History Main / LegionOfDoom

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E1KampKrusty "Gentlemen...to evil!"]]]]
->'''[[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]:''' I was just celebrating God's return. Out of the ground and back up into the sky. He and his odd little friends are forming some sort of League.\\
'''[[Characters/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]]:''' You better not be wasting my time.\\

Plot of an episode or StoryArc, wherein one or more villainous characters — usually made up of some combination of past one-shots, members of the RoguesGallery, and/or a few possible newcomers — join forces to destroy their common enemies, the protagonists.

* Creator/AlexRoss, a huge ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' fan, did a limited series called ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'', which was his DarkerAndEdgier [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/superfriends/images/6/64/Legion_Of_Doom_%28Justice%29.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/2000?cb=20090515053828 version of the series]]. This version of the Legion of Doom had the same roster as their original ''Superfriends'' incarnation (Lex Luthor, Giganta, Toyman, Sinestro, Bizarro, Brainiac, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Solomon Grundy, Captain Cold, Black Manta, The Riddler and Scarecrow), but with the addition of [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation Black Adam, Metallo, Clayface, Parasite and Poison Ivy being members]] and Toyman being the Winslow Schott version rather than the Jack Nimball version (though he does use puppet-like automatons that resemble the jester-like costume Jack Nimball wore).
** The miniseries also ends up [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] the concept by revealing that the architects of the Legion had to resort to using mind control to get all the villains to work together. Otherwise, they're just too selfish and/or insane to stay focused on a single unified goal and would inevitably turn on one another or pursue their own personal vendettas.
* There was a short-lived Franchise/MarvelUniverse series, ''Super-Villain Team-Up''. However it was really a minor example as it mostly came down to Characters/DoctorDoom and [[Comicbook/SubMariner Namor]], though the last couple of issues were about [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] and the Hate Monger.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** ''Batman's Gangland Guardians'' featured an assembly of Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}'s foes. Fearing that a new mysterious supervillain might actually succeed in killing Batman, they act to secretly protect him. The rationale being that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou only they, who have put in the time and effort, deserve to be in the running for Batman's final defeat]].
** In an issue of a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] comic [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] and [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] teamed up and were so good with their combined resources that Batman was powerless to stop them. He won only after they had captured him and he turned them against each other by stroking their egos to the point that they got into a competition and then an argument over who was contributing more to their partnership.
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'':
** Another one from DC was the shortlived ''Secret Society of Super-Villains'', in which a collection of old school villains form a sort of anti-Justice League and fight the newly-arrived [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and company. In one memorable scene, Gorilla Grodd has a punchout with a giant club wielding member of the ''ComicBook/NewGods'', and defeats him with the aid of a classic wrestling ploy, the {{heel}}ish [[ISurrenderSuckers mock surrender]]. The Society even had their own series.
** Later expanded during and after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''. Witnessing the JLA's much more proactive stance after the murder of Sue Dibny, most of the supervillains band together and form an international organization. This version lasted up until ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}''.
** After the ''Flashpoint'' reboot, various titles across the New 52 hinted at the existence of a new incarnation of the Society, which finally came into play in ''ComicBook/TrinityWar'' and ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013''.
** [[ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013 Another iteration]] actually pitted a team led by [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] against a Society/Crime Syndicate team led by Characters/{{Deathstroke}}, where Batman (who had already partnered with Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}) was caught up in the mix. The Bat and the Cat work with Lex, who offers Deathstroke enough money to betray his team, leading to a Gang formed of Lex Luthor, Sinestro, [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]], Deathstroke, Captain Cold and [[Characters/AquamanRoguesGallery Black Manta]], who all work ''scarily'' well together. Made even funnier when Batman actually thought he could enforce his no-kill policy.
** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'' saw the {{Trope Namer|s}} [[CanonImmigrant making its debut in mainstream comic continuity for the first time]].
* The whole premise of the miniseries ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' is that the villains ''don't'' fall to bickering and instead destroy all the heroes and take over the world. (It's only ''after'' the heroes are gone and they are the unequivocal masters of all the world that the infighting starts, mirroring some RealLife political coups by [[EnemyMine politically expedient alliances]].)
* One of the earliest examples has to be the Injustice Society of the World who first fought the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica in ''All Star Comics'' #37 in 1947, when the concept of supervillains was still relatively new. They would return (in different incarnations) to plague the JSA over the decades, though the original team consisted of The Wizard (founder), Brainwave, Vandal Savage, The Thinker, The Gambler and time traveller Per Degaton. The same incarnation reformed about a year later, adding Sportsmaster, Harlequin, Icicle, Tigress and Fiddler.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Marston's final issue has [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]], Giganta, Blue Snowman, Dr. Poison, Queen Clea, Hypnota, Eviless and Zara teaming up to form Villainy Inc. in order to escape Reformation Island and kill Wonder Woman.
** Subverted in one of the earliest examples, in a Golden Age issue. Almost all of her existing villains apparently team up to try and kill her, but it turns out that they're a group of actors recruited by the real villain, a deranged stage actor who thinks Wonder Woman stole his fame.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth:'' Greg Rucka's run has Veronica Cale and the rebooted versions of Doctor Cyber and Doctor Poison, with unwilling assistance from Cheetah and temporary assistance from Circe, to destroy Wonder Woman / gain access to Themiscyra.
* Media adaptations of the Comicbook/XMen have an annoying habit of grouping most X-Villains as members of the Brotherhood of (Evil) Mutants with [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] as the leader, regardless of whether or not said villain ever had anything to do with the group in the comics (such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]], Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, and the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, who's not even a mutant), or if they'd ever play second string to ''anyone'' (Characters/{{Mystique}}, who led her own version of the team and has never worked with Magneto). Bonus points if [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] and Characters/ScarletWitch are present and willingly serving Magneto, even though they were with him against their will in the comics and jumped ship as soon as they were able, and are more closely associated with ComicBook/TheAvengers than the X-Men these days. Funnily enough, Mystique and Sabretooth, the ones most likely to be on Magneto's side in these adaptations despite almost never being so in the comics, are still associated with ''another'' evil ComicBook/XMen team: [[MadScientist Mister Sinister]]'s Marauders, who are a lot less picky about who to team up with. Though he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder probably won't be in any hurry to rehire Mystique anytime soon.]]
* DC's Injustice Gang pretty much embodies this trope. The antithesis to the Justice League, they're a group of villains who band together to destroy the JLA. The lineup changes with every appearance, since the Gang tends to disband (or all be thrown in jail) at the end of a given story. Its most successful incarnations have all been led by Lex Luthor; in one story, he tells his fellow members "let's not fall victim to the cliche of the villains who can't get along." He's also perhaps the only major supervillain who has been able to successfully enforce harmony and cooperation among his gang, with no dissensions, betrayals, or serious infighting -- no small feat when you've got The Joker on your team.
* Lex and the Joker teamed up during UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks to take on Bats and Superman, by robbing Fort Knox with ''nigh-invulnerable robots''.
* The EvilCounterpart to the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, the Legion of Supervillains, especially the "Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds" incarnation led by [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]], wherein the roster consists of almost all of the villains the Legion ever faced.
* The UrExample is ComicBook/TheMonsterSocietyOfEvil, who fought [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} the original Captain Marvel]] from 1943 to 1945 in one long, continuous story. It was led by the new villain Mister Mind, but was composed mostly of villains that the good Captain had fought before. And the entire Axis Powers.
* In fact the first example may be from Leading Comics #1 (winter 1941) where the Seven Soldiers Of Victory formed. Master Criminal the Hand, thinking he will die soon, organizes five other criminals to use five unused schemes of his, referring to them as the Hand's Five Fingers. They are stopped by various heroes leading to the formation of the Soldiers. Interestingly enough one member, the Dummy, was a member of the first Monster Society.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Ghost Rider}}s: Heaven's on Fire'', a Legion of Doom has been assembled to kill the Ghost Riders, consisting of Blackout (murderous vampire), the Deacon (musclebound religious zealot with sacred knives), the All-New Orb (LegacyCharacter to the original Ghost Rider archvillain), Big Wheel (baddie-for-hire who pilots a large metal wheel), Madcap (indestructible lunatic with contagious insanity), Vengeance (ex-cop turned Ghost Rider simulacrum), Trull the Inhuman (alien-possessed steamshovel), and Scarecrow ([[Franchise/{{Batman}} No, not that one]], but rather a maniac with a pitchfork who commands crows).
* Marvel has several: [[ComicBook/TheAvengers The Masters of Evil]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan the Sinister Six]], Hood's Gang, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Frightful Four]], etc.
** The Masters of Evil are the most successful, with one incarnation taking over the Avengers' base (and beating the living crap out of Hercules and Jarvis). Much of this incarnation later went on to form the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}. (Hercules, amongst others, was ''not'' happy to find out about this...)
** The Lethal Legion in one incarnation involved a HistoricalDomainCrossover.
** And the Legion of the Unliving, which is made of characters currently dead, and in one incarnation was mostly made up of dead Avengers.
** The Sinister Six has even become the Sinister Twelve.
** The Council of Kangs is made entirely of ConquerorFromTheFuture Characters/KangTheConqueror and [[AllianceOfAlternates his various iterations created by time travel]].
** The Revengers were a short-lived group made up of heroes who felt the Avengers had crossed the line and needed to be taken down.
** The latest instance is the ''Multiversal'' Masters of Evil, a collection of {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s made up of the most dangerous villains from across time and space: a Doctor Doom who became the Sorcerer Supreme, a young and psychotic Thanos, a Dark Phoenix who had turned Wolverine into her pet berserker, a Killmonger who had conquered the Ten Realms, a Red Skull that bonded with the Venom symbiote, and a Norman Osborn that became the new Spirit of Vengeance.
* A particularly enjoyable miniseries example came from Marvel a few years ago: [[Characters/{{AIM}} M.O.D.O.K.]]'s [[{{Parody}} 11]]. M.O.D.O.K. hires a group of supervillains to help him steal a MacGuffin. 3/4 of the team ends up being traitors, moles and sellouts. In the end, [[spoiler: it was all just a [[GambitRoulette ridiculously circuitous plot]] to get revenge on his ex-girlfriend]].
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' has The Rogues, who started out as a VillainTeamUp in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, but after discovering how well they worked together decided to keep working together. These days it's rare to see one of the Rogues commit a crime without some of the others around.
* ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHulks'' gave us the Inteligencia, a group of Marvel's smartest villains. Unlike most examples, they've managed to not fall to bickering and work towards a common goal.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** The Superman Revenge Squad, mostly made up of relatively minor Superman villains, was formed by behind-the-scenes bad guy Morgan Edge to fight Superman. The group ultimately failed due to a lack of cohesion.
** An early Superman story had the Terrible Trio, made up of Lex Luthor, the Toyman, and the Prankster.
** ''[[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth The Girl of No Tomorrow]]'' storyline gave us a new incarnation of the Fatal Five, five villains assembled by [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Emerald Empress]] to kill Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}.
** In "Superman: Revenge" arc, Cyborg Superman sets up a Superman Revenge Squad consisting of himself, Mongul, Metallo, Zod, Eradicator and Blanque. They nearly succeed in killed Superman off, but the Man of Steel is saved by the Superman Family.
** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'', Lex Luthor's Superman Revenge Squad consists of himself, Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman'', Lex Luthor, [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]], Amalak, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Parasite, Prankster, Toyman, Terra Man and Kryptonite Man come together to destroy Superman.
** In ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'', [[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]] assembles all criminals imprisoned in the Phantom Zone to carry out his scheme against Superman and Earth.
* Silver Age comics occasionally featured the Justice Society fighting the evil Crime Syndicate of America (from Earth-3, a good/evil reversed parallel universe) featuring Ultraman, Superwoman, Owlman, Power Ring, and Johnny Quick (evil expies of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Flash respectively). Initially there were no super''heroes'' on Earth-3, only supervillains, but eventually it was revealed that the heroic scientist Alexander Luthor was a bit of a thorn in the Crime Syndicate's side.
* In ''ComicBook/TopTen'', it's established that what would be supervillain teams anywhere else are essentially street gangs in Neopolis, where ''everybody'' is super. There's an ongoing turf war between the Fabulous Five and the League of Evil.
* As part of his plans during ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] set up a "Cabal" consisting of himself, Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Characters/TheHood, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]]. It...uh...[[HumiliationConga worked out about as well as for Osborn as everything else did in that saga]].
** But there was also the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, with [[CostumeCopycat villains impersonating heroes]].
** Norman tries again when he busts out of jail following ''Comicbook/FearItself'', this time allying his H.A.M.M.E.R. organization with A.I.M., Hydra, and the Hand, and once again uniting multiple villains (independent of those groups) into a new group of Dark Avengers. It doesn't work out for him any better this time.
* Image's ''Guarding the Globe'' series introduced us to the Order, a select group of minor recurring ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' villains, including the Face, Master Liu and his bodyguard, Octoboss, Multi-Paul, Machine Head, Isotope, and Titan -- in addition to new guys like the group's leader Set, his woman Embrace, and international enforcers like Red Eye, Insomniac, Slaying Mantis, the Walking Dread...and [[spoiler: the new War Woman]].

* ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' had two, which were formed by France and Germany in the early 20th century to combat Britain's original League. The French had "Les Hommes Mysterieux" ("The Mysterious Men"), which included Literature/ArseneLupin, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_the_Conqueror Jean Robur]], Literature/{{Fantomas}}, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctalope the Nyctalope]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Zenith Monsieur Zenith]]. The Germans had "Die Zwielichthelden" ("The Twilight Heroes"), which included [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Dr. Caligari and his assassin Cesare]], [[Film/{{Metropolis}} Dr. Rotwang and his robotic servant Maria]], and [[Film/DrMabuseTheGambler Doctor Mabuse]]. Both groups had a hand in starting the ''League'' universe's version of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Parodied in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip story "Death to the Doctor!". A group of loser villains (created just for the story) come together to plot to kill the Doctor, only to kill each other out of paranoia that the Doctor is there in disguise and killing them one by one.
* The ninth issue of the ''ComicBook/{{Madballs}}'' comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics had Dr. Frankenbeans and Snivelitch team up with other enemies of the Madballs (Miss Tic the Mystic, Colonel Corn, Maiden Hong Kong, The Badballs, Anchor Man, and Captain Weirdbeard) to form INC (or [[FunWithAcronyms International Network of Creeps]]).
* Attempted by Loki in the ''ComicBook/ActsOfVengeance'' crossover. It didn't work out well, most notably because a) [[WriterRevolt the writers were in open revolt]], and b) he neglected to consider the people he was trying to get to work together. In particular, putting [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] (a Jewish Holocaust survivor who takes "never again" ''[[PayEvilUntoEvil very seriously]]'') and the [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] (an outspoken Nazi) in the same room was [[BuriedAlive a disaster waiting to happen, really]] ([[PayEvilUntoEvil at least from the Skull's perspective]] - most everyone else was rather impressed).
* ''ComicBook/FirstStrike'' has several villains of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse coming together, with the only major absentees being any Cybertronians, since they're the villains' intended targets, and any villains from ROM, because the BigBad has a very personal grudge against them. Naturally, they don't get along very well, and some of them are even expecting a sudden but inevitable betrayal.
* Another DC one was the Injustice League, formed by Lex Luthor, Joker, and Cheetah, as a protection racket for supervillains. One of their first plans lead to them kidnapping and humiliating pretty much every member of the Justice League save for Superman and ComicBook/BlackLightning, who work together to free the rest and take them down. The bickering supervillains issue came into play, albeit in a darker means; Doctor Light was one of the villains recruited, and while Luthor and Joker had no issue, Cheetah point-blank refused to work with him because he's a serial rapist, and later when things went to shit she went out of her way to kill him during the chaos; [[EvenEvilHasStandards she's a monster, but she has]] ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards some]]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards limits]].
* In the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' story arc ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', Sinestro allies himself with Parallax, Cyborg-Superman, Superboy-Prime, and the Anti-Monitor to attack the GL Corps.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsWesternCharacters Kid Colt]] was one of the Marvel western heroes to have enough recurring enemies to make this trope possible. In #127, Colt's ArchEnemy Iron Mask (a blacksmith in bulletproof armour) recruited Bennington Brown (a hypnotist), Dr. Danger (a ventriloquist and master of magnets) and the Fat Man (a FatBastard skilled in the use of the boomerang) to form a CircusOfFear to stage a crime wave in Phoenix, where they naturally ran into Colt.
* ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'' had Fearforce, a supervillain team comprised of several of Femforce's greatest foes: Darkfire, Gorgana, Krone, Proxima, and Valkyra.
* Spoofed in ''ComicBook/MutantBeachParty'', where the Muties are braced for an incoming attack by an "ominous consortium of their most fierce and most deadly foes". They just don't know who this is, because they've got a ''lot'' of enemies (not including [[WeAreStrugglingTogether themselves]]). Finally, the story ends with the ominous consortium revealing themselves to be... [[spoiler:all the other Marvel heroes, pissed off at the X-Men's breakaway success and determined to take the spotlight back by force.]]

* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': In the first arc, Mordru conscripts the Legion of Super-Villains, the Fatal Five, ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' enemy Satan Girl, [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] nemesis Black Adam, and more villains from different time periods and parallel universes to destroy the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes once and for all. In the second arc, [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] barges in a gathering of super-villains and announces that all of them are working for him as of now. Wisely, nobody objects.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' has two, both led by [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]:
** The first one consists of Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} plus [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]], [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]], [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]], [[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]], Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}, [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]], [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], Mr. Freeze, [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]], Killer Croc and pretty much the entirety of Batman's RoguesGallery, right down to such obscurities as Orca, Tarantula and Polka-Dot Man.

* The 1966 live-action ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'', featuring the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman ("United Underworld") in a cheesy [[spoiler:penguin-shaped]] submarine. They even went through the trouble of making a logo. (An octopus [[GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand strangling a globe?]])
* The Creator/JoelSchumacher-directed Batman movies also have this as all the villains within the movie unite to kill Batman. Riddler joins and eventually leads Two-Face's gang in ''Film/BatmanForever'' and Mr. Freeze allies with Poison Ivy and Bane in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
* More or less subverted in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' where Penguin's two allies have no idea they're both affiliated with Penguin (at least on a criminal level) and none of them can get past the second act without completely and violently falling apart.
* In ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', TheStinger involves [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] escaping prison with plans to start a team in response to the creation of the Justice League, with Characters/{{Deathstroke}} being his first recruit. This is absent from ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', in which Luthor instead hires Deathstroke to kill Batman, revealing Batman's SecretIdentity (Bruce Wayne) to him.

* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': [[Film/SpiderMan1 Five]] [[Film/SpiderMan2 villains]] [[Film/SpiderMan3 from]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 five]] Spider-Man films prior to his MCU introduction are inadvertently brought to his world thanks to a botched spell. While all of them have been members of the Sinister Six in the comics, they are one villain short to be a proper depiction of them.[[note]]It came close though. Tom Hardy's Venom was considered, but it was tossed aside since his Venom has no animosity with Spider-Man and therefore no reason to join the villains. Paul Giamatti was approached to return as Rhino, but was unable to return. Mysterio was considered to still be alive and join, but this idea didn't go past concept art.[[/note]]

** In ''Series/Invasion2016'', Oliver, Thea, Sara, Ray, and Diggle are trapped in a LotusEaterMachine. When they try to break out, the machine creates copies of Malcolm Merlyn / the Dark Archer, Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Damien Darhk, several [[SuperSoldier Mirakuru soldiers]], and several [[{{Mooks}} Ghosts]]. For bonus points, they each confront the villain they have a [[ArchEnemy personal grudge against]], so we have Thea vs. [[ArchnemesisDad Malcolm]], Sara vs. [[YouKilledMyFather Damien]], Oliver vs. [[WeUsedToBeFriends Slade]], Diggle vs. [[CainAndAbel the Ghosts]], and Ray vs. [[YouKilledMyFather the Mirakuru soldiers]], and it is ''[[CatharsisFactor glorious]]''.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan "The Daleks' Master Plan"]] is nearly an ideal example of the trope — a colourful array of supervillains is brought together by the Daleks; it includes a dominant, disruptive personality (YellowPeril and DiabolicalMastermind Mavic Chen), and the heroes exploit the infighting. Just one problem — the Doctor's never met any of these bad guys before.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]], many of the Doctor's worst foes are brought together to finish him off — but they are merely pawns of TheManBehindTheCurtain, and apart from the Master and the Cybermen don't even interact.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]] bring the Daleks and Cybermen together, however the Daleks, being the Daleks, respond to the Cybermen's offer of an alliance with summary extermination.
** Subverted to hell and back in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]], in which a couple ''dozen'' races show up, apparently to squabble over whatever is imprisoned in the eponymous device, [[spoiler:only to imprison the Doctor in an effort to ''save'' the universe]]. Seen on screen are the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans, the Silurians, the Autons, and the Judoons, and many more get name checks or cameos in crowd shots.
* Sue's self-described Leg - uh, ''League'' of Doom in ''Series/{{Glee}}'', if you replace "supervillain" with "returning character with a grudge against the local show choir". She even gives them code-names, dubbing herself [[KneelBeforeZod General Zod]].
* While ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' has plenty of smaller [[VillainTeamUp villain alliances]] throughout its run, it doesn't really hit this trope until the back half of Season 4, when Jerome Valesca forms a team composed of himself, Jervis Tetch, Scarecrow, Firefly, and Mr. Freeze, as well as a reluctant Penguin and Butch Gilzean[=/=][[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]], in order to carry out a plan to drive all of Gotham mad. He refers to the group as the "Legion of Horribles".

* DC's ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'':

* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' features a virtual army of supervillains forming a new Masters of Evil, as well as several cutscenes in which Characters/DoctorDoom plot his evil schemes along with his flunkies, er, allies, Loki, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress The Enchantress]], [[Characters/DoctorStrangeEnemies Baron Mordo]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron Ultron]] (one assumes Ultron was frequently pinched for forgetting to wear green).

* [[WebVideo/RandomEncounters Random Encounters’s]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeGxemEYZpU Arkham Rock Opera]] has {{Characters/Batman|TheCharacter}} cornered by one made up of his RoguesGallery, led by [[MalevolentMaskedMan Black Mask]] and involving [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker Joker]], Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}}, [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler Riddler]], [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow Scarecrow]], [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin Penguin]], Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]], [[PsychoPsychologist Hugo Strange]], and Characters/{{Ba|tmanBane}}ne. [[spoiler:They almost succeed in killing him, but Catwoman ultimately turns on them and helps Batman escape.]]

