History Main / VillainTeamUp

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* In ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', Franchise/WonderWoman's enemy Badra and three Kryptonian criminals – Mala, Kizo and U-Ban — join forces to destroy the Amazons, Power Girl and then Earth.
-->"My name is Badra," she said to them, through Mars's alien gases. "I believe you are Mala, Kizo, and U-Ban, of Krypton. We have enemies in common. Let us talk."
* The Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6048380/1/The_Hellbound_Hearts The Hellbound Hearts]]'' consists of several Disney villains forming a loose companionship to get revenge on their enemies, and eventually take over the world. Then there's another group that wants to take advantage of the war to take over the world. And Frollo... he's just... there.
* In the first story arc of ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Mordru bullies Satan Girl, the Legion of Super-Villains and more into serving him. And at the beginning of the second arc, Brainiac and Lex Luthor are putting together an army of villains:
-->"Our foe, the Anti-Monitor, has fled or has died. Not even I can detect his presence, either in our universe, or in his. My calculations must be true. The Crisis he created is over. But great unsettlement remains. We all crave power, for various reasons. Now is the time to strike. Not even the heroes of the five remaining Earths can withstand our combined power."\\
Not all of those who listened to Brainiac nodded, but most knew the truth of that. Super-villains outnumbered super-heroes by a factor no one had yet calculated. If they all struck at once, in coordinated effort, little could be beyond their grasp. Better yet, within their grasp might be the lives of those heroes who had opposed them, defeated them, imprisoned them.
* ''FanFic/UltimateSleepwalker: The New Dreams'' plays this trope with an unusual spin. Instead of any of Sleepwalker's enemies teaming up, it's ComicBook/SpiderMan's enemies that reunite as the Sinister Six to carry out Doctor Octopus's latest diabolical scheme. Sleepwalker and several other heroes are hastily recruited by the web-slinger into an impromptu team to even the odds.
** A very similar story happened in the ''Revenge of the Sinister Six" storyarc in which Spidey enlists the aid of Sleepwalker and other heroes in order to fight Doc Ock and the SS.
* ''FanFic/ADarkKnightOverSinCity'' has various Franchise/{{Batman}} villains teaming up with ''ComicBook/SinCity'' villains.
* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'':
** Red Eye and the Goddess, though both are plotting behind each other's back.
** Subverted example: the Enclave tries to form one with [[spoiler:the Goddess. Since she has just a few minutes before been killed by a megaspell when they make the offer, the Enclave has incredibly bad timing]].
* ''FanFic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'': the story's definite BigBad, [[TheChessmaster Checker]] [[TheSociopath Monarch]], employs the Diamond Dogs to help her ruin [[spoiler: her sister]] Trixie's life. It's worth noting that the Dogs don't care about this goal, and they have no real agenda of their own either -- they're [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Only In It For The Gems]]. [[spoiler: Which is what allows Rarity to buy them off during the climax. Well, that, and the fact they find out that Checker was planning on double crossing them anyway.]]
* PlayedWith in the ''FanFic/CalvinAtCamp'' episode "A Stalkers Life"--multiple villains appear to attack the kids, yet they do nothing but trip each other up.
* ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'':
** In ''Strength in Numbers'', Desiree recruits several of Danny's other ghostly enemies in order to finally beat him.
** In ''Bad Breakup'', an even larger number of ghosts team up to break up Danny and Sam, due to the latter's new powers making them [[BattleCouple too tough to take on together]].
** In ''Paired Together'', after Skulker and Technus accidentally get fused together, they decide to make the situation work to their advantage [[spoiler: until Technus double crosses Skulker]].
** In ''What She Wants'', Sydney Pointdexter decides to help Desiree overcome her AchillesHeel of needing to grant ''all'' wishes she hears [[spoiler: because he's fallen in love with her]].
** In ''Ancient History'', Hotep-Ra manipulates [[EnemyWithout Ghost Tucker]] into an alliance against the heroes.
* ''FanFic/EarthAndSky'': After Chrysalis [[spoiler: replaces Diamond Tiara, her husband]] Prince Blueblood discovers it, and takes advantage of the situation to strike a deal -- he'll stay quiet about what he knows, in exchange for Chrysalis using her new position to [[spoiler: help him gain power of attorney over his wife's fortune]]. However, the deal ends up falling through when [[spoiler: Chrysalis exposes herself to avoid getting arrested for the real Diamond Tiara's crimes only to get arrested anyway, at which point Blueblood throws her under the bus to protect his own hide]].
