstances. The senior staff become TrueCompanions and remain this throughout their careers, and even the hapless RedShirt crew members never waver in their duty.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. The quintessential badass crew of anime. They fight, they shoot, they fly spaceships, and they hunt bounties. Spike, Jet, and Faye all can hold their own in a fight. Ed hacks computers with ease [[spoiler:and she has been able to catch criminals completely on her own as seen in "Mushroom Samba"]]. Ein is a dog.

* Jacuzzi and Nice's gang from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' is a group of {{Street Urchin}}s, who still manage to fend off TheMafia.

* In ''LightNovel/GatheringTheEnchanted'' it would be our main crew. You've got fire hot enough to melt bullets mid-shot, deadly poison breathing, and magical leg armor just to name a few.

* There are certain groups in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' that would fit this trope like the Occult Research Club, the StudentCouncil, and Vali's group to name a few.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]] and its sequel ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', we have:

* The ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' characters from Dom's team.

* Several Familia in ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'':

* Rick Grimes' group in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' don't initially count as one, since only half the group show any combat prowess let alone willingness to fight. During the second season, more members of the group begin to take up arms, but the majority remain {{Action Survivor}}s (especially the women and children who actively avoid combat). However, in the second season finale, Rick decides that enough is enough and over the next several months turns his group into a force to be reckoned with. ''Everyone'' now pulls their weight in the group, and Rick has also ended all conflict and petty cliques [[spoiler: largely due to the end of his conflict with Shane since he killed him in self-defense]]. They only become more badass as the series goes on, and in the fifth season, they number at least fifteen strong and all but one of them qualify as a badass solely because she's an ''infant''! They've come a long way from that group of people huddled around a fire eating fish like it was an extended camping trip.

* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games revolve around creating a six-strong crew of badasses. And at the end you use them to fight against the [[FourIsDeath Elite Four]] and [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Champion]], the trainers with the strongest crews in the region.

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Jet, Sean, Sydney, Mindy, Sunspot, and Face 9000 (with some assistance from Zerk and Jet 2) all prove to be this in "Back to Bortron 7", where they combine their efforts to save Carrot and Celery's presentation. Highlights include Zerk chauffeuring them to the headquarters in record time, Jet, Sean, and Sydney doing acrobatic stunts to get past Eggplant, Sunspot and Face 9000 saving the PowerCube, and Mindy and Jet 2 unintentionally causing an eclipse which distracts the townspeople from noticing that the Propulsion house is gone.

* The ''Series/BurnNotice'' TrueCompanions, made up of ex-spy Michael Weston, [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles ex-IRA]] TriggerHappy {{Tsundere}} Fiona Glennane, [[RetiredBadass retired Navy SEAL]] Sam Ax, and CoolOldLady Maddie Weston. Michael's brother Nate occasionally gets a look-in, but his badassness isn't as pronounced (he usually ends up being TheChick or the DamselInDistress). As of Season 4, we get SixthRanger Jesse, a recently burned counter-intelligence agent, which causes a ''lot'' of problems.

* Jacuzzi and Nice's gang from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' is a group of {{Street Urchin}}s, who still manage to fend off TheMafia.

* There are certain groups in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' that would fit this trope like the Occult Research Club, the StudentCouncil, and Vali's group to name a few.

* Several Familia in ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'':
** Members of the Loki Familia currently listed in the character sheet are all badasses. Take an example: why did Aiz happen to pass by a Mind Down-affected Bell in Book 3/Episode 5? Turns out she, Riveria, Tiona, Tione, and Fynn finished a 46-hour crawl on the 37th floor. ''For fun''. They are at least Level 3 (Lefiya), average at Level 5, and maxes at Level 6. To note, due to the universe's AntiGrinding system, most adventurers are Level 1.
** While we were only told the strength of the Freya Familia is on par with Loki's, we know that Ottar, the single adventurer with the highest CharacterLevel, is in this familia.

* ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' has the 203rd mage battalion or the "Pixie" battalion, the titular character's personnel troops who in their ''first'' mission, route an army of about '''fifty thousand''' men so easily, their commander refers to it as a simple live fire exercise, despite being made of only forty-eight mages and pretty much defeating an entire country in the same night with [[CurbstompBattle no casualties on their end]].

* In a way, the SOS Brigade, led by LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya.

* The main cast of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has gradually morphed into an unstoppable team over the years. At first Torg and Riff were the only real close friends, and [[KillerRabbit Bun-Bun]] was the sole badass, but as time went by the bonds between them grew stronger, as did their individual [[TookALevelInBadass badass levels]]. Gwynn [[EmpoweredBadassNormal acquired some freaky magical powers]], Riff showed everyone what a MadScientist with too much time on his hands can do, Torg's become a master swordsman, and [[UnfazedEveryman Zoe]] has done pretty well against zombies, vampires, and psychotic assassins. The only character without a sheer moment of awesome at this point is [[TeamPet Kiki]], unless you count her caffeine consumption being used to fuel a ferret bazooka. Bun-Bun wielding the Ferret Bazooka would be of a "Moment of Awesome" for ''both'' of them.