* Attempted by Loki in the ''ComicBook/ActsOfVengeance'' crossover. It didn't work out well, most notably because a) [[WriterRevolt the writers were in open revolt]], and b) he neglected to consider the people he was trying to get to work together. In particular, putting [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] (a Jewish Holocaust survivor who takes "never again" ''[[PayEvilUntoEvil very seriously]]'') and the [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] (an outspoken Nazi) in the same room was [[BuriedAlive a disaster waiting to happen, really]] ([[KickTheSonOfABitch at least from the Skull's perspective]] - most everyone else was rather impressed).

* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has a Legion made up of the main bosses from the first 10 ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, headed by the god Chaos, and opposed by the heroes of the same. They're not exactly the most cooperative of groups: They seem to have split between the [[OmnicidalManiac Destroyers]], [[TheChessmaster Schemers]], [[HeelFaceTurn Defectors]], and those who are just plain following their own agenda. But really, that's what you get when you assemble people that are ''this'' unhinged and expect them to get along.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''[='=]s Subspace Emissary story mode, a group of villains, including playable characters Bowser, Ganondorf, and Wario, and [=NPCs=] Petey Piranha, Porky, and Ridley join under Master Hand, [[spoiler: who is secretly being controlled by Tabuu]], to make the Subspace Army. Bowser, Ganondorf, and Wario all end up eventually betraying the army, joining the heroes [[spoiler: once they realize they were just Tabuu's pawns.]] However, Ganondorf planned on overthrowing Master Hand and becoming the army's leader long [[spoiler:before he learned of Tabuu.]]