* ''FanFic/BurningBlack'': Remy has coerced both Crocker and Dr. Bender into working for him, and at the same time is in a secret alliance with [[spoiler: the Pixies]], which even the other villains are unaware of.
* ''Fanfic/OliviaGoesWest'': After Cat R. Waul from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail: Fievel Goes West'' rescues Ratigan from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' from falling to his death from Big Ben, Waul takes Professor Ratigan to America in a scheme to run him for president and take over the country.
* ''Fanfic/{{XSGCOM}}'': Near the end of the first story, [[OmnicidalManiac Anubis]] and [[EvilutionaryBiologist Loki]] strike a resource-sharing alliance against Earth and the System Lords.
* The Pooh's Adventures series pulls this off tons of times. The villain of the movie Pooh is going through will almost always have back up from another villain. And then there are times when an entire LegionOfDoom teams up with a villain, or have them join their ranks.
* ''FanFic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'':
** Nightmare Moon and Titan's henchmen team up in order to take over Equestria.
** A smaller-scale example occurs in Episode 16 of ''My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic III'', where Raven and Harkin team up.
* ''FanFic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria'':
** During the second arc of ''Mare of Steel'', [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Alexander Silversmith]] and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} ally against Supermare. This alliance technically includes [[GeneralRipper Steel Wing]] as well, but it's clear from the beginning that he's just Brainiac's UnwittingPawn [[spoiler: and he gets [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness thrown under the bus once he's no longer needed.]]]]
** While ''The Princess of Themyscria'' does not itself have villains teaming up, one of its {{Sequel Hook}}s suggests a future alliance between [[GodOfEvil Ares]] and [[WickedWitch Circe]], when the two meet after [[spoiler: Diana defeats Ares and traps him in Tartarus, where Circe is already a prisoner]].
* ''FanFic/ThePowersOfHarmony'': Chrysalis frees Sombra from his [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]] in order to help her take over the Crystal Empire (and by extension, all of Tarandus) as part of her larger plan for a full-scale invasion of Equestria. She keeps him on a short leash, however, which makes him plot against her even more than he probably already would be anyway.
* ''FanFic/ShadowsAwakening'':
** [[EvilSorcerer Daolon Wong]] and [[OurGhostsAreDifferent The Phantom/Kyosuke]] ally fairly early on in the story, with The Phantom making it perfectly clear that he's only using Wong to further his own agenda. And then it turns out that [[EnemyWithin The Queen]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Tarakudo]] are operating under a similar setup.
** Near the end of the story, [[spoiler:it turns out that the Queen and Kyosuke cut a deal behind their partners' backs; on condition of Wong's failure and the Queen proving herself a more worthy ruler of the Shadowkhan, Kyosuke will pledge loyalty to her. This is exactly what comes to pass.]]
* ''FanFic/DaveStdiderPokemonTraner'': [[GoldFishPoopGang Team Bad]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Elite Four Boss]] have teamed up on several occasions in order to accomplish absolutely nothing, because they all really suck.
* In ''FanFic/MegaManReawakened'', Dr. Wily is allied with Glyde and his Birdbots.
* ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'':
** [[EvilSorcerer Hago]] and [[EvilUncle Scar]], the two main villains of Series One, team up in ''King's Ransom'' to eliminate Simba and Nala and take over the Pride Lands. However, when this plan fails, they blame each other and go their separate ways... until ''Army of Evil'', where Hago convinces Scar to team up again, leading to the successful conquest of the Pride Lands. This lasts until the following story, ''Friends to the End'', where [[spoiler: Scar goes [[AxCrazy insane]], causing Hago to [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork kill him]]]].
** ''Rebirth'' sees [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Shocker]], [[PsychoForHire the Interceptor]], and [[BigBadWannabe Froggy]] team up to resurrect [[spoiler: Scar]] and use him to destroy Simba and his friends. Even after this plan falls through and Froggy runs away, Shocker and the Interceptor stay in an increasingly-strained alliance for the rest of Series Four, which ends with [[spoiler: the Interceptor throwing Shocker into the lava destroying the Pride Lands in a ([[CompleteImmortality failed]]) attempt to kill him]].
** ''One Bad Night'' sees Froggy return and ally with Simba's EnemyWithin, the King of Dreams, in an attempt to trap Simba in the dream world and kill him. [[spoiler: As soon as he's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer needed]], the King kills Froggy]].
* ''FanFic/WhenWorldsCollideMarioSonicAndMegaManCrossover'' has Bowser, Dr. Eggman, and Dr. Wily teaming up to take on their respective enemies.