* The main cast of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has gradually morphed into an unstoppable team over the years. At first Torg and Riff were the only real close friends, and [[KillerRabbit Bun-Bun]] was the sole badass, but as time went by the bonds between them grew stronger, as did their individual [[TookALevelInBadass badass levels]]. Gwynn [[EmpoweredBadassNormal acquired some freaky magical powers]], Riff showed everyone what a MadScientist with too much time on his hands can do, Torg's become a master swordsman, and [[UnfazedEveryman Zoe]] has done pretty well against zombies, vampires, and psychotic assassins. The only character without a sheer moment of awesome at this point is [[TeamPet Kiki]], unless you count her CaffeineBulletTime being used to fuel a ferret bazooka. Bun-Bun wielding the Ferret Bazooka would be of a "Moment of Awesome" for ''both'' of them.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

** the Sternritter are this by default considering how much sheer damage they inflict during their first blitz on the Soul Society. Even once the Soul Reapers are better prepared and equipped, they don't go down easily. This applies especially to the Schutzstaffel, who are so powerful that some of them are not even considered mortal, forcing the heroes to go to some extreme lengths to land definitive blows, and in the end, they couldn't even kill most of them. All four required the Soul Society to bring their absolute best, and in the end, one of them escaped and another only died because Yhwach decided he no longer needed them. The two that did fall only did so because they were up against Urahara and Mayuri separately, two of the smartest characters in the entire story.

Since, unlike a BadassFamily, none of the members were born into the Crew (though some of them might be blood relatives), some writers will use the story of the Badass Crew's formation as an interesting [[{{backstory}} origin story]]. In most Action/Adventures and Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories, the team members came together to foil a BigBad and/or save the world.

* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': Class 3-E is a class full of students who are being trained to assassinate Koro-sensei, and thus compared to most kids their age they are at very least competent in various martial disciplines, including [[TheGunslinger gunplay]], CQB technique and LeParkour. In fact, Koro-sensei as one point compares them as a special forces squad which they proves it and some more in the final arc where they takes on one in a CurbStompBattle to their favor.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Applies to Levi's quad, as both Eld and Gunther have high Titan kills, both in teams and solo. Petra, despite being smallest and one of the younger members, has 48 kills as a team, meaning she has taken part in the most Titan killings in the squad, barring Levi. Oluo may act obnoxious and arrogant but he has the highest solo kills (39) out of the squad. And this is not mentioning [[WorldsStrongestMan Levi himself]].

* ''Anime/TheBigO'': Roger Smith has the distinction of being Paradigm City's top negotiator and the chosen pilot of the titular [[HumongousMecha Megadeus]]. Joining him are R. Dorothy, who's a combat capable android (and Roger's live-in robo-maid), and [[BattleButler his butler]], Norman. Apparently, the three of them are all the protection the city needs from Alex Rosewater and [[spoiler: "The Union"]].

** the Sternritter are this by default considering how much sheer damage they inflict during their first blitz on the Soul Society. Even once the Soul Reapers are better prepared and equipped, they don't go down easily. This applies especially to the Schutzstaffel, who are so powerful that some of them are not even considered mortal, forcing the heroes to go through some extreme lengths to land definitive blows, and in the end they couldn't even kill most of them. All four required the Soul Society to bring their absolute best, and in the end, one of them escaped and another only died because Yhwach decided he no longer needed them. The two that did fall only did so because they were up against Urahara and Mayuri separately, two of the smartest characters in the entire story.

* All versions of the [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Team]] are like this, but special mention goes to the Go team. Go, Sho/Kei and Gai get along MUCH better than Ryoma, Hayato and Musashi/Benkei.

* ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'' has the Gran Knights, who are formidable (in their own ways) in an out of titular mecha. The sequel bring us the Gran Troopers, who are the same, so much so that the leader of the first Badass Crew congratulates the second Badass Crew at one point.

* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' quickly establishes that Takashi's group of survivors are more than ready to deal with [[ZombieApocalypse the outbreak]] that overan their school, along with the rest of the world.
** Takashi is the leader, Rei is [[ActionGirlfriend his spear wielding girlfriend]], Saeko was captain of the school's Kendo Club, and prior to the outbreak, Hirano spent a month training at a Black Water firing range with the American military.

** Members of the Loki Familia currently listed in the character sheet are all badasses. Take an example: why did Aiz happened to pass by a Mind Down-affected Bell in Book 3/Episode 5? Turns out she, Riveria, Tiona, Tione, and Fynn finished a 46-hour crawl at the 37th floor. ''For fun''. They are at least Level 3 (Lefiya), average at Level 5, and maxes at Level 6. To note, due to the universe's AntiGrinding system, most adventurers are Level 1.

* The EliteFour from ''Anime/KillLaKill'', each member being hand picked by [[VisionaryVillain Satsuki]] to join her inner circle to [[spoiler: plan her coup d'état against her Mother, [[EvilOverlord Ragyo]]]]. Now extended to the entirety of the [[spoiler: Nudist Beach and Honnouiji Academy Alliance and [[SaveTheWorldClimax their quest to save the world]]]].

* Morgiana, Alibaba and Aladdin from ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' have already mastered many adventures and defeated villains, and they become stronger over time.

** Negi's group, Ala Alba, is well on it's way to this, as almost all the girls are drifting in an ActionGirl direction. If one chooses to focus on the primary combatants (Negi, Kotaro, Setsuna, Kaede, and Asuna) it essentially ''is'' a Badass Crew with a bunch of people working the backup support positions.

* ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' has the 203rd mage battalion or the "Pixie" battalion, the titular character's personnel troops who in their ''first'' mission, route an army of about '''fifty thousand''' men so easily, their commander refers to it as a simple live fire exercise, despite being made of only forty eight mages and pretty much defeating an entire country in the same night with [[CurbstompBattle no casualties on their end]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The Holliday Girls is a sort of pseudo-commando unit of young women lead by [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]] who track down and fight Nazi spies, aliens, supervillains and common crooks. Individual members include BloodKnight Bobby Strong, GirlyBruiser Glamora Treat, highly adaptable Virgina True and the [[TricksterTwins Trickster]] Heyday triplets. It's telling that both [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] and Wondy herself prefer to work with them rather than actual military units.

* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', there ''was'' a team of mercenaries/hitmen named the "Six Rifles" consisting of a professional group of six killers. Then they met a young Jayne Cobb, and they're not around anymore....

%%* Supetastic 6 Unlimited from [[http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/33810717 Super Milestone Wars]] and it's sequel, [[http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/36864527 Super Milestone Wars 2]].

%%* ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorld: Soldiers of Fortune'' has the Raulus mercenary party. Despite their quirks they turn out to be extremely capable at what they do best.

* ''Fanfic/TheGodSquad'' is this in spades. The Sun and Moon Princesses. The Goddess of Love and the greatest soldier Equestria ever made. The reformed Queen of the Changlings. The God of the Sea and of War who is also one of the Elder Gods. The Lord of Chaos. The cunning schoolgirl who nearly took over another realm of existance. Don't mess with the Squad.

** The Marauders. The well known four (including a Peter who never betrayed his friends) but adds Lily and Severus to the mix. The brightest minds of their generation.

** The Pride. Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron and Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and Jasmine Kenway. The next generation of badasses, the include the strongest Veela in all of existance, the Princess of Johto, several future Gym Leaders, the brightest girl in her generation, the greatest hacker in all the world, and Harry Potter the Master of the Deathly Hollows himself.

** Lupus and his circle of Career trainee friends (Cato, Clove, CuteAndPsycho Samaire and wrestler Ben).

** Nolan's FiveManBand (Nolan himself, a StealthExpert, an archer, a career defector and a tough guy from 12).
** Nearly all of the surviving victors allied together for the RescueArc along with relatives of several victors, Gale and plenty of soldiers who served in the Rebellion.
** Enobaria and her fellow (high-rated) career trainees Declan, Pat and Maura.
** Haymitch, Cotton and Abram when they fight peacekeepers together through the streets.
** Honorius, Virtus, Silk, Dido, Cerulea, Briesis and Jules when they gather together to HoldTheLine abasing the peacekeepers.
** Granyte and his alliance of the Tributes from 7, 9 and 10. Downplayed though, given that he uses the others as CannonFodder.

* The Penguins from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' definitely count. Just as an example: They broke into Fort Knox [[spoiler: '''to celebrate a birthday''']].

* The crew of ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' from ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' In the movie alone, each member shows just how badass he/she can be... although Book's moment of awesome badassery happens off screen.

** ''Film/XMen1'': The X-Men consists of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm. They all view Professor X as their father figure, who trained, educated and cared for them when they were younger, and this has reinforced the team's familial-like connection over the years. The crew also gets another badass when Wolverine joins them.

*** In the BadFuture, the remaining X-Men are Professor X, Magneto, Wolverine, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Iceman, and Colossus. In TheSeventies, it's just Charles Xavier, Hank [=McCoy=] and Logan.
*** According to ViralMarketing, Bishop founded the resistance group Free Mutants in 2018, and by 2023, the only survivors besides himself are Warpath, Blink and Sunspot.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Beast, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Mystique, Quicksilver and Moira (as the TokenHuman teammate) comprise the X-Men. [[spoiler:Storm joins them later.]]

* In ''Literature/SeasOfBlood'', your VillainProtagonist is the pirate captain of the ''Banshee''. Your crew of blood-thirsty cutthroats are usually a match for any opponent coming their ways, especially if you help them out.
* In Creator/GaryGygax's ''Sagard the Barbarian'' series, it's Downplayed in one of the books that has Sagard becoming a pirate captain who's ship and crew he took while escaping from slavers. Depending on how he got the crew, whether they were innocent men or the deposed pirate captain's own scallywags - they'll have differing levels of loyalty and may even mutiny if they haven't gotten enough of treasure collected. Additionally Sagard was only with his crew for a short time, before he needed to continue his quest to save his fiance.

* In the WWI novel of the ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' series, ''Literature/TheBloodyRedBaron'', the Baron himself leads a squad of German fliers who are all vampires and aces, much like the real life Jagdgeschwader 1 the Baron led. Except not only are they vampires (making them excellent night pilots) to match up to the Allies' slightly better squad of aces (which includes Expies of The Shadow, Biggles, and Captain Midnight, along with real-life British ace Albert Ball) the squad is modified by science and elder vampire blood into giant bat fliers wearing machine-gun rigs.

** The leader can bend reality to her will, and once gave the time traveler the ability to fire lasers from her eye while filming a movie. The next character is a data-manipulating android that can't be killed, even with 6 spikes and 2 energy tentacles the size of a ship's mast through her body. After that, we have an [=ESPer=], who can move into alternate dimensions created by the leader, usually to fight her inner demons. Following that, we have a time traveler, who grows up to become TheChessmaster that jump-started the events that implanted the ideas of aliens, time travelers and [=ESPers=] into Haruhi's mind. The last character is completely normal, as verified by 2 factions. However, said character managed to blackmail one of the factions into not terminating his friend.

* The seven [[DivineParentage demigods]] from ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' definitely qualify for this. They travel the world on a flying ship, regularly fighting against giants, monsters and undead.

* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' shows Jace, Simon, Clary, Alec and Isabelle. A vampire and four [[{{Nephilim}} shadowhunters]] who rely on each other in battle and hunt demons.
* ''Literature/MysticAndRider'' has this--the TrueCompanions formed around Senneth is made up of two elite fighters, two shapeshifters, a mind-reader and Senneth herself, who is not only the most powerful mystic ever, full stop, but is so good at sword-fighting that she can beat the Lirren boys. All of them can hold their own in a fight, ''and then some''.

