History Mooks / LiveActionTV

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce The Armada]] used X-Borgs and Crushers; and [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Sledge]] uses Viviks. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce The Armada]] used X-Borgs; and [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Sledge]] uses Viviks. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies; and [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce The Armada]] used X-Borgs. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

* The named warriors of Season 3 of ''DeadliestWarrior'' are always accompanied by four Mooks, who never survive the sim. JesseJames vs. AlCapone of Season 2 also had three mooks each, [[spoiler: though it's subverted by there being another survivor alongside Jesse James, who's often speculated to be Jesse's big brother Frank.]].

** In ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger,'' we get a similar situation (though in a brief sequence), during ''Film/KaizokuSentaiGokaigerTheMovieTheFlyingGhostShip''. The Gokaigers face a multi-seasonal army of grunts who have Mook Pride. When looked down upon as cannon fodder, they insisted that they weren't just goons, they were ''valiant warriors of evil!'' They're told that they ''are'' just cannon fodder, and go on to experience typical results when the Gokaigers lay into them. [[spoiler: At least, until they form a massive Mook conglomerate creature.]]

----> '''O'Neil''': [Hefts a staff weapon] ''This is a weapon of '''terror.''' It's made to '''intimidate''' the enemy.'' [Returns staff to owner and hefts a P90] ''This is a weapon of '''war.''' It's made to '''kill''' your enemy.''

* The ''Series/{{Batman}}'' RoguesGallery (in the Creator/AdamWest series, at least) employed mooks. A particularly nicely named group were the Penguin's Grand Order Of Occidental Nighthawks ([=GOONs=]).

** In the [[MilestoneCelebration 999th and 1000th]] episodes of the Kamen Rider franchise, we get Mookdom taken to its logical conclusion: In ''Series/KamenRiderOOO,'' the main villains create the MonsterOfTheWeek from people's desires. [[spoiler: This one's created from the ''rage'' of a former Shocker Soldier, who is pissed at the years and years and years of Mooks having their butts handed to them by Kamen Riders. He goes on to spawn a small army of footsoldiers from across franchise history... or rather, Yummies (''OOO's'' monsters) in the form of them.]] Apparently, foot soldier job satisfaction is about as low as you'd expect... but they take pride in it.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; and [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; and [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

** ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' takes a one-shot monster from ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' and mass-produces it. [[hottip:* :You can tell the Ryuki footage because suddenly ''one'' Gelnewt - that's what the red minions are called, it's AllThereInTheManual - is a match for two Riders. It's shortly after we meet Thrust.]] One of the ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' movies, made after KRDK's end, then uses them! Yes, it's okay if your head hurts now. The movie was a [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]] crossover, so it could be [[CatchPhrase all Decade's fault]] (in other words, maybe they're really from Ryuki World or even an unseen Dragon Knight World.)