* ''FanFic/TheEquestrianWindMage'':
** [[TheDragon Dethl]] and [[EvilOverlord Sombra]] ally at the end of Season One, with the former promising the latter [[HellHound aid]] in reclaiming the Crystal Empire, in exchange for agreeing to serve as the [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Majora's]] representative in Equestria.
** It is mentioned that [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Ghirahim]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Chancellor Cole]] are working with Dethl.
** When Ganondorf arrives in Season 2, [[VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks Grey Hoof]] is one of the beings he recruits to help enforce his rule.
** Majora intends to recruit Ahuizotl and his followers, in order to form a base core for the Church's presence in Equestria... and then to kill Ahuizotl himself [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness when he's no longer necessary]]. [[spoiler: Ghirahim lets this slip, causing Ahuizotl to [[EnemyMine team up with Daring Do]] and flee.]]
** We later learn that [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfAges Veran]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons Onox]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds Yuga]] are also affiliated with Majora, and that Majora wishes to recruit [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Grogar]] as an ally.
** Sombra recruits [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Sunset Shimmer]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 Starlight]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Glimmer]] to the Church of Majora; the former with promises of finally [[AGodAmI becoming an alicorn]], the latter in order to spread her [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill twisted views on harmony]].
** After Grogar is recruited, he is used to recruit [[ManaDrain Tirek]] as well.
* In ''Fanfic/ShadowsOfGiants'', King Ghidorah gathers Gigan, Monster X, Destoroyah, [=SpaceGodzilla=], and Hedorah and convinces them to team up and get revenge against Godzilla.
* ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsMagicalGirls'':
** For most of the Magic Arc, there's a tenuous alliance between Sunset Shimmer and Chrysalis, who are each using the other to achieve their individual goals; this later expands to include Trixie, whom Sunset hires to aid in eliminating the Element Bearers. However, this alliance ultimately falls apart when [[spoiler: Sunset backstabs Chrysalis for her own ends; Trixie realizes that she'll be betrayed too, so betrays Sunset first.]]
** Halfway through the Loyalty Arc, [[spoiler: [[AdaptationalVillainy Flash Sentry]]]] sets out to recruit Trixie to aid his people in their own plans against the mahoushoujo.
* ''Fanfic/{{Webwork}}'': It's eventually revealed that [[EvilSorcerer Daolon Wong]] and [[DiabolicalMastermind Bartholomew Chang]] forged an alliance offscreen at some point between their respective [[VillainExitStageLeft escapes]] from the J-Team. And then they pretty much press-gang [[PaperMaster Kasahara/Origami]] into the alliance as well [[spoiler: after he's {{depower}}ed by the heroes]].
* In the Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy, it's [[TheReveal revealed]] in the third installment that [[spoiler:the villains of the first and second stories are working together.]]
* Happens a few times in the [[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos]] series. In the first story, a handful of canon characters from [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} the show]] come together to make things difficult for the heroes. In the third story, the OriginalCharacter ArcVillain gets some support from an extremely minor character who appeared in one episode.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
** A major plot point of the first book is [[MagnificentBastard Lucius Malfoy]] forging an alliance with [[NebulousEvilOrganization HYDRA]] and [[EvilSorcerer Gravemoss]].
** The first book's epilogue reveals that the resurrected Voldemort has allied with [[ComicBook/XMen Selene]].
** And in the sequel, [[spoiler: Sinister]] is revealed to be working with the Red Room.
** Also in the sequel, Voldemort concludes an additional alliance with [[VampireMonarch Dracula]]... who promptly pulls an EvilerThanThou on him.
* ''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}'': One of the ForWantOfANail-inspired differences in this universe is that [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Yokai]] is eventually revealed to be in a team-up with [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/{{Home}} Captain Smek]]]].