* ''Literature/{{Orcs}}'' by Stan Nichols. After defecting from Jennesta's army, they decide to wreak holy hell on everyone that gets in their way, invading underground cities, defeating crime bosses, launching a raid into an UNDERWATER city, laying down the smack on a church militant army and sending demons screaming back to hell. The sequel novels get even better, with them annihilating an army using...cows. Styrke and his Wolverines = Badass Crew.
* The [[FiveManBand five core members]] of the Embryon Tribe in ''Literature/QuantumDevilSagaAvatarTuner''. Having only started off with TheLeader Serph and TheLancer Heat, they managed to take control of one of the six large areas of the Junkyard with under fifty people that were all recruited by force (including the other three). It is noted that the five of them as a group have the greatest battle ability and potential in the entire Junkyard, and sure enough, those five manage to take over the entire Junkyard, with two of them usually sitting in the sidelines (though they did have help by the two [[SixthRanger Sixth Rangers]]).

** According to the Stormfather fighting six windrunners by themselves is something that the average herald can pull off without a problem. And during the worst desolations they more or less had train bring entire civilizations(both in technology and military skills) to fight the fused.

* ''Literature/ZeroSight'' has Lambda Squad, a group of mages and a vampire who are resistant to mind manipulation, can cast death ray, invisibility and teleportation spells and cut down trolls and werewolves using a box cutter.

* God help you if you mess with certain officers, officials, and crewmen of the ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. Yes, they're an exceedingly ''dysfunctional'' crew, and are [literally] at each others' throats repeatedly, but mess with them, and the only question is which one of them is going to destroy you and how flashy that destruction will be. Certain Cylon models exhibit this quality. But that situation is... ''[[AntiVillain complicated]]''...

* The new ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' team. Moreso than than the original squad.

* The ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', doubly appropriate because they're SpacePirates. Also Marvelous' previous team with Akared and Basco Ta Jolokia, the Red Pirates. When you're just three people and is considered to be the greatest threat the Zangyack ever face and having a bounty bigger than the Gokaigers, you have to be one. Not too mention they just started collecting the Ranger Keys when they started their adventure, meaning they face off against the Zangyack without the key's powers.

* The core team of Knights of the Round Table in ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}''. Sirs Gwaine, Lancelot, Elyan, Leon and Percival took on an army of immortal soldiers...''and won''. Or at least, survived long enough for Merlin to save them all...

** The ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' crew use their badassitude to save not only Earth, but the entire Milky Way from trans-dimensional invaders. They're also responsible for the formation of TheFederation.
* The kids (and later teens) Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max and Eleven in ''Series/StrangerThings'' have both made a government conspiracy, as well as taken up with [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]].

* The Castle Crew of ''Roleplay/{{AJCO}}'' grow into one of these. Their leader Nights is a highly skilled scientist proficient in both medical and mechanical fields, her second-in-command Will is a GeniusBruiser with an instinct for machinery, there are no less than four mages -- Krauzer, Curls, Blue and Ranger -- wielding various types of magic and their youngest member Egg came close to single-handedly taking down AJCO [[BadassPacifist without ever laying a finger on them]]. The moment that Nights cracks after a [[spoiler: trip into the Friendship Chamber of the Silo]] they start to break up, however: Egg has finally [[spoiler: left for good]] despite being one of the Crew's founding members and Will and Krauzer are at odds to decide who should be the new leader.

** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsDeathToTraitors Death to Traitors]]'': The player characters, a black ops crew sent into Govitz to retrieve Joi Heart and the Nullification Tomes, due to being a collection of spies, assassins, warriors and a few [[BoxedCrook Boxed Crooks]], start as this by default.

** ''Mortal Transgression'': Virtuous, Kane's squad, was also assembled for the purpose of taking down the corrupt system of Purgus though acts of thievery.

* The New England Patriots of the 2000s and 2010s. They won the Super Bowl in three out of four years and are the only team to go 16-0 in the regular season. Since 2001, they've not had a single losing season, have made the playoffs every season save for two (2002 and 2008), and have won at least ten games almost every season (2002 being the sole exception). Starting in 2012, they appeared in eight straight AFC championship games, winning five and going onto win three Super Bowls, including three in five years from 2014-2018. Aside from the celebrated 16-0 2007 team, the 2016 showed how badass the Patriots were when, deprived of Tom Brady serving a four-game suspension for [=DeflateGate=], they still grasped a commanding 3-1 record without him, including two games where the backup ''to the backup'' QB had to be called. Then Brady was back and the rest of the AFC was subjected to a brutal asskicking as the Pats posted an 8-0 record on the road.
* If we're talking football, then look no further than the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders of the 70s. Not only did they win consistently, they faced off each other for AFC supremacy every year and had legitimate bad blood, leading to extremely physical, emotional, dirty games. The Steelers typically were the [[DesignatedHero designated good guys]], due to their classy owner, blue collar roots, and disciplined team ethic. The Raiders were always the [[DesignatedVillain bad guys]], in part because of their JerkAss owner, rowdy fans, and perhaps, even rowdier players. Also note the Raiders were made up of a bunch of guys with NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, guys like Jack "The Assassin" Tatum, Ken "The Snake" Stabler, and Skip "Dr. Death" Thomas. Incidentally, both the Steelers and Raiders only achieved full-blown Badass Crew status because they first had to take that mantle from the waning Dolphins, who not only had that undefeated season, but repeated the next year with a team some experts believe might have actually been better than the '72 Dolphins.

* The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, whom, after years of winning the league pennant and always coming up short in the World Series, succeeded in winning the World Series against the New York Yankees. The '55 Dodgers, which included Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges, solidified their legend in baseball. After the 1955 World Series, the Brooklyn Dodgers won one more pennant (but losing in seven games to the Yankees in the World Series) before moving to Los Angeles.
* The 1990 UNLV basketball team, led by Jerry "Tark the Shark" Tarkanian. They dominated basketball, beating Duke to win the championship, while their coach defied the NCAA (he was notorious for saying "The NCAA got so mad at Kentucky they decided to give Cleveland State two more years of probation."). The next year, the UNLV team almost had an undefeated season, but lost to Duke in the Final Four.