* [[WebVideo/RandomEncounters Random Encounters’s]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeGxemEYZpU Arkham Rock Opera]] has {{Characters/Batman|TheCharacter}} cornered by one made up of his RoguesGallery, led by [[MalevolentMaskedMan Black Mask]], and involving [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}}, [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]], [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]], [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]], Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]], [[PsychoPsychologist Hugo Strange]] and Characters/{{Ba|tmanBane}}ne. [[spoiler:They almost succeed in killing him, but Catwoman has a change of heart and helps Batman escape.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan2000'', Dr. X runs a villainous team to further his schemes. In fact, it's ''literally called'' "The Council Of Doom".
* The end of the penultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' "Gumbaldia" before the hour-long series finale, Gumbald who is the BigBad of Season 9 has gathered everyone who hates the Candy Kingdom and fought against Finn and Jake before for war against Princess Bubblegum. These foes include [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Fern]], Ricardio, the Squirrel who hates Jake, Me-Mow, Ash, Bandit Princess, Scorcher, Peace Master, Samantha, Sir Slicer, Pete Sassafras, and... The Ice King and Gunther]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' had the League of Villains, which was formed in what was intended as one of the show's final episodes. Almost all of the show's villains were included, both nemeses and gag characters, but as it was aired before some episodes produced earlier, it even included some villains that hadn't been introduced yet!
* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' subverts this trope in the episode "The Last One", in which the Mooninites gather all the..."[[SitcomArchNemesis villains]]"...that have appeared in the series to form a Legion of Doom. After the group's decimated because of its members' stupidity and annoyance with each other, the survivors dub themselves "Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday" and launch an assault on the ATHF's home -- which, of course, [[ShaggyDogStory goes nowhere]].
* Mirroring the comics it is based off of, ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has the Enchantress gathering up various villains to form the Masters of Evil. And then she gives the reins to Baron Zemo, for some reason.
-->'''Enchantress:''' Zemo is but a toy. To be discarded when I tire of him.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' features the above-mentioned Cabal from ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' as the principal antagonists. [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] even explicitly states that he formed them as the villainous equivalent of the Avengers.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Batfink}}'' had in episode 96 out of 100 a conglomeration of villains brought together by Tough Macduff, Batfink's 'Oldest Foe', though this is his first appearance. They consist of Manhole Manny, Big Ears Ernie, Gluey Louie, Stupidman, Skinny Minnie, Whip Van Winkle, Old King Cruel, Cinderobber, Swami Salami, Party Marty, Beanstalk Jack, Queenie Bee, Sporty Morty, Roz The Schnozz, and, to add insult to injury, Hugo A Go Go, the mad scientist. They tell Batfink to be branded a coward and leave town on a train. However, Batfink caches them all in a fishnet.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman's'' done this at least twice: "Team Penguin" in the episode of the same name, and briefly in "The Batman/Superman Story, Part One". However, the latter is sort of subverted as it may be members of Bats's RoguesGallery teaming up, [[spoiler:but they were assembled to fight against ''Superman'']].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
** The Legion of Doom is featured in the episode "Triumverate of Terror!" The episode sees [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] joining forces with [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] and [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] to finally do away with Batman, Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}, and Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} once and for all.
** TheTeaser of that episode was a baseball game between the Justice League International and the Legion of Doom, with Joker, Luthor and Cheetah united with Weather Wizard, Clock King, Chronos, Felix Faust, and Amazo.
** "Night of the Batmen!" features an instance of a number of Batman's foes teaming up to take advantage of Gotham City while the Dark Knight is in traction.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' episode "Neitherworld's Least Wanted" has Neitherworld television executive Mr. Monitor orchestrate a ratings stunt by broadcasting a show where he brings together several of Beetlejuice's enemies (Scuzzo the Clown, Jesse Germs, Little Miss Warden from "Snugglejuice", Mr. Big from "Ear's Looking at You", Bartholomew Batt from "Sappiest Place on Earth"...[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and recurring nuisance Lipscum]]) to form [[FunWithAcronyms S.N.O.T.R.A.G.]] (Society of Neitherworld Outlaws, Thugs, Rogues, Antagonists and Gangsters) and destroy Beetlejuice by tricking him into saying "I'm coming apart at the seams" and separating his pieces to prevent him from putting himself back together before sundown.
* ''Franchise/{{Ben 10}}'':
** The Negative Ten in the final season of [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} the original series]], formed by Forever King Driscoll and consisting of villains Ben has fought (namely Dr. Animo, Charmcaster, the Circus Freaks, Sublimino, Rojo, and Clancy) to steal an energy power unit from Mount Rushmore.
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'':
*** The Vengers, consisting of Billy Billions (and his RobotMaid Mazuma), Kangaroo Commando and Captain Nemesis, with backing from Will Harangue, are a group out to destroy Ben's reputation (and himself) while trying to pass themselves off as heroes. Thanks to Brainstorm's calculations, Ben doesn't bother to deal with them at all, and instead pretends to go AchillesInHisTent and waits it out until the team implodes from within because of their clashing egos. Ben's prediction naturally came true.
*** The "And Then There Were-" two-parter featured Vilgax teaming up with Eon and Albedo, and then forming a team of evil alternate Bens from various parallel universes in order to conquer a reality where Ben never received the Omnitrix. Paradox would then summon a group of heroic Bens ([[FutureBadass Ben 10K]], [[ThirteenIsUnlucky Ben 23]], [[WhatIf Gwen 10]], and Ben from the original universe himself) to even the odds.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In the two part episode "Summit To Save Earth", Zarm forms a team consisting of the Eco Villains such as Sly Sludge, Doctor Blight, Hoggish Greedly, Verminous Skumm, Duke Nukem, and Looten Plunder.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** The very first time it happened in was in "Operation: M.O.V.I.E.", where Numbuh Four tries to get into an R-rated movie, only to find that it's a very large gathering of the [=KND=]'s RoguesGallery, summoned by Mr. Boss.
** A larger scale version happened in ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'', where Father (and later Grandfather) uses every possible villain against the KND. It is even stated early on that the KND had never faced such a coordinated attack from their adult enemies before.
** Minor example in "Operation: F.L.U.S.H.", where Mr. Boss (again) gathers a group of villains, only for the [[HarmlessVillain Toiletnator]], rejected from the group, to defeat them on his own, since he mistook ''them'' for the KND!
** Another example would be in "Operation: M.I.S.S.I.O.N.", only it's ''Numbuh Four'' who assembles four incarcerated villains...for a bowling match against his father.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', Eustace organizes a team of former villains into a group in order to kill Courage, ranging from recurring (arguably) nemesis Katz to the giant foot fungus, apparently ignoring/forgetting that they've endangered his own life before. They all seek revenge against Courage for being the first who dared to deny them new victims. They then proceed to brutalize Courage in a game of Dodgeball before he buries them in an earthquake caused by his own ability to scream which is ironically what they made him do all the time.
* The enemies of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' join forces to become the Fearsome Five, ([[EvilCounterpart NegaDuck]], [[ShockAndAwe Megavolt]], [[PlantPerson Bushroot]], [[MonsterClown Quackerjack]], and [[MakingASplash Liquidator]]) forcing Darkwing to create his own team, the Justice Ducks in the episode "Just Us Justice Ducks".
* Used (and made fun of) in the Third Season Premiere Show of ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', where nearly every minor one-or-two-episode villain was brought together (Sometimes from the dead) to form the Legion of Duck Doom, as the primary antagonists, Mars, were currently at peace with Earth. (Though by the end of the episode, the Legion is defeated, and war breaks out again.) There was even a CaptainErsatz of the [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Black Manta]] called the Black Eel (who really shouldn't have been there, as he had no quarrel with Dodgers).
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'':
** In the season 2 episode "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E22GlomTales GlomTales]]", [[TheRival Flintheart Glomgold]] decides to create his own "family" of villains to defeat Scrooge [=McDuck=] and his family. This involves recruiting [[TheDon Ma Beagle]] and her [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether Beagle Boys]], [[TheSocialExpert Mark Beaks]], [[WickedWitch Magica De Spell]], and [[RoguesGalleryTransplant Don Karnage]].
** For season 3, the [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Fiendish Organization of World Larceny aka F.O.W.L.]] is set up as the new antagonists with the goal of eradicating Clan [=McDuck=] after nearly costing them the world with [[NoNonsenseNemesis Lunaris']] AlienInvasion. The legion is led by High Command which is revealed to be [[spoiler: [[EvilAllAlong Scrooge's board of directors]]]]. And as of now, F.O.W.L.'s members consist of [[spoiler: [[DiscoDan Black Heron]], a frozen [[UpperClassTwit John D. Rockerduck]] alongside his zombified butler [[GiantMook Jeeves]], [[BrainyBrunette Gandra Dee]], [[BadassInANiceSuit Steelbeak]], and [[RoguesGalleryTransplant the Phantom Blot]]]].
* WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim faced a team composed of all the major villains from his cartoon series. The stake? An egg-beater! No, a normal egg-beater, like the kind you have in your kitchen. Don't question the humor!
* ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'': Hector once decided to unite all villains and form the "League of Destruction". The villains argued among themselves about who'd be the leader. By the time TheHero arrived at the Headquarters to stop them, the League of Destruction had lived up to the name by destroying itself.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** The Crimson Chin webisodes had "The Body of Evil" (consisting of the Bronze Kneecap, the Copper Cranium, the Iron Lung, the Gilded Arches and the Brass Knuckles).
** In "Escape from Unwish Island", Timmy's vengeful no-longer-imaginary friend Gary assembles several other villains who were brought into existence by one of Timmy's wishes that Timmy had unwished (Super Bike from the episode of the same name, Dark Laser from "Hard Copy" and the Pumpkinator from "Scary Godparents", as well as a Sphinx from ''WesternAnimation/AbraCatastrophe'' that Timmy didn't wish away, but adds to the drama) to get payback on Timmy for "abandoning" them. Though they manage to win, Timmy works things out with them.
** In "[[SuperheroEpisode The Big Superhero Wish]]", Timmy makes the world like a comicbook, resulting in superheroes and supervillains. Taking advantage, the Nega Chin (the Crimson Chin's alternate reality evil self) forms a supervillain group out of the now superpowered Mr. Crocker (Doctor Crocktopus), Vicky (The Baby Shredder), and Francis (Bull-E), complete with a swamp-based 'hall of evil'. While they manage to win and take over the world, they're ultimately defeated by [[spoiler:Timmy, his powerless friends, and three everyday heroes... a fire fighter, a janitor, and a milkman]].
** The eighth season brought together a smaller gaggle of recurring villains - Denzel Crocker, Dark Laser, Foop, and sometimes Vicky, as the League Of Super Evil Revenge Seekers, or LOSER's. Unlike the previous examples, the unit reappeared a few times more, not only as antagonists but also the primary social group for the villainous characters when they were in greater focus.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' mentions the Legion of Doom by name, when during Lois's bid for mayor, she claims they've teamed up with [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] to assassinate UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}. Cut to the Legion, with Solomon Grundy admitting he "dropped the ball on this one."
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' episode "Enemies Mine".
* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' "Monster Wars" episodes had a MonsterOfTheWeek version of this, complete with [[spoiler:a resurrected Zilla, the original American Godzilla, as "Cyber-zilla"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': The {{Trope Namer|s}} exists as a club of who's who/WeirdTradeUnion for supervillains, chaired by Lex Luthor and containing the big shots like Luthor, The Joker, Scarecrow, Black Manta, and Bane[[note]]"Lot of politics involved there..."[[/note]]. They are a public institution with HQ in the centre of Gotham City, and have a training video and police their own membership (including expelling Doctor Psycho for using the C-word in public). Getting into the Legion becomes Harley's overarching goal for season 1.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'':
** Five of Johnny's past foes form the 'Johnny Stopping Evil Force Five' to take their revenge, complete with a 'swamp lair'. Similar to their counterparts, they actually manage to hold together and reappear in several future episodes.
** A second team is assembled for the finale after the original team has, for various reasons, made up with Johnny himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' featured this thrice: the two versions of the Injustice Gang in the episodes "Fury" and "Injustice For All", and the Secret Society in the episode "Secret Society" (naturally, after the above comic). In the sequel series, ''Justice League Unlimited'', the latter expanded into a ''much'' larger and better organized group, the focus of its third-season arc. This incarnation was based off the Legion of Doom, and was called that behind the scenes. The entire third season was basically a homage to the aforementioned ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'', complete with [[spoiler:[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] showing up as the TrueFinalBoss to replace them]].
** The creators have admitted that they considered the massive villain group in JLU to be the Legion of Doom (complete with "Darth Vader head base in a swamp"), and generally referred to the group as such when discussing it, [[ExecutiveMeddling but had been explicitly told by DC that they could NOT use the Legion of Doom term.]] This is why the group is never actually named in the show, and why Luthor's allusion to the group implies it's related to the prior Secret Society. Note that Grodd corrects Luthor and implies the group ISN'T just a larger Secret Society -- but then fails to provide an alternate term. Interestingly, they ''were'' referred to as The Legion of Doom on the JLU Season 2 DVD box.
** ''Justice League'' also featured the Superman Revenge Squad, though they were not named as such.
** The original Secret Society was something of an inversion of this trope. Grodd uses his mental powers to make the heroes more irritable, causing them to give vent to grievances that they normally kept bottled up. This causes the dissolution of the League, much the same way that a normal Legion Of Doom will fall apart. Grodd even lampshades the common fate of Legions Of Doom, and seeks to avert it using trust-building exercises and training.
** The episode with the Justice Guild has the Injustice Guild, based on the Injustice Society.
** "Epilogue" briefly features the Iniquity Collective, a small collection of the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond future Batman's]] rogues ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Parasite]]).
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', "A Sitch In Time" (''sic''), wherein the biggest villains join up in a TimeTravel scheme, and get double-crossed by Drakken's sidekick Shego.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' two parter "Emperor's Rule", after the new BigBad takes out the Furious Five, Po breaks Fung, Gah-Ri, Taotie, Tong Fo, Temutai and Hundun out of prison. They capture him before he can convince him this is an EnemyMine situation, but he eventually talks them round. Taotie calls the group the Brotherhood of Malfeasance, but it doesn't catch on.