* One of the main plot points of ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'' is that Zim meets and allies with the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] Norlock, who offers aid in his conquest of Earth ([[ItAmusedMe mostly for his own amusement]]).
* The main antagonists of ''FanFic/IWarrior'' are a renegade faction of [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] who have allied with the enigmatic Sith Lord known as TheMaster [[spoiler: who's actually a clone of Anakin Solo]].
* ''FanFic/SonOfTheSevenKingdoms'':
** [[EvilPrince Viserys]] eventually allies with the [[ReligionOfEvil Mythic Dawn]].
** [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Clan Volkihar]] is revealed to be working with the [[ZombieApocalypse White Walkers]] [[spoiler: who are [[TheManBehindTheMan serving]] [[TheDreaded Alduin]]]].
* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'': When Daolon Wong becomes TheStarscream to Phobos, not only does his [[VillainousFriendship buddy]] the Tracker join him in his plotting, but [[DragonWithAnAgenda Cedric]] strikes up an alliance as well. [[spoiler: When his plans fall apart due to Cedric betraying him, a desperate Wong allies with a Jiangshi in order to regain his power.]]
* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic, ''Fanfic/MiraculousKnight'', features the Joker, the Riddler, and Hawk Moth teaming up [[spoiler:with the Joker ending up as the last of the villains to deal with as the Riddler gets captured, and the Joker kills Hawk Moth to get Ladybug and Cat Noir's powers for himself.]]
* ''Fanfic/EarthsAlienHistory'' has a few examples:
** The [[ComicStrip/DanDare Mekon]] allies with the [[Franchise/StarTrek Romulans]] and [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Gamilans]] in order to invade [[Franchise/MassEffect Citadel]] space.
** The [[ComicBook/TheFlash Reverse-Flash]] joins up with Franchise/FactionParadox in order to manipulate the timeline for their own ends. They also make temporary alliances with [[VideoGame/{{Turok}} the Primagen]] and the Reapers at various points for specific plans.
** The [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Decepticons]] and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa]] team up, mostly due to both taking up residence on Earth's moon and not viewing each other as a threat because of their exclusive goals (the Decepticons want resources from Earth to help conquer Cybertron, Rita wants the Earth itself).
** Scorponok's [[RenegadeSplinterFaction rogue faction]] of Decepticons end up allying with the [[Literature/TheSagaOfSevenSuns Klikiss robots]] to make war against all organic life. [[spoiler: After Scorponok and the other main Decepticons are all killed, the remnants of the group are then taken over by [[Series/DoctorWho the Master]].]]
* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse:'' By the end of the first series, four corrupt politicians have teamed up to try and get the Element Bearers under their hooves - [[BigBad Greengrass]], Archduke Fisher, Puissance, and [[BigBadWannabe Blueblood]]. And by the time we see them working together, Puissance has inadervtantly removed herself from the team-up being distracted by shiny new technology. Meanwhile, Greengrass and Fisher are already trying to get Blueblood out of the way.
* ''Fanfic/AnEmpireOfIceAndFire'': After Daenerys only mutilates him instead of having him killed, an even more crazed Viserys makes his way to Westeros, where he happens to encounter Ramsay Bolton. The two quickly strike an alliance, with Ramsay supporting Viserys' attempts to claim the Iron Throne in exchange for Daenerys eventually being given to him as a forced bride; Walder Frey later gets in on this, offering his support in exchange for even more power in Viserys' regime. And true to this trope, Ramsay is quickly shown to be plotting to remove Viserys once he has Daenerys.
* In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/stories?q=luna+aeternal Luna Aeternal]] we have two genocidal terrorist groups representing humans and ponies trying to stop a pony/ human peace treaty. Despite the fact they fully intend to wipe out each others species they come very close to winning. The reason they get along so well is that both sides fully believe they will be in an advantageous position over the other when their alliance is over.
* Happens a lot in ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'':