* The 1996 Chicago Bulls, with their 72-10 winning streak and fourth NBA championship, would qualify. Notable players, led by Phil Jackson, included all stars Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen and Tony Kukoc, as well as a certain guard from North Carolina.

* The 1986 Boston Celtics championship team, featuring 5 future hall of famers (Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Bill Walton, Dennis Johnson and Kevin [=McHale=]).
* Ahem. The Dream Team. Forget any city's team, forget the All Star game, this is the crew sent to compete at the highest level in the Olympics. The first one especially, consisting of Magic, [[TheRival Bird]], [[ShowyInvincibleHero Jordan]], [[LightningBruiser Robinson]], [[ScaryBlackMan Ewing, Malone, Barkley]], [[PintsizedPowerhouse Stockton]] [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and others]], is considered the greatest team in basketball, maybe even in any team sport.
* The Geelong Cats, an Australian football team, from round five 2007 to the 2009 grand final, which is seventy three matches by the way, they lost seven games in total and became the only team to win eighteen or more games in three consecutive seasons. Some commentators have called them the greatest team of all.

* The Liverpool football team of the late 70's/80's. Ian Rush, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Mark Lawrenson, Alan Hansen etc.

* In the 2006 World Cup, Italy was this. Won the Cup, without ever losing a match, right when Italian football was trying to tame the storm of the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal. In the 2012 European Cup, they even managed to tame the ultimate Badass Crew of this generation of association football, Spain, with a draw. However, in the final of the tournament, they got crushed by Spain, with a 4-0 as result. In 2018, they suffered a severe case of BadassDecay as they outright failed to qualify to the World Cup in Russia; however, [[HesBack they have recently returned to their old ass-kicking ways under Roberto Mancini]], going over ''thirty'' games unbeaten, reaching the 2021 Nations League Final Four, and even winning Euro 2020 beating England on penalties at Wembley in the final.

** Serie A in TheEighties was all about this trope; almost ''all'' of the teams were examples back then, and as a result the Italian top tier was widely regarded to be the best in Europe back then. Examples include Michel Platini's Juventus, Diego Maradona's Napoli, Jurgen Klinsmann's Inter Milan, Carlo Ancelotti's AS Roma (yes, ''that'' Ancelotti), Zico's Udinese, Osvaldo Bagnoli's Hellas Verona, and -- arguably the single most well-known of them all -- Arrigo Sacchi's AC Milan.

* 2010-2012 FC Barcelona. They trampled everyone in the Champions League; they made their biggest rival Real Madrid their bitches in several occasions; and the match against Santos in the FIFA World Championship is considered to be one of the most one-sided games in the history of the tournament (even counting games against African, Asian, North/Central American and Oceanian teams, usually weaker than South American/Europeans ones). When you take the best South American team and keep the ball under your control for 72% of the game time, you're being some badass indeed.
* Another footy example is the Celtic side that won the 1967 European Cup (today's Champions League) in Lisbon against heavily favored Inter Milan. All but one of their 15 players were born within 10 miles of Celtic Park, Glasgow, and in that same season they also won 4 other trophies - including the three main Scottish competitions. Their nickname? The Lisbon Lions.

** The villainous La Capitan has also has a Badass Crew, one she assembled from people whom hail from different time periods, due to her time traveling pirate ship. As per any Badass Crew, they work well together.

* That's the way most [=RPGs=] work: if at first the heroes are a RagtagBunchOfMisfits at first, by the end of the game and after taking ''several dozens'' [[TookALevelInBadass levels in badass]] they usually end up at being roughly 50% of the world military power by themselves.

** The Wardog Squadron, a.k.a. the Four Wings of Sand Island, in ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar''. They started out as rookie flight cadets that were forced to fight as frontline units in the beginning of the war. By the middle of the war, you all become known as the ''Demons of Razgriz'', and your very presence on the battlefield [[OhCrap scares the enemy shitless]]. [[spoiler: The enemy gets a short respite when your unit is forced to play dead, but upon your comeback, the enemy absolutely ''freaks out'', and your unit not only becomes dubbed the ''Ghosts of Razgriz'', but you all fly in a wicked awesome black color scheme. Yes, the Razgriz are a flying unit of badass.]]

* Dante, Trish and Lady make up the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' agency which specializes in hunting demons. Though Dante serves as the leader, all three of them have a deep respect for each other and are equally capable of eliminating their enemies. As of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', Nero and Nico also tag along with them, but the two have their own mobile version of the Devil May Cry business.

** Prior to the game, Bucket and Cabot were in anther one called The Leading Edge. They helped newly colonized planets by decreasing the numbers of [[EverythingTryingToKillYou deadly wildlife]], though Cabot didn't think much of the name.

* There is at least one of these in every single ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' game, but possibly the most standout example would have to be at the beginning of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' [[spoiler:and after part 2 of ''Radiant Dawn'']]: the Greil Mercenaries, and their eventual growth under badass into a BadassArmy. Eventually the band of six or seven mercenaries grows into a ''50-character strong army'' led by a more mature, wiser and altogether completely awesome FourStarBadass Ike, complete with Ragnell, his WaveMotionSword.

* In the {{Updated Rerelease}}s of ''VideoGame/TheGodfather: The Game'', you can pick up a crew of mobsters to help you. In the game of ''Godfather II'' you can raise a properly customised bunch to help you out.

* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', the crew of the Grandcypher recruits people from all over the Phantagrande Skydom who all have their own kinds of power (warriors, wizards, ninjas, assassins, shamans) and talent (ace pilots, marksmans, and even fighting dress-makers, children, and blacksmiths) to contribute to their adventures. There is also the group of "The Eternals" -- ten feared warriors who are known for mastering their chosen weapon proficiencies (i.e. Swords for Siete and Axes for Threo).

* The final chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' allows you to make a Badass Crew out of the each of the earlier chapter's heroes [[spoiler:minus Oersted, who is the villain]]. A Badass Crew that can include a caveman, a Chinese monk, a demon-slaying ninja, a cowboy, a streetfighter, a psychic delinquent, and a robot.

** The [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Asari]] have "quality over quantity" as their standard approach to warfare. They lack the numbers to field a true BadassArmy (like turians, krogan and humans), but their individual special operation commando units are repeatedly stated to be the most lethal bunch of fighters in the entire ''galaxy'' that don't include anyone named 'Shepard'.

* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', you have a BoisterousBruiser (Khelgar), a KleptomaniacHero (Neeshka), a WhiteMage (Elanee), your TokenEvilTeammate (Bishop), a KnightInShiningArmor as contrast (Casavir), an insane pyromaniac (Quara), a BadassBookworm (Sand), a BadassNormal (Shandra), Zhjaeve, [[TheAtoner Ammon Jerro]], Grobnar, and potentially a giant metal automaton with swords for arms. Your crew in Mask of the Betrayer is smaller, but no less badass. You have a new BadassBookworm (Safiya), [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow whatever One Of Many is]], a fallen angel (Kaelyn), and a Hagspawn TheCasanova (Gann). Who go on to thwart the works of the god of the dead.

* In ''VideoGame/PlanetAlcatraz'', the Vampire reconnaissance and sabotage team. To elaborate, they are 4 guys who are dropped into a [[PenalColony planet inhabited by prisoners]] with no equipment and support, then kill everything in their way to complete their mission. Also, they are only ''cadets'' fresh out of the academy. Successful completion the mission will make them eligible for consideration to promotion to Private.

* The Van der Linde gang in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' repeatedly go up against gangs much larger than they are and not lacking for guns either, and they still come out on top. Dutch attributes it to the close bond between the gang members as well as the diverse sets of skills that they possess: their chief rivals, the O'Driscolls, just pick up anybody who can ride a horse and shoot gun, and Dutch is quite sure Colm O'Driscoll himself doesn't even know the names of all the guys who follow him. Later in Chapter Six, [[spoiler:the van der Linde gang fight an entire regiment of ''US Army'' soldiers... and they '''win''']].

*** Class 2-B from ''VideoGame/Persona1'', who were really only acquainted with each other. They actually break down to two groups: those that fought the Snow Queen and those that destroyed SEBEC Corporation.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'', normal clones are badass, Delta Squad turn badass Up to Eleven, they were born and bred for badassery. Taking out a droid production facility, retaking an acclamator-class ship from a group of trandoshan slavers and then defending said ship against an army of droids, each one of this four man team is crazy awesome, but together they are one badass crew.

* Subspace Emissary has multiple examples in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', since all the characters for most of the game are separated into groups. Marth, Meta Knight, and Ike were arguably the most bad ass group, though, and the only ones to stop a detonator from going off.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' has The Scattered Bones, an assassins guild comprised of various people that all treat each other like family. Unlike most examples of assassins they're actually the good guys and specifically target anybody that tries to instigate wars or kill innocents for profit. While they themselves are assassins they never go after innocent people regardless of the profit, and will work for relatively cheap if they deem the job nessecary. Furthermore, if you're stupid enough to try to trick them into killing an innocent they'll turn around and come after you instead.
* [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 RED and BLU]]. The mercs get even more badass when the two [[spoiler: join forces to fight Gray Mann's [[RobotWar robot army]] and preventing him from wiping out Mann Co]].

* Though she never actually does go through with her plan, Tohsaka in the True End of Heavens Feel in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has a plan like this. It goes like this: Wait a few years until all necessary materials and abilities are gathered. Then, take her with Zelretch's sword, Shirou's Reality Marble, Sakura with the power of the Grail and Rider with... being Medusa and having an infinite mana supply. Then they'll go and enter tournaments for huge cash prizes because jewel sorcery is ''not'' for the poor. And roflstomp everyone because that combination is essentially all powerful. And yes, they are all most definitely capable of stand alone. It's too bad the story ends before she can go through with it and the sequel eats continuity for breakfast.

* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'': A nigh unstoppable warlock, an extremely skilled archer/swordsman, a cleric capable of reviving the dead as long as she has MOST of the ashes, an axe wielding dwarf, and a guy who tackled/wrestled a dragon and is actually smarter than he is strong.
* ''Webcomic/MushroomGo'': The crew of the [[CoolShip Chainless]] includes a [[GeniusBruiser teenage prodigy]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine Pianta]], a six-foot-something chain smoking [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland raven]] and apparent master of martial arts, a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Shyguy]] with a knack for chainsaws and a militant [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Koopa]] captain. They're pirates. In a [[SandIsWater desert]].
* As of chapter 180, in ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' there is RK-4,[[note]]Raizel Knights[[/note]] made of [[spoiler: [[PlayfulHacker Tao]], [[ColdSniper T]][[ImprobableAimingSkills a]][[{{BFG}} k]][[OneManArmy e]][[SamuraiPonytail o]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent M-21]], and [[PintSizedPowerhouse Re]][[LightningBruiser gi]][[OneManArmy s]]]]. They ''easily'' takes out hordes of Knights, a group made of elite vampires.