** Franchise/KamenRider has an interesting and evolving relationship with this trope. At first, it was more like other {{Toku}} series, with a campy colorful villain, his MonsterOfTheWeek, and a squad of goons that the hero(es) could usually deal with without even bothering to suit up.[[hottip:*:WhatMeasureIsAMook note: The first grunts, Shocker Soldiers, were actually explicitly reconstructed humans like the monsters, generals, and of course the riders themselves, and they had the human faces to prove it before the full-body-covering suits showed up. They were real people who got real dead when the Rider tossed them off of something high or threw one of their pointy objects back at them. This was quietly ignored long before the end of season one, and the origin of the grunts usually goes unmentioned in later series. However, in any series where every enemy down to MonsterOfTheWeek is a reconstructed human, you've still gotta figure the footsoldiers didn't grow on trees.]] Plot convenience decided whether they would be surprisingly competent, just a warm-up for the fight against the MonsterOfTheWeek, or even comic relief for even ButtMonkey characters to toss around. No different from the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Putty Patrol]]. ''Black'' curiously lacked footsoldiers, ''Black RX'' brought them back. Grunts would vanish entirely after Black RX, with none of the 90s movies or first decade of {{Revival}} series having them. However, those series ''did'' have a few mass-produced enemies. They'd get demoted to {{Mooks}} in later appearances.[[hottip:*:For example: the Roaches of Series/KamenRiderBlade were an all-devouring scourge. TheMovie and ''Decade'' makes them {{Mooks}}; in Decade, we even get a KingMook version, the Bossroach. The Raydragoons, Sheerghosts, and Gelnewts of Series/KamenRiderRyuki were just like the MonsterOfTheWeek mirror monsters: wild fauna of the mirror world, not a part of anyone's evil plan, just ''hungry.'' When you get human-sized mass-produced ones, it's less "footsoldier as opposed to monster" and more "school of piranha as opposed to one shark." However, they're mooks in ''Dragon Knight'' and ''Decade.'' In ''Kabuto,'' Worms begin in a generic form called a Salisworm, short for chrysalis. One will molt and become the MonsterOfTheWeek. If you battled a molted Worm, you'd probably be ganged upon by the unmolted ones too - even if none appeared to be around before. Then there are the cases where you get two or three of a kind acting as a collective MonsterOfTheWeek. This was popular in Kabuto.]] However, it would change with Series/KamenRiderDecade: the aforementioned mass-produced monster reuse, and crossovers with series that did have grunts, made ThePowersThatBe decide it was time to dust off this trope. However, it's still with a twist: usually, the MonsterOfTheWeek is often acting on its own, as or in concert with a human with a beef and access to a bad power source. The main villains have a long-term plan that doesn't much hinge on whether or not that kid gets revenge on the girls at his school for rejecting him. When the main villains are actually running the show, though, they have footsoldiers as backup. In other words, {{Mooks}} aren't comic relief anymore; the main villain's personal army showing is how you know things just got ''serious.''

** Armament: Staff weapons fire energy bolts which are [[BangBangBANG loud]], flashy, and inflict distinctive wounds, but are really hard to aim, rarely do damage beyond twenty meters and fire only once a second. People who've trained for years such as Teal'c and Master Bra'tac can hit a human-sized target at range two times out of three. Fanon is that they are purposefully AwesomeButImpractical - modified to produce louder, brighter bolts at the cost of range, accuracy ''and'' power.

* ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; and [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

** SamuraiSentaiShinkenger even has Mooks on the side of good with the Kuroko (stagehands. ItMakesSenseInContext.)

* KamenRider has them less often, but a handful of KR series do. They'll often have design homages to the first batch, the Shocker Soldiers in the original series.
** ''KamenRiderDragonKnight'' takes a one-shot monster from ''KamenRiderRyuki'' and mass-produces it. [[hottip:* :You can tell the Ryuki footage because suddenly ''one'' Gelnewt - that's what the red minions are called, it's AllThereInTheManual - is a match for two Riders. It's shortly after we meet Thrust.]] One of the ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' movies, made after KRDK's end, then uses them! Yes, it's okay if your head hurts now. The movie was a [[KamenRiderDecade Decade]] crossover, so it could be [[CatchPhrase all Decade's fault]] (in other words, maybe they're really from Ryuki World or even an unseen Dragon Knight World.)
** In the [[MilestoneCelebration 999th and 1000th]] episodes of the Kamen Rider franchise, we get Mookdom taken to its logical conclusion: In ''KamenRiderOOO,'' the main villains create the MonsterOfTheWeek from people's desires. [[spoiler: This one's created from the ''rage'' of a former Shocker Soldier, who is pissed at the years and years and years of Mooks having their butts handed to them by Kamen Riders. He goes on to spawn a small army of footsoldiers from across franchise history... or rather, Yummies (''OOO's'' monsters) in the form of them.]] Apparently, foot soldier job satisfaction is about as low as you'd expect... but they take pride in it.