** The first story has Thanos forming a "Masters of Evil" with [[spoiler: the Red Skull, Hela and Malektih.]]
** ''Of Kryptonians and Queens'' has Morgana recruit Etrigan to aid in her plans [[spoiler: and after being banished from Earth-38 she allies with Doctor Doom]].
** ''Powers and Marvels'' has Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa joining with the Mandarian. The story's end has [[spoiler: a maimed Mandarian rescued by the High Evolutionary.]]
** ''Gamma Relations'' sees the Leader, Mr. Sinister and Otto Octavius joining in a scientific collective [[spoiler: bankrolled by Norman Osborn]].
** ''Sins, Sirens & Strife'' first has the Enchantress enslaving Bane to aid her. She then frees Circe from prison, and then the duo recruit Dr. Sivana, Mister Mind, Ibac and Black Adam to their cause.
** ''Counterpart Conferences'':
*** Chapter 2 has Hordak and Skeletor agree to bury the hatchet and renew their old partnership to conquer Third Earth, Eternia and Etheria.
*** The Ra's al Ghul of the DCAU Earth offers an alliance to his Earth-51 counterpart.
*** Chapter 5 has Cobra and the Decepticons entering into an alliance to conquer Earth for Cobra who will then give the Decepticons the Allspark to take over Cybertron.
*** The end of Chapter 8 sees [[spoiler: Fiona the Black Fairy making an offer of alliance to Morgana]].
** Subverted in ''Of Hand and Foot'' as the Foot, the Hand and the Kingpin are ready to go to war with each other.
** ''Justice Like Thunder'' reveals that the Thunderbolts' whole BoxedCrook setup is actually a con engineered by [[spoiler: Osborn and Mysterio, who are planning to also form the series' version of the Sinister Six.]]
** ''Brothers of Thunder'' has the Earth-8092 versions of Red Skull, Baron Von Strucker, and Baron Zemo putting aside their differences to reunite, and also ally with Loki, Malekith, and a Surtur-possessed Enchantress to [[spoiler:invade Asgard]]. It also turns out that Loki has a side deal with Dormammu that the others don't know about, to give the latter control of Earth.
** ''Tales of the Beyond'' has Gasket and Archerina teaming up with Vexus to build a New Machine Empire in Jimmy Neutron's universe. It's quickly made clear that both sides are plotting to betray each other as soon as they [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive their usefulness]].
** ''Tomorrow's Guardians'' has Ultron taking over leadership of the Kaylon to wipe out all organics in the ''Orville'' universe.
* In ''Fanfic/JackieChanAdventuresOlympianJourney'', Vanessa Barone, Zhixin and Origami team up in the first chapter in order to get revenge on Jackie. And after [[BigBad Eris]] is released from her [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]], they're recruited to serve as [[QuirkyMinibossSquad her muscle]].
* In ''Fanfic/WithThisRingGreenLantern'', Star Sapphire -- possessed by her split personality the Predator -- and Hector Hammond join forces to destroy Hal Jordan. It isn't a cordial partnership, though.
* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeason1'': In "Enter the Oni", [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Tarakudo]] strikes up an alliance with [[WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}} Prince Phobos]], the deal being that in exchange for Phobos providing information on the Chans and the Guardians as well as lending out his minions to search for the Oni masks, Tarakudo will use his Shadowkhan armies to crush the Rebellion for Phobos and ensure his rule over Meridian.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', Dr. Sivana tracks down every villain fought by the Marvel Family to recruit them into his new super-villain team.
-->'''Dr. Sivana:''' "We've got a big job for you, Ibac. I'm putting the Monster Society back together again. This time, we're going to take those three little costumed trolls that have caused us so much grief over the years, and kill them. That's just for starters."\\
'''Ibac:''' (grinning) "Count me in."
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* What might be the biggest villain team-up yet in film happens in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' first with ComicBook/TheJoker and what is esentially the entire Batman's RoguesGallery, but then after [[spoiler:he escapes from the Phantom Zone he brings back; Film/KingKong, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]], [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Daleks]], [[Film/{{Gremlins}} the Gremlins]], [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys]], {{Medusa}}, [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 the Kraken]], [[Film/JurassicPark the T. rex and Velociraptors]], [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]], Film/{{Jaws}}, [[Film/TheMummy1932 the Mummy]], [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Zod]], [[DemBones Skeletons]], and the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon.]]