* The main group of ''Webcomic/WeakHero''. You have Gray, the hero of the story and the most [[CombatPragmatist brutal, cunning fighter]] in it; Ben, a [[MightyGlacier juggernaut with near unmatched strength]]; Alex, a fearless brawler who fights with [[FragileSpeedster speed]] rather than strength; Gerard, unmatched in his [[ExtremityExtremist footwork]]; Teddy, a former bully turned formidable ally; Rowan, a one-trick pony who nevertheless prevails with his killer elbow and endless bravado; and Eugene, who makes up for his complete lack of fighting skills by being incredibly knowledgeable and always determined to stand up for his friends, regardless of how badly he's beaten down for it. The more that they fight together, the deeper their friendship grows, until their loyalty is unmatched by any of the other fighting groups.

* In "Literature/CaelumLex", the crew of the Dionysian each has their own specialty and each member can kick ass in their own right. They're all loyal to each other and act more as a family than a pirate crew.

* The main cast of ''Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests''. Starts with Boxxy, a mimic who went From Nobody to Nightmare, through a trio of centuries old demons that are masters of fire magic, melee combat and assassination, ending in an Ax-Crazy metal golem who is so strong it was nicknamed "The Rustblood Juggernaut".

* Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM take on ghosts, zombies, werewolves, vampires and all manner of supernatural creatures; each member of the team specializes in a particular supernatural entity but all are competent as part of the team.

* Dethklok from ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''. They may be dumb as a box of particularly dim hammers and they may fight and bitch at each other all the time, but when it really counts, they're thick as thieves (even if they don't admit it). Many of the awesome moments in ''Metalocalypse'' double as heartwarmth because they're all at their most badass when they're looking out for each other.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The Crystal Gems, formerly a BadassArmy, now only consist of 4 members,[[spoiler:(recently revealed to be five, than six.)]] but still have managed to save humanity from corrupted gems for millennia.

* The entire first season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' was about how you could take a RagtagBunchOfMisfits and turn them into a hypercompetent fighting team worthy of their mentors' Justice League. By the [[spoiler:five-year TimeSkip]], the team has grown into this full time.

* The crew of the naval unit Taffy 3 especially the crews of the USS Johnston and USS Samuel B Roberts. This tiny collection of tin can ships took on a huge fleet of Japanese Battleships and made the Battleships Cry uncle. Particularly of note, is the crew of the destroyer USS Johnston as under the leadership of Ernest E. Evans they took on the Japanese Fleet by themselves TWICE without orders. The second time while heavily damaged!

* The Zeezura Club devoted to the exploration of the Egyptian and Libyan desert in 1930. Contained many a badass such as Bagnold, Almasy, and Wingate.

* During the Aleutian Islands Campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the quaintly named ''1st Alaskan Combat Intelligence Platoon (Provisional)'' (aka ''Castner's Cutthroats'') was a unit of just sixty-five men selected to perform reconnaissance missions in the Aleutian Islands during the war. The men -- Aleuts, Eskimos, sourdough prospectors, miners, hunters, trappers, and fishermen -- were chosen for their hardiness and ability to thrive in the harsh cold of the Aleutians. The fact that they survived both the War and the Aleutians (1481 Americans and 4350 Japanese didn't) is testament enough to their baddassery.

* The ''Chasseurs Ardennais'' who took part in heavy fighting when Germany invaded Belgium on 10th May, 1940. They were supposed tto hold off the Germans until given the order to retreat. That order never came. In the end, just 40 men held off the entire combined German forces, fighting so hard and so bravely that when captured after their ammunition ran out, the Germans asked "Where are the rest of you?" The response of the ''Chasseurs'' was "Rest of us? We're all there is." Rommell was so impressed he said of them "They are not men, they are green wolves." The Music/{{Sabaton}} song "Resist and Bite" is dedicated to them.

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* Franchise/DocSavage and the Fabulous Five.

* [[TheSquad Riot Force 6]] of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. Even the WhiteMage of the group is [[ActionGirl someone]] [[TheBeastmaster you]] [[SummonMagic don't]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent want]] [[BerserkButton to]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes mess]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction with]].

* From the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' series, we get the following: [core members of the following]
** Original Series: (The White Base pilots\crew)
** Gundam0083 (The Albion pilots/crew)
** Zeta Gundam (The AEUG)
** Chars Counterattack (Londo Bell)
** Victory Gundam (The League Militare)
** G Gundam (The Shuffle Alliance)
** Gundam Wing (The Gundam Pilots)
** After War Gundam X (The crew/pilots of the Freeden)
** Gundam SEED (The Archangel crew/pilots, later the Three Ships Alliance)
** SEED Destiny (The TSA again, and the crew/pilots of the Minerva)
** Gundam 00 (Celestial Being, Choubou, Overflags, A-LAWS, Innovades)

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''

* Morgiana, Alibaba and Aladdin from ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' have already mastered many adventures and defeated villains, and they become stronger over time.

* In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' [[Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]] leads a group consisting of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and three Red Lanterns. All of them are badass fighters armed with the most powerful weapon of Franchise/TheDCU. And her Kryptonian member is one of the most triumphant examples of FlyingBrick.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The Holliday Girls is a sort of pseudo-commando unit of young women lead by ComicBook/EttaCandy who track down and fight Nazi spies, aliens, supervillains and common crooks. Individual members include BloodKnight Bobby Strong, GirlyBruiser Glamora Treat, highly adaptable Virgina True and the [[TricksterTwins Trickster]] Heyday triplets. It's telling that both ComicBook/SteveTrevor and Wondy herself prefer to work with them rather than actual military units.