* Played with in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' episode "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS4E8Remembrances Remembrances]]". In it, Varrick explains his idea for a new movie, where the four previous {{Big Bad}}s, Zaheer, Vaatu, Amon and Evil Unalaq team up to defeat Bolin and take over the world. Varrick almost exactly mentions this trope by name, by suggesting this ensemble should be called the Legion of Darkness.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'':
** A resurrected Scar amasses a massive army to try to take over the Pride Lands, with his second-in-command Ushari the cobra, Janja and his hyena pack, Kiburi and his rogue crocodiles, a flock of vultures led by Mzingo and Mwoga, a pack of jackals led by Reirei and skinks led by Shupavu.
** Makucha of Season 3 also assembles a group to stalk and oppose the Lion Guard in the latter's pilgrimage to find the Tree of Life, consisting of [[MonsterOfTheWeek villains of the week]] that previously fell to the Guard like snow leopard Chuluun and Ora the komodo dragon.
* Used in the ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' 1st SeasonFinale where four of the season's villains were gathered by [[BigBad Optimatus]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' episode "Convention of Evil", where most of the RoguesGallery attend a therapy session hosted by recurring character, psychologist Dr. Neumann. [[spoiler:The climax of the episode reveals that The Mask is in the meeting, disguised as Neumann himself.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeysHouseOfVillains'' features [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] recruiting a team consisting of [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]], [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella DeVille]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]] to take over the WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse. Eventually nearly all of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon villains come to join their army, and some notable additions to the crew post-takeover include [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Kaa]], [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Queen of Hearts]], [[WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs the Big Bad Wolf]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' episode "Legion of Evil", the titular Legion ''is'' made up of Jenny's enemies. The twist is that its membership consists of her least-threatening enemies: The Hammer Bros, Lancer, Mudslinger, and led by Dr. Wakeman's deranged lab rat Vladimir. Jenny was not impressed.
-->'''Jenny:''' Your name is Mr. Scruffles, your Legion is a bunch of B-list villains, and your secret lair smells like fish.
* In the final season of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Grogar [[spoiler: who is actually Discord in disguise]] forms one of these with Lord Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, and even Cozy Glow being recruited, and King Sombra being resurrected. By the end of the premiere, [[EvilerThanThou Sombra defects from the legion]], [[ICanRuleAlone intending to conquer Equestria on his own]], [[NearVillainVictory and nearly succeeds]] before being killed once more by the Mane Six. Grogar presents this to show his allies why they must stand united to defeat the heroes. They're even gathered in a skull-shaped cave in a mountain, reminiscent of the {{Trope Namer|s}}. [[spoiler:Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Chrysalis betray Grogar/Discord using his own bell to power themselves up, drain his magic, and then go on to become the final antagonists of the series.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'' had A.P.E. (Allied Perpetrators of Evil); consisting of Lex Luthor, the Warlock, Toyman and the Prankster who united in an attempt to take down Superman.
* Dr. Doofenshmirtz of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' attempts to invoke this by gathering the other evil scientists in the Tri-State area and form the League Of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness. Then one of the scientists points out that [[FunWithAcronyms the acronym spells L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.]]
* ''The ComicBook/PlasticMan Comedy Adventure Show'' had an episode, "The Terrible 5 + 1" where a new villain broke a bunch of previous Villain of the Week characters out of jail to form a team with them, but subverted because none of them wants to take orders from another villain, and he ends up interrupting their crimes to steal the take in revenge for being rejected. Instead it becomes an EnemyMine episode where they ask Plastic Man for help dealing with him.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'':
** The episode "Meet the Beat-Alls" had Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins joining together to form the eponymous villain group. The episode was also [[ShoutOut almost entirely full of]] [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song references and visual idioms.
** Another episode has one brief part near the ending where to get revenge on Buttercup (for repeatedly attacking them all with no provocation to get teeth in a typical tooth fairy story), a bunch of villains get together and beat her down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', the episode "Exit 9B" has a Legion of Doom formed from the bad guys that got killed over the past 3 seasons, [[spoiler:all led by the son of Garrett Bobby Ferguson]].
* Spoofed briefly in the season 15 episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "Fraudcast News," where Mr. Burns tells Smithers to "Assemble the League of Evil", a seemingly multi-ethnic team of villains (a samurai warlord, a Nazi SS officer, and an Arab Sheikh, along with a cowboy and a scientist). They were only identifiable by their clothing, as Burns had kept them stored away in a compartment in his office, and they had long since suffocated and died. As Mr. Smithers observed, "[[ForgotToFeedTheMonster even monsters need air.]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** The episode "Krazy Kripples" had Creator/ChristopherReeve create a Legion of Doom to counter Creator/GeneHackman in direct homage to the ''Super Friends'' cartoon featuring the same lair as the show, featuring various DC and Marvel villains as well as the ''South Park'' versions of UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein, UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden, Kim Jon-gil, David Blaine, [[HarmlessVillain Professor Chaos]], and [[HypercompetentSidekick General Disarray]].
** The 200th episode did this with Creator/TomCruise gathering literally dozens of celebrities that the show had made fun of in previous episodes, like Creator/RobReiner, Creator/ParisHilton, Creator/GeorgeLucas, Creator/MelGibson, etc. The narrator refers to them as "Legion of Doom" in dialogue for the second episode, continuing the ''Super Friends'' homage established with the Super Best Friends earlier. Trey Parker and Matt Stone even used the term "Legion Of Doom" when referring to this episode in an interview.
* The Council of Doom was the collective name of ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'''s sworn enemies: Brak, Zorak, Moltar, Black Widow, Creature King, and Metallus. It should be noted that the Council of Doom appeared over a decade before the {{Trope Namer|s}}.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' uses the Sinister Six twice. The first time has Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, Rhino, Shocker, and Vulture. The second team up trades Doc Ock and Shocker for Mysterio and Kraven.
* The 1967 ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]'' animated series in one of the last episodes has three foes who had each appeared in two episodes, Electro, Green Goblin, and the Vulture, being broken out of jail by exclusive-show villain who had already appeared, the Invisible Scientist Dr. Noah Boddy. Spider-Man tricks them into fighting each other with a crash course in ventriloquism, then webs up Noah Boddy.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' has the Sinister Six, though they were called the Insidious Six because of worries over using "sinister" on a kids show.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' features a coalition of The Dirty Bubble, Manray, and the recently-turned-evil Barnacle Boy ([[InsistentTerminology "That's Barnacle Man!"]]), calling themselves "Every Villain Is Lemons" (E.V.I.L.). This being ''[=SpongeBob=]'', they accomplish about as much as you'd expect. Of course the [[SuperTeam IJLSA]] were even less competent, [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing so]]...
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' fought the {{Trope Namer|s}} and the TropeCodifier in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' era, where Superman's archenemy Lex Luthor banded together with 12 other supervillains (fellow Superman villains Bizarro, Brainiac and Toyman, Wonder Woman villains Cheetah and Giganta, Batman villains Scarecrow, Riddler and Solomon Grundy, Aquaman villain Black Manta, Flash villains Gorilla Grodd and Captain Cold, and Green Lantern villain Sinestro) to routinely hatch plots to defeat the Super Friends and take over the world.
-->'''{{Narrator}}''': Banded together from remote galaxies are thirteen of the most sinister villains of all time, The Legion of Doom, dedicated to a single objective: the conquest of the universe. Only one group dares to challenge this intergalactic threat: The [=SuperFriends=]!
* Apex tried to make one in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' (partly as ThePlan), but due to the villains' lack of respect for each other, they barely got past the planning stages.
* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' episode "Katastrophe" begins with a chance meeting between DiabolicalMastermind Dark Kat and MadScientist Dr. Viper. They recruit {{Killer Robot}}s the Metallikats to create an "Alliance of Evil" with only one goal: "Destroy the SWAT Kats!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
** The story arc of the last season concerns the Brotherhood of Evil recruiting most of the villains from previous episodes to wipe out the Titans and all the other young superheroes.
** The HIVE Five consists of Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, See-More, Billy Numerous and Kyd Wykkyd. When Kid Flash wondered why they called themselves [[NonIndicativeName the HIVE Five when there are six of them]], [[{{Beat}} none of them could come up with an explanation]] until See-More replied that "it sounded cooler".
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' episode "Night of the Rogues" had [[BigBad Shredder]] gather a number of recurring, one-shot, and brand-new villains, including the Rat King, Leatherhead, [[EvilTwin Slash]], Tempestra, Antrax, Scumbug, and Chrome-Dome to oppose the Turtles, leading to the Turtles allying with a cavalcade of their own recurring supporting allies to defeat them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' spoofs this in "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" with a villain team consisting of villains The Terror, The Human Ton and Handy, The Man-Eating Cow, Joseph Stalingrad [[note]]"A former-graduate student in Russian studies-turned-supervillain"[[/note]], and the alien Tuun-La.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': In ''All-Stars'', Chris makes a team called the Villainous Vultures that consists of the antagonists from the previous seasons- Heather, Courtney, Duncan, Scott, Lightning, and Jo. He also puts Gwen on the team even though she makes it clear she isn’t as bad as the rest of them. Later, after being freed from the Drama Machine, Alejandro joins the team as well. [[spoiler:None of them make it to the finals.]]
* LAMOS, [[FunWithAcronyms (League Aiming to Menace and Overthrow Spies)]], for the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' Its leader [[AtrociousAlias didn't realize what the letters actually spelled]] until he had all the stationary printed, and refused to change it afterward.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has a slew of B-list villains, and in one episode they come together to form the Society of Ultimate Villainy, to try and not get beaten up for a change. Hilarity ensues. [[spoiler:Even all together, they ''still'' get upstaged by a Decepticon.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TurboFAST'' has this in the episode, The Snailman, where all of Turbo's past enemies want revenge for outmatching them in previous episodes.
* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has [[BigBad Simon Bar Sinister]] gather recurring villain Riff Raff and one-off baddies Battyman and the Electric Eel for a final showdown with the titular canine hero. [[spoiler: They all seemingly perish when Underdog uses Simon's vacuum gun on them, after which it explodes. Presumably this explains why Underdog didn't need to keep fighting crime.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
** In [[DeconstructiveParody true fashion for the series]], he "Guild of Calamitous Intent," which functions more as a trade guild for organized supervillainy, fitting that the "professional" villains are more PunchClockVillain, who do evil as their day to day and not really out of a will to wreak havoc. The villains outside the guild are the ones you really want to fear, as they don't play by "the rules." The series also brings together "The Revenge Society", including rogue villains such as Baron Underbheit, Phantom Limb, [[spoiler:Professor Richard Impossible]], and Fat Chance, who play this trope straight.
** A more Direct parody later appeared in the form of The Doom Factory a group of supervillains DoingItForTheArt. Their leader was a CompositeCharacter of Lex Luthor and (of all people) Creator/AndyWarhol and the other members were similarly mixes of various DC supervillains and associates of Warhol. [[spoiler:They were all killed when their base was [[BadAssUnintentional accidentally]] blown up by the Blue Morpho (aka the Monarch in disguise)]]
* The Knights of Vengeance from ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' could be seen as one, as it was a gathering of various Phobos cronies united by Nerissa.
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'':
** The series finale, after getting its own plotline resolved, ended with our heroes facing a Legion composed of ''every single villain in the series''.
** The second season finale featured a smaller Legion formed by Jack Spicer. They had the heroes on the ropes for a while until [[BigBad Chase Young]] stepped in and went EvilerThanThou on them.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' put its own spin on the {{Trope Namer|s}}, this version calling itself "The Light". In a neat twist, all the hackneyed hold-the-world-for-ransom-with-our-deadly-space-laser ploys are just for show, a way of distracting from their ''real'' goals: [[spoiler:building a metahuman army to help Earth conquer as much of the universe as possible, to better prepare us for the inevitable war with, of course, Darkseid]].
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** Later expanded during and after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''. Witnessing the JLA's much more proactive stance after the murder of Sue Dibny, most of the supervillains band together and form an international organization. This version lasted up until ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' and the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}''.