* Being a CrisisCrossover title, ''Videogame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' features one of these involving every main villain from the first ten games of the main series (plus [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Gabranth]]), in direct opposition to the heroes from their respective games (plus [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Shantotto]]). However, the Warriors of Chaos are not as united as those of Cosmos; some of them seek to overthrow Chaos, others want to destroy everything, and the rest either don't care about the conflict or have agendas of their own. [[spoiler:Golbez, in particular, is [[ReverseMole actively working against them from the inside]] to help the Cosmos Warriors.]]

* The ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' two-parter, "Unholy Alliance", in which James Horton and Xavier St. Cloud team up.

* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeason1'': In "Enter the Oni", Tarakudo strikes up an alliance with Phobos, the deal being that in exchange for Phobos providing information on the Chans and the Guardians as well as lending out his minions to search for the Oni masks, Tarakudo will use his Shadowkhan armies to crush the Rebellion for Phobos and ensure his rule over Meridian.

* ''FanFic/{{Webwork}}'': It's eventually revealed that [[EvilSorcerer Daolon Wong]] and [[DiabolicalMastermind Bartholomew Chang]] forged an alliance offscreen at some point between their respective [[VillainExitStageLeft escapes]] from the J-Team. And then they pretty much press-gang [[PaperMaster Kasahara/Origami]] into the alliance as well [[spoiler: after he's {{depower}}ed by the heroes]].

** ''Brothers of Thunder'' has the Earth-8092 versions of Red Skull, Baron Von Strucker, and Baron Zemo putting aside their differences to reunite, and also ally with Loki and a Surtur-possessed Enchantress to [[spoiler:invade Asgard]].

* ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' deals with an alliance of Batman's rogue gallery led by Scarecrow to deal with Batman once and for all. Specifically they all chipped in to pay the cost of the army, the mysterious Arkham Knight led it, [[spoiler:Deathstroke]] was the secondary commander, [[spoiler:Simon Stagg]] helped develop the Cloudburst, and the Penguin supplied weapons. Otherwise, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Penguin, Riddler, and Firefly all made a point to to cause as much chaos as possible in the hope of spreading Batman too thin. [[spoiler:Man-Bat, Professor Pyg, Hush, and Deacon Blackfire]] didn't seem to be involved and their operating on the same night may have just been a coincidence. The Riddler is also ''quite'' insistent that he isn't working with them. He just so happened to pick the same night. [[BlatantLies It's a total coincidence]].