** The original six members of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' consists of [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica a Super Soldier from World War II with an indestructible shield and well-honed tactical instincts]], [[ComicBook/IronMan a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist in a high-powered suit of armor]], [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor a Physical God with a mighty hammer who can control lightning]], [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk one of the smartest scientists in the world who can turn into an "enormous green rage monster" in battle]], and two master assassins and spies, [[ComicBook/BlackWidow one with unmatched martial arts skills]] and [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} one whose primary weapon is a bow and arrow that can fire Trick Arrows]]. Once they finally figure out how to work together, the mere six of them are able to protect the entire city of New York from an AlienInvasion.
** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', the team expands beyond the original membership, incorporating both new and old members with each hero bringing something special to the crew. The new members are Iron Man's [[ComicBook/WarMachine best friend, who wears a similarly high-powered and well-armed suit of armor]], Captain America's [[ComicBook/TheFalcon close friend, a former Air Force paratrooper with a literal winged harness, specializing in rescue missions]], [[ComicBook/TheVision an artificial human created by Thor's lightning and one of Iron Man's AI programs, with an Infinity Stone embedded in his head]], and a pair of twins, [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch one of whom has a wide array of mental abilities such as mind control, telepathy, and telekinesis]], and [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} one with super-speed and reflexes]] [[spoiler:(though sadly, the latter only gets to be part of the team for the final battle before he dies)]].
** The ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' count as well, consisting of a thief and outlaw who's also a GuileHero and skilled with a blaster (Star-Lord), an assassin who's the adopted daughter of Thanos himself and known as the "deadliest woman in the galaxy" (Gamora), a mechanically altered talking raccoon and GadgeteerGenius (Rocket), a OneManArmy tree-creature (Groot), and maniacal, bloodthirsty PsychoKnifeNut (Drax the Destroyer). They've taken out armies who are feared throughout the rest of the galaxy and saved numerous planets from destruction, emerging (mostly) intact each time.

* The guardsmen of the [[Literature/GauntsGhosts Tanith First-And-Only]]. When you're the last 2,000 survivors of a planet destroyed by Chaos, you have to be badass.

* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''

* The Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. You've got [[Franchise/TheFlash The Fastest Man Alive]], [[Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} Victor Stone]], a {{Cyborg}} with both SuperStrength and HollywoodHacking abilities (GeniusBruiser much?), Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, who manages to hold his own despite the whole WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway situation, and Comicbook/BlackCanary an ActionGirl with MakeMeWannaShout abilities. All headed up by Comicbook/GreenArrow, the biggest BadassNormal in the whole show. And that's when Franchise/{{Superman}} and the ComicBook/MartianManhunter aren't helping them.

* The good people of Torchwood Three from ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''..

** ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': The Autobots, consisting of Optimus Prime, Vector Prime, Jetfire, Scattershot, Landmine, and Hot Shot. All of them can, when it counts, crack open a can of whup-ass. Especially Optimus Prime. Four words: "[[SuperRobot Optimus Prime,]] SuperMode!"

* The entire first season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' was about how you could take a RagtagBunchOfMisfits and turn them into a hypercompetent fighting team worthy of their mentors' Justice League. By the [[spoiler:five-year TimeSkip]], the team has grown into this full time.

* Andy's toys from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. Kidnap or threaten one of them, they'll show you just how incorrect you are. In the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold the Mutant Toys]] are the Badass Crew. Andy's toys don't play this {{trope}} until ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'', every single retainer of Hakuoro is an utter badass. So much so that [[spoiler: when he returns to his original form as a stupidly powerful PhysicalGod and begs them to destroy his insane side forever, they proceed to punch out the equivalent of Cthulhu meets Godzilla to honor his final commands as their commander.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'', every single retainer of Hakuoro is an utter badass. So much so that [[spoiler: when he returns to his original form as a stupidly powerful PhysicalGod and begs them to destroy his insane side forever, they proceed to punch out the equivalent of Cthulhu meets Godzilla to honor his final commands as their commander.]]

* ''The Literature/NancyDrew Files'' and ''Literature/TheHardyBoys Casefiles'' were a DarkerAndEdgier version of the stories that took both series UpToEleven, making both of their respective casts a Badass Crew. They also had a crossover Spinoff, the ''Nancy Drew-Hardy Boys Supermysteries,'' in which Frank, Nancy, Joe, and various combinations of Bess, Chet, George, Biff, Tony, etc., taking down everybody from corrupt [=CEOs=] to terrorist cells.

* Right now regarding association football national teams, Spain takes this trope UpToEleven. Current winner of the European and World Cups, beaten the former Badass Crew Italy for an incredible 4-0 in the 2012 European Cup finals held in Kiev, Ukraine, and the under-21 national is currently the European champion, beating Italy for a second time. ''Ouch.''

* Nearly every guild in ''Manga/FairyTail''. Taken UpToEleven for Team Fairy Tail on the final day of [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games]]! [[spoiler: Even cowering Sting into submission by simply giving him the DeathGlare!]]

** In fact, of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, there are only two who avert the close-knit nature of the series crews. Gecko Moria, who used to have one, but after losing them to Kaido (in what was implied to be an extremely traumatic fashion), his insanity and heartbreak led him to declare he needed nobody's strength but his own before using his Devil Fruit power to create an army of expendable zombies. The only other people he has are the three people he absolutely needs to even ''have'' that army (while he can make zombies by himself, he can't do so at the same pace and power after Hogback, Absalom, and Perona leave, becoming a non-issue every time he appears after). The other one is Hawkeye Mihawk. No reason is given for his lack of a crew aside from an inherent nature as a loner, but unlike Moria who's crippled with no crew, [[OneManArmy Mihawk doesn't need one]].

** Samantha Shepard's squad (Garrus, Tali, Legion, Samara, Zaeed, Thane, Vega, Williams, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Alenko]], Wrex, Grunt, and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters more]])