* Media adaptations of the Comicbook/XMen have an annoying habit of grouping most X-Villains as members of the Brotherhood of (Evil) Mutants with [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] as the leader, regardless of whether or not said villain ever had anything to do with the group in the comics (such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]], Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, and the ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, who's not even a mutant), or if they'd ever play second string to ''anyone'' (Characters/{{Mystique}}, who led her own version of the team and has never worked with Magneto). Bonus points if [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] and Characters/ScarletWitch are present and willingly serving Magneto, even though they were with him against their will in the comics and jumped ship as soon as they were able, and are more closely associated with ComicBook/TheAvengers than the X-Men these days. Funnily enough, Mystique and Sabretooth, the ones most likely to be on Magneto's side in these adaptations despite almost never being so in the comics, are still associated with ''another'' evil ComicBook/XMen team: [[MadScientist Mister Sinister]]'s Marauders, who are a lot less picky about who to team up with. Though he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder probably won't be in any hurry to rehire Mystique anytime soon.]]

* As part of his plans during ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] set up a "Cabal" consisting of himself, Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], Characters/DoctorDoom, Characters/TheHood, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]]. It...uh...[[HumiliationConga worked out about as well as for Osborn as everything else did in that saga]].

* [[WebVideo/RandomEncounters Random Encounters’s]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeGxemEYZpU Arkham Rock Opera]] has {{Characters/Batman|TheCharacter}} cornered by one made up of his RoguesGallery, led by [[MalevolentMaskedMan Black Mask]], and involving [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]], [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]], [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]], Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]], [[PsychoPsychologist Hugo Strange]] and Characters/{{Ba|tmanBane}}ne. [[spoiler:They almost succeed in killing him, but Catwoman has a change of heart and helps Batman escape.]]

* The end of the penultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' "Gumbaldia" before the hour-long series finale, Gumbald who is the BigBad of Season 9 has gathered everyone who hates the Candy Kingdom and fought against Finn and Jake before for war against Princess Bubblegum. These foes include [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Fern]], Ricardio, the Squirrel who hates Jake, Me-Mow, Ash, Bandit Princess, Scorcher, Peace Master, Samantha, Sir Slicer, Pete Sassafras, and... The Ice King and Gunther.]]

* The 1966 live-action ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'', featuring the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman ("United Underworld") in a cheesy [[spoiler:[[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin-shaped]]]] submarine. They even went through the trouble of making a logo. (An octopus [[GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand strangling a globe?]])