*** Funnily enough, the main spokesmook was a [[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Nanashi]]. They didn't talk in ''Shinkenger.''
** KamenRider has an interesting and evolving relationship with this trope. At first, it was more like other {{Toku}} series, with a campy colorful villain, his MonsterOfTheWeek, and a squad of goons that the hero(es) could usually deal with without even bothering to suit up.[[hottip:*:WhatMeasureIsAMook note: The first grunts, Shocker Soldiers, were actually explicitly reconstructed humans like the monsters, generals, and of course the riders themselves, and they had the human faces to prove it before the full-body-covering suits showed up. They were real people who got real dead when the Rider tossed them off of something high or threw one of their pointy objects back at them. This was quietly ignored long before the end of season one, and the origin of the grunts usually goes unmentioned in later series. However, in any series where every enemy down to MonsterOfTheWeek is a reconstructed human, you've still gotta figure the footsoldiers didn't grow on trees.]] Plot convenience decided whether they would be surprisingly competent, just a warm-up for the fight against the MonsterOfTheWeek, or even comic relief for even ButtMonkey characters to toss around. No different from the [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Putty Patrol]]. ''Black'' curiously lacked footsoldiers, ''Black RX'' brought them back. Grunts would vanish entirely after Black RX, with none of the 90s movies or first decade of {{Revival}} series having them. However, those series ''did'' have a few mass-produced enemies. They'd get demoted to {{Mooks}} in later appearances.[[hottip:*:For example: the Roaches of KamenRiderBlade were an all-devouring scourge. TheMovie and ''Decade'' makes them {{Mooks}}; in Decade, we even get a KingMook version, the Bossroach. The Raydragoons, Sheerghosts, and Gelnewts of KamenRiderRyuki were just like the MonsterOfTheWeek mirror monsters: wild fauna of the mirror world, not a part of anyone's evil plan, just ''hungry.'' When you get human-sized mass-produced ones, it's less "footsoldier as opposed to monster" and more "school of piranha as opposed to one shark." However, they're mooks in ''Dragon Knight'' and ''Decade.'' In ''Kabuto,'' Worms begin in a generic form called a Salisworm, short for chrysalis. One will molt and become the MonsterOfTheWeek. If you battled a molted Worm, you'd probably be ganged upon by the unmolted ones too - even if none appeared to be around before. Then there are the cases where you get two or three of a kind acting as a collective MonsterOfTheWeek. This was popular in Kabuto.]] However, it would change with KamenRiderDecade: the aforementioned mass-produced monster reuse, and crossovers with series that did have grunts, made ThePowersThatBe decide it was time to dust off this trope. However, it's still with a twist: usually, the MonsterOfTheWeek is often acting on its own, as or in concert with a human with a beef and access to a bad power source. The main villains have a long-term plan that doesn't much hinge on whether or not that kid gets revenge on the girls at his school for rejecting him. When the main villains are actually running the show, though, they have footsoldiers as backup. In other words, {{Mooks}} aren't comic relief anymore; the main villain's personal army showing is how you know things just got ''serious.''

* Mooks return with the Ghouls of KamenRiderWizard, but the villains seem to be GenreSavvy: it hasn't been stated explicitly, but they seem to know the Ghouls really have no chance of defeating Wizard, and just use them to keep him busy while they go after the Gate.

* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' RoguesGallery (in the Creator/AdamWest series, at least) employed mooks. A particularly nicely named group were the Penguin's Grand Order Of Occidental Nighthawks ([=GOONs=]).

* ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; and [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak used Loogies. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

* ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all.
** The Putties had lots of personality too. (Seriously, Jason even encountered a particularly smart one that could ''drive''.)

*** Bad as he was, he had one recurring henchman in the comics before Harley: Southpaw, his left-hand man. He also had [[TheThreeStooges Mo, Lar, and Cur]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* The sheriff's men from ''RobinOfSherwood''. The Merry Men killed ten or so per episode. It really got to the point where you had to wonder what kind of recruitment package was being offered.

* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' RoguesGallery (in the AdamWest series, at least) employed mooks. A particularly nicely named group were the Penguin's Grand Order Of Occidental Nighthawks ([=GOONs=]).

** The Putties had lots of personality too.

*** O'Neil: [Hefts a staff weapon] "This is a weapon of terror. It's made to intimidate the enemy". [Returns staff to owner and hefts a P90] "This is a weapon of war. It's made to ''kill'' your enemy".

* The ''{{Batman}}'' RoguesGallery (in the AdamWest series, at least) employed mooks. A particularly nicely named group were the Penguin's Grand Order Of Occidental Nighthawks ([=GOONs=]).

*** Bad as he was, he had one recurring henchman in the comics before Harley: Southpaw, his left-hand man. He also had [[TheThreeStooges Mo, Lar, and Cur]] in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* The Jaffa of ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}''. Extensive work in both [[WordOfGod canon]] and {{fanon}} has been done to [[JustifiedTrope justify]] this, mostly with weaknesses that could be removed once they changed sides;