** In ''City'', things get even more complex: Strange turns out to be working for [[spoiler:Ra's]], the Mad Hatter was manipulated into helping them control the TYGER guards ([[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness and thrown into Arkham City once that was done]]), and they hire Deadshot to kill people with important information. The Joker is forcing Mister Freeze to work for him (who turns on him the moment he can), and has [[spoiler:Clayface]] as a willing accomplice. The Penguin has [[spoiler:Solomon Grundy]] as a secret weapon, but given that its [[spoiler:Grundy]] the cooperation is probably minimal.

** The end of Chapter 8 sees [[spoiler: Fiona the Black Fairy making an offer of alliance to Morgana]].

* In ''Fanfic/WithThisRingGreenLantern'', Star Sapphire -possessed by her split personality the Predator- and Hector Hammond join forces to destroy Hal Jordan. It isn't a cordial partnership, though.

** ''Brothers of Thunder'' has the Earth-8092 versions of Red Skull, Baron Von Strucker, and Baron Zemo putting aside their differences to reunite, and also ally with Loki and a Surtur-possessed Enchantress to [[spoiler: invade Asgard]].

** ''Brothers of Thunder'' has the Earth-8092 versions of Red Skull, Baron Von Strucker, and Baron Zemo putting aside their differences to reunite, and also ally with Loki and a Surtur-possessed Enchantress [[spoiler: invade Asgard]].

** ''Fantasmic!'' contains one between [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Queen Grimhilde]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1 Ursula]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]], and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] in its original California version. For the Florida version, [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]], [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella DeVil]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] join in as well.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is not a straight example, since they teamed up to TakeOverTheWorld([=s=]) rather then to beat up the hero, but [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] teams up with [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]], [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1 Ursula]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]], and, later on, WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Barbossa]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]]. One of the few villain alliances that actually managed to keep itself united without any form of internal struggles or betrayals entering the picture (the same can't be said about [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Organization XIII]]).

** ''Film/AntMan'' comes the closest to averting this, but near the end it's revealed that Darren Cross has been knowingly associating with [[spoiler:undercover members of HYDRA]] and is preparing to sell them the Yellowjacket and Ant-Man suits.

** The first story has Thanos forming [[spoiler: a "Masters of Evil" with the Red Skull, Hela and Malektih.]]

** ''Gamma Relations'' sees the Leader, Mr. Sinister and Otto Octavius joining in a scientific collective.
** ''Sins, Sirens & Strife'' first has the Enchantress enslaving Bane to aid her. She then frees Circe from prison as the duo recruit Dr. Sivana, Mister Mind, Ibac and Black Adam to their cause.

*** The Ra's al Ghul of one Earth offers an alliance to his Earth-51 counterpart.

* This happened quite frequently in early ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' movies- the second movie, for instance, sees villains from [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure the]] [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar first]] [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 four]] [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure seasons]] revived and teaming up.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinInTheReturnOfJafar'', Abis Mal accidentally becomes Jafar's master and is promised his third wish if they work together to kill Aladdin.

A variant is that instead of ganging up, they make the heroes RunTheGauntlet. If they get on reasonably well, they'll [[ArsonMurderAndAdmiration compliment each other on their evilness]]. If conditions are right, they may become a BigBadDuumvirate. While this is usually a one-shot team up, a LegionOfDoom is a recurring team of villains and are a major opposition together. Can easily lead to a JokerJury situation. When done badly can lead to instant VillainDecay, as the hero trashes six people who each used to be a threat to them on their own. This trope is the opposite of EvilVersusEvil. When a villain teams up with the hero, that's EnemyMine.

* WebAnimation/RWBY: Neo uses Little Miss Malachite's services to track down Cinder, seeking revenge for Roman's death while in Cinder's employment. During their fight, Cinder convinces Neo that her blame is misplaced, and that the person she needs to target for revenge is Ruby. Neo stops fighting Cinder when she is given a demonstration of the Fall Maiden's full power, but becomes a little irritated with Cinder's suggestion that they talk it out because she doesn't speak, something Cinder momentarily forgets.