** The Lethal Legion in one incarnation was an ArchivedArmy.

* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum 2'', Kahmunra recruits UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, Ivan The Terrible, and UsefulNotes/AlCapone as his evil [[ArchivedArmy team]]. [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] and [[Series/SesameStreet Oscar the Grouch]] also try to join it, but since Kahmunra has no idea who they are, they don't make the cut.

* The first part of the Super 17 saga of ''Anime/DragonballGT'', where the gates of HFIL break open, releasing an army of villains from both the original series and Z. This also happens in the movie ''Fusion Reborn'', however, it’s downplayed there because of the recurring villains, only Frieza gets real screentime- the others are reduced to a cameo at best.

* The ''Series/MetalHeroes'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' {{crossover}} film series ''Film/SpaceSquad'' has the Genmakuu, an alliance of various ''Metal Hero'' villains [[LegacyCharacter or a new character assuming their identity]].

* ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'''s penultimate episode saw [[WickedWitch Madam Spider]] resurrecting the spirits of all the antagonistic [[MonsterOfTheWeek World Ninjas]] Jiraiya had fought to battle him once more. Jiraiya, in turn, received help from the various World Ninjas he had befriended throughout the series.

** ''Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegendsTheMovie'' has [[BigBad Ultraman Belial]]'s "100 Monster Army", comprised of nearly every kaiju the Ultras have fought.

* The UrExample is the Monster Society Of Evil, who fought [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} the original Captain Marvel]] from 1943 to 1945 in one long, continuous story. It was led by the new villain Mister Mind, but was composed mostly of villains that the good Captain had fought before. And the entire Axis Powers.

* LAMOS, [[FunWithAcronyms (League Aiming to Menace and Overthrow Spies)]], for the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''

* ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' faced a team composed of all the major villains from his cartoon series. The stake? An egg-beater! No, a normal egg-beater, like the kind you have in your kitchen. Don't question the humor!

** The first one consists of Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} plus [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]], [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]], [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]], Characters/BatmanBane Bane]], Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}, [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]], [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], Mr. Freeze, [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]], Killer Croc and pretty much the entirety of Batman's RoguesGallery, right down to such obscurities as Orca, Tarantula and Polka-Dot Man.

* In the final season of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Grogar [[spoiler: who is actually Discord in disguise]] forms one of these with Lord Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, and even Cozy Glow being recruited, and King Sombra being resurrected. By the end of the premiere, [[EvilerThanThou Sombra defects from the legion]], [[ICanRuleAlone intending to conquer Equestria on his own]], [[NearVillainVictory and nearly succeeds]] before being killed once more by the Mane Six. Grogar presents this to show his allies why they must stand united to defeat the heroes. They're even gathered in a skull-shaped cave in a mountain, reminiscent of the {{Trope Namer|s}}. [[spoiler:Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Chrysalis betray Grogar/Discord using his own bell to power themselves up, drain his magic and then go on to become the final antagonists of the series.]]

* ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' has given us [[EvilInc Snitch Productions]], led by [=SMG4=]'s EvilTwin [=SMG3=], with members including Rob, [=JubJub=] Boopkins, and even [[WebAnimation/MetaRunner Belle Fontiere]]. However, they're actually legitimately hired actors for a harmless (if plagiarized) play produced by Snitch Productions, and only become villains because [=SMG4=]'s rivalry with [=SMG3=]. [[AdaptationalDumbass Mario]] of all people, however, serves as the TokenGoodTeammate on the team and manages to smooth over tensions.

* In ''VideoGame/{{FalloutNewVegas}}'', the loose alliance against [[TheFederation the NCR]] headed by [[TheEmpire Caesar's Legion]] can be seen as this. The game begins with the Legion allied with [[RevengeBeforeReason the Great Khans]], [[AxCrazy the Fiends]], [[TheMafia the Omertas]], and [[BanditClan the White Legs]]. The player can then aid them by recruiting [[GunNut the Boomers]], [[ImAHumanitarian the White Gloves]], and even [[NaziGrandpa the remnants of the Enclave]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{FalloutNewVegas]]'', the loose alliance against [[TheFederation the NCR]] headed by [[TheEmpire Caesar's Legion]] can be seen as this. The game begins with the Legion allied with [[RevengeBeforeReason the Great Khans]], [[AxCrazy the Fiends]], [[TheMafia the Omertas]], and [[BanditClan the White Legs]]. The player can then aid them by recruiting [[GunNut the Boomers]], [[ImAHumanitarian the White Gloves]], and even [[NaziGrandpa the remnants of the Enclave]].

* The ''Series/MetalHeroes'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' {{crossover}} film series ''Film/SpaceSquad'' has the Genmakuu]], an alliance of various ''Metal Hero'' villains [[LegacyCharacter or a new character assuming their identity]].

* Media adaptations of the Comicbook/XMen have an annoying habit of grouping most X-Villains as members of the Brotherhood of (Evil) Mutants with [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] as the leader, regardless of whether or not said villain ever had anything to do with the group in the comics (such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]], Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, and the Characters/{{Juggernaut}}, who's not even a mutant), or if they'd ever play second string to ''anyone'' (Characters/{{Mystique}}, who led her own version of the team and has never worked with Magneto). Bonus points if [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] and Characters/ScarletWitch are present and willingly serving Magneto, even though they were with him against their will in the comics and jumped ship as soon as they were able, and are more closely associated with ComicBook/TheAvengers than the X-Men these days. Funnily enough, Mystique and Sabretooth, the ones most likely to be on Magneto's side in these adaptations despite almost never being so in the comics, are still associated with ''another'' evil ComicBook/XMen team: [[MadScientist Mister Sinister]]'s Marauders, who are a lot less picky about who to team up with. Though he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder probably won't be in any hurry to rehire Mystique anytime soon.]]

* Media adaptations of the Comicbook/XMen have an annoying habit of grouping most X-Villains as members of the Brotherhood of (Evil) Mutants with [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] as the leader, regardless of whether or not said villain ever had anything to do with the group in the comics (such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]], Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, and the Characters/{{Juggernaut}}, who's not even a mutant), or if they'd ever play second string to ''anyone'' (Characters/{{Mystique}}, who led her own version of the team and has never worked with Magneto). Bonus points if [[Characters/Avengers60sMembers Quicksilver]] and Characters/ScarletWitch are present and willingly serving Magneto, even though they were with him against their will in the comics and jumped ship as soon as they were able, and are more closely associated with ComicBook/TheAvengers than the X-Men these days. Funnily enough, Mystique and Sabretooth, the ones most likely to be on Magneto's side in these adaptations despite almost never being so in the comics, are still associated with ''another'' evil ComicBook/XMen team: [[MadScientist Mister Sinister]]'s Marauders, who are a lot less picky about who to team up with. Though he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder probably won't be in any hurry to rehire Mystique anytime soon.]]

'''[[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Slade Wilson]]:''' You better not be wasting my time.\\

** [[ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013 Another iteration]] actually pitted a team led by [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] against a Society/Crime Syndicate team led by [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]], where Batman (who had already partnered with Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}) was caught up in the mix. The Bat and the Cat work with Lex, who offers Deathstroke enough money to betray his team, leading to a Gang formed of Lex Luthor, Sinestro, [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]], Deathstroke, Captain Cold and [[Characters/AquamanRoguesGallery Black Manta]], who all work ''scarily'' well together. Made even funnier when Batman actually thought he could enforce his no-kill policy.

* In ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', TheStinger involves [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] escaping prison with plans to start a team in response to the creation of the Justice League, with [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] being his first recruit. This is absent from ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', in which Luthor instead hires Deathstroke to kill Batman, revealing Batman's SecretIdentity (Bruce Wayne) to him.