* ''Fanfic/OliviaGoesWest'': After Cat R. Waul from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail: Fievel Goes West'' rescues Ratigan from ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' from falling to his death from Big Ben, Waul takes Professor Ratigan to America in a scheme to run him for president and take over the country.

* ''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}'': One of the ForWantOfANail-inspired differences in this universe is that [[Disney/BigHero6 Yokai]] is eventually revealed to be in a team-up with [[spoiler: [[Disney/{{Home}} Captain Smek]]]].

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin The Return Of Jafar}}'', Abis Mal accidentally becomes Jafar's master and is promised his third wish if they work together to kill Aladdin.

** ''Fantasmic!'' contains one between [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Queen Grimhilde]], [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]], [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]], and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] in its original California version. For the Florida version, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]], [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]], [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella DeVil]], and [[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]] join in as well.
** From 2002 to 2005, Walt Disney World ran a daily stage show in which Disney/{{Cinderella}} hosts a party at her castle and its get crashed and taken over by [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Queen Grimhilde]], [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook]], [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], and [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Shan-Yu]].

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is not a straight example, since they teamed up to TakeOverTheWorld([=s=]) rather then to beat up the hero, but [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] teams up with [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook]], [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]], [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]], [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]], and, later on, WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Barbossa]] and [[Disney/{{TheLionKing}} Scar]]. One of the few villain alliances that actually managed to keep itself united without any form of internal struggles or betrayals entering the picture (the same can't be said about [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Organization XIII]]).

* A MassiveMultiplayerCrossover web series example, the Los no Frollos organization in ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow'' consists of [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Stocking, Scanty, Kneesocks, Corset]], [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]], [[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Batiatus]], Marco Antonio Regil, Hans Frollo [[spoiler:([[BrainwashedAndCrazy not willingly]])]], Achmed Frollo, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Gwonam]], Yusuf, [[VideoGame/CarnEvil Umlaut]], [[WebVideo/HitlerRants Hitler, Günsche]], Dmitri Frollo, [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]], [[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Yzma]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Lemongrab]], Wilford Brimley, WebVideo/TheIrateGamer, and Best Hercules. It eventually unravels when [[spoiler: Stocking is revealed to be a WellIntentionedExtremist to minimize consequences]], [[spoiler:half of the members are killed off or KO'd]], and [[spoiler:Wilford backstabs the organization and becomes the biggest threat to the world after absorbing [[VideoGame/YumeNikki Madotsuki's]] sorrows, forcing the remaining members to [[EnemyMine team up with Frollo and his allies]]]].

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** The last few scenes of "Frontier In Space" reveal that the Master has, for the whole story, been acting as a PsychoForHire for the Daleks.
** The episode "Doomsday" makes this a SubvertedTrope; the Cybermen offer the Daleks an alliance. The Daleks instinctively refuse. The rest of the episode involves the Daleks and the Cybermen kicking the snot out of each other, with the Doctor and the humans trapped in the middle.

** Part of the plot of "Mark of the Rani", wherein [[MagnificentBastard the Master]] and [[EmperorScientist the Rani]] team up against the Sixth Doctor, though it's not really a mutual agreement. The Master [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord blackmails]] and [[ArsonMurderAndAdmiration bribes]] the Rani into cooperating with him, and when he eventually botches the entire plan due to his [[FoeYay obsession with the Doctor]], the Rani [[GroinAttack registers]] her displeasure.
** In "The Pandorica Opens" almost all of the Doctor's enemies we've ever heard of and more descend on Earth in 102A.D. to witness the title event. [[spoiler:Turns out that, while the Doctor knew the Pandorica was a prison of some sort he had assumed it was already occupied by someone. Really what happened was that all of his foes came together to trap the Doctor in the Pandorica in order to prevent the destruction of the universe at his hands.]]
** The end of "Dark Water" reveals that Missy had been working with the Cybermen all along, and that she herself is [[spoiler:the Master... [[GenderBender erm, Mistress]].]